EDUCATION
June 2015-August 2017 [requirements complete, conferral pending]. Lesley University, Cambridge, MA—MFA Interdisciplinary Arts.
August 2008-May 2013. Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL—BFA Drawing, Art History Minor.
GALLERY REPRESENTATION/MEMBERSHIP
January 2016-Present. Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA.
November 2014-Present. Behind The Glass Fine Art Gallery & Studio, Bloomington, IL.
January 2014-January 2016. Northwest Cultural Council, Palatine, IL.
EXHIBITIONS
2017. "Lunatic." To the Moon, VanDernoot Gallery at University Hall, Cambridge, MA.
"Periphery." Lesley MFA-IA Thesis Exhibition, Roberts Gallery at Lunder Arts Center, Cambridge, MA.
"Circle VII: Thicker Than Bile," "Circle VIII," "Circle X: Plate/Armour," "Movement," "Portalscape: Clerestory," "Portalscape: Mirage," "Portalscape: Rust Belt," "Whorl." Behind The Glass Fine Art Gallery & Studio Spring Exhibition, Behind The Glass Fine Art Gallery & Studio, Bloomington, IL.
2016. "Jellium," "Side Effects," "Squidtestines," "Static." Behind The Glass Fine Art Gallery & Studio Autumn Exhibition, Behind The Glass Fine Art Gallery & Studio, Bloomington, IL.
"Durner's Chandelier." Fifth Annual Creek Gallery, Willow Creek Community Church, Crystal Lake, IL.
"Inside Voice," "Invisible Man" Artistic Achievement Award. Louisville Art Association's 31st National Fine Art Show, Louisville Center for the Arts, Louisville, CO.
"Frostbite," "Side Effects," "Tangled," "Vascularity." Intersect 3, Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock, IL.
"Binding," "Black Thursday," "Bleach Stains," "Canopy," "Circle I," "Circle II," "Circle III," "Circle VI," "Dreamcatcher," "Durner's Chandelier," "Eyerony," "Frankentestines," "Gastronova," "Hands All Over," "I, Wonder," "Inside Voice," "Interior Design," "Invisible Man," "Jellium," "Lacquerice," "Magnavision," "Microctopintestines," "On Growth and Forme," "Passage," "Portal," "Rodeo," "S.A.D.ist," "Seep," "Self Defense," "Shiny Toy Guts," "Show Some Guts," "Spill It," "Squidtestines," "Static," "Survivalist," "Suspension," "The Bright Side," "Thorn," "Uncivilised," "Uptide," "Volvulous," "Web," "Wound," "Zeppelin Bend." Solo Show. Graehound: New Works 2016, Behind The Glass Fine Art Gallery & Studio, Bloomington, IL.
"Preparations (Dark Necessities)." Present and Accounted For, Lunder Arts Center, Cambridge, MA.
"Circle VII: Thicker Than Bile," "Circle VIII," "Circle IX." Missing, VanDernoot Gallery at University Hall, Cambridge, MA.
"Durner's Chandelier," "Eyerony," "Invisible Man," "Inside Voice." Beyond Urban, ACS Gallery, Chicago, IL.
"Seven Units" Catalogue Image. D'Art for Art at Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey, MI.
"Sakura" Catalogue Image. Red River Watercolor Society's 23rd Annual National Juried Watermedia Exhibition, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND.
"Deadline." Andrew Gomez Dream Foundation's Black & White Affair Fundraiser, Paul Mitchell the School, Normal, IL.
"Durner's Chandelier" Best in Show (Merwin Award), "Inside Voice." 89th Annual McLean County Amateur Art Competition-Exhibition, McLean County Art Center, Bloomington, IL.
"S.A.D.ist" Catalogue Image. Unconventional Means, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA.
"Black Thursday," "Gastronova," "Invisible Man," "Magnavision," "Microctopintestines," "Passage," "Portal," "Uptide," "Volvulous," "Zeppelin Bend." Future So Bright, Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock, IL.
"Haze." Miniatures on the Move, Lunder Arts Center, Cambridge, MA.
