ANDRIES P. FOURIE
andriesfourie82@gmail.com
Education
2002 MFA (Art Studio), University of California, Davis
1999-2000 Graduate study, Indiana University, Bloomington, Studio Art - Sculpture
1999 M.A. California State University, Sacramento, Art Studio
1997 B. A. California State University, Sacramento, Art Studio (Summa Cum Laude)
1995 A.A. Sacramento City College, Art
Selected One Person Exhibitions, Installations, Performances
2016 (April-May) “Land/Marks”, Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem OR
2014 (October) “From Slaves to Matriarchs” (solo installation) Minthorne Gallery, George Fox University, Newburg, OR
2014 (October) “Fabrications: Work by Andries Fourie” Gretchen Schuette Gallery, Chemeketa Community College, Salem OR
2013 (October) “Andries Fourie” Department of Art, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA
2012 (September) “Ancestral Voices: from slaves to matriarchs” (solo installation) Salem Art Association Project Space, Salem OR.
2012 (September) “Mapping the Ancestors” (performance), Salem Art Association Project Space, Salem OR.
2012 (April-May) “Andries Fourie: Reading the Terrain”, Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem OR
2011 (June-July) “Sleep of my Lions”, School of Visual and Performing Arts Gallery, University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia
2011 (July-August) The Sleep of my Lions, John Maufangejo Galley, Katutura Art Center, Windhoek, Namibia
2011 (January-March) The Indigenous Tourist, Schneider Museum of Art, Southern Oregon University, Ashland OR
2010 (January) South Africa: Examining the Hybrid Self, Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, Portland OR
2009 (November) From the Heart of Darkness to the Rainbow Nation, Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts. Eugene OR
2009 (July-August) Andries Fourie, Project Space II, Salem Art Association, Salem OR
2008 (April-May) Andries Fourie: Recent Work, Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Salem OR
2006 Andries Fourie, Carnegie Center for Visual and Performing Arts, Covington, KY
2003 Andries Fourie, Project Space, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
2001 Andries Fourie, Sculptures and Paintings, Gregory Kondos Gallery, Sacramento City College, Sacramento CA
2001 Andries Fourie, Pamela Skinner Gallery, Sacramento CA
1999 Andries Fourie, Pamela Skinner Gallery, Sacramento CA
1998 The Aesthetics of Order, Pamela Skinner Gallery, Sacramento CA
1998 Andries Fourie: Recent Works, R.W. Witt Gallery, CSU Sacramento CA
1998 Structure: Sculpture by Andries Fourie, Pamela Skinner Gallery, Sacramento CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018 (May-June) “Tulipamwe Through the Years” National Art Gallery of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia
2017 (October) “Skull” Artspace 1616, Sacramento, CA
2017 (April-May) “Microbiomes: To See the Unseen” The Arts Center, Corvallis OR
2016-7 (December-January) “Narratives of Space” National Art Gallery of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia
2016 (November) “Worlds Imagined: Correlations Between Art and Poetry” Sacred Heart University Gallery, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield CT
2016 (September) “Transfer”, Robert Else Gallery, California State University, Sacramento CA
2016 (August) “100 Works, 100 Artists”, Gregory Kondos Gallery, Sacramento City College, Sacramento, CA
2016 (March-April) “ROT: The Afterlife of Trees”, World Forestry Center, Portland, OR
2016 (January-February) “ROT: The Afterlife of Trees”, The Arts Center, Corvallis, OR
2015 (August-October) The Power of the Press, Coburn Gallery, Ashland University, Ashland, OH
2015 (January) Taught/Grasped, The Art Center, Corvallis OR
2014 (October) Willamette at LBCC, North Santiam Gallery, Linn-Benton Community College, Albany OR
2014 (October) Contesseration: Heidi Petersen, Tim Timmerman & Andries Fourie, Memorial Union Art Gallery, Oregon State University, Corvallis OR
2014 (July-Aug) Radius 25, A.N. Bush Gallery, Salem Art Association, Salem OR
2014 (May-June) Around Oregon Annual Exhibition, Corvallis Art Center, Corvallis OR
2014 (January-February) The Consilience of Art & Science, Pence Gallery, Davis CA
