Currently based in the UK

Education

PhD in Media and Communications candidate, European Graduate School, Saas-Fee, Switzerland, expected 2014

MFA in Writing, Goddard College, Plainfield, VT, 2009

BA in Critical Theory and Communications, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA, 2000

Selected Publications: Essays and Articles

“Colour and Chromophobia.” The Minutiae of Visionaries: Experiments Toward Social Evolution (essays). Evolutionary Girls Press. 2010. (forthcoming).

“Giving Up the Ghost.” The Rumpus. San Francisco, CA. 2009.

“Douglas A. Martin’s Branwell.” The Rumpus. San Francisco, CA. 2009.

“Louise Bourgeois and Scheherazade.” The Rumpus. San Francisco, CA. 17 Jul. 2009.

“Bad Habits.” Buffalo News. Buffalo, NY. 24 Jul. 2009.

“Vicarious Living.” Pitkin Review. Plainfield, VT. Spring 2009.

“New Drawing Form Embraces Colour and Abstraction at Nina Freudenheim.” Buffalo News. Buffalo, NY. 22 May. 2009.

“Pair of shows out of spotlight at Albright-Knox.” Buffalo News. Buffalo, NY. 17 Oct 2008. 

“Hello Central, Give Me Heaven.” Toby Room. Tacoma, WA. 3 Mar 2005.

“Wynne Greenwood: Maps to Radical Imagining.” Toby Room. Tacoma, WA.  24 Jan 2005.

“Perfect Entrance: Interview with Tim Sullivan” Toby Room, December 20, 2004.

Selected Curatorial Work

Curator, Critical Line

Critical Line Invitational, Critical Line, 2007

The End, Critical Line, 2007

Nativity Artists, Critical Line, 2006

Keeping Score, Critical Line, 2006

Found Space, Critical Line, 2006

Curator, Tollbooth Gallery

Dreams of Failure, Tollbooth Gallery, Ido Fluk, 2006

Public Parks/Public Beaches, Tollbooth Gallery, Lauren Steinhardt, 2005

No Sale, Tollbooth Gallery, Michael Lent, 2005

Antenna, Tollbooth Gallery, Jessica Spring and Kristen Baumlier, 2005

Split, Tollbooth Gallery, Alex Schweder, 2005

Jealous Poche, Tollbooth Gallery, Alex Schweder, 2005

The Valentine’s Day Round-Up Massacre, Tollbooth Gallery, Patrick Rock, 2005

Tollbooth Junction: 11th & Broadway, Tollbooth Gallery, Bridget Irish, 2004

Maps to Radical Imagining, Tollbooth Gallery with Performance, Wynne Greenwood (Tracy + the Plastics), 2004

Perfect Entrance, Tollbooth Gallery, Tim Sullivan, 2004

Rorschach Notions, Tollbooth Gallery, Delta Camshaft Collective, 2004

Rising Up, Tollbooth Gallery, Vanessa Renwick, Donovan Skirvin, and Celebrate People’s History Project, 2004

Stepback, Tollbooth Gallery, Denise Smith, 2004

Seadrift, Texas, Tollbooth Gallery, Bill Daniel, 2004

Don’t Bite the Pavement, Commencement Art Gallery, Group Exhibition, 2002

Publisher, Toby Room magazine

Artists in Residencies:

Mattie Matt, El Whit, Chauney Peck, Thin Ice, Rachel Carns, Tim Sullivan, Themba Lewis

Selected Exhibitions

The Surrealist Impulse: New Acquisition from the Collection, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA, 2009

Central Gallery, SUNY Empire State College, Syracuse, NY, 2008

Painting the Spectrum: SASOD Film Festival, Georgetown, Guyana, 2008

Evolutionary Girls, Squeaky Wheel, Buffalo, NY, 2008

Critical Line Invitational, Critical Line, Tacoma, WA, 2007

*Story of Home, Critical Line, Tacoma, WA, 2007

*Story of Home, Urban Installation, Tacoma, WA, 2006

*Reflected Light, Urban Installation, Tacoma, WA, 2006

Artist Talk Series, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA, 2005

Conduit to Contemporary, Americans for the Arts, Austin, TX, 2005

Artist Trust 2005 Auction, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA, 2005

Presenting the EDGE, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA, 2004

Open Studio, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA, 2004

Brave New Shorts at the Queer Frontier, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA, 2004