"Durner's Chandelier" Best in Show, Catalogue Image. 30 Below, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA.
2015. "Frostbite." Ice Breaker 7, Ice Cube Gallery, Denver, CO.
"Tangled." Questioning Beauty National Art Show, Cade Art Gallery, Arnold, MD.
"Web" Catalogue Image. Secret, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
"Uncivilised." 30th Annual No Big Heads Self-Portrait Competition, Student Union Gallery, Anchorage, AK.
"Durner's Chandelier." 2015 Season Grand Finale, Starline Gallery, Harvard, IL.
"Durner's Chandelier" Bronze Award, Catalogue Image. Art Forward Contests Online: Contest #3, permanent display.
"Frankentestines." Spookeh 3: Third Anniversary Invitational Halloween Exhibit, Jan Brandt Gallery, Bloomington, IL.
"Lacquerice" Catalogue Image. Bank of the Arts 2016 National Juried Show, Craven Arts Council and Gallery, New Bern, NC.
"Microctopintestines." Resurrected: The Early Works, Satellite Contemporary, Las Vegas, NV.
"Autodestruct," "Bad Romance," "Binding," "Doubt," "Dreamcatcher," "Fear," "Hands All Over," "I, Wonder," "Internal Calibre," "Magnavision," "Proceed With," "Rat Skull Study," "Rex," "Rodeo," "Self Defense," "Show Some Guts," "Spill It," "Strikeout," "Survivalist," "The Bright Side," "Thorn," "Uncivilised," "Vacancy," "Weapon Ex," "Wound." Behind The Glass Fine Art Gallery & Studio Autumn Exhibition, Behind The Glass Fine Art Gallery & Studio, Bloomington, IL.
"Fear." 125th Cincinnati Art Club's Viewpoint 47 Art Show, Eisele Gallery of Fine Art, Cincinnati, OH.
"Dark Chatter." 20th Annual Art Ability Exhibition, Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital, Malvern, PA.
"Squidtestines." Louisville Art Association's 30th Anniversary National Fine Art Show, Louisville Center for the Arts, Louisville, CO.
"Canopy." Fourth Annual Creek Gallery, Willow Creek Community Church, Crystal Lake, IL.
"Dreamcatcher," "Spill It." 2015 Roslyn Arts Festival, Roslyn Warehouse, Roslyn, WA.
"Inside Voice." The Old Court House Figurative League’s Real People 2015, Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock, IL.
"Portal," "Sakura," "Tangled," "Uptide," "Vascularity." August 2015 Group Exhibition, The HUD Gallery, Ventura, CA.
"Lacquerice," "Suspension." Human Experience, Tomahawk Ridge Community Center, Overland Park, KS.
"Fear" Honourable Mention. Let It Rain, Starline Gallery, Harvard, IL.
"Deadline," "Dreamcatcher," "Frankentestines," "Interior Design," "Jellium," "Magnavision," "Passage," "Rodeo," "Seven Units," "Spill It," "Squidtestines," "The Bright Side," "Web." Solo Show. Northwest Cultural Council Corporate Gallery Exhibition Spring 2015, Northwest Community Healthcare Wellness Centre, Arlington Heights, IL.
"Mark II" Finalist, Finished Jewelry Division. BeadDreams 2015, Wisconsin Center, Milwaukee, WI.
"Gastronova" 2nd Place, Adult Amateur Division. 1st Annual Inside Out Art Collective Show, Miller Park Pavilion, Bloomington, IL.
"Canopy" Showcard Image. Journey, Union Street Art Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL.
"Inside Voice" Special Merit. Light, Space & Time Online Gallery: All Women 2015, permanent display.
"Portal," "Tangled." 88th Annual McLean County Amateur Art Competition-Exhibition, McLean County Art Center, Bloomington, IL.
