Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION:
2012 M.F.A. Painting/Drawing, University of Tennessee
2007 B.F.A. Painting/Drawing, Summa Cum Laude, Northern Arizona University
2006 - 2007 Academie Minerva, Groningen, the Netherlands
TEACHING and PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2011- Present Instructor of Record, Drawing, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2009-Present Teaching Assistant, School of Art, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2007- 2009 Curatorial Assistant, Northern Arizona University Art Museum, Flagstaff, AZ
2008 Instructor of Record, Drawing, Northern Arizona University School of Art, Flagstaff, AZ
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2010 ‘Nancy Drew,’ (in collaboration with Guen Montgomery) Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN
2009 ‘Eleanor Aldrich: Oil Paintings,’ Faktor Traktor for Showspace Gallery, Prague Czech Republic
2008-2009 ‘Paintings by Emerging Artist Eleanor Aldrich,’ Beaver Street Gallery, Flagstaff, AZ
2007 ‘Anthology,’ Bachelors of Fine Arts Exhibition, NAU Beasley Gallery, Flagstaff, AZ
JURIED EXHIBITONS:
2011 ‘Mid-America Juried Art Exhibition,’ Southeast Arts Council, Cape Giradeau, MO
2010 – 2011 ‘Arts in the Airport,’ Knoxville, TN
2010 ‘50th Annual Dogwood Arts Festival,’ Knoxville, TN
2008 'Decay', Sixth Street Gallery, Vancouver, WA
2008 '53rd Annual International Exhibition' Northern California Arts and the Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Carmichael CA
2008 ‘66th Annual Juried Show,’ Audubon Artists National, New York, NY
2008 ‘Ninth Annual Shippenburg University National Exhibition,’ Shippenburg, PA
2007 American Juried Art Salon (online exhibition)
2005 ‘Into the Blue’ Student Art Exhibition, Beasley Gallery, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
2002 ‘Art in a Box,’ Magdalena, NM
2001 ‘Santa Fe International Doll Art Show,’ Santa Fe, NM
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2009 'Estimated Sum', Fluorescent Gallery, Knoxville, TN
2008 ‘NAU Faculty Art Exhibition,’ NAU Art Museum, Flagstaff, AZ
2007 ‘Groninger Pluimvee Club 100 Jaar Expositie’, (invitational traveling exhibit), Provinces of Groningen and Friesland, the Netherlands
2006, 2007 ‘International Exchange Student Show,’ Academie Minerva, Groningen, the Netherlands
HONORS & AWARDS:
2011 Nomination for the Dedalus Foundation Master of Fine Art Fellowship
2011 Best in Show (Graduate Division), Juried Student Show, University of Tennessee, $500
2010 Dorothy Dille Materials Grant, $250 value
2010 Terry Burnette Memorial Residency/Internship Award, $1500
2009 Herman E. Spivey Fellowship, the University of Tennessee Graduate School, $15,000
2008 Bold Expressions 53rd Annual Competition: The Jack Richardson Silver Brush Award, $350 value, and the Merit Award, $50 value
2008 Audubon Award, (Daler-Rowney Art Materials Award) $500 value
2006 100th Anniversary Exhibition of the Groninger Pluimvee Club publication and cash award, $200
2006 Whiteman Endowment for the Arts Scholarship, $5,000
2006 Best in Painting Award, Juried Student Art Exhibition, Beasley Gallery, Northern Arizona University
2003 Third Place, International Doll Art Exhibit, Santa Fe, NM
CITATIONS:
2009 The NOISE (arts and culture monthly)
2009 Flagstaff LIVE (arts and culture weekly)
2007-2008 New Art International, Book Art Press
2007 1907-2007 Groninger Pluimvee Club Verjaardagskalender (calendar)
COLLECTIONS:
Winkie Bulk, Groningen, the Netherlands
The Whiteman Collection, Scottsdale, AZ
Ann Johnson, Flagstaff, AZ
The Northern Arizona University Permanent Print Collection, Flagstaff, AZ
Private commissioned works
RELATED EXPERIENCE:
Essayist for ‘Continare’ (2010), an exhibition at the Ewing Gallery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Guest juror and public lecturer at Carter Public Schools Art Night (2011) and Student Exhibition, Carter, TN
Experience teaching private drawing and violin lessons to high-school aged students.