Resume
Education:
2008
“Using Light as a Sculptural Element in Glass” with Joel O’Dorisio. The Studio, The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
2001-2006
BFA Sculpture, Cum Laude with Honors, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
Experience:
2005-Present
Personal assistant to Jack A. Schmidt, Schmidt Messenger Studios, Toledo, OH
2006-Present
Lab Technician, Glass Pavilion, Toledo Museum of Art School of Art and Design, Toledo, OH
2009
Assistant to Shawn Messenger, Schmidt Messenger Studios, Toledo, OH
Coldworker for Jeff Mack, Toledo, OH
Assistant to Jeffrey Phelps, Toledo, OH
2002-2006
Lab Technician, Center for Sculptural Studies, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
2005
Internship with Thomas Lingeman, Toledo, OH
2004
Governor James A. Rhodes Memorial Statue, Government Building downtown Toledo, Ohio
Exhibitions:
2009
Invitational Alumni Exhibition, UT Center for the Visual Arts, Toledo, OH
VMRC Juried Art Exhibition, Park Gables Gallery, VMRC, Harrisonburg, VA
2008
90th Annual Toledo Area Artists Exhibition, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
2007
Small Yet Mighty, 7th Annual Sculpture in the Garden Show, Schedel Arboretum & Gardens, Elmore, OH
89th Annual Toledo Area Artists Exhibition, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
2006
A Motley Affair, Space 237, Toledo, OH
Bachelor’s of Fine Arts Exhibition, CVA Gallery, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
BBC, The Lake Erie Research Center, Oregon, OH
Hard n’ Heavy Iron and Steel National Invitational, Bemidji Community Arts Council, Bemidji, MN
2005
Biennial Student Exhibition, CVA Gallery, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
2004
Abridged, The Lake Erie Research Center, Oregon, OH
Awards:
2005
Juror’s Award, 2005 Biennial Student Exhibition, Juror Sergio DeGiusti, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
1st Place, 2005 Biennial Student Exhibition, Juror Sergio DeGiusti, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
W. Sinclair Wallbridge Scholarship, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
Commissions:
2008
Sculpture, Doug Foght, Bucyrus, OH.
2006
Sculpture, Brian Huhn, Toledo, OH.
2004
Casting, Ann Anderson, Toledo, OH.
2003
Bronze Deans Awards for Graduating Seniors, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH