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| Education |
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2001 |
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Master of Fine Arts
East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
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| 1998 |
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Cum Laude
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
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Selected Exhibitions |
2007 |
Transparent, The Granary, Fiskars, Finland (Invitational)
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Like: an Experiment in Interpretation, The Suter, Nelson, New Zealand, (Invitational)
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| 2006 |
spaces:bodies, Kingscott Gallery, Kalamazoo, Michigan, (Solo)
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Sparkle Plenty 2, Quirk Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, (invitational)
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Golden Opportunity, Marx Saunders Gallery, Chicago, Illinois & The Brewery, London, England (invitational)
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Glass/Wear, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, Missouri, (Invitational)
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Reinterpreting the Vessel, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, (Juried)
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false:start, Gallery II, School of Art, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, (Solo)
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Caroline Gore, Arcus Winter Garden, Arcus Foundation, Kalamazoo, Michigan, (Solo)
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27th Annual Contemporary Crafts Exhibition, Mesa Contemporary Art Center, Mesa, Arizona, (Juried)
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| 2005 |
Made in America, Bevier Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York (Invitational)
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Biennial 23, Juror: Aron Packer, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, Indiana, (Juried)
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Jewelry + Object, Michigan Silversmiths Guild, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, (Juried)
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Resources: Steel, Rubber, Coal, and Salt, In conjunction with the 2005 SNAG Conference “Intersection”
Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, Ohio, (Juried)
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| 2004 |
A Survey of Contemporary Jewelry, Chicago Metal Arts Guild, Mindscape Adornment, Evanston, Illinois, (Juried)
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“Stone/s: a piece of rock for a specific function” The Society for Midwest Metalsmiths, Emerson Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri, (Juried)
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| 2003 |
On the Edge, 9th Biennial Conference of the Enamellist Society
Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington
Gallery Mack, Seattle, Washington
The Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, Oregon (Juried)
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Color Has It, A Show of Contemporary Enamel Jewelry Art, Facere Jewelry Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington (Invitational)
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| 2001 |
The World Competition of Arts & Crafts Kanazawa 2001, Korinbo Daiwa, Kanazawa City, Japan, (Juried)
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Through MFA Thesis Exhibition, The Arts Center, Kinston, North Carolina, (Solo)
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Putting Things Together, Taking Things Apart, Two Person Show with Sara Dismukes
The Arts Center, Kinston, North Carolina, (Solo)
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Lectures &
Workshops Presented |
2007 |
“Blurring Across FieldsSiting the Maker”
New Craft — Future Voices International Conference, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland
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“Endings and Beginnings” Artist Talk Kuparipaj(Copper Smithy), Fiskars Cooperative, Fiskars, Finland
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| 2006 |
“Markings – Recent Work” Artists Talk
University of Sydney, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney, Australia  |
“Blurring the Field – Siting the Maker”
Carry the Can – Association of Contemporary Jewellery Conference
London Metropolitan University, London, England  |
Artist Talk Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy
Artist Talk Fuji Studios, Florence, Italy  |
“Spaces, Sculpture & the Body”
Panel member with Mark Edgoose, Melbourne, Australia, and Tracey Clement, Sydney, Australia
Paper presented entitled “the blurring between sculpture and adornment - spaces:bodies”
Jewellers & Metalsmiths group of Australia Biennial Conference 2006
University of Sydney, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney, Australia  |
“Where does sculpture end and adornment begin?”
Post - Conference Workshop
Jewellers & Metalsmiths group of Australia Biennial Conference 2006
University of Sydney, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney, Australia  |
Artist
Residencies |
2008 |
Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, Nebraska, USA (May – July)  |
| 2007 |
The Artisans, Designers, and Artists Cooperative of Fiskars, Fiskars, Finland (April)  |
| 2006 |
Studio Art Centers International, Florence Italy (July)  |
Teaching
Posts |
Present -
2004 |
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Assistant Professor of Art - Metals / Jewelry Area Coordinator
Western Michigan University, Gwen Frostic School of Art, Kalamazoo, Michigan  |
2004 -
2001 |
Instructor of Metalsmithing and Photography
Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen, Michigan  |
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