Education
2021 PhD, Educational Policy and Leadership Studies, University of Iowa
1999 MFA, Painting and Printmaking, Rhode Island School of Design
1993 BFA, Painting and Printmaking, University of Washington
1989 Non-degree studies, French language, culture, history, and art history, University of Nantes
Solo Exhibits
2013 Solo Exhibit, Project Art Space–University of Iowa Hospital, Iowa City, IA
2012 Water Pilgrimage, Kirkwood Community College’s Iowa Hall Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
2011 Capturing Confluence, Janalyn Hanson White Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
2010 Solo Exhibit, Krause Gallery, Providence, RI
2006 Eddy & Swirl, CSPS Legion Arts, Cedar Rapids, IA
2004 Walk on Water, ArtLab, Memphis, TN
2001 In the Loom of Liquid, PS122, New York, NY
1997 Pleasurable Beholding, Mt. Angel Fine Art Gallery, Mt. Angel, OR
Select Group Exhibits
2021 Fulbright 75th Virtual Art Exhibit, Fulbright Commission of Nepal
2019 Mount Mercy University Faculty Art Exhibit, Janalyn Hanson White Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
2017 2 x 2 x U Exhibit, New Bohemia District, Cedar Rapids, IA
2016 39th Rock Island Fine Arts Guild Exhibition, Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA
2 x 2 x U Exhibit, New Bohemia District, Cedar Rapids, IA
2013 Not Another Art Project, Barefoot Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2012 Lure of the Local: Collecting the Corridor 2006-11, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
2011 SECAC Member Exhibit, Gutstein Gallery, Savannah, GA
USEF-Nepal 50th Anniversary Exhibit, Siddhartha Art Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal
Freeze Frame, Cornerhouse Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
2010 Iowa Invitational Exhibit, ICON Gallery, Fairfield, IA
SECAC/MACAA Member Exhibit, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
Elements of Water, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
2009 Print Exchange Portfolio Exhibit, Print Zero, Seattle, WA
Print Exchange Portfolio Exhibit, Oregon Inkspot, LaGrande, OR
33rd Rock Island Fine Arts Guild Exhibition, Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA
2006-07 Day into Night, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
2003 Frans Masereel Centrum Jubilee Exhibit, Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium
2002 PCNY Benefit Auction at Sotheby’s, International Print Center, New York, NY
2001 New Prints 2001–Winter, International Print Center, New York, NY
Breaking the Rules, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
Drawing Show, East Storefront Gallery, New York, NY
2000-01 Abstraction for a New Millennium, Stage Gallery, Merrick, NY
2000 National Drawing+Print Exhibition, Bloomingdale Museum, Bloomingdale, IL
Paperworks, Connecticut Graphic Arts Gallery, Norwalk, CT
Bon à Tirer–Good to Pull, Traveling exhibit: Sherman Gallery, Boston, MA; RISD Galleries, Providence, RI
1999 Drawing Exchange Show, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1998 Six Painters, David Winton Bell Gallery–Brown University, Providence, RI
Awards & Residencies
2011 Artist Grant, Iowa Arts Council
Fulbright Scholar South/Central Asia Regional Travel Award, Sri Lanka
2010-11 Fulbright Scholar Fellowship, Nepal
2001 Frans Masereel Centrum Artist Residency Fellowship, Belgium
2000 Manhattan Graphics Center Scholarship
1999 Award of Excellence in Printmaking, Rhode Island School of Design
1998-99 Dean’s Fellowship, Rhode Island School of Design
Curatorial Activities
2013 Namaste Nepal! Contemporary Artist Voices, traveling exhibit: Janalyn Hanson White Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA; Twelve Gates Art, Philadelphia, PA
2010-12 Serendipity: Prints by Students from Nepal, traveling exhibit: Srijana Art College Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal; Janalyn Hanson White Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA, Co-curated with Ashmina Ranjit
2009 Collected Prints and Multiples from the Collections of Mount Mercy University and Art Department Faculty, Janalyn Hanson White Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
2005 Social Consciousness printmaking exhibit, Janalyn Hanson White Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
