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EducationBA, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN, 1995, double major, Studio Art and Education, English minor
The University of Georgia in Cortona, Italy, Studio art program, 1993
I am here, and you are where you are, University of Wisconsin Parkside, Kenosha, WI
Cruces/Crossroads, Rafael Franciso Salas and Herman Aguirre, Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2022
Summer’s End, St. Norbert’s College, DePere, WI
2021
Rafael Francisco Salas: In Flowered Fields, MOWA|DTN, Milwaukee, WI
2020
Signs and Love Songs: Trina May Smith and Rafael Francisco Salas, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, Beloit, WI
2019
For God and Country, Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2018
Ballads from the Middle, St. Norbert University, Green Bay, WI
2017
Ballads, Elms College, Chicopee, MA
Salvage and Sky, Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts, Fond du Lac, WI
2016
Pastoral Testimony, Latino Arts, Milwaukee, WI
2015
World Without End, Edgewood College, Madison, WI
Two Person Exhibit, Craig Clifford and Rafael Francisco Salas, James Watrous Gallery, Madison, WI
Wasted Days and Wasted Nights, A solo exhibit in two parts, in collaboration with Portrait Society Gallery and Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
2014
The Long Way Home, mural project, Ripon, WI
2013
Connections, Jin ManJo and Rafael Francisco Salas, Riverfront Arts Center, Stevens Point, WI
You’re Invisible Now, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
2012
Lucid Dreams Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2009
Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Paintings by Rafael Francisco Salas, Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, WI
Rafael Francisco Salas: Recent Paintings and Drawings, Edgewood College, Madison, WI
2008
Magic and Power: Eddy Dominguez and Rafael Francisco Salas ,Carlston Art Gallery, UW Stevens Point, WI
2007
Substituting Emptiness, Latino Arts, Inc., Milwaukee, WI
Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI
2006
Weary Memory, Caestecker Gallery, Ripon, WI
2005
A Selection of Paintings and Drawings by Rafael Perez and Rafael Francisco Salas, Mohawk Valley Community College, Utica, NY
2004
The University of Wisconsin, Waukesha
2003
Interiors (Dwellings), Chashama Gallery, NYC
A Creative Place, Invitational Exhibition, Guest curated by Annemarie Sawkins, Trout Museum of Art, Appleton, WI
2024
TMA Contemporary, Juried Exhibition, Trout Museum of Art, Appleton, WI
Indiana Green, Invitational Exhibition, Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts, Fond du Lac, WI
Wisconsin Artists Biennial Exhibition, the Museum of Wisconsin Art, Juried Exhibition, West Bend, WI
Sword Thumbs, Invitational Exhibition, Real Tinsel Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2023
YAH, UH, OH, OY, AI, Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2022
Fall of the House, Real Tinsel Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2021
Online Exhibition curated by Althius Hofland Fine Arts, Amsterdam, Netherlands
What on Earth: Contemporary Artists and the Landscape, Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2020
The Art Club Exhibition: Curated by Zach Mory, Frank Juarez Gallery
PSG on Paper, Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
On the Nature of Wisconsin: 80 Years of Work by more than 40 Artists, The Warehouse, Milwaukee, WI
2019
A Matter of Life, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL
Invitational Exhibit, National Convention, League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), Milwaukee, WI
Indiana Green, Cedarburg Cultural Center, Cedarburg, WI
Charles Allis Museum, Milwaukee, WI
2018
Group Exhibit, The Draw Gallery, Appleton, WI
2017
Now Figuration, Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
A Tiny Rivulet in the Distant Forest, ArtStart, Rhinelander, WI
The Wake: aftermath of an election, The Draw Gallery, Appleton, WI
2016
Super Natural: Myth and Reality in Wisconsin Contemporary Art, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
Luck of the Draw (Vol.1), The Bubbler, Madison Public Library, Madison, WI
Indiana Green, Frank Juarez Gallery, Sheboygan, WI
2015
Light, Usable Space Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
45 North, Thelma Summer Invitational Exhibit, Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts, Fond du Lac, WI
2014
45 North, Thelma Summer Invitational Exhibit, Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts, Fond du Lac, WI
WisconsinCity, ArtStart Gallery, Rhinelander, WI
Indiana Green, Frank Juarez Gallery, Cedarburg Cultural Centre, Cedarburg, WI
2013
Connections, Jin ManJo and Rafael Francisco Salas, Riverfront Arts Center, Stevens Point, WI
Indiana Green, Frank Juarez Gallery, Sheboygan, WI
