EDUCATION
1997-2000 University of South Dakota: College of Fine Arts Vermillion, South Dakota, U.S.A. Masters of Fine Arts Degree (MFA) - Concentration in printmaking, drawing, and papermaking.

 

1992-1997 University of Windsor: School of Art Windsor, Ontario, Canada.    
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Honours Degree - Major in printmaking and minor in multi-media.

APPOINTMENTS
2005-present East Carolina University: School of Art and Design Greenville, North Carolina, U.S.A. Assistant Professor: Tenure Track

 

2000-2005 American University of Sharjah: School of Architecture and Design Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.)  Assistant Professor of Foundations and Design.

 

1997-2000 University of South Dakota: College of Fine Art Vermillion, South Dakota, U.S.A.  Graduate Teaching Assistant.

WORKSHOPS AND PRESENTATIONS
2007        Paper Relief Tri-State Sculpture Symposium. Greenville, NC USA.  September 28,
2007        Print Blitz.  University of Northern Illinois. DeKalb, IL USA May 20-26,
2007        Silography Print Dialogue Day Appalachian State University Boone, NC USA. 
                October 5-7,
2007        In the Shadows (Scheduled.) Clemson University, South Carolina. Clemson, USA
                Sept.
2006 - 2007   Youth Arts Festival East Carolina University, Greenville, NC  USA
2005        Demographics” IMPACT 4 Conference 2005: Kontact.  Drukworkstat Berlin,
                Germany.
2005        Diversity, Change and National Identity in the U.A.E Panel Presentation. SGC.
                Washington, D.C.
2005        Color Intaglio Workshop University of South Dakota, SD, USA February
2004        Purpose of Print American University of Sharjah, UAE October
2004        Water Based Screen Print Workshop Vanderbilt University , TN, USA March
2003        Implications of Representational Forms  Al Shuwaihiyeen Sharjah Arts Gallery,
                UAE May
2002        Papermaking and Casting Workshop Emirates Heritage Center, Abu Dhabi, UAE
                October 24,
2002        Handmade Paper Workshop Sharjah Art Galleries, Sharjah, UAE September,
2002        Fertile Crescent Portfolio Presentation “Print Gumbo” SGC. New Orleans, USA
2002-03   Clamshell Box Making Workshop American University of Sharjah, UAE
2001        Multiple Impressions American University of Sharjah, UAE January
2000        Frogman’s Print and Paper Workshop Faculty for 3-D Papermaking Print.
                Vermillion, SD, USA
2000        Artist Talk Guest Lecture University of Montana, Missoula, MT USA March

SELECTED AWARDS AND GRANTS
2006       Southern Printmaking Biennale.  Awarded Best of Show. NGSCU  Dahlonega,
               Georgia, USA
2006       19th Annual McNeese National Works On Paper Exhibition Juror’s Award.
               Abercrombie Gallery, LA
2006       Direct Art Competition, Volume 13  Publication Award  International circulation,
               New York, USA.
2006       Pacific States National Biennial Juror’s Award. University of Hawaii at Hilo, USA.
2005       The Sub Rosa Caprice of Suffrage Faculty Research Grant American University of
               Sharjah, UAE.
2005       Re-Interpreting the Middle East Power in Print, SGC. USA Faculty Development
               Grant, AUS. UAE.
2002       The Fertile Crescent Portfolio. SGC New Orleans, LA, USA Faculty Development
               Grant. AUS UAE
2003       Implications of Representational Forms The Center SD, USA  Faculty Research
               Grant, AUS UAE
2001/03  Studio Space Grants (x3) School of Architecture and Design American University of
               Sharjah
2000       Wilber Stilwell Exhibition Honorable Mention University of South Dakota. Vermillion,
               SD, USA
1999       Art in Aurora  Honorable Mention. Aurora, Ontario, CND
1999       The Horse Barn Exhibition  Honorable Mention. Sioux Falls Horse Barn Gallery:
               Sioux Falls, SD, USA
1998       Mitchell Arts Council Exhibition Honorable Mention. Oscar Howe Art Center:
               Mitchell, SD, USA
1998       Art in Aurora First prize in printmaking. Skylight Gallery: Aurora, Ontario, CND

