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GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025  Faceted Fiber, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago
2025  More Than Meets the Eye: Abstract Alternatives to Depicting Our World, Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL
2025  Art Prize, Grand Rapids, MI
2025  a little quilty show, Chicago Textile Center at Color Club, Chicago
2023  Pile Paragons, Tuft the World, Bok Building, Philadelphia

AWARDS

Environmental Work

2019 Green Ring Award, The Climate Reality Project, given by Al Gore (press release)

Art Direction

2015  Graphic Design:USA’s American Graphic Design Awards
2015  Graphic Design:USA’s American Graphic Design Awards
2013  American Society of Business Press Editors’ Azbee National Gold Award
2013  Graphic Design:USA’s American Graphic Design Awards

2012  American Society of Healthcare Publication Editors’ Silver Award
2012  American Society of Business Press Editors’ Azbee Regional (Midwest) Gold Award
2011  American Society of Healthcare Publication Editors’ Gold Award
2010  American Society of Business Press Editors’ Azbee National Bronze Award
2003  American Society of Healthcare Publication Editors’ Silver Award
2003  American Society of Healthcare Publication Editors’ Silver Award
2003  American Society of Healthcare Publication Editors’ Bronze Award
1999  American Society of Business Press Editors’ Azbee National Gold Award
1999  American Society of Business Press Editors’ Azbee Regional (Midwest) Gold Award
1999  American Society of Business Press Editors’ Azbee Regional (Midwest) Silver Award
1999  Communication Concepts’ APEX Awards for Best Redesigns
1999  Communication Concepts’ APEX Awards for Cover Photography
1998  Chicago Headline Club's Lisagor Award Finalist for Design Spread
1998  American Society of Business Press Editors’ Azbee Regional (Midwest) Bronze Award
1998  Communication Concepts’ APEX Awards for Cover Illustration
1998  Graphic Design:USA’s American Graphic Design Award

EDUCATION

1993 University of Northumbria  |  Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, Academic semester abroad

1994 University of Illinois  |  Champaign-Urbana, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design

VOLUNTEER

Urban RiversOpenlands, Climate Designers, The Climate Reality Project: Chicago Metro Chapter, Taproot Foundation, Climate Reality Leadership Corps