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EDUCATION
2009 Graduate Certificate in Book Studies, University of Iowa Center for the Book, Iowa City, IA
2008 MFA in Printmaking, Minor in Drawing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2008 Certificate in Typecasting, Linotype University, Denmark, IA
2006 MA in Printmaking, Minor in Drawing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2000 BFA in Sculpture, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
SOLO & SMALL GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 “Beasts of Burden” Starfangled Press Gallery, Brevard, NC
“Forest for the Trees” Harvey Wooten Gallery At Emerge, Greenville, NC
2014 “Weirdness Threshold” Downtown Books & News Gallery, Asheville, NC
2013 “The Adventures of Prudence and Patience” Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC
New Prints Early Girl Eatery, Asheville, NC
2011 “Storyline: Narrative Works on Paper” Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC
2010 “It’s Not Hellfire” Twist Gallery, Nashville, TN
2008 “The Bad Sparrow” Art Building West Gallery, University of Iowa, IA
“Never Mind the Bears” The Soap Opera, Iowa City, IA
2006 “Common Ground” Arts Iowa City Gallery, Iowa City, IA
“Squirrels, Bunnies, & Other Evil Creatures” Eve Drewelowe Gallery, Iowa City, IA
2003 “Stripped” The Papercut, Easthampton, MA
2002 “Paper and Iron” Eileen’s of Gasoline Alley, Springfield, MA
1999 “Candy Coated Kitty” Zoom Gallery, Raleigh, NC
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 Regional Women Printmakers Show, River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
2016 Southern Highland Crafts Guild showcase, Appalachian Regional Commission, Washington, D.C.
2015 “Southern Exposure: Academic Book Arts in the New Millenium” UNC-
Chapel Hill and UNC Charlotte, NC
2014 “Bound and Beautiful” Book Arts Invitational, Watson McRae Gallery, Sanibel, FL
Art Dept Faculty Exhibition Elizabeth Holden Gallery, Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa, NC
BookOpolis 2014 Asheville Bookworks, Asheville, NC
2013 “Confluence” Letterpress Invitational, Cullis Wade Depot Gallery, MSU, Starkville, MS
2012 “The Dog Show” Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC
“Funny Papers” Upstairs Art Space, Tryon, NC
“Aqueous” Black Mountain Center for the Arts, Black Mountain, NC
“Posted” Printmaking Center of New Jersey, Branchburg, NJ
2011 “Art of the Book” UNC Asheville Blower’s Gallery, Asheville, NC
“Il Libro: Art of the Handmade Book” Barton Art Galleries at Barton College, Wilson, NC
“Word Processing” Cabarrus Arts Council, Concord, NC
2010 “Memory Palaces - BookOpolis 2010” Asheville BookWorks, Asheville, NC
“Regionalism: New Art by North American Printmakers” DIVACenter, Eugene, OR
“Hands Prompt the Mind” Instructors Invitational, Asheville BookWorks Gallery, Asheville, NC
“The Illustrated Accordion” Kalamazoo Book Arts Center Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI
“The Book as Vessel” University of North Florida Gallery of Art, Jacksonville, FL
2009 “Bridges” Em Space Gallery, Portland, OR
“The Printed, The Bound, The Finale” Arts Iowa City Gallery, Iowa City, IA
“Monumental Ideas In Miniature Books” Columbia College, Chicago, IL
CBAA Members’ Show Artisans Gallery, Iowa City, IA
2008 “Turning the Page” Metropolitan Center for the Visual Arts, Rockville, MD
“Higher Power” Webb Gallery, Waxahachie, Texas
“Is That Supposed To Be Funny?” Penland Gallery, Penland School of Crafts, NC
2007 Action/Interaction: Book/Arts Conference 2007 Columbia College, Chicago, IL
UIowa Graduate Printmakers Exhibit Iowa Artisans Gallery, Iowa City, IA
In The Crosshairs: Intersections Between Art and War ABW Gallery, Iowa City, IA
2006 “Graduate Printmakers: New Works” Eve Drewelowe Gallery, UI, Iowa City, IA
“Revolution No. 10” Luther College, Decorah, IA
2005 “Book + Art = ?” Core New Art Space, Denver, CO
4th NA Juried Book Arts Competition Word & Image Gallery, Brighthill Center, Treadwell, NY
“Parts Seen Within The Background Of The Whole” University of Memphis Art Museum, Memphis, TN
“Volume One” Gallery 203, University of Memphis, TN
“Pulp Fiction” Paper art invitational, Paper Circle Gallery, Nelsonville, OH
2004 “Lost: Aura” Gallery 203, University of Memphis, TN
3rd NA Juried Book Arts Competition Word & Image Gallery, Brighthill Center, Treadwell, NY
“An Open Book” Int’l Juried Exhibition Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, OH
2003 “I See London, I See France” Barnes Gallery, Leverett Arts & Crafts Center, Leverett, MA
GRANTS & AWARDS
2016 Hip Pop Emerging Artist Award, American Craft Council
2014 Warren Wilson College Faculty Development Grant
2013 College Book Arts Association Project Grant
2010 Printer-in-Residence, The Fetters Book and Print Center at Studio 150, Gordo, AL
2009 Grabhorn Fellows
2008 James F. Jakobsen Award, First Place in Fine & Performing Arts
