Education
2003 Master of Fine Arts, School of Art and Design, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
2000 Bachelor of Fine Arts, School of Fine Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
1999 Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana – Study Abroad Program, Florence, Italy
Museum Collections
Dallas Museum of Art
The Mint Museum
Museum of Contemporary Craft
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada
Espace Solidor, Place du Château, Cagnes-sur-mer, France
Muzeum w Walbrzychu, Walbrzych, Poland
Exhibitions
2026 Munich Jewelry Week, Internationale Handwerksmesse, Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h
2025 Amore, Heidi Lowe Gallery, Lewes, DE
Earrings Galore, Heidi Lowe Gallery, New York City Jewelry Week, NY, NY
2024 Pearl/Perle, Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h, Montreal, Canada
Uncommon Threads, 3 person show, Pistachio Jewelry Gallery, Chicago, IL
Collaboration with The Elder Statesman SS25 Collection
2023 Parall(elles): A History of Women in Design, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
2021 Cheongju Craft Biennale 2021, Cheongju, South Korea
Reinventing The Pearl, Pistachio Jewelry Gallery, Chicago, IL
2020 “Topiary Circus” individual exhibition, Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h, Montreal, Canada
Growth + Evolution, International Jewelry Exhibition, Beijing, China
Finger This: Contemporary Worry Beads, curated by Susan Ramljak
2019 SOFA Chicago, represented by Galerie Noel Guoymarc’h, Montreal, Canad
6X – Mistaken For Strangers, NYCJW, NYC
“Glossy” Ombre Gallery, Cincinatti OH, traveling to NYCJW and JCK, Las Vegas, NV
“UNTAMED” Contemporary Art Jewelry, Gallery Route One, Pt. Reyes Station, CA
Art Palm Beach, represented by Galerie Noel Guyomarch, Montreal, Canada
Front of the House/Back of the House, Heidi Lowe Gallery, Rehoboth Beach, DE
LOOT 2019, Museum of Art and Design, NYC
I.M.A.G.I.N.E Peace Now, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
2018 “Something Wild This Way Comes”, Facere Gallery, Seattle, WA
Un (WORN), Ornament and Object Gallery, Adorned Spaces, SNAG, Portland, OR
KNIT – FORM – FUSE, Pistachios Jewelry Gallery, Chicago, IL
SOFA Chicago, represented by Galerie Noel Guyomarch, Montreal, Canada
I.M.A.G.I.N.E Peace Now, Craft Alliance, St.Louis, MO
I.M.A.G.I.N.E Peace Now, Radius Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2017 45th Mid-States Craft Exhibition, Evansville Museum, Evansville, IN
“Social Thoughts”, Indiana University Kokomo Union Street Gallery, Kokomo, IN
“Contemporary Fibers”,North Seattle College Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
ART PRIZE, Grand Rapids, MI
We are SNAG: Appropriated Adornemnt SNAG/SPACE
OMNI, Columbus Museum of Art and Design, Columbus, IN
Making it in Crafts III, Art Museum of Lafayette, IN
“My Precious: an Exploration of Materiality on Contemporary Jewelry”,
College of The Albemarle, Manteo, NC
“From Minimal To Bling”, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
SOFA Chicago, represented by Galerie Noel Guyomarch, Montreal, Canada
2016 Baskets: Increase/Decrease, Solo Exhibition, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA
“Messing with Yarn”,Textile Arts Factory, Thessaloniki, Greece
“(Up)Setting the Stone”, We are SNAG exhibition
/kyoob/. Annex Gallery, Indiana University of Pennsylvania and at the BNY Mellon Satellite,
Gallery of Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
“Imagine Peace Now” traveling exhibition to Wellington B. Gray Gallery at ECU,
Greenville, NC, Curator: Boris Bally
ALLIAGES Legacy Award 2016, JOYA Barcelona Art Jewelry Fair, Barcelona, Spain
ALLIAGES “The Permanent 2016,” Lille, France
“SHADOW THEMES; FINDING THE PRESENT IN THE PAST”, Reinstein/Ross Gallery, NYC
“True Blue”, Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD
“Flora and Some Fauna”, Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD
“The Contemporary Jewelry Exchange 2016”
“HotDog”, Chicago, IL
SOFA Chicago, represented by Aaron Faber, NYC
2015 The Kinsey Institute Juried Art Show 2015, Grunwald Gallery of Art, Bloomington, IN
“Co:Operation Garnish” traveling exhibition to Boston, MA. San Francisco, CA.