The Personal is Political: Martha Wilson and MKE, Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Three Person Exhibit, Our Visible World, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
2012
AQUA Art Miami, represented by Circa Gallery
Works on Paper, EffJay Projekts, Sheboygan, WI
The Academy Strikes Back, Mohawk Valley Community College, Utica, NY
Daychola Gallery, Green Lake, WI
Indiana Green, EffJay Projekts, Sheboygan, WI
Obscura, EffJay Projekts, Sheboygan, WI
2011
67th Art Annual, Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, WI
Wisconsin Artists Biennial, Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha, WI
Crossroads: Art on 27th and Wells, Presented by Avenues West Association and the Haggerty Museum of Art at Marquette
University, Featuring Hans Gindlesberger, Rafael Francisco Salas, Michael Velliquette, Rina Yoon
2010
Revisiting Landscape: The Natural and the Artificial, Horicon Marsh International Education Center, Horicon, WI
Circa Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Art Perchance, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
Vault Series, New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA
Eight Counties, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
2009
The Intimate Page, Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Big Big Bangs, Small Small Bucks, Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Personal Culture: New Art From Latin Americans, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
2008
Reforming US: Immigration Through Art, Crown Center Gallery of Loyola University, Chicago, IL
2007
Submission Show, Sarah Bowen Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2006
Contemporary Works on Paper, Barrow and Juarez Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Risky Business, PPOW Gallery, New York, NY
From There to Here, Selections from the Permanent Collection, Caestecker Gallery, Ripon, WI
2004
Poignant, 4 person show, A-Space Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Art See, Sotheby’s, NYC
2003
The Exquisite Corpse, Undecided Space, Iowa City, IA
Girl’s Room, Rhode Island School of Design/ Crescent Moon Galleries
2002
360 Degrees, Brooklyn, NY
The Figure in Context, Lawrence and Josephine C. Wilkinson Gallery, NYC
Pork Chop: A Group Show, Lawrence and Josephine C. Wilkinson Gallery, NYC
2001
From The Ashes, Art at C.U.A.N.D.O., NYC
A Likeness: Re-Examinations of the Contemporary Portrait, Orbit Gallery, St. Paul, MN, 2001
The Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI
Ripon Historical Society, Ripon, WI
Ripon College, Ripon, WI
Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
Finding the ‘Crossroads’ at Portrait Society, The Shepherd Express, 05.09.23
2022
Review: Stories from Strange Lands at MOWA|DTN, Shepherd Express, Milwaukee, 10.07.22
2021
Dark Country Dominates Salas’ MOWA Exhibit, Shepherd Express, 01.21.21
2019
A Tale of Two Americas: A Review of Rafael Francisco Salas at Milwaukee’s Portrait Society Gallery, New City Art, 07.23.19
American Dream Just out of Reach in ‘For God and Country’, The Shepherd Express, 07.02.19
Art in the Age of Trump: Wisconsin Artists Respond to Political Tension, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 02.01.19
2018
Mexican-American Artist Brings Unique Perspective of Rural Experience, Wisconsin Life (Wisconsin Public Television), 05.09.18
2017
Now Figuration at Portrait Society, Kate E. Schaffer (art blog), 07.21.17
A Roaring River in the Northwoods, Rachel Bruya, Wisconsin Academy of Sciences Arts and Letters, 07.28.17
Interview, Milwaukee Public Broadcasting Service, Adelante, 03.27.17
2016
Salas Paints Rural Life from the Inside, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12.30.16
Wisconsin Native Rafael Salas on Art and Identity, Radio Interview with Bonnie North on Lake Effect, WUWM, 12.20.16
Rafael Francisco Salas: New Solo Exhibit, Superstition Review, 11.27.16
Then/Now Exhibit opens July 1, Sheboygan Press, Sheboygan, WI, 2016
2015
Juror Explains Method, Action Advertiser, 11.04.15
Art City Asks: Rafael Francisco Salas, Karin Wolf, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 08.12.15
Rafael Francisco Salas Interview, Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, Rachel Bruya, 06.15.15
On View: Fragments/Wasted Days and Wasted Nights, Robyn Norton, The Wisconsin State Journal, 05.10.15
Francisco Salas at Portrait Society and Walker’s Point Center for the Arts: Family and formative art experiences in two-gallery exhibit, Kat Murrell, The Shepherd Express, 04.22.15
Gallery Night & Day: ‘Wasted Days’ among shows mixing mediums, themes, Mary Louise Schumacher, cover story, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 04.17.15
All About Identity: Unusual joint exhibition at two Milwaukee galleries offers the nostalgic work of Rafael Francisco Salas, Richard Davis, Urban Milwaukee, 04.10.15
