Education
University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, IL; BA 2004
The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, IL.; JD 2007
The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, IL.; JD 2007
Exhibits
- 2005 -
February/March 2005: Interweave’s Beadwork Magazine The Beaded Figure featuring “I Do” featured across the country in various exhibits
- 2008 -
March 2008: Revel in Red First Place Non-Wearable Flat in Beads of Whimsy (Minneapolis, MN)
- 2009 -
February 7 to April 10, 2009: “ROY G. BIV” on display at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, People’s Choice Award (Pittsburgh, PA)
March 2009 / August 2009: Interweave Press Beadwork Magazine’s The Beaded Book featuring “The Quintessentials of a Woman’s Closet” (Santa Fe, NM / Philadelphia, PA)
November 6 to December 27, 2009: “Mellow Yellow” receives Honorable Mention at 33rd Annual Beverly Art Competition & Exhibition (Chicago, IL)
December 30 to January 30, 2010: “Feeling Blue” and “Orange You Glad I Didn’t Say Banana” receive First Place at the 2nd Annual Evolving Artists Exhibition (Chicago, IL)
- 2010 -
April 2010: “The Beaded Bra” featured in the Dreams of Healing exhibit at the Swedish Covenant Hospital (Chicago, IL)
October 2010: “The Beaded Bra,” “Starry Starry Night” and “The Secret Garden” featured in The Alien Inside exhibit at the ArtDC Gallery (Washington, DC)
- 2011 -
September 13 to 15, 2011: “The Human Touch” featured in the Art of the Heirloom (Santa Rosa, CA)
October 15 to November 5, 2011: “Starry Starry Night” featured at A Testimony to Being exhibit at the Swedish Covenant Hospital (Chicago, IL)
- 2012 -
February 10 to March 25, 2012: "ROY G BIV," "Blackberry" & "(S)He Stole My Heart" featured in the Thread of Life exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts (Tallahassee, FL)
September 11 to 13, 2012: “Blackberry” featured in the Art of the Heirloom (Santa Rosa, CA)
- 2013 -
March 1 to March 31, 2013: "Feeling Blue," "Orange You Glad I Didn't Say Banana," "Blackberry," "The Quintessentials of a Woman's Closet," and "A Single Girl's Guide to a Man's Stomach" featured in the Women's History Month exhibit (Chicago, IL)
April 20 to May 11, 2013: "Scream" and "American Gothic" featured in Passages at the Swedish Covenant Hospital exhibit (Chicago, IL)
- 2014 -
March 3 to March 31, 2014: "Feeling Blue" Third Place in the Feeling Blue exhibit at Arterie Fine Arts (Naperville, IL)
March 7 to March 29th, 2014: "I Am Not A Self Portrait" in the Portraits exhibit at Studio 659 (Whiting, IN)
March 29, 2014: "I L♥ve Chicago" in the Happy Birthday Chicago exhibit at Hq (Chicago, IL)
April 4 to April 25, 2014: "Pansy" and "I'm on Fire" in the Collages exhibit at Studio 659 (Whiting, IN)
April 28 to May 15, 2014: "Scream", "American Gothic", and "Bart & Lisa" in the Breaking the Rules exhibit at MSUM Gallery (Moorhead, IN)
May 1 to May 4, 2014: "Duck, Duck, Goose" in the 6x6 Art in Bloom exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (Minneapolis, MN)
May 2 to May 31, 2014: "Family Guy" in the PINK! exhibit at Studio 659 (Whiting, IN)
June 7 - July 13, 2014: "Mario circa 1985" in the 6x6x2014 exhibit at the Rochester Contemporary Art Center (Rochester, NY)June 21 - July 18, 2014: "Embracing Differences" & "Speckled" in the 5x7 32nd Annual Women Artists: A Celebration! YWCA of Youngstown exhibit at YWCA (Youngstown, OH)
