Education
2006 MFA, Painting, Northwestern University, Art Theory and Practice Department, Evanston, IL
1999 Post-Graduate Apprentice, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Apprentice Training Program, Philadelphia, PA
1998 BFA, Painting, Drawing & Printmaking, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (MIAD), Milwaukee, WI
1996 Lacoste School of Fine Arts in France, Lacoste, France
Exhibition Record (Bold listings indicate solo exhibitions)
2011
Miller Art Museum, Sturgeon Bay, WI
2010
Playing Fields, School of Fine Arts Gallery at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (Curator: Tyson Skross)
2009
(Re)Collect, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL (Curator: Francesca Wilmot, Hyde Park Art Center)
Olivia Schreiner, College of DuPage, McAnich Arts Center Lobby Gallery, Glen Ellyn, IL
2008
Magic, Magic, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (Collaborative show with Justin Witte)
Milwaukee International Art Fair: Final Reduction Sale, Old Gold Exhibitions & Events, Milwaukee, WI
The Big Show, SIlas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY (Curator: Silas Marder, Gallery Director)
2007
Without Like or As: Painting and Poetics, Gallery 2, University Galleries, Illinois State University (Curator: Benjamin Gardner, Assistant Professor, College Of Fine Arts, Illinois State University)
Extended Visits: Kelly Breslin, Shona Macdonald, Emily Sartor and Olivia Schreiner, Skestos Gabriele Gallery, Chicago, IL (Curator: Stephanie Skestos Gabriele, Gallery Director)
DOOL’s, (a painting project in collaboration with Justin Witte) Vega Estates Presents: The Addition (a Garage and a Basement), Chicago, IL (Curator: Julie Rudder, Artist)
Constellation, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL (Curator: Michelle Beckett, Studio Manager, Hyde Park Art Center)
2006
Distances, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL (Curator: Brandon Larson, Assistant Director, CAW)
Material Science, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL (Curator: Blake Bradford, Director of Education, Hyde Park Art Center)
Salad Days, Rowland Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, IL (Curator: Mark Rowland, Director, Rowland Contemporary Gallery)
Union League Civic & Arts Foundation Visual Arts Competition 2006, Union League Civic & Arts Foundation, Chicago, IL (Juror: Hamza Walker, Director of Education, The Renaissance Society, University of Chicago)
LeRoy’s Friends, GBU Gallery, University of Illinois, Chicago (Curator: LeRoy Stevens, Artist)
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
2005
Temporary Allegiance, Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL and The Galleries at Moore, Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA (Traveling flag project organized by Philip von Zweck, Director, VONZWECK Gallery, in collaboration with Justin Witte)
Lineage, New Jersey gallery, Chicago, IL
2004
Fly by Night, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Grubstake, Basekamp, Philadelphia, PA (An exhibition by the artists’ collective, Nature’s Radio)
The Stray Show, Vox Populi Gallery, Chicago, IL (Booth at alternative art gallery convention)
2003
Surface Tension, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA (Curator: Cassandra Coblentz, Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative Curatorial Fellow, The Fabric Workshop and Museum)
My Mother’s an Artist, The Education Alliance Gallery, New York, NY (Curator: Sheila Pepe, Artist)
North of the Border, Northern Liberties Neighborhood Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA (Juror: Susan Rosenberg, Assistant Curator, Philadelphia Museum of Art)
El Mono Muy Mal, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Iron On, Nexus Foundation for Today's Art, Philadelphia, PA
2002
Digital Art in Philadelphia, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA (Juror: Anne R. Fabbri, independent writer/critic)
En Route, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Get Out: Lighting for Urban Rooftop Environments (LURE), The Galleries at Moore, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA (Curator: Aaron Igler, Artist)
60th Annual Painting Exhibition, Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA (Juror: Susan Rosenberg, Assistant Curator, Philadelphia Museum of Art)
Lighting for Urban Rooftop Environments, LURE, Philadelphia, PA (Outdoor, site-specific video projection in collaboration with Aaron Igler)
Anti-Archival, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA (Juror: Alex Baker, Curator of Contemporary Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA)
Gridlock, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
First Annual Northern Liberties Exhibition 2002, Northern Liberties Neighborhood Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA (Juror: Alex Baker, Curator of Contemporary Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA)
