EDUCATION

2007/2009   MFA Metals/Jewelry, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills,

                    Michigan

2006            Master Artist Intensive with Iris Bodemer, Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle,

                    Washington

1999/2004   BFA Metals/Jewelry, The University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

2004            Low-tech Die Forming workshop with Keith Lewis, Penland School of

                    Crafts, Penland, North Carolina

                    Enameling workshop with Maria Phillips, The University of Washington,

                    Seattle, Washington

2003            Granulation workshop with Douglas Harling, Penland School of Crafts,

                    Penland, North Carolina

 

EXHIBITIONS/AWARDS

2012    Kindred Spirits, KORU 4: Fourth Triennial of International Contemporary Jewelry,

            Imatra Art Museum, Imatra, Finland(scheduled)

Mirror, Mirror, Espace Solidor, Cagnes-sur-Mer, France(scheduled)

            LahtiJewelry, World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 program, Lahti, Finland(scheduled)

            PAD Art & Design, Galerie Caroline Van Hoek, Paris, France(scheduled)

            Covet, SOFA NY, NY, Sienna Gallery, Lenox, MA(scheduled)

            Bijoux, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL

2011    Peter S Reed Foundation Grant, New York, NY

            Design Miami, Galerie Caroline Van Hoek, Miami, FL

put on the lights, Solo exhibition, Galerie Caroline Van Hoek, Brussels, Belgium

            FRESH: Metalsmith Exhibition in Print 2011, National Ornamental Metal Museum,

            Memphis, TN

Woods, Galerie Caroline Van Hoek, Brussels, Belgium

            LOOK, Curated by Ruudt Peters, Galerie Caroline Van Hoek in Munich during Schmuck

            2011

            Metalsmith Exhibition in Print, Jurors – Lola Brooks and Cindi Strauss

Our House, Galerie Louise Smit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

2010    Schmuck 2010, 62nd International Trade Fair, Munich, Germany

            SOFA New York, Sienna Gallery

            Two person show with Boris Bally, Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco,

            California

            Celebrating 70, Facere Jewelry Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington (scheduled)

            Galerie Caroline Van Hoek, Brussels, Belgium

            Gold, Object Rotterdam, Galerie Caroline Van Hoek

            Exhibition in Motion, SNAG Conference, Museum of Fine Art, Houston, TX

2009    Toby Devan Lewis Fellowship

            International Graduate Show, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

SOFA Chicago, Sienna Gallery

to be: (determined) – an exhibition of the first five; The Hatton Gallery at Colorado State

University; Fort Collins, Colorado

Next Best Things, Sienna Gallery, Lenox, Massachusetts

Stimulus, Sienna Gallery, Lenox, Massachusetts

SOFA New York, Sienna Gallery, Park Avenue Armory, New York, New York

Daimler Financial Services Art Loan Exhibition, Farmington Hills, Michigan

Cranbrook Art Museum Purchase Award Nominee

Master of Fine Art Thesis Exhibition, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills,

            Michigan

            Present/Represent, Juried Digital Student Exhibition, Society of North American

            Goldsmiths Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Enamel Show, Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, California

Recycle: Recreate, Redefine, Re-imagine, Facere Jewelry Art Gallery, Seattle,

            Washington

2008    3rd Annual Intercollegiate Metals Exhibition, Herberger College of the Arts, Arizona

            State University, Tempe, Arizona

            Daimler Financial Services Art Loan Exhibition, Farmington Hills, Michigan

            Small is Beautiful, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills,

            Michigan

            Earring Show, Ornamentum, Hudson, New York

            Ernest Toth Merit Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Siamo Qui/We Are Here: International Exhibition/Symposium/Educational Forum on

            Contemporary Art Jewelry, Florence, Italy

            Arte Fresca, Facere Jewelry Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington

Earring Show, SNAG Conference, Savannah, Georgia

            Action/Re-Action Runway Show, Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, Oregon

            Pathways – Consistency and Change, Graduate Student Exchange Exhibition, Work:

            Detroit, Michigan

Materials Hard and Soft, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, Texas

Touching Warms the Art, Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, Oregon

2007    Sieraad International Jewelry and Silver Design Fair, RAI, Amsterdam,

            The Netherlands

Earring Show, Ornamentum, Hudson, New York

            Invisible Links, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills,

            Michigan

            Exquisite Narratives, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills,             

            Michigan

            250 Earrings, Facere Jewelry Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington

            The Earring Show, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, California

            Pins for Men, Facere Jewelry Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington

