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curriculum vitae

Teaching Experience

Instructor of Graphic Design, 2022 to present

University of Nebraska at Omaha

Graphic Design

Digital Media Art


Adjunct Art Instructor, 2017 to present
Metropolitan Community College
Elementary Drawing

2D Design


Adjunct Professor, 2017 to 2022
Creighton University
Foundations Digital Media
Graphic Design I

Concept Sketch


Adjunct Art Instructor, 2011 to 2022

University of Nebraska at Omaha
Foundations Drawing II: 3D Design
Foundations Digital Media
Digital Media Production

Graphic Design


Mentor, 2020

Kent Bellows Mentoring Program

Digital Animation


Adjunct Art Instructor, 2011 to 2017

Iowa Western Community College 
Art Appreciation
2D&3D Foundations
Drawing
Painting


Summer Photoshop Workshop Instructor, 2015
University of Nebraska at Omaha 
College of Information Science and Technology

Teachers Assistant, 2010

University of Illinois at Chicago
Introduction to Responsive Arts 

Scott EdTech Gallery Intern, 2004 

Joslyn Art Museum

Education

University of Illinois at Chicago, 2011

Master of Fine Arts, Electronic Visualization
3.89 GPA


University of Nebraska at Omaha, 2008

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Intermedia

Graduated Magna Cum Laude


Creative Center, Omaha, NE, 2003

Associate of Occupational and Academic Studies

3.77 GPA

Exhibitions

2024

Solo Exhibition; Star Deli, Omaha, NE

UNO Art Faculty Biennial; UNO Art Gallery, Omaha, NE 

Video Wall, Millwork Commons, Omaha, NE


2023

Abyss; Split Gallery, Omaha, NE
Cutout Collage Festival; Cut Out Collage Studio, Kyiv, Ukraine

Creative Cosmos; The Local Art Plug, Omaha, NE


2022

UNO School of the Arts Faculty & Staff Exhibition; Gallery 1516, Omaha, NE

Horizons, Arts Faculty Exhibition; MCC Gallery of Art and Design, Elkhorn, NE


2021

Summer Salon; Split Gallery, Omaha, NE

UNO Art Faculty Biennial; UNO Art Gallery, Omaha, NE

$100 Art Show; Project Project, Omaha, NE

OEAA Visual Arts Showcase; Roberta & Bob Rogers Gallery, Omaha, NE


2020

Motion Blur; Michael Phipps Gallery, Omaha, NE

Cut to 2060; Art and Charlie, Online Exhibition

Peace of Mind!; Not Exactly: An Art Magazine, Online Exhibition


2019
$100 Dollar Art Show; Project Project, Omaha, NE
Is It Meme You're Looking For?; Uncommon Gallery, Omaha, NE
UNO Art Faculty Biennial; UNO Art Gallery, Omaha, NE

2018
Sequences; Solo Exhibition; Petshops Gallery, Omaha, NE
CS Art Preview Show; Omaha Creative Institute, Omaha, NE
ReConnect: Alumni Exhibition; UNO Art Gallery, Omaha, NE
Coalesence: Faculty Exhibition; MCC Gallery of Art and Design, Elkhorn, NE

2017
The Cube Art Project; Video Art Exhibition, Lincoln, NE 
UNO Art Faculty Exhibition; Norfolk Art Center, Norfolk, NE
Live Artist Demo; BFF Presents, Parlor 1887, Omaha, NE
Lincoln Calling; Short Film Screening, Lincoln, NE

2016
Artist's INC Showcase; Omaha Creative Institute, Omaha, NE
UNO Art Faculty Exhibition; UNK Walker Art Gallery, Kearney, NE
UNO Art Faculty Exhibition; UNO Art Gallery, Omaha, NE
Dada Lives!; UC Blue Ash College Art Gallery, Blue Ash, OH

2015

Autumn's Soft Breeze; Tall Grass Arts Association, Park Forest, IL
The Big Draw; Catalyst Gallery, Beacon, NY
UNO Art Faculty Exhibition; UNO Art Gallery, Omaha, NE

