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