CV
EDUCATION
MFA Visual Art | Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts | Washington University in St. Louis (2024)
BFA Graphic Design | The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas (1992)
Yale Brissago (1991)
EXHIBITIONS + COLLECTIONS
2027 - Preservation Station 777 | National Building Arts Center Downtown, Supported by the Graham Foundation | Curator: Eric Ellingsen
2026 - Coyote Time | COUNTERPUBLIC Triennial | St. Louis, MO | Curator: James McAnally
2026 - To Tether | STNDRD Exhibitions | A collaboration with Eleanor Witt Wardlaw | Curator: Bruce Burton, Granite City, IL
2025 - Archive Fever | Accent Sisters | Curated by Yanbin Zhao, New York, NY
2025 - Pond: A Symphony | National Building Arts Center | Sauget, IL (solo)
2025 - Field Guide | St. Louis International Airport | St. Louis, MO
2024 - Slingshot MFA Thesis Exhibition | Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum | Curator: Lesley Markle | St. Louis, MO
2024 - Field Guide | Intersect Art Center | 2/01/24 - 6/28/24 | St. Louis, MO
2024 - Beautiful and Strange Fragmentation | ARC Gallery | Curator: David Reif | 2/01/24 - 2/22/24 | Chicago, IL
2024 - CARE | Red Gate | Curated by Adrienne Outlaw | St. Louis, MO
2023 - Lived-In | NON-STNDRD Inaugural Invitational Group Exhibition | National Building Arts Center, Sauget, IL
Curators: Bruce Burton, Sage Dawson, and Allison Lacher
2023 - The Buoyancy Show Lemp Brewery Complex | Curators: Abby Flanagan and Anika Todd | St. Louis, MO
2023 - City Foundry | Watch Your Head, Candidacy Exhibition | St. Louis, MO
2023 - Circumference Bias | Lemp Brewery Complex | Curators: Levi Gentry and Jackson Hescock | St. Louis, MO
2023 - MFA Invitational | St. Charles Community College | Curator: Brian D. Smith | St. Louis, MO
2023 - Parabola | Des Lee Gallery | Jurors: Pete Callahan and Dryden Wells | St. Louis, MO
2022 - Uncommon Threads | Southern California Open Regional Exhibitions | Juror: Jeanne Medina Le
2022 - 10 x 10 x 10 | Tieton Arts + Humanities, Tieton, WA
2022 - When Life Gives You Lemons | Regional Arts & Culture Council | Permanent Public Art Collection | Portland, OR
2021 - Fresh Talent | Bainbridge Art + Craft | Bainbridge Island, WA
2021 - Spectrum | Stay Home Gallery | Paris, TN
GRANTS + ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
2026 - Regional Arts Council | Artist Support Grant | St. Louis, MO
2026 - Washington University Office of the Provost and Center for Teaching and Learning | Conference Funding
2024 - Luminary Futures Fund Grant supported by the Andy Warhol Foundation | St. Louis, MO
2024 - Recipient of the Institute for Materials Science and Engineering Research Grant | Washington University in St. Louis
2024 - Student Marshal 2024 Commencement | Washington University in St. Louis
2024 - International Sculpture Center | Outstanding Student Achievement Award Nominee | Washington University in St. Louis
2023 - Dedalus Foundation MFA Fellowship Nominee | Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
2023 - Recipient Dean's Office Research Travel Grant | Washington University in St. Louis | Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
2023 - Fine Arts Work Center Award | Washington University in St. Louis | Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
2023 - International Sculpture Center | Outstanding Student Achievement Award Nominee | Washington University in St. Louis
2022 - Ambassadors Graduate Fellowship | Washington University in St. Louis | Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
2022 - HB and MB Simon Scholarship | Washington University in St. Louis | Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
2022 - California Regional Open | Uncommon Threads, Juried by Jeanne Medina Le | Second Place
TEACHING APPOINTMENTS
2027 - Intro to Sculpture | Instructor of Record | Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts | St. Louis, MO
2027 - Digital Studio | Instructor of Record | Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts | St. Louis, MO
2026 - 3D Design | Instructor of Record | Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts | St. Louis, MO
2026 - Digital Studio | Instructor of Record | Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts | St. Louis, MO
2026 - 3D Design | Instructor of Record | Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts | St. Louis, MO