"Autodestruct," "Bad Romance," "Doubt," "Fear," "Hands All Over," "I, Wonder," "Internal Calibre," "Proceed With," "Rat Skull Study," "Rex," "Self Defense," "Strikeout," "Uncivilised," "Vacancy," "Weapon Ex." Featured Artist. Behind The Glass Fine Art Gallery & Studio Late Winter Exhibition, Behind The Glass Fine Art Gallery & Studio, Bloomington, IL.
"Deadline," "Dreamcatcher," "Frankentestines," "Jellium," "Magnavision," "Spill It," "Squidtestines," "The Bright Side," "Web." Solo Show. Northwest Cultural Council Corporate Gallery Exhibition Winter 2014, Kraft-Thomson Allstate Agency Gallery, Arlington Heights, IL.
2014. "Autodestruct," "Bad Romance," "Doubt," "Fear," "Hands All Over," "Proceed With," "Rat Skull Study," "Rex," "Strikeout," "Uncivilised," "Vacancy," "Weapon Ex." Featured Artist. Behind The Glass Fine Art Gallery & Studio Early Winter Exhibition, Behind The Glass Fine Art Gallery & Studio, Bloomington, IL.
"Canopy," "Deadline," "Frankentestines," "Gastronova," "Jellium," "Spill It," "Squidtestines," "The Bright Side," "Web," "Zeppelin Bend." Solo Show. Northwest Cultural Council Corporate Gallery Exhibition Autumn 2014, Rolling Meadows Library, Rolling Meadows, IL.
"Canopy," "Gastronova," "Interior Design," "Jellium," "Rodeo," "Shiny Toy Guts," "The Bright Side," "Web," "Zeppelin Bend." Featured Artist Solo Show. Sticks & Stones, Starline Gallery, Harvard, IL.
"Frankentestines," "Rex," "Strikeout." Northwest Cultural Council Corporate Gallery Exhibition Group Show 2014, Arlington Green Executive Centre, Arlington Heights, IL.
"Melt" Finalist. Fire Mountain Gems & Beads 2013 Swarovski Elements Jewelry-Making Contest, Fire Mountain Gems & Beads Inc., Grants Pass, OR.
"All The Rage," "Autodestruct," "Deadline," "Dreamcatcher," "Hands All Over," "I, Wonder," "Internal Calibre," "Invisible Man," "Magnavision," "Proceed With," "Spill It," "Squidtestines," "Vacancy," "Weapon Ex," "Wound." Solo Show. Northwest Cultural Council Corporate Gallery Exhibition Spring 2014, Fremont Public Library, Mundelein, IL.
"Fear" 2nd Place, Adult Graphics Division. 87th Annual McLean County Amateur Art Competition-Exhibition, McLean County Art Center, Bloomington, IL.
"Doubt." EA14: Emerging Artists Exhibit 2014, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY.
"Naïveté." The Northwest Area Arts Council’s Women’s Works 2014, Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock, IL.
"Frankentestines," "Interior Design," "Jellium," "Rodeo," "The Bright Side," "Web," "Zeppelin Bend." Northwest Cultural Council Corporate Gallery Exhibition Spring 2014, Arlington Green Executive Centre, Arlington Heights, IL.
"Odalisque Fantastique." Au Naturel 2014, Clatsop Art Center Gallery, Astoria, OR.
2013. "Web" in-show, "Feminist," "Jellium," "Sleeping With the Fishes," "Squidtestines," "The Bright Side" video display. Animal Fairy Tales, Fables, Fact or Fiction, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA.
"Autodestruct." Art with a Bayou View, University of Louisiana at Monroe's Library Conference Center, Monroe, LA.
"The End" Catalogue Image. 9th National Photography Competition, Fotofoto Gallery, Huntington, NY.
"Doubt," "Fear," "Naïveté." Women: Reflect, Rejoice, Reform, Jordan River Arts Center, East Jordan, MI.
"Doubt," "Fear," "Naïveté" video display. Day of the Dead, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA.
"Invisible Man," "Weapon Ex." The Machine, Union Street Art Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL.
"Deadline," "Squidtestines." 18th Annual Art Ability Exhibition, Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital, Malvern, PA.
"Thorn." 2013 Dia de Los Muertos, Peoria Art Guild, Peoria, IL.
