ARTIST STATEMENT
My work is a response to my personal experiences of my home region in the Midwest. I see life as preparation for the way I paint and the work I am currently making. Even though my connection to the small town farm culture that shaped me as I grew up played a major role in how I approach these works, I believe it can speak to people from a variety of places and experiences.
My perception of a specific sense of place guides me while these local settings offer abundant material. Strong emotions can be prompted by a place. Over time, ways of life shape and define the people and the spaces in which they live. I am drawn to areas and structures that show character acquired from the history and memory of the people that formed that environment.
Aesthetically I am interested in light sources and the play of light on surfaces. This led me to work with nightscapes of familiar yet isolated and unremarkable buildings and scenes located in rural areas close to my home. I use darkness to edit out extraneous information and provide the viewer with the essence of the place. This approach applied to slightly familiar yet hauntingly isolated areas permits me to transform the common place and make the insignificant significant.
I’ve spent the last several years trying to capture rural Midwestern identity in my paintings. Recently I’ve also become interested in finding ways to give myself a sense of perspective for my understanding of small rural areas in Missouri. It has occurred to me that embedding myself into other environments is the next step in expanding my work. I believe that by trying to understand other rural regions of the country in terms of the landscape, the structures and town layouts, I can better see what makes the Midwest unique and “home” for me. Recently, I had the opportunity to do a residency in Key West, FL. This new body of work is about the similarities and differences between that region and what I recognize as my “home” in Missouri.
I love seeing how people from other regions and backgrounds relate to my work. I’m finding the more specific I can be, the more universal the work somehow becomes. I hope my work allows people to think about where they come from and take pride in the collective identity of their home region.
My work is a response to my personal experiences of my home region in the Midwest. I see life as preparation for the way I paint and the work I am currently making. Even though my connection to the small town farm culture that shaped me as I grew up played a major role in how I approach these works, I believe it can speak to people from a variety of places and experiences.
My perception of a specific sense of place guides me while these local settings offer abundant material. Strong emotions can be prompted by a place. Over time, ways of life shape and define the people and the spaces in which they live. I am drawn to areas and structures that show character acquired from the history and memory of the people that formed that environment.
Aesthetically I am interested in light sources and the play of light on surfaces. This led me to work with nightscapes of familiar yet isolated and unremarkable buildings and scenes located in rural areas close to my home. I use darkness to edit out extraneous information and provide the viewer with the essence of the place. This approach applied to slightly familiar yet hauntingly isolated areas permits me to transform the common place and make the insignificant significant.
I’ve spent the last several years trying to capture rural Midwestern identity in my paintings. Recently I’ve also become interested in finding ways to give myself a sense of perspective for my understanding of small rural areas in Missouri. It has occurred to me that embedding myself into other environments is the next step in expanding my work. I believe that by trying to understand other rural regions of the country in terms of the landscape, the structures and town layouts, I can better see what makes the Midwest unique and “home” for me. Recently, I had the opportunity to do a residency in Key West, FL. This new body of work is about the similarities and differences between that region and what I recognize as my “home” in Missouri.
I love seeing how people from other regions and backgrounds relate to my work. I’m finding the more specific I can be, the more universal the work somehow becomes. I hope my work allows people to think about where they come from and take pride in the collective identity of their home region.
BIOGRAPHY
Sarah Williams received her MFA in 2009 from University of North Texas and has been exhibiting widely across the U.S. She has received many awards, including Purchase Award from UNT's Art in Public Places in 2009 and a Hunting Art Prize Finalist in 2010. She has exhibited and participated in a panel for the Dallas Contemporary’s Here, There & Beyond, and recently completed an artist-in-residence program in Key West. Williams exhibited at the Galveston Arts Center, and had a solo exhibition at the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art in 2010.
Sarah Williams received her MFA in 2009 from University of North Texas and has been exhibiting widely across the U.S. She has received many awards, including Purchase Award from UNT's Art in Public Places in 2009 and a Hunting Art Prize Finalist in 2010. She has exhibited and participated in a panel for the Dallas Contemporary’s Here, There & Beyond, and recently completed an artist-in-residence program in Key West. Williams exhibited at the Galveston Arts Center, and had a solo exhibition at the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art in 2010.
