Education
BROWN UNIVERSITY
Providence, RI
B.A., Art Semiotics 1997

RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN
Providence, RI
Graduate Coursework in Studio Art and Art Theory

ISTIUTO LORENZO DE MEDICI
Florence, Italy
Graduate Coursework in Studio Art and Art Theory

Independent study in Chicago, IL, San Francisco, CA, Oaxaca, Mexico, and Paris, France

2006
"Close Up", solo show of paintings, Thomas Masters Gallery, Chicago
Universal Pictures releases "The Break-Up", in which the artist's paintings are prominent.

Produces art-making studio for children at Art Chicago

Produces 'Signs for Peace' event with Chicago Humanities Festival

2005
Universal Pictures selects ten paintings for use in "The Break-Up", to represent the inner-beauty and complexity of a character, played by Jennifer Anniston, who is a painter and works in a gallery

2004
Returns to Chicago. Paints. Accepts job as Curator, Andrew Bae Gallery

1999 - 2004
Lives and works in San Francisco, CA as an active participant in the local grassroots arts community with organizations including Build, Headlands Center for the Arts and the Blue Room Gallery. Develops arts education programs for museums, paints, and works for art dealer Ruth Braunstein.

1997
Invited to participate in advanced drawing seminar, Istituto Lorenzo De Medici, Florence. Various shows, Florence, Italy, San Gimignano, Italy, and Providence, RI

1995 - 1996
Invited to participate in graduate courses, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI. Receives various production grants, curatorial positions, various shows and awards, Brown University

1991 - 1993
Begins using ink in an "Asian" unit of an art history/practice course on cultural ideas about space. Experiments with watercolor. Attends figure drawings sessions. Studies drawing. Studies dance. First solo show, Francis W. Parker School.