Education

2008            MFA                                Columbia College of Chicago

2004                                                   Penland School of Crafts

2001             BFA                                State University of New York College at Buffalo

1998                                                   State University New York College at Potsdam

1996                                                   The Evergreen State College

1995                                                   Ithaca College

Professional Experience

2008                                                    North Country Community College, Saranac Lake, NY
                                                            Faculty: Contemporary Printmaking & Black and White
                                                            Photography

2008 - 2009                                         BluSeed Studios, Saranac Lake, NY
                                                            Artist in Residence

2007 - Present                                    Combat Paper Project
                                                            Artistic Director

2006 - 2008                                        Chicago Center for Book & Paper Arts, Chicago, IL
                                                            Instructor: Papermaking & Bookbinding Classes

2006 - 2007                                        San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA
                                                            Instructor: Paper Art & Bookbinding

2006 - 2007                                        Community College of Vermont, Burlington, VT
                                                            Faculty: Paper Arts

2003 - 2005                                        Community College of Vermont, Burlington, VT
                                                            Assistant to the Operations Manager

2002 - 2005                                        Green Door Studio, Burlington, VT
                                                            Director

2001 - 2003                                        General Contractor, Burlington, VT
                                                            Carpenter

1999 - 2001                                        Abaca Press, Buffalo, NY
                                                            Printer

1998 - 2000                                        Bushwack Photographs, Canton, NY
                                                            Co-owner

1996                                                   Experimental Theater, Olympia, WA
                                                            Carpenter

Awards

2007                                                   Caxton Club of Chicago
                                                            Caxton Scholarship Award

2005                                                   Columbia College of Chicago
                                                            Follett Fellowship

2001                                                   Buffalo State College Dean Awards
                                                            Marie Dellas Creativity Award

2000                                                   Buffalo State College Fine Arts Department
                                                            Outstanding Achievements in Printmaking

1999                                                   Buffalo State College Fine Arts Department
                                                            Outstanding Achievements in Printmaking

                                                           North Country Regional Juried Art Exhibition
                                                            Gibson Gallery Merit Award

Artist Book Collections

Allen Library, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Art of the Book, Special Collections, Main Library, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Arts of the Book Collection, Yale Library, New Haven, CT
Art/Music & Recreation Collection, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA
Arthur & Mata Jaffe Collection, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
Bailey/Howe Library, University of Vermont Special Collections, Burlington, VT
The Boston Athenæum, Special Collections, Boston, MA
Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, Carnegie Melon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Clapp Library, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
Clarence Ward Art Library, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Decker Library, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Eli M. Oboler Library, Special Collections, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID
Fine Arts Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Fine Arts Library, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Fineburg Library, State University of New York, Plattsburgh, NY
Fleet Library, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Franklin Furnace Artist Book Collection, Musuem of Modern Art, New York, NY
G. Robert Strauss, Jr. Memorial Library, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Hartness Library System, Vermont State College, Burlington, VT
Hunter Library, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
Hill Memorial Library, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Jannes Library, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Joan Flasch Artist Book Collection, School of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Joanne Waxman Library, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
John Wilson Special Collections, Multnomah County Library, Portland, OR
Lafayette College Libraries, Lafayette College, Easton, PA
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Poetry Collection, SUNY at Buffalo Library, Buffalo, NY
Pratt Institute Artist Book Collection, Pratt Institute of Art, Brooklyn, NY
Prescott College Library, Prescott College, Prescott, AZ
Richard F. Brush Collection, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
Savannah College of Art and Design Art Library, SCAD-Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
Sherman Art Library, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Sloane Art Library, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Tutt Library, Special Collections, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections, Iowa City, IA
UW-Milwaukee Special Collections, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Verman Kimbrough Memorial Library, Ringling Institute of Art, Sarasota, FL
Waskowmium, Artist Book Collection, Burlington, VT

Visiting Artist / Guest Lecturer / Instructor

2009

'Combat Paper Project', Lecture to public and students, Dave Cross, Camberwell College, London, England

Visiting Artist, Visiting artist conducting stencil graffiti and street art in Hamburg and Berlin, Germany, Janine Schumacher, SKAM, Hamburg, Germany

'Book Arts and Activism', Lecture and workshop with fine art students, Bishan Samaddar, Seagull Institute of the Arts, Kolkata, India

'My Special Place - Canvas Project', Writing and artmaking workshops with women rescued from prostitution, Melissa Pritchard, STOP Orphanage, Delhi, India