RESUME
EDUCATION
2009 MFA in Painting and Drawing, University of North Texas, TX.
2006 BFA in Studio Art, William Woods University, MO.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Southeast of Home, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Interstate Phantoms, Blue Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2020 Twilight Towns, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2020 Off-ramp Communities, Moody Gallery, Dallas, TX
2020 Rural Routes, Talley Dunn Gallery, Dallas, TX
2019 Sarah Williams, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2018 Home-Place, Scarlow’s Gallery, Casper, WY
2018 Every Nowhere, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2018 Night Lands, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO
2018 Speed Trap Towns, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Blanketed, Blue Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2017 Unseen America, Moody Gallery, Houston, TX
2017 Sarah Williams, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2016 Heartland Round Gallery; Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL
2016 Area Codes, Talley Dunn Gallery, Dallas, TX
2015 Flyover Territory, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015 City Limits, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
2014 Peripheral 36, Sinclair Gallery, Northwest College, Powell, WY
2014 Glow, Mildred Cox Gallery, William Woods University, Fulton, MO
2014 Midwest Noir, Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY
2013 Blacktop Country, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2013 Remote American, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX
2013 30 Miles Between, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
2013 Remote American, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX
2012 County Line, McMurtrey Gallery; Micro Space, Houston, TX
2012 Nightfall, Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas, TX
2011 Outside the County Seat, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX
2011 On the Periphery, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
2010 Outskirts, Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, MO
2010 Population 4,769, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
2009 Night Vision, Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas, TX
2009 The Places In Between, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
2009 Pinned, University of North Texas Union Gallery, Denton, TX
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Dreams and Their Edges, Curated by John Seed for “I Like Your Work”; Virtual Exhibition
2019 Getting Real, Strohl Art Center; Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY
2019 Out of Town, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2018 Wonder Wall, Blue Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2018 Target Texas: What Inspires, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX
2017 Cityscape Show VII, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017 As Is: Rural Realism, The Grace Museum; Abilene, TX
2017 Art Palm Spring Fair, George Billis Gallery; Palm Springs, CA
2016 Wonder Wall, Blue Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2016 Texas Contemporary Art Fair, Moody Gallery/Texas Contemporary Art Fair, Dallas, TX
2016 40th Anniversary Exhibition, Moody Gallery, Houston, TX
2016 Palm Springs Art Fair, George Billis Gallery/Palm Springs Art Fair, Palm Springs, CA
2016 Dallas Art Fair, Talley Dunn Gallery/Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, TX
2016 New American Paintings, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL
2015 Destination Unknown, Talley Dunn Gallery, Dallas, TX
2015 The Real Show, The Old Jail Art Center, Albany, TX
2015 Dallas Art Fair, Talley Dunn Gallery/Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, TX
2015 MSU Biennial Faculty Show, Brick City Gallery; Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
2015 Art Auction 47, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings MT; Curator: Eric Wimmer
2014 Wonder Wall, Blue Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2014 The Cityscape Show IV, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Homeward Bound: An American Pictorial, Fowler-Kellogg Art Center, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY
2014 Night Music, Trudy Labell Fine Art, Naples, FL
2014 Seven, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
2012 Natural Constructed Spaces, The Painting Center, New York, NY. Curated by Mariann Van Lent and Galen Cheney.
2012 Big and Bright: New Work from Texas, Southwestern College Art Gallery at Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA.
2011 Annual Faculty and Staff Exhibition, Brookhaven College Gallery, Dallas, TX.
2011 Hunting Art Prize Finalist Exhibition, Friedkin Corporate Gulf of Toyota Exhibition Hall, Houston, TX.
2011 Now. Here. This. 3-Art, Curated online exhibition. Curated by Sara Jones.
2011 Winter Exhibition, PS Gallery, Columbia, MO.
2010 500X Past and Present Member’s, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX.
2010 Annual Faculty and Staff Exhibition, University of North Texas Art Gallery, TX.
2010 Annual Faculty and Staff Exhibition, Brookhaven College Gallery, Dallas, TX.
2010 Biennial Texas/Oklahoma Art Show, Wichita Falls Museum of Art, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX. Curated by Janis Goodman.
2010 HWH, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX.
2009 Back in Red, Group Holiday Exhibition, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX.
2009 Annual Faculty and Staff Exhibition, University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, TX.
2009 Graduate Student “Launch Exhibition", Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas Art Lab, Dallas, TX. Curated by Ann Lawrence.
2009 Front Room=Back Room, Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas, TX.
2009 2009 Annual Voertman’s Art Competition , University of North Texas Art Gallery, TX. Curated by John Pomara.
2009 Observation/Insight: Drawing from the Elm Fork Natural Heritage Museum, Eagle Exhibition Hall/ Elm Fork Education Center, University of North Texas, Denton, TX.
