Education

2009 B.A. Physics and Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Exhibitions

2011
Midwestern Voices and Visions Exhibition, Chicago Artists’ Coalition Gallery, Chicago, IL
The Happiness Project, Nuit Blanche, Toronto, ON
Eye Candy, gh3, Toronto, ON

2010
Summer’s Fallacy, The Whistler, Chicago, IL
Leo Burnett’s 75th Anniversary, Leo Burnett Building, Chicago, IL
Big Omaha, KANEKO, Omaha, NE

2009
LabFest!, Millennium Park, Chicago, IL
The Comb Jelly, Biological Sciences Learning Center, Chicago, IL
Neuroplastic Dreams, Biological Sciences Learning Center, Chicago, IL
Balloon Fashion, Festival of the Arts, Chicago, IL

Commissions

2010
Supernova for AOL
Star Reachers for Leo Burnett
Black and White for Silicon Prairie News

2009
Balluminescence – Lights, Balloons, Jellyfish! for Science Chicago

Awards & Grants

2010 Chicago Silver ADDY Award

2010 New York Festivals Finalist Certificate

2009 Alliance of Artist Communities’ Midwestern Voices and Visions Residency and Grant Award

2009 The University of Chicago Student Fine Arts Fund for “Balluminescence, The Life and Death of”

2009 The University of Chicago Festival of the Arts Award of Funding for “Balloon Fashion”

Residencies/Teaching Experiences

2010
Artist-in-Residence, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE

2009
Visiting Artist, Chicago Children’s Museum, Chicago, IL

2009
Guest Arts Instructor, Hyde Park Neighborhood Club, Chicago, IL

2006 – 2009
Director, Performer, Le Vorris & Vox Circus, Chicago, IL

2006 – 2009
Juggling Instructor, Jugglers Enriching Lives Like Yours, Chicago, IL

2005 – 2009
Drama Instructor, University Theater School Partnership Program, Chicago, IL

Research/Work Experience

2011
Interaction Designer, Aesthetec Studio, Toronto, ON

2009
Balloon Artist, CircEsteem, Chicago, IL

2008 – 2009
Research Technician, Kenji Suzuki Laboratory, Department of Radiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2008 – 2009
Research Technician, Enrico Fermi Institute, Chicago, IL

2008
Computer Engineer, Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (National Institute of Nuclear Physics), Legnaro, ITALY

2007 – 2008
Research Assistant, Nancy Cox Laboratory, Department of Human Genetics, The University of Chicago, Chicago IL