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Represented by:
Bear & Breakfast Gallery
www.bearandbreakfast.com

PUBLICATIONS
A Field Guide to the North American Family an illustrated novella by Garth Risk Halberg,
Mark Batty Publishers, Aug. 2007
The Sun literary & arts magazine, Nov. 2007 (cover), Jan. 2006, Jan. and Aug. 2005, Dec. 2002
Adbusters #73 Sept./Oct. 2007
Adbusters #68, "Apocalypse Soon"
Nov./Dec. 2006
Adbusters #63, "Big Ideas of 2005" (2-page spread) Jan. 2006
The Photo Review 2007 & 2005 Competition issues
Shots #96 Summer 2007, Shots #90 Winter 2005
Hair Trigger 29 A Story Workshop Anthology, Columbia College Chicago, cover and inside essay, 2007
Photo District News Promotion for PDNedu Student Photo Contest, Oct. & Nov. 2006
Screen Magazine Profile, Aug. 2006
British Journal of Photography June 2006
Architectural Record portrait, NEA director of design, Oct. 1999
Vincent Astor Foundation final report, commissioned for 18 photos, Oct. 1998
NY Arts Magazine Tips & Picks Directory

 

AWARDS & EXHIBITIONS
Griffin Museum of Photography Winchester, Mass.
14th Annual Juried Show, Juror: Katherine Ware, Curator of Photography at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
June 5 - Aug. 31, 2008
Art in Motion River East Arts Center, Chicago
Sponsored by Nokia & Gen Art
May 7, 2008
Center For Fine Art Photography Fort Collins, Colo.
"Planes, Trains & Automobiles," Juror: Andrew Darlow, Feb. 2008
"After Dark," Juror: Robert Lyons, March 2006
"On The Road," Juror: Karen vonMeenen, Feb. 2006 (Honorable Mention in Best of Show competition)
Gallery Bar
"A Field Guide to the North American Family: The Exhibition," Dec. 6-Jan. 2, 2008, curated by Humble Arts Foundation in collaboration with Mark Batty Publishers, New York
Orleans St. Gallery
"ChicagoLANDscape," July 7-Sept. 8, 2007, St. Charles, Ill.
Humble Media
"New in Town: group-show.com pinned up," Dec. 2006, New York
Jen Bekman Gallery
"Hey, Hot Shot" juried competition, Sept. 2006, New York
Photo District News
Nominee, PDN's 30: New and Emerging Photographers to Watch, 2006
Outdoor Wall Art

Photo selected by Outdoor Wall Art committee (Columbia College) for banner (approx. 20' x 30') to hang on 33 E. Congress St., Sept. 2006, Chicago
Getty Images New Photographers 2007
Cannes Lions Advertising festival, June 2006, a showcase of up-and-coming photographers curated by Getty Images. Exhibitions were held in Cannes, Sydney, and at the Art Director's Club in New York.
MixArt
James Hotel, Chicago, April 20-May 4, 2006. A multi-media showcase of local art curated by Chicago's leading cultural institutions.
Texas Photographic Society
2006 National Competition, Juror: Harris Fogel
2005 Annual Show, Juror: Clint Willour
Columbia College Chicago MFA Thesis Show
Glass Curtain Gallery, May 2006
Schopf Gallery on Lake
Chicago, April 20-May 26. Group show curated by Adam Brooks.
Anchorage Museum of History and Art
"Planes, Trains and Automobiles," June 2006-May 2007
"The Contemporary Condition"
Hokin Gallery, Columbia College Chicago, curated by Paul D'Amato, March 2006
"New Americana"
Hokin Annex, Columbia College Chicago, March 2006
PDNedu
1st Place 2006 Student Photo Competition; finalist 2005 competition
Albert P. Weisman Scholarship
exhibition Feb. 2006
Chicago Art Open
Oct. 2005

COLLECTIONS
Morton College Cicero, IL
James Hotel Chicago

EDUCATION
Columbia College Chicago
Master of Fine Arts(MFA) - Photography, May 2006
Yale University New Haven,CT, Bachelor of Arts - American Studies, May 1992

 

 
 
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