2013 (August-September) The Kaboega Journals, Quad Gallery, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
2013 (August) Art & Science in Cacadu, Salem Art Association Project Space, Salem OR
2013 (May-June) Synthesis: Remixing Locality, Gallery Le Rustique, Nairobi, Kenya
2012 (October) Around Oregon Annual Exhibition, Corvallis Art Center, Corvallis OR
2011 (July) Art Squared, Salem Art Association, Salem, OR
2011 (April-May) Material Landscape, Chehalem Cultural Center, Newburg, OR
2011 (February-March) Art at Zena, Salem Art Association, Salem OR
2010 (September-October) Homecoming, Gregory Kondos Gallery, Sacramento City College, Sacramento CA
2010 (September-November) Dia de los Muertos, Chehalem Cultural Center, Newberg OR
2010 (June-July) College of the Arts Lecturer’s Exhibition, College of the Arts, Windhoek, Namibia
2010 ((June-July) Tulipamwe International Artist’s Collection Exhibition, UNAM Gallery, University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia
2010 (May-June) Dry Amigos & Ice: Nicky Marais, Mikko Ijas, Andries Fourie, Studio 77, Windhoek, Namibia
2010 (May) Art in Place, Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, Salem OR
2010 (May-June) Assembled: Narratives in Metal and Wood, A.N. Bush Gallery, Salem Art Association, Salem OR
2009 (October) The 7th Around Oregon Annual Exhibition, The Art Center, Corvallis OR
2009 (September) Tulipamwe 2009 Exhibit, Franco-Namibian Culture Center, Windhoek, Namibia
2009 (March) Palimpsest: Kim Fink & Andries Fourie, Dan & Gail Cannon Gallery, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR
2009 (March) Juxtaposed, Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR
2009 (March) Apparatus, UTSA Satellite Space, San Antonio, TX
2008 (September) Andries Fourie: New Steel Sculptures, Pamela Skinner and Gwenna Howard Fine Art, Sacramento CA
2008 (September) Electoral Collage: Art and Politics in 2008, Hoffman Gallery, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland OR
2008 (September) Willamette University at George Fox, Minthorne Gallery, George Fox University, Newberg OR
2008 (July) Transplants: Jonathan Bucci, Andries Fourie, David Oudeis, Projects Space, Salem Art Association, Salem OR
2008 (June) Here and Now, Project Space, Salem Art Association, Salem OR
2008 (June) Off the Grid, Pamela Skinner and Gwenna Howard Fine Art, Sacramento CA
2008 (May) Different Spokes, Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, Salem OR
2007 (December) Diaspora, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
2007 The Around Oregon Annual, ArtCentric, Corvallis OR
2007 Artists Who Teach, Bush Barn Art Center, Salem Art Association, Salem OR
2007 Negotiating Identities in Africa and in the African Diaspora, Schmucker Art Gallery.
Gettysburg College, Gettysburg PA
2007 Radius 25, Salem Art Association Gallery, Salem OR
2005 Ohio Art League Fall Juried Exhibition, Shot Tower Gallery, Columbus OH
2005 Regional Printmaking Exhibition, Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Wayne State U., Detroit MI
2005 On the Pedestal, The Sculpture Center, Cleveland OH
2005 Faculty Exhibition, Coburn Gallery, Ashland University, Ashland OH
2004 Fabrications, WomanMade Gallery, Chicago IL
2004 Ashland University Juried Art Exhibition, Coburn Gallery, Ashland OH
2004 Mansfield Art Center Annual Fall Show, Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield OH
2004 Ohio Art League Spring Juried Exhibition, Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield OH
2004 Annual All-Ohio Juried Art Exhibition, Pearl Conrad Art Gallery, OSU, Mansfield OH
2004 2003 Danger, L.H. Horton Jr. Gallery, Delta College, Stockton CA
2003 The Other Side, B. Sakata Garo, Sacramento CA
2003 Andries Fourie & Mike Sirl, Recent Work, B. Sakata Garo, Sacramento CA
2002 Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, The Richard L. Nelson Gallery, UC Davis, Davis CA
2001 Mine, Memorial Union Gallery, UC Davis, Davis CA
2001 Sacramento City College Faculty Exhibition, Gregory Kondos Gallery, Sacramento City College, Sacramento CA
2001 Prepwork, Pence Gallery, Davis CA
2000 Mind’s Eye, Memorial Union Gallery, UC Davis, Davis CA
2000 6/6, SOFA Gallery, IUB, Bloomington IN
2000 Fortune Cookie, Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento CA