2008 P.A.N.T.S Open, Cora Stafford Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX.
2008 ArtHouston 2008: Two From UNT, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX.
2008 Current Works by Sarah Williams and Julon Pinkston, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX.
2008 Summer Exhibition, PS Gallery, Columbia, MO.
2008 University of North Texas Graduate Exhibition, University of North Texas Art Gallery, TX.
2008 H2OMG, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX.
2008 Visual Arts Society of Texas 40th Annual, Spring Exhibition, Visual Arts Society, Denton, TX. Curated by Nic Nicosia.
2008 Annual Voertman’s Student Art Competition, University of North Texas Art Gallery, TX
2008 Annual College Art Association Regional MFA Exhibition, Cora Stafford Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX.
2008 32nd Annual University Union’s Student Art Competition, University of North Texas Union Gallery, TX.
2007 Not To Be Missed By Anyone, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX.
2007 Pocket of Schemes, Cora Stafford Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX.
2007 Peripheral Vision, University of North Texas Union Gallery, Denton, TX.
2007 Ghost Town Arts Collective, Austin College Ida Green Gallery, Sherman, TX.
2007 Visual Arts Society of Texas 2nd Annual 125 Mile Exhibition, Visual Arts Society, TX.
2007 Paint Trap, Cora Stafford Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX.
PUBLICATIONS
2015 New American Paintings; No 119, Midwest Issue
2011 New American Paintings; No. 96, Western Issue.
2010 Houston Chronicle; p E8, Thursday February 11.
2009 Dallas Modern Luxury Magazine; p 56, December issue.
2008 Houston Chronicle; p E2, Friday August 15.
2008 CAA News; volume 33, number 1, January issue.
2007 Fishwrap; volume 4, number 2, Institute for Small Town Studies; Fairfield, IA.
AWARDS
2015 Willapa Bay AiR Residency, Oysterville, WA
2015 Summer Faculty Fellowship; Missouri State University Springfield, MO
2013 Department of Art and Design Travel Grant; Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
2013 College of Arts and Letters New Faculty Summer Research Fellowship, Missouri State University Springfield, MO
2013 Ucross Foundation Artist Residency Program Participant, Clearmont, WY
2011 Finalist - Hunting Art Prize , Houston, TX.
2010 Summer Residency - Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT.
2010 Artists’ Grant - Vermont Studio Center , Johnson, VT.
2010 Finalist - Hunting Art Prize Finalist, Houston, TX.
2009 Places Purchase Award - University of North Texas Art in Public , Denton, TX.
2009 Outstanding Graduate in Studio Art Award; University of North Texas, Denton, TX.
2008 First Place Award, P.A.N.T.S. Open Exhibition, Denton, TX.
2007 Category I Award, Visual Arts Society of Texas 2nd Annual 125 Mile Exhibition Denton, TX.
2005 Craftsmanship and Design Award; William Woods University, Fulton, MO.
2004 Muriel Braeutigam Memorial Prize; St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis, MO.
ACTIVITIES
2014 Visiting Artist, Northwest College, Powell, WY
2014 Gallery Talk, Northwest College, Powell, WY
2014 Gallery Talk, William Woods University, Fulton, MO
2014 Gallery Talk, Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY
2013 Gallery Talk, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
2013 Gallery Talk, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
2010 Panelist member for the Here. There & Beyond Exhibition, Dallas Contemporary Gallery, Dallas, TX
2010 Gallery Talk; Houston’s Looking At Art Group, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
2009-10Member of 500X Gallery Artist Co-op, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
2009 Treasurer for 500X Gallery Artist Co-op, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
2009 University of North Texas chapter-The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, Denton, TX
2008-9 University of North Texas Visual Arts and Design; Design Search Committee Member Denton, TX
2008 Co-Author of “The Elm Fork Natural Heritage Museum and Introductory Drawing Students: a Cross - Disciplinary Learning Experience” UNT, Denton, TX
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2009 Observational/Insight: Drawing from the Elm Fork Natural Heritage Museum, Eagle Exhibition Hall/Elm Fork Center, Denton, TX.