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2007       Los Angeles Printmaking Society 19th National Juried Exhibition.  Occidental
               College, Los Angeles, CA  USA
2007       Visual Arts Alliance 24th Juried Exhibition National Juried Exhibition. Visual Arts
               Alliance, Houston, TX  USA
2007       Emergence (Middle East Exhibition) International Juried Exhibition. Current
               Gallery.  Baltimore, MD, USA
2007       TEXAS National 2007 National Juried Exhibition. Stephen F. Austin State University,
               Nacogdoches, TX  USA
2007       CCA Juried Exhibition Regional Juried Exhibition., NC  USA
2007       Emerging ENC Juried Regional Exhibition. Emerge Gallery & Art Center, Greenville,
               NC,  USA
2007      Current Work Juried National (regional) Exhibition. Rosenthal Gallery, Fayetteville
              State University.  NC, USA
2007      31st Bradley Intern’l Print and Drawing Exhibition Juried International. Bradley
              University, Peoria, IL,  USA
2007      Paperwork: On and Of Paper Juried National. University of West Florida Art Gallery,
              Pensacola, FL, USA
2007      Dimensions 2007 Juried Regional Exhibition. Associated Artists of Winston Salem,
              NC,  USA
2007      Beyond Printmaking National Juried Exhibition. Texas Tech School of Art, Lubbock,
              Texas, USA
2007      Florida Printmakers 15th National Competition Florida Printmakers Gallery, Coral
              Gables, Florida, USA
2007      Lineage Invitational National Exhibition. January 1 – March University of Minnesota.
              Morris, Minnesota, USA
2006/07 Stone, Plate, Grease, Water – Int’l Contemporary Lithography Juried International
              UNITED KINGDOM
2006      Printmaking and Artist’s Books Invitational National. Murray State University.
              Murray, Kentucky, USA
2006      FWCAC 9 x 12 Works on Paper National Open. Fort Worth Community Arts Center.
              Forth Worth, Texas, USA
2006      ECU SoAD Faculty Exhibition Invitational Local . Grey Gallery, ECU, Greenville, NC,
              USA
2006      National Invitational Printmaking Exhibition Invitational National. University of
              Hawaii at Hilo.  Hawaii, USA
2006      Schwa Show 2006 Juried Regional Exhibition. Gallery and Art Center. Greenville, NC
               USA
2006      17th Annual New Show [Never Exhibited Works] Juried Regional Raleigh, NC, USA
2006/08 Iowa Biennial Exhibition Of Contemporary Miniature Prints International Juried
              Exhibition
2006      Southern Printmaking Biennale 06 *Awarded Best of Show. National Juried.
              Dahlonega, GA  USA
2006      Washington Printmakers National Small Works 2006 Exhibition  National Juried.
              Washington, D.C.  USA
2006      49th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition Juried National Exhibition. Rocky Mount,
              NC USA
2006      ARTLINK National Print Exhibition Juried National Exhibition. Fort Wayne, IN USA
2006      Visual Arts Alliance Twenty-Third Juried Open Exhibition Juried National.
              Houston, TX USA
2006      Untitled (Ehlbeck, Egan, and Muise)  Local Group Exhibition. Greenville, NC USA
2006      Dimensions 2006  Associated Artists of Winston-Salem 40th Annual National Juried.
              Winston-Salem, NC USA
2006      Challenging Traditions Juried National Exhibition. The Carver Museum, Austin, TX
              USA
2006      19th Annual McNeese National Works On Paper Exhibition   *Awarded Juror’s
              Award. Lake Charles, LA USA.     
2006      CCA 25th Annual Competitive Competition. Juried National Exhibition. Kinston, NC,
              USA.
2006      Paper In Particular 2006 Juried National Exhibition. Columbia College, Columbia MO,
              USA.    
2006      2006 Pacific States Biennial Nation Print Exhibition  *Juror’s Award Juried National
              HI, USA. 
2005      Demise of Democracy? Juried National Exhibition. Santa Ana, CA. USA.
2005      Exchange II  International and National Print Portfolios and Print Action. West
              Lafayette, Indiana, USA
2005      Heart to Hand Local Exhibition. Emerge Gallery, Greenville, NC, USA.
2005      Tradition of Excellence Local Group Exhibition. Grey Gallery, ECU, Greenville, NC
              USA.
2005/06 Demographic Prints. International Invitational Group Exhibition. Druckwerkstatt,
              Berlin, GERMANY.
2005      Alumni II Invitational National Exhibition. Frogman’s Press and Gallery, Beresford, SD,
              USA
2005      On the Edge Invitational Int’l Portfolio Exhibition. Universität der Künste, Berlin,
              Germany, University of Arizona School of Art,  Tuscan, Arizona, USA, Rueff Galleries,
              Purdue University. USA
2005-06 Re-Interpreting the Middle East Invitational International Portfolio Exhibition.
              International Center of Bethlehem, Bethlehem, PALESTINE, Hemingway Center, Boise
              State University, Boise, ID ,USA, Sisson Gallery, Henry Ford College, Dearborn, MI,
              USA, Orfali Art Gallery, Amman, JORDAN and Corcoran School Washington, DC, USA
2005-06 Menard & Company (Lloyd Menard & Alumni Printmaking Exhibition) Invitational
              National Exhibition. USD, Vermillion, SD, Dahl Fine Arts Center, Rapid City, SD,
              and South Dakota Art Museum, SS, USA.
2005      The Power in Print SGC Members Portfolio Exhibition. Washington D.C., USA
2005      The Fertile Crescent Print Portfolio Invitational Group Exhibition. USD, SD, UNI,
              Iowa, & Rapid City, SD, USA
2004      Crescent Print Portfolio April 25-May 31, 2004 International Group Exhibition.
              Sharjah Art Galleries, UAE
2004      3D: Dimension, Diversity, Discourse National Members Portfolio. Rutgers Gallery,
              New Brunswick, NJ. USA
2004      Opus II January 20- February 10, 2004 Invitational Group Exhibition. Sharjah Art
