As a conceptual artist, my work is situated between play and violence, the sublime and the chaotic, and focuses on framing life and the process as critical and necessary spaces of discourse, expression, subjectivity, and discovery.
Both subtle and explicit violence have always been a part of my life, entwined often with abjection and connection. This is not an uncommon experience for an American woman to have. We live under a constant threat of varying kinds of violence, whether interpersonal, political, or systemic; implicit or explicit; imagined and very, very real.
My practice centers around performance, installation, video, teaching, and writing. I create spaces of play and connection to explore trauma-informed embodiment, the power and seductiveness of violence, healing through connection, abjection, intersectional feminism, and anti-capitalism. Ultimately, this is a process of working towards a reconciliation of identity and society through attempting to answer these questions in theory and in practice:
How do we nurture true and authentic connections in a place that values transactions and extractions of value? How do we survive the ever-encroaching extractions and trauma of capitalist machinery? How do we create a space for healing? How do we hold onto love in a country of such hate? How do we create a safe place for feminist rage? How do we practice compassion in a land of zero sum everything? How do we teach people about the systems of oppression in this country and counter the fantastical illusion of rugged individualism?
Co-founder and former member of SPOOKY BOOBS.
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Education
2015 MFA - Video/Performance/Installation, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2005 Diploma - Audio Engineering and Recording Technology, School of Audio Engineering, Nashville, TN
2004 TESOL Certification - Teaching English as a Foreign Language, Trinity College Oxford, Prague, CZ
2004 BFA - Photography and Performance Art, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (TEACHING)
2021 Spring: Adjunct Instructor, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Madison, WI (Digital Imaging Studio and Intro to 2D Design)
2020 Spring: Visiting Professor of Photography, Beloit College, Beloit, WI (Digital Photography, Computer Graphics for the Artist)
2020 Fall/Spring: Adjunct Instructor, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Madison, WI (Intro to Photography for Non-Majors, Digital Imaging Studio, Intro to 2D Design)
2019 Fall: Visiting Professor of Photography, Beloit College, Beloit, WI (Digital Photography)
2019 Fall: Adjunct Instructor, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Madison, WI (Intro to Photography for Non-Majors, Digital Imaging Studio)
2019 Spring: Adjunct Instructor, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Madison, WI (Video Art/Screen Performance, Intro to Photography for Non-Majors, Digital Imaging Studio)
2018 Fall:Adjunct Instructor, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Madison, WI (Performance/Video/Installation, Intro to Photography for Non-Majors, Digital Imaging Studio)
2017 Fall: Adjunct Instructor, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI (Graphic Design II, Typography, Computer Graphics)
2016 Spring: Adjunct Instructor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (Screen performance and Video)
2015 Fall: Adjunct Instructor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (Performance, Video, and Installation)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (PRODUCTION)
2021-present Media Training Specialist, Natural Grocers, Denver, CO
2013-2020 Owner/Photographer, Quicksilver Wedding Photography, Madison, WI
2014-2017 Media Producer/Director, City of Madison City Channel/Media Team, Madison, WI
2009-2015 Designer/Media Producer, KidzEra Magazine and Media Channel, Boulder, CO
2008-09 Studio/Project Manager, ArtWorks Video/ADF, Oregon, WI
AWARDS & GRANTS
2022 Gener8tor Arts Accelerator, $15,000 grant for art work, Milwaukee, WI
2020 Best In Show, 40th Annual SECURA Fine Arts Exhibition, Appleton, WI (SPOOKY BOOBS)
