Artist Statement
The use of found or recycled materials in my work is a way of mitigating the disturbing amount of waste created by mass production and consumerism around me. Decorator fabrics, spray enamel and house paint are pre-fabricated in fashionable colors and patterns that seem designed to go out of style. I search second hand stores for discarded sheets and tablecloths that have reached the end of their first useful life, captivated by their mismatched patterns forced side by side.

Like a modern-day Dr. Frankenstein I sew these found parts together while finding a secret pleasure in juxtaposing the most conflicting designs. I choose these materials in order to breathe life into their mass-production. My intent is to create a harmony among the discord; the patterns merge within the work to become voices in a chorus unbounded by fashion trends.

The resulting images are organically inspired and hint at a “terrible beauty,” the possible result of genetic modification, pollution, or science gone wrong.

Solo Exhibitions
2010
Muse Gallery, "Jorg Bivendørf: Granfalloon," Longmont, CO
2009
Walker Fine Art, "Touching the Infinite," Denver, CO. (two person show)
Dairy Center for the Arts, "Detritus", Boulder, CO (two person show)
Art League, "Detritus", Houston, TX (two person show)
2007
Exhibitrek, "CoExistence," Boulder, CO. (two person show)
2005
Lawndale Art Center, "Gorgeous Grotesque," Houston, TX.
Heritage Plaza, Houston, TX.
2003
Canyon Road Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM.
Old Firehouse Art Center, "Feast Your Eyes," Longmont, CO.
Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, CO. Two Person Show.
2001
The New Lab, Denver, CO.
1999
Pirate, "Chains That Bind: The Challenges Facing Women Around The World", Denver, CO.
Longmont Public Library, "Chains That Bind", Longmont, CO.
1998
Antropolis Galeria, "Waking Dreams", Denver, CO.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009
Walker Fine Art, "Child's Play," Denver, CO.
University of Colorado, "Re: Art," Boulder, CO.
Foothills Art Center, "Colorado Art Open 2009," Golden, CO. Juried by Christoph Heinrich and Michael Chavez.
2008
Walker Fine Art, Denver, CO.
Artizen Fine Art, Dallas, TX.
Laura U., Houston, TX.
2007
Karin Sanders Fine Art, “The Nature of Art ,” Sag Harbor, NY.
Riverside Art Museum, "Painting's Edge," Riverside, CA.
Idyllwild Arts Center, "Painting's Edge," Idyllwild, CA.
Patou Fine Art, Dania Beach, FL.
Object + Thought, "Transmute," Denver, CO.
2006
Karin Sanders Fine Art, “Summer Show,” Sag Harbor, NY.
2005
Vine Street Studios, "Everybody Art: Show Us Your Feminism," Houston, TX. Curated by Terrie Sultan, Curator, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston; artist Lynn Randolph; and Michelle Barnes, Executive Director of The Community Artist Collective, Houston, TX.
The Casket Factory Art Fair, Dallas, Texas. Curated by Laura Lark for Diverse Works
Womanmade Gallery, "Eighth International Open," Chicago, IL. Juried by Lynne Warren, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
2004
Contemporary Arts Museum, "Slide Jam!" Houston, TX.
Lawndale Art Center, "The Big Show," Houston, TX. Juried by Michael Ray Charles.
Canyon Road Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM.
Excel Fine Art, New York City, NY.
2002
Canyon Road Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM.
Extemporaneous Gallery, Boulder, CO.
2001
Longmont Museum, "Sandstone Seasons", Longmont, CO.
Old Firehouse Art Center, Longmont, CO.
Longmont United Hospital, Longmont, Colorado.
2000
Old Firehouse Art Center, Longmont, CO.
Longmont United Hospital, Longmont, Colorado.
1994
One West Art Museum, "West, A State of Mind", Ft.Collins, CO. Juried by Gordon McConnell.

Artist Talks
2009
St. Anthony Hospital, Denver, CO.
Detritus, Art League, Houston, TX.
Speakeasy, Spacetaker, Houston, TX.
Colorado Art Open, Golden, CO.
2008
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
2007
CoExistence, Exhibitrek Gallery, Boulder, CO.
2006
Women's Month, University of Houston, Downtown, Houston, TX.
Gorgeous Grotesque, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX.
The Front Row, interview with Allison Young on Houston Public Radio.
2005
Creative Capital Artist Retreat, Diverse Works, Houston, TX.
2004
Slide Jam! Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, TX.
2003
Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, CO.
2001
Interviewed by "The WB" Morning News TV station about teaching art to children, Denver, CO.

Collections
St. Anthony Hospital, Denver, CO, 2009.
Sandstone Ranch, Art in Public Places, Longmont, CO, 2001.

Public Art
Sandstone Ranch, Art in Public Places, Longmont, CO. 2001.

Grants
2002 Longmont Council for the Arts Mini Grant
1999 Colorado Scientific Cultural Facilities District. Title of Project: "Chains That Bind: Challenges Facing Women Around The World"

Awards
2001 Boulder Fine Arts Festival

Residencies
2007 Painting's Edge, Idyllwild Arts Center, Idyllwild, California
1999 St. Vrain Valley School District, CO

Organizations
2009 Visual Arts Committee, Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, CO
2001, 2009 Longmont Studio Tour Committee Member
2006,2009 Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO.
2008-2009 Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
2006-2007 Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
2004-2005 Women in the Visual and Literary Arts, Houston, TX
2004-2005 Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
2004 Art League, Houston, TX
2000 Old Firehouse Art Center, Longmont, CO
1998-2003 Arts and Humanities Assembly of Boulder County (AHAB)
1998 Alternative Arts Alliance, Denver, CO

Bibliography
Schulze, Troy, “Detritus,” Houston Press, August 11, 2009.
Hamel , Ken, Denver Arts, April 9, 2008.
Scarborough, James, Fiat Lux, March 5, 2008.
Mabry, Wolfgang, “A Multi-Sensory Experience,” Focus/Santa Fe,
January, February, March 2004.
Walsh, Kelly, "Chains that Bind," Collage magazine for Colorado's art educators, Spring 2000.