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EDUCATION

 

2011-2013

Washington State University                                                               Pullman, WA

  • MFA in Studio Arts with Major in Photographic Arts, Minor in Digital Arts   GPA 3.930

  • Beta Tau Chapter, Delta Alpha Pi Honors Society for Academic Excellence

 

2007-10

Academy of Art University                                                    San Francisco, CA

  • BFA in Fine Art Photography GPA 3.436

1998-07

Palomar College                                                                  San Marcos, CA

  • Associate of Arts with certificate in General Studies emphasis in Math & Science GPA 3.703

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2019-Current

Part-Time Art Instructor, College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, NV

In person & Online Instruction, Course Accreditation & Pedagogue

Art Appreciation – Fall 2019, Spring 2020, & Fall 2020

Drawing I – Fall 2020, Spring 2021, & Fall 2021

2D Design – Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2021, & Spring 2021

 

2022-Current

Affiliate Faculty, Colorado Christian University, Lakewood, CO

Online Instruction & Program development

Beginning Photography – Spring 2022

2017-2018

Full Time Photography Instructor, Art Institute of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV

Academic Advising, New Student Orientation, & Academic Tutoring

Advanced Lighting – Spring 2018

Art History – Summer 2017 & Winter 2018

Business Operations and Management – Summer 2018

Digital Imaging – Summer 2017

Editorial Photography – Winter 2018 & Summer 2018

Exhibition Printing – Winter 2018

Fashion Photography – Spring 2018

History of Photography – Summer 2018

Intermediate Photography – Fall 2017

Photo Art Direction – Fall 2017 & Summer 2018

Photo Essay – Fall 2017

Photo Essay II – Winter 2018

Photojournalism – Summer 2018

Portfolio Presentation – Winter 2018, Spring 2018, & Summer 2018

Portfolio Preparation – Winter 2018, Spring 2018, & Summer 2018

Portrait Photography – Spring 2018

Portrait Photography II – Fall 2017

Principals of Photography – Fall 2017 & Spring 2018

Survey of Photography – Spring 2018

 

2014-2017

Interim Full Time Faculty, Yakima Valley Community College, Yakima, WA

Curriculum Development – Intermediate Digital Photography, Advanced Digital Photography, History of Photography, and Digital Design

Academic Advising & New Student Orientation

Art Appreciation – Spring 2014, Winter 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2016

Digital Photography – Spring 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2014, Winter 2015, Spring 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2015, Winter 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Winter 2017, & Spring 2017

Intermediate Digital Photography – Spring 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2015,   Winter 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017

Advanced Digital Photography – Winter 2016, Fall 2016, & Spring 2017

History of Photography – Fall 2015 & Winter 2017

Digital Design – Spring 2017

 

2013-2014

Associate Lecturer, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID

Intermediate Digital Imaging – Fall 2013

History of Photography – Fall 2013

Readings in Art Education (Masters in Art Teaching course) – Spring 2014

 

2011-2013

Instructor of Record, Washington State University, Pullman, WA

Beginning Analog Photography – Fall 2011 & Spring 2012

Beginning Digital Photography – Summer 2012, Fall 2012, & Spring 2013

 

Teaching Assistant, Washington State University, Pullman, WA

History of Photography – Spring 2013

World Art History II – Spring 2013

Arts of Ancient Greece and Rome – Spring 2013

Introduction to Art History – Fall 2011, Spring 2012, & Fall 2012

Photographic Lab – Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, & Spring 2013

Digital Lab – Spring 2012

Gallery II – Fall 2011 & Spring 2013

 

2005-2013

Partner, Sunshine Portraits, San Marcos, CA

Portrait photography, graphic design, and general business operations

 

 

GRANTS & AWARDS

2022

The Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, Grant, Las Vegas, NV

2015

Heritage University Award of Excellence, Yakima, WA

Teacher of the Year Nomination, ASYVCC, Yakima, WA

2014

Artist Grant, Vermont Studio Center,  Johnson, VT

2012

Beta Tau Chapter, Delta Alpha Pi Honors Society for Academic Excellence, Pullman, WA

Society Of Photographic Educators-North West Scholarship, Seattle, WA

2011

Francis and Janis Ho Scholarship, WSU, Pullman, WA

 

2008

Upromise Educational Scholarship, SLM Corporation, New York, NY

 

2006

Jack Iskin Photographic Scholarship, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA

 

 

SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2022

Selections, Level Up Gallery, College of Southern Nevada, Henderson, NV

2018

Untitled, Public artwork displays, Henderson, NV

Fiber, Mad Knit, Henderson NV

Untitled, Public artwork displays, Las Vegas, NV

2017

Selection form Abstractions, Washing State Department of Ecology, Yakima, WA

Abstractions, Yakima Maker’s Space Gallery, Yakima, WA

 