            The Heart of the Matter: Materials Explored, Facere Jewelry Art Gallery, Seattle

            Washington

2006    Collaboration, Sharon Campbell Spiral at Widney Moore Studio, Portland,

            Oregon

            Shelter Me, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, Illinois, 2006 SNAG Conference

            200 Rings, Facere Jewelry Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington

2005    Cocktails at Five, Facere Jewelry Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington

2004    Marylin Werby Rabinovitch Memorial Purchase Award

            BFA Thesis Show, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, The University of Washington,

            Seattle, Washington

            Studio Assistant Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts

            Metals-A-Go-Go Student Exhibition, St.Petersburg, Florida, 2004 SNAG

            Conference, Juror-Tom McCarthy

2003    School of Art Open Juried Student Exhibition, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, The

            University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, Juror-Greg Kucera

            The Enamellist Society International Juried Student Enamel Exhibition, The

            Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington, Juror-Keith Lewis

            Group Show, Art/Not Terminal, Seattle, Washington

            Penland Partners Scholarship

2002    Works on Paper and Small 3-D School of Art Juried Student Exhibition, Jacob

            Lawrence Gallery, The University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, Juror-

            Beth Sellars, Jurors Award

 

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX

Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington

Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, Oregon

The Rotasa Foundation

Marilyn Werby Rabinovitch Collection, The School of Art Metals Department, The

University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

 

TEACHING/LECTURES

2014/   Lecturer(Artist in Residence in Jewelry/Metalsmithing), San Diego State University, San

2011    Diego, CA

2011    Three Jewelers on (single, one, alone; alluding to matter, material), with Iris Eichenberg

            and Gemma Draper, SOFA Lecture Series, Chicago, Illinois

            Visiting Artist/Critic/Lecturer, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

Visiting Artist/Critic, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

2010    Adjunct Professor, Department of Art, Metalsmithing/Jewelry Department, The

            University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

2008    The Present is an Unexpected Material; Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY;

             Exploring Elegant Armor: A day-long look into MAD’s collection of contemporary

             jewelry

2007     Visiting Lecturer/Artist, The Metals Department, The University of Washington, Seattle,

             Washington

2003     Visiting Lecturer/Artist, The Metals Department, The University of Washington, Seattle,

             Washington

 

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

Us, in flux; Lawrimore Projects; 2011 SNAG Conference, Seattle, WA; curated with Ruth Koelewyn; Artists – Suska Mackert, Celio Braga, Gemma Draper, Maria Phillips, Iris Eichenberg, Robert Longyear

 

PUBLICATIONS

2013     Contemporary Jewelry in Perspective, Lark Books(scheduled)

2012     Push: Jewelry, Lark Books(scheduled)

2011     Jewelry Design, Mao Mao Publications, Spain

 21st Century Jewelry: Best of the 500 Series, Lark Books(Juror)

2010     Schmuck 2010, Munich, Germany, catalog

2009     International Graduate Exhibition, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, catalog

             The Compendium Finale of Contemporary Jewellery Makers, Darling

             Publications

             500 Enameled Objects, Juror-Sarah Perkins, Lark Books

2008     Art Jewelry Today 2, Schiffer Publishing

 500 Pendants & Lockets, Jurors-Elizabeth Shypertt & Mike Holmes, Lark Books

 The Art of Jewelry: Wood, Lark Books

2007     Sieraad International Jewelry and Silver Design Fair, catalog

 500 Earrings, Juror-Allen Revere, Lark Books

2006     The Art and Craft of Making Jewelry, Johanna Gollberg, Lark Books

             500 Necklaces, Juror-Marjorie Schick, Lark Books

  

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2009              Design Think Tank workshop for Alessi, Italy

          Assistant to the Director, Cranbrook Summer Art Institute, Bloomfield Hills,

                      Michigan

2008/2009     Studio Assistant to Iris Eichenberg, Head Metalsmithing Department, Cranbrook

                      Academy of Art

2008              Instructor, Introduction to Metalsmithing, Cranbrook Summer Art Institute,

                      Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

2007/2008     Department Assistant, Metals/Jewelry Department, Cranbrook Academy

                      of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

2007              Co-instructor with Iris Eichenberg, Design workshop, South Corelia

                      Polytechnic, Lappeenranta, Finland

2004/2007     Studio Assistant to Maria Phillips, Studio Jeweler, Seattle, Washington

2004              Studio Assistant to Keith Lewis, Penland School of Crafts, Penland,

                      North Carolina

                      Intern to Maria Phillips, Seattle, Washington

                      Intern, The Tacoma Art Museum, Jewelry Collection, Tacoma,

                      Washington

2001/2004     Metals Department Monitor, The University of Washington, Seattle,

                      Washington