CV
EDUCATION:
MFA, New Media, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, 2010
BFA, Painting, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2006, summa cum laude
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND SCREENINGS:
2023
Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema, Museum of Boulder, Boulder, CO
5 Lives, Dairy Arts Center, Boulder, CO
Downtown Boulder Short Film Festival, Boulder, CO
INTERZONE, Swoon Art House, Boulder, CO
2022
Dissonant Harmony, M.G. Nelson Family Gallery, Springfield Art Association, Springfield, IL
for example:, Dairy Arts Center, Boulder, CO
Dreaming My Dreams, Redline Contemporary Art Center, Denver, CO
Dance for Parkinson's 20th Anniversary, Mark Morris Dance Group, Online Screening
2021
Locals' Night, Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema, Jack's Solar Garden, Longmont, CO
2020
Pink Progression: Collaborations, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, CO
Brought to Light, Spark Gallery, Denver, CO
Boulder Contemporary Dance Festival, Bouder, CO
2019
Golden State Film Festival, TCL Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, CA
Local Filmmakers' Showcase: Cinema Social, Canyon Theater, Boulder, CO
2018
Dallas International Film Festival, Magnolia Theater, Dallas, TX
2017
Cedarbox Pop Up, Various locations, Denver, CO
2014
Ah Sem Blahj, Center for Visual Art, Metropolitan State University, Denver, CO
Hybrid Identities, Meca Art Center, Almeria, Spain
Hidden Rooms - Identities . Cities . Memories, Venice International Video Art, Experimental Dance, and Performance Festival, Palazzo Ca’ Zanardi, Venice, Italy
2013
Writing with Video, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
2011
Optic Nerve XIII, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL
Optic Nerve XIII, Big Screen Plaza, New York, NY
WCA International Video Shorts Festival, CAA, Hilton, New York, NY
Art:Film / Film:Art, Diane Kidd Gallery, Tiffen University, OH
Bricoleurs, Independent Media Center, Urbana, IL
Voyeur: See and Be Seen, Brooklyn Artists Gym, Brooklyn, NY
2010
YouTube Play: A Biennial of Creative Video (shortlist), Online Exhibition, Coordinated by YouTube and the Guggenheim
Wild Culture: Ecological Perspectives, Roy C. Moore Art Gallery, Gainesville State College, Oakwood, GA
L’Oeil de Links, Canal+, French TV
Observed [Obscured], Halfmoon Gallery, Chicago, IL
FEED_BACK, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
Emerging Illinois Artists, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL, curated by Laura Fried (Merit Award)
IMAGES CONTRE NATURE 2010, Chartreux Theater, Marseille, France
Derapage10, Centre Design UQAM, Montreal, Canada
2nd All Art Now International New Media Art Festival, Damascus, Syria
School of Art + Design Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL
2009
Derapage 9, Centre Design UQAM, Montreal, Canada
Trans:position, Simultan05: Video and Media Arts Festival, Sinagoga din Cetate, Timisoara, Romania
2008
One Minute, One Shot, Center for Contemporary Experimental Art, Yerevan, Armenia
Extremely Shorts 12, Aurora Picture Show, Houston, TX, curated by Bill Arning
Square Pegs, Video Art in the Square, Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre, Kingston, ON, Canada
2nd Annual Narrative Shorts International Film Festival, University Art Gallery, California State University, Chico, curated by Jason Tannen
2006
Boojwah, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
Visualizaciones sin Fronteras. El Metro: A Space for Culture, Mexico City, Mexico
Paroxysm: Spring BFA Exhibition, CU Art Museum, University of Colorado, Boulder
2005
Drawing Show, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
Broken Telephone, Galeria de Arte Fotográfico Melitón Rodriguez, Instituto de Artes, Medellin, Colombia
ARTIST TALKS:
2019 Digital Processes in Photography, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
2018 Documentary Shorts 2: Stories from America Q&A, The Magnolia Theater, Dallas, TX
2018 Filmmaker Q&A, Garland High School, Garland, TX
2016 Filmmaker Q&A, The Bug Theatre, Denver, CO
2011 Writing with Video: Research, Creativity, Composition, Literacy, University of Illinois Innovation Summit, Champaign, IL
2010 Interview on nationwide French television show, L’Oeil de Links, on Canal+
2009 Artist Lecture, Time Arts II, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
AWARDS AND GRANTS:
YouTube Play Shortlist, Curated by the Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Merit Award, Emerging Illinois Artists, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL
UIUC List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students (x2)
Creative and Performing Arts Fellowship, University of Illinois (x2)
Helen E. Platt Blake MFA Materials Grant, University of Illinois
Brodie Materials Grant, University of Illinois (x2)
Materials Grant, Painting Department, University of Colorado
SELECTED EMPLOYMENT:
Artist, Writer, and Filmmaker | 2010–Present
Instructor, Video Production Program, Boulder TEC | 2021–Present
Selection Committee Member, Boulder International Film Festival | 2019–2021
Virtual Cinema Manager, Boulder International Film Festival | 2021
Administration, Boulder International Film Festival | 2020
Instructor for Skillshare Audio Post-Production Class | 2016
Instructor, University of Illinois School of Art+Design | 2010–2011
Graduate Instructor, University of Illinois School of Art+Design | 2008–2010
Technical Support Assistant, Art+Design Computer Labs | 2007–2011
Organizer and Facilitator, For-Educational-Use-Only: A Weekly Video Screening, University of Illinois | 2007–2008
COURSES TAUGHT:
Film and Video
Videography I & II
Digital Video Editing I & II
Time Arts 1
Senior Studio
Senior Independent Study
Writing with Video
Foundations: Time
Building an Immersive Soundscape