San Antonio, TX. Baltimore, MD. Brooklyn, NY. New Orleans, LA.
“The Contemporary Jewelry Exchange 2015”
“A Journey Through Time: Explorations of Artful Adornment and Sculptural Objects
Through the Ages”, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
“Naughty Narratives: Lives Revealed”, Greenville, NC
2 Person Exhibition, Hershberger Gallery, Goshen College, Goshen, IN
SOFA Chicago, represented by Aaron Faber, N
“a-brooch-able”, Lillstreet Gallery, Chicago, IL
2014 Craft Forms 2014, Wayne Art Center, Wayne PA
“The Brooch Show”, Racine, WI
“Of Two Minds”, Brooke Marks-Swanson + Helen Shirk, Taboo Studio Gallery, San Diego, CA
“Chroma: Jewelry in Color” College of the Albermarle, Manteo, NC
“ONOff” Soo Visual Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
“Earthly Delights: Metalsmiths Inspired by Nature”, Lillstreet Art Gallery, Chicago IL.
“RESOLUTELY AMBIGUOUS”, Shop, Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, MN
SOFA Chicago, represented by Aaron Faber, NY
2013 “Shift: Contemporary Makers That Define, Expand and Contradict The Field of Art Jewelry”,
Grunwald Gallery of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
“Craft Forms 2013”, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA.
“Objects of Status, Power and Adornment II”, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
“Sense of Place”, River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
“School of Art + DesignAlumni Exhibition” Figure One Exhibition Space + Indi Go Gallery,
Champaign, IL
2012 Color and Form, Taboo Gallery, San Diego, CA
“The Teapot Redefined”, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
“Gilded Grace” Alloy Gallery, Newport, RI
SOFA Chicago, represented by Aaron Faber, NY
2011 “Geography”, AJF invitational Exhibition, SNAG Seattle, 2011, curated by Susan Cummins
“From Minimal to Bling: Contemporary Studio Jewelry”, Society of Arts and Crafts,
Boston, MA
“Objects of Status, Power and Adornment”, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
“The Vessel Redefined”, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
SOFA Chicago, represented by Aaron Faber, NY
2010 “METAL Inclinations2 2010-12”, online jewelry exhibition:
http://smm-metalinclinations.org
“20/20”, School of Art and Design Gallery, Champaign, IL
“2010 valentine invitational”, Patina Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
SOFA Chicago, represented by Aaron Faber, NY
2009 “American Enamels”, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
SOFA Chicago, represented by Aaron Faber, NY
The Teapot Redefined”, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
“Heirlooms of the Future”, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
“Decorative Resurgence”, Rowan University Gallery, Glassboro, NJ
SOFA NY, represented by Aaron Faber, NY
2008 “Surfaces”, Aaron Faber, NY
“12×12”, Art and Soul Gallery, Boulder, CO
“A Closer Look”, River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
SOFA Chicago, represented by Covet Gallery, CA
2007 “Architecture/Structure in Contemporary Craft”, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
The Works Gallery, September 2007, Philadelphia, PA
“Sparkle Plenty 3”, Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA
“The Hurricane Brooch Show”, Thomas Mann Gallery/Gallery I/O, New Orleans, LA
“Process: Documented”, Aaron Faber, NY
“Memories of New York”, Aaron Faber, NY
Solo Exhibition, Migration: A Gallery, Charlottesville, VA, May 2007
SOFA NY, represented by Aaron Faber, NY
SOFA Chicago, represented by Aaron Faber, NY
2006 “The Necklace Show” Velvet DaVinci, San Francisco, CA
“Martini Squared”, Thomas Mann Gallery/Gallery I/O, New Orleans, LA
“Investigating Space: Positive and Negative/Illusion and Trompe l’oeil”, Aaron Faber, NY, NY
“New Visions in Studio Jewelry”, Aaron Faber, NY, NY
SOFA Chicago, epresented by Aaron Faber, NY
SOFA Chicago, “The Teapot Redefined”, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2005 “House/Hearth/Home”, www.postpicasso.com, online exhibition.
