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EDUCATION

2002 Maryland Institute College of Art, Bachelor of Fine Art, Cum Laude

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008

Art to Dine for, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD

Melissa Dickenson, Greenbelt Art Gallery, Greenbelt, MD

Imaginary Oceans, Shine Collective, Baltimore, MD

New Paintings, Blue Sky Factory, Baltimore, MD

2007

Exploration, Youkobo Art Space, Tokyo, Japan

Flora +Fauna, Gallery Imperato, Baltimore, MD

2006

Menagerie, The Space Telescope Science Institute, of NASA,Baltimore, MD

Growth, Vespa,  Baltimore, MD

2005

Don't Think of Pink Bunnies, The Metropolitan, Baltimore, MD

Lil' Dickies, The Brewer's Art, Baltimore, MD

2004

Ladies and Plants, Red Star, Baltimore, MD

The Most Dangerous Game, Idle Hour, Baltimore, MD

2003

Space is Safe, Idle Hour, Baltimore, MD

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008

Bestiarum Vocabulum, Goucher College, Rosenberg Gallery, Baltimore, MD

5th 4th Annual Transformer Group Show, Transfomer Gallery, Washington, DC

MSAC Individual Artist Exhibit,  James Backas Gallery, Baltimore, MD

New Artists,  Gallery Plan B, Washington, D.C.

Sondheim Exhibition, the Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD

Marquee Ball,   Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD

Out of Order, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD

Papercut, NANA Project, Baltimore, MD

2007

Quintessential, Paperwork Gallery, Baltimore, MD

4th Annual Transformer Group Show, Transfomer Gallery, Washington, DC

Beaux Arts Fair, Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, MD

National/International, Towson Arts Collective, Towson, MD

Art and Architecture, Alter Urban, Baltimore, MD

Iluminate, the Zenith, Baltimore MD

Remission, Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2006

Small Works, Rodger Lapelle Galleries, Philadelphia, PA 

Fresh Produce, Anno Domini Gallery, San Jose, CA

Third Annual Transformer Show, Transformer Gallery, WashingtonDC

Beaux Arts Fair, Baltimore Choral Arts Society,  Baltimore, MD

C'est Le Vie, Load of Fun Studios, Baltimore, MD

Here and Now, The Meyerhoff Gallery, Baltimore, MD

Illuminate, Baltimore Symphony Center, Baltimore, MD

Janus, Maryland Art Place,  Baltimore, MD

Femme Effect: Part Deux, Gallery Imperato,  Baltimore, MD

Lots: Art by the Foot, Current Gallery, Baltimore, MD

2005

Fresh Produce, Anno Domini,  San Jose, CA

Under Construction, Current Gallery, Baltimore, MD

Battles, Current Gallery, Baltimore, MD

Free Space, The Fast Spot,  Baltimore, MD

Current Invitational, Current Gallery, Baltimore, MD

2004

Wrong War, Right Protest, Schiavone Fine Art Gallery,Baltimore, MD

 Candy Coated Sinister, H. Lewis Gallery, Baltimore, MD

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

The Baltimore Sun, Sondheim Finalists’ Work Reflect Changing World, Edward Gunts, June 29, 2008

The Baltimore Examiner, Artscape: the $25,000 Question, Jessica Novak, June 21, 2008

The Baltimore Sun, Natural Works of Art at BMA's Artscape Exhibit, Jennifer Choi,                     June19, 2008

City Paper of Baltimore,  Imaginary Oceans, Jen Marsh, March 5, 2008

CMYK Magazine Issue #39, Sterling Hundley, December 2007

Gallery Guide, TOKYO!,  Tokyo, Japan, May 2007

Space Telescope Science Institute Annual, 2007

The Urbanite, May 2007

The Baltimore Sun, May 2007

The Baltimore Examiner, Abstract with a Touch of Whimsy, Emily Campbell, May 2007

The Urbanite Magazine, State of the Art, J.W. Mahoney, May 2006

City Paper of Baltimore, What's in a Name, Bret McCabe, April 2006

City Paper of Baltimore, Great Effects, J. Bowers, April 2006

Baltimore Magazine, It List, Elizabeth Ecker, April 2006

City Paper of Baltimore, Critic's Choice: Art, Mike Giulano, March 2006

CMYK Magazine Issue 27, Portfolio, Tim Bower, September 2004

 

AWARDS AND GRANTS

Trawick Prize, Semi-Finalist, 2008

Sondheim Prize, Finalist,  2008

Artist Grant   Vermont Studio Center,  June 2008

Maryland State Arts Council, Individual Artist Award, Visual Arts: Works on Paper, 2008

Maryland State Arts Council, Individual Artist Award, Visual Arts: Painting, 2006

 

RESIDENCIES:

Vermont Studio Center , Johnson, VT, June 2008

Youkobo Arts Space,  Suginami-ku Tokyo, Japan May-June 2007

Awagami Papermaking Factory, Tokushima, Japan  April –May 2007