resumé

education

primary

1999
University of Colorado at Boulder
(CU-Boulder), MFA, Sculpture,
Boulder, CO

1990
Washington University, BFA, Printmaking, St. Louis, MO

international and continuing
1998

Sann Research Institute,
Kathmandu, Nepal

1993–96
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Chicago, IL

1991
School of Visual Arts,
New York City, NY

1989
Central St. Martins School of Art and Design, London, UK


grants, fellowships and other funding (selected)

1999–Present

University of Minnesota,
VDIL Research Fellow, Duluth, MN

2008

University of Minnesota, Grant-in-Aid of Research, Artistry and Scholarship

2007

Chancellors Research Grant, University of Minnesota Duluth Designated for the Philip Pearlstein Documentary

2006
Stipend, SPACES, Cleveland, OH

2005
Stipend, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

University of Minnesota,
Chancellor’s Faculty Small Grant

Anonymous Donor, Designated for the Philip Pearlstein Documentary

2004
Minnesota State Arts Board,
Artist Initiative Grant, St. Paul, MN

Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, Professional Development Grant, Duluth, MN

Stipend, The Minneapolis Institute of the Arts, Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program, Minneapolis, MN

Stipend, Jentel Artist Residency, Banner, WY

Stipend, Sioux City Arts Center, Sioux City, IA

Chancellors Research Grant, University of Minnesota Duluth Designated for the Philip Pearlstein Documentary

School of Fine Arts Deans Grant, University of Minnesota Duluth Designated for the Philip Pearlstein Documentary

Betty Cuningham Gallery, New York City, NY Designated for the Philip Pearlstein Documentary

2001, 2003
University of Minnesota,
Faculty Summer Research Grant

McKnight Foundation,
McKnight Summer Fellow, Minneapolis, MN

University of Minnesota,
Chancellor’s Faculty Small Grant

2002
University of Minnesota, Grant-in-Aid of Research, Artistry and Scholarship

University of Minnesota,
Chancellor’s Faculty Small Grant

University of Minnesota,
VDIL Summer Research Grant

2001
McKnight Foundation,
McKnight International Travel Award, Minneapolis, MN

1997–98
University of Colorado,
Beverly Sears Dean’s Small Grant

1996–98
University of Colorado,
Graduate School Fellow

University of Colorado,
Graduate Travel Grant


film screenings


2006
Not Made in Heaven
Philip Pearstien Documentary, Trailer Screening, IFP Market and Conference, New York, NY

Not Made in Heaven

Philip Pearstien Documentary, Trailer Screening, University of Minnesota Duluth


solo and two-person exhibitions/performances (selected)


2004–05
Above Is Below, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN (catalogue) curated
two-person, site-specific installation,

2003
Re-sacralization, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY
performance

2002–03
nun'·dro: Cycles 1–5, Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, MN
site-specific installation

1998
Sound sketch, Dudley Alcove, CU at Boulder
site-specific installation

1997
Dakini, Dudley Alcove, CU at Boulder
site-specific installation,

1995
Urban Tumbleweed, Base Space Gallery, SAIC, IL  
site-specific installation, refereed


Bag Tree: Site 1 and 2, Wellington Park and Grant Park, Chicago, IL
site-specific installation


group exhibitions/performances (selected)


2006
The Studio Visit , Exit Art, New York City, NY
curated

[PAM] installation , Scope New York Art Fair, New York City, NY
invited

2005
Multiplicity, SPACES, Cleveland, OH
curated
installation

the prayingproject
, Exit Art, New York City, NY
curated    
performance

2004
American Art, Palazzo Scalfani,
Accademia di Bella Arti, Palermo, Italy

All Together Now, Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, MN

The Big Deal, SOMArts Gallery,
San Francisco, CA

2000
all system go, Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, MN

Constant Source, The DECC, Duluth, MN refereed

1999
Terminal Degrees, MFA thesis exhibit, site-specific installation, CU Art Galleries, Boulder, CO

Countdown
, University of New Mexico Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

1998
Crisis, Dreams and the Aesthetic Imagination, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Valdivia, Chile invited

Digital Velvet, Edge Gallery, Denver, CO refereed

Paraiso, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile invited

1997
CAROUSE’lle, a promenade, Pearl Street Mall, Boulder, CO performance

1995
Metals, Oxbow, Saugatuck, MI

1994
Ballroom Brawl, installation, The Ballroom, SAIC, IL performance

1993
Christmas Show, The Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT honorable mention

1990
BFA Exhibition, Washington University Gallery of Art, St. Louis, MO


juried exhibitions


2004

Visions VIII International Juried Art Exhibition, Cathedral Basilica, Covington, KY
Jurors: John Begley, Gallery Director, The Hite Art Institute; Betty Fishman, Executive Director, Art Link; Trevor Martin, Managing Director, Betty Rymer Gallery, SAIC

59th Juried Exhibition, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA
Juror: James Rondeau, Frances and Thomas Dittmer, Curator of Contemporary Art, The Art Institute of Chicago (catalogue)

18th International Juried Show 2004, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ
Juror: Charlotta Kotik, Curator, Brooklyn Museum (catalogue)

2003
2003 Second Annual Juried Exhibition, Gallery 402, New York City, NY

Fourteenth National Juried Exhibition, Viridian Artists, New York City, NY
Juror: Robert Rosenblum, Curator, Guggenheim Museum, NY

Documentation, WomanMade Gallery, Chicago, IL juried

2002
5 Minutes of Fame: 24-hour Webcast Screening, mnartists.org
Juror: Steve Dietz, Freelance Curator


juries/selection committees

2001/2004
Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant, Duluth and Minneapolis, MN

2000
Cafe O’lake Artists Collective, Constant Source, Duluth, MN


artists residencies

2005 Vermont Studio Center,
one-month, Johnson, VT

2004 Jentel Artist Residency,
one-month, Banner, WY

bibliography

Sarah Chokyi Bauer , Artworld Digest, 2006 by David Cohen (Publisher), March Issue, Brooklyn, NY

Beyond the Comfort Zone , Cleveland Free Times, 2005 by Lyz Bly, November 30-December 6, Cleveland, OH            

Multiplicity , Cleveland Scene, 2005 by Zachary Lewis, November 23, Cleveland, OH

Sarah Bauer/David Hamlow , artUS, 2005 by Carla Ruth Dunham, May-June Issue, Los Angeles, CA

Trialogue: Above Is Below , 2005 by Patricia Briggs, February 7, Reviews, mnartists.org

Stating of the Art , Star Tribune, 2005 by Doug Hanson, January 7, Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN, Back page of the Variety section

Above Is Below , 2004 by Cynde Randall, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts Magazine, November/December Issue, Minneapolis, MN

Linda Hanson, Ritual Repetition, Duluth News Tribune, Duluth, MN
Cover Article for People of Faith Section, November 16, 2002

Chris Roberts, Word of Mouth RoundUp, Interview, Minnesota Public Radio, November 17, 2002


current position


2003–Present Director, Producer (with Jen Dietrich), MN and NY
Not Made in Heaven
A 90-minute documentary film on the life and work of the pioneer and New York City Realist painter Philip Pearlstien.

2004–Present Co-Founder, CEO, Underbelly Films, LLC, MN and NY

1999–Present Associate Professor,Digital Arts Area Head, Department of Art and Design, University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD)