Education:
2004 Master’s of Fine Arts- Photography, Cranbrook Academy of Art.
Bloomfield Hills, MI.
2001 Bachelors of Arts- Fine Art, University of Northwestern, St. Paul, MN.
Exhibitions:
Solo Exhibitions:
Stupid Good Sport, Design on Main, Ames, IA. 2020
Stupid Good Sport, Grand View University, Des Moines, IA, 2019
It’s Always a Competition, Graceland College, Lamoni, IA, 2017
Selected Exhibitions:
Soft Power, Minneapolis College of Art & Design, Minneapolis, MN. 2022
Rock Island Art Guild Exhibition, Figge Museum, Davenport, IA. 2022
Pivot: the Art of Fashion, Santa Cruz, CA. 2021
DUMU Biennial, Dubuque Art Museum, Dubuque, IA. 2021
Rosalux Gallery 15th Annual Open Door, Minneapolis, MN. 2019
SPE Members Exhibition, Milwaukee, WI, 2019
South Bend Biennial, South Bend IN, 2019
DUMU Biennial, Dubuque Art Museum, Dubuque, IA, 2019
ALL CAPS Typography Show, AIGA Iowa, Des Moines, IA, 2017
Iowa Woman’s Art Exhibit, Iowa State Capital, Des Moines, IA, 2016
Built ft2, Iowa Center for Architecture, Des Moines, IA, 2016
MO Multimedia Exhibit, Des Moines, IA, 2016
Arise and Act!, The Residential, Des Moines, IA, 2016
Run What Ya Brung, Faculty Exhibition, Grand View University, 2014
Window Dressing, Art Meets Fashion, Des Moines, IA, 2014
Faculty Exhibition, Grand View University, Des Moines, IA, 2013
Prints, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA, 2013
Interactive, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, 2009
Faculty Exhibition, Grand View University, Des Moines, IA, 2009
2nd Annual Jane360 Exhibition, Fitch Gallery, Des Moines, IA, 2008
Sub-Ritual, Art Stop- EVAC, Des Moines, IA, 2008
I’ll Show You Mine…, Polk County Heritage Gallery, Des Moines, IA, 2008
Full-Frontal- The Art of Confrontation, Art Stop- EVAC, Des Moines, IA,
2007 Faculty Exhibition, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA, 2007
Shoe Show, Fitch Gallery, Des Moines, IA, 2007
Online Show, Des Moines, IA, 2007
Adrift, Fitch Gallery, Des Moines, IA, 2006
I love it, but it doesn’t match my sofa!, EVAC Des Moines, IA, 2005
Faculty Exhibition, Rossmor Gallery, St. Paul, MN, 2004
Thesis Exhibition, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 2004
Cultural Radar, Richard M. Ross Museum, Delaware, OH, 2004
Printed Matter, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 2003
Identity, Denler Gallery, Northwestern College, St. Paul, MN, 2001
Honors and Awards
Excellence in Scholarship, Grand View University,Des Moines, Spring 2022
Iowa Arts Fellowship, Iowa Arts Council, Des Moines Iowa 2019
Merit Award, South Bend Biennial, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend IN 2019
1st Place, DUMU Biennial, Dubuque Art Museum, Dubuque, IA, 2019
Innovation in Teaching and Learning, Grand View University, Des Moines, Spring 2018
Break Out Artist of the Year, Iowa Artists, Des Moines, IA, 2008
Academic Experience
Assistant Professor, Art, Grand View University, Des Moines, Iowa, 2012- Present
Adjunct Professor, Grand View University, Des Moines IA, 2007- 2012
Adjunct Professor, Photography, DMACC, Ankeny, IA, 2007- 2012
Adjunct Professor, Photography, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA, 2007- 2012
Adjunct Professor, Art, Colorado Technical University, Denver, CO, 2007- 2012
Assistant Professor, Bethel University, St. Paul, MN, 2004-205
PUBLICATIONS
“Lessons in Pink”, Around Lamoni, January 23, 2017
“Fitch Gallery exhibits Adrift,” Juice Magazine, March 19, 2006
“I love it, but it doesn’t match my sofa,” Amanda Pierre, The Des Moines
Register, September 2005
PRESENTATIONS & WORKSHOPS
Strategic Planning Workshop, Iowa Arts Council, Iowa Fellow Presenter, Fall 2018
Creative Capital, Iowa Arts Council, Participant Presenter, Fall 2018
CIC National Conference for Online Learning, Presenter, Summer 2018
Punky Swizz Shizzle: Basic Design for Effective Visual Communication, Lecturer,
Course Hero, San Francisco, CA, Summer 2018
Best Lesson, Course Hero, Video Presenter, San Francisco, CA, Summer 2018
CIC National Conference of Online Learning, Presenter, Washington D.C.,
Summer 2018
It’s Always a Competition Lecture, Popular Culture Conference, Presenter,
Indianapolis, IN, Spring 2018 SXSW Education, Mentor, Austin TX, Spring 2018
SPE (Society of Photographic Education) Conference, Orlando, FL, Spring 2017
Chicken Tractor Micro-Grant, Des Moines, IA, Summer 2017
Artist Talk, Graceland College, Lamoni, IA, Spring 2017
Artist Lecture at Art TOUR, Perry, Iowa, Fall 2016
Pancakes with the artists of Art of Arise and Act, Summer 2016
Art & Design BFF, Pop Culture Conference, Seattle, Washington, Spring 2016
Glitch Art: Art Educators Night, Des Moines Art Center, Spring 2015
Art+College+Museum=Careers, Des Moines Art Center, Summer 2014
Women and Art, Lecture AAUW, Des Moines, 2014
Love Like… Workshop, Grand View University, June 2013
ART NOIR Holiday Studio, Mind Mapping and Workshop Facilitator, Des Art
Center, Des Moines, IA 2012
Family Fun Photography Workshop, Instructor, Des Art Center, 2012
Conversations on Photography, Art Noir presenter, Des Moines Art Center, 2012
Sketch Camp, Workshop Leader, Des Moines, Fall 2012