1999 Till Death Do Us Part, Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento CA
1999 Master of Arts Graduation Exhibition, Robert Else Gallery, CSU Sacramento CA
1998 Dog Eat Dog World, Pamela Skinner Gallery, Sacramento CA
1998 Andries Fourie, Lane Elliot, Shawn Sullivan, Diane Williams, Excentrique Gallery,
Sacramento CA
1998 Graduate Award Exhibition, Robert Else Gallery, CSU, Sacramento CA
1997 Alice in Wonderland, Pamela Skinner Gallery, Sacramento CA
1997 Transitions, R.W. Witt Gallery, CSU Sacramento CA
1996 Kendall Le Compte, Michaele Le Compte, Amy Graham, Andries Fourie, Jeffrey Ferrando,
Pamela Skinner Gallery, Sacramento CA
Public Art Projects, Installation and Commissions
2012 Maryhill Museum of Art, Maryhill, WA
2012 The Mark O. Hatfield Library, Willamette University, Salem OR
2011 The University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia
1997 The Music Building, California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento CA
1999 Trinity Episcopal Church, Bloomington IN
Selected Collections
Oregon State University, H.J Andrews Experimental Forest
Linn-Benton Community College
Chemeketa Community CollegeThe Maryhill Museum of Art, Maryhill, WA
The Rehoboth Museum, Rehoboth, Namibia
The National Art Gallery of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia
The Schneider Museum of Art, Southern Oregon University, Ashland OR
George Fox University, Newburg, OR
The Okakarara Cultural Center, Okakarara, Namibia
College of the Arts, Windhoek, Namibia
The University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia
Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Salem OR
California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento CA
Sacramento City College, Sacramento CA
Lectures/ Workshops/ Presentations/Guest Critiques/Jurying, Public Art Selection Panels
2016 (January) “ROT: The Afterlife of Trees” panel discussion, the Art Center, Corvallis OR
2015 (February 7) Post Screening Talk on “Of Good Report” 2015 Cascades African Film Festival, PCC Cascades, Portland, OR
2015 (January) “Taught/Grasped”, (Artist Talk), The Art Center, Corvallis.
2014 (October) “Andries Fourie Recent Work”, (Lecture), Department of Art, George Fox University, Newburg, OR
2014 (October) “Andries Fourie Recent Work”, (Lecture), Department of Art, Chemeketa Community College, Salem OR
2014 (September) Selection Panel Member, Arts Innovation Award, Artist’s Trust, Seattle WA
2014 (June) “Andries Fourie: Recent Work” (Lecture) Dept. of Art, Linn-Benton Community College, Albany OR
2014 (May) Juror, Chemeketa Junior College Art Student Annual Show.
2014 (March 28) “Guilt, Memory, Identity and Land: South Africa Comes To Terms With Its Past” Center for International Studies, University of Kansas.
2014 (February 20) “Madiba’s Gift: The Impact and Legacy of Nelson Mandela”, Convocation, Willamette University, Salem, OR
2014 (January 30th) “An Introduction to the Rock Art of the Southern San (with specific reference to sites in Namibia and South Africa)”, Institute for Continued Learning, Willamette University, Salem OR
2014 (January) “Art & Biology in the Cacadu District of South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province” (with Dr. David Craig), Art & Science Salon, Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma WA
2013 (October) Lecture “Maps & Narratives: Southern African identity Through The Lens of History, Ecology & Landscape ” (as a Visiting Educator), Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA
2013 (May) “Collaboration in Art & Science”(with Dr. David Craig), Art Science & Place at Kaboega (workshop), Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
2013 (May) Lecture, “Andries Fourie: Recent Work”, Association of International Schools of Africa, Nairobi, Kenya
2013 (February) Lecture, “Andries Fourie: Recent Work”, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield CT
2012 (June) Juror, “Art in Rural Communities”, Corvallis Art Center, Corvallis OR
2012 Selection Panel Member: Cherriots Keizer Bus Depot Public Art Project
2011-12 Selection Panel Member: Oregon Arts Commission ODOT Building Public Art Project
2011 (June) Workshop, “Responding to San Rock Art with Welded Steel Sculpture”, The University of Namibia, Windhoek Namibia.