Rorschach Notions, Tollbooth Gallery, Tacoma, WA, 2004

*Story of Home, Public Installation, Work in Progress Tacoma, WA, 2004

Cakewalk, Tacoma Contemporary, Tacoma, WA, 2003

*Some Say She Lost Her Head, Tollbooth Gallery, Tacoma, WA, 2003

*Happy Birthday Possession, Tacoma Contemporary, Tacoma, WA, 2003

Seattle Satellites, Jewel Box Theater, Seattle, WA, 2003

*Rock n Roll Stole My Boyfriend and Peed my Pants, Kickstand, Tacoma, WA, 2003

Co-dependant Chair, Commencement Art Gallery, Tacoma, WA, 2002

What Can You Do With Half, Commencement Art Gallery, Tacoma, WA, 2002

19th Annual Olympia Film Festival, Cine-X, Capitol Theater, Olympia, WA, 2002

Art Born New, SOTA Gallery, Tacoma, WA 2002

*Please Take Care of My Baby, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA, 2002

*Making Babies, Don’t Bite the Pavement, Tacoma, WA, 2002

*Making Babies, Commencement Art Gallery, Tacoma, WA, 2002

Don’t Bite the Pavement, Commencement Art Gallery, Tacoma, WA, 2002

*Natural Selection, Public Installation, Tacoma, WA, 2001

Vs., Kickstand, Tacoma, WA, 2001

Bent, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA, 2001

*Rock n Roll Stole My Boyfriend and Peed My Pants, Sweet Tooth Gallery, San Diego, CA, 2001

Happy Birthday Possession, Brick and Mortar Gallery, Tacoma, WA, 2001

You and Baby Blue, K Records, Olympia, WA, 2000

In Opposition, Blue Stocking, San Diego, CA, 2000

Channeling, Blue Stocking, San Diego, CA, 2000

Crotch Rocket, Capitol Theater, Olympia, WA, 2000

17th Annual Olympia Film Festival, Capitol Theater, Olympia, WA, 2000

1st Ladyfest, Olympia, WA, 2000

Happy Birthday Possession, Evergreen Gallery, Olympia, WA, 2000

Millennium Madness Screening, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA, 2000

Dancing Goat, Olympia, WA, 2000

Mudra: Film and Video Shorts, Olympia, WA, 2000

Imaginary Friend, 412 Gallery, Olympia, WA, 2000

Love Meters, Public Installation, Olympia, WA, 2000

Teaching and Lectures

Reading Images: Image as Idea, University of Lincoln – School of Media, Humanities, and Technology, Lincoln, UK; Guest Lecturer, 2010

Oppositions, University of Lincoln - School of Architecture, Lincoln, UK; Guest Lecturer, 2010

Art Unbound, Paul D.Miller aka DJ Spooky with Mitchell Joachim, TA, European Graduate School, Saas-Fee, Switzerland, 2010

The Written Image, ArtSpace Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 2008

Influence and Studio Workshop: Surrealism, Tacoma School of the Arts, Tacoma, WA, 2007

Intro to Screenwriting, Tacoma School of the Arts, Tacoma, WA, 2006, 2007

General Writing, Tacoma School of the Arts, Tacoma, WA, 2006, 2007

Intro to Video and Film, Tacoma School of the Arts, Tacoma, WA, 2006, 2007

Narrative Forms (Visual Design Basics), Tacoma School of the Arts, Tacoma, WA, 2006, 2007

Directing, Tacoma School of the Arts, Tacoma, WA, 2006, 2007

Project Mentor Group, Tacoma School of the Arts, Tacoma, WA, 2006, 2007

Outside-In, University of Washington, Tacoma, WA, 2006

Artist Lecture Series, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA, 2005

Public Art as Conduit to Contemporary, Americans for the Arts Conference, Austin, TX, 2005

Writing from Experience, ArtRod/Critical Line, Tacoma, WA, 2005

The Written Image, ArtRod/Critical Line, Tacoma, WA, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

Writers Workshop, ArtRod/Critical Line, Tacoma, WA, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

Honours, Awards, and Residencies

Writers Fellowship at Atlantic Center for the Arts, 2008

Tollbooth included in Contemporary Art Start, Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, 2007

Awarded Tacoma Artist Individual Project Grant, 2006

Accepted into Juried Northwest Artist Registry, 2006

Amocat Arts Genius Award – Individual Innovators, 2005

Presenter at the 2005 Americans for the Arts, Public Art Conference, 2005

Certificate, EDGE Programme, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA, 2005

Recognised in Wikipedia—the Internet’s largest encyclopaedia, 2005

Washington State Arts Commission Project Support Grant, 2005, 2006

Google.com Grant recipient, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

Greater Tacoma Community Foundation Grant, 2004, 2005, 2006

City of Tacoma Arts Projects Grant, 2004, 2005, 2006

Yearlong academic residency at Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 1997, 1998

Workshop with MacArthur Fellow: Lee Breuer, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 1998

Indonesian Shadow Puppetry Workshop, Olympia, WA, 1997

Contemporary Shadow Puppetry Workshop with Larry Reed, Olympia, WA, 1997