EDUCATION
2015 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Madison, ME
2015 MFA, Sculpture, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2008 BFA with High Honors, Studio Art and Art History, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2005 University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley, Transfer
SELECTED FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS
2015 Eldon Danhausen Fellowship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2015 Edward L. Ryerson Fellowship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2014 International Sculpture Center Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary
Sculpture Award
2014 John W. Kurtich Foundation Fellowship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2014 Carol Becker-Dean’s Merit Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2006 Lois G. Roberts Undergraduate Scholarship, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2005 Art Department Award for Academic Excellence, Art Student of the Year, UW Fox Valley
2004 Sloan and Gerard Fine Art Studio Scholarship, University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley
GRANTS
2017 Sculpture Faculty Travel Grant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2015 Odyssey Travel Grant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2014 School of the Art Institute of Chicago Graduate Travel Grant
REVEIWS & PUBLICATIONS
2017 Elliot J. Reichert,“Off the Record:A Brief History of Triumph, a Short-Lived Chicago
Gallery that Might Still Be,” New City Art, June 1, 2017
2017 “Jeff Prokash//Triumph Gallery: In Conversation with Ruslana Lichtzier and Ryan Coffey,”
Exposition Chicago, The Seen, March 31, 2017
2016 Tempestt Hazel, Ground Floor exhibition catalog, Hyde Park Arts Center, Chicago IL
2016 Alison Reilly, “Ground Floor at the Hyde Park Art Center,” Chicago Gallery News,
September 20, 2016
2016 Back of the Head, Issue No. 1, China, August 24, 2015
2014 Hyperallergic, “Best of 2014: Our Top 10 Exhibition Across the United States”,
Hyperallergic December 26, 2014
2014 Sculpture Magazine, “Outstanding Student Achievement In Contemporary Sculpture
Awards”, October 2014: Vol. 33 No. 8 pp. 48-55
2014 China Taiyuan International Metal Sculpture Symposium Catalog, September 2014
2014 Danny Floyd, “Wheel Chair Lift at the Temple of Dendur,” Serpentine Magazine,
December 5, 2014
2014 Joshua Demaree, “Prentice Windows Part I-III,” Exposition Chicago, The Seen, July 17,
2014
RESIDENCIES
2016 HATCH Projects, Chicago Artist Coalition, Chicago, IL
2014 China Taiyuan International Metal Sculpture Symposium, Taiyuan, China
COLLECTIONS
2016 The collection of Iñigo Manglano Ovalle
2016 The collection of Scott J. Hunter
2016 The collection of Randy Alexander
2015 M. Woods Museum Collection-Michael Xufu Huang, Beijing China
2014 City of Taiyuan-Taiyuan Industrial Cultural Creative Park, Shanxi province, China
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 Re-enacting the contents of a Box, Randy Alexander Gallery, Chicago, IL
2016 What becomes of the Hole When the Cheese is Eaten?, Randy Alexander Gallery, Chicago, IL
2013 New Growth on Old Remains, Aylward Gallery, Menasha, WI
2013 Thinking of You as Doppelgänger, The Octegon Gallery, Chicago, IL
2010 Nocturnal Revelries, Iola Mills, Iola, WI
SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2016 Ground Floor, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2015 International Sculpture Center Student Exhibition, Step Gallery, Pheonix, AZ
2014 ISC 20thAnnual Student Award Exhibition, Grounds For Sculpture, Trenton, NJ
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 Architecture Itself and Other Postmodern Myths, Canadian Center for Architecture, Montreal, QC
2018 After Junk Space, Curated by Danny Floyd, Donnelly Foundation, Chicago, IL
2018 Artificial Life, Chicago Artist Coalition, Chicago, IL
2017 Dangerous Professors, Triumph, Chicago, IL
2017 Boondoggle, Chicago Artist Coalition, Chicago, IL
2017 The Duck and the Document: True Stories of Postmodern Procedures, SCI-Arc Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA
2017 Door, Triumph, Chicago, IL
2017 Drawing, Randy Alexander Gallery, Chicago, IL
2016 T O’ Time, Pavillon Carré Baudouin, Paris, FR
2015 Fresh: New Master Artists, SLU Contemporary Art Gallery, Hammond, LA
2015 2 Tambours, Cornerstore, Chicago, IL
2015 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL
2015 General Objects, Fjord, Philadelphia, PA
2014 General Objects, Ballroom Projects, Chicago, IL
2014 Almost Ergonomic, Studio 424, Chicago, IL
2014 Frozen Borderline, Ballroom Projects, Chicago, IL
2013 Monuments and Ruins, Frogman Gallery & Chicago Loop Alliance, Chicago, IL
2012 Downcast Eyes, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
2012 Too Much is Never Enough, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2015-2018 Part Time Faculty Lecturer, School of the Art Institute of Chicago Sculpture
Courses include: Building as Form: Architectural Concepts in Sculpture and Studio
Research, Woodworking in the Twenty First Century, Introduction to Sculpture
Practices, Sculpture Skill-Based Boot Camp, Systems and Structures
2018 Faculty, Era Vision International Art Summer School, Beijing, China
Course: Sculpture and Intermedia Art
2016-2017 MFA Low Residency Studio Coordinator, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2017 Manager, Columbus Metal Shop, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2014-2015 Digital Maven-Digital Fabrication Technician, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2013-2014 Teaching Assistant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2013-2014 Shop Technician Columbus Wood and Metal Shop, Chicago, IL
2010-2013 Foreman, Furniture Revival, Chicago, IL
2010-2013 Co-founder and Curator, The Milk Factory Gallery Chicago, IL
2011-2013 Co-founder CUSP: Chicago Unconventional Spaces & Projects, Chicago, IL