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EDUCATION

MFA 2007 Portland State University, Portland, Oregon

BFA 1999 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

SELECT EXHIBITIONS (solo*)

2012 • Artifacts of Memory, Linfield Gallery, McMinville, Oregon *

• Aurora, TEDx Concordia College, Portland, Oregon *

2011 • New Works: Fragmented Body, Art-st-urban, St Urban, Switzerland *

• See the Magic? Wieden & Kennedy, Portland, Oregon (* collaborative installation with Shelby Davis)

2010 • Scope Art Fair, represented by myartspace as Top 50 Finalist of Scope Miami Competition, Miami, Florida

• Raven and Owl, RACC Storefront Installation, Portland, Oregon (* collaborative installation with Shelby Davis)

• Sitka Art Invitational, World Forestry Center, Portland, Oregon

• Windows into Art, Vancouver, Washington

• Portland 2010, curated by Cris Moss, Disjecta, Portland, Oregon

• Mustang Sally, TCB, Melbourne, Australia

2009 • Aqua Art Miami, represented by myartspace as Top 50 Finalist of Aqua Miami Competition, Miami, Florida

• West Coast Turnaround, Milepost 5, Portland, Oregon (* collaborative installation with Shelby Davis)

• Art-st-urban, St Urban, Switzerland (invitational group show and art auction)

• PNCA Faculty Biennial, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon

• Store for a Month, Portland, Oregon

2008 • Bridge Art Fair Miami, represented by myartspace as Top 50 Finalist of Bridge Miami Competition, Miami, Florida

• Unseen Forces Are at Work, Igloo Gallery, Portland, Oregon *

• Overkill #2, Jáce Gáce, Portland, Oregon

• Cross Section 08, PSU Art Alumni Exhibition, Autzen Gallery, Portland, Oregon

• Fingerprint Project, PDX Window Project, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, Oregon *

• 2008 Bellevue Sculpture Exhibition: Sculpted Green, Bellevue City Hall, Bellevue, Washington

2007 • Art-st-urban, St. Urban, Switzerland *

• Lake Oswego Chronicle, Lake Oswego, Oregon

• Artifacts of Memory: MFA Thesis Exhibition, Autzen Gallery, Portland, Oregon *

2006 • Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture, International Sculpture Center Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey

Jurors: Lynne Allen, artist and director of the School of Visual Arts at Boston University

Marsha Moss, independent public art curator and consultant

Beverly Semmes, artist and educator

• I Know You Are, But What Am I? Group MFA Exhibition, Autzen Gallery, Portland, Oregon

• Little Things 5, Guardino Gallery, Portland, Oregon

• Alchemy, Portland Oregon *

2005 • Guardino Gallery, Portland, Oregon (two person show)

2003 • Creative Metal Arts Guild Spring Show, Oregon Convention Center, Portland, Oregon

• Valentines Erotica Show, Studio 2507, Portland, Oregon

2002 • Guardino Gallery, Portland, Oregon (two person show)

• Little Things 2, Guardino Gallery, Portland, Oregon

• In Her Image Gallery, Portland, Oregon

• William Joseph Gallery, Portland, Oregon

• Placescapes, The Stage Gallery, New York, New York

1999 • Summer Exhibit, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, Illinois

• Compromise, Bachelor of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibit, Gallery 2,The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

• Base Space Gallery, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois *

• Tangent: Sculpture Union Exhibit, Hammer Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

• National Exposure, A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

• National Exposure: Touring Exhibition, Kishwaukee College Art Gallery, Malta, Illinois

• NSUSAIC Sixth Annual Exhibition, Nippon Steel USA, Chicago, Illinois

AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES

2011 • Art-st-urban, Artist in Residence, St Urban, Switzerland

2010 • Top 100 Artist of A Year in Review, Artists Wanted

2009 • Rensing Center, Artist in Residence, Pickens, South Carolina

• Milepost 5, Artist in Residence, Portland, Oregon

• Emerging Sculptor Award, Art-st-urban, St Urban, Switzerland

Jurors: Johanna Hutchinson, Director of International Sculpture Center

Dr. Petra Arends, Collection Executive Director, UBS Art, Zurich, Switzerland

Prof. W. Kufferath, Art Historian, Trimbach, Switzerland

2007 • Art-st-urban, St Urban, Switzerland, six week fully funded artist residency with Heinz Aeschlimann