2019 Honored Instructor, Photography, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2018 M List Award for Innovation in the Arts, Madison Magazine, Madison, WI (SB)
2018 CSArt Selected Participant, Madison, WI (SB)
2018 Peripheral Vision Publication Fellowship, Peripheral Vision publication, Dallas, TX (SB)
2017 Second Place, Short Form Documentary Category, Wisconsin Community Media Awards, Milwaukee, WI
2017 Third Place, Event Coverage Category, Wisconsin Community Media Awards, Milwaukee, WI
2016 People’s Choice Award, Heuser Art Gallery & Hartmann Center Gallery, Peoria, IL (SB)
2016 Special Recognition Award, Kaleid Gallery, San Jose, CA. Selected by juror Michelle Nye of SFMOMA Artists Gallery (SB)
2014 Honorable Mention, Chazen Prize for Excellence in Creativity, Madison, WI
2012 Archaeology & Historic Preservation Award for Contributions to the Local History of Boulder County, Boulder, CO
2002 ArtsBridge Scholar Grant for Performance Art program, University of Colorado/Casey Middle School, Boulder, CO
2001 Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Grant for Work in Color Photography, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
EXHIBITION RECORD
2022 Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Alan Priebe Art Gallery, Oshkosh, WI (SB) - upcoming solo show
2021 Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Trout Museum, Appleton, WI (SB)
2020 Art Is Her, Trout Museum, Appleton, WI (SB)
2020 You Have the Right to Remain A ______., Indiana Green exhibition, Caestecker Art Gallery, Ripon, WI (SB)
2020 40th Annual SECURA Fine Arts Exhibition, Trout Museum, Appleton, WI (SB)
2020 Ossuary, MIAD Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2019 Wisconsin Triennial 2019, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI (SB)
2019 Art of the Image 2019, Gallery Verrazzano, Wilmington, NC
2019 The Dead Show, Carlsten Gallery, Stevens Point, WI
2019 THE PERVASIVE CURSE, Crossman Gallery, Whitewater, WI (SB) - solo show
2019 Print & Resist, Madison, WI (SB)
2018 Addressing Power, CFA Downtown Studio, Albuquerque, New Mexico - catalog
2018 CSArt, Art & Lit Lab Gallery, Madison, WI (SB)
2018 From Her Perspective, The Firehouse Art Gallery, Longmont, CO (SB)
2018 Fearless, PhotoMidwest Art Gallery, Madison, WI
2018 Abstract Women, Oasis Gallery, Fitchburg, WI
2018 Print & Resist, Madison, WI (SPOOKY BOOBS COLLECTIVE)
2018 What Sustains Us, Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, WI
2018 THE PERVASIVE CURSE, Art & Lit Lab, Madison, WI (SPOOKY BOOBS) - solo show
2018 Wisconsin Artists Biennial, Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI (SB) - catalogue
2018 Fierce and Frail: Of Beings, Beasts, and Seed, Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, OR - catalogue The Egg Show, ArtVale Gallery, Oakland, CA
2018 National Women’s Music and Art Festival, Madison, WI
2017 1st Year Anniversary Show, Apothic Heart Tattoo Collective Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2017 Print & Resist, Madison Public Library, Madison, WI (SB)
2017 Nasty, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA (SB)
2017 River West FemFest, Groovy Dog Gallery, Milwaukee, WI (SB)
2017 Disturbing the Comfortable, Crossman Art Gallery, Whitewater, WI
2017 Our Daily Armor, Virago Gallery, invitational, Seattle, WA (SB)
2017 Speaking Out: Art & Politics in Words, North Seattle College Art Gallery, Seattle, WA (SB)
2016 Sort Piece (Unburdening), performance in a private residence, Boulder, CO
2016 A Bitchtastic Luncheon, as a part of Spatula & Barcode’s Feeding Farmers/Foodways project, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI (SB)
2016 Playground! at Community Research Kitchen, The Bubbler, Madison, WI
2016 Hey Lady, Ghost Gallery, Seattle, WA
2016 I Witness: Activist Art and Social Movement Politics, Bradley University Art Galleries, Peoria, IL (SB) - People’s Choice Award
2016 Vision: An Artist’s Perspective, Kaleid Gallery, San Jose, CA (SB) - Special Recognition Award
2016 Space Jam Reading Room and Lounge, Mission Creek Festival, Iowa City, IA (SB)
2016 Being Her Now: Feminine Identity in the 21st Century, Salisbury University Art Gallery, Salisbury, MD (SB)
