Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Charleston, IL 61920
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EDUCATION
2013 AA, magna cum laude, Studio Art, Lake Land College, Mattoon, IL
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2017-Present
Ruth Boyd Cook Award, Undergraduate All Student Show, Juried Exhibition,
Tarble Arts Center, Charleston, IL
Drawing Merit Award, Undergraduate All Student Show, Juried Exhibition, Tarble
Arts Center, Charleston, IL
2013 Third Place People’s Choice Award, Artoberfest, Group Exhibition, Catherine’s
Custom Framing, Sullivan, IL
2012 First Place People’s Choice Award, Third Place Judges Choice Award, Artoberfest,
Group Exhibition, Coffee Bean, Sullivan, IL
2008 Honorable Mention Award, Lake Land College Foundation Art Heritage Show,
Juried Exhibition, Virgil H. Judge Learning Resource Center, Lake Land College,
Mattoon, IL
EXHIBITIONS
2018 Group Exhibition, Graduate Spring Thesis Exhibition, Tarble Arts Center,
Charleston, IL
Group Exhibition, Graduate Teaser Show, Student Art Gallery in the Doudna Fine
Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
2017 Group Exhibition, Graduate Fall Teaser Show, Podesta Gallery, Burl Ives Studio,
Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
2015 Group Exhibition, Figure It Out: Advanced Life Drawing Show, Doudna Fine Arts
Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, 2014, 2015
Solo Exhibition, BFA Exhibition, Podesta Gallery, Burl Ives Studio, Eastern Illinois
University, Charleston, IL
2014 Group Exhibition, Figure It Out: Advanced Life Drawing Show, Doudna Fine Arts
Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
Group Exhibition, See No Shadow, Student Art Gallery in the Doudna Fine Arts
Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
2013 Group Exhibition, Studio 749, Yellow Dog Studio Gallery, Sullivan, IL
2010 Group Exhibition, Senior Portfolio Show, Charleston High School, Charleston, IL
2009 Juried Exhibition, Lake Land College Foundation Art Heritage Show, Virgil H.
Judge Learning Resource Center, Lake Land College, Mattoon, IL
Invitational, High School Invitational Art Show, Kirkland Fine Arts Center at
Millikin University, Decatur, IL
2008 Invitational, High School Invitational Art Show, Kirkland Fine Arts Center at
Millikin University, Decatur, IL
PUBLICATIONS
2015 The Blue Room Magazine. Spring 2015. Photos; Back Cover.
2012 Journal Gazette and Times Courier. March 23, 2012. Photo and article. Kevin
Kilhoffer.
REFERENCES
Chris Kahler, Art Department Chair, Professor of Art, Painting Department, Eastern Illinois
University, Charleston, IL 61920, (217) 549-0114, ckahlerarteiu@gmail.com
Jenny Chi, Professor of Art, Drawing Department, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
61920, (646) 319-7329, kjchi@eiu.edu
M. Ben Cohan, Instructor of Art, Drawing and Painting Departments, Lake Land College,
Mattoon, IL, 61938, (217) 620-5023, mcohan@lakelandcollege.edu