b. Albuquerque, New Mexico 1981
EDUCATION
MA Visual and Critical Studies, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
MFA Sculpture, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Master Court of Sommelier, Level 1, Level 2
BFA Photography/Sculpture, University of New Mexico
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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
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
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
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2018 Lecturer, Research Studio I and Research Studio for Transfers, Contemporary Practices, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2018 Lecturer, Core II, Contemporary Practices, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2018 Lecturer, Nightmoves: Research Studio II, Contemporary Practices, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2018 Lecturer and Faculty Liaison, Scholar's Program Studio Utrecht: Imagining Futures, SAIC Study Trip, Netherlands
2017 Lecturer, Research Studio I and Research Studio for Transfers, Contemporary Practices, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2017 Lecturer and Faculty Liaison, Berlin Now! SAIC Study Trip, Berlin, Germany
2017 Lecturer, Nightmoves: Research Studio II, Contemporary Practices, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2016 Lecturer, Research Studio I, Contemporary Practices, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2015-16 Graduate 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 Spring 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
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
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