2014
2014 Whitney Biennial in New York features some Wisconsin artists, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 03.05.14
Downtown Mural Dedicated, Ripon Commonwealth Press, 10.09.14
Column was inartfully conceived, Ripon Commonwealth Press, 09.10.14
Artist: Downtown mural portrays idealism, sadness, Ripon Commonwealth Press, 09.03.14
Column on mural was rude, disappointing, Ripon Commonwealth Press, 09.03.14
Downtown mural helps provoke dialogue, Ripon Commonwealth Press, 09.03.14
Don’t understand mural? You’re not listening, Ripon Commonwealth Press, 09.03.14
Mural’s artist should be a point of pride, Ripon Commonwealth Press, 09.03.14
Critic Becker: Everyman art critic or aesthetic simpleton?, Ripon Commonwealth Press, 08.28.14
Professor painting mural downtown, Ripon Commonwealth Press, 05.22.14
ArtStart will reopen with city art exhibit, Star Journal, 03.13.14
2013
RAC Exhibit all about ‘Connections’, Stevens Point Journal, 09.18.13
Juarez Gallery hosts ‘Indiana Green 2013’ exhibition, Sheboygan Press, 07.31.13
2012
Dean Jensen and the Art of Reinvention, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12.14.12
‘Indiana Green’ exhibit opens Saturday, Sheboygan Press, 04.19.12
Obscura Features works by Hispanic Artists, Sheboygan Press, 03.22.12
2011
Coming and going: Art at the “Crossroads”, Third Coast Digest, 06.22.11
Crossroads’ exhibition heads to community, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 06.13.11
2009
Rafael Salas, One of the States more Interesting Artists, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10.08.09
Psyche and Paint: Exhibitions by Katie Musolff and Rafael Francisco Salas, Third Coast Digest, 09.17.09
Gallery to feature Professor’s Portraits, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 09.04.09
Seepy Scenes, Milwaukee Magazine, 07.09
Rafael F. Salas En el Museo Neville de Green Bay, El Hispano, 04.24.09
Transitioning Cultures, Shepherd Express, 03.09.09
Globe Trotters, Milwaukee Magazine, 01.09
Exhibits add Color to Winter, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 01.08.09
2007
Romancing Memory, Shepherd Express, 09.13.07
‘Emptiness’ fills Latino Arts, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 09.04.07
Pitch Your Show, Milwaukee Magazine, 09.07
On the Town, The New York Sun, 08.17.06
Coming Home, Ripon Commonwealth, 02.22.06
Brooklyn Artist Exhibits Works at UW Waukesha, News from UW Waukesha , 11.11.05
2001
Bearable Likeness of Being, Star Tribune, 06.08.01
At the Midpoint of Thought: A Review of Lois Bielefeld at OS Projects in Racine, WI, Newcity Art, 09.30.24
Freedom and Inspiration: A Look at ‘Nordic Utopia? African Americans in the Twentieth Century,’ Newcity Art, 08.02.24
Poetics that Heal Trauma: A Review of ‘Novel Ecosystems’ at Saint Kate Arts Hotel in Milwaukee, Newcity Art, 06.26.24
Esther Jihye Cho, Heather Kohlmeier and Veronica Pham reflect on the body, secrecy, memory, and migration in artwork created for their Masters of Fine Arts thesis exhibition at The Center for Design and Material Culture at the University of Wisconsin’s School of Human Ecology, Catalog Essay, 4.10.24
2023
Essay for A Tenuous Framework, exhibition by Shana McCaw and Brent Budsberg, Florida Gulf State University, 10.19.23
The Madeleine Moment: A Review of “Florence/Somerset” at Alice Wilds Gallery, Newcity Art 08.29.23
Milwaukee Streetwear Brand Wins National Attention, Urban Milwaukee, 07.27.23
2022
Celestial Aspirations: A Review of David R. Harper’s “Zodiac” at the Racine Art Museum, Newcity Art, 12.22.22
Let Us Now Praise William Kentridge, Urban Milwaukee, 07.29.22
After the Fall, catalog essay for Fred Stonehouse: Falling Waters, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2021
Signs of Gentrification, Isthmus Magazine, 10.11.21
Art Museum’s Spanish Show a Treat, Urban Milwaukee, 07.14.21
Majestic Textiles: A Review of Shari Urquhart’s Mustn’t Touch, Newcity Art, 06.11.21
Reinvention, Revolution: An Experiment in the Museum of the Future is Taking Shape in Appleton, Wisconsin,
Newcity Art, 04.26.21
Abstracting Lived Experience: A Review of Leslie Smith III at Hawthorn Contemporary, Newcity Art, 01.08.21
2020
Civics Lesson: A Review of Sculpture Milwaukee, Newcity Art, 11.09.20
A Milwaukee Artist Finds Power in the Quotidian: A Review of Ariana Vaeth at Lynden Sculpture Garden, Newcity Art, 09.18.20
The Chipstone Foundation Offers a Quiet Remove for Examining American Material Culture, Newcity Art, 06.26.20
Panache but not enough Potency: A Review of A Cat May Look On A Queen at Green Gallery, Newcity Art, 04.03.20
The Arcadian Dream of Greendale, WI, Urban Milwaukee, 03.11.20
New Mythology: A Review of Luis Sahagun at the Chicago Cultural Center, Newcity Art, 02.26.20
