Education

MFA                 California College of Arts, San Francisco, Sculpture, 2002

BFA                 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Fine Arts, 1997

                          

Selected Exhibitions

2020                   Women of Art and Science, The Healthcare Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA

2018                   Botanical/Anatomical, Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, Ireland

2016                  Solo: Blossoming, Barristers Gallery, New Orleans, LA                          

                        I am an Important Giant, Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2015                  Solo:  Eyerose, Sternstudio, Vienna, Austria

                         Solo: Draught, Treo (P3+ Exhibition), New Orleans, LA

2014                   Towards a New Paradigm, (curator/artist) Gallery 126, Galway, Ireland

2013                   Solo: Portraits of a Burnt Wood, The Acadian Center for the Arts, Lafayette,

Solo: Portraits of a Burnt Wood, Balor Arts Centre, Donegal, Ireland

Solo: Portraits of a Burnt Wood, Sternstudio, Vienna, Austria         

Her Infinite Variety, Barristers Gallery, New Orleans, LA

Class Reunion, Three Ring Circus, New Orleans, LA

2012                  drawn/over/drawn, Wadesford Quay Gallery, Cork Ireland

drawn/over/drawn, The Drawing Project, Dublin

2010                  Hybrid Realities, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans

                        Multispecies Salon, Kawliga Gallery, New Orleans,

Drawing on Sculpture, University of Dallas, Dallas TX    

Magical Botanical, Grand Isle Community Center, LA

The Morbid Anatomy Cabinet, Barrister’s Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2008                  St. Claude Artist Collective (In Conjunction with Prospect 1 Biennial), New Orleans, LA

Global Warming at the Icebox, Crane Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA

Glassell Film Screening, The Shaw Center, Baton Rouge, LA

Southern Heat, Wilson Center for the Arts, Jacksonville, FL

2007                   Florence Biennale, Fortezza da Basso, Florence Italy

Decatur Rodeo, French Quarter Fest, New Orleans, LA

2006                   Katrina Exposed, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA

Fear of Water, Peligro Gallery, New Orleans, LA

A Celebration of Louisiana Artists, Warehouse, Washington, DC

2005                   Solo: Earose, Sylvia Schmidt Gallery, New Orleans, LA

                          Solo: Genetic Incarnation, , University of New Orleans, LA

                          Saltline Biennial, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL

New Orleans Diaspora, Eardrum Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Displaced Artists Invitational, Baton Rouge Gallery, New Orleans, LA

Annual Faculty Invitational, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA

Venus Envy, Oculus Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA

2004                   Solo: Transgenic Miracles, New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, LA

                          DNA, University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL

Maiden Louisiana, Artist/Curator of exhibition, Big Top Gallery, New Orleans, LA (in conjunction with the International Sculpture Center’s 2004 Symposium)

Constructed Realities, Southeastern Louisiana Center for Contemporary Art, Hammond, LA

9th Annual No Dead Artists, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans

Fictional Science, Artist/Curator, HEREart, New York, NY

Saltline Biennial, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL

2002                 Let it Breed, Genetic Savings and Clone, Sausalito, CA

Fire to Form, Grounds for Sculpture, Trenton, NJ

2001 CALF Annual Exhibition, Artist’s Television Access, San Francisco, CA

Museum of Future Atrocities, Artist’s Television Access, San Francisco, CA

Manipulations, CCA Graduate Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2000                The Game Show, HEREart, New York, NY

Life Support, Belcher Street Studios, San Francisco, CA

Bibliography

2020                 The Advocate, Baton Rouge, LA It is Alive, Review of Women of Art and Science (12/2019)

2011                 Finn Valley Voice, Donegal, Ireland, Review of Portrait of a Burnt Wood, (9/2011)       

Donegal Democrat, Donegal Ireland, Review of Portrait of a Burnt Wood (9/ 2011)

2010                 BBC Radio Interview on “The Strand”

Sculpture Magazine Global Warming at the Icebox, Review, (9/2009)

Gambit Weekly, New Orleans, LA Morbid Curiosities, Review (5/2009)

2008                Philadelphia Inquirer Global Warming fills up the Icebox, , (10/ 2008)

Global Warming at Icebox, (catalogue)

2007                Florence Biennale, (catalogue) Florence, Italy 

2005                 Times Picayune, Lagniappe New Orleans, LA

  Chicory Miles goes forward, backward and upside down and takes us with her. (6/2005) 

  Gambit Weekly, New Orleans, LA Mutants and Mysteries, Review of Earose (July 5,)

  2004               Gambit Weekly, New Orleans, LA Strange Science, Review of Maiden Louisiana, (11/16)

  Gambit Weekly New Orleans, LA Nine Lives, Review of No Dead Artists (9/7)

  Constructed Realities, (catalogue) Southeastern Louisiana Center for Contemporary Art 

  2003                Mobile Register Inspiration and Influence, Review of Southern Current (11/16)

  Southern Current, (catalogue), Center for Living Arts, Mobile Alabama

 

Awards, Scholarships, Committees and Residencies

2009                 Creative Capital Professional Development Workshop

2006                 National Sculpture Factory Artist in Residence, Cork, Ireland

Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant

Visual Arts Steering Committee, Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA

2005 Sculpture Park Search Committee, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge,

2004       Louisiana Division of the Arts Mini-Grant

2002                 California College of Arts Scholarship

1998                 Public Glass Scholarship, Public Glass, San Francisco, Full scholarship to Casting Hollow Forms

1997                 Kohler Arts/Industry Program, Iron Foundry Internship, Kohler, WI

                        The Kohler Arts/Industry Program is a residency program which gives artists access to the facilities within the Kohler Factory.

1994 School of the Art Institute of Chicago Merit Scholarship

  

Visiting Artist Lectures

2018                 Burren College Of Art, Ballyvaughan, Ireland

2013                 Sternstudio, Vienna, Austria,

2011                 Webster University, Vienna, Austria

           Balor Arts Centre, Donegal, Ireland

2007                 University of Dallas, TX

ArtSpeak, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA

2006                 University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

2005                 School of the Art Institute of Chicago

University of Cincinnati, OH

2004                 New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, LA

Teaching and Related Experience

2011 - Present     Co-Founder LSU Art in Ireland Summer Program, Louisiana State University

                        Introduction to Watermedia Painting, Intermediate and Advanced Painting, and Digital Media.

 

2015 –Present     Talented in Visual Arts Teacher, Algiers Charter Schools and Jefferson Parish Schools

Teach Gifted and Talented Visual Arts students in elementary, middle and high school.

 

2003-2015          Instructor, Louisiana State University, School of Art

                        Beginning Sculpture, Three Dimensional Design, Two Dimensional Design, Digital Art I, Basic Design, Figure Drawing.

 

2008                 Visitor Liason for Prospect.1

                        Organized visits to New Orleans for artists, press, and arts organizations. Coordinated with the museums, galleries, and alternative venues.

2004-2005          Visiting  Professor, Louisiana State University,  School of Art

                        Intermediate and Advanced Foundry, Graduate Seminar, Special Studies in Sculpture, Senior Project in Sculpture, Beginning Sculpture, 3-D Design.

 

2002-2003          Associate Curator of Education for Artworks!, New Orleans Museum of Art, LA

                        Developed original curricula, trained teachers, and provided classroom instruction.

                        This program integrated the museum’s collection into elementary school curricula.

 

2000-2002          Manager of the Tactile Dome, The Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA  

                        The Exploratorium is a museum of science, art, and human perception. I was

                        responsible for the Tactile Dome, a unique “tactile gallery”. Hired and trained a staff of 15 employees, created the budget and tracked revenue.