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Education:
1994 Edinboro University, BFA Art Education, Pennsylvania
Representation:
BE Gallery
3583 Butler St, Pittsburgh, PA 15201
Current Affiliations and Memberships:
Professional Teaching Artist with the Lifetime Arts
Board Member of the Craftsmen's Guild of Pittsburgh
Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council
Employment:
2010- Current, Go Carr Go, Owner. A creative business centered around the art of paper cutting. Encompasses a line of greeting cards, illustration and commission work, various teaching positions, marketing and displaying art in gallery shows and fine art fairs.
Solo Exhibitions:
2019 In the Shadows, John Hermann Jr Memorial Gallery
2017 West Liberty University, WV
2013 Sewickley Library, Sewickley, PA
2012 Scherenschnitte, 57 Treasury, St. Augustine, FL
2012 Paper Thin Theater, 709 Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2011 All Creatures Great and Small, Mathews Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2010 Root, Wild Card, Pittsburgh, PA
2009 Mixed Media, Stephan's Fine Art Gallery, Anchorage, AK
2008 Collection of Paper Cuts, Gallery Red, Anchorage, AK
Group Exhibitions:
2014 Illusions, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
2013 Collections of Poe, Strychnin Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2013 RAW : Natural Born Artists Event, Pittsburgh
2012 Pittsburgh Neighborhoods, Gallery Sim, Pittsburgh, PA
2011 Fantastic Florida, St. Augustine Art Association, St. Augustine, FL
2011 Bees, Wild Card ,Pittsburgh, PA
2011 Art All Night, Public Space, Pittsburgh, PA
2011 Salon, Gallery 4, Pittsburgh,PA
2011 The Many Sides of Pittsburgh , Gallery Sim Pittsburgh,PA
2011 Halo, Pittsburgh Society of Artists, Pittsburgh,PA
2011 Visions, Gallery Sim, Pittsburgh, PA
2010 Rock Paper Scissors, Gallery Sim , Pittsburgh, PA
2009 Art Walk Open House Show, Baku, Azerbaijan
Teaching Positions:
2018 Large Scale Paper Cut class, Society of Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2015 Adult Paper Cutting class, Creative Aging/Lifetime Arts, Squirrel Hill Carnegie Library
2014 Beginners Paper Cutting, Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA
2013 Nightlights class, Society of Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2012 Residency teaching position, Children's Museum of Art, Pittsburgh,PA
2011 Vintage Valentine, Society of Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2011 Beginner Paper Cutting, Society of Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2008 Private classes, Anchorage, AK
2004 Twindly Bridge Charter School, Art Instruction, Wasilla, AK
Commissions & Illustrations:
2020 Book Cover, "Bobbin and the Magic Thief"
2019 Children's book illustration, "Lotte's Magical Paper Puppets"
2015 Children's book illustration, "Lizbeth Lou Got A Rock In Her Shoe"
2014 Quantum Theater
2013 Album Cover, Constellation Prize, Carbon Leaf
2012 Album Cover, Ghost Dragon Attacks Castle, Carbon Leaf
Installation paper cut, A Hair Off The Beach, St. Augustine Florida
Step Trek, South Side, Pittsburgh PA
Awards and Honorable Mentions:
2023 Honors Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
2019 Award in Craftsmanship, A Fair in the Park, Pittsburgh, PA
2018 Jurors Choice Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh PA
2014 Best in Show 2-D, Mt. Lebanon Artist Market, Pittsburgh, PA
Merit Award, Art in the Park, Portland ME
2013 X-ACTO Masters Club
2012 Best in Show 2-D artist, St. Augustine Art Association Art Fair
Applicable Skills:
QuickBooks, Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop
Mad Skills in paper cutting