"The Bright Side" Catalogue Image. Women's Caucus Art of Colorado (WCA-CO) Mixed Media Show, The Annex at CORE Gallery, Denver, CO.
"Cha(me)leon" Catalogue Image. D'Art for Art at Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey, MI.
"Frankentestines," "Gastronova." Art for the View at Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital, Schenectady, NY.
"Deadline," "Doubt," "Dreamcatcher," "Fear," "Hands All Over," "Interior Design," "Magnavision," "Naïveté," "Proceed With," "Survivalist," "The Bright Side." Collaboration X Presents: Nerdpop, Pixels Bar and Gallery, Riverside, CA.
"Canopy." 40th Annual Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO.
"Gastronova," "Zeppelin Bend." Second Annual Creek Gallery, Willow Creek Community Church, Crystal Lake, IL.
"Pikafreak." Ninth Annual National Self-Portrait Exhibition, Zhou B Gallery, Chicago, IL.
"Naïveté" Special Recognition. Light, Space & Time Online Gallery: Figurative 2013, permanent display.
"Canopy" Best in Show, "Jellium," "Squidtestines." Every Artist Has A Story, Starline Gallery, Harvard, IL.
"Canopy," "Gastronova." BFA Exit Show, Jack Olson Gallery, DeKalb, IL.
"Zeppelin Bend" Special Merit. Light, Space & Time Online Gallery: Abstracts Art 2013, permanent display.
"Canopy," "Deadline," "Dreamcatcher," "Frankentestines," "Gastronova," "Interior Design," "Jellium," "Magnavision," "Pulsar," "Rodeo," "The Bright Side," "Web," "Wound," "Zeppelin Bend." Independent Solo Show. Innerverse, The Art Box, DeKalb, IL.
"Internal Calibre," "Spill It." 86th Annual McLean County Amateur Art Competition-Exhibition, McLean County Art Center, Bloomington, IL.
"Proceed With." Providence Art Club All Media Juried Exhibition, Providence, RI.
"Bad Romance." The Art of Shakespeare, Pop Revolution Gallery, Mason, OH.
"Internal Calibre" 4th Place, Mixed Media Division. Light, Space & Time Online Gallery: All Women 2013, permanent display.
"Squidtestines" Winning Entry. First Annual Honors Program Juried Art Competition, DeKalb, IL.
"Canopy" Special Recognition, "Interior Design" Special Recognition, "The Bright Side." Upstream People Gallery: 15th Annual All Media Juried Online International Art Exhibition, permanent display.
"Spill It." 2013 Collector’s Choice, Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, CA.
"Hands All Over." Au Naturel 2013, Clatsop Art Center Gallery, Astoria, OR.
"All The Rage" Award of Merit, "Invisible Man" Showcard Image. Arizona Aqueous XXVII, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ.
2012. "Canopy," "Deadline," "Dreamcatcher," "Frankentestines," "Interior Design," "Magnavision," "Release" Collaboration with Kelsey Bechtel, "Rodeo," "Squidtestines," "The Bright Side." Independent Cooperative Show. Nosce Te Ipsum, The Annex Studio Space, DeKalb, IL.
"Deadline," "Dreamcatcher" Special Recognition, "Frankentestines" Special Recognition, "Rodeo," "Squidtestines." Upstream People Gallery: 10th Annual Color: Bold/Subtle Juried Online International Art Exhibition, permanent display.
"Deadline," "Dreamcatcher," "Frankentestines," "Interior Design," "Rodeo," "Spill It," "Squidtestines." Partial Requirement BFA Group Show. Misconception, The Annex Studio Space, DeKalb, IL.
"Proceed With." 17th Annual Art Ability Exhibition, Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital, Malvern, PA.
"Cha(me)leon." The Old Court House Figurative League’s Real People 2012, Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock, IL.
"Show Some Guts" Catalogue Image. 10x10x10 Tieton 2012, Tieton Arts and Humanities, Tieton, WA.