2006 • Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture, International Sculpture Center

• Laurels Scholarship Award, Portland State University

19961999 • Merit Scholarship Award, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

1999 • Student Leadership Award, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

1998 • Honorable Mention, Dusik Campbell Yates Shaping the Future Award

• Benefactor Award, Northern National Art Competition

• Purchase Award, John G. Blank Center for the Arts

PUBLICATIONS (REVIEWS, ARTICLES, INTERVIEWS)

• Peter Plagens, “Our Next Art Capital: Portland?”, The Wall Street Journal, May 2, 2012.

• Interview, Art Focus on KBOO, Portland, Oregon, April 8, 2012.

• Jennifer Rabin, “The Only Way Around is Through: Artifacts of Memory”, Drain: Supernature, Issue 15, 2012.

• “Asphalt Art, Neue dimensionen der Schwarzen Kunst”, Gussasphalt Magazin, November 2011, 33.

• D.K. Row, "Portland 2010: A Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Art", The Oregonian, April 12, 2010.

• Richard Speer, "Portland 2010", Willamette Week, March 17, 2010.

• Matt Stangel, "Disjecta Grows Arms", Portland Mercury, March 18, 2010.

• Willi Bürgi, "First Emerging Artist Award Assigned by art-st-urban", Willisauer Bote , April 2009.

• "Art Thou Green; Bellevue Arts Commission Puts on a Show in Their Own Backyard", Seattle Magazine, August 2008, 150.

• Interview, Bellevue TV, Bellevue, Washington, June 12, 2008.

• "Crystal Schenk on Her Experience in Switzerland", Sculpture, Vol. 27, No.3, April 2008, 80.

• "The ISCs Swiss Residency", Sculpture, Vol. 26, No. 8, October 2007, 80.

• Carla Sinclair, "From Grocery Cart to Crafted Art", Craft, Vol. 4, August 2007, 176.

• "2007 ISC Sculpture Residency in Switzerland Winners Selected", Sculpture, Vol. 26, No. 3, April 2007, 72.

• "2006 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Awards", Sculpture, Vol. 25, No. 8, October 2006, 56.

PUBLIC LECTURES

2012 • TEDx Concordia College, Portland, Oregon

2007 • Portland State University

• Portland Community College, Rock Creek Campus, Portland, Oregon

COLLECTIONS

•Art-st-urban, St Urban, Switzerland

PUBLIC ART

•Division Street – eight sites, Portland, OR, installation 2013 (collaboration with Shelby Davis)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Jan 2009 Adjunct Faculty: 3-D Design, Figure Sculpture, Idea and Form, Sculpture 1

Present Portland State University, Portland, Oregon

Sept 2008 Adjunct Faculty: 3-D Design, Experiments in Drawing, Figure Sculpture, Carving & Reductive Techniques

Present Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon

Sept 2008 Adjunct Faculty: Basic Design, Color Theory, Drawing, 3-D Design

Sept 2009 Portland Community College, Portland, Oregon

July 2005 Adjunct Faculty: Sculpture Theory and Practice, Figure Sculpture, Figure Drawing, Drawing 1,Principals of Visual Communication

Dec 2008 The Art Institute of Portland, Portland, Oregon

Fall 2006, Graduate Instructor : Instructor of record for 3-D Design/Sculptural Foundations

Winter 2007 Portland State University, Portland, Oregon

Spring 2006 Graduate Teaching Assistant Advanced Sculpture Topics

Portland State University, Portland, Oregon

Apr. 2003 Instructor: Multi-Level Figure Sculpture

Sept. 2004 Hipbone Studio, Portland, Oregon