Grants/Awards

2020 Honorable Mention for Sculpture - 2020 MN State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition

2020 MN State Arts Board - Visual Arts Artist Initiative Grant

2018 Metropolitan Regional Arts Council - McKnight Next Step Fund Grant

2017  MN State Arts Board – Visual Arts Artist Initiative Grant      

Exhibitions

2022 spring      forthcoming: solo exhibition – Art History Gallery, U of St. Thomas

2021 summer    forthcoming: solo exhibition – Morrison Gallery, Duluth Art Institute

2020-21 forthcoming: REVONTULET - American Swedish Institute - Minneapolis, MN

2020 thru 11/21 Group show: At This Point – New Studio Gallery - St. Paul, MN

2020 Sept       Grant Funded: UNWEAVING temporary outdoor public art installation – Duluth

2020 Sept Group: HOMEWORK virtual exhibition North Park University - Chicago

2020 Aug        Juried: MN State Fair Fine Arts Exhibiton “Bloodline no.5” Sculpture

2020 spring     Curated: – BLOODLINE – Steffl Gallery, Duluth Art Institute

2019                 Juried: MN State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition – “Full Circle” copper sculpture

2019-2018        Solo: Permission – Finlandia University Gallery – Hancock, Michigan

2018                 Solo: Three Sixty Five – American Swedish Institute – Minneapolis, MN

2018                 Solo: 100 Days – Duluth Art Institute – Duluth, MN

2018                 Currated: 101 Bowls – American Swedish Institute – “Bosom Bowl”

2017                 Invited: 100 days of Creative Balance installation – American Swedish Institute

Commissions

2019                 Shieldmaiden / Jocelyn Hagen Composer – Minneapolis, MN

2019                 FORCED/FORCE no.3 / 60pc. / Lowa46 Lobby – Minneapolis, MN

2019                 FORCED/FORCE no.2 / 30pc. / Kickernick Building Lobby – Minneapolis, MN

2019                 WOMEN’S WORK/WOMEN’S ARMOR – private collector, Brooklyn NY

2018                 Songs For Muska / Composer Jocelyn Hagen – Minneapolis, MN

Education   

2018                 Raising & color on metal mentor-ship w/Carol Warner

2016                 Silversmith 5-day Intensive w/Donalee Kennedy

2016                 Metal introduction/mentor-ship w/Marisa Martinez

2000               BA degree in Architecture - University of Minnesota

1997-2000       U of MN-Duluth & Twin Cities: art history, weaving, studio arts

1996-97            U of Wisconsin-Superior: weaving, painting classes

1995-96            Oulun Lyseo, Oulu, Finland: knitting, weaving, live drawing, sculpture, color-theory

1994-95            U of MN-Duluth/PSEO: photography, art history

Artist features/film

2020 TPT Originals productions: Covid Coloring Sheets Project

2018                 TPT Originals productions: Cultivating Creativity

2017                 MN Original – Season 8, episode 3

2015                 American Family Insurance – “Dreamers”

Public Speaking             

2020 March     Women’s Storytelling Hour - Alight (formerly American Refugee Committee)

2018                 Duluth Art Institute “Cultivating Creativity” artist talk              

2018                 Atmosphere - Creative Series featured speaker

2018                 Dunwoody design studio - Guest speaker

2017                 American Swedish Institute - “Practicing Creativity”

2014                 Walker Art Center “Art School”

2014                 Finnish American Cultural Association – Featured speaker

2009                Pecha-Kucha Minneapolis Presenter - “inFORMal inspiration”

2008                American Craft Council Show – artist highlight – St. Paul, MN

2008                Finn Fest Artist Panel – Duluth Art Institute – Duluth, MN

2008                Women in Architecture Lecture Series/CALA - “Collaboration”

2000               Student Commencement Speaker – CALA U of MN

Workshop/Teaching

2019-2020      Studio 400 Mentor to Bris Carbajal               

2019                 Cultivating Creativity Retreat - Crooked Creek Retreat

2009                Screen as Product – 8wk Undergrad Design Workshop, Adjunct Professor                                                   School of Architecture/College of Design/University of MN

2000               Intro to Art, UMD, Independent Teaching Assistant/grad student