2014
Drawings from Joe's Sketchbook: An Ongoing Project; Solo Exhibition, Rainbo Club, Chicago, IL
Conversation Hearts: You Slayer Me; Rainbo Club, Chicago, IL
Drawings: Sketchbooks and other Drawing Adventures; Solo Exhibition, Hillmer Gallery, Omaha, NE

2013
Cross the Rail Art Trail; The Town of Woodbine, IA
Showing Off; Tall Grass Arts Association, Park Forest, IL
UNO Art Faculty Exhibition; UNO Art Gallery, Omaha, NE
Omaha Entertainment Award Nominee Show; Hot Shops Art Center, Omaha, NE

2012
Reengineering a Sketchbook; Solo Exhibition, PS1, Iowa City, IA
Dream Reproductions; Solo Exhibition, Bancroft St Market, Omaha, NE
Ray Guns and Robots; Solo Exhibition, Galley 1510, Omaha, NE

2011
Art Offerings; Bancroft Street Market, Omaha, NE
Drawing Connections; Siena Art Institute, Siena, Italy

100 Canvases for a Better World; The Silver Room, Chicago, IL

UIC MFA Thesis Exhibition; Gallery 400, Chicago, IL

Screenology; Hyde Park Art Center, The Jackman Goldwasser Catwalk Gallery, Chicago, IL

 

2010
Fabulously Focused; Tall Grass Art Gallery, Park Forest, IL 

Small; Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival, Chicago, IL 


2009
Aspect Ratio; The Plaines Project, Chicago, IL 

Uncanned; Tugboat Gallery, Lincoln, NE


2008
BFA Thesis Exhibition; UNO Art Gallery, Omaha, NE

Faux Show; OAA Exhibition, Bemis Underground, Omaha, NE

Bemis Slide Jam; Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE

The Closing Bell; AIM Institute, Omaha, NE


2007
The Snip Show; OAA Exhibition, Bemis Underground, Omaha, NE 

UNO Student Art Exhibition; UNO Art Gallery, Omaha, NE


2006
Red Chair Show; OAA Exhibition,Bemis Underground, Omaha, NE

Selected Works; Solo Exhibition, Benson Grind Gallery, Omaha, NE


2005
The Big “O” Show; OAA Exhibition, Big “O” Book Store, Omaha, NE

Art Machine; OAA Exhibition, Bemis Underground, Omaha, NE

OAA Exhibition; Hot Shops Art Center, Omaha, NE


2004
The Block Show; OAA Exhibition, Bemis Underground, Omaha, NE

Published Work

Drawings, Baby Faces & Heels, William Major Studio, 2021


Animation, Otis Twelve: Not Funny, Omaha Magazine, 2017 to 2019

Illustrations, Misbehaving Nebraskans,Concierge Marketing Inc., 2017 

Drawings, Body in D[ist]ress Anthology, Negative Capability Press, 2015

Animation & Illustration, Sci Fi Sol, JRL Production, 2012

Illustrations, Dress Like the Big Fish, BelAir Fashions Press, 2010

Illustrations, American Swastika, UNO Alumni Magazine, 2008

Residency

The Chicken Coop Artist-in-Residency, Villekulla Farm, Hollow, NE, 2024


Art Beacon Digital Artist in Residency, Online, 2024 forthcoming

Honors

Omaha Entertainment Award Nominee, Best Group Show, 2021


Great Plains Journalism Award Winner for Multimedia Graphic, 2018

Omaha Creative Institute, Artist Inc. Fellow, 2016

Omaha Entertainment Award Nominee, New Media Art, 2013

Board of Trustees Fellowship UIC, 2010

Board of Trustees Fellowship UIC, 2009


Friends of Art Scholarship UNO, 2007


Omaha Entertainment Award Nominee, Drawing, 2006


AIGA Bronze Award, Illustration, 2003

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