Selected Artist Resume

Selected Education
1996-98 Master of Fine Arts in Visual Studies/Painting, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT 1986-88 Post Graduate Diploma in Graphic Design, The Portfolio Center, Atlanta, GA 1983-85 Bachelor of Arts in Studio Arts/Telecommunications, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN 1980-82 Visual Communication Studies, Minneapolis College of Art & Design, Minneapolis, MN

Selected Public Art Projects/Solo/Duo Exhibitions 2025 Joe’s Auto Parts, NE Sculpture Gallery Factory, Casket Arts, Minneapolis, MN 2025 Vector/Sector: A Dispositif in Field, Studio & Gallery, NE Sculpture Gallery Factory, Casket Arts, Minneapolis, MN 2024 ZBX2, TuckUnder Pavilion, Casket Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2023-24 Zumbro Bend/Three Desiring Bodies, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN
2023 Migratory Wing/Prairie Wildflower Bed, Community Room at the Kaddatz Building, Fergus Falls, MN
2022 Peace Lily/New Works in Process, TuckUnder Pavilion, Casket Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2021 Wing Dam, Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Red Wing, MN
2021 Chroma Key Mass, Pillsbury State Forest, Fairview Township, MN
2021 Suspended Modulations, Silverwood Art Park Gallery, St. Anthony, MN - With Collaborative Seamstress
2020 UnCertain Exhibition, TuckUnder Pavilion, Casket Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2019 RoundHouse: Pivotal TurnTable Tactics, Roundhouse Ruins, Northern Pacific Rail Yard, Brainerd, MN
2019 Trestle Work Squad x8/Sound Composition x2, TuckUnder Pavilion, Casket Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2018 Landau Roof, TuckUnder Pavilion, Casket Arts, Minneapolis, MN - With Collaborative Seamstress
2017 Trestle Support Systems, Blacksmith & Boiler Shops, Northern Pacific Rail Yard, Brainerd, MN
2015 Franconia Boat Tower, Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, MN
2014 S.S. SilverWood DryDock, Silverwood Sculpture Park, St. Anthony, MN
2014 Throws & Hats, Ridgewater Community College Gallery, Hutchinson, MN
2013 Vague, TuckUnder Projects, Minneapolis, MN
2013 Ships Entering the Bower/New Works in Process, Casket Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2012 Curled Toes/New Works in Process, Casket Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2011 Loves Torment/Artist Discovery Letter, Casket Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2010 Nauticalia Tentacalus, They Won’t Find Us Here Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2010 Curatorial Cult Cult/Kwestion Quration?, Walker Art Center, Open Field, Minneapolis, MN
2006 ExtraOrdinary PanCapitalist Renditions/The Triptychs, California Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2001 PanCapitalist Oscillations, Stevenson Gallery, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR

Selected Group Exhibitions
2026 The Crystal Chandeliers Light Up the Paintings on Your Walls, Nemeth Art Center, Park Rapids, MN 2026 Hempel, Driessen, Toscani. 801 Art Lofts Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 2026 Proof of Life, 32nd International Sculpture Conference, NE Sculpture Gallery Factory, Casket Arts, Minneapolis, MN 2026 Nemeth from the North Visits Cruise, Cruise, Minneapolis, MN 2025 I Regali, TOA Presents, Minneapolis, MN 2025 The Forbidden Steps, Grupo Soap Del Corazon, NE Sculpture Gallery Factory, Minneapolis, MN
2025, 22, 19, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 09, 08 Midway Drawing Rally, Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, MN 2024 Mason Riddle Fundraiser, Bockley Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 2022 Swing Left Auction, NADA Gallery, New Art Dealers Alliance, New York, NY
2022 Super Charged/Casket Arts Group Show, Super Charged Printmakers, Casket Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2019 Possibilities, Instinct Gallery, Alt Space, Minneapolis, MN
2019, 18, 17, 16 Get Lucky, SooVac Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2018 Artist Initiative Exhibition, Minnesota State Arts Board, St. Paul, MN
2017 Yeah Maybe #17/The Garage Sale Show, Yeah Maybe, Minneapolis, MN
2016 Medium of Exchange/The Art of Cash, Haas Fine Art Center, UWI-Eau Claire, WI 2016 Franconia Sculpture Park 20th Anniversary Alumni, Franconia in the City Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2016 Love/SooVac: 15 Years of Visual Art, SooVac, Minneapolis, MN 2015 Floor Plan, Gallery 71, Edina, MN Curators: Pete Driessen, Jehra Patrick, Sean Smuda
2015 North of the 45th Parallel, Devos Museum of Art, Marquette, MI Juror: Lena Vigna
2015 Abstraction in Action, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Minnetonka, MN Juror: Ellen Richman
2014 60th Arrowhead Biennial, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN Juror: Diane Mullin
2014 2014 MN Biennial, Project Space, Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN
2013 Value Added. On The Meaning of Worth. TCNJ Art Gallery, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ
2013 554Change, Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, MN 2012 Medium of Exchange/The Art of Cash, Banfil-Locke Center for the Arts, Fridley, MN
2012, 11, 10 The Drawing Club, Walker Art Center, Open Field, Minneapolis, MN
2011 An Exchange with Sol Lewitt, Cabinet Magazine/Mass MOCA, Boston, MA
2011     Verge Art Fair, Van Brabson Gallery, Miami, FL
2010 Foot in the Door 4, MAEP Gallery, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2008 Collecting Collections, ARP Release, Art of This, Minneapolis, MN
2007 MN Biennial 3D-II, MN Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN Juror: Jennifer Jankauskas
2007 Mush, Mush, Masculinity, Ephemera Space Gallery, St. Paul, MN Juror: Patricia Briggs
2007 Painting with Fire/War Murals, Chen Gallery, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT
2004 Art of Democracy: Tools of Persuasion, MAEP Gallery, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2004 Art of War, Altered Esthetics, Minneapolis, MN
2004, 03, 00 College of Visual Arts Biennial Faculty Exhibits, College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN
2003 Art on the Plains 6, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND Juror: Joan Rothfuss
2002-04 Art of Today: Artists from MN & ND, Rolling Plains Gallery, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND (Tour)
2001 In Heat: An Erotic Art Exhibition, Fugitive Art Center, Nashville, TN
2001 ANA 30, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT. Juror: Peter Schjeldahl
2001 Century 2/New Glass & Paintings, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
2001 HotHouse, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
2000 MSAB Artist Assistance Fellowship Exhibition, Minnesota State Arts Board, St. Paul, MN
2000 Necessary Differences II, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN - Artist/Curator/Producer
2000 Artists of the New Millennium, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL. Juror: James Yood 1999 Civic Responsibility, Katherine Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Selected Grants/Awards
2024 Next Step Grant, Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, St. Paul, MN - As Artist 2022 MSAB Creative Opportunity - Individual Grant, MN State Arts Board, St. Paul, MN - As Artist
2021 MSAB Creative Opportunity - Individual Grant, MN State Arts Board, St. Paul, MN - As Artist
2019 Minnesota State Arts Board - Artist Initiative Grant, St. Paul, MN - As Artist
2019 Forecast Public Art, Midcareer Project Grant, St. Paul, MN - As Artist
2017 ReThinking Public Art in MN, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN - As Artist
2017 Minnesota State Arts Board - Artist Initiative Grant, St. Paul, MN - As Artist
2015 2015 Artist of the Year, City Pages, Minneapolis, MN - As Artist
2015 FSP/Jerome Fellowship, Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, MN - As Artist
2014 Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, Next Step Grant, St. Paul, MN - As Artist
2014 Community Arts Grant, Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, St. Paul, MN - As Artist/Producer
2013 Minnesota State Arts Board - Artist Initiative Grant, St. Paul, MN - As Artist
2012 Community Arts Grant, Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, St. Paul, MN - As Artist/Producer
2000-05 Bush Faculty Development Grants, College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN - Seven grants
2000 Metropolitan Regional Arts Council/Small Arts Grant - As Artist/Producer
2000 Minneapolis Arts Commission, Neighborhood Arts New Presenters Grant, Minneapolis, MN - As Artist/Producer
2000 Minnesota State Arts Board - Artist Assistance Fellowship, St. Paul, MN - As Artist

Selected Curatorial Projects:
2020 Melanie Pankau, A Quiet Index, TuckUnder Pavilion, Casket Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2019 Lex Thompson, Re/collect, TuckUnder Pavilion, Casket Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2019 Geno Ludetik & Jerome Yorke, The Clay & It’s Double, TuckUnder Pavilion, Minneapolis, MN
2016 Justin Quinn, Flat Earth Society, TuckUnder Projects, Minneapolis, MN
2016 mara/thalassa/sea: Borman/Kerrane/Pelias, TuckUnder Projects, Minneapolis, MN
2016 Kim Benson, Maelstrom, TuckUnder Projects, Minneapolis, MN
2015 Floor Plan, Gallery 71, Edina, MN Co-Curators: Pete Driessen, Jehra Patrick, Sean Smuda
2015     Ute Bertog. Et al. Main Gallery. TuckUnder Projects, Minneapolis, MN
2015 Jesse Matthew Petersen, Everything at Once, TuckUnder Projects, Minneapolis, MN
2014 Nathan Coutts, Nemesis, TuckUnder Projects, Minneapolis, MN
2014 Mike Cloud, Caroline Kent, Ny Morgan, Nate Young, doubleplusgood, TuckUnder Projects, Minneapolis, MN
2014 Paint No Wrong Paint No Right. Justine Di Fiore & Samuel Bjorgum. TuckUnder Projects, Minneapolis, MN
2013 If We Could. Co-curated by Christina Chang. Work by Abigail Allan, Susan Brown, Kyle Johanson, Jehra Patrick, Ben Reed, & Joel Schwarz. TuckUnder Projects, Minneapolis, MN
2013 Mary Bergs. Compounds of Obvious Formation.  TuckUnder Projects, Minneapolis, MN
2013 Holly Streekstra, Emanations, TuckUnder Projects, Minneapolis, MN
2013 low tech/high joy, Look (again)/Sunflower Revolution, TuckUnder Projects, Minneapolis, MN
2012 Pamela & Frank Gaard, Dual Portraits, TuckUnder Projects, Minneapolis, MN
2012 Scott Stulen & Jehra Patrick, Afternoon Delight, TuckUnder Projects, Minneapolis, MN
2012 Anne George. Organization Strategies & Savings Management/EXTRA BUTTONS, TuckUnder Projects, Mpls, MN
2010 Curatorial Cult Cult/Kwestion Quration?, Walker Art Center, Open Field, Minneapolis, MN
2000 Necessary Differences II, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN (as Artist/Curator/Producer) 

Selected Artist Residencies:
2021 Hinge Artist Career Development Residency at Kirkbride Center, Fergus Falls, MN
2020 Anderson Center Artist Residency, Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Red Wing, MN
2018, 17 VCFA-MFA Alumni Resident, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT
2017 ReThinking Public Art in MN, Soap Factory, Artist Residency, Northern Pacific Center, Brainerd, MN
2016 Independent Artist Residency, Tofte Art Residency at Norms Fish Camp, Ely, MN
2015 FSP/Jerome Fellowship for Sculpture Residency, Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, MN

Selected Public Lectures/Panels/Workshops
2027 Hempel/Driessen/Toscani, 801 Art Lofts Gallery, Minneapolis, MN Artist Talk (Forthcoming) 2025 Pheasant Café/Artist Talk with Sheila Dickinson, NE Sculpture Gallery Factory, Minneapolis, MN 2024 Zumbro Bend/Three Desiring Bodies. Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN, Artist Spotlight Talk/Tour 2023 Zumbro Bend/Three Desiring Bodies. With Chooch Karton. Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN, Opening Artist Talk 2021 Artist as Curator. AlumnX Dialogue Series. Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT, Artist Panel
2021 Wing Dam. Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Red Wing, MN, Opening Artist Talk
2021 International Sculpture Day, Sculpture Making, Silverwood Park, St. Anthony, MN, Workshop
2021 Artist Meet & Greet. Hinge Artist Career Residency at Kirkbride Center, Fergus Falls, MN, Artist Talk
2020 Wing Dam Generator/Charette. Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Red Wing, MN, Artist Talk
2019 TurnTable Talk/Tour. With Sheila Dickinson & Susan Smith Grier. Northern Pacific Center, Brainerd, MN
2017-21 Franconia Boats Afloat/Rural Arts Learning Program. Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, MN. Workshop Series
2017 Trestle Support Systems/Artist Talk with Sheila Dickinson & Michael Flora, NP Center, Brainerd, MN Talk/Tour
2017 Trestle Empowerment Workshop, with Tiny School of Art & Design, NP Center, Brainerd, MN. Artist Workshop
2016 Take Stock/Your Venue, Arts Lab, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, Invited Artist Workshop
2016     Artists as Curators Panel, Department of Fine Arts, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, Panelist
2014     Artists/Curators Panel. Form + Content Gallery, Minneapolis, MN. Invited Artist/Curator Talk
2014     The Uncanny, MN Biennial, Project Space, Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN, Artist Talk
2006 ChromOrgasm: Chromancing the Color Moshpit, SECAA Conference, Nashville, TN, Panel Chair
2004 Chromancing w/Hues: Color & Its Interlocutors, MACAA Conference, Minneapolis, MN, Panel Chair

Selected Performances/Distributions/Participations 2025 Pheasant Café/Fall of Freedom Talk, Vector/Sector, NE Sculpture Gallery & Factory, Minneapolis, MN 2024     Zumbro Bend Field Bag. Ltd Ed. of 10 w/2 artist proofs. Includes Ltd. Ed. ZB Field Hat of 10; signed Ltd. Ed. ZB catalog of 100; Lazy Ike Lure #3 w/box & insert; & signed Ltd. Ed. Bendy Words statement. Casket Arts, Minneapolis, MN. (Self-Published Exhibit Field Bag) 2024 Pooch Karton Performs Zumbro Bend, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN, Coproduced Performance 2023 Market Exchange. Migratory Wing/Prairie Wildflower Bed, Kaddatz Building, Fergus Falls, MN (As Artist)
2021 MPLSART Sketchbook Project, Mplsart.com, Minneapolis, MN (As Artist)
2019 Turntable Ale. Special Limited Ed. Beer. Roundhouse Brewery, Northern Pacific Center, Brainerd, MN 
2019     Pivotal TurnTable Tactics, Limited Edition wallpaper of 15 yards. Northern Pacific Center, Brainerd, MN 
2019     Proun Pro, From Proun Pro Multiverse. (Online/Web Event)
2017 Gist of Ist, In Fiction/NonFiction, Storytelling in Art Criticism, Node Center Curatorial Studies, Berlin
2017 Trestle Support Systems. Signed, Limited Edition poster of 100. Northern Pacific Center, Brainerd, MN 
2014 Money Bags, Minneapolis, MN (Signed Limited Ed. Of 100 Artist Books w/Hand Printed Sealed Cover)
2013 Unsanctioned Beans, Great Poor Farm Experiment, Manawa, WI (As Artist)
2012 List of Invalidating Comments to the Artist, Medium of Exchange, Banfil Locke Center, Fridley, MN (Lt. Ed. Statement)
2012 Microwaved Check/Banking Disruption System, Medium of Exchange, Banfil Locke/Arts, Fridley, MN (As Artist)
2011 Dock Boy/Personal Gilligan, Mississippi Megalops, Northern Spark Fest, St. Paul, MN (As Artist)
2011 1000 Chairs for Ali Wei Wei, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (Three Chairs)
2010 Curatorial Cult Club/Kwestion Quration?, Walker Art Center, Open Field, Minneapolis, MN (As Artist)

Selected Jury/Grant Panel Duty

2026     Blue Fox Arts Artist Fellowship, Blue Fox Arts, Minneapolis, MN. Inaugural Juror/Panelist 2024     MSAB Cultural Expression Grant, Minnesota State Arts Board, St. Paul, MN. Panelist 2020     MRAC Arts Project Grant, Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, St. Paul, MN. Panelist 2019     MSAB Artist Initiative Grant, Minnesota State Arts Board, St. Paul, MN. Panelist 2019     Franconia Jerome Grant & Franconia Artist Residency. Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, MN. Juror 2019     410 Projects Annual Members Exhibition. 410 Projects, Mankato, MN. Juror 2018, 16 MRAC Art Activities Grant, Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, St. Paul, MN. Panelist 2017, 15  MRAC Arts Learning Grant, Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, St. Paul, MN. Panelist 2016-19 Arts Advisory Council, Inver Hills Community College, Inver Grove Heights, MN. Advisory Panelist 2016     50th Edina Art Fair, Edina, MN. Juror Panel 2016     Art Shanties, Lake Harriet, Minneapolis, MN. Juror Panel 2015     Annual Members Exhibition, Plymouth Center for the Arts, Plymouth, MN. Juror 2013, 12, 10 MRAC Community Arts Grant, Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, St. Paul, MN. Panelist 2001     South Central Exhibit, Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council, Carnegie Arts Center, Mankato, MN. Juror 2001     MSAB Artist Assistance Fellowship (2D) Grant. Minnesota State Arts Board, St. Paul, MN. Panelist 1999-02 NeighborhoodArts New Presenters Program, Minneapolis Arts Commission, Minneapolis, MN, Advisory Panelist

Selected Museum & Corporate Commissions/Collections

Blockbuster Video, Minneapolis, MN (Painting Commissions) Gull Lake Yacht Club, East Gull Lake, MN (Numerous Posters, Paintings, T-shirts) History Center of Olmsted County, Rochester, MN (Catalog) Little Falls Housing Partnership, Little Falls, MN (Painting Commission) Metropolitan Interiors, St. Louis Park, MN (Painting Commissions) MidAmerica Entertainment, Edina, MN (Painting Commissions) MN Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN (MPLS.art Sketchbook, 2022)
Paradox Management, Inc., Edina, MN (Painting Commission) Plains Art Museum, Traveling Study Collection, Fargo, ND (Sketchbook Paintings) (Tour) Sandwich Bar for Peace Collection, Minneapolis, MN (Sketch/Collage) Vertin Social Club, Little Falls, MN (Painting Collection) Walker Art Center, Open Field Drawing Collection, Minneapolis, MN (Collaborative Drawings) Waseca Art Center Permanent Collection, Waseca, MN (Painting Collection)