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.