2011 (April) Lecture, “Andries Fourie: Recent Work”, Western Illinois University
2011 (February) Lecture, “Andries Fourie: Recent Work”, Southern Oregon University
2010 (June) Presented two weeklong Recycled Material Sculpture Workshops in Windhoek and Outapi, Namibia in conjunction with the Namibian Department of Youth, Culture and National Service, The U.S, State Department, The University of Namibia and the College of the Arts, Windhoek
2010 (June) Assembled: Narratives in Wood & Metal (Panel Member)
2010 (May) Assemblage Workshop, Salem Art Association
2010 (April) Koeksisters and Empanadas:The Continuation of Boer Language, Music, Culinary and Folk Traditions in Chubut, Argentina, Presented at the Western States Folklore Society Annual Meeting, Willamette University, Salem OR
2009 (December) Workshop “How does Sculpture Work?”, DIVA, Eugene, OR
2009 (December) Artist lecture, Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts, Eugene, OR
2009 (August) Artist Lecture, Tulipamwe International Artist’s Workshop, Okakarara, Namibia
2009 (March) Artist lecture, Kendall College of Art & Design at Ferris State University, Grand Rapids, MI
2009 (February) Sub-Saharan African Sculpture in Cultural Context, Institute for Continued Learning, Willamette University, Salem OR
2008 (October), Sculpture Workshop, Oregon Art Education Association Conference, Florence OR
2008 (September), Artist Lecture, George Fox University, Newberg, OR
2008 (August), Artist Lecture, Project Space, Salem Art Association, Salem OR
2008 (May) Juror, Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR
2008 (April 15th) Gallery Talk, in conjunction with “Andries Fourie: Recent Work” at the Hallie Ford Art Museum, Salem OR
2008 (April) Lecture, “Elements and Concepts of 3-D Design”, Institute for Continued Learning, Willamette University, Salem OR
2008 (Mar 13th) Panel Discussion, “Properties of Paint Symposium” in conjunction with the James Lavadour exhibition at the Hallie Ford Art Museum in Salem OR
2008 (Feb.19th) Gallery Talk, ”How African Sculpture Liberated Western Art” in conjunction with the Yoruba Sculpture exhibit at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Salem OR
2007 (Dec) Lecture, in conjunction with “Diaspora”, Pence gallery, Davis CA
2007 Panel Discussion, Environmental Art, Salem Art Association, Salem OR
2007 (June) 7 Student and teacher workshops, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
2007 (June) Public Sculpture in the United States, Department of Art, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, public lecture
2007 (March) Conference Panel Member, Interrogating Issues of Citizenship, Identity, Ethnicity and Race, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg PA
2006 (February) Andries Fourie, Recent Work, Willamette University, Salem OR, lecture
2006 (January) Reconciliation, Ashland Center for Non-Violence, Ashland University, Ashland OH, panel discussion
2006 (January) Andries Fourie, Recent Work, Brandon University, Manitoba, Canada, lecture
2005 (November) White Myths and Black Realities: White Upbringing in Apartheid Era South Africa, Ohio State University Mansfield, Mansfield OH, multi-media lecture
2005 (July) Wesleyan University, Middletown CT, artist lecture
2005 (March) State Juror, Ohio Governor’s Youth Art Exhibition, Columbus Ohio
2003 (October) Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield OH, slide lecture
2003 (July) Ashland University Art Department, Ashland OH, slide lecture
2003 (June) Andries Fourie, Recent Work, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito CA, slide lecture
2004 (May) Andries Fourie, Recent Work, California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento CA, slide lecture
2003 (January) The Roots of Apartheid and the Price of Afrikaner Nationalism, University of California, Davis, Dept. of Political Science, Davis CA
2002 (November)Guest Critique, Southern Oregon University at Ashland, Dept of Art, Ashland OR
2002 (February) Andries Fourie, Recent Work, Southern Oregon University, Dept of Art, Ashland OR, Slide Lecture
2001 Andries Fourie: Sculptures and Paintings, Sacramento City College, Sacramento CA, gallery talk and slide lecture
2001 Reality and Symbolism in Southern San Rock Art, Napa College, Napa CA, lecture
Curating
