Education
2007                    Post-Baccalaureate, School of the Museum of Fine Arts                                            Boston, MA
                            •     Tufts University
2004                    B.A. Geography and Studio Art Texas State University, magna cum laude         San Marcos, TX
                            •    University of Picardie Jules Verne;                              Amiens, France
                            •    University of Benjamin Franklin;                            Lugano, Switzerland

Awards, Honors and Scholarships
2006        School of the Museum of Fine Arts Scholarship                           Boston, MA
                Tufts University
2004        Who’s Who Among American College Students                    San Marcos, TX
                Texas State University                             
2004-Present     
                Golden Key International Honors Society
2003-04   International Education Scholarship                                      San Marcos, TX
                Texas State University
1999        Art Departmental Award                                                                   Hurst, TX
                Distinguished Student Scholarship Award                                      
               
                               
Group Exhibitions
2007        Graduating Exhibition                                                                     Boston, MA
                Anderson Gallery
                Annual Juried Exhibition                                                                 Boston, MA
                Grossman Gallery

2006        604800 Seconds                                                                             Boston, MA
                The Museum School of Fine Arts Gallery     
                Blinkwinkel                                                                      Wiesbaden, Germany
                Fluxus Gallery

2005       Cracks in the Pavement: Gifts of the Urban Landscape, Wiesbaden, Germany
               Contribution to International Exhibition
               Curator/Coordinator Heather Johnson
               www.cracksinthepavement.com

2004       Textures                                                                                              Elgin, TX
               RoseMinn Gallery
               Build and Fly Your Own Electric Ark                                        San Marcos, TX
               Arcade Gallery

2003      All-Student Juried Competition                                                 San Marcos, TX
              Texas State University Art Galleries
              Juried by Peter Frank, editor Visions art Quarterly, Los Angeles, CA
              18mgs. Of Fibre                                                                        San Marcos, TX
              Gaillardia Gallery

2001       Double Header                                                                                 Austin, TX   
               Camp Fig Gallery
 
Press
             “Cracks in the Pavement,” by Charlotte Cousins, Might Be Good...
              Austin: Fluent Collaborative:
              Issue #47, June 24, 2005 Austin Texas
              http://www.fluentcollab.org/mbg/issue47.htm

            “Color/Pattern/Grid,” by Ebony Porter
             University Star: Texas State University-San Marcos
             April 2005

   
Professional Experience
2009        Detroit Institute of Art                                                                               Detroit, MI
               •    Visitor Services

2008-09  Cranbrook Art Museum                                                               Bloomfield Hills, MI
               •    Visitor Representative and Guard

2006       Museum of Fine Arts Boston                                                                   Boston, MA
               •    Contributing in a community painting
               Rachel Perry Welty
              •     Assisted with her work Wall for the 2006 James and Audrey Foster Prize at the ICA, Boston.

2005-06 Portrait Photographer and Lab Technician, Photo Express        Wiesbaden, Germany

2005      The Austin Museum of Art                                                                           Austin, TX   
             •     Curatorial Intern for Color, Pattern, and Grid: Selections from the Permanent Collection

2003-04 Texas State University, Teaching Assistant                                        San Marcos, TX
               •     Assisted in courses on Modern Art, Contemporary Art, Dada & Surrealism, History of Photography