Academic History
- B.S., University of Wisconsin, Madison
- M.F.A., University of Arizona, Tucson
Courses Taught
- Ceramics
- Sculpture
- Fundamentals
- Representations of the Male Body in Contemporary Art and Culture
- Animal Rights and Speciesism
Selected Research and Publications
- Collet, Olivier & Lefaure, Jerome, We Can’t Wait For Better Times: Five Years Of Art Projects At Homesession, Barcelona, 2013
- Shahani, Nishant. Queer Retrosexualities: The Politics of Reparative Return, Lehigh University Press, 2012
- Judith S. Schwartz, Confrontational Ceramics, A & C Black Publishers Ltd, 2008.
- Wearing It On Your Sleeve: Sympathizers, Empathizers, Provocateurs. 65th 61´«Ã½Ceramic Annual, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Claremont, California, 2009.
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2015:Â Dyads, Actual Size, Los Angeles, California
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2014:Â Beyond The Tangible Universe, Deluge Contemporary Art, Victoria, BC, Canada
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2014: Home ECOnomics, Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, Rancho Cucamonga, California,
- 2012: Beyond The Tangible Universe, Cerritos College, Norwalk, CA
- 2011: On Use and Possession, 643 Project Space, Ventura, California
- 2008: Binding with Briars, Washington State University, Gallery Two, Pullman, Washington
- 2008: This Land Is My Land, The Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- 2008: The Axe and the Spade, Ruby Green, Nashville, Tennessee
- 2006: Loosing Race, New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony, Indiana
- 2005: Race (Enter Personal Politics), ATHICA - Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, Georgia
Awards and Honors
- KCAC – Kathmandu Contemporary Arts Center, Kathmandu, Nepal (2014)
- Artist in Residence, Homesession, Barcelona, Spain (2010)
- Artist in Residence, Bait Makan, Amman Jordan (2010)
- Artist in Residence, Sculpture Space, Utica, New York (2009)
- Artist in Residence, Svenska Konstskolans Vnner Nykarleby, Finland (2008)
- Community Arts Assistance Grant, City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs (2004)
- Artist in Residence, Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder, Trondheim, Norway (2004)
- Artist in Residence, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2003)
- Artist in Residence, The Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana (1999)