2018 Kids Curate (co-curator), High Desert Museum, Bend OR
2017 Nature Through the Eyes of Artists, At Liberty, Bend OR
2017 Solstices and Equinoxes: Paintings by Leah Wilson, Roger W. Rogers Gallery, Willamette University, Salem OR
2016 Never a Straight Line: Paintings by Luke Zimmerman, Roger W. Rogers Gallery, Willamette University, Salem OR
2016 Familiar: Mixed-media Installation by Paula Booth, Roger W. Rogers Gallery, Willamette University, Salem OR
2015 Straddling Possibilities: Paintings by Richard Martinez, Roger W. Rogers Gallery, Willamette University, Salem OR
2015 Musicality, Metaphor & Metonymy: Paintings by Tim Timmerman, Roger W. Rogers Gallery, Willamette University, Salem OR
2014 Consilience: Art, Science and Literary References (Landscape Paintings by Elise Richman), Roger W. Rogers Gallery, Willamette University, Salem OR
2014 Where-Wolf (Willamette University): A Drawing Installation by Andrew Myers, Roger W. Rogers Gallery, Willamette University, Salem OR
2013 Dead Ends & Domestic Talismans: Prints by Keith Dull, Roger W. Rogers Gallery, Willamette University, Salem OR
2013 Divergent Strategies, A.N Bush Gallery, Salem Art Association, Salem, OR
2013 Piling Up: Paintings by Bethany Hays, Roger W. Rogers Gallery, Willamette University, Salem OR
2012 The Hand That Finds, the Hand That Feeds, the Hand that Fails: An Installation of Sketchbook Drawings by Nathan Lewis, Roger W. Rogers Gallery, Willamette University, Salem OR
2012 The Geography of Phenomena: Paintings by Kendra Larson, Roger W. Rogers Gallery, Willamette University, Salem OR
2011 Technology Transforms Tradition: Digital drawings by Mikko Ijas, Roger W. Rogers Gallery, Willamette University, Salem OR
2011 Material Landscape, Chehalem Cultural Center, Newburg, OR
2011 Remains: Recent Photographs by Frank Miller, Roger W. Rogers Gallery, Willamette University, Salem OR
2010 Tracing Topographies: Recent Work by Michael Boonstra, Roger W. Rogers Gallery, Willamette University, Salem OR
2009 The Sordid Life of Toys: Photographs by Dennis Raines, Roger W. Rogers Gallery, Willamette University, Salem OR
2008 Tropic: New Drawings by Richard Martinez, Roger W. Rogers Gallery, Willamette University, Salem OR
Reviews, Articles and Publications (about my work)
2016 Labong, Leilani Marie, The Artful Lodger, Sactown Magazine, page 88, April/May 2016
2016 The Arts Center, ROT: The Afterlife of Trees (exhibition catalog, ISBN: 978-0-9-885834-1-2), January 2016
2013 Wuest, Eric, Talking About Art, KMUZ Radio, broadcast 08/23/2013
2013 Curtin, Barbara, Artists, Scientists collaborate at Project Space, The Statesman Journal, August 25, 2013
2013 Whalley, Frank, Weighty Matters Amid the Snow and the Saunas, East Africa Magazine, June1-7, page 8
2011 Sam, Jonathan, Steel Sculptures Exhibit Opens, New Era, Friday, July 8
2010 Staff writer, Dry Amigos and Ice Joint Exhibition at Studio 77 Today, The Namibian (Weekender), 05/14/10
2010 Pietersen, Lionel, Strong Exhibition at Studio 77, The Namibian (Weekender), 05/21/10
2010 Nuhuhe, Margreth, Putting Waste to Use, The Namibian (Weekender), 06/04/10
2010 Bucci, Jonathan, Andries Fourie, http://www.thestudiovisit.com, 06/14/10
2010 Curtin, Barbara, Willamette Professor to go to Namibia, Statesman Journal, May 9
2010 Nadelson, Scott, Exhibit Tells a Worthy Story Through Metal and Wood, Statesman Journal, May 2
2009 Steffen, Suzi, Question, Memory: Andries Fourie Deals with South African identity at the DIVA, Eugene Weekly, 12/16/09
2008 Shoka, Sacramento News and Review, “Quadrupartal”, 06/26/08
2008 Evans, Sarah, The Scene, “Reconciling Self”, Spring 2008
2008 Cowan, Ron, Statesman Journal, “Seeking Answers”, Saturday April 19
2007 Munich, Suzanne, The Davis Enterprise, “Far from home: richly varied show celebrates international origins”, Friday December 21
2007 Cowan, Ron, Statesman Journal, “Radius 25 showcases strength of area art scene” March 11
2003 Lachtman, Howard The Stockton Record (The Record Today), “Dangerous Concepts”, September 6
2003 Cebulski, Frank, Artweek, “ Danger at San Joaquin Delta College”, October
2003 Kowalewski, Jennifer, Mansfield News Journal, October 2
2003 White, Tim, Sacramento News & Review, February 20
2003 Dalkey, Victoria, The Sacramento Bee, February 16
2003 Dalkey, Victoria, The Sacramento Bee, January 5
