| CV | Statement | Studio | Links | |||||||||||||
| BORN: | ||
| 1978 | Adelaide, Australia. | |
EDUCATION: |
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| 2003 | Ohio State University, Sculpture, MFA | |
| 2001 | Maryland Institute, College of Art, BFA | |
| EXHIBITIONS: | ||
| 2008 | Solo Show, Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH. | |
| Change America, Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. | ||
| Clouds, et al, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL. | ||
| 85th Anuual Spring Show, Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA. Juror: Dave Hickey | ||
| Photo Miami Art Fair, Robert Berman Gallery, Miami, FL. | ||
| Scope Art Fair, Carrie Secrist Gallery, East Hampton, NY. | ||
| Scope Art Fair, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Basil, Switzerland. | ||
| Art Chicago Art Fair, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL. | ||
| 2007 | AAP 97th Annual Exhibition, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA. | |
| Furious! The Angry Show, Eyedrum Art & Music Gallery, Atlanta, GA. | ||
| Mission Accomplished: Contemporary Political Art, Digital Artist Space, Troy, NY. | ||
| A Celebration of Sculpture, The Carnegie, Covington, KY. Curator: Bill Seitz | ||
| On A Pedestal & Off the Wall, Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH. | ||
| 2006 | Solo Exhibition , South Bend Regional Museum, South Bend, IN. | |
| Solo Exhibition, Esther Allen Greer Museum, University of Rio Grande, OH. | ||
| Run for Your Lives, Diverseworks Art Space, Houston, TX. Curator: Diane Barber | ||
America on the Brink, Athens Institute of Contemporary Art, Athens, GA. Curator: Lizzie Zucker Saltz |
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| Phenomenon, George Town College Art Gallery, Georgetown, KY. Curator: Elissa Morley | ||
| Raise Your Voice: American Democracy Project, Art Center Gallery, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO. | ||
| Sculpture Conference Show, The Carnegie, Covington, KY. | ||
| Nothing to Fear, Art Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY. Curator: Nadine Wasterman. | ||
| 2005 | Solo Exhibition, East Gallery, Miami University, Oxford, OH. | |
| Power: Sex, Politics & the Pursuit of Global Domination, Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL. Curators: Robert Fitchter & Scott Groeniger. | ||
| Topographic, Spaces, Cleveland, OH. Curators: Joanne Cohen, Jason Lee, Royden Watson. | ||
| Mouth, OAL Gallery, Columbus, OH. Two Person Exhibition with Ryan Agnew. | ||
| 23rd Juried Exhibition, Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY. Juror: Jordan Kantor, Assistant Curator for Museum of Modern Art, New York. | ||
| CAA National Show, CAA Gallery Cambridge, MA. Juror: Joseph Thompson, Director of Mass MoCA. | ||
| Ohio Art League Spring Juried Exhibition, Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, OH. | ||
| 2004 | Solo Exhibition, Robert & Martha Hull Lee Gallery, Miami University, Oxford, OH | |
| Solo Exhibition, Hanover College Art Gallery, Madison, IN | ||
| New Art '04, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA | ||
| New American Talent, Arthouse, Austin, TX | ||
| North American Sculpture Exhibition, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO. | ||
International Juried Show, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, NJ. Juror: Charlotta Kotik, Curator of Contemporary Art, Brooklyn Museum of Art |
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| 2003 | Solo Exhibition, Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH | |
| Solo Exhibiton, BTC, Columbus, OH | ||
| Solo Exhibition, Penn State Community Arts Center, Altoona, PA | ||
ISC 2003 Outstanding Student Achievement Award Show, International Sculpture Center, Hamilton, NJ. Jurors: David Collins, Director of Storm King Art Center; Tom Otterness, sculptor; Susan Taylor, director of the Princeton Art Museum |
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| Ohio Art League Fall Juried Exhibition, Shot Tower Gallery, Columbus, OH. | ||
| Art On View, Sauber Gallery, Athens, OH. Juror: Charles Desmarais, Alice & Harris Weston Director | ||
| Crossing Borders, Goldfarb Center for the Arts,
York University Gallery, Toronto, Canada
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| 2002 | Visions International, Art Center Waco, Waco, TX. Juror: Peter Frank, Critic for LA Weekly. | |
| Ohio Art League Spring Juried Exhibition, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH. Juror: Marc Mayer, Deputy Director, Brooklyn Museum of Art | ||
| 2000 | Solo Exhibition, Robert E Lee Park, Baltimore, MD | |
| Solo Exhibition, Inner Harbor, Baltimore, MD | ||
| VISITING ARTIST, GRANTS & AWARDS:
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| 2008 | Lecture, Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH. | |