"Thorn." After Dark 2012 National Juried Exhibition, The Greg Moon Art Gallery, Taos, NM.
"Autodestruct." Art for the View at Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital, Schenectady, NY.
"Invisible Man" Showcard Image. The Rockford Midwestern Biennial, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL.
"Hands All Over." Customs House Museum National Juried Exhibition 2012, Customs House Museum, Clarksville, TN.
"Survivalist." 85th Annual McLean County Amateur Art Competition-Exhibition, McLean County Art Center, Bloomington, IL.
"Autodestruct." The Northwest Area Arts Council’s Women’s Works 2012, Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock, IL.
"Hands All Over." RED, Pop Revolution Gallery, invitation to physical gallery, online, permanent display.
"Autodestruct" 9th Overall, 2nd Place, Mixed Media Division. Light, Space & Time Online Gallery: All Women 2012, permanent display.
"Hands All Over." Nude Nite Art Show 2012, Church St. Exchange, Orlando, FL.
"All The Rage" Special Recognition, "Autodestruct" Special Recognition, "Blackout," "I, Wonder." Upstream People Gallery: 13th Annual Realism Juried Online International Art Exhibition, permanent display.
2011. "Precious." American Juried Art Salon 2011 International Fine Arts Competition, online, temporary display.
"X-Girl." Hookers & Couchers, Bad Dog Gallery, DeKalb, IL.
"All The Rage." The Old Court House Figurative League’s Real People 2011, Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock, IL.
"All The Rage" Award of Merit. American Juried Art Salon 12th International Fine Arts Show, online, temporary display.
"Self Defense" Catalogue Image. 7th Annual National Self-Portrait Exhibition, Zhou B Gallery, Chicago, IL/online, permanent display.
"The Resurrection." American Juried Art Salon First Decorative Arts International Show, online, temporary display.
2010. "Dysphemism." Sixth Annual National Self-Portrait Online Exhibition, permanent display.
"Bejeweled Twist," "Vital Surge." First Annual National Association of Art Educators Show, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL.
"Abyssia." 83rd Annual McLean County Amateur Art Competition-Exhibition, McLean County Art Center, Bloomington, IL.
2009. "Journey" 2nd Place, "Self Portrait No. 6," "Still Life No. 8," "Sucka." Foundations Show, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL.
PUBLICATIONS
2017. "Bad Sun," "Circle III," "Circle VII: Thicker Than Bile." Lesley MFA in Visual Arts Graduate Exhibition June 2017 Catalogue, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA.
"Venetian." 'Venetian Window Necklace' original necklace pattern, Creative Beading, Vol. 12, Kalmbach Publishing, Waukesha, WI.
2016. "Canopy" Cover Image, "Circle II," "Circle III," "Circle VI," "Inside Voice," "S.A.D.ist." Behind The Glass: Fall 2016 Catalogue, blurb.com via Natalie Roseman, Bloomington, IL.
"Durner's Chandelier," "Gastronova." Manifest International Drawing Annual 10, Manifest Press, Cincinnati, OH.
"Deco Satellite III." 'Deco Disc Earrings' original earring pattern, Beadwork Magazine, Vol. 19, No. 5, Interweave for F+W Media Inc., Fort Collins, CO.
"Venetian." 'Venetian Window Necklace' original necklace pattern, Bead & Button Magazine, No. 134 (August 2016), Kalmbach Publishing, Waukesha, WI.
"Canopy" Cover Image. Rufous City Review, Issue 14, Winter/Spring 2016.
2015. "Inside Voice," "Lacquerice," "S.A.D.ist." Commonthought 2015, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA.
"Dark Chatter." Nature Inspired: Winter Edition 2015/2016, Falling Leaves Press, Middletown, DE.
"Fear," "Frankentestines." ArtsCulture, 10.23.2015 entry--'Disability, Fear, and Squids: Mixed-media "Thingmaker" Graehound on Inspiration, Work, and Reading About Everything'
"Dark Chatter," "Inside Voice," "Sakura." International Contemporary Artists Vol. X, ICA Publishing, New York, NY.
