Education

1997 Master of Fine Art, University of Iowa. Major area – Intermedia Art; Minor in sculpture.
1996 Master of Art, University of Iowa. Major area – Intermedia Art; Minor in sculpture.
1986 Bachelor of Fine Art, Maharishi International University, Fairfield, Iowa. (Drawing)
1984 University of Wisconsin, Superior. General studies in fine arts.

Areas of Specialization/Skills

- Environmental, performance and video art.
- Sculpture – primarily environmental and wood, some metal.
- Video art and videography - analog and digital (Mac platform w/ Final Cut Pro).
- Photography, including darkroom work and digital image editing. (Photoshop)
- Drawing, painting and mixed media two-dimensional work.
- Research and study in other disciplines including ethnography and vernacular art, architecture and folk culture, natural building, mythology and ritual, dance, movement and voice, martial arts, women’s studies, writing.

Selected List of Exhibitions, Grants and Professional Activities:

performances of “Her Blue Sea Fire” (ongoing performance art project):

2002 June 23-24 Public performance on rural property, Fairfield, Iowa (solo/outdoor performance)
2001 June 18 Wisteria Nature Preserve and Community Midsummer Festival, Pomeroy, Ohio (solo/outdoor performance)
May 18-19 Space/Place Theatre, North Hall, University of Iowa campus, Iowa City, Iowa (with Deanne Wortman)
May 11 Peanut Gallery, Rock Island, Illinois (with Deanne Wortman), February 26 Women’s Caucus for Art Annual Conference,
Congress Plaza Hotel, Chicago, Illinois (with Deanne Wortman). Pat Murphy, Beacon Street Gallery, curator.
January 12 Grinnell Community Theatre, for the opening of the Women’s Caucus for Art exhibition, Grinnell, Iowa (solo)

solo and group exhibitions:

2005 (forthcoming - summer)) "Northern Passages" (3 person) exhibition and video installations, DeVos Art Museum, Marquette, MI

2004 June-August “Spirit of the Mire” environmental sculpture and performance project, Sorsapuisto city park, Tampere City, Finland.Curator and organizors: Papu Pirtola and Riitta Korhonen, Suoseura, (Helsinki).
May-June “Inside the Quiet Dwelling Where...” solo exhibition - photography
and video installation, Gallery 51 East, Fairfield, Iowa. Bill Teeple, director
2003 May-June PeatPolis.nl, International Exhibition of Art in Nature, environmental sculpture
and performance project, Veenpark, Barger-Compascuum, the Netherlands
GlobalArtFund/Adri A.C. deFluiter, organizor and curator
(opening reception attended by the Dutch Queen)
2001 Jan-Feb. Women’s Caucus for Art group exhibition, Grinnell Community
Art Gallery, Municiple Building, Grinnell, Iowa. Exhibited photographic
documentation of environmental work in Scandinavia.
2000 Sept-Oct. “The Protecting Veil”, solo exhibition of icon paintings (commissioned for dance piece by Marc Kotz) Fine Art Series, Des Moines, Iowa.
1999 June "Treelines" (solo) exhibition and installation– sculpture, video and photography
documenting work in Finland, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN.
1998 Nov. 14 "blood-line" installation & performance
Pori Museum of Contemporary Art, Pori, Finland
October 2 "Punakivia" performance for Culture Week and "Ultima Thule"
show opening, Varangerbotn Municiple Center, Varangerbotn, Norway
Oct.-Jan. "Ultima Thule" (group) documents environmental art works in
Lappish Norway, June and September, Varanger Sami Museum,
Varangerbotn, Norway.
Sept.- Nov. "Limb to Limbs, Flesh and Home" environmental sculpture and
performances, residency, Nelimarkka Museum, Alajärvi, Finland.
Sept. 7 'Manto" installation & performance on Barents Sea, Bugoynes, Norway.
July 9 Body felting performance (group), Vanhakirkko Park, Helsinki, Finland.

Awards/Grants

2004 Suoseura (Finnish Peatland Society), Helsinki (travel grant)
1999 Finlandia Foundation Trust Grant
1997-98 Fulbright Fellowship (Finland)
1994-97 Straub Family Foundation Grant, Des Moines, Iowa
1996 Michigan Council for Art and Cultural Activities Grant
1996 University of Iowa Fine Arts Council Grant
1992 Change, Inc. Grant, New York

Teaching/University Appointments 2000 - present:
Assistant Professor of Art (full time), Digital Media, Maharishi University of
Management, Fairfield, Iowa. Developing coursework and teaching undergraduate Digital Media Studio survey courses in digital image editing and 2 D design using Photoshop and vector graphics Mac platform. Also responsible for designing and teaching Survey in Electronic and Digital Art course – an art historical course required for undergraduate degree in Digital Art, Contemporary Trends in the Arts with an emphasis in performance art and Alternative Approaches to Video Art.

Residencies

1998 May-June Mekrijärvi Forest Research Station (of University of Joensuu),
Ilomantsi, Finland. Preparatory work and research for “Suon Hengetär”
environmental work and performance.
Sept-Nov. Nelimarkka Museum, Alajärvi, Finland. Research and creation of
environmental sculpture and performances on museum grounds.
1996 March Suomi College and Heritage Center, Hancock, Michigan
Exhibition Installation and workshops with students and community.

Conferences

2004 June 7-11 “Wise Use of Peatlands” International Peat Society Conference
Tampere, Finland. Guest artist/made public sculpture in Sorsapuisto park.
2003 June Artists in Nature International Network annual conference, Holland
2001 February Women’s Caucus for Art Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois
Presented “her blue sea fire” performance with Deanne Wortman.
1999 Nov. 30 Minnesota Peat Association Annual Conference, Natural Resources
Research Institute, Duluth, MN. Guest artist/lecturer.
1998 March “Borders & Boundaries” – American Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Organized by the Estonian Institute of Humanities and the University of North Carolina. Tallinn, Estonia. Guest lecturer, Fulbright representative.