2016

Compositions, Light Gallery @ Seasons Performance Hall, Yakima, WA

POPart, Gilbert Cellars Gallery & Larson Gallery, Yakima, WA

 

2013

Knot Your Average Art, City of Moscow - Public Installation @ 5th & S Washington St, Moscow, ID

Access, The Dean of Students Art Gallery, WSU, Pullman, WA

 

2012

Mathematics in Motion, Gallery II - Washington State University, Pullman, WA

 

2008

Michigan, Expressions Space - Escondido Municipal Gallery Escondido, CA 

 

2007

Michigan, Ordover Gallery, Solana Beach, CA 

Yosemite in Blue,  Body & Soul Gallery, Vista, CA

 

2005

Photographer at Play, The Photographers Gallery, Escondido, CA    

Change of Vision, The Canvas, San Marcos, CA

 

 

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2020/21

Faculty Exhibit, College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, NV

2019

Farmers Daughter Exhibition, Henderson, NV

Clark County Art Exhibition, Las Vegas, NV (1st and 2nd Place Awards)

2018

Selections - 6th International Combined Caucus Juried Exhibition, Society of Photographic Educators, Idaho

Faculty exhibit, The Art Institute of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV

2017

Selections - 5th International Combined Caucus Juried Exhibition, Society of Photographic Educators, Corvallis, OR

Members Exhibition, Larson Gallery, Yakima, WA

DOVA, Yakima Valley College Annual Student and Faculty exhibition, Larson Gallery, Yakima, WA

2016

31th Annual Central Washington Artist Exhibition, Larson Gallery, WA

Four Seasons, YSO Print exhibition, Essencia, Yakima WA

Four Seasons, Yakima Symphony Orchestra, The Capital Theater, Yakima, WA

Terrain 9  -Terrain, Spokane, WA

Selections - 4th International Combined Caucus Juried Exhibition, Living Arts, Tulsa, OK

Members Exhibition, Larson Gallery, Yakima, WA

Art Caucus, Spokane Falls Community College –Pullman, Gladish Community Center, Pullman, WA

Tour of Artist Homes, Larson Gallery, WA

DOVA, Yakima Valley Community College Annual Student and Faculty exhibition, Larson Gallery, Yakima, WA

4th International Combined Caucus Juried Exhibition, Society of Photo Educators, Las Vegas, NV

The Golden Spiral: Fibonacci, Sacred Geometry and Divine Proportion, Larson Gallery, Yakima, WA

2015

30th Annual Central Washington Artist Exhibition, Larson Gallery, WA (Heritage University Award of Excellence)

Faculty Exhibition, Palmer Martin Hall Rotating Exhibition Space, Yakima Vallery Community College, Yakima, WA

Members Exhibition, Larson Gallery, Yakima, WA

DOVA, Yakima Valley Community College Annual Student and Faculty exhibition, Larson Gallery, Yakima Valley Community College, Yakima, WA

39th National Juried Photography Exhibition, Larson Gallery, Yakima, WA

 

2014

Transfixed |Transmedia, The Traveling Eye, Society of Photo Educators, Bellingham, WA

4th Annual Holga Out of the Box International Photo Competition, TCC Photo Gallery, Longview, TX

Small Piece Exhibition,  Flynn Gallery Space, Marinette, WI

Knit It, City of Moscow - Library Installation,  Moscow, ID

DOVA, Annual Student and Faculty exhibition, Larson Gallery, Yakima Valley Community College, Yakima, WA

Reinterpreting Reality, 10th Annual Women’s Art Exhibit, Women’s Resource Center, Compton Union Gallery, Pullman, WA

2013

CAA Faculty Exhibit, The Prichard Art Gallery-University of Idaho, Moscow, ID

Terrain 6, Terrain, Spokane, WA

Art in the Garden, Museum of Art/WSU, Pullman, WA

Prime, Saranac Art Projects, Spokane, WA

Mesmerizing Motions, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Museum of Art/WSU, Pullman, WA

Reinterpreting Reality, 9th Annual Women’s Art Exhibit, Women’s Resource Center, Compton Union Gallery, Pullman, WA

2012

30∙30∙30, Third Street Gallery, City of Moscow, Moscow, ID

8 1/2, Art Student Union, Gallery III, WSU, Pullman, WA

Reinterpreting Reality, 8th Annual Women’s Art Exhibit, Women’s Resource Center, Compton Union Gallery, Pullman, WA

 

2011

Dia De Los Muertos, Gallery III, WSU, Pullman, WA

 

2010

BFA Graduation Exhibit, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA

 

2009

60th Annual International Exhibition of Photography, San Diego County Fair, Del Mar, CA 

 

