Education
2020 U.S. Fulbright Research Fellow in Sculpture, Sculpture in Architecture & 3D Virtual Space Program, Academy of Fine Arts & Design, Bratislava, Slovakia
2019 Masters of Fine Arts, Sculpture; thesis advisor: Austin I. Collins, CSC; Department of Art, Art History & Design, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2008 Bachelors of Arts, Studio Art (All-College Honors) with Distinction & Art History minor, summa cum laude, Department of Art, Saint John’s University, Collegeville, MN
Teaching Experience
2024–present Visiting Assistant Professor of Art, Department of Art, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University, Saint Joseph & Collegeville, MN
Spring 2025:
ART 200: Environmental Art & Architecture
ART 216: Introduction to Sculpture
ART 316: Intermediate/Advanced Sculpture
ART 372: Open Studio (matter painting and performance focus)
INTG 300: Learning Inegrations: Design for the Common Good
Fall 2024:
ART 216: Introduction to Sculpture
ART 316: Intermediate/Advanced Sculpture
ART 372: Open Studio (paper sculpture focus)
INTG 300-1: Learning Integrations: Design for the Common Good
INTG 300-2: Learning Integrations: Design for the Common Good
2021–2024 Environmental Artist-in-Residence, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University, Saint Joseph & Collegeville, MN
Spring 2024:
ART 200: Environmental Art & Architecture
ART 216: Introduction to Sculpture
ART 316: Intermediate/Advanced Sculpture
ART 372: Open Studio (mixed media focus)
ART 3172: Open Studio (drawing/street art focus)
Fall 2023:
ART 216: Introduction to Sculpture
ART 316: Intermediate/Advanced Sculpture
Spring 2023:
ART/ENVR 200: Environmental Art & Architecture
ART 216: Introduction to Sculpture
ART 316: Intermediate/Advanced Sculpture
ART 371: Individual Learning Project (graphic novels focus)
Fall 2022:
ART 216: Introduction to Sculpture
ART 316: Intermediate/Advanced Sculpture
Spring 2021:
ART 118: 2D/4D Design Foundations
ART 119: 3D Design/Drawing Foundations
ART/ENVR 200: Environmental Art & Architecture
Fall 2021:
ART 233D: Introduction to Artists’ Books
ART 233V: Introduction to Biological Illustration
2020–2021 Visiting Assistant Professor of Sculpture, Department of Art & Art History, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
Spring 2021:
ARTS 3530: Sculpture as Object
ARTS 3540: Themes in Contemporary Sculpture
ARTS 3800 Issues & Criticism in Contemporary Art
Fall 2020:
ARTS 1220-1: 3D Foundations for Studio Art
ARTS 1220-2: 3D Foundations for Studio Art
ARTS 3520: Sculpture as Object
2019–2020 U.S. Fulbright Research Fellow, Sculpture in Architecture & 3D Virtual Space Program, Academy of Fine Arts & Design, Bratislava, Slovakia
AY 2019-2020:
VSVU Slovak Art History (co-instructor)
VSVU Preparatory Studio for Sculpture (assistant)
VSVU Sculpture in Architecture & 3D Virtual Space (guest)
2018–2019 Instructor of Record, Department of Art, Art History & Design, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
Spring 2019:
ARST 20602: Wood Sculpture
Artists’ Books Workshop (with South Bend Museum of Art)
Fall 2018:
ARST 20604: Metal Sculpture
Facilitator, Summer Research Opportunities Program
Spring 2018:
ARST 20604: Metal Sculpture
ARST 60604: Metal Sculpture
2016–2017 Graduate Teaching Assistant & Co-Instructor, Department of Art, Art History & Design, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
Fall 2017:
ARST 20604: Metal Sculpture (co-instructor)
Professional Development Workshop (with Snite Museum of Art)
Spring 2017:
ARST 20604: Metal Sculpture (TA)
Modeling & Casting Workshop (with Suite Museum of Art)
Fall 2016:
ARST 20604: Metal Sculpture (TA)
ARST 10601: 3D Foundations (TA)
Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions
2022 “Dislocation,” with Kelsie Ward, curated by Wole Famule, Ryuta Nakajima & Julianne Shibata, Morrison Gallery, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN
2021 “Deconstructed Paradise,” solo exhibition, Ylvisaker Fine Art Gallery, Bethany Lutheran College, Mankato, MN
2021 “Lawn Games & Other Domestic Hazards,” with Leticia Bajuyo, curated by Dr. Brad Jessop, Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center Pogue Gallery, East Central University, Ada, OK
2019 “Deconstructed Paradise,” MFA thesis exhibition, Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2017 “Emergent Aggregate,” solo exhibition, Saint Joseph County Public Library, South Bend, IN
Juried & Group Exhibitions
2024 “Art Department Faculty Exhibition,” Alice R. Rogers and Target Galleries, Saint John’s University, Collegeville, MN (upcoming)
2023 “Midwest Salon,” online juried exhibition, juried by Tim Rickett and Epiphany Knedler, Midwest Nice Art, Aberdeen, SD
2021 “Speculative Futures, Present Imaginations,” online exhibition, curated by Nicole Watson, Catherine G. Murphy Gallery, University of Saint Catherine, Saint Paul, MN
2021 “Answering Earth,” online juried exhibition, curated by Jason Sheridan Brown, Rural Midwest Artists Collective and University of Tennessee Knoxville, Knoxville, TN