2026 - Digital Studio | Instructor of Record | Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts | St. Louis, MO
2025 - 3D Design | Instructor of Record | Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts | St. Louis, MO
2025 - Digital Studio | Instructor of Record | Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts | St. Louis, MO
2025 - Studio Art | Instructor of Record | Pre-College Program | Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts | St. Louis, MO
2025 - 2D Design | Instructor of Record | Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts | St. Louis, MO
2024 - Digital Studio | Instructor of Record | Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts | St. Louis, MO
2024 - Studio Art | Instructor of Record | Pre-College Program | Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts | St. Louis, MO
2024 - 3-D Design | Assistant in Instruction for Jack Risley | Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
2023 - Fiber Manipulation | Assistant in Instruction for Mary Ruppert-Stroescue | Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
Lecture, Textile Histories and Weaving in Contemporary Art; spinning and weaving instruction
2023 - Extra-Dimensional Printmaking | Assistant in Instruction for Sage Dawson | Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
2023 - Methods & Contexts | Assistant in Instruction for Sage Dawson | Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
2022 - Sculpture: Material & Culture | Assistant in Instruction for Arny Nadler | Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
COMMUNITY, SOCIAL PRACTICE, SERVICE
2026 - Fiber Collage | Facilitated for St. Louis City Public Schools | The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum
2026 - Fiber Collage | Facilitated for Rockwood School District Educators | Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum
2025 - Stitching Meditation | Facilitated for University City High School | Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum
2025 - Provisional Vessels | National Great Rivers Research and Education Center | Water Festival Exhibitor | Alton, IL
2025 - Audible Insects | Art + Citizen Science Workshop | Facilitated with the Fowler Finn Lab at St. Louis University | Sauget, IL
2025 - Module to Monumental | Building Futures | St. Louis, MO
2025 - Provisional Sculptures | Building Futures | St. Louis, MO
2025 - Introduction to Weaving | Building Futures | St. Louis, MO
2025 - Quiltscapes | Designed and facilitated for the Mildred Land Kempter Art Museum and offered to:
- St. Louis City Public Schools Art Educators (60 participants) | St. Louis, MO
- Webster Groves Public Schools K-5 Art Educators | St. Louis, MO
2025 - Brick Anything | Clay-based grade 3-8 student Workshop | Co-facilitated with Abby Flannagan | NBAC, Sauget, IL
2025 - Fox Friday Weaving Workshop | Instructor | Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
2024 - Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum | Instructor / Facilitator | Knit Together with Hazelwood North High School | St. Louis, MO
2024 - Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum | Curriculum & Instruction for Mesh & Mend (Weaving/Mending) | St. Louis, MO
2024 - Foundations "Mesh" Community weaving event | Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts | Washington University in St. Louis
2023 - Fox Friday Visible Mending Workshop | Instructor | Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
2024 - National Portfolio Day | Charlotte, Seattle | Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts | Washington University in St. Louis
2023 - Lot 49 Annual Fundraiser | The Luminary, St. Louis, MO | Volunteer
2023 - Digital Assistant for William Villalongo and Shraddha Ramani | Island Press, St. Louis, MO
2022 - St. Louis Weaver’s Guild | Member
2022 - Visiting Artist + Freund Fellow Lecture Series Communication Design | Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
2022 - Digital Assistant for Shaun O’Dell | Island Press, St. Louis, MO
2022 - Handweaving Workshop | Facilitated for artists at North Pole Studios, Portland, Oregon
2022 - Fiber Arts Instruction aligned with Social Studies curriculum | George Middle School | Weekly volunteer, instruction delivered in Spanish
2007 - 2022 - Portland Public Schools | Art Enrichment & Instruction | Volunteer
PEDAGOGICAL TRAINING
2026 - The Teaching Professor Conference | St. Louis, MO
