Education:

2004 Master’s of Fine Arts- Photography, Cranbrook Academy of Art,

Bloomfield Hills, MI.

2001 Bachelor of Arts- Fine Art, University of Northwestern, St. Paul, MN.

Exhibitions:

Solo Exhibitions:

75 Years of Iowa Art, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA. 2023

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:

19th Regional Juried Show, Free Port Art Museum, Freeport, IL. 2023

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, Des Moines, IA. 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

Catylist Grant, Iowa Arts Council, Des Moines, IA

Excellence in Scholarship, Grand View University, Des Moines, IA 2023

ArtMidwest Grant, 2022

Iowa Arts Fellowship, Iowa Arts Council, Des Moines, IA 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