2020 “Artist Responses to Issues of Forced Migration,” curated by Stanislav Krajci, KALAB Art Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
2020 “In Refugees’ Shoes,” curated by Stanislav Krajci, Mareena Cultural Center, Bratislava, Slovakia
2019 “Artificial Landscapes,” curated by Kelsie Ward, Edwardsville Art Center, Edwardsville, IL
2019 “40 Years On: Richard Bresnahan & Artists of the Saint John’s Pottery at NCECA,” National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts Conference Exhibition, Westminster Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2019 “Moving Margins,” juried exhibition, Center for Social Concerns, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2018 “Transplanted,” online juried exhibition, University of Montana School of Art, University of Montana, Missoula, MT
2018–2019 “Solarium,” juried exhibition, Office of the Graduate School, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2018 “This is Art,” MFA program exhibition, Art, Art History, & Design Gallery, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2016 “New Faces,” MFA program exhibition, Art, Art History, & Design Gallery, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
Grants & Awards
2023 McKnight Foundation/CMAB Individual Artist Award, Central Minnesota Arts Board, Foley, MN
2023 Paul Lawson Endowment Professional Development Award, Saint John’s University, Collegeville, MN
2022 McKnight Foundation/CMAB Artist Career Development Grant, Central Minnesota Arts Board, Foley, MN
2022 Finalist, FATE Emerging Educator, Foundations in Art Theory and Education (national U.S. membership association)
2022 Finalist, Fulbright Alumni Ambassador Program, U.S. Department of State Fulbright Program & Institute for International Education (IIE)
2022 Paul Lawson Endowment Professional Development Award, Saint John’s University, Collegeville, MN
2021 Creative Support for Individuals Grant, Minnesota State Arts Board, Saint Paul, MN
2020 Artist Initiative Grant, Minnesota State Arts Board, Saint Paul, MN
2019 Honorable Mention, Excellence in Teaching Award, Midwest Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) & Council of Graduate Schools, Washington, DC’
2019 McKnight Foundation/CMAB Artist Career Development Grant, Central Minnesota Arts Board, Foley, MN
2019 McKnight Foundation/CMAB Artist Learning Grant, Central Minnesota Arts Board, Foley, MN
2019 Graduate School Professional Development Award, Office of the Graduate School, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2016–2019 Masters of Fine Arts Full Tuition Waiver & Graduate Teaching Stipend, The Graduate School, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2018 Radwan & Allan Riley Prize in Art History & Criticism, Department of Art, Art History, & Design, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2018 Nominee, Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award, International Sculpture Center (ISC), Jersey City, NJ
2018 Nominee, K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award, Association of American Colleges & Universities, Washington, DC
2018 Graduate School Professional Development Award, Office of the Graduate School, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2017 College Art Association Annual Conference Graduate Student Travel Award, College Art Association, New York, NY
Residencies & Fellowships
2024 Anderson Center at Tower View/Stadt Salzburg Artist Exchange Residency, City of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
2023 Saint Croix Watershed Research Station Artist at Pine Needles Residency, Marine on Saint Croix, MN & Science Museum of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN
2023 Upstream Artist Fellowship, Upstream Artist Fellowship Initiative, Minneapolis, MN
2022 T-Space Architecture Residency/Al Held Foundation Architecture in Orbit Certificate, T-Space Rhinebeck, Steven Holl Foundation and Steven Holl Architects, New York, NY
2022 Bush Foundation–Creative Community Leadership Institute (CCLI) Fellowship, Racing Magpie, Rapid City, SD & Springboard for the Arts, Saint Paul, MN
2019–2020 U.S. Fulbright Research Fellowship in Sculpture, U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs, Bratislava, Slovakia
2018 Student Research Fellowship, Rome Global Gateway, University of Notre Dame International, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN & Rome, Italy
2018 Student Research Fellowship, Diana M. Sciola Award for Research in Italy, Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN & Rome, Italy
2018 Student Research Fellowship, Prochaska Family Endowment American Dream Grant, Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN & Levittown, NY
2017 Student Research Fellowship, Snider Family Endowment for Excellence in European Studies, Nanovic Institute for European Studies, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
Professional Experience