Press
KGAN (Producer). (2013, April 3). Morning show. [Television broadcast]. Segment and interview for “Namaste Nepal” art exhibit. Cedar Rapids, IA: CBS
Gibson, B. (2012, February 9). Local artist breakdown. Cedar Rapids Free Press [Cedar Rapids, IA], p. 6
Fulbright Scholarships: 50th Anniversary with Nepal. (2011, June 9). Republica [Kathmandu, Nepal]
Suprima, R. (2010, December 21). Reinventing printmaking. The Kathmandu Post [Kathmandu, Nepal], p. 16
Serendipity in art. (2010, December 9). The Kathmandu Post [Kathmandu, Nepal]
Art and appreciation. (2010, December 9). The Kathmandu Post [Kathmandu, Nepal]
‘Glocalizing’ art: Finding local relevance in contemporary art. (2010, December 5). The Himalayan Times [Kathmandu, Nepal], p. 9
And the debate, as always, goes on. (2010, December 2). Republica [Kathmandu, Nepal], p. 5
Animal Planet (Producer). (2010, September 18). Cats 101. Devon Rex [Television series episode]. Interview on art painted by cats. Toronto, Canada: Animal Planet
Chapman, C. C. (2009, Winter). A splash of something spiritual?. More Magazine, [Cedar Rapids, IA], p. 10
Diversity Focus. (2009). Inclusive Communities, 2, [Cedar Rapids, IA], p. 8
Wellman, B. (2008, April 10). Iowa artists hold art show at Marion Library. Marion Times [Marion, IA], p. 1
Winter, J. (2004, January 25). ‘Walking on Water’ proves less is more. Cedar Rapids Gazette [Cedar Rapids, IA], p. 4L
Maddox, D. (2003, November 13-19). Strange Powers. Nashville Scene [Nashville, TN]
Working proof. (2001, March-April). Art on Paper, 5:4, p. 76
Woodard, Josef (22 January 1998). “Distinctive Prints” from Painter's Amazon-Inspired Works Tap into the Great Untamed. Los Angeles Times, p. 53.
Art Talks
2015 Workshopping the contemporary in Nepal, in J. Stephenson and L. A. Hightower’s panel Creativity and the Contemporary Workshop, College Art Association Conference, New York, NY
2014 Namaste Nepal: Tracing the continuum from the traditional to postmodern in contemporary Nepali art, in D. Shimkhada’s panel Negotiating Tradition: Nepali Contemporary Artists Respond, South Asian Studies Association Conference, Salt Lake City, UT
2012 Between yesterday and today: Contemporary art in Nepal, lecture presented as part of Mount Mercy University’s “Global Issues” Series, Cedar Rapids, IA
2011 Little brother, little sister: Contemporary art in Nepal, in M.A. Milford-Lutzker’s panel Transformations in Asian Art: Contemporary Interpretations of Traditional Art, ASIANetwork Conference, Oak Brook, IL
Past and current artwork, presentation at Artway Gallery, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
More than Mount Everest: An artist’s perspective on Nepal, presentation for Mount Mercy University’s “Fulbright Forum,” Cedar Rapids, IA
Perspectives on Nepal, lecture presented at Workers for Peace meeting, Cedar Rapids, IA
2010 Past and current artwork, presentation at Martin Chautari, Kathmandu, Nepal
The lure of the East in the Eyes of the West: An American perspective, ‘Glocalization’ International Arts Conference, Kathmandu, Nepal
2009 Past and current artwork, presentation for the Creative Connections series at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
2004 The films of Shirin Neshat, panel coordinator and moderator as part of Mount Mercy University’s “Understanding Islam” series, Cedar Rapids, IA
2002 Past and current artwork, presentation at Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
Past and current artwork, presentation at Georgia College, Milledgeville, GA
Past and current artwork, presentation at Art Academy of Cincinnati, OH
2001 Past and current artwork, presentation at Ewha Women’s University, Seoul, Korea
Collections
Lasanaa Alternative Art Space, Kathmandu, Nepal
U.S. Education Foundation/Fulbright Commission – Kathmandu, Nepal
Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee Belgium
Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp Belgium
Pont Aven School of Art, Pont Aven France
Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY
Printmaking Education & Research Studio, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
Mount Mercy University, Cedar Rapids, IA
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA