about

s t a t e m e n t

I am a story gatherer and teller. Most of the stories I am interested in retelling and/or crafting have one foot in history and another in the immediate. Previously used, discarded and [sustainably sourced] natural materials hold rich histories that I don’t always get to know, but they speak to me nonetheless. Gathering my materials and using both traditional and impromptu organic approaches are equally intrinsic and instrumental in getting to the stories I want to tell.

r e s u m é

Education
– Artist Trust – Seattle, WA, 2012  EDGE Professional Development Program for Artists
– University of Washington – Seattle, WA, 2008  Fiber Arts Certification Program
– The Culinary Institute of America – Hyde Park, NY, 2000
– University of Texas – Austin, Texas, BA, English Literature, 1997

Residencies
Upcoming:  
– Farm of the World/Intensive study with Claudy Jongstra – The Netherlands, July, 2018

Recent:
– Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA, 2017
– Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA, 2016
– Smoke Farm, Arlington, WA, 2014
– Arabia, Helsinki, Finland, 2013
– Little Eorthe Farm, Orting, WA, 2012

Teaching Artist/Artist-in-Residence – Education
– Pratt Fine Arts Center – Artist-in-Residence at Concordia Lutheran K – 8, 2016/17
– Pratt Staff Youth Instructor – Since 2016
– Seattle Art Museum – Ongoing since 2014
– SAM Olympic Sculpture Park – Ongoing since 2014
– Gage Art Academy – Ongoing since 2012

Projects & Exhibitions
Current:
US premier TBD, Fall 2018 (Plovdiv, Bulgaria premier 4/‘18)
Degenerate Art Ensemble
– Skeleton Flower – Costume designer/fabricator

Recent:
Pratt Fine Arts, Seattle, WA – April 28, 2018
Pratt Fine Arts, 2018 Art Auction, donating artist – Juried
-My Space Rooster is Bigger Than… – Charcoal on paper

North Seattle College Gallery, Seattle, WA – November – January, 2018
Contemporary Fibers – Group Show
–k a i r o s – Fiber Installation

Tieton 10x10x10, Tieton, WA – August – October, 2017
Group Exhibition
–g N e w – Soft Sculpture

Camp Long – Seattle, WA – August 26-27, 2017
Nature Consortium’s Arts in Nature Festival
–Hair Stories – Site-specific Sound and Immersive Installation

Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA – May 17- June 15, 2017
Gener8 Residency
–Hair Stories – Project Launch

Shunpike Storefronts Project – Seattle, WA – November 19, 2016 through March, 2017
– Apothecary – Video Installation

Artist Trust, Seattle, WA – February 25, 2017
2016 Art Auction, donating artist – Juried
-[carrie] little farm – Copper Ring with Living Moss

14/48 Festival – ACT Theater – Seattle, WA – January 13 & 14, 2017
-The World’s Quickest Theater Festival  – Costume & Prop Designer

Columbia City Gallery – Seattle, WA – November 19, 2016 – January 12, 2017
–Talk About It Now – Group Show

Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA – March 12, 2016
Equinox Studios – CoCA Lab Artist in Residence – Public Viewing
Feronia Fox Gets a Room of Her Own – Immersive Installation

Artist Trust, Seattle, WA – February 27, 2016
–[re]evolutionary importance of love – Artist Trust, 2016 Art Auction donating artist

14/48 Productions – Seattle, WA – April & May, 2015
–Saturday Morning Cartoons – Costume & Prop Designer

14/48 Festival – Seattle, WA – February, 2015
–The World’s Quickest Theater Festival  – Costume & Prop Designer

14/48 Productions – Seattle, WA – November, 2014
–Saturday Morning Cartoons  – Costume & Prop Designer

Smoke Farm – Arlington, WA – September 6 & 7, 2014
Lo-Fi Festival– “Ad Hoc”
–Apothecary – 48-Hour Interactive, site-specific, outdoor installation

Ocean Shores Wearable Arts Show – Ocean Shores, WA – June 7, 2014
–Walk of the Cock – Costume/Wearable Art Design

Greenwood Art Walk – Seattle, WA – May 9 – 10, 2014
–Outside Inside – Solo show

Wearable Arts Show – Port Townsend, WA – May 10, 2014
–Walk of the Cock – Costume/Wearable Art Design

Fischer Pavillion, Seattle, WA – February 22, 2014
–b o x – Artist Trust 2014 Art Auction, donating artist – Juried

Corridor Gallery – Seattle, WA – February 2014
–SHINE – EDGE Graduate Show

14/48 Festival – Seattle, WA – January 18, 2014
–Gold Beetle – 24-Hour Visual Art Challenge – Invitational

Smoke Farm – Arlington, WA – August 13, 2013
Lo-Fi Festival – “Must be Present to Win”
–The Life is Right – 24-Hour, Collaborative Installation with Cabbage Tree Mob

Smoke Farm – Arlington, WA – August 13, 2012
Lo-Fi Festival– “Farm Time”
-Kairos – 24-Hour site-specific, outdoor fiber installation

Camp Long – Seattle, WA – August 20 -21, 2011
Nature Consortium’s Arts in Nature Festival
–Cardinal Meadowhawks – Site-Specific, outdoor sculpture installation

Smoke Farm – Arlington, WA – August 13, 2011
Lo-Fi Festival
–Red Dragonflies – 24-Hour site-specific, outdoor installation

Georgetown Carnival – Seattle, WA – June 11, 2011
–Blue Dandelions – 24-Hour site-specific, outdoor installation

Occidental Park – Seattle, WA – June, 2011
Conceptualized, created and curated by Todd Jannausch
–Gallery (206) Project – “Community Collaboration” of 206 Artists

Mosaic Gallery and Coffee – Seattle, WA – Oct. 1 – Nov. 30, 2010
–Collaboration – Two-person show with artist Joel Astley

Fremont Abbey – Seattle, WA – April 10, 2010
Monk, Mompou & Melancholy – Studies in Melancholy
Studies Conceptualized and Curated by A. Mimi Allin
–Stay – Group Exhibition

Camp Long – Seattle, WA – August 22 – 23, 2009
Nature Consortium’s Arts-in-Nature Festival
–Official Remedy for Disorders – 24-hour site-specific, outdoor installation

South Seattle Comm. College – Seattle, WA – Feb. 16 thru Mar. 20, 2009
–STITCH:  The Art of Clothing, Textiles and Soft Sculpture – Group Exhibition

Bank of America – Queen Anne – Seattle, WA – Sept. thru Oct., 2008
-Queen Anne & Roy – Group Exhibition

Counterbalance Park – Seattle, WA – August 23, 2008
Uptown Stroll – Plein Aire Competition and Show
–Artists in Action – Group Exhibition

All City Coffee – Seattle, WA – June 5 – 30, 2008
University of Washington Certification Program Student Show
–Emerging – Group Exhibition

North Greenlake Boat Launch – Seattle, WA – May 25, 2008
Site Specific Collaborative Work in Ephemera
–Release – Artistic Director/Participating Artist

Daniel Bagley Elementary School – Seattle, WA- April 22, 2008
–Magic Mushrooms – 24-Hour Site-specific, Outdoor Installation

Capital Hill Arts Center, Seattle, WA – May 5 – 13, 2006
WALRUS Performance Productions
–Elegant Absurdity – Costume Designer

Fancy – Schmancy – Pants – Seattle, WA – November 1 thru December 31, 2005
Kristen Rask – Curator Fancy Scarf Show

Additional Experience
Mandy Greer, Artist – Seattle, WA, 2007-2011
Studio Assistant
– Assisted on constructing props and installation elements for a permanent installation at Bow Lake Elementary School – Highline (2011).
– Assisted on constructing props and installation elements for Honey & Lightening at Roq la Rue Gallery (2011).
– Assisted on costuming for Degenerate Art Ensemble’s Sonic Tales (2009).
– Assisted on the installation, Mater Matrix Mother and Medium (2009).
– Assisted on the installation Dare alla Luce for Bellevue Arts Museum (2008).
– Assisted on costumes and props for the film and theater production of The Silvering Path (2007-08).