Education
M.F.A. Fine Art: Printmaking
East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, 2009
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY – Continuing Education, 2002-2004
B.F.A. Visual Arts: Graphic Design
Rutgers University – Mason Gross School of the Arts, New Brunswick, NJ, 1998
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor of Art
East Stroudsburg University, East Stroudsburg, PA 2010-present
Instructor
Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 2009-2010
Instructor
East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 2007-2010
Senior Designer
French Toast/LT Apparel, New York, NY 2002-2007
Committees & Organizations
- AIGA – The Professional Association for Design
- The Living Room Gallery – Committee Member
- Golden Key National Honor Society, 1998-Present
- SGC: Southern Graphics Council, 2007-2009
- Advisor to the ESU Student Art Association
- ESU’s Strategic Planning Task Force
- CREATE Lab committee
- Faculty mentor for ESU’s Student Design Agency
- ESU University-Wide Curriculum Committee
- ESU Recycling Committee Member
- ESU Green Outreach Member
Curator
Marks: A Contemporary Drawing Biennial – Madelon Powers Gallery, East Stroudsburg, PA 2013
M(i)(A)cro: Contemporary Drawing Exhibition – Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS 2014
M(i)(A)cro: Contemporary Drawing Exhibition – New Art Center, Newton, MA 2012
Juror
Marks: A Contemporary Drawing Biennial – Madelon Powers Gallery, East Stroudsburg, PA 2013
Impressions: Contemporary Print Exhibition – Tipton Street Gallery, Johnson City, TN 2010
Public Appearances
“The End of the World in Tire Rubber” - a presentation of the grant-funded project, New Mythologists: The Three Horsemen of the Apocalypse at East Stroudsburg University’s Major Grant Symposium
FAMINE, a performative lecture-action at the closing reception for New Mythologists: The Three Horsemen of the Apocalypse at VAE in Raleigh, NC
FAMINE, a performative lecture-action at the opening for And I Feel Fine at ATHICA in Athens, GA
Pen & Ink Workshop at the New Art Center, Newton, MA
Inside the Artist’s Studio featuring David Mazure (30-minute video documentary) aired on NewTV (regional Boston-area access), filmed by Regina Eliot-Ramsey
Curatorial Gallery Talk at the New Art Center for M(i)(A)cro: A Contemporary Drawing Exhibition, Newton, MA
M(i)(A)cro Members Preview Event Curatorial Live Interview and follow-up Radio Interview on WRCA Radio, Newton & Boston, MA
Innovation & Process, a lecture presentation at the Dowd Gallery at SUNY Cortland, Cortland, NY
3-Artist Panel Discussion with juror Dr. Rocio Aranda-Alvarado for Viewpoints at Aljira Center for Contemporary Art in Newark, NJ
Artist Talk & Slide Presentation at Cohabitants exhibition, William King Museum
Interview & Discussion on Installation Art for Cohabitants on 90.7 WEHC, 2010
Permanent Collections
6YL Studio Gallery – Melbourne, Australia
LACDA – Los Angeles, CA
Siena Art Institute – Siena, Italy
Museum of Natural History – Gray, TN
Slocumb Galleries – East Tennessee State University
San Diego State University Library
NJPAC (New Jersey Performing Art Center) – Newark NJ
Selected Publications/Press
6YL: Instinct, January 2014, Vol. 1, Issue #3
The Boston Globe, April 5th, 2012, “Exhibition explores links between science, art” by Nancy Shohet West
Artscope (New England’s Culture Magazine), “M(i)(A)cro: A Contemporary Drawing Exhibition” by J. Fatima Martins, May/June 2012, pp 16-17
A! Magazine, Volume 17, No. 8, August 2010
Manifest National Drawing Annual 2008
Vision Magazine Vol. 2, Issues 11, 15, & 16
The East Tennessean, Thursday, October 16th, 2008
Johnson City Press, March 7th, 2008 & March 16th, 2008
Children’s Business Magazine – 2004
Earnshaw’s Magazine – March 2003
Eep Comics, Issues 1-4
Comic Library International, Issues #2, 3 & 4
EXPO 2000 – Small Press Expo independent comic compilation