2006 Leola Bergmann/Iowa Print Group Graduate Fellowship
2005 Leola Bergmann/Iowa Print Group Graduate Fellowship
2003 Individual Artist Grant, Easthampton Cultural Council
2000 Thomas W. Rivers Scholarship
1999 Taeylor Scholarship and Award
PUBLICATIONS
Letterpress Now: A DIY Guide to New & Old Printing Methods: Lark Crafts, 2013
Ladies of Letterpress: A Gallery of Prints with 86 Removable Posters: Princeton Architectural Press, 2015
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Baylor University
Brigham Young University
Lafayette College
Lingnan University, Hong Kong
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Scripps College
Stanford University
The Art Mill Museum, Szentendre, Hungary
Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of Florida
University of Iowa
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Yale University
MEMBERSHIPS
American Printing History Association
College Book Art Association
Fine Press Book Association
Ladies of Letterpress
Southern Graphics Council
Southern Highland Craft Guild
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2009 - current Owner/proprietor, Little Phoenix Press and Heroes & Criminals Press
2010 - current Workshops: Variations in Relief, Drum Leaf and Stiff Leaf Binding, The Printed Book, Letterpress I, II, and III,
Gelatin Prints and Two Ways to Bind Them, Decorative Long & Link Binding
2010 - 2016 Adjunct Faculty at Warren Wilson College: Papermaking, Book Art, Drawing
2013 - 2014 Adjunct Faculty at Western Carolina University: Introductory Printmaking
2007 Co-founder, Ladies of Letterpress (Co-director 2007-2015)
2007 – 2009 Research Assistant for Tim Barrett, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Graduate Research Assistant, grant funded through Institute of Library and Museum Services
2005 – 2006 University of Iowa Main Library, Conservation Lab, Iowa City, IA
Conservation Student Assistant II
2001 – 2004 Northeast Document Conservation Center, Olmsted Archives Lab, Springfield, MA
Senior Preservation Technician
1998 - 2001 E. Carolina Univ. Joyner Library, Preservation & Conservation Dept., Greenville, NC
Student employee: Book Repair Technician
Faculty position: Visiting Instructor (2001)
RECENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2017 Exhibitor at the American Craft Council Show, Atlanta, GA
Organized and coordinated the 2nd Asheville Zine Fest, Asheville, NC
Guest Speaker, Governor's School West, Salem College, NC
2016 Exhibitor at the American Craft Council Show, Atlanta, GA
Organized and coordinated the 1st Asheville Zine Fest, Asheville, NC
Guest Speaker, Governor's School West, Salem College, NC
2015 Organized and coordinated the 4th Ladies of Letterpress Conference, Mt. Pleasant, IA
Taught printing and book binding workshop at Virginia Arts of the Book Center (Charlottesville, VA)
Exhibitor at the Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands, Asheville, NC
2014 Exhibitor at the Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands, Asheville, NC
Exhibitor at Oak Knoll Fest XVIII
Taught Introduction to Letterpress workshops at High Point University
2013 Organized and coordinated the 3rd Ladies of Letterpress Conference, Mt. Pleasant, IA
Taught printing and book binding workshop at Virginia Arts of the Book Center
Taught Letterpress Intensive Workshop at Asheville Bookworks
2012 Organizer and coordinator for Ladies of Letterpress Conference 2012
Panelist speaker at Letterpress Fest, AIGA Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
Letterpress Printing Demonstration at SheVaCon, Roanoke, VA
2011 Organizer and coordinator for Art & Industry: Ladies of Letterpress Conference 2011
Meet the Ladies of Letterpress talk at San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA
Gallery coordinator and curator for Asheville BookWorks, Asheville, NC
2010 Resident Artist, Fetters Book Art Center at Studio 150, Gordo, AL
Taught papermaking class at the Broad River Academy, Asheville, NC
2009 Grabhorn Fellowship Arion Press, San Francisco, CA
Letterpress Printing Demonstration CONvergence 2009, Minneapolis, MN
Presenter, “Old Systems, New Media” College Book Arts Assoc. Biennial Conf., Iowa City, IA
2008 Presenter, James F. Jakobsen Conference University of Iowa, IA
Printer and compositor at the Homestead Historical Print Shop Homestead, IA
2007 Hand Papermaking Magazine’s Limited Edition Portfolio Number 8, “Calligraphy and Handmade Paper”,
collaboration with Cheryl Jacobsen
Provided handmade paper for the University of Iowa Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Program’s gift to
NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson, taken to and displayed on the International Space Station for one year
Moderator, James F. Jakobsen Conference University of Iowa, IA
Printer and compositor at the Homestead Historical Print Shop Homestead, IA