Snapshot, Aldrich Museum of Art, Ridgefield, CT (Organized by Gary Sangster, Executive Director of the Contemporary Museum, Baltimore)
2001
Abington Art Center Annual Juried Exhibition, Jenkintown, PA (Jurors: Becky & Gil Kerlin, Co-directors, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia)
Vox Prints, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Works on Paper 2001, Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA (Juror: Thelma Golden, Director & Chief Curator, Studio Museum Harlem)
Just Ripe, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (New Members’ Exhibition)
Professional Affiliations & Experience
| 2010-Present | Adjunct Professor - College of DuPage - Art Department |
| 2008 | Adjunct Lecturer - Painting & Drawing - Loyola University, Chicago, IL, Dept. of Fine & Performing Arts |
Co-curator, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL: Co-curate screen-printing exhibition, Faster, Cheaper, Bolder: Silkscreen artwork by Art Center students with Elke Claus |
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| 2007 & 2008 | Screen-printing Workshop, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL: Introduce screen-printing to a large group by printing t-shirts with about 200 participants of Hyde Park Art Center’s Creative Move weekend long anniversary celebration. |
| 2007 | Adjunct Lecturer – Painting, Art Theory and Practice Department, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL: Two sections of Basic Painting |
| 2007-Present | Teaching Artist – Painting, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL: Teach Painting from Memory, a ten-week self-designed course for adults with basic painting and drawing skills in which they use their memory of experiences as a source for new paintings. |
| 2006-Present | Teaching Artist – Screen-printing, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL: Teach Silkscreen: Posters, Propaganda & Protest, a ten-week self-designed course covering screen-printing basics, an examination of the aesthetic power of posters and ending with a semi-permanent “wheat-pasted” poster exhibition/propagation outdoors. |
| 2005-Present | Digital Editing, Design & Website Maintenance, Vintage Catalogs, Evanston, IL: Create and publish facsimile editions from original catalogs and trade magazines from the 19th Century to the 1950’s using Adobe Photoshop and desktop publishing software. Designed and update retail website. |
| 2006 | Teaching Assistant – Intermediate Painting, Art Theory and Practice Department, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL: Started the quarter assisting Professor William Conger for the first four weeks. Finished the last six weeks independently conducting individual instruction, group critique and evaluation. |
| 2005-2006 | Visiting Artist Coordinator, Art Theory and Practice Department, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL: Designed the Department’s Visiting Artist Program schedule, initiated invitations and coordinated artists’ travel, lecture and student studio meeting arrangements. The year’s visiting artists included Amy Adler, Paul Chan, Patty Chang, Ken Fandell, Dave McKenzie and Ernesto Neto. |
| 2000-2005 | Project Technician/Printer, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA: After completing the three-month apprenticeship program in 1999, hired to manage the printing studio, assist with the Apprentice Training Program and Artist-in-Residence program; including collaborative projects with Leonardo Drew, Tom Friedman, Kori Newkirk, Laura Owens, Shahzia Sikander and Kiki Smith. |
| 2001-2004 | Gallery Member & Communications Committee Chairperson, Non-profit Artists’ Cooperative, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA: Participated in solo and group exhibitions, aided in the daily running of the gallery with a focus on the mailing list, exhibition announcements and inter-membership communications. |
Awards & Fellowships
2006
Web (Space) Artist of the Month, Irving Sandler Artist File Online, Artists Space, New York, NY
Union League Civic Arts Foundation Award, Chicago, IL
2005
Teaching Assistantship, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
2004
University Fellowship in the Graduate School, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
2001
Friends of Arcadia University Gallery Award, Works on Paper 2001
Reviews & Publications
2006
“Bad at Sports” Podcast, review of Salad Days at Rowland Contemporary, 11 June 2006
G.W. Review, Art & Literature Magazine, George Washington University, Washington, DC, published several drawings, Spring 2006.
2003
Budick, Ariella. “Apprentices, Curators of their Mother’s Art.” Newsday New York City, 9 May 2003: 50.
Levan, Lori Don. “My Mother’s an Artist.” NY Arts Summer 2003: 50.
2002
Strauss, R. B. “Philadelphia goes digital.” Art Matters December 2002: 14-15.
Fallon, Roberta. “Upon the Roof.” Philadelphia Weekly 6 March 2002: 54.
---. “Civic Beauties.” Philadelphia Weekly 20 November 2002: website.