              Museum, Sharjah, UAE
2003      Catch Phrase Open Invitation “4th Annual Postcard Exchange”. Iowa Sate University
              Gallery, Ames, IA USA
2003      Implications of Representational Forms Solo Exhibition. Sharjah Art Galleries,
              Sharjah. UAE
2003      Chairs  Group Exhibition. SA&D Main Gallery.  American University of Sharjah, UAE
2000/03 SGC Members Juried Exhibition Southern Graphics Council Juried Traveling
              Exhibition. (8 Venues) USA
2002      Here and Now Group Exhibition. Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, UAE.
2002      The Fertile Crescent Portfolio Exhibition InternationalPortfolio SGC, New Orleans,
              LA, USA.
2002      The Big Portfolio Exhibition Group National Portfolio Presentation. SGC, New
              Orleans, LA, USA.
2002      Tolerance: An Exhibition Local Group Exhibition. SA&D Main Gallery, AUS, UAE.
2001      Ken Grizelle Collaborations Retrospective National Invitational Exhibition USD
              Vermillion SD, USA.
2000      Frogman’s Faculty Exhibition National Invitational Exhibition. USD, Vermillion SD,
              USA.
2000      Poetic Chaotic Symphonies MFA Graduate Thesis Exhibition. USD, Vermillion, SD.
              USA.
2000      Orbs (Micheal Grenier and Richard Kennedy) Multi Media Collaborative. USD
              Vermillion, SD, USA.
2000      Florida Printmakers Exhibition Invitational National Members Group Exhibition.
              Dunedin, Florida, USA.
2000      Parkside National Small Print Exhibition Juried National Exhibition. Parkside:
              Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA.
2000      Florida Printmakers 11th National Print Exhibition National Juried Exhibition. (2
              venues)
2000/01 USD Prints and Drawings Traveling Exhibition Regional Group Traveling Exhibition.
2000      Wilber Stilwell Awards Exhibition *Awarded Honorable Mention Local Juried
              Exhibition
2000/01 Medical Center Exhibition Local Solo Show. American University of Sharjah, UAE.
2000      Black and White  Solo Exhibition. 3 Prospect (a perpendicular gallery):  Vermillion,
              South Dakota, USA.
2000      Untitled  - Digital Prints: Space, Time, & Texture Local Solo. The Coffee Shop
              Gallery SD, USA.
1999      So-Dak Astro-Not Local Solo Show  3 Prospect (a perpendicular gallery):  Vermillion,
              SD, USA.
1999      Art in Aurora   *Awarded Honorable Mention Regional Juried Exhibition. Aurora,
              Ontario, CANADA.
1999      The Horse Barn Exhibition  *Awarded Honorable Mention Regional Juried Exhibition.
1999      Glad Tidings Local Group Exhibition Coffee Shop Gallery: Vermillion South Dakota,
              USA.
1999      Lino-folio No.1   National Invitational Exchange Portfolio. Hastings College Art
              Gallery: Nebraska, USA.
1999      Ink is the Link / / Clay is the Way Inviational Group. Frogman's Press and Gallery.
              Beresford, SD, USA.
1999      U.S.D. Alumni Exhibition II   Invitational. University of Arizona Art Gallery: Tempe,
              AZ, USA.
1999      Wilber Stilwell Awards Exhibition  Local Juried Exhibition. USD. Main Gallery,
              Vermillion, SD, USA.
1998      Mitchell Art Council Exhibition  *Awarded Honorable Mention Regional Juried
              Exhibition. SD, USA.
1998      U.S.D. Alumni Exhibition I  Invitational Group.University of Cincinnati Art Gallery:
              Cincinnati, OH. USA.
1998      The Big Move 2  Invitational Exhibition W.H. Over Museum: Vermillion, South Dakota,
              USA.
1998      Print Visions  Invitational Group Exhibition Worthington Fine Arts Gallery:
              Worthington, Minnesota, USA.
1998      Local Perspectives '98   Regional Juried Exhibitions Sioux City Art Center: Sioux
              City, Iowa, USA.
1998      Contents and Contexts: Lithography After 200 Years National Juried. Academy Art:
              Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
1998      Art in Aurora '98  *Awarded First Prize in Printmaking Regional Juried. Hall Gallery:
              Aurora, Ontario, CANADA
1998      Wilber Stilwell Awards Exhibition  *Awarded Honorable Mention   *Awarded Dr.
              Klein Award. USD, SD, USA.
1998      Her and I  (w/ Heather Muise)Two Person Group Exhibition. Coyote Student Center:
              Vermillion, SD, USA.
1998      Introducing  South Dakota  (w/ Tracy Otten) Two Person Local Group Exhibition
              Gallery 110: USD, SD, USA.
1997      Art in Aurora  *Awarded Honorable Mention Regional Juried Exhibition. Aurora,
              Ontario, CND
1997      Print Two  Invitational Local Group ExhibitionCasa Nova:  Windsor, Ontario, CANADA.
1997      B.F.A. Graduate Show University of Windsor Fine Arts Gallery: Windsor, Ontario,
              CANADA.
1997      Two Chicks, Three Guys Invitational Group Exhibition Mask Gallery: Detroit, MI,
              USA.
1996      Print One Invitational Local Group Exhibition. Terradactyl Lounge: Windsor, Ontario,
              CANADA.
1996      Never Enough Invitational Local Group Exhibition. University of Windsor: Windsor,
              Ontario, CANADA.
1996      Opening Night Invitational Founders Group Exhibition Perpendicular Gallery:
              Windsor, Ontario, CANADA.
1996/98 Southern Graphics Council (SGC) Juried Traveling Exhibition National Juried
              Exhibition (8 venues) USA.
 1996     A Collaborative Hanging   Invitational Local Group Exhibition  Mocha Cafe: Windsor,
              Ontario, CANADA.
1996      Group Drawing Show University Group Exhibition. University of Windsor:  Windsor,
              Ontario, CANADA.
1996      Kmoeshough (w/ Roberto Miller) Two Person Group. UoW Art Gallery. Windsor,
              Ontario CANADA.
1996      A  Body of Works Local Solo Exhibition. Perpendicular Gallery. Windsor, Ontario,
              CANADA.

