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AWARDS

 

2009

Individual Artist Grant, Indiana Arts Commission 

Award of Merit: Professional Division, Annual Juried Art Show and Sale, Minnetrista Cultural Center 

NSAL Visual Arts Competition, Carter Merit and Allan Khan Memorial Award, Gallery North

 

 

2008

Bronze Award: Photography Division, Twelfth Quarterly Student Competition, Creative Quarterly Magazine

 Semi-Finalist, 2008 Adobe Achievement Awards 

NSAL Visual Arts Competition, Carter Merit and Allan Khan Memorial Award, John Waldron Arts Center 

Honorable Mention, Photographer of the Year, New Talent Annual, Creative Quarterly Magazine

 Research Grant, Hutton Honors College, Indiana University 

Capstone Award, Hutton Honors College, Indiana University

 

 2007

Nominee, Windgate Fellowship, Indiana University

 Silver Award: Photography Division, Tenth Quarterly Student Competition, Creative Quarterly Magazine

 IU Foundation General Scholarship, Indiana University 

Teaching Internship Grant, Hutton Honors College, Indiana University 

Winner, Annual Art Acquisition Award, National Collegiate Honors Council                                                        

Bronze Award: Photography Division, Eighth Quarterly Student Competition, Creative Quarterly Magazine 

Creative Activity Grant, Hutton Honors College, Indiana University 

Dorotha Lee Williams Karsell College of Arts and Sciences Scholarship, Indiana University 

Best in Show: Photography Division, Seventh Quarterly Student Competition, Creative Quarterly Magazine

 NSAL Visual Arts Competition, Carter Merit and Allan Khan Memorial Award, John Waldron                 Arts Center             

 2006

Henry Holmes Smith Scholarship in Photography, Indiana University 

Bob Hope Scholarship, Indiana University 

 

2000                                                    

Outstanding Freshman Art Scholarship, Ball State University 

Presidential Scholarship, Ball State University

  

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

2009                                                    

Departures and Bit Parts: Exhibition of photographs for the BloomingArts series, Bloomingfoods, Bloomington, Indiana

 2008

Departures: BFA Thesis Show, Sofa Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

 2007

Selected Works: Exhibition of photographs and altered books at Boxcar Books, Bloomington, Indiana

 2005

Untitled: Exhibition of photographs, Muncie Public Library, Muncie, Indiana 

2004

In Hindsight: Exhibition of handmade books, Muncie Public Library, Muncie, Indiana

  

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 

2010

Nature and Nuture, The Kinsey Institute, Bloomington, Indiana 

NSAL Visual Arts Competition, Gallery North, Bloomington, Indiana 

Monsters, Paper Crane Gallery, Bloomington, Indiana

2009

Annual Juried Art Show and Sale, Minnetrista Cultural Center, Muncie, Indiana 

Melancholia, Cranky Yellow Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri 

NSAL Visual Arts Competition, Gallery North, Bloomington, Indiana 

2008

DepARTed, World of Wonders Gallery, Hollywood, California 

Annual Juried Art Show, The Kinsey Institute, Bloomington, Indiana 

MFA and BFA Photography Area Show, Sofa Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

2007

10th Annual BFA Photography Alternative Show, Bloomington, Indiana 

Loyola National Works on Paper Exhibition, Crown Center Gallery, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois 

DIG Exhibition, The Ground Floor Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky 

National Society of Arts and Letters, Visual Art Competition Exhibition, John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, Indiana 

Minnetrista Annual Juried Art Show and Sale, Minnetrista Cultural Center, Muncie, Indiana 

MFA and BFA Photography Area Show, Sofa Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 

2006                                                    

9th Annual BFA Photography Alternative Show, Bloomington, Indiana 

Horses and Bees: A Photo Show, Sweet Hickory, Bloomington, Indiana 

Minnetrista Annual Juried Art Show and Sale, Minnetrista Cultural Center, Muncie, Indiana 

National Society of Arts and Letters, Visual Art Competition Exhibition, John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, Indiana 

2004

3 Voices: Women Through the Generations, Community Foundation of Muncie and     Delaware County, E.B. Ball Center, Muncie,     Indiana 

2003                            

Artworks Gallery Selected Members Exhibition, Office of Mayor Dan Canan, Muncie, Indiana 

 

PUBLICATION OF WORK

 

2009

LP Photography Magazine Quarterly, Issue 8, Autumn, Pages: 8-15, Okinawa, Japan. 

2008

SHOTS Magazine, Issue 101, Page: 28. Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creative Quarterly Issue 10. Spring, Pages: 8, 66-67.  New York, New York

Creative Quarterly New Talent Annual. New York, New York 

2007

Hip Mama Magazine, Issue 38. Pages 16-17. Portland, Oregon

The Herald Times. He arrived from New York for a visit featured in the events calendar. Page S6. Bloomington, Indiana

Creative Quarterly Issue Eight. Summer. Page: 65. New York, New York 

Creative Quarterly Issue Seven. Spring. Pages 64, 65, and 68. New York, New York   

Canvas Magazine, Spring Issue. Pages: Cover, inside cover, 29, 30-31, 38-39, and 45. Bloomington, Indiana

Labyrinth Magazine, 2007 Issue. Pages: Cover, 9, back cover. Bloomington, Indiana

Hip Mama Magazine, Issue 37. Pages: 22-23. Portland, Oregon

The Bell Feminist Monthly, Page 3. Bloomington, Indiana 

2006                                                    

Indiana Daily Student, Interview and photograph of my work. Bloomington, Indiana 

2005                                                    

Hip Mama Magazine, Issue 34. Pages: Cover, 5, 17, and 25. Portland, Oregon 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

2009 – Present

Owner and operator of Double Image Photography 

2002 - Present   

Owner and operator of Mia Beach Photography and 8 Story Press, Photographs, Textiles, and Handmade Books, Bloomington, Indiana 

2009

Teacher, Photoshop and Darkroom Photography, Summer Media Arts for Teens, Harmony School, Bloomington, Indiana 

2009

Teaching Assistant, Beginning Photography, Harmony School, Bloomington, Indiana 

2008

Photographer for MANswers Television Program, Spike TV, Los Angeles, California 

2007

Teaching Assistant, Intermediate Photography, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 

2007

Photographer for Midwest Archives Conference poster, Iowa City, Iowa 

2005                                                       

Photographer for Direct Entertainment Group, Reception for actor Sean Astin, Indiana        Media Industry Network, Indianapolis, Indiana

2004                                                    

Photographed Indiana farms, Farm Animals and Sustainable Agriculture Campaign, National Humane Society, Sioux City, Iowa  

2002 – 2003

Active member of Artworks Gallery, Muncie, Indiana 

2002 – 2003

Sculpture Associate for FB Fogg, Inc., Muncie, Indiana 

1998 – 1999

Resident artist for the Hostel in the Forest, Brunswick, Georgia 

1998

Resident artist and graphic designer for Everglades International Hostel, Florida City, Florida 

 

SELECTED PERMANENT COLLECTIONS 

2010, 2008

The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction, Bloomington, Indiana 

2007                                                    

National Headquarters, National Collegiate Honors Council, Lincoln, Nebraska