SELECT EXHIBITIONS
2026 Pacific Northwest Drawers, juried by Leo Hsu, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
Finding Our Way, Walters Cultural Art Center, Hillsboro, OR (a 4-person show with Sarah Rikaz, Olga Ivkin, and Sonal Dhingra)
Visual Echoes, Scalehouse Annex Gallery, Bend, OR
What We (Be)hold, curated by Kendra Roberts, Artspace Gallery, Lake Oswego, OR
2025 Pacific Northwest Drawers, juried by Julia Dolan, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
Answer As Question, juried by Jose Carlos Diaz, Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, OR
Personal Mythology, curated by Suzanne Reed, Guistana Gallery at Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Northwest Biennial, curated by Charlene Liu, Umpqua Vallery Arts, Roseburg, OR
Intertwined, curated by Ruth Meijer, Soliloquy Fine Arts Gallery, Portland, OR
2024 here we be, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX (solo show)
yes - and, Village Gallery, Portland, OR (solo show)
Hoffman Center for the Arts, Manzanita, OR (a 4-person show with Melinda Hurst Frye, Brian Padian and Stan Peterson)
20th Julia Margaret Cameron Award Exhibition, juried by Elizabeth Avedon, Ann M. Jastrab and Elizabeth Krist, Fotonostrum House of Photography, Barcelona, Spain
Storytime, juried by Jessica Burko, The Curated Fridge & Canal Gallery, MA
Open Theme, juried by Aline Smithson, Praxis Gallery, MN
The Experience of Being, curated by Ruth Meijer, Soliloquy Fine Arts Gallery, Portland, OR
Word & Image, Hoffman Center for the Arts, Manzanita, OR
2023 Impermanence, juried by Doug Beasley, Lightbox Gallery, Astoria, OR
Common Objects, juried by Doug Beasley, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX
Ground Truths, juried by Stacy Isenbarger, Sasha Michelle White, Megan Davis & North Bennett, Pritchard Gallery and the Confluence Lab, Moscow, ID
Art for a Cause, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
2022 TCF Autumn 2022, juried by Donna Garcia, The Curated Fridge, Somerville, MA
Wonderful, group jury, Lightbox Gallery, Astoria, OR
Traces, juried by Jeff Curto, Photoplace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
2021 Monochrome, juried by Zsolt Bátori, PH21, Budapest, Hungary
Quiet Landscape, juried by Jacob and Alissa Hessler, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2024 Refocus Awards, Fine Art Black & White Photo Contest, honorable mention award
2023 Juror’s award - Lightbox Gallery
Juror’s award - A Smith Gallery
20th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards for Women Photographers, honorable mention
2022 Critical Mass finalist
Juror’s award - Lightbox Gallery
2011 MN State Arts Board grant recipient
2010 MN State Arts Board grant recipient
PUBLICATIONS
2026 Buckman Journal, Shed issue, Vol. 16
2025 North Coast Squid, 10th anniversary edition
2024 Word & Image, a biannual publication of the Hoffman Center for the Arts
2023 Not Ghosts, But Spirits; Vol. 3. Querencia Press
2022 Soft Lightning: Rural Queerness, Vol. 3
2019 Fields and Stations, Vol. 3
Shots Magazine, Vol. 143
RESIDENCIES
2025 Sou’wester, Seaview, WA
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Northfield Hospital, MN
Abbott Northwestern Hospital, MN
ARTS WORK
Co-founder, Murmur Artist Collective, Portland, OR. 2024 - present.
Gallery director, Multnomah Arts Center, Portland, OR. Curation, installation and program development. 2022 - present.
Independent curator, MN and OR. Specializing in curating exhibitions for arts and social service organizations. Past partners include: Abbott Northwestern Hospital, East African Women’s Center, Society for Arts in Healthcare, Textile Center of MN, Women’s Artist Registry of MN, Multnomah Arts Center, American Holistic Nurses Association, American Holistic Medical Association. 2007 - present.
Educator, MN and OR. Provide group and individual arts instruction in community, school and healthcare environments. 1999 - present.
Art juror, Hoffman Center for the Arts, Manzanita, OR. 2024
Founder of the Art of Healing, a program of the Institute for Health & Healing, Minneapolis, MN. Created and led a multi-disciplinary, community-based arts program and galleries. 2004 - 2012
Board member, Outsiders & Others Gallery, Minneapolis, MN. 2006.
Founding member, Midwest Arts in Healthcare Network, Minneapolis, MN. A coalition of arts and healthcare organizations created to support collaboration and innovation. 2006 - 2102.
EDUCATION & RECENT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
“Work of Art” facilitator training, Springboard for the Arts, MN.
Community Arts Education Leadership and Intercultural Institute, National Guild for Community Arts Education, NY.
B.A. Studio Art, Carleton College, MN.