SELECTED INVITATIONAL PRINT PORTFOLIOS
2007    Pow! Wow! Print! : A Conversation in Print.- April Flanders, Appalachian State
            University, NC USA.
2006    Menard Portfolio Organized by Lloyd Menard, Frogman’s Press and Gallery, SD, USA.
2005    On the Edge Organized by Katarzyna Cepek
 
University of Arizona / School of Art, AZ,
            USA.
2005    Re-Interpreting the Middle East Organized by May Aboutaam Hariri, CA, USA.
2005    The Power in Print. Southern Graphics Members, Washinton, D.C., USA.
2004    Worldly Exchange Organized by Matthew Egan, American University of Sharjah, UAE.
2003    Shock and Awe Portfolio Organized by Tim Dooley, http://www.fimp.net/shock.html.
            WI, USA.
2002    Mainly Manly Meat Organized by Tom Huck, Washington University, MO, USA.
2002    Fertile Crescent. Organized by Matthew Egan & Heather Muise, American University
            of Sharjah, UAE.
2002    Cultural Exchange Organized by Matthew Egan, AUS, UAE. and Kim Fink, UND, USA.
2002    20th Anniversary of the Frogman Organized by Karla Hackenmiller, University of
            Ohio, USA.
2002    From The Prairie Organized by Jim Horton, President, American Wood Engravers,
            USA
2000    The Big Portfolio Organized by Lloyd Menard, University of South Dakota, USA.
2000    The Digital Exchange Organized by Richard Kennedy, RI, USA.
1999    Lino Folio No.1     Organized by Bill Fick, Cockeyed Press, NY, USA.
1999    Farmer Joe's Portfolio. Organized by Richard Kennedy and Matthew Egan, USD,
            USA.
1999    USD Alumni Portfolio II Organized by Lloyd Menard, University of South Dakota, USA.
1999    Printmakers Charge SGC Portfolio, University of Arizona, AZ, USA.
1998    USD Alumni Portfolio I Organized by Lloyd Menard, University of South Dakota, SD,
            USA.
1998    The Windsor Portfolio Organized by Heather Muise, University of Tennessee, TN,
            USA.
1998    Artists Collected Together: An International Print Exhibition - Boston Museum
            School, Boston, USA
1998    Celebration of the Print  SGC Portfolio University of Ohio, OH, USA.
1998    Casual Habits Organized by Chrissy Lang, University of West Virginia, WV, USA.
1998    Gusfolio Organized by University of South Dakota, SD, USA.   
1997    Think it, Ink it  Organized by SGC Portfolio  University of South Florida


CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOP PARTICIPATION
2007    Points, Plots, and Ploys - Southern Graphic Conference.  Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
2006    Genetic Imprint - Southern Graphic Council Conference –. University of Madison,
            Wisconsin, USA.
2005    Collabo Combo: Cannonball Press UNC Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
2005    Kontact - Impact 4 Conference Berlin, GERMANY.
2005    Power in Print - Southern Graphics Council Conference, Washington, DC, USA.
2004    3D: Diversity, Discourse, and Dimension.  SGC Rutgers, N.J. USA.
2003    Intaglio with Krueger. Santa Reperata Studio.  Florence, ITALY.
2002    Print Gumbo Southern Graphics Council Conference.  New Orleans, LA, USA.
2001    A Print Odyssey - Cortona Int’l Printmaking Conference- 2001. Cortona, ITALY.
2001    Wood Engraving w/ Jim Butler. Frogman’s Print and Paper Workshop. South Dakota,
            USA.
2000    Southern Graphics Council Conference. University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.
2000    College Art Association.  New York, NY, USA.
2000    Mid-America Print Conference.  Cincinnati, OH, USA.
1999    Printmakers Charge. Southern Graphics Council Conference. U of Arizona, Tempee,
            AZ, USA.
1999    Water-Based Screen Printing w/ Krenick Frogman’s Print and Paper Workshop. South
            Dakota, USA.
1998    Celebration of the Print. Southern Graphics Council Conference. University of Ohio,
            Athens, OH, USA.
1998     Frogman’s Print and Paper Workshop. Vermillion, South Dakota, USA.
1997    Think It, Ink It. Southern Graphics Conference. U of South Florida. Tampa, FL, USA.
1997    Collagraph/Screen Print Workshop w/ Craig Dongowski.  Printmakers Forum,
            Windsor, Ont CANADA.
1996    Remote Sensing. Southern Graphics Conference. U of West Virginia Morgantown, WV,
            USA.


PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2006-2007          Los Angeles Printmakers Society
2006 - 2007        Seattle Printmakers
2000-2007          College Art Association
2004                   American Print Alliance
2003                   Sharjah Fine Arts Society
2003                   Design Research Group
2000-2003          Society for the Preservation of Linoleum Block Printmaking
2000 & 2007       Florida Printmakers Society
1996- 2007         Attending Member: Southern Graphic Council & Conferences
1999- 2000         Member of the College Art Association
1998- 1999         Founding Member of the Art Students Society: Vermilion, South Dakota.
1998 - 2007        Attending Member: Mid-America Printmakers Association.
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PUBLIC AND INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTIONS

The University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UNITED KINGDOM 
Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
U. of Arizona Museum of Art Print Collection. AZ, USA
National Museum in Poznan, POLAND
Drukworkstat, Berlin, GERMANY
Henry Ford Community College, MI,  USA
Corcoran School of Art and Design, Washington, D.C., USA
University of Mississippi, USA (8)
University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, USA (6)
Frogman’s Press and Gallery, Beresford, SD, USA (4)
Amity Foundation, USA
Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.  USA
American University of Sharjah, UAE (3)
American University of Beirut, LEBANON
University of Karachi, PAKISTAN
Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, PAKISTAN
University of North Dakota, ND, USA
University of California – Long Beach, CA, USA
University of Iowa, IA, USA
University of Tennessee, TN, USA (2)
University of Indiana, IN, USA
Rutgers University, NJ, USA
University of Kansas, KS, USA
University of Arizona, AZ, USA
University of West Virginia, WV, USA (2)
University of South Florida, FL, USA (2)
University of Windsor, ONT, CANADA (3)
Boston Museum School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Universidad Nacional Autonoma, Xochimilco, MEXICO
Audiovisuele En Beeldende Kunst.  Antwerp, BELGIUM   
Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers, NJ, USA   
Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery, Nashville, TN  USA
Lehrkanzel Fr Theorie Und Anwendung Der Grafik. Wien, AUSTRIA