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Associate Member, Society of Animal Artists - www.societyofanimalartists.com
Signature Member, Artist's For Conservation - www.artistsforconservation.org
Gallery Representation
LaFontsee Galleries, Grand Rapids, MI - wwwLafontsee.us
Tvedten Fine Art, Harbor Springs, MI. - www.TvedtenFineart.com
Bier Art Gallery, Charlevoix, MI. - www.BierGallery.com
The Artisan's Bench, Brighton, MI - www.ArtisansBench.com
Red Door Gallery, Ludington, MI. -
Huff Harrington, Atlanta, GA. - www.HuffHarrington.com
Hudson Gallery, Sylvania, OH - www.HudsonGallery.net
Main Branch Gallery, Grayling,MI. - www.MainBranchGallery.com
Education
2010 MFA: Painting, Kendall College of Art and Design
2007 BFA: Painting/Drawing, Central Michigan University
BFA: Sculpture, Central Michigan University
Selected Exhibitions
2020 Birds in Art, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI
Artists for Conservation 2020 Exhibit, VanDusen Botanical Garden, Vancouver, BC Canada
of Special Concern, with Jane Kramer, Kalamazoo Nature Center, Kalamazoo, MI
Nature and Nurture, Group Exhibition, Huff Harrington, Atlanta, GA
Taking Flight, Virtual Group Exhibition, Hudson Gallery, Sylvania, OH
Solid Ground, LaFontsee Galleries, Grand Rapids, MI
2019 Birds in Art, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI
Art and the Animal, Society of Animal Artists, Briscoe Western Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
Artists for Conservation 2019 Exhibit, VanDusen Botanical Garden, Vancouver, BC Canada
Preserved! Land Conservancy of West Michigan - LaFontsee, Galleries, Grand Rapids, MI
Solo Exhibition, Glen Arbor Arts Center, Glen Arbor, MI
Alternative Views of Summer, LaFontsee Galleries, Grand Rapids, MI
2018 of Special Concern, with Jane Kramer, Central Michigan University Baber Room, Mt Pleasant, MI
Artists for Conservation 2018 Exhibit, Spirit Gallery, Grouse Mountain, Vancouver, BC Canada
Festival of the Arts Regional Exhibition, FED Galleries Kendall, Grand Rapids, MI
Greater Michigan Arts Exhibition, Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI
ArtPrize, International Juried Exhibition, Women's City Club, Grand Rapids, MI
Loeschner Art Competition, Purchase Award Recipient, Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, MI
2017 Society of Animal Artists, Great Lakes Regional, Circle of Arts Charlevoix, MI
Preserved! Land Conservancy of West Michigan - Harris Building 111 Division, Grand Rapids, MI
Perception & Intention, LaFontsee Galleries, Grand Rapids, MI
Freshly Considered, LaFontsee Galleries, Grand Rapids,
Displacement, Solo Installation, LaFontsee Galleries, Grand Rapids, MI
89th Regional Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
Festival of the Arts Regional Exhibition, FED Galleries Kendall, Grand Rapids, MI
2016 2016 Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey, MI
sELECTED Works, LaFontsee Galleries, Grand Rapids, MI
Toast, LaFontsee Galleries, Douglas, MI
Everyone in the Pool, LaFontsee Galleries, Douglas, MI
Collective Alchemy, LaFontsee Galleries, Grand Rapids, MI
2015 Birds in Art, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI
reCollect, Solo Exhibition, Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, MI
A Magical Menagerie, South Hampton Animal Foundation, RJD Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
All Things Birds and Beautiful, Orcas Island Historical Museum, Eastsound, WA
West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
Time/Place, Juried Group Exhibition, Lansing Art Gallery, MI
Preserved! Land Conservancy of West Michigan hosted at 106 Gallery Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI
ArtPrize, International Juried Exhibition, Women’s City Club, Grand Rapids, MI
Greater Michigan Arts Exhibition, Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI
Small Works, Tvedten Fine Art, Harbor Springs, MI
Lookie Here, Group Exhibition, Lafontsee Galleries, Grand Rapids, MI
ArtPrize Second Glance, Invitational Group Exhibition, Lowell Arts, Lowell, MI
2014 Out of the Polar Vortex, LaFontsee Galleries, Grand Rapids, MI
reCollect, Solo Exhibition, 106 Gallery Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI
Paint Snob, Invitational Group Exhibition, Spiral Gallery, MI
Urban/Rural Michigan Outlook, Group Landscape Exhibition, Lafontsee Galleries, Douglas, MI
Greater Michigan Arts Exhibition, Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI
2014 Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey, MI
West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
Festival of the Arts Regional Exhibition, Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
ArtPrize, International Juried Exhibition, Women's City Club, Grand Rapids, MI
Displacement, Solo Installation Exhibition, Spiral Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2013 Justin Kellner - Solo, Solo Exhibition, LaFontsee Galleries, Grand Rapids, MI
Nocturne, Group Exhibition, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey, MI
Greater Michigan Arts Exhibition, Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI
Juror’s Choice Award Recipient, Juror: Sergio De Giusti
4th Annual Nature and Wildlife Exhibition, St. Augustine Art Association, St. Augustine, FL
2013 Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey, MI
Festival of the Arts Regional Exhibition, Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
Things with Wings, Group Exhibition, Circle of Arts, Charlavoix, MI
ArtPrize, International Juried Exhibition, Women’s City Club, Grand Rapids, MI
Emerging West Michigan Painters, Portland Community Arts Council Galleries, Portland, MI
Live Coverage, Live Auction Event, Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
Artwork Donated to Benefit UICA
2013 Lake Effect Chapter Michigan Duck Hunters Association Event, Spring Lake, MI