2016 The Patterns’ Vicious Influence, CASP Gallery, Lubbock,TX (SB) - solo show
2015 What Should I Do About the Wild and the Tame?/Sort Piece (Unburdening), Gallery 7, Madison, WI - solo show
2015 Mokita: The Truths We All Know But Agree Not To Talk About, Art Lofts Gallery, Madison, WI
2015 Print & Resist, The Bubbler, Madison, WI (SB)
2015 Strange Habits, Art Lofts Gallery, Madison, WI
2015 The Patterns’ Vicious Influence, Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, WI (SB) - solo show
2015 Play, Madison Senior Center Art Gallery, Madison, WI
2015 Loud and Clear, Hi/Lo Gallery, Madison, WI (SB) - solo show
2014 HIT, Gallery 7, Madison, WI - solo show
2014 Graduate Students Exhibition, Capitol Lakes Gallery, Madison, WI
2014 From the Gut, Art Lofts Gallery, Madison, WI
2014 Just the Tip, Art Lofts Gallery, Madison, WI
2013 Numinosity, Art Lofts Gallery, Madison, WI
2012 Louisville: At Home in a Small Town, Louisville Farmers Market Pop-up Gallery, Louisville, CO
2011 Louisville: At Home in a Small Town, Creative Framing Gallery, Louisville, CO
2009 Stereopsis, 734 Gallery, Madison, WI
2009 It’s My First Time, Gallery 7, Madison, WI
2008 Image Review, Gallery 7, Madison, WI 2005 Bound-less, multiple galleries, Norway
2008 Soundscape FM: Berlin, Transmediale Festival-Berlinale, Berlin, Germany
2004 Karta/Terräng, in the ocean at Västra hamnen, Malmö, Sweden
2003 Dreammakers, various galleries in touring exhibition, Mexico City, Mexico You Are My Phantom Limb, University of Colorado Art Gallery, Boulder, CO
2002 Accumulations, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO
Unshod, University of Colorado Art Gallery, Boulder, CO
2001 Post-Apocalypse 9/11 Show, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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FESTIVALS & SCREENINGS
2017 Experimental Screens, Sally Kim Film Lounge Night, Houston, TX
2017 Warrington Colescott: The History of Printmaking and Other Travels short film, Kennedy Museum of Art, Athens, OH
2017 Warrington Colescott (Warrington Colescott exhibition) short film, SGCI Atlanta Conference, Atlanta, GA
2016 31st Martin Luther King Jr Day Celebration event coverage broadcast, Wisconsin Community Media Festival, Milwaukee, WI - 3rd place, Event Coverage category
2016 Madison Connecting Children and Families to Nature short documentary, Wisconsin Community Media Festival, Milwaukee, WI - 2nd place, Short Documentary category
2016 UNIMADEX Experimental Film Festival, Marquee Cinema, Madison, WI
2010 Seven Easy Steps Video Art, Horton Gallery, New York, NY
2009 Starlight Art Video Series, Starlight Cinema, Madison, WI
2004 Sans Souci Dance for Film Festival, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
RECORDINGS & PUBLICATIONS
2013 Notes from the Plastic Horizon I: Landscapes, Drawings and Performances, edition of 10
2013 Notes from the Plastic Horizon II: Tiny Apocalypse, edition of 25
2012 20 Minutes of Motherfucker, CTRLSTIC experimental music collective, edition of 100
2011 Louisville: At Home in a Small Town, Louisville/Boulder, CO. Wayne Lee Photography & Publishing, 184 pages
2011 Shit Creek Review, New York, NY
2004 Dance with the Moose, Meathooks of Freedom, Dada death metal collective, edition of 25
2004 The Long Lost Sub Comes Home: Karta/Terräng, Malmö, Sweden
LECTURES, PERFORMANCES, PRESENTATIONS
2020 Panelist, Intersectional Feminism and Art, Women’s Art Caucus, Chicago, IL
2020 Panelist, Resistance and Reimagination: Gender, Change, and the Arts, Madison, WI
2020 Visiting Artist, SPOOKY BOOBS, UW-Madison, Colloquium presentation and critiques, Madison, WI
2019 Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop, Video/Performance class, UW-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI
2019 Visiting Artist Lecture, Art 107, UW-Madison, Madison, WI
2018 Performance, THE PERVASIVE CURSE, Art & Lit Lab, Madison, WI (SPOOKY BOOBS COLLECTIVE) - solo show
2018 Performance, Wisconsin Artists Biennial, Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI (SPOOKY BOOBS COLLECTIVE)
2018 Visiting Artist Lecture, Art 176, UW-Madison, Madison, WI
