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)

AWARDS + ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2025 - Pond: A Symphony (four movements) | National Building Arts Center | Sauget, IL (CURRENT, through 2025)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS + COLLECTIONS

2026 - Tether, STNDRD Exhibitions | Granite City, IL (upcoming)

2025 - Field Guide | St. Louis International Airport | St. Louis, MO (current)
2024 - Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum | Slingshot, MFA in Visual Art Thesis Exhibition | St. Louis, MO

2024 - Intersect Art Center | Field Guide | 2/01/24 - 6/28/24 | St. Louis, MO

2024 - ARC Gallery | Beautiful and Strange Fragmentation, Curated by David Reif | 2/01 /24 - 2/22/24 | Chicago, IL

2023 - Red Gate | CARE, Curated by Adrienne Outlaw | St. Louis, MO

2023 - Des Lee Gallery | So Long Summer, MFA Summer Exhibition | Washington University in St. Louis

2023 - NON-STNDRD | Lived-In, Inaugural Invitational Group Exhibition | National Building Arts Center, Sauget, IL

Curated by STNDRD Exhibitions: Bruce Burton, Sage Dawson, and Allison Lacher

2023 - Lemp Brewery Complex | The Buoyancy Show, Curated by Abby Flanagan and Anika Todd | St. Louis, MO

2023 - City Foundry | Watch Your Head, Candidacy Exhibition, St. Louis, MO

2023 - Lemp Brewery Complex | Circumference Bias Curated by Levi Gentry and Jackson Hescock | St. Louis, MO

2023 - St. Charles Community College | MFA Invitational, Curated by Brian D. Smith | St. Louis, MO

2023 - Des Lee Gallery | Parabola, Jurors: Pete Callahan and Dryden Wells | St. Louis, MO

2022 - Southern California Open Regional Exhibitions | Uncommon Threads, Juror: Jeanne Medina Le

2022 - Show Me, First-Year MFA Group Exhibition, Washington University in St. Louis | Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts

2022 - Tieton Arts + Humanities | 10 x 10 x 10, Tieton, WA

2022 - Regional Arts & Culture Council | Permanent Public Art Collection | Portland, OR

2021 - Bainbridge Art + Craft | Fresh Talent | Bainbridge Island, WA

2021 - Stay Home Gallery | Spectrum, Paris, TN

2021 - Elizabeth Jones Art Center | Sequoia, Portland, OR

PROJECTS + PROGRAMMING

Pond: A Symphony | National Building Arts Center, Sauget, IL (2023 - ongoing)

Mesh and Mend | Weaving as Social Practice (ongoing)
Quiltscapes | Fiber landscapes for connection and community-building

TEACHING

2026 - 3D Design | Instructor of Record | Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts | St. Louis, MO (Spring)

2026 - Digital Studio | Instructor of Record | Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts | St. Louis, MO (Spring)

2025 - Fiber Exploration | Workshop facilitation for University City High School | Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum

2025 - National Great Rivers Research and Education Center | Water Festival | Educational Exhibitor | Alton, IL

2025 - Audible Insects | Art + Citizen Science Workshop | Design + Facilitation with collaborator Fowler Finn Lab | National Building Arts Center

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 - Collaborative fiber workshop, ‘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 - Interdisciplinary Instructor | Art + Design Thinking (Volunteer) | Building Futures | St. Louis, MO (ongoing)

2025 - Studio Art | Instructor of Record | Pre-College Program | Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts | St. Louis, MO (forthcoming)

2025 - 2D Design | Instructor of Record | Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts | St. Louis, MO

2024 - Typography I | Instructor of Record | Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts | St. Louis, MO

2023 - Fox Friday Weaving Workshop | Instructor | Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts

2024 - Studio Art | Instructor | Portfolio Plus Pre-College Program | Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts | St. Louis, MO

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 - 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

2023 - Fox Friday Visible Mending Workshop | Instructor | Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts

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 + SERVICE

2025 - WashU Environmental Working Group | Ongoing
2025 - National Building Arts Center | Volunteer | Brand Communication, Design + Consulting | Sauget, IL (ongoing)

2025 - Building Futures | Module to Monumental Workshop | St. Louis, MO

2025 - Building Futures | Provisional Sculptures Workshop | St. Louis, MO

2025 - Building Futures | Weaving Workshop | St. Louis, MO

2025 - Brick Anything | Clay-based grade 3-8 student Workshop | Co-Taught with Abby Flannagan | NBAC, Sauget, IL

2023 - Lot 49 Annual Fundraiser | The Luminary, St. Louis, MO | Event Volunteer

2023 - Digital Assistant for William Villalongo and Shraddha Ramani | Island Press, St. Louis, MO

2023 - National Council Meeting | Student Attendee | Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts

2022 - St. Louis Weaver’s Guild | Member, 2022 - Present

2022 - Visiting Artist Committee | Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts

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 Workshops | North Pole Studios, Portland, Oregon

2022 - Fiber Arts Instruction & Enrichment | George Middle School | Weekly Volunteer, instruction delivered in Spanish

2007 - 2022 - Portland Public Schools | Art Enrichment & Instruction | Volunteer

PEDAGOGICAL TRAINING

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 Post Doctorate 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 - Increasing 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

2023 - Facilitating a Teaching Demo | 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

RESIDENCIES + WORKSHOPS

2025 - Artist in Residence | Third Degree Glass, St. Louis, MO

2023 - Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
2021 - Atelier Meridian | Solar Plate Etching, Barbara Mason | Portland, OR
2018 - Independent Research and Publishing Center (IPRC) | Letterpress | Portland, OR

PRESS + PUBLICATIONS

2025 - Ply Project - St. Louis–based fiber artists, their practices, and their stories. Developed by Taylor Yocom, Erin Luna, and Grant Benoit

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

RESEARCH

New Materialism, structures, systems, boundaries, site, landscape, color field, silica, glass, weaving, material agency, matter, detritus, junk
Post-industrial sites and political ecologies; Post-humanism; Entangled systems; Ruderal species, methodologies, and aesthetics
Hunter/gatherer activities; tactile craft practices for community-building, polyvagal activity, and health

Interdisciplinary education + delivery of art/science curriculum in collaboration with the Fowler-Finn Lab, Saint Louis University

Weaving as language and architecture
Weaving, Stitching, and Hands-on Making for community building and social practice

RELATED PROFESSIONAL

Visual Communication, Design/Build

LYNNE SMITH

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

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