EDUCATION
MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts, Drawing, Dance and Performance, Goddard College, Plainfield, VT
BFA program, Drawing and Painting, College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN
BA Cum Laude, Art Education, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN


SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES
2011
St. Paul Almanac Reading events, live drawing, Black Dog Coffee and Wine Bar, St. Paul, MN

2010
One, Two, Three Burgundy, drawing performance with cellist Didier Petit, Black Dog Coffee and Wine Bar, St. Paul, MN
St. Paul Almanac Reading events, live drawing, Black Dog Coffee and Wine Bar, St. Paul, MN
Almanac Artists, group show, Black Dog Coffee and Wine Bar, St. Paul, MN

2009
St. Paul Almanac Reading events, live drawing, Black Dog Coffee and Wine Bar, St. Paul, MN
St. Paul Art Crawl performance, collaborative performance with Nathan Hanson, Brian Roessler, Sheila Regan, and Matthew Hodge
Drawings from Field Songs, solo exhibit, Southern Theater, Mpls, MN

2008
Marking Movement, solo exhibit and collaborative performance at the American Dance Festival, Louise Jones Brown Gallery, Durham, NC
Unfamiliar Geometry, collaborative performance with Nathan Hanson and Heather Wells, The Electric Eyes Festival, The Southern Theater, Mpls, MN
Unbranded, collaborative performance with Michelle Kinney and Gary Waryan, Ritz Theater, Minneapolis, MN
C.A.R.E. (Local Vietnamese Community Art Re-Encountered), group exhibit, Leung Fong Oi Wan Art Gallery, Hong Kong
Selected Works, solo exhibit, Capitol Hill gallery, Saint Paul, MN
Life/Line, solo exhibit of drawings at the Southern Theater, Mpls, MN.

2007
Drawing residency, American Dance Festival, Durham, NC

2006
Women in Spirituality Conference, with Kinetic Evolutions Dance Company, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN
JERWECA Center for the Arts performance, with Claire Barratt, Federico Ughi, Nathan Hanson, Jersey City, NJ

2005
JERWECA Center for the Arts performance,with Claire Barratt, Federico Ughi, Jersey City, NJ
Jersey City Artists Studio Tour performance, with Claire Barratt, Federico Ughi, Jersey City, NJ
Between Ma and a Soft Space, with Claire Barratt and friends, Chashama, New York, NY
Cathedral Arts Festival 2005, six hour drawing performance, Grace Church Van Vorst, Jersey City, NJ
Between Ma and a Soft Space, with Claire Barratt and David Beardsley, The Construction Company, NYC

2004
Antiphony, with Ken Medema and Nathan Hanson, Birmingham, AL
Motion Sculpture Movement Installation, with Claire Barratt and friends, Chashama, New York, NY

2003
Art in Motion, with National Arts Honor Society, Manheim Central High School, Manheim, PA
Martial Arts, with Tara Rebele and Jathan Gurr, Goddard College, Plainfield, VT

2002
Improvisation #2, collaboration with Federico Ughi and Nathan Hanson, Physical Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY
Walk Through, collaboration with Michael Eschenbach, Julie Kavee, and Nathan Hanson, Physical Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY
MFA-IA Student Performance Night, collaboration with Michael Eschenbach, Goddard College, Plainfield, VT
MFA-IA Student Art Show, group show, Goddard College, Plainfield, VT

2001
sPACe Aerial Dance Fest, drawing performance, Physical Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY
PAC Space Open House, group show, Physical Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY

2000
Employees’Äô Art Show, group show, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Drawings from The Bloody Chamber, solo show, St. Mark’Äôs Theater, New York, NY

1999
Life=Movement/Movement=Life, solo show, Big Genius Art Supplies and Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Sidewalk Show, Williamsburg Arts and Culture Festival, Brooklyn, NY
Judson Gym Open Performance, collaboration with Julie Kavee, Elliot Humberto Kavee, and Nathan Hanson, New York, NY
Fight Fate with Faith: Fortune Cookies, collaboration with choreographer Eugene Hutchins, Merce Cunningham Studio, NYC

1998
Impulse and Sequence Revisited, solo show, Frogtown Gallery, St. Paul, MN
Women Artists of St. Paul, Kahoots Gallery, St. Paul, MN
St. Paul Art Crawl, Northern Warehouse, St. Paul, MN
Impulse and Sequence, Hauss Dance, Redeye Theater, Minneapolis, MN
The 1998 Annual Juried Student Show, College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN
Student Print Show, College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN

1997
Ethiopian Nativity, commission, Christ Lutheran Church on Capitol Hill, St. Paul, MN
Frogtown Family Lofts Artists’Äô Co-op Open House, St. Paul,MN
The Denial of St. Lara, solo show, Frogtown Gallery, St. Paul, MN
2233456, Hauss Dance, Redeye Theater, Minneapolis, MN
The 1997 Annual Juried Student Show, College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN


PUBLICATION
Movement Research Performance Journal #29, ’ÄúImprovisation is Dead/Long Live Improvisation’Äù, pp 10-11, Spring 2005 (NY, NY)


SELECTED AWARDS
1997-98 Virginia Rahja Scholarship, College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2007
Art instructor/art program coordinator, Partnership Resources, Inc., St. Louis Park, MN, Multimedia

2006-ongoing
Art instructor, St. Paul Public Schools Community Education, St. Paul, MN, Multimedia

2004
Lecturer, Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY

2003
Artist-in-Residence, Manheim Central High School, Manheim, PA

2000-2006
Art instructor, The Churchill School, New York, NY, Multimedia

1999
Museum Education Intern, The Drawing Center, New York, NY, Drawing and Gallery Operations

1997-1998
Instructor, Minnesota Arts in Education Program, St. Paul, MN, Painting and Drawing

1997
Instructor, Frogtown Arts Outreach Program, St. Paul, MN, Drawing, Painting, Illustration

1994-1995
Art Therapist, Options for Individuals, Louisville, KY, Drawing, Painting

1990-1992
Instructor, Garden Streams, Hong Kong, Painting, Drawing, Sculpture


RELATED EXPERIENCE
2006
Autism and the Arts Teaching Artist Workshop, VSA Arts of Minnesota, Autism Society of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
Statewide Artists in Education Conference (AIE), Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Chaska, MN
A Minnesota Retreat for the Arts, Perpich Center for Arts Education, Golden Valley, MN

2005-2006
Brain -Based Teaching, monthly workshops conducted by Dr. Robert Greenleaf, The Churchill School, New York, NY

2000-2006
The Joyce Theater Professional Development Workshops for Teachers, The Joyce Theater, New York, NY