| 2007 | Tillie S. Speyer Award, Associated Artist of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. | |
| 2006 | Lecture, Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY. | |
| Wex Lab Interactive Installation Artist, Wexner Center for the Arts, Education Department, Columbus, OH. | ||
| 2005 | Juror for Student Work Exhibition, University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande, OH. | |
| 2004 | Lecture, Hanover College, Hanover, IN. |
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| 2003 | Outstanding Student Achievement Award, International Sculpture Center | |
| Harold & Bernis Louis Award, Ohio State University
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| Award of Excellence,
Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center
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| 2002 | Mary Lou Chess Memorial Award, Ohio Art league | |
| Gilmore Material Grant, Ohio State University
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| 2000 | Freda Eichelberger Õ81 Award, Maryland Institute, College of Art | |
| Sculpture Department Recognition Award, Maryland Institute, College of Art | ||
| Achievement Award, Maryland Institute, College of Art | ||
| 1999 | Achievement Award, Maryland Institute, College of Art
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| 1997 | Presidential Scholarship, Maryland Institute, College of Art | |
| Maryland Institute Trustee Award, Maryland Institute, College of Art | ||
| BIBLIOGRAPHY: | ||
| 2008 | Ayers, Robert. "Dietrich Wegner, and His Ambiguous Convictions," Eikon: International Magazine of Photography and Media Art, December 2008, 8-15. | |
| "Playhouse," Sculpture Magazine, December 2008, 19. | ||
| Weinberg, Lauren. "Clouds, et al," Time Out Chicago, Issue 175, July 3-9, 2008. | ||
| Guz, Savannah. “The Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 97th Annual Exhibition has a lot to say—and a lot of fun saying it.” Pittsburgh City Paper, January 17, 2008, Art Reviews & Features. | ||
| Thomas, Mary. “Shows bring art group’s history to life,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 9, 2008, Art Reviews. | ||
| 2007 | Shaw, Kurt. “Paintings plentiful in Associated Artists’ annual exhibit,” Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, November 4, 2007. | |
| Utter, Douglas Max. “Off Their Pedestals,” Free Times, Volume 14, Issue 51, April 11, 2007. | ||
Feaster, Felicia. "Anger vs. invention: Dueling images of artistic inspiration," CreativeLoafing.com, July 4, 2007, Visual Arts. |
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| Tranberg, Dan. “Sculpture Center exhibit proves size doesn’t matter, at least in art,” The Plain Dealer, April 6, 2007, Art Matters. | ||
Link, Melissa. "America On The Brink," Art Papers, March-April, 2007, 52. |
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| Lewis, Zachary. “Pedastal & Off the Wall,” www.ClevelandScene.com, Arts & Entertainment, March 21, 2007. | ||
| 2006 | Hardy, Michael. "Sharing the Diverse Vision," Houston Chronicle, Oct. 6, 2006, Art. | |
| Martin, Ryan. “Run For Your Lives!,” Glasstire, October 2006, Review. | ||
Klaasmeyer, Kelly. “The End of Days,” Houston Press, Oct. 5, 2006, Art. |
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Stevenson, Bob. “Run For Your Lives” KUHF, The Front Row, Sept. 28, 2006. (NPR radio interview archived at http://www.kuhf.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=17988) |
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Skinner, Kelly. “Politically charged Art Exhibition Features Anti-Conservative Pieces,” The Red & Black, Sept. 11, 2006, 1, 5. |
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Sale, Beth. “Politics, Painting & Pottery,” Flagpole, Sept. 6, 2006, Art Notes, 13. |
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Kocmoud, Joy. “New Exhibit Opens At Greer Museum,” Gallipolis Daily Tribune, Feb. 10, 2006, A1, A5. |
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Weinstein, Tresca. “Artists Respond to Culture of Fear and Warnings,” Times Union, Jan. 15, 2006, Arts/ Events 1, 12. |
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Goepfert, Bob. “Exhibit In Sight,” The Record, Jan. 5, 2006, 34. |
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| 2005 | Melissa Starker, "Tongues Untied," Alive, Aug 31, 2005, cover, 14. | |
| Dan Tranberg, "Artists Play On Familiar Landscapes in Spaces Show," Plain Dealer, Sunday Arts, February 6, 2005, J3. | ||
| 2004 | Cas Taddeo, "New Art '04 at the Kingston Gallery," Some Other Magazine, Art Section, September. | |
| Cate McQuaid, "Three Shows Shake Up The Summer Doldrums," Boston Globe, August 20, 2004. | ||
| 2003 | "Buds 2," Sculpture Magazine, October, 2003, 58. | |
| 1997 | Lisa Gray, "Too Hot for HSPVA," Houston Press, Press Picks, June, 1997, 26. |
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