2008 University of North Texas Drawing Core Student Exhibition, University of North Texas, Denton, TX.
2008 Immaculate Conception Catholic School, Drawing Event, Denton, TX.
2007 Not To Be Missed By Anyone, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX.
2009 MFA in Painting and Drawing, University of North Texas, TX.
2006 BFA in Studio Art, William Woods University, MO.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Southeast of Home, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Interstate Phantoms, Blue Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2020 Twilight Towns, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2020 Off-ramp Communities, Moody Gallery, Dallas, TX
2020 Rural Routes, Talley Dunn Gallery, Dallas, TX
2019 Sarah Williams, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2018 Home-Place, Scarlow’s Gallery, Casper, WY
2018 Every Nowhere, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2018 Night Lands, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO
2018 Speed Trap Towns, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Blanketed, Blue Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2017 Unseen America, Moody Gallery, Houston, TX
2017 Sarah Williams, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2016 Heartland Round Gallery; Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL
2016 Area Codes, Talley Dunn Gallery, Dallas, TX
2015 Flyover Territory, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015 City Limits, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
2014 Peripheral 36, Sinclair Gallery, Northwest College, Powell, WY
2014 Glow, Mildred Cox Gallery, William Woods University, Fulton, MO
2014 Midwest Noir, Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY
2013 Blacktop Country, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2013 Remote American, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX
2013 30 Miles Between, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
2013 Remote American, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX
2012 County Line, McMurtrey Gallery; Micro Space, Houston, TX
2012 Nightfall, Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas, TX
2011 Outside the County Seat, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX
2011 On the Periphery, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
2010 Outskirts, Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, MO
2010 Population 4,769, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
2009 Night Vision, Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas, TX
2009 The Places In Between, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
2009 Pinned, University of North Texas Union Gallery, Denton, TX
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Dreams and Their Edges, Curated by John Seed for “I Like Your Work”; Virtual Exhibition
2019 Getting Real, Strohl Art Center; Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY
2019 Out of Town, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2018 Wonder Wall, Blue Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2018 Target Texas: What Inspires, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX
2017 Cityscape Show VII, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017 As Is: Rural Realism, The Grace Museum; Abilene, TX
2017 Art Palm Spring Fair, George Billis Gallery; Palm Springs, CA
2016 Wonder Wall, Blue Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2016 Texas Contemporary Art Fair, Moody Gallery/Texas Contemporary Art Fair, Dallas, TX
2016 40th Anniversary Exhibition, Moody Gallery, Houston, TX
2016 Palm Springs Art Fair, George Billis Gallery/Palm Springs Art Fair, Palm Springs, CA
2016 Dallas Art Fair, Talley Dunn Gallery/Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, TX
2016 New American Paintings, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL
2015 Destination Unknown, Talley Dunn Gallery, Dallas, TX
2015 The Real Show, The Old Jail Art Center, Albany, TX
2015 Dallas Art Fair, Talley Dunn Gallery/Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, TX
2015 MSU Biennial Faculty Show, Brick City Gallery; Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
2015 Art Auction 47, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings MT; Curator: Eric Wimmer
2014 Wonder Wall, Blue Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2014 The Cityscape Show IV, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Homeward Bound: An American Pictorial, Fowler-Kellogg Art Center, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY
2014 Night Music, Trudy Labell Fine Art, Naples, FL
2014 Seven, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
2012 Natural Constructed Spaces, The Painting Center, New York, NY. Curated by Mariann Van Lent and Galen Cheney.
2012 Big and Bright: New Work from Texas, Southwestern College Art Gallery at Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA.
2011 Annual Faculty and Staff Exhibition, Brookhaven College Gallery, Dallas, TX.
2011 Hunting Art Prize Finalist Exhibition, Friedkin Corporate Gulf of Toyota Exhibition Hall, Houston, TX.
2011 Now. Here. This. 3-Art, Curated online exhibition. Curated by Sara Jones.
2011 Winter Exhibition, PS Gallery, Columbia, MO.
2010 500X Past and Present Member’s, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX.
2010 Annual Faculty and Staff Exhibition, University of North Texas Art Gallery, TX.
2010 Annual Faculty and Staff Exhibition, Brookhaven College Gallery, Dallas, TX.
2010 Biennial Texas/Oklahoma Art Show, Wichita Falls Museum of Art, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX. Curated by Janis Goodman.
2010 HWH, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX.
2009 Back in Red, Group Holiday Exhibition, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX.
2009 Annual Faculty and Staff Exhibition, University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, TX.
2009 Graduate Student “Launch Exhibition", Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas Art Lab, Dallas, TX. Curated by Ann Lawrence.
2009 Front Room=Back Room, Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas, TX.
2009 2009 Annual Voertman’s Art Competition , University of North Texas Art Gallery, TX. Curated by John Pomara.
