Education

The School of the Art Institute Chicago, Chicago, IL - MFA, Sound and Sculpture - May 2005
The San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA - BFA, Painting and Drawing - May 2002
The International School of Art Hangzhou, Hangzhou, China - May 2000

Professional Experience

Recology Artist Residency – 4 months - San Francisco, CA. June - September 2012
Installation Assistant to Wolfgang Laib, Chicago, IL. October 2011
New Media Panel, Djerassi Artist Residency – Panel Judge - June 2011
Djerassi Residency – Artist residency - September 2009
European Sound Delta – American sound artist representative for a sound/field recording initiative presented by Collectif MU (Paris, France.) 30 other international sound artists from 18 different countries are represented. July – September 2008
Vermont Studio Center – Artist residency - January 2009
Volunteer Sound Artist –Exploratorium San Francisco, CA “The Sound Room Project,” funded by the NFS 2005-6
“Lost in Translation” workshop – Istanbul, Turkey. 9th International Istanbul Biennial - 2005
Instructor – Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago IL. 2004-5
Exhibition Director’s Assistant – Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, IL. - 2004-5

Exhibitions (abbreviated)

solo

'Bricks and Bones' Sam Hill Gallery, Prescott, Arizona February 2012
Keys that fit, Oakland, CA  April 2008
BoCA Gallery –affiliated with Blasthaus Gallery, San Francisco, CA May 2006

selected group shows

"Taste: Cultivar" Root Division Gallery, San Francisco, CA - 2012
"Building Steam" A Year of Curated Sound at Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA - 2010
"EcoArchive: Meditations on Time and Nature" Co-curated: Patricia Watts and Kevin Chen - Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, Ca - 2010
“Fugue in the Key of Understanding” Para/Site, Hong Kong - 2010
“Present Tense Biennial” Chinese Cultural Center, San Fran, CA - 2009
“Upfront and Center” Headlands Center for the Arts, - 2009
Sound:Space Symposium, South Hill Park Arts and Digital Media Centre - Bracknell, England - 2008
European Sound Delta – three-month show on the Rhine River - 2008
History Room: 20 Years of No Name and the Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN - 2008
"Don't try this at home" curated by Kevin Chen - Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, Ca - 2007
“Grounded” curated by Kristan Kennedy (Portland Institute for Contemporary Art)- SOEX - 2007
Collaboration w/Kal Spelletich; The Maker Faire, San Mateo, CA -2007
“Geo Phono Box” - Around the Coyote, Chicago, IL 2007
Wilderness Information Network – Pine Lake Environment Campus of Hartwick College, New York - 2006
‘Communication’ Project Creo, St. Petersburg, FL - 2005
‘Post Producers – Art transponder, Berlin, Germany - 2005
‘Lost in Translation’ curated by Vasif Kortun and Charles Esche - 9th International Istanbul Biennial - 2005
‘Breathe’ curated:Dave Gent - Up the Stairs Gallery, Chicago IL -2005
‘Gigantic’ - No Name Exhibitions, Minneapolis, MN - 2005
‘Resonance’ G2 Gallery, Chicago, IL - 2005
‘New Works’ Innergy Gallery, Chicago, IL - 2004
‘Crosswalk’ 1926 Exhibition Space, Chicago, IL - 2004
‘Love Show’ Monkey Business Gallery, Chicago, IL - 2004
Bay Area Sculptors Biennial, San Francisco, CA - 2003
Walter McBean Gallery, San Francisco, CA - 2002
Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA - 2001
‘San Francisco’ Institute of Art, Hangzhou, China - 2000

Broadcasts and Guest Appearances on CD compilations

KPFA 94.1 FM in Berkeley, CA - The Morning Show - 2010
KQED “California Connected” Pre-Tense Biennial - 2009
‘Live from Amsterdam with John Sinclair’ OCII - 2008
‘Art Report’ for PBS, Summer 2005 edition
‘New Adventures in Sound Art’ - CBC Radio 1’s Outfront, Toronto, ON May 25, 2005
‘People Doing Strange Things With Electricity Too’ - Comfort Stand Records - 2005
‘Vermilion Sounds’ - Resonance FM 104.4, London - 2004

Performances

'Bricks and Bones' (collaboration with Delisa Myles) Sam HIll Gallery, Prescott, Arizona February 2012
V2 Institute for Unstable Media, Rotterdam, Netherlands August 2008
Bread and Puppet Performance with Peter Schumann -2008
PAC Edge Festival, Chicago, IL - 2005

Awards

The Eureka Fellowship Award (Fleishhacker Foundation) 2011 - 2013
The James Irvine Foundation Honorary Fellowship - 2009
Djerassi Foundation Grant - 2009
Scholarship to The Vermont Studio Center - 2007
SAIC Enrichment Award – 2003, 2004, 2005
Elizabeth Skinner Award – Spring 2004, 2005