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.
Solo Exhibitions:
2024
Always at the Ready, Century College, White Bear, IA
It’s Always a Competition, Golden Hind, Des Moines, IA
2020
Stupid Good Sport, Design on Main, Ames, IA.
2019
Stupid Good Sport, Grand View University, Des Moines, IA
2017
It’s Always a Competition, Graceland College, Lamoni, IA.
Selected Exhibitions:
2025
Oh, Repetition!, Moberg Gallery, Des Moines, IA
2024
Elsewhere, M/A/S/S, Des Moines, IA
Perform: Video Art, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN
Celebrating 60 years of the North American Review in Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
The American Woman: Feminist Futures, A National Juried Exhibition, Hera Gallery, RI
Garbled Guise: Contemporary Wearable Art, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
Rock Island Art Guild Exhibition, Figge Museum, Davenport, IA
2023
19th Regional Juried Show, Freeport Art Museum, Freeport, IL
75 Years of Iowa Art, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA.
2022
Soft Power, Minneapolis College of Art & Design, Minneapolis, MN
Rock Island Art Guild Exhibition, Figge Museum, Davenport, IA
2021
Pivot: the Art of Fashion, Santa Cruz, CA
DUMU Biennial, Dubuque Art Museum, Dubuque, IA
2019
Rosalux Gallery 15th Annual Open Door, Minneapolis, MN
SPE Members Exhibition, Milwaukee, WI
South Bend Biennial, South Bend, IN
DUMU Biennial, Dubuque Art Museum, Dubuque, IA
2017
ALL CAPS Typography Show, AIGA Iowa, Des Moines, IA
2016
Iowa Woman’s Art Exhibit, Iowa State Capitol, Des Moines, IA
Built ft2, Iowa Center for Architecture, Des Moines, IA
MO Multimedia Exhibit, Des Moines, IA
Arise and Act!, The Residential, Des Moines, IA
2014
Run What Ya Brung, Faculty Exhibition, Grand View University, Des Moines, IA
Window Dressing, Art Meets Fashion, Des Moines, IA
2013
Faculty Exhibition, Grand View University, Des Moines, IA
Prints, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
2009
Interactive, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Faculty Exhibition, Grand View University, Des Moines, IA
2008
2nd Annual Jane360 Exhibition, Fitch Gallery, Des Moines, IA
Sub-Ritual, Art Stop- EVAC, Des Moines, IA
I’ll Show You Mine…, Polk County Heritage Gallery, Des Moines, IA
Full-Frontal- The Art of Confrontation, Art Stop- EVAC, Des Moines, IA
2007 Faculty Exhibition, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
Shoe Show, Fitch Gallery, Des Moines, IA
Online Show, Des Moines, IA
2006
Adrift, Fitch Gallery, Des Moines, IA
2005
I love it, but it doesn’t match my sofa!, EVAC Des Moines, IA
2004
Faculty Exhibition, Rossmor Gallery, St. Paul, MN
Thesis Exhibition, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Cultural Radar, Richard M. Ross Museum, Delaware, OH
2003
Printed Matter, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2001
Identity, Denler Gallery, Northwestern College, St. Paul, MN
Honors and Awards
(Upcoming) Essere Artist Residency, Tuscany, Italy 2025
Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT 2025
Residency, Kimmel Harding, Nebraska 2024
Residency, Mother’s Milk, Newton, NE 2024
New Media Award, RIAG 2024
Catalyst Grant, Iowa Arts Council, Des Moines, IA 2023
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
Professor of Art, Grand View University, Des Moines, IA 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
“Recurrence & Oh, Repetition!” Moberg Gallery, 2025
North American Review, 2024
“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
2025 Artist Talk, Oh, Repetition, Moberg Gallery, Des Moines, IA
Artist Talk, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2024 Video Screening, Elsewhere, Des Moines, IA
Artist and Curator Talk, Elsewhere, Des Moines, IA
Artist Talk, Minnesota State University, MN
Artist Lecture, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
Artist Talk, Figge Museum of Art, IA
2023 Artist Talk, Bethel University, St. Paul, MN
Plastic Couture: The Plastic Canvas Craze, PCA Conference, San Antonio, TX
2022 Artist Talk, Bethel University, St. Paul, MN
2019 Artist Talk, Design on Main, Ames, IA
Strategic Planning Workshop, Iowa Arts Council, Iowa Fellow Presenter, IA
2018
Strategic Planning Workshop, Iowa Arts Council, Iowa Fellow Presenter, Fall
Creative Capital, Iowa Arts Council, Participant Presenter, Fall
CIC National Conference for Online Learning, Presenter, Summer
Punky Swizz Shizzle: Basic Design for Effective Visual Communication, Lecturer,
Course Hero, San Francisco, CA, Summer
Best Lesson, Course Hero, Video Presenter, San Francisco, CA, Summer
CIC National Conference of Online Learning, Presenter, Washington D.C., Summer
It’s Always a Competition Lecture, Popular Culture Conference, Presenter, Indianapolis, IN, Spring 2018
2017
SXSW Education, Mentor, Austin, TX, Spring
SPE (Society of Photographic Education) Conference, Orlando, FL, Spring
Chicken Tractor Micro-Grant, Des Moines, IA, Summer
Artist Talk, Graceland College, Lamoni, IA, Spring
2016
Artist Lecture at Art TOUR, Perry, Iowa, Fall
Pancakes with the artists of Art of Arise and Act, Summer
Art & Design BFF, Pop Culture Conference, Seattle, Washington, Spring
2015
Glitch Art: Art Educators Night, Des Moines Art Center, Spring
2014
Art+College+Museum=Careers, Des Moines Art Center, Summer
Women and Art, Lecture AAUW, Des Moines
2013
Love Like… Workshop, Grand View University, June
2012
ART NOIR Holiday Studio, Mind Mapping and Workshop Facilitator, Des Art Center, Des Moines, IA
Family Fun Photography Workshop, Instructor, Des Art Center
Conversations on Photography, Art Noir presenter, Des Moines Art Center
Sketch Camp, Workshop Leader, Des Moines