EDUCATION:

Master of Fine Arts - Studio Art - University of Wisconsin - Madison, WI, 2020

Master of Arts  -  Studio Art -  University of Wisconsin - Madison, WI, 2019

Bachelor of Fine Arts - Painting and Drawing - The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL,  2003
Certificate in Modern Standard Arabic from the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, CA, 2008
US Army Certification - Signals Intelligence and Analysis, US Army, 2008-2010
US Army Certification - Combat Lifesaver, US Army, 2009

EXHIBITIONS:

2021 - 2022 - EVERYTHING COVID - Overture Center, Madison, WI

2021 - REUNION - Art Lofts Gallery, UW-Madison, Madison, WI

2020 - THINGS PILE UP - Arts + Literature Laboratory, Madison, WI

2019 - TWO ALONE - Gallery I - Overture Center, Madison, WI

2019 - PERSONAL HISTORY IN NARRATIVE FIGURATIVE PAINTINGS - Agitator Gallery, Chicago, IL 

2019 - DOWNTOWN DOORS PROJECT - Public Art, City of Madison - Madison, WI

2019 - CRYING KIOSKS - Renegade Public Art Installation - State Street, Madison, WI

2019 – AQUAPHOBIC –  Art Lofts Gallery, UW-Madison, Madison, WI

2018 – 2019 –  FORWARD – Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI

2019 – A CHILD BASED LIFE  –  UW Health Nursing School Gallery, Madison, WI
2019 – UNSTILL LIFE –  Christ Presbyterian Church, Madison, WI
2018 – PRECIPICE –  Art Lofts Gallery, UW-Madison, Madison, WI
2018 – PAINTERS ALL–  Art Lofts Gallery, UW-Madison, Madison, WI
2018 – WOMEN'S WORK – Cyrus M. Running Gallery, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN
2018 – PAINT CEDARBURG 2018 – Cedarburg Cultural Center, Cedarburg, WI
2018 – SISYPHEAN ACTIVITIES – Courtside Gallery, Madison Squash Workshop, Madison, WI
2018 – THIS IS WHO WE ARE – Art Lofts Atrium, UW-Madison, Madison, WI

2018 – THIS BEAUTIFUL WORLD –  Chazen Museum Lobby, UW-Madison, Madison, WI
2018 – ALL THESE LITTLE SISYPHEAN TORTURES –  Ahrnsbrak Gallery, UW-Marathon County, Wausau, WI
2018 – FIRST YEAR REVIEW – Art Lofts Gallery, UW-Madison, Madison, WI
2017 – 2018 –  GLORY–  Christ Presbyterian Church, Madison, WI
2017 – INSTIGATORS – Capitol Lakes Retirement Community, Madison, WI

2017 – SWAP | MEET – Quarter Gallery, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN
2017 – GROUP SHOW –  Art Lofts Gallery, UW-Madison, Madison, WI
2017 – IN THE WAY  – Wally Douma Gallery, Madison, WI
2017 – ORDINARY TIME –  Christ Presbyterian Church, Madison, WI
2017 – SMALL WORLDS  – Oak Park Township, Oak Park, IL
2017 – DOOR COUNTY QUICK PAINT EXHIBITION –  PenArt, Fish Creek, WI
2017 – PAINT THE POINT 2017  –  Township Gallery, Mineral Point, WI
2017 – PAINT CEDARBURG 2017 – Cedarburg Cultural Center, Cedarburg, WI
2017 – LANDSCAPES AND WATERS – Cross Plains Public Library, Cross Plains, WI
2016  – PLEIN AIR AT THE EXPO– Exposition Center, Wisconsin State Fair Park, West Allis, WI
2016  – OPEN AIR PLEIN AIR 2016 –  Waterfront Art Fair,  Pewaukee, WI
2015 – HOUSE AND HOME | STRANGERS, FRIENDS Latham Street Gallery, Brigstock, Northamptonshire, England
2014 – EVERYDAY  – Ballweg Gallery, Madison, WI
2014 – WATER BABIES  –  Gallery 1308, UW-Madison, Madison, WI
2014 – FAMILY TIES  –  Gelsy Verna Gallery, Madison, WI
2014 – COLOR –  Arterie Fine Arts - Naperville, IL
2014 – AT HOME: EXPLORING THE FAMILY IN SITU – Warehouse Gallery - Madison, WI
2013 – SLEEPLESS – Cabinet Gallery, UW-Madison, Madison, WI
2002  –  G2 – School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2001 – ALL THE TOWERS BROUGHT DOWN – Narrow Space Gallery – School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL


PUBLIC ART

2022 - Oak Park, IL - Countertop Still Life 2/25/20 - Mural on Green Line train embankment

2019 - Madison, WI - Downtown Doors Project -  City of Madison 
2019 - Madison, WI - Crying Kiosks - Renegade Public Art Installation - State Street, Madison, WI

2018 – 2019 – Deerfield, IL -  Deerfield Public Library
2018 – Oak Park, IL –  Boy in Basket  – Mural on Green Line train embankment
2017 – Oak Park, IL –  Escape in the Water and Isotonics Aisle – Mural on Green Line train embankment