2017 Spooky Boobs: Art and Activism, Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, WI (SBC)
2017 Spooky Boobs: Art and Activism, Visiting Artist Lecture, Delta State University, Cleveland, MS (SBC)
2017 You Have the Right to Remain A __________, Performance, Cleveland, MS
2017 Visiting Artist Lecture, Video Art Class, Edgewood College, Madison, WI
2016 Presenter, Lighting Your Scene, Webcast or Event, Unleash International Conference, Madison, WI
2016 Presenter: Using New Media in Training for PEG Channels, Wisconsin Community Media Conference, Madison, WI
2016 The Patterns’ Vicious Influence, Performance 2, Gallery II, Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, WI (SBC)
2015 The Patterns’ Vicious Influence, Performance 1, Gallery II, Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, WI (SBC)
2015 The Patterns’ Vicious Influence Gallery Talk, Gallery II, Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, WI (SBC)
2015 Spooky Boobs: A Scary Story of Art and Activism, Visiting Artist Lecture, Delta State University, Cleveland, MS (SBC)
2015 Loud & Clear Gallery Talk, Hi/Lo Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI (SBC)
2014 Coin Op Don’t Stop!, Performance with video, Margaret H’Doubler Performance Space, Madison, WI
2012 Local History, Photography and Publishing, Visiting Artist Lecture, Lousiville School, Louisville, CO
2012 Performance Art, Visiting Artist Lecture, Denver University, Denver, CO
2011 Local History, Photography and Publishing, Visiting Artist Lecture, The Bookseller, Louisville, CO
2011 Local History, Photography and Publishing, Visiting Artist Lecture, Louisville Public Library and Schools, Louisville, CO
2008 Intoxication Festival, Performer, Madison, WI
2007 Reverence Festival, Performer, Madison, WI
2006 Madison Electronic Music Festival, Performer, Warner Park, Madison, WI Reverence Festival, Performer, Madison, WI
2004 Water-Light, Pendulum New Music Concert Series, Grusen Hall, Boulder, CO
2004 Seperation Anxiety II: More Anxiety, Old Main Theatre, Boulder, CO
2002 Performance Art, Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
2002 A Night of Live Art, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
2002 Abandoned, Roach Gallery, Boulder, CO
2003 diFusion Live Art Event, Boulder, CO
2003 Separation Anxiety, Old Main Theatre, Boulder, CO
2003 New Arts Festival, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
2003 Meathooks of Freedom, Monkey Mania Gallery and Performance Space, Denver, CO
2001 Performance Art, Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
TECHNICAL ABILITIES
PHOTOGRAPHY
DSLR cameras, 35mm, medium format, and large format cameras, black and white film development, black and white darkroom printing, Photoshop, digital printing, lighting on location, studio lighting, natural lighting, photography history and concepts, Photoshop, Lightroom, commercial, documentary, event, and fine art photography
VIDEO
Directing, producing, documentary video production, art video production, DSLR video cameras, broadcast videocameras, broadcast engineering, audio recording for video and film, switching, lighting on location, studio lighting, natural lighting, video art concepts, video art history, experimental film concepts and history, Premiere, AfterEffects, scriptwriting
AUDIO
Audio recording and engineering in studio, audio recording on location, digital audio synthesis, experimental music and soundtrack creation, various mics, mixing consoles, multitrack recorders, voice overs, ADR recording, freelance audio engineering, government audio engineering
PERFORMANCE
Conceptual development, performance exercises, working with space, movement, voice, collaboration, engaging with an audience, perfor- mance history and concepts
DESIGN
InDesign, Illustrator, AfterEffects, Photoshop, typography, print production, in-house design, freelance design, conceptual design
BUSINESS
Small arts business management, client management, marketing, social media, video production management, fine arts career management, grant writing, communications
COLLECTIONS
St Kate Hotel, Milwaukee, WI
Arts + Literature Lab Gallery, Madison, WI
Several private collections