Artwork Donated to Benefit the Michigan Duck Hunters Association
Here, Now, Group Exhibition, Spiral Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2013 Annual Juried Exhibition, Portland Community Arts Council, Portland, MI
2012 Construct/deComposition, Duo Exhibition with Steve Vinson, Collins Art Gallery, GRCC,
Grand Rapids, MI
2012 Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey MI
Color Context, LaFontsee Galleries, Douglas, MI
D’Art for Art, Event Fundraiser, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey, MI
Artwork Donated to Benefit Crooked Tree Arts Center
ArtPrize, International Juried Exhibition, The Spot, Grand Rapids, MI
Power of Pattern, LaFontsee Galleries, Douglas, MI
Fresh Squeezed and Locally Grown, LaFontsee Galleries, Grand Rapids, MI
25th Northern National Juried Art Competition, Nicolet College Art Gallery, Rhinelander, WI
2012 Festival of the Arts Regional Exhibition, Grand Rapids, MI
Recipient of Award in Memory of William John Heule
84th Regional Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
Live Coverage, Live Auction Event, Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
Artwork Donated to help raise funds for the Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts
Interplay, Group Exhibition, C.O.D.A. Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
26th Annual West Michigan Regional Competition, Lowell Arts King Gallery, Lowell, MI
3rd Annual Nature and Wildlife Exhibition, St. Augustine Art Association, St. Augustine, FL
Sequim Arts 2012 Juried Show, Museum and Art Center, Sequim, WA
2011 2011 Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey, MI
Juror: Leslie Sobel
83rd Regional Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
Director’s Choice Award Winner, Juror: Susan Visser
West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
Peoples Choice Award Winner, Juror: John Glick
2011 Festival of the Arts Regional Exhibition, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
Come Out and Play, LaFontsee Galleries, Grand Rapids, MI
Fall at the Lakeshore, Lafontsee Galleries, Douglas, MI
ArtPrize, International Juried Exhibition, Collins Art Gallery, GRCC, Grand Rapids, MI
14th Annual Open International Society of Acrylic Painters International Exhibition, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA Juror: Betsy Dillard Stroud
All Michigan All Media Visual Arts Competition, Holland Area Arts Council, Holland, MI
First Place Award Winner, Juror: Fred Bivens
Fortified, Group Exhibition, Dinderbeck Studios, Grand Rapids, MI
Free Radicals, 10 Weston Free Radical Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
29th Annual Michigan Artist Competition, Art Center of Battle Creek, Battle Creek, MI
Balance, Group Exhibition at Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI
Merge: Grand Rapids ART:Downtown, Two Person Exhibition, 117 S. Division, Grand Rapids, MI
Many Hands Make Light Work: Inaugural National Exhibition, Culture Works, Holland, MI
Art League of Hilton Head’s 2011 Biennial National Juried Exhibition, The Walter Creer Gallery, Hilton Head Island, SC
First Place Award Winner in 3-Dimensional Category
Emerald Spring Exhibition: National Juried Show, Emerald Art Center, Springfield, OR
Japan Tsunami Relief Art Auction, SanChez, Grand Rapids, MI
All Proceeds Benefit Japan Tsunami Relief Fund
Group Show, Portage District Library Gallery, Portage, MI
Solo Exhibition, BRAINS Neurological Science Research Center Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
ArtPrize, International Juried Exhibition, Plaza Towers, Grand Rapids, MI
2010 2010 Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey, MI
First Place Award Winner
Great Lakes Small Works Juried Exhibition, Riverside Arts Center, Ypsilanti, MI
First Place Award Winner in 3-Dimensional Category
Painting: The Artful Palette, Juried Exhibition, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO
Holland Area 47th Juried Fine Arts Competition, Holland, MI
Free Radicals, 134 South Division Free Radical Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
13th Annual Winter Festival, Uptown Gallery, Grand Haven, MI
Muskegon Museum of Art Award of Excellence Recipient
A Conscious Benefit: The Artist is the Human is the Animal, The DAAC, Grand Rapids, MI
All Proceeds Donated to The Farm Sanctuary, New York
82nd Regional Juried Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
Juror: Jim Nawara
Mindshare: Art of the Bridge, Devos Center, Grand Rapids, MI
Third Place in Juried Exhibition – All Profits Donated to Grand Rapids Art Education
My ArtContest: Abstracts, Online Juried Art Competition
Third Place Award Winner
Grand Rapids ART: Downtown, Grandville Studios, Grand Rapids, MI
Kendall Graduate Exhibition, Grand Rapids, MI
Concentration, Gallery 114, Grand Rapids, MI
Red Exhibition, Juried Exhibition, Kendall Gallery 602, Grand Rapids, MI
Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Gallery 114, Grand Rapids, MI
2009 ArtPrize, International Juried Exhibition, 45 Ottawa, Grand Rapids, MI
Festival of the Arts, Juried Exhibition, Old Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
Kendall Graduate Exhibition, Grand Rapids, MI
Grandville Studios Spring for the Arts Exhibition, Grand Rapids, MI
Solo Exhibition, Kendall Gallery 602, Grand Rapids, MI
Figurative Paintings, Juried Exhibition, Kendall Gallery 602, Grand Rapids, MI
Landscape Miniatures, Juried Exhibition, Kendall Gallery 602, Grand Rapids, MI
2008 80th Regional Juried Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
Festival of the Arts, Juried Exhibition, Old Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
Kendall Graduate Exhibition, Grand Rapids, MI
Choosing By Chance, Three-Person Exhibition, Kendall Student Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI