Education
Kent State University
Graduated August 2001
Master of Fine Arts

Pennsylvania State University
Graduated May 1999
Bachelor of Arts

Skills
Macintosh Platform. Apple Final Cut Pro, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, GoLive, After Effects, InDesign, Macromedia Director, Dreamweaver, Flash, Freehand, SoundEdit & QuarkXPress

Studies
Beginning, Intermediate, & Experimental Typography, Typo-Photo Design, Calligraphy,
Kinetic & Sequential Design, Three Dimensional Design, Packaging, Corporate Identity,
Book & Magazine Design, Computer & Advanced Media Illustration, Photography,
History of Graphic Design, Issues of Graphic Design Business, Business Administrations,
and Media Communications

Activities
President Elect of the Southeast Association for Book Arts 2004–present
Education Chair AIGA SC 2004–present
AIGA member 1999–present
UCDA member 2000–present
CAA member 2000–present
Palmetto Book and Paper Alliance 2002–present
CCAS member 2002–present

Awards & Honors
UCDA Gold Award–ASPECT (combined graduate student project) 2001
UCDA Excellence Award–Glyph[x Promotional Video 2001 Graduate Appointment, Kent State
University 2000–2001
Dean’s List 1999–2001, Kent State University

Publications
Book Arts 2004 Bright Hill Center, Bright Hill Press Inc., 2004, p.53-55
2001 Graphis Posters, Graphis Inc. 2000, p. 27
New Talent Design Annual 2000, Graphis Inc. 1999, p.152
Get Noticed; Self Promotion for Creative Professionals, North Light Books, 1999, p.109
Print’s Interactive Design Annual 2001-ASPECT (combined graduate student project)
July/August, 2001, p.111

Solo Exhibitions
2004 common threads, McMaster Gallery, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

Exhibitions
2005 Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, Craft National 39, University Park, PA
2005 Vibe Manchester UK, film festival, Manchester
2005 Miniature Book Competition, Columbia, MD
2005 AIGA World Day of Design
exhibit, New York, NY
2005 Department of Art Faculty Exhibition, McKissick Museum, Columbia, SC
2004 Young Contemporary Artist of the Year exhibit, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC
2004 Bright Hill Press 3rd North American Juried Book Arts Competition, Treadwell, NY
2004 Artist Books 2004, Cuesta College Art Gallery, Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA
2004 Life by the Book, ArtSpace, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
2004 An Open Book, Gallery West, Cuyahoga Community College, Parma, OH
2004 3rd Biennial Women Book Artists Exhibition, Converse College Milliken Art Gallery, Spartanburg, SC
2003 Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center, Santa Rosa, CA
2003 Fifth Annual Belton Standpie Festival Juried Art Show, Belton, SC
2003 11th Southeast Regional Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, Art Center Galleries, Niceville, Fl
2003 USC Faculty Art Exhibition, McKissick Museum, Columbia, SC
2002-2003 USC Faculty Art Exhibition, Woodrow College, Columbia, SC
2002-2003 USC Faculty Art Exhibition, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC
1999 Poster Exhibition, Martin Luther King Jr. Remembrance Exhibit, Paul Robeson Cultural Center, State College, Pa

Exhibitions Curated
2004 Life by the Book, ArtSpace, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Collections
Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center, Santa Rosa, CA (museum collection)
Lilly Library, Miniature Book Collection, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (museum collection)

Jennifer Astolfi, Lexington, SC (private collection)

Papers/Work Presented
Voice of a Typewritter; Can Artists' Books be Digital?
18th Annual Viscom Conference, Pacific Grove, CA, June 2004

Employment
University of South Carolina
Assistant Professor 2002–present
Columbia, SC

Froglegs Studios
Owner/Creative Director 2000-present
Columbia, SC

American University
Assistant Professor (One Year Appointment) 2001–2002
Washington, DC

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