2002 Moyle, Marilyn, The Davis Enterprise, June
2002 Dixon, Katey, The California Aggie, March
2002 Moyle, Marilyn, The Davis Enterprise, March
2001 Warren, Spring, The Davis Enterprise, January
2000 Warren, Spring, The Davis Enterprise, November
1999 Rose, Mckenna, The Davis Enterprise, January
1998 Blunk, Dawn, Sacramento Magazine, December
1999 Shear, Irving, River News Herald, February
Publications (as author)
2012 Can Art Contribute to Making Salem a More Distinct and Vibrant City? (article) Salem Weekly volume 9 issue16, Nov. 1-14
2011 Technology Transforms Tradition (article), Glasschord Art & Culture Magazine, Vol, 11, December 29th, 2011, http://www.glasschord.com/mikko-ijas/technology-transforms-tradition/
Residencies and Workshops
2013 Art, Science and Place at Kaboega, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa (workshop)
2011 Artist in Residence, University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia
2009 Tulipamwe International Artist’s Workshop, Okakarara, Namibia
2002-2003 MFA Studio Award Residency, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito CA
Awards, Grants and Scholarships
2014 Center for Ancient Studies & Archaeology, Willamette University, Faculty Research Fellowship.
2013 Mellon Foundation at Willamette University, Liberal Arts Research Communities Grant
2013 Travel Funding, Willamette University
2012 Faculty Research Grant, Center for Asian Studies, Willamette University
2011 Hewlett Curriculum Development Grant
2011 Faculty Fellowship, Center for Ancient Studies and Archaeology, Willamette University
2010 Hewlett Curriculum Development Grant
2010 Graves Award for the Humanities
2010 U.S. State Department Cultural Envoy to Namibia
2010 Center for Sustainable Communities, Willamette University, Summer Research Grant
2009 Atkinson Professional Development Grant, Willamette University
2009 Lilly Foundation at Willamette University Summer Faculty Research Grant
2009 Travel Funding, Willamette University
2009 Junior Faculty Research Leave, Willamette University
2007 Atkinson Summer Research Grant, Willamette University
2004 Jury Award, Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield OH
2003 Edward Frey Award, Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield OH
2001 Summer Research Fellowship, University of California, Davis.
2001 Block Grant, University of California, Davis
2001 University Grant, University of California, Davis
2000 Nelson Artreach Grant, Nelson Artfriends, University of California, Davis
2000 Artsbridge Scholarship, University of California, Davis
2000 Block Grant, University of California, Davis
2000 University Grant, University of California, Davis
1999 Fee Scholarship, Indiana University, Bloomington
1999 Chancellor’s Fellowship, Indiana University, Bloomington
1998 Increase Robinson Memorial Fellowship, California State University, Sacramento
1997 R.W. Witt Scholarship Award, California State University, Sacramento
Employment
2017-present Curator of Art and Community Engagement, The High Desert Museum, Bend OR
2012-2017 Associate Professor of Art (Sculpture), Willamette University, Salem OR
2006-2012 Assistant Professor of Art (Sculpture), Willamette University, Salem OR
2003-2006 Assistant Professor of Art (Sculpture), Ashland University, Ashland OH
2002-2003 Education Program Manager, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento CA
2001-2003 Adjunct Instructor, Sacramento City College, Sacramento CA
2001-2003 Part-Time Instructor, California State University Sacramento, Sacramento CA
2002 (Summer & Spring) Associate Instructor, University of California, Davis, Davis CA
2001 (Fall Quarter) Associate Instructor, Art Dept., University of California, Davis, Davis CA
2000 Assistant Preparator, Richard L. Nelson Gallery, UC Davis, Davis CA
1999 (Fall Quarter) Associate Instructor, Art Dept. University of California, Davis, Davis CA
1999-2000 Exhibit Preparator, William H. Mathers Museum, Bloomington IN
1999-2000 Associate Instructor, School of Fine Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington IN
1998-1999 Sculpture Technician, Art Department, University of California, Davis, Davis CA
1997-1998 Assistant to Kathleen Noonan (sculptor), Carmichael CA
1995-1998 Assistant, Kendall Le Compte Design, Orangevale CA
