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experience
education
2005, M.F.A. (Master of Fine Arts), Photography,
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2003, B.F.A. (Bachelor of Fine Arts), Studio
Art, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
2000, B.S. (Bachelor of Science), Chemistry,
Loyola University Chicago, IL (cum laude)
2000, B.A. (Bachelor of Arts), Fine Arts, Loyola
University Chicago, IL (cum laude)
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teaching experience
2008-Present
Instructor, Art Department, Northeastern Illinois University,
Chicago, IL
• Taught Beginning Photography and Photography II
• Managed and maintained the university darkroom
2006-Present
Instructor, Department of Fine Arts, Loyola University
Chicago, Chicago, IL
• Taught Ceramics: Handbuilding and Ceramics: Wheelthrowing
Adjunct Faculty, Graphic Design Department,
Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, IL and Skokie, IL
• Taught History of Photography and Beginning Photography
• Developed and taught an online version of History of Photography
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Visual and
Performing Arts, Wilbur Wright College, Chicago, IL
• Taught Intermediate Photography and Individual Art Projects
2006
Adjunct Faculty, Art Department, Waubonsee Community
College, Sugar Grove, IL
• Taught Drawing I and Drawing II
2003-2005
Graduate Teaching Associate, Department of Art, The Ohio State
University, Columbus, OH
• Taught Introduction to Photography (instructor of record)
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awards
2007
Curator’s Choice Artist, 10th Annual Chicago Art
Open
CAAP (Community Arts Assistance Program) grant, City of Chicago
Department of Cultural Affairs and the Illinois Arts Council
2006
Drench Award, Illustration, Best of Category Winning Entry,
Area of Design
 2004-2005
Chancellor’s List
2004
Honorable Mention, International Photography Contest, Office
of International Education, The Ohio State University
2003-2005
Graduate Teaching Associateship and Stipend, The Ohio State
University
2001
Merit Scholarship, Recognition Award, The School of the
Art Institute of Chicago
2000
Loyola Mellon Award, 1st Place for Senior Exhibit, Department
of Fine Arts, Loyola University Chicago
1999
Grace and Walter Byron Smith Scholarship, The School of the
Art Institute of Chicago in partnership with Loyola University Chicago
1998
Lifetime Membership, Golden Key International Honour Society
 1997-1999
Presidential Scholarship, Loyola University Chicago
1995-2000
Dean’s List (7 out of 10 semesters), Loyola University
Chicago
1995
Outstanding Achievement in Chemistry Award, Illinois Association
of Chemistry Teachers
1992
2nd Place, 2nd Annual Math Poster Contest, Tooling and
Manufacturing Association
1984
2nd Place, National Career Poster Contest, Primary Division,
National Vocational Guidance Association
1984
1st Place, District Career Poster Contest, Chicago Public
Schools Bureau of Guidance Programs and Services
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solo exhibitions
2010
Contemporary Art Center of Peoria, Peoria, IL (upcoming)
2009
Anatomy in the Gallery, The International Museum of
Surgical Science, Chicago, IL (upcoming)
ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL (upcoming)
2008
Pareidolia, Ebling Library for the Health Sciences, University
of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
2006
Vesna Jovanovic, Bon Bon, 4th Annual Andersonville Arts
Weekend Chicago, IL
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group exhibitions
2008
Remedy - The Art of Disease, Gallery 180, The Illinois
Institute of Art-Chicago, Chicago, IL (juried) (upcoming)
Fine Art Faculty Biennale, Crown Center Gallery, Loyola
University Chicago, Chicago, IL (upcoming)
Science in Art, The University Chicago Gordon Center
for Integrative Science, Chicago, IL
Out of the Blue, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
(juried)
Visual Arts Society of Texas (VAST) 40th Annual Visual Arts Exhibition,
Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, TX, Juror: Nic Nicosia
GALEX 42, Galesburg Civic Art Center gallery, Galesburg,
IL, Juror: Sandra Camomile
2007
ID Show, Koehnline Museum of Art, Oakton Community College,
Des Plaines, IL
The 10th Annual Chicago Art Open, Iron Studios, Chicago,
IL, part of Chicago Artist’s Month (curator’s choice)
Stalna Postavka, Sue Ryder Gallery, Herceg-Novi, Montenegro
8" by 8", Arc Gallery, Chicago, IL
Loyola National Works on Paper, Crown Center Gallery,
Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, Juror: Dan Addington,
Director of Gwenda Jay/Addington Gallery in Chicago
Inaugural Fine Arts Alumni Exhibition, Crown Center Gallery,
Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL
16th National Juried Show, The Art Center of Northern
New Jersey, New Milford, NJ, Juror: Ted Mann, Assistant Curator
of Collections at the Guggenheim Museum in New York
Photography 2007, The Art Center, Highland Park, IL,
Juror: Susan Aurinko, owner of Flatfile Galleries
Impossible Cities: A Utopian Experiment, Peter Jones
Gallery, Chicago, IL, visual exhibition in conjunction with the
Walkabout Theater Company Production
2006
Genio & Follia, Primo Piano Gallery, Lecce, Italy
(catalog) (invitational)
Body of Work Top 50 Photographers International Competition,
Positive Focus Inc, Pochron Studios, Brooklyn, NY, Jurors: Kay
