EDUCATION
2009 Portland State University – MFA Art and Social Practice
2007 Oregon State University – BFA
GALLERY/MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2011 It’s All Yours, La Esquina, Urban Culture Projects, Kansas City, MO
2010 Market Gallery Pub, Market Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
2010 Let Knowledge Serve the City, Smack Mellon, New York, NY
2010 Open Engagement: Making Things, Making Things Better, Making Things Worse, Conference, Portland, OR
2010 Incidental Person, curated by Antony Hudek, Apexart, New York, NY
2010 The Mythical State of Jefferson, Schneider Museum of Art, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR
2009 The Soft Shovel, Igloo Gallery, Portland, OR
2009 Shine A Light: A Night at the Museum, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
2009 *Building in the Post-Apocalypse, MK Gallery, Portland, OR
2009 It’s Possible, group, Disjecta, Portland, OR
2009 Everyday Magic, Igloo Gallery and Makerlab, Portland, OR
2008 Municipal Maneuvers, Portland City Hall, OR
2008 Side By Side, group, Autzen Gallery, Portland, OR
2008 Within a Seven Minute Walk from Worksound Gallery, Worksound Gallery, Portland, OR
2007 PSU Scholarship Show, MK Gallery, PSU, Portland, OR
2007 *Make Your Own Money, The Valley Library, Corvallis, OR
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*indicates a solo exhibition
SPECIAL PROJECTS AND PUBLIC WORK (SELECTION)
2010 Glasgow Beer and Pub Project, Glasgow International Festival for the Visual Art, Glasgow, Scotland
2009-2010 Slow Beers, Portland, OR
2009 The Canoedio, with Hannah Jickling and Helen Reed, Klondike Institute of Art & Culture, Yukon, Canada
2009 The Ghost Corral, with Kate Clark, Ox-Bow Residency, Saugatuck, MI
2009 Early Morning Coffee Tasting and Radical Education Book Club, Ox-Bow School of the Arts, Saugatuck, MI
2009 Cultivate Brew Crew, Portland, OR
2009 Morphology Chart, public exercise, Portland, OR
2009 Jam Session, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2008 Drinking Beer With Friends and Working, Time Based Arts Festival, PICA, Portland, OR
2008 Creating Your Ideal Schedule, The Pancake Clubhouse, Portland, OR
2008 Utopia – A Science Fiction Marathon, The Pancake Clubhouse, Portland, OR
2008 PSU Building Remodel Project, Portland, OR
2008 Working with Junior Ambassadors Food Cart, The Committee, Portland, OR
2008 Neighborhood Resource Exchange, with Sandy Sampson, A Lot of _____, Portland, OR
2007 Looking Out The Window, Portland, OR
ONLINE PROJECTS
2008-now beerandscifi.com - combining beer, science fiction, utopia, activism, education
2009 thegreenwashingblog.com - highlighting greenwashing advertisements
2008-2009 psuart.blogspot.com - documentation of work with undergrad social practice classes
2007 Selling My Ideas on eBay, ebay.com
COLLABORATIVE ARTS GROUP PARTICIPATION
2009 The Canoedio: Group studio in a canoe and floating alternative classroom
2008 The Committee - A collaborative consulting and ideation art-group
2008 - 2009 Public Social University – lecture: Sci-Fi Movies; co-curated: Apocalypse Class
2008 Neighborhood Projects – A group of socially engaged Portland artists working in specific neighborhoods
TEACHING
2010 Instructor, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
2010 Faculty, Ox-Bow School of the Arts
2009 Faculty of Record, Art and Social Practice, Portland State University
2009 Visiting Teacher, Painting, New Media, and Professional Practices, Oregon State University
2007-2008 Student teacher, Undergraduate social practice classes, Portland State University
2008 Guest teacher, Foundation classes in 2D and 3D, Portland State University
PROFESSIONAL PARTICIPATION - LECTURES/PANELS/TALKS
2009 “Who is This For, What Does it Do? Teaching Social Practice at the Foundations Level,” panelist,
Foundations in Art: Theory and Education (FATE) Conference, Portland, OR
2009 Social Practice West, The Art of Participation: 1950 to Now, panelist, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
(SF MoMA), invited by Ted Purves, San Francisco, CA
2009 “Beer and Education,” visiting artist presentation, Oregon State University; The Pancake Clubhouse,
Portland, OR; Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI; ODD Gallery, Dawson, Yukon, Canada
CATALOGS, BOOKS, & PUBLICATIONS
2010 Lateral Learning, curated by Paul Butler, Vantage Art Projects
2009 Microbrews, Microtopias, Education, Religion, and Vacation, interviewed by Cyrus W Smith, self published
2009 It’s Possible, publication for exhibition
2009 Matthew Higgs Fan Zine, transcribed conversation, published by Jen Delos Reyes
2008 “It Can Change: Social Practice in the Academy and Community,” group article, Art Journal,
College Art Association, Winter 2008
2008 Between The Cracks: Supplemental Reading for Utopia – A Science Fiction Marathon, self published
98-00 Kill Pride, punk street zine, 10 issues, self-published
REVIEWS & MENTIONS
April 13, 2010. Online Article. BBC Scotland (news.bbc.co.uk)
“Setting Sights on a Visual Feast in Glasgow,” Zak Brophy
Sept 21, 2009. Newspaper Review. The Oregonian (www.oregonlive.com)
“Shine A Light lights up the Portland Art Museum for a night,” D.K. Rowe
Sept 16, 2009. Newspaper Editorial. Willamette Weekly (wweek.com)
“Strange Brew: What Happens When You Ask Brewers to Make Art Outta Beer?” Kelly Clarke
January 15, 2009. Blog Review. io9 (io9.com)
“One Site That Covers Everything You Need In Life,” Charlie Jane Anders
May 2008. Images Published. ...Might be Good, Fluent Collaboration (www.fluentcollab.org)
“Often Times The Best Thing For An Artist To Do Is To Show Someone Else’s Art,” Harrel Fletcher
RESIDENCIES & AWARDS
2010 Market Gallery, Residency, Glasgow, Scotland
2009 Ox-Bow, Residency, Saugatuck, MI
2008 Nominee, Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund (SYLFF), Fellowship for Students Showing Potential for
High International Leadership,
2007 Recipient, Art Department Scholarship, PSU
2006 Recipient, Sponenburgh Travel Award, highest honor in art awarded to one art major annually and funding
for art historical research in Europe, OSU
2005 Recipient, Plinkiewisch Full Tuition Scholarship, merit in art and academic achievement, OSU
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE
2008-2009 Portland State University MFA Selection Committee
2008 Juror, Congressional Art Competition, Portland, OR
2008 Visiting Artists Selection Committee, hosted artists include Andrea Zittel and Corin Hewitt, PSU
2008 Graduate Assistant, MFA coordinator assistant, PSU
2006-2007 President, Montage Student Art Group, OSU; work included art exhibits, fundraisers, instructional work
shops, field trips, social events
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
2009-now Foundations in Art: Theory and Education
