EDUCATION M.F.A.  Painting and Printmaking, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2007 B.F.A.  Painting and Printmaking, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2003 M.A.    Archaeology, The College of William and Mary, 1997 B.A.    Anthropology, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1993 EXHIBITIONS 2009    Fractious Happy, The Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE (solo) Blue Ghost Revisited, Site-specific installation, Staniar Gallery, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA From These Hills, William King Museum, Abingdon, VA.  2008 KY7 Biennial, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY Blue Ghost, Site-specific installation, Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA TriState Sculptors Exhibition, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN Faculty Art Exhibit, University of Virginia, College at Wise Divas and Iron Chefs of Encaustic,     McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas;     Emerson Gallery, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA;     Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. 2007   So Inclined, Denise Bibro Gallery, New York, NY Beneath, Behind, Anderson Gallery, School of the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA (solo) We and Us, PLAySPACE Gallery, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA Divas and Iron Chefs of Encaustic, UTSA Gallery, University of Texas-San Antonio 2006    Emerging/Transition, Page Bond Gallery Divas and Iron Chefs of Encaustic, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN Griddy Galore, FAB Gallery, Richmond, VA W/E, Claremont Graduate University Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA The Old Grey Whistle Test, Plant Zero, Richmond, VA ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA. Three-person show with Jared Clark & Jason Coates Primary, Hunt Gallery, Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, VA Color Me Bad, collaboration with Joanne Greenbaum, VCU, Richmond, VA 2005   Open Studios, Richmond VA ROY G. BIV, FAB Gallery, Richmond VA Heather Harvey, This Century Art Gallery, Williamsburg, VA 2003    NO OBJECT: An Abstract Show, Artspace  Richmond, VA. Leigh Ann Chambers, juror Student Exhibitions 2003, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA. Sarah Finlay, juror Ideal Logic, Virginia Commonwealth University, Student Art Space, Richmond, VA. Two-person show with James Covert BIBLIOGRAPHY Carina Evangelista, Gretchen Hupfel Curator of Contemporary Art at the Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Curatorial Statement for “Fractious Happy,” solo exhibition, 2009. Ray Kass, Guest Curator Statement for “From These Hills” at William King Museum, 2009. Joe Tennis, Bristol Herald Courier, "Artistic Expressions: UVa-Wise Art Instructor Receives $8,000 Fellowship From Virginia Museum Of Fine Arts," April 26, 2009. A! Magazine for the Arts, “Area Artist Receives VMFA Fellowship Award,” March 2009. Kingsport Times-News, “UVa-Wise sculptor receives $8,000 fellowship”, March 8, 2009. Rich Copley, Lexington Herald-Leader  "KY.7 Biennial promises to challenge people's ideas of art," November 7, 2008. Roy Proctor, Richmond Times-Dispatch "The Power of Molten Media," October 12, 2008. Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, “Artists Wax Eloquent in an Ancient Medium,” April 25, 2008. Mike Deetsch, Andrea Fisher, Kate Sprengnether, KY.7Biennial, exhibition catalog, 2008. Gina Cavallo Collins, Urge, "The Divas and Iron Chefs at Anderson Gallery, VCU," December 2008 Venart, Lynne, DCist Blog, “The Divas and Iron Chefs of Encaustic @ McLean Project for the Arts,” April 24, 2008. The Coalfield Progress  “UVa-Wise faculty artwork on display at the Wise County Public Library,” February 8, 2008. Lawrence Rinder, M.F.A. Exhibition catalog, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2007. Paulette Roberts-Pullen, Style Weekly, “Turned Loose,” May 2, 2007 Virginia Spivey, “Keeping it Real,” essay in The Divas and Iron Chefs of Encaustic (exhibition catalog), 2007. Joanne Mattera, “A Conceptual Leap From the Dark Tombs of Antiquity to the Light, Here and Now,” essay in The Divas and Iron Chefs of Encaustic (exhibition catalog), 2007. Paul Ryan, “Mapping the MFA Studio: Flow and Interchange in the First Year,” Exhibition essay for “The Old Grey Whistle Test,” 2006. Virginia Gazette, “Events” August 2005. “Bea and Heather: Meant for Each Other,” Artlines, published by Women's Caucus for Art, 2000. PUBLISHED WRITING "Michael Kenna & Satoru Hoshino, Lexington, VA" Art Papers March/April 2009. “Vaughn Garland, Abingdon, VA” Art Papers November/December 2008. “Jen Blazina, Radford, VA” Art Papers May/June 2008. “Polly Apfelbaum” Sculpture magazine. April 2008. “Under One Roof Reprise, Syracuse, NY” Art Papers March/April 2008. “Constructs IV, Farmville, VA” Art Papers January/February 2008. “Knee-Deep in Oeuvre,” interview with artist Polly Apfelbaum, Style Weekly, Richmond, VA. June 30, 2007. “Lordan Bunch: ‘Proof of Mary' at Schroeder Romero.” NYArts July/August 2007. “Inside Out: Margrét Blöndal and Rachel Hayes at Solvent Space.” NYArts July/August 2007. “Who Carefully Made this Mess?” Style Weekly, Richmond, VA,  February 28, 2007 “The Garden: Paintings and Prints by Nicole Andreoni” Style Weekly, Richmond, VA, September 28, 2006. “Shared Inheritance: Pine Camp asks ‘What is African-American art?’” Style Weekly, Richmond, VA, September 28, 2006. “Left Out: Three artists approach omission in different ways at ADA Gallery.” Style Weekly, Richmond, VA. “Going Home: Bosnian artist explores the idea of home in a new Main Street gallery.” Style Weekly, September 28, 2006.