2008

Collections, OPT Underground Gallery, Oceanside, CA

59th Annual International Exhibition of Photography, San Diego County Fair, Del Mar, CA 

2007

From Heaven To Earth, OPT Underground Gallery, Oceanside, CA

Solitude & The Forgotten Children, Ordover Gallery, Solana Beach, CA

Where is the Purple Cow, OPT Underground Gallery, Oceanside, CA

Panache 2007 Invitational Exhibit,  Escondido Art Partnership, Escondido, CA

Artisan Café,  Photo Arts Group, Escondido, CA

Botanicals & Eastern Sojourn,  Ordover Gallery, Solana Beach, CA

58th Annual International Exhibition of Photography, San Diego County Fair, Del Mar, CA 

Waters, Tamed and Untamed, OPT Underground Gallery, Oceanside, CA

Members Only, Escondido Art Partnership, Escondido, CA

Jack Iskin, OPT Underground Gallery, Oceanside, CA

 

2006

Multiple Universes – Beyond Definitions, Gallery 67, San Diego, CA

Deja – View, Digital Art Guild & Photo Arts Group, Poway Center for the Performing Arts, Poway, CA

57th Annual International Exhibition of Photography, San Diego County Fair, Del Mar, CA    (Two - Honorable Mentions)

Natural Instincts, Escondido Art Partnership, Escondido, CA  (3rd place award)

2005

Local Color – X, Escondido Art Partnership, Escondido, CA 

Selections: Photographs from the 56th International Exhibition of Photography, The Photographer’s Gallery, Escondido, CA

All Mixed Up, Escondido Art Partnership, Escondido, CA  (Honorable Mention)

Small Images, Offtrack Gallery, Carlsbad, CA  (3rd place award)

56th Annual International Exhibition of Photography, San Diego County Fair, Del Mar, CA           (1st place Creative and Alternative Processes)

Student Showcase, San Diego County Fair, Del Mar, CA ( Two - 2nd place awards)

Palomar College Student Art Exhibition, Boehm Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA

2002

Palomar College Student and Faculty Exhibition, Boehm Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA

2000

Student Showcase, San Diego County Fair, Del Mar, CA  (1st and 2nd place award)

1999

Palomar College Student Exhibition, San Marcos Civic Center, San Marcos, CA

 

PUBLICATIONS

2013

Saranac exhibition,  The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA July 5, 2013

Knot your average art, Pullman-Moscow Review, Moscow, ID May 17, 2013

Artist Interview, The Daily Evergreen, Pullman, WA April 2013

MFA Thesis Exhibition, Pullman Community Update, Pullman, WA  (Vol 19, No. 4/April 2013)

WSU MFA Catalog 2013, WSU Fine Arts, Pullman, WA March 2013

MFA Show Card, Museum of Art/WSU, Pullman, WA March 2013

2011

Dia De Los Muertos, The Daily Evergreen, Pullman, WA Oct 2011

2008

Local Artist Wins National Scholarship, North County Times, Escondido, CA July 2008

2007

Ordover, North County Times, Escondido, CA September 2007

Up and Coming Art, Coastal Press, Solana Beach, CA Sept 2007

2005

Palomar College: Bravura, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA Spring 2005

2002

Palomar College: Bravura, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA Spring 2002

 

LECTURES & WORKSHOPS

2022

Workshop leader, Painting plants, Iron Rose, Boulder City, NV

2019

Workshop Leader, “Brioche”, Mad Knitters Yarn, Henderson, NV

2017

Lecturer, “Abstractions”,  Society of Photographic Educators, Corvallis, OR

2016

Workshop Leader, "Photographing Art", Art Club at Yakima Valley Community College, Yakima, WA

2014

Lecturer, "History of Photography", Yakima Valley Community College, Yakima, WA

Workshop Leader, "Photographing Art", Art Club at Yakima Valley Community College, Yakima, WA

2013

Lecturer, "Guest Artist", University Idaho, Moscow, ID

2012

Lecturer, "Artist Talks", Washington State University, Pullman, WA

2010

Workshop Leader, “Repetitive forms – Exploring compositional elements” Women in Creative Photography, Escondido, CA

2009

Workshop Leader, “Recreating the Masters – analyzing an image and recreating it” Women in Creative Photography, Poway, CA

2008

Workshop Leader, “Creative Capture – Stereoscopic Imaging - Constructing a Stereo Image for Camera to Print” Women in Creative Photography, Escondido, CA

2007

Lecturer, "Portfolio Development" Palomar College, San Marcos CA

Workshop Leader, “Creative Capture – Lensbaby – exploring the world with creative focus” Women in Creative Photography, San Diego, CA

2006

Workshop Leader, “Creative Capture – Cyano types – Cyano printing from digital negatives” Women in Creative Photography, San Marco, CA

