Education
2016 MFA in Print Media, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
2003 BS in Education, Majors: English and Photography, Central Michigan University, Mt Pleasant, MI
Licensure
Professional Teaching License, Art (PK-12), English Language Arts (PK-12), Teacher Standards and Practices Commission, Salem, OR
Educator Experience
Collegiate Level
2019-2020 Etching Instructor, Community Education at Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
2017-2019 Adjunct Professor, Printmaking and The Artist Book, Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR
2017 Assistant Resident Director, Global Studios International Studies Trip to ITL and DE, PNCA, Portland, OR
2017 Teaching Assistant, Collaboration and Research Lab, PNCA, Portland, OR
2016 Teacher, Photogravure Workshop, PNCA, Portland, OR
2016 Teaching Assistant, Projects & Explorations in Printmaking, PNCA, Portland, OR
2016 Teacher, Photogravure Workshop, PNCA, Portland, OR
2015 Teaching Assistant, Special Topics: Photogravure, Master Printer Paul Mullowney, PNCA, Portland, OR
2015 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Freedom University Exchange Program with Prof. and Artist Yoshihiro Katai, PNCA, Portland, OR
2014 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Writing in Context: Harlem Renaissance with Professor Ingrid Diran PNCA, Portland, OR
Secondary and Primary Levels
2019-present High School Visual Arts and Creative Writing Teacher, Springwater Trail High School, Gresham, OR
2017-2018 Teaching Artist, Caldera Arts Center, Sisters, OR
2017-2019 Design Lab Instructor, Art + Activism, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
2016-2019 Substitute Teacher, Portland Public Schools, Portland, OR
2017 Art Specialist, Rigler School (K-5), Portland, OR
2016 Young Audiences Residency, Chapman Elementary School, Portland, OR
2016 OMSI STEAM Educator, Design Naturalists Coastal Discovery Center, Newport, OR
2016 Pre-College Teaching Assistant, Zines and Publications with Teaching Artist Kinoko Evans, PNCA, Portland, OR
2016 Pre-College Teaching Assistant, Comics and Characters with Teaching Artist Ryan Tanner-Alexander, PNCA Portland, OR
2008-14 High School Fine Arts and Language Arts Teacher, Gresham High School, Gresham, OR
2010 Art Teacher, Boys and Girls Club, K-12, Hillsboro, OR
2006-08 High School Fine Arts and Language Arts Teacher, Belleville High School, Belleville, MI
Professional Printing Experience
2015-16 Assistant Printer for artist Samantha Wall, Watershed Fine Art Publishing, Portland, OR
2015-16 Digital Print Studio Assistant, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
2016 Assistant Printer for artist Victor Maldonado, Watershed Fine Art Publishing, Portland, OR
2015 Assistant Printer for artist Brad Brown, Watershed Fine Art Publishing, Portland, OR
2015 Assistant Printer for artist Mazatl, Watershed Fine Art Publishing, Portland, OR
2015 Assistant Printer for Ernest Collective via c3:Initiative, Watershed Fine Art Publishing, Portland, OR
2014 Design, Production and Publication for Rejuvenation, Watershed Fine Art Publishing, Portland, OR
Gallery Experience
2017-present MFA Thesis Show Coordinator, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
2015-2018 Preparator and Gallery Assistant, Center for Contemporary Art and Culture, Portland, OR
1999-2003 Preparator and Gallery Assistant, Central Michigan University Art Gallery, Mt Pleasant, MI
Curation
2016 (III)nk, group print show, Holt Gallery, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
2016 prINt, juried group print show, Gallery 157, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
Exhibitions
Solo
2020 file, Never Coffee Lab, Portland, OR
2019 flat out, Fuller Rosen Gallery, Portland, OR
2018 file, Never Coffee Lab, Portland, OR
2017 this and also this is true, Holst Gallery, Portland, OR
2016 present continuous (cont.), Verge, Portland, OR
2015 limited loyalty, Thurman Street Gallery, Portland, OR
2002 more_efficient_disaster, Central Michigan University Gallery, Mt Pleasant, MI
Juried
2015 Reflecting Light, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
2014 Sunset Room, Lost Coast Culture Machine, Ft. Bragg, CA
2000 2 x 2 x 2, Central Michigan University Gallery, Mt. Pleasant, MI
1999 Works on Paper, Central Michigan University Gallery, Mt. Pleasant, MI
Group
2022 Art Bijou, Oranj Studio, Portland, OR
2022 Paper, A Sometimes Gallery, Portland, OR
2021 Here, Gallery 114, Portland, OR
2021 hard & soft, Congress Yard Projects, Portland, OR
2018 Reflect, Art at the Cave, Vancouver, WA
2018 Projects for the Page, Center for Contemporary Art & Culture, Portland, OR
2018 Great Hope, Union Gallery, Amherst, MA
2017 Unlimited, PAGE space, Portland, OR
2016 Seeing Ourselves, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
2016 IV Print, Gallery 114, Portland, OR
2016 MFA Print Media Thesis Exhibition, Center for Contemporary Art & Culture, Portland, OR
2016 New American Works 2016, Paper Plane Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2016 Shaped, Thurman Street Gallery, Portland, OR
2016 (III)nk, Holt Gallery, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
2016 TRAFFIC.zip, Worksound International, Mexico City, MX
2015 IN GRADIENTS, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
2015 Salon Salon, Pataphysical Society, Portland, OR
2015 Bemis Art Show, Bemis Building, Seattle, WA
2015 Terminus Klause, Worksound International, Portland, OR
2015 Exosphere, Pacifc Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
2015 (II)NK, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
2015 (I)NK, Lodge Gallery, Portland, OR
2012 35-Day Dream, Pinhole, Portland, OR
2001 Estrogenic, Central Michigan University Gallery, Mt. Pleasant, MI
Publications
2013-present KC, poetry zine, printed in Portland, OR
2019 flat out, artist book, poetry and photographs spanning five years, published by Fuller Rosen Gallery
2017 On Time, artist book, collaboration of 12 artists, printed and bound by Works Progress Agency in Portland, OR
2015 Impossible Paper Architecture, artist book, printed and bound in Portland, OR
2012 Verse Wisconsin, Issue 110, print and online magazine, Madison, WI
Invited to Present
2019 Hip Hop Youth Research and Activism Conference, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
2019 NYC Special Education Collaboration Conference: Reimagine Education, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Critical Dialogue, ECET2 Conference, University of Portland, Portland, OR
2018 Elevating Culturally-Responsive Teaching, Teaching Partners Live Workshop, Portland, OR
2017 Arts Integration Symposium, Caldera Arts Center, Sister, OR
2015 Preemptive Education Conference, New York University and Columbia Teachers College, New York, NY
2013-14 Teaching With Purpose Conference, Portland State University, Portland, OR
Participant
2018 K12 Lab, d.school, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
2017-18 Equity and Inclusion Training with Robin Eisenbach, Caldera Arts Center, Sisters, OR
2016 Open Portfolio, Southern Graphics Council International, Portland, OR
2015 Southern Graphics Council International, Knoxville, TN
2012-14 Preemptive Education Conference, New York University and Columbia Teacher’s College, New York, NY
2012 Hip Hop in the Heartland: Educator & Community Leader Training, University Wisconsin at Madison, WI
2012 Sustainable Happiness Conference, Ahimsa Center, Cal Poly, CA
2011 International Baccalaureate Workshop, United World College, Las Vegas, NM
Professional and Artistic Development
2024-present Art Educator Advisory Board, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
2019-22 Teacher Advisory Council, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
2017-20 MFA Thesis Exhibition Coordinator, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
2017 Imagework for Portraits by Erik Thys, Producers Anthony Haberman, Scott Ponik, Robert Snowden, Portland, OR
2016 Demonstration Assistant, Paul Mullowney and Brain Shure, Southern Graphics Council International, Portland, OR
2015 Guest Artist, Bemis Art Show, Seattle, WA
2014 Material Handler for relocation of print studio, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
2014 Emcee, Organizer, Club Founder, Wordshop Poetry Slam, Gresham High School, Gresham, OR
2014 Advisor and Mentor, The Mothshop Storytelling, Gresham High School via The Moth, Gresham, OR
2004-06 Teen Photography Mentor, Youth in Focus, Seattle, WA
2004-06 K-8 Writing Mentor, Richard Hugo House School Alliance, Seattle, WA