"Elizabeth, I." 'Shimmering Snowflake' original earring pattern, Creative Beading, Vol. 10, Kalmbach Publishing, Waukesha, WI.
"Canopy," "Durner's Chandelier," "Frankentestines," "Gastronova," "Sakura," "Seep," "Suspension," "Zeppelin Bend." Arts Illustrated, 04.28.2015 entry--'Interview with Graehound'
"Durner's Chandelier," "Frankentestines," "Gastronova," "Inside Voice." The Wardrobe Journal, 04.20.2015 entry--'Artwork by Graehound'
"Melt" Fire Mountain Gems advertisement, back cover. Ornament Magazine, Vol. 37, No. 5, Ornament Magazine Publishing, Vista, CA.
2014. "Canopy," "Gastronova," "Zeppelin Bend." International Contemporary Artists Vol. IX, ICA Publishing, New York, NY.
"Maneater," "Quixote." Pacific Review Spring 2014: Strangely Ever After, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
"Atonement." Permafrost Magazine 36.1, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK.
"Doubt," "Fear," "Naïveté." Owen Wister Review 2014, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY.
2013. "Gastronova" Cover Image. Prairie Margins 2013 National Undergraduate Literary Journal, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH.
"Invisible Man." Calyx: A Journal of Art and Literature by Women, Vol. 27. No. 3, Summer 2013, Calyx Inc., Corvallis, OR.
"Elizabeth, I." 'Shimmering Snowflake' original earring pattern, Bead & Button Magazine, No. 118 (December 2013), Kalmbach Publishing, Waukesha, WI.
"Frankentestines" Article Illustration. The Missing Slate Arts and Literary Online Journal, 09.16.2013 entry--'A Life Worth Living?'
"Spill It" Winning Entry. The Albion Review 2013 National Undergraduate Literary Journal, Albion College, Albion, MI.
"Binding," "Strikeout" 1st Place. 55th Annual Polaris Undergraduate Journal of Arts and Literature, Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH.
"Revulva." Broad! Online Magazine, No. 3, Winter 2012.
2012. "Autodestruct," "Gangrene," "Magnavision," "Spill It." The Adirondack Review Online Quarterly, Volume XIII No. 3, Winter 2012.
"Assault" Cover Image, "Autodestruct," "Binding," "Floodlight," "Proceed With." Muse Literary Magazine, Heartland Community College, Normal, IL.
"Quixote." 54th Annual Polaris Undergraduate Journal of Arts and Literature, Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH.
"Autodestruct," "Cycle Wheel" "Pillar" "Streetlamp" Layout Illustrations, "Priory" Webpage Image. Towers Literary and Creative Arts Magazine, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL.
2011. "Gangrene," "The Resurrection," "Unicornholio,"
"Walls" Cover Image. Muse Literary Magazine, Heartland Community College, Normal, IL.
"Gangrene." 53rd Annual Polaris Undergraduate Journal of Arts and Literature, Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH.
"Gangrene," "Nomad," "Pillar" Title Page Illustration. Towers Literary and Creative Arts Magazine, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL.
2010. "The Resurrection." The Roots of Swamp Thing: Featured Work, online, permanent display.
"Walls." 52nd Annual Polaris Undergraduate Journal of Arts and Literature, Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH.
LECTURES
2017. "The Builders" Speaker of the Class. Graduation toast, Lunder Arts Center, Cambridge, MA.
"Portal: A System for Perception." University Hall Amphitheatre, Cambridge, MA.
2016. "What's Your Deal with Intestines, Anyway: A Q&A with Graehound." Behind The Glass Fine Art Gallery & Studio, Bloomington, IL.
"The Poetics of Space" Discussion Moderator. Student-led workshop, Lunder Arts Center, Cambridge, MA.
2011. "Zak Smith Speaks" Student Coordinator, Introduction. Zak Smith visiting artist lecture, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL.
2010. "Walls." Bloomington Junior High School Art Club, Bloomington, IL.
"Walls." Bloomington High School Senior Studio, Bloomington, IL.