Kenny, Nelson Hancock, Don Burmeister, Leah Stuhltrager and David
Sokosh (portfolio distribution)
Photo Midwest, The Center for Photography at Madison,
University of Wisconsin Memorial Union, Madison, WI, Juror: Catherine
Edelman, owner of Catherine Edelman Gallery (event brochure)
2005
Amy Casey and Vesna Jovanovic, Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus,
OH, Jurors: Annegreth Nill, Mark Chepp and Chuck McWeeny
Cambridge
Art Association 8th Annual National Prize Show, University
Place Gallery, Cambridge, MA, Juror: Joseph C. Thompson, Director
at MASS MoCA
Illuminance, Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, TX, Juror:
Keith Carter (catalog)
Krappy Kamera, Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY, Juror:
Dan Burkholder
Outnumbered: Works on Paper, JackRabbit Fine Art Gallery,
Santa Fe, NM
Nano Moose, Art and Technology Exhibition, Silver Image
Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2004
Wet and Dry 4x5, The Ohio Art League, Columbus, OH
Select Works, Sean Christopher Gallery, Columbus, OH
Observation: Photographic Inquiry and Notation, The School
of Art Gallery at Kent State University, Kent, OH (invitational)
Ohio Art League Fall Juried Exhibition, Columbus Museum
of Art, Columbus, OH, Juror: Elizabeth Thomas, Assistant Curator
of Contemporary Art at the Carnegie Museum of Art
Image Ohio 2004, Shot Tower Gallery, Columbus, OH, Juror:
Catherine Evans, Curator of Photography at the Columbus Museum
of Art
Ohio State Fair, Ohio Expo Center, Columbus, OH, Jurors:
Gail M. Brown, Jane Farver, Director of the MIT List Visual Arts
Center and Jeffery D. Grove, Curator of Modern and Contemporary
Art at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta
Office of International Education International Photography
Contest, Exposures Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus,
OH
5:1, MPX Gallery, Columbus, OH
Sexhibiton, Silver Image Gallery, The Ohio State University,
Columbus, OH
Graduate Student Group Exhibition, Hopkins Hall Gallery,
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2003
Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition, Gallery 2, Chicago,
IL
2000
Senior Art Exhibit, Crown Center Gallery, Loyola University
Chicago, Chicago, IL
Undergraduate Art Exhibit, Crown Center Gallery, Loyola
University Chicago, Chicago, IL
1996
Summer Undergraduate Art Exhibit, Crown Center Gallery,
Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL
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bibliography
2008
The interNational Drawing Annual (iNDA), Manifest Press,
2008. (upcoming)
James Glisson, “Photographing Sprawl: Picturing the Contemporary
Suburb,” Afterimage, Vol 35, No 4, p. 13-17.
2007
Alternative Trends Magazine, Spring Issue, 2007, front
cover and p. 90-97
 2006
Vito Caiati, “Arte Moderna tra Genio e Follia a Lecce”,
Bari Sera, October 17-18, 2006, p. 19.
Daria Ricci, “Una Settimana Ricca di Appuntamenti d’Arte.
Tra Lecce e Galatina” Cittá Magazine, October
13-19, 2006, p. 20-21.
Toti Carpentieri, “Geniale, Folle: Ars Creativa” La
Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno, 2006.
Genius & Madness/Genio & Follia (catalog), Primo
Piano LivinGallery, Lecce, Italy, 2006.
Positive Focus (DVD catalog), distributed to approximately
250 gallerists, stock agencies and editors.
Photo Midwest (event brochure), The Center for Photography
at Madison, WI, October 2006, p. 14.
wbez.org (website), Chicago Public Radio home page image,
June 22, 2006.
2004
Tracy Zollinger Turner, “Wet and Dry (4x5)” The Columbus
Alive, November 17, 2004.
Melissa Starker, “ImageOhio 5” The Columbus Alive,
September 8, 2004.
Melissa Starker, “Look Out!” The Columbus Alive,
September 8, 2004, p.14.
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lectures/conferences
2006
Artist Lecture, Ceramics: Wheelthrowing Class, Loyola
University Chicago, Chicago, IL
2005
Technical Lecture, “Shooting 35mm Slides of Artwork”,
Senior Seminar in Studio Art, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2004
Graduate Student Imagemaker Presentation, Society for Photographic
Education Midwest Conference, Columbus, OH
Artist Lecture, Alternative Photographic Systems Class,
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Technical Lecture, “Shooting 35mm Slides of Artwork”,
Senior Seminar in Studio Art, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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workshops
2006
Instructor, Pastel Drawing Workshop for Adults, Brickton Art
Center, Park Ridge, IL
2002-2005
Teacher, Beginning Black and White Darkroom, Triangle Camera
School of Photography, Chicago, IL
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other experience
2004, Event Planning Assistant, Society for Photographic
Education Midwest Conference, Columbus, OH
2000-2002 Laboratory Technician, Ingredient Technology,
Kraft Foods Research and Development, Glenview, IL
1999 Production Assistant, Historical Tile
Restoration of St. Athanasius Parish in Evanston, artist: Brian
Fiorentino, Chicago, IL
1997-2000 Ceramics Studio Assistant, Loyola University
Chicago, Chicago, IL
1997 Production Assistant, Chicago Citywide
Fountain Project, artist: Brian Fiorentino, Chicago, IL
1995 Laboratory Assistant, Biochemistry Laboratory,
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
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