Education

2010

Master of Fine Art in Photography, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL

Thesis: A Theory for Post-Ironic Photography

 

2007

Bachelor of Fine Art in Photography, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

 

Exhibitions and Screenings

2011

7002 California Gallery – Chicago, IL

Blue Sky Gallery – Portland, OR

 

2010

Needless Suffering – The Hopkinson House, curator Alice Feldt – Chicago, IL

B-Sides: Continuing the Contemporary U.S. Photography Dialogue – Fotofest – Houston, TX

Antimatter Festival – Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Fotofest Biennial: Road to Nowhere – curator Natasha Egan, Fotofest – Houston, TX

Columbia College Chicago Graduate Thesis Exhibition – Glass Curtain Gallery – Chicago, IL

 

2009

Because the Night – curator Sabina Ott, Chapman University – Orange, CA

Albert P. Weisman Exhibition – Columbia College – Chicago, IL

POKE! Artists and Online Social Media – curated by Jennifer Ward, Fotofest – Houston, TX

Working Class Studies Association National Conference Art Exhibition – Pittsburgh, PA

SMart Media Festival – Open Concept Gallery – Grand Rapids, MI

Boys will be Boys – Fe Gallery – Pittsburgh, PA

 

2008

If Artists Ran the Media – C33 Gallery – Chicago, IL

 

2007

Rochester Institute of Technology Honors Show – SPAS Gallery – Rochester, NY

Draft – 213 Hungerford Gallery – Rochester, NY

 

2006

RIT Honors Show – SPAS Gallery – Rochester, NY

Door 7 Gallery Group Show – Rochester, NY

Pennsylvania Governors School for the Arts Faculty Exhibition – Erie, PA

 

2005

Newspace Center for Photography – Portland, OR

 

Curatorial

2011

Video Playlist: Intimate Civics and Everyday Explorer

The Museum of Contemporary Photography Chicago, IL

Video Playlist: Heartaches and Holy Rites

The Museum of Contemporary Photography Chicago, IL

Video Playlist: Do-overs and New Beginnings

The Museum of Contemporary Photography Chicago, IL

 

2010

Video Playlist: Mixtapes and Mashups

The Museum of Contemporary Photography Chicago, IL

 

Awards and Grants

Midwestern Photography Project member – Museum of Contemporary Photography – Chicago IL

Albert P. Weisman Award – Project Grant – Chicago, IL

Feed Biennial Semi- Finalist – 1708 Gallery – Richmond, Virginia

Graduate Opportunity Award – Columbia College Chicago

Graduate Merit Scholarship – Columbia College Chicago

 

Wallace Memorial Library Purchase Prize – Rochester, NY