2008

'Combat Paper Project', Lecture for Caxton Club Luncheon, Dorothy Sinson, Caxton Club, Chicago, IL

'Combat Paper Project', Lecture, performance and workshop with war veterans, students and artists, Anne McKeown, Rutgers University, Rutgers, NJ

'Combat Paper Project', Lecture, performance and workshop with war veterans, students and artists, Kathleen Walkup, Mills College, Oakland, CA

'Street Performance Art, Action and Interaction', Lecture to SUNY Potsdam students and community. Kim Bouchard, SUNY Potsdam, Potsdam, NY

'Combat Paper Project', Lecture, performance and workshop with war veterans, students and artists, Cathy Tedford, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY

'Art and Activism', Part of the SUNY Plattsburg Artists Lecture Series, Diane Fine, SUNY Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY

Art and Activism', Lecture to SUNY Potsdam students and community, Ed Clark, SUNY Potsdam, Potsdam, NY

'Soap, Paper, Box', Class making soap and handmade papers, Carol Vossler, BluSeed Studios, Saranac Lake, NY

'Mutanabbi Lecture', Lecture on Combat Paper project and Mutanabbi Project, Kathleen Walkup, Saratoga Public Library, Saratoga, CA

'Pulp Printing', Class teaching pulp printing technique, Steve Woodall, San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA

'Combat Paper Project', Lecture, performance and workshop with war veterans, students and artists, Kathy Wosika, Fresno City College, Fresno, CA

'Combat Paper Project', Lecture, performance and workshop with war veterans, students and artists, Harry Reese, University of California - Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA

'Combat Paper Project', Lecture and performance with war veterans, students and artists, Kit Lucas, Napa Valley Hand Papermaking, Napa, CA

'Combat Paper Project', Workshop with war veterans, students and artists, David Kimball, Magnolia Editions, Oakland, CA

'Combat Paper Project', Lecture and performance with war veterans, students and artists, The Beat Museum, San Francisco, CA

'Combat Paper Project', Lecture, performance and workshop with war veterans, students and artists, Kerri Cushman, Longwood University, Farmingdale, VA

'Combat Paper Project', Lecture and workshop with war veterans, students and artists, Pamela Frandina-Maheran, Art Institute of Washington, Washington, DC

2007

HIV/AIDS Paper Action, Interactive street performance using pulp stencils. Lynne Allen & Eric Avery, Boston University, Boston, MA

'Combat Paper Project', Workshop with war veterans, pulping uniforms and making paper art. Cathy Tedford, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY

'Guest Lecturer', Pulp Politics lecture for Annual Friends of Dard Hunter Convention, Carnegie Institute, Tom Bannister & Michael Durgin, Washington, DC

'Climate Control Blockade', Soliciting public opinion on global warming issues using pulp stencils as interactive street performance, South End Art Hop, Mark Waskow, Burlington, VT

'Deep Fried Book Performance', Collaboration with John La Falce deep frying books as interactive street performance, South End Art Hop, Mark Waskow, Burlington, VT

'Deep Fried Book Performance', Collaboration with John La Falce deep frying books as interactive street performance, BluSeed Studios, Carol Vossler, Saranac Lake, NY

'Seventeenth Century Paper and Books', Community class for San Francisco Center for the Book following traditional processes to make paper and books. San Francisco, CA

'Paper Performance Art', Street theater adaptation and lecture for students at Wadsworth Elementary, soliciting theme pulp evaluations, Karen Coffey, Chicago, IL

'Deep Fried Book Performance', Collaboration with John La Falce deep frying books as interactive street performance, Columbia College Orientation, Columbia College, Chicago, IL

'Deep Fried Book Performance', Collaboration with John La Falce deep frying books as interactive street performance, Manifest Urban Arts Festival, Columbia College, Chicago, IL

'Japanese Papermaking', Two-day workshop for Latin School of Chicago, Sarah Forsythe, Chicago, IL

'Seventeenth Century Paper and Books', Community class for Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts following traditional processes to make paper and books. Chicago, IL

'Artists Bookbinding', Instructor for a bookbinding workshop, Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts, Paul DaMatto, Chicago, IL

'Paper Portraits of Jesus', Street theater for ‘Columbia College Undergraduate Open House’ soliciting an evaluation in pulp of contemporary ethics through performance and pulp paint, Columbia College - Chicago, Chicago, IL