2009 Observation/Insight: Drawing from the Elm Fork Natural Heritage Museum, Eagle Exhibition Hall/ Elm Fork Education Center, University of North Texas, Denton, TX.
2008 P.A.N.T.S Open, Cora Stafford Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX.
2008 ArtHouston 2008: Two From UNT, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX.
2008 Current Works by Sarah Williams and Julon Pinkston, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX.
2008 Summer Exhibition, PS Gallery, Columbia, MO.
2008 University of North Texas Graduate Exhibition, University of North Texas Art Gallery, TX.
2008 H2OMG, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX.
2008 Visual Arts Society of Texas 40th Annual, Spring Exhibition, Visual Arts Society, Denton, TX. Curated by Nic Nicosia.
2008 Annual Voertman’s Student Art Competition, University of North Texas Art Gallery, TX
2008 Annual College Art Association Regional MFA Exhibition, Cora Stafford Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX.
2008 32nd Annual University Union’s Student Art Competition, University of North Texas Union Gallery, TX.
2007 Not To Be Missed By Anyone, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX.
2007 Pocket of Schemes, Cora Stafford Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX.
2007 Peripheral Vision, University of North Texas Union Gallery, Denton, TX.
2007 Ghost Town Arts Collective, Austin College Ida Green Gallery, Sherman, TX.
2007 Visual Arts Society of Texas 2nd Annual 125 Mile Exhibition, Visual Arts Society, TX.
2007 Paint Trap, Cora Stafford Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX.
PUBLICATIONS
2015 New American Paintings; No 119, Midwest Issue
2011 New American Paintings; No. 96, Western Issue.
2010 Houston Chronicle; p E8, Thursday February 11.
2009 Dallas Modern Luxury Magazine; p 56, December issue.
2008 Houston Chronicle; p E2, Friday August 15.
2008 CAA News; volume 33, number 1, January issue.
2007 Fishwrap; volume 4, number 2, Institute for Small Town Studies; Fairfield, IA.
AWARDS
2015 Willapa Bay AiR Residency, Oysterville, WA
2015 Summer Faculty Fellowship; Missouri State University Springfield, MO
2013 Department of Art and Design Travel Grant; Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
2013 College of Arts and Letters New Faculty Summer Research Fellowship, Missouri State University Springfield, MO
2013 Ucross Foundation Artist Residency Program Participant, Clearmont, WY
2011 Finalist - Hunting Art Prize , Houston, TX.
2010 Summer Residency - Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT.
2010 Artists’ Grant - Vermont Studio Center , Johnson, VT.
2010 Finalist - Hunting Art Prize Finalist, Houston, TX.
2009 Places Purchase Award - University of North Texas Art in Public , Denton, TX.
2009 Outstanding Graduate in Studio Art Award; University of North Texas, Denton, TX.
2008 First Place Award, P.A.N.T.S. Open Exhibition, Denton, TX.
2007 Category I Award, Visual Arts Society of Texas 2nd Annual 125 Mile Exhibition Denton, TX.
2005 Craftsmanship and Design Award; William Woods University, Fulton, MO.
2004 Muriel Braeutigam Memorial Prize; St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis, MO.
ACTIVITIES
2014 Visiting Artist, Northwest College, Powell, WY
2014 Gallery Talk, Northwest College, Powell, WY
2014 Gallery Talk, William Woods University, Fulton, MO
2014 Gallery Talk, Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY
2013 Gallery Talk, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
2013 Gallery Talk, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
2010 Panelist member for the Here. There & Beyond Exhibition, Dallas Contemporary Gallery, Dallas, TX
2010 Gallery Talk; Houston’s Looking At Art Group, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
2009-10Member of 500X Gallery Artist Co-op, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
2009 Treasurer for 500X Gallery Artist Co-op, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
2009 University of North Texas chapter-The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, Denton, TX
2008-9 University of North Texas Visual Arts and Design; Design Search Committee Member Denton, TX
2008 Co-Author of “The Elm Fork Natural Heritage Museum and Introductory Drawing Students: a Cross - Disciplinary Learning Experience” UNT, Denton, TX
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2009 Observational/Insight: Drawing from the Elm Fork Natural Heritage Museum, Eagle Exhibition Hall/Elm Fork Center, Denton, TX.
2008 University of North Texas Drawing Core Student Exhibition, University of North Texas, Denton, TX.
2008 Immaculate Conception Catholic School, Drawing Event, Denton, TX.
2007 Not To Be Missed By Anyone, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX.