b. Albuquerque, New Mexico 1981
EDUCATION
MFA Sculpture, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
MA (abt) Visual and Critical Studies, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Master Court of Sommelier, Level 1, Level 2
BFA Photography/Sculpture, University of New Mexico
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 small worry, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL (solo)
2022 Maw, Apparatus Projects, Chicago, IL
2019 YOUR MOUTH AS A GAPING SQUARE, The Ski Club, Milwaukee, WS (solo, curated by Fulla Abdul-Jabbar/Green Lantern Press)
2019 mmmmmmummmmmm, Adler + Floyd Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
2018 A Spell to Bind the Monas, Randy Alexander Gallery, Chicago, IL
2016 ON BEING SESSILE, 4th Ward Project Space, Chicago, IL
2014 A Considered Loss, John M. Flaxman Library, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2010 our empty rooms, Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
2005 lightdark, Maps and Geologic Information Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
2004 Adore Aderi, Jon Sommers Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 we will become an island, curated by Pablo Lazala Ruiz, Compound Yellow, Chicago, IL
2024 words have gone to sleep, curated by Lara Schoorl, Maple St. Construct, Omaha, NE
2023 Heartsick on the Floor, curated by Iris Bernblum, Goldfinch Gallery, Chicago, IL
2023 (Silence, by this point everything is different), Apparatus Projects, Chicago, IL
2022 Curb Alert, curated by Annelies Kamen, Casmos Carl, North Adams, MA
2022 Soft Noise, curated by Chris Reeves and Aaron Walker, The Plan, Chicago, IL
2022 bootleg Working Drawings and Other Visible Things on Paper Not Necessarily Meant to be Viewed as Art, curated by Thomas Houston, Apparatus Projects, Chicago, IL
2021 Answer Tell Pray Answer Look Tell Answer Answer Tell, curated by Kiyoto Koseki and Diana Mangaser, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY
2019 Strained States, curated by Jameson Paige, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL
2018 In Practice: Another Echo, SculptureCenter, Long Island City, Queens, NY
2018 Épisode Laurier, Montreal, Quebec
2018 Side-Eye Jones, Carl, Chicago, IL
2018 southwest show, TCC Gallery, Chicago, IL
2017 Peppermint Shower Gel, CK2 Gallery/Pop Up Montreal, École des Beaux Arts de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
2017 RIPE LEEKS, Filmfront, curated by Michael Wawzenek, Chicago, IL (screening)
2017 uxcool, curated by Kiyoto Koseki, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2016 Making Out, Defibrillator, Chicago, IL
2015 SAIC MFA Thesis Show, Sullivan Galleries, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2014 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\, LeRoy Neiman Center Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2014 WEST, LeRoy Neiman Center Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2011 Shear Glory, Devotion Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010 360, Warehouse 21, Santa Fe, NM
2008 Dream / Nightmare, unTrained Boxcar Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2007 Betty Hahn Curates, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM
2006 Exhibit A, Yale Art Center, Albuquerque, NM
2006 Curators Choice: SF Arts Alliance, Feral Art Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2005 an Eclectic Group, Katrina Lasko Gallery, Bernallilo, NM
AWARDS / RESIDENCIES
2024 Ragdale Residency + Teaching Fellowship, Lake Forest, IL
2023 Roger Brown Residency, New Buffalo, MI
2021 Living Within the Play, The Poor Farm, Manawa, WI
2019 Internationale Sommerakademie, Residency Fellow + Travel Grant, Untersberg Quarry Residency, Salzburg, Austria,
2019 Wassaic Artist Residency, Wassaic, NY
2018 In Practice Sculpture Center Fellowship, New York, NY
2016 Vermont Studio Center Residency and Artists Grant
2016 Ruth Kroon Scholarship, SAIC
2015 8550 OHIO Residency Fellow
2015 Edward L Ryerson Fellowship, SAIC
2014 Susan Ann Karmel Scholarship, SAIC
2013 Oliva Moore Trautman Scholarship, SAIC
2004 Departmental Honors, summa cum laude, College of Art, UNM
2003 The Charis Ann McKelvy Memorial Scholarship, College of Art, UNM
1999 - 2003 New Mexico Lottery Scholarship, UNM
SELECTED TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2016-25 Associate Professor, Adjunct, SAIC, Chicago, IL
Contemporary Practice:
CP 1010 Core Studio I + CP 1011 Core Studio II; CP 1020 Research Studio I; CP 1021 Research Studio for Transfers; CP 1022 Research Studio II: NIGHTMOVES; CP 1022 Research Studio II: Trouble with Wilderness
Sculpture:
SCULP 1101 Intro to Sculpture; SCULP 2074 Patternmaking for Sculpture; SCULP 3000 Intermediate Sculpture; SCULP 3066 Material Translators (cross-listed with Print Media; SCULP 4900 Senior Seminar: Into the Field; SCULP 4000 Independent Sculpture Project
Academic Spine:
UGDIV 2900 Sculpture Sophomore Seminar; UGDIV 4900 Capstone Critique Seminar;
UGDIV 4900 Capstone Seminar: BFA Thesis Exhibition
Low Res MFA: Program Mentor
Visual Critical Studies: Thesis Advisor (2nd Reader, 3rd Reader)
2025 Pulp Sculpture, Ox-Bow School of Art and Artist Residency, Saugatuck, MI (upcoming)