October 12, 2014: "Barack Obama: Leaders" in Inspired Art exhibit at the Jackson Junge Gallery (Chicago, IL) as part of America CHICAGO Scores art inspired by poetry
October 2014: Collection of beaded bras on display recognizing breast cancer awareness at Studio Beads (Deerfield, IL)
November 15 - December 13, 2014: "Minions," "Mickey & Minnie," and "Fred & Wilma" bras in the So Much More exhibit at the Swedish Covenant Hospital (Chicago, IL)
- 2015 -
March 28, 2015 - April 2, 2015: "Sox v. Cubs" and "Chicago Blackhawks" in the Happy Birthday Chicago exhibit at Block 37 (Chicago, IL)
October 17, 2015: "Love Is" and "A Year I’d Like to Forget" in Inspired Art exhibit at the Jackson Junge Gallery (Chicago, IL) as part of America CHICAGO Scores art inspired by poetry
- 2020 -
July 30, 2020 - ongoing: "Lifesavers" in Come As You Are at Side Street Studio Arts (Elgin, IL - online)
August 2020: The String Zine at Side Street Studio Arts (Elgin, IL - online)
August 16, 2020 - ongoing: "Black Lives Matter: I Can't Breathe" in Quaranzine Volume II at Third Estate Art (Chicago, IL - online)
August 31, 2020 - October 31, 2020: "Black Lives Matter" and "Lifesavers" in PERSIST and Reimagine at National Women's Caucus for Art (online)
October 2, 2020 - October 30, 2020: "Black Lives Matter" in Art for Social Change: Dissent at Oak Park Art League (Oak Park, IL)
October 31, 2020: "Lifesavers" and "Statue of Liberty" in Unmasked at Kay Kelman Naked Canvas Art (online)
November 27, 2020 – December 21, 2020: "LifeSavers," "Girl With a Pearl Earring & a Mask," "Oh the Places You Won't Go," "You are Next," & "The Spreaders" in Virtually Holidazed: 2020 (online)
November 29, 2020 - January 29, 2021: "The Spreaders" and "Hydroxcholorquine" in Touch at Gestalt Projects bG Gallery (online)
- 2021 -
"Butterfly Lungs" in the Museum of Beadwork's Beaded Square Project (Portland, ME - online)
"Covid Puffs", "Cap'n Covid", "Covid's Web", "If You Give a Mouse a Vaccine," "2020-21 Yearbook" in the Ivy League Art Gallery / Black Mountain College (online)
October 2021 - "Save Your Lungs with 2 Shots" in the Side Street Arts Studio "Something Wicked" Exhibit (Elgin, IL)
-2022-
Beaded Star in the Museum of Beadwork's Enter the Star Project (Portland, ME)
September 29 to November 3, 2022: "Save Your Lungs with 2 Shots" in College of Lake County Recent Works 2022 (Grayslake, IL)
-2023-
September 29 to November 2, 2023: "Jaguar" in College of Lake County Recent Works 2023 (Grayslake, IL)
October 2023 - "Day of the Dead" in the Side Street Arts Studio "Something Wicked" Exhibit (Elgin, IL)
Publications
- 2004 -
April 2004: Bead and Button “Floral Ndebele”
- 2005 -
February/March 2005: Interweave’s Beadwork Magazine The Beaded Figure featuring “I Do”
December 2005: “Floral Ndebele” republished in Basic Beadweaving: Herringbone Stitch
April 2004: Bead and Button “Floral Ndebele”
- 2005 -
February/March 2005: Interweave’s Beadwork Magazine The Beaded Figure featuring “I Do”
December 2005: “Floral Ndebele” republished in Basic Beadweaving: Herringbone Stitch
Teaching
- 2009 -
October 5 to 10, 2009: “Functions and Fragments” solo teaching expedition for a group of twelve to sixteen people on learning the techniques of beadweaving
October 5 to 10, 2009: “Functions and Fragments” solo teaching expedition for a group of twelve to sixteen people on learning the techniques of beadweaving