2021–2024 Associate Director, The Saint John’s Pottery, Saint John’s University, Collegeville, MN
2018–2020 Grants & Fellowships Consultant, Office of Grants & Fellowships, The Graduate School, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2014–2016 Program Manager, Jerome Foundation Artist Programming, The Saint John’s Pottery, Saint John’s University, Collegeville, MN
2012–2014 Administrative Assistant, The Saint John’s Pottery, Saint John’s University, Collegeville, MN
2008 Assistant Collections Archivist, The Joseph O’Connell Sculpture Collection, College of Saint Benedict Archives, Saint Joseph, MN
2006 Curatorial Intern, Elspeth Kyle Gallery & Foundation for International Education (FIE), London, UK
Curated Projects
2015–2016 Manager, Jerome@Camargo International Environmental Artist Fellowship Program, Jerome Foundation, Saint Paul, MN & the Camargo Foundation, Cassis, France
2014–2016 Manager, The Saint John’s Pottery Jerome Foundation Emerging Artist Program, Jerome Foundation, Saint Paul, MN
2010–2013 Manager, “Stoked: Five Artists of Fire & Clay,” seven-venue national tour, The Saint John’s Pottery & Saint John’s University, Collegeville, MN
Alice R. Rogers & Target Galleries, Saint John’s University, Collegeville, MN
Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL
Fine Arts & Humanities Gallery, University of Minnesota Morris, Morris, MN
The Rourke Art Museum, Moorhead, MN
Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
O’Shaughnessey Gallery, University of Saint Thomas, Saint Paul, MN
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
Lectures, Panels & Leadership
2025 Panel, “Teaching for the Common Good,” Integrations Curriculum Conference, Saint John’s University, Collegeville, MN
2025 Artist talk, “3D Scanning in Salzburg, Austria,” Anderson Center at Tower View, Red Wing, MN
2024 Artist talk, CSB/SJU Art Department Faculty Exhibition, Alice R. Rogers and Target Galleries, Saint John’s University, Collegeville, MN
2023 Lecture, “Environmental Art Mentorship & Vocation,” Celebrating Scholarship & Creativity Event, Milk & Honey Ciders, Saint Joseph, MN
2022 Lecture, “History of Environmental Art in Central Minnesota,” CSB/SJU Chapter Assembly, Saint John’s University, Collegeville, MN
2022 Panelist, “CSB/SJU Alum Careers in Sculpture, Film and Intermedia Art,” Office of Experience & Professional Development, Saint John’s University, Collegeville, MN
2022 Panelist, T-Space Architecture Lecture Series (ten virtual panel talks), T-Space Rhinebeck, Steven Holl Foundation & Steven Holl Architects, New York, NY
2022 Speaker, “Sculpture & Mentorship in Academia: Strategies for Meaningful Exchange,” Creative Community Leadership Institute (CCLI), University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
2022 Artist talk, “Dislocation” with Kelsie Ward, Morrison Gallery, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN
2021 Artist talk, “Deconstructed Paradise,” College of Saint Benedict, Saint Joseph, MN
2021 Artist talk, “Deconstructed Paradise,” Ylvisaker Fine Art Gallery, Bethany Lutheran College, Mankato, MN
2021 Presenter, inauguration of the Jon Hassler Sculpture Garden, Saint John’s University, Collegeville, MN
2021 Artist talk, “Deconstructed Paradise,” Department of Art & Art History, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
2020 Lecturer, “Visual Artists and the Academic Job Search,” Department of Art, Art History, & Design, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2020 Artist talk, “Deconstructed Paradise,” Department of Art & Art History, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
2020 Artist talk, “Deconstructed Paradise,” Department of Art & Art History, Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD
2020 Artist talk, “Deconstructed Paradise,” Department of Art & Art History, Rollins College, Orlando, FL
2020 Speaker, “Mold-Making, Multiples, & Meaning,” Department of Art & Art History, Rollins College, Orlando, FL
2019 Artist talk, “Deconstructed Paradise,” Academy of Fine Arts & Design, Bratislava, Slovakia
2019 Presenter, “Addressing Diversity Statements in Higher Education,” Office of Grants & Fellowships, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2019 Panelist, Undergraduate Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP), The Graduate School, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2018 Panelist, Graduate School Creative Vocations Seminar, Office of the Graduate School, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2018 Speaker, “Selecting an MFA Program: How to Prepare, How to Plan”, Department of Art, Art History, & Design, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2018 Contributor, College of Arts & Letters Academic Dean selection subcommittee, College of Arts & Letters, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
Workshops & Certificates
2023 Inclusive Pedagogy Practitioner Certificate, Center for Teaching & Learning, Saint John’s University, Collegeville, MN