2006

'Paper Portraits of Bush', Street theater for ‘Columbia College Undergraduate Open House’ soliciting an evaluation in pulp of President Bush’s performance, Columbia College - Chicago, Ania Greiner, Chicago, IL

'Artists Bookbinding', Instructor for a bookbinding workshop, Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago, IL

'Eastern and Western Papermaking', Instructor for a weekend workshop, BluSeed Studios, Carol Vossler, Saranac Lake, NY

'Introduction to Papermaking', Instructor for three-credit papermaking class, Community College of Vermont, Michelle Patenaude, Burlington, VT

'Paper Portraits of Bush', Street theater for ‘Manifest Festival’ soliciting an evaluation in pulp of President Bush’s performance, Columbia College - Chicago, Ania Greiner, Chicago, IL

'Pulp Graffiti', Visiting Artist conducted two-day workshop for Papermaking class, Buffalo State College, Pamela Frandina, Buffalo, NY

'Paper for Printmaking', Eastern and Western papermaking workshop for printmaking students, Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts, Janet Lefley, Chicago, IL

'Cheap Papermaking', Introduction community papermaking workshop, Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts, Anita Gazzette, Chicago, IL

'Japanese Papermaking', Two-day workshop for Latin School of Chicago, Sarah Forsythe, Chicago, IL

2005

'Large Format Papermaking', Workshop for community, Buffalo State College Papermaking class, Pamala Frandina-Mahern, Buffalo, NY

'Paper as Light', Teacher's Assistant to Ann-Marie Kennedy, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

'Japanese Papermaking', Workshop for Community College of Vermont, Michelle Patenaude, Burlington, VT

'Pulp painting with Ryan Powers', Pulp painting demonstration and collaborative production for CD release design

'Burlington Art Scene', Lecture for Foundations of Art class - Community College of Vermont, Sharon Webster, Burlington, VT

'Western Papermaking', Workshop for Introduction to Studio Art class - Community College of Vermont, Sharon Webster, Burlington, VT

'From PJ's to Paper', Workshop for after school arts program, Laurie Shelton, Burlington, VT

'Sculptural Papermaking', Private classes for Crosby & Co., Green Door Studio, Burlington, VT

'Western Papermaking', Workshop for Community College of Vermont, Mica DeAngelis, Burlington, VT

'Papermaking with Children', Workshop for the YMCA, Alex Wilson, Burlington, VT

'Copier Art', Workshop for Foundations of Art class - Community College of Vermont, Sharon Webster, Burlington, VT

2004

'Paper Peace Flags', Workshop for YMCA, Alex Wilson, Burlington, VT

'Western Papermaking', Workshop for Community College of Vermont, Michele Patenaude, Burlington, VT

'Large Format Papermaking', Workshop for Paper Arts class - Community College of Vermont, Marti Burt, Burlington, VT

'Papermaking with Children', Workshop for Fostering Creativity class - Community College of Vermont, Annie Hawley, Burlington, VT

'Burlington Art Scene', Lecture for Intro to Studio Art class - Community College of Vermont, Sharon Webster, Burlington, VT

'Interior Paper Wall Designs', Permanent installation of handmade paper wall designs for straw bale home, North Country Sustainable Energy Fair, Ed Dubinski, Pyrites, NY

2003

'Western Papermaking', Workshop for South End Arts & Business Association - Art Hop, Lorna Kay Peal, Burlington, VT

'Burlington Art Scene', Lecture for Dimensions of Learning class - Community College of Vermont, Gary Stellar, Burlington, VT

'Western Papermaking', Six week community class taught at Green Door Studio, Burlington, VT

'Mountaintop Papermaking', Workshop for Community College of Vermont Staff Retreat, Mt. Philo State Park, VT

2001

'Student Research and Celebrate Diversity', Slide presentation of personal work regarding 'Book Forms', Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY

'Teacher's Assistant', Workshops, lectures and labs for Papermaking class, Masha Ryskin, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY

2000

'Student Research and Celebrate Diversity', Presentation of installation regarding 'Age and Values', Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY

1999

'Student Research and Celebrate Diversity', Presentation of installation regarding 'Capitalism and War', Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY

'Large Format Papermaking', Presentation for Papermaking class, Buffalo State College, Peter Sowiski, Buffalo, NY.

1998

'Works on Handmade Paper', Slide Presentation for Advanced Studio Art class, Hugh C. Williams High School, Canton NY

'Monoprint', Workshops, lectures and demonstrations demonstrating the practice of Monoprinting, Hugh C. Williams High School, Murray Seymour, Canton, NY