Workshop Leader, “Creative Capture – Holga – exploring the world though multiples exposures” Women in Creative Photography, Poway, CA

 

RESIDENCES

 

2015

Vermont Studio Center,  Johnson, VT (August 2nd – 29th)

 

 

TECHNICAL ABILITIES

Adobe Suite Software – Photoshop, Lightroom, Bridge, Dreamweaver, Premier Pro

Art Appreciation, Art History, & Modern/Contemporary Art

Architecture & Location Photography

B&W Photographic Techniques Analog & Digital

Camera Formats - 35mm, Medium Format, View Cameras, and Digital

Creative and Alternative Process Photographic Techniques

Color Photography - Analog & Digital

Course Development

Darkroom Maintenance /Upkeep

Design: 2D, 3D, & Digital

Digital Imaging Arts

Digital Imaging Techniques - Color Management, Digital Workflow, & Printing

Drawing I & II

Foundations- Drawing, 2D-Design, & 3D Design

Landscape Photography

Online Education Software: Certified in Canvas, bbLearn, Brightspace, & Angel

Photojournalism

Photographic History and Criticism

Photographic Image Exhibition and Display Preparation

Portfolio and Professional Photographic Practices

Printmaking

Studio Practice – Commercial, Portrait, & Still Life

 

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

College Art Association, New York, NY

Photo Arts Group, Escondido, CA

Society of Photographic Educators, Cleveland, OH

Washington State University Alumni Association, Pullman, WA

Women in Creative Photography, San Diego, CA

 

 

EXHIBITIONS JURIED

2022

Juror, Painting Campuses to Life, Las Vegas

2018

Juror, Skills USA Reginal Competition, Las Vegas, NV

 

2017

Juror, YVC Student Art Exhibition, Yakima Valley College, Yakima, WA

2016

Juror, YVCC Student Art Exhibition, Yakima Valley College, Yakima, WA

2015

Juror, YVCC Student Art Exhibition, Yakima Valley Community College, Yakima, WA

2014

Juror, YVCC Student Art Exhibition, Yakima Valley Community College, Yakima, WA

2011

Juror, Education Abroad Photo Contest, Washington State University, Pullman, WA

Juror, Palouse Art Days, Palouse, WA

 

 

EXHIBITIONS COORDINATED

2016

Coordinator, Spring 2016 Showcase, Palmer Martin Hall Rotating Exhibition Space, Yakima Vallery Community College, Yakima, WA

2015/16

Coordinator, Photography Student Involvement for The Golden Spiral: Fibonacci, Sacred Geometry and Divine Proportion Exhibition, Larson Gallery, Yakima, WA

 

 

TRAVEL

2021

Traveled California, Utah

2020

Traveled California, Nevada, Utah

2019

Traveled Nevada, Utah, Arizona

2018

Traveled Oregon, Washington, California, and Nevada

2017

Traveled Oregon

2016

Traveled Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, and California  

2015

Traveled Vermont, New Hampshire, and New York

2012

Traveled Olympic Peninsula & Oregon Coast

2010

Traveled to South West & Central USA: AZ, CA, MO, NM, and TX

2007

Traveled to Sicily, Italy

 

 

CONFERENCES ATTENDED

2021/22

Quality Matters                                                                      Remote Education

  • Courses in online education

2019

WPPI                                                                                     Las Vegas, NV

  • Conference and Trade Show

 

2018

WPPI                                                                                     Las Vegas, NV

  • Conference and Trade Show

 

2017

Society of Photo Educators - North West                              Seattle, WA

  • Illuminate and Provoke

 

2016

Society of Photo Educators - North West                              Seattle, WA

  • Evolving: Craft and Concept

Palouse FiberArts                                                                     Moscow, ID

  • Fiber Works   

 

2015

Society of Photo Educators - National                                  Las Vegas, NV

  • Constructed Realities

 

2014

Society of Photo Educators - North West                             Bellingham, WA

  • Transfixed |Transmedia, The Traveling Eye

Palouse FiberArts                                                                  Moscow, ID

  • Art vs Craft   

2013

Society of Photo Educators - North West                              Seattle, WA

  • Community: Connecting Through Photography

2012

Society of Photo Educators - North West                              Eugene, OR

  • Crossing the Divide

2011

Society of Photo Educators - North West                              Spokane, WA

  • Visual Evolution

2007

PG Photographic                                                            San Diego, CA

  • From Film to Pixel – Correlating The Darkroom to The Digital World

Photographic Exploration                                                  Palomar Mt, CA

  • Portfolio Production & Matting and Framing Your Work

 

2006

Museum of Photographic Art – Wendy Richmond                San Diego, CA

  • The next step: Creating a Body of Work

 

2004

Professional Photographers of America                              Las Vegas, NV

  • Professional Photographers of America Conference & Seminars

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