2024 Alternative Armature, Ox-Bow School of Art and Artist Residency, Saugatuck, MI
2017-18 Faculty Liaison, Office of International Student Affairs, Study Abroad Program
Courses: Scholar’s Program Imaging Futures: Utrecht, Netherlands; Berlin Now!, Berlin, Germany
2018-19 Volunteer Mentor, Chicago Lights, Fourth Presbyterian Church (non-affiliated), Chicago, IL
2015-16 Liberal Arts Writing Fellow, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2015-16 Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Visual Critical Studies Undergraduate Thesis, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2014-15 Teaching Assistant, Thing Lab, Sculpture and Designed Objects, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2013 Teaching Assistant, Flat to Fat, Sculpture, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2009-10 Warehouse 21, Instructor: Photography, Silkscreen and Fashion Design, Santa Fe, NM
2008-10 Georgia O'Keefe Museum, Art & Leadership Program Educator, Santa Fe, NM
ACADEMIC SERVICE
2023-25 Elected Faculty Senator, Faculty Senate, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2023-24 Art Institute of Chicago Workers Union Local 4888, Elected Bargaining Team Member
2022 Emcee, Undergraduate/Grad Division discussion of Isabel Wilkerson’s Caste, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2021-23 Part Time Liaison, Contemporary Practices, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2021-23 Member, Academic Freedom Ad Hoc Working Group, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2021 Panelist, Undergraduate Division discussion of Isabel Wilkerson’s Caste, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2020-22 Co-founder and co-facilitator, Contemporary Practice Anti-Racist Reading Group
2020 Member, Contemporary Practice Research Studio COVID Remote Working Group
2017 Mental Health First Aid Certification, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2014-16 Interlink Visiting Artist Coordinator, Graduate Division, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2014-15 Graduate Coordinator, bibliodérive (event), Graduate Dean’s Office/Library Committee, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2014-15 Graduate Representative, Library Committee, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2013-14 Executive Committee Assistant, Sculpture Department, SAIC, Chicago, IL
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2017 Bruno Sport Bar Biennales, Phillppe Parreno* and Douglas Gordan*, Etienne Chartrand, Bruno Sport, Montréal, CA
2017 EXPANDED GWC, Valérie Blass, jeux d’été w/ Michael Hall, MANA Contemporary, Chicago, IL
2016 As the World Turns, Agnes Bolt and Kevin Stuart, jeux d’été, Chicago, IL
2016 The Coat, Corin Sworn and Tony Romano, jeux d’été, Chicago, IL
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2016 Co-founder, with Simon Belleau, of the artist/curatorial collective jeux d’été
2014-15 Interlink Visiting Artist Coordinator, Graduate Division, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2014-15 Research Assistant, bibliodérive (event), Library Committee and Graduate Dean’s Office, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2013-14 Executive Committee Assistant, Sculpture Department, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2013 BOMB Magazine, Development Assistant, Brooklyn, NY
2010-12 Nyehaus Gallery, Project Manager / Artist Liaison, New York, NY
2011 Divinale Festival: Women, Wine and Song, Marketing Assistant/Sommelier, New York, NY
2009-11 Communikey Electronic Arts Festival, Volunteer Coordinator / Resident Artist, Boulder, CO
LECTURES / PUBLICATIONS / BIBLIOGRAPHY
2023 Calliope, curated by Marie Segolene, M. LeBlanc Gallery, Chicago, IL
2021 TAZ Method / New Joint, workshop led with David Sprecher, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY
2019 Artist Lecture, Department of Art and Art History, Beloit College, Beloit, WI
2019 Artist Lecture, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
2017 RIPE LEEKS Artist Panel, Filmforum, Chicago, IL
2017 urchin, Public Access Book Launch @ Sector 2337, Chicago, IL
2017 THINKS: Elena Ailes, Bad At Sports, March 15, http://badatsports.com/2017/thinks-elena-ailes/
2017 Notes for a Nightshade, Kastle Press (upcoming Spring 2017)
2016 SOIF: Simon Belleau, exhibition text, Optica Centre for Contemporary Art, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2016 UNCOMMON COMMONS, performance lecture, Words & [ ] conference, Darling Foundry, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2016 Notes for a Nightshade, MAVCS Symposium lecture, MacLean Ballroom, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2015 Sleeping With Plants and other (un)Locatable Centers, performance lecture, Sector 2337, Chicago, IL
2015 Various Naumans, a performance lecture, SAIC MFA Thesis Show, Sullivan Galleries, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2014 Thinking Feeling Making Repeat (in no particular order) Thesis Graduate Lecture, Sculpture, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2014 (re)contextualizing the WEST: a discussion with Andrew Hunter, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2011 Panel: Creative Climates, Moderated by Lauren Higgins, CMKY, Boulder, CO