2020 Participant, “Our Voices: Navigating Identity in the Fulbright Program",” European Fulbright Diversity Initiative (EFDI) & Anne Frank House, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2019 Participant, “Future Today: New Literacy in CNC & 3D Technologies in Art & Research,” Center for Communication & Visualization of the Arts, Kremnica, Slovakia
2019 Slovak Language Certificate, Academy of Fine Arts & Design, Bratislava, Slovakia
2018 Striving for Excellence in University Teaching Certificate, Kaneb Center for Teaching & Learning, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2018 “Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning” workshop with James Lang, Kaneb Center for Teaching & Learning, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2018 “Teaching for Social Justice Using Community-Based Learning” workshop with Dr. Krisit Rudenga, Kaneb Center for Teaching & Learning, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2018 “Garr Reynolds’ Presentation Zen: Presentation Ideas & Delivery” workshop with Chris Clark, Kaneb Center for Teaching & Learning, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2018 “We are Notre Dame: Creating Inclusive Spaces” workshop with Pamela Nolan Young, Kaneb Center for Teaching & Learning, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2018 “Building Better Bookends: Making the Most of the First & Last Days of Class,” Kaneb Center for Teaching & Learning, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2018 Participant, “CAA Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (SoTL) & the Arts” workshop, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Participant, “Reynolds Advanced Materials for Sculpture & 3D Foundations” workshop, Department of Art, Art History, & Design, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2017 Participant, “Documenta 14 Tessellation Sculpture” workshop with Stelios Alexakis, Documenta 14 Victoria Square Community Center, Athens, Greece
Print & Film Bibliography
2021 “Kura: Prophetic Messenger” (book contributor and forward author), winner of Nautilus Book Award, Midwest Independent Book Award, National Indie Excellence Award
2020 “How to Teach Art” by Patrik Kovacovsky, (textbook chapter translation), publishing pending, Poznan, Poland
2019 “40 Years On: Richard Bresnahan & Artists of the Saint John’s Pottery” (catalogue feature), Saint John’s University Liturgical Press, Collegeville, MN
2019 “Hill Spell” by Northing (album cover image & design), Shifting Paradigm Records, Minneapolis, MN
Professional Activities, Affiliations & Service
2025 Residency artist selection committee, Stadt Salzburg artist exchange program, Anderson Center at Tower View, Red Wing, MN
2023 Faculty representative and participant, Collegium Colloquy, University of Portland, Portland, OR
2023 Advisory Council Member, CSB/SJU Fine Arts Programming, Department of Art, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University, Collegeville, MN
2023 Faculty Advisor, CSB/SJU Art Club, Department of Art, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University, Collegeville, MN
2020 U.S. Fulbright Open Study/Research Program Conference, U.S. Department of State & Fulbright Slovak Republic, Zvolen, Slovakia
2019–2020 Applied Academic Leadership Fellow, Office of the Graduate School, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2019–2020 Internal Juror, Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) Excellence in Teaching Award, Office of the Graduate School, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2019–2020 Communications Liaison, Graduate Women in Science (GWIS) Nation Fellowship Program, Graduate Women in Science National Office, Mullica Hill, NJ
2019–2020 Application Evaluator, Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program, U.S. Department of State & American Councils for International Education, Washington, DC
2019 Fulbright Open Study/Research Program Conference, U.S. Department of State & Fulbright Slovak Republic, Bratislava, Slovakia
2019 5th-Annual International School Leaders’ & Educators’ Conference, Bardejov, Slovakia
2019 Challenges & Innovation in Graduate Education Conference, Midwest Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS), Saint Louis, MO
2018–2019 Associate Member, Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U), Association of American Colleges & Universities, Washington, DC
2017–2019 Member, College Art Association (CAA), College Art Association, New York, NY
2018 Archival research at the Museo Nationale Delle Arti Del XXI Secolo (MAXXI), MAXXI Architettura, Rome, Italy
2018 Archival research at the Skala Bartizal Library & Archive, National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library, Cedar Rapids, IA
2018 Jury volunteer, Scholastic Art Awards of Northwest Indiana & Southwest Michigan, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
2017 Project research at the Venice Biennale, Documenta 14 & Sculptur Projeckte, Venice, Italy; Athens, Greece; & Kassel & Münster, Germany