“One”, Lafontsee Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI. October 21- November 26, 2005
“The Teapot Redefined”, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
“Craft Forms 2005″ Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
“Good Bird/Bad Bird”, Contemporary Crafts Museum and Gallery, Portland, OR
“Earth/Organics” American Crafts Gallery, Cleveland, OH
“Indiana Now” Art Museum of Greater Lafayette, Lafayette, IN
2003 “Craft Forms 2003″ Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
“La Petite XI” Alder Gallery, Coburg, OR
Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois
“The Bracelet” Yaw Gallery, SOFA New York, NY
“On the Edge” Enamel Exhibition, Angwin, CA
SNAG, National Juried Student Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
”Materials: Hard & Soft Exhibition” Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, TX
”Nine”, Springer Cultural Center, Champaign, IL
2002 “Craft Forms 2002” Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
“La Petite X”, Alder Gallery, Coburg, OR
Northern California Enamel Guild 6th International Enamel Exhibition, Richmond, CA
“Future Prospects”, Metro State Center for the Visual Arts, Denver, CO
“Metalwork from Around the Midwest”, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL
SNAG National Juried Student Exhibition, Denver, CO
Material Explorations: Wearable Objects of Non-Traditional Materials”,
Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY
2001 “La Petite IX” Alder Gallery, Coburg, OR
“Yul-tensils” Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR
“Craft Forms 2001”, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
“Ashes to Art” Funeria, San Francisco, CA (on-line exhibition, www.funeria.com)
“State of Craft: Contemporary Interpretations of Tradition”,
Museum of Early Trades and Crafts, Madison, NJ
“Hidden Messages: Truth or Dare”, Artisans Center of Virignia, Waynesboro, VA
SNAG National Juried Student Exhibition, Richmond, VA
“2001 Materials: Hard and Soft” Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, TX
1999 NICHE Student Awards Finalist, Philadelphia, PA
“Objects of Importance”, SOFA Gallery, Bloomington, IN
1998 SNAG National Juried Student Exhibition, Seattle, WA
Publications
2020 Loaded: Guns in Contemporary Art, Schiffer Publications
2019 Contemporary Jewelry Design, Loretta Lam, Schiffer Publications
2018 American Craft, Shiny Objects, Sharp Minds 20+ Jewelry Luminaries, June/July Issue2017 Metalsmith Magazine, Exhibition in Print, “Repair and Renewal: Making Things Whole Again”
2016 Metalsmith Magazine, Exhibition in Print, “Shifting Sites”
Surface Design Journal, review, Fall 2016
2014 Metalsmith Magazine, Exhibition in Print, “Animal Instincts”
2013 Edible Michiana, Issue 10, “the last bite”
2010 Art Jewelry Magazine, Interview Artist Profile, September Issue
2009 Metalsmith Magazine, Exhibition in Print, “Saturated: Color and Metal”
2008 500 Plates and Chargers, Lark Books
2007 News and Views, American Craft Council, Volume 1 – Issue 3, Exhibitor Profile
2006 American Craft Magazine, “Portfolio” June/July
Making Metal Beads. Paul Warg, Lark Books
2005 Craft Business Magazine Profile Jan/Feb.
2004 The Craft of Silversmithing: Techniques, Projects, Inspiration. Alexandra P. Austin, Lark Books
The Art of Enameling: Techniques, Projects, Inspiration. Linda Darty, Lark Books
Lapidary Journal Magazine: Color on Metal, November 2004
2003 CRART Magazine, Seoul, Korea Spring 2003
2002 Metalsmith Magazine, Winter
Professional Experience
2003-Present: Full-time studio practice
2020 Within Grasp: Contemporary Worry Beads Workshop, NYCJW, online format, presenter with curator and author Suzanne Ramljack,
2016 Lecturer – Fiber Art in Three Dimensions: A History and Discussion of Fiber Art of the Wall, Friends of Fiber Arts International, SOFA Chicago
2013-2014 Associate Faculty of Fine Arts, Metalsmithing and Jewelry, Indiana University-South Bend, IN
2014 Juror Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG) student slide show presented at the SNAG Conference, “Grains to Gold” Minneapolis, MN.
2013 Mentor, Professional Mentor Program, College of Fine + Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2013 Mentor, SNAG Road 2 Success Online Mentor Program
2013 Presenter “Petcha-Kucha” lecture, School of Art + Design, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign
Awards and Honors
2006 Indiana Arts Council Individual Artist Grant
2003 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
2002 SNAG Educational Endowment Honorable Mention
University of Illinois Brodie Grant
2001 SNAG Educational Endowment Award
University of Illinois Brodie Fellow
University of Illinois Fellow
University of Illinois Brodie Grant
2000 University of Creative and Performing Arts Fellow
University of Illinois Brodie Fellow
University of Illinois Brodie Grant