2024 - Faculty Reading Community (Cross-disciplinary) Radical Hope: A Teaching Manifesto by Kevin Gannon | WashU
2024 - Teaching Citation | Professional Development in Teaching Program | Washington University in St. Louis
2024 - Course Design Institute | Center for Teaching and Learning | Washington University in St. Louis
2024 - Graduate and Postdoctoral Reading Community | Power Dynamics in the Classroom | Washington University in St. Louis
2023 - Facilitating Engaging Discussions | Center for Teaching and Learning | Washington University in St. Louis
2023 - Improving Student Participation | Center for Teaching and Learning | Washington University in St. Louis
2023 - Fostering an Inclusive Classroom Environment | Center for Teaching and Learning | Washington University in St. Louis
2022 - Asking Questions to Improve Learning | Center for Teaching and Learning | Washington University in St. Louis
2022 - Efficient, Effective, Reflective Strategies for Grading | Center for Teaching and Learning | Washington University in St. Louis
2022 - Incorporating Active Learning During Class Time | Center for Teaching and Learning | Washington University in St. Louis
PRESS + PUBLICATIONS
2026 - STLToday.com "Massive Counterpublic project scatters new art across St. Louis" St. Louis Post-Dispatch by Daniel Neman, September 2
2026 - ARTNews "Counterpublic Triennial Names 47 Artists and Collectives for Upcoming Third Edition, Including Glenn Ligon, Rebecca Belmore, Rirkrit Tiravanija" by Maximiliano Duron, April 7
2026 - ArtReview "Artist list for Counterpublic 2026 announced" April 7
2026 - Ply Project - St. Louis–based fiber artists, their practices, and their stories. Developed by Taylor Yocom, Erin Luna, and Grant Benoit
2025 - Cement Land Archive Interview | In Conversation with Ava Richards and Danya Gerasimova, November 14, 2025
2025 - Cultbytes, "Archive Fever’s Poetics of the Past" by Annelie Hyatt, December 2, 2025
2024 - Midwest Artist Quarterly, Vol. II, Apr. - June 2024 "Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum Slingshot: 2024 MFA in Visual Art Thesis Exhibition" by Troy Sherman, July 16
2023 - Artist Panel and Discussion 'Lived-In" NON-STNDRD, National Building Arts Center, Oct 28.
Led by co-curators Bruce Burton, Sage Dawson, and Allison Lacher (also including artists Grant Benoit, and Abby Flannagan)
2023 - St. Louis Magazine, "STNDRD and the National Building Arts Center partnership launches with "Lived-In", by Sam Barrett, Aug. 8
2023 - Sam Fox School, Washington University in St. Louis, "Two MFA-VA Candidates Awarded Scholarship for Fine Arts Work Center Summer Workshop", by Caitlin Custer, February 15
LONG-TERM PROJECTS
The UnLoading Dock | National Building Arts Center, Sauget, IL (2026 - ongoing)
Pond: A Symphony | National Building Arts Center, Sauget, IL (2023 - ongoing)
RESIDENCIES + WORKSHOPS
2025 - Artist in Residence | Third Degree Glass, St. Louis, MO
2023 - Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
RESEARCH
Post-disciplinary. Infrastructures, systems, landscape, water, climate resilience, adaptive reuse, American Lotus, diatoms, material agency, matter
Post-industrial sites and ecologies. Post-humanism, entangled systems, ruderal ecologies and aesthetics.
Hunter/gatherer activities and repetitive craft practices and their impact on learning, community, and health
Aquatic gardens and their impact on climate and public health
PROCESSES / SKILLS
Sculpture: welding, woodworking, glass-blowing, and fused/slumped glass, basic mold making
Ceramics: experimental mixed media, hand-building, wheel-throwing, kiln programming, glaze making
Fiber: weaving, felting, stitching (hand and machine), natural dying, spinning, and coiling
Drawing, painting, and printmaking (intaglio, collagraph, wood/linocut)
Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Audition, Acrobat); Audacity, AutoCAD, Figma)
RELATED PROFESSIONAL
Interdisciplinary design professional with 25+ years of experience in Visual Communication and Residential and Commercial Design/Build.
Named inventor on a registered patent for graphic user interface development
Net Zero and Passive House strategies; Sustainable Home Professional Certification, Earth Advantage | Portland, Oregon
Collaboration with varied industries, trades, fabricators, and installers for sourcing and production.
Use of design thinking, information design, spatial reasoning, and creative problem-solving to transcend disciplines and environments.