Time Versus Technology: A Review of Nathaniel Sterne at MOWA|DTN, Newcity Art, 02.10.20
What Does It All Mean, Anyway?, Urban Milwaukee, 02.06.20
2019
Harnessing the Mind: A Review of Nirmal Raja at The Alice Wilds, Newcity Art, 12.18.19
Obscuring Assumed Identity: A Review of Chambers and Weinberg at Hawthorn Contemporary, Newcity Art, 11.05.19
2018
Scenic Route: ‘Open Road’ at art museum takes photographic trip through America, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 02.18.18
2017
‘Degas to Picasso’ traces path of modern art through drawing, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11.13.17
Walkers Point gallery The Suburban a place to show and see art without pressure, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 08.18.17
Catalogue Essay, Rob Neilson, Credo Quia Absurdum, Frank Juarez Gallery, 08.17
‘Taking Sides’ a timely exhibit of art as a tool for activism, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 08.03.17
Wisconsin Avenue scultures redefine Milwaukee as an arts destination, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 06.23.17
Artist Scott Zieher makes collages to tune into the past, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 06.06.17
Dueling exhibits dive into darkness, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 05.14.17
Cecilia Condit ponders extinction in video fable at Lynden Sculpture Garden, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 03.27.17
Do Ho Suh stitches the fabric of home and memory, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 02.27.17
Stonehouse, Kao combine quirks in playful ‘Hair Club,’ The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 01.23.17
2016
Chris Larson explores thresholds at the Ski Club, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12.19.16
Jeanette Mundt’s “Beggars Thieves Faeries and Whores,” The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11.16.16
Kohler Exhibits map “Escape Routes,” The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11.04.16
Rineke Dijkstra’s subjects elicit empathy, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 09.30.16
Audubon bird prints offer fresh view of genius, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 08.26.216
‘Drawing’ still a powerful medium, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 08.05.16
Picks for July Gallery Night and Day, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 07.21.16
Artists offer fresh view of objects at Chipstone’s Fox Point campus, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 07.16.16
Claire Stigliani cracks open fairy tales to expose their darkness, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 06.30.16
Jason Yi fashions pieces of a world in ‘Terraform’, 06.10.16
William Kentridge, beautiful and unbearable at The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 04.22.16
Barrickman in the clouds at Green Gallery, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 04.22.16
Lynn Tomaszewski exhibit explores human interaction, social conditions, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 03.18.16
Katie Musolff finds color in riverside flora, fauna and flotsam, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 03.11.16
Tom Berenz’ broken memories at Thelma, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 03.11.16
Tom Berenz: Workingman Blue, cover article, Wisconsin People and Ideas, the magazine for the
Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, winter issue 2016.
Stella’s prints reflect breadth of his experimentation, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 02.19.16
2015
With incredible skill, Fred Stonehouse embraces the weird, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12.04.15
Tyson Reeder is in love at The Green Gallery, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10.23.15
Humble and auspicious, Irish painter Fergus Feehily is inaugural show at The Suburban, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10.15.15
Wilde’s Wildes on Display at the Museum of Wisconsin Art, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 07.15.15
Nathaniel Stern’s “Giverny of the Midwest” makes U.S. Debut, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 07.14.15
Exploring human influence on the earth through an artistic lens, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 05.27.15
Haggerty Museum Explores ‘States of Uncertainty,’ The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 04.13.15
2014
Art City’s Favorite Experiences of 2014, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12.31.14
Contributors respond to NEA chairwoman Jane Chu’s visit, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11.10.14
‘Postcards from America’ delivers engaging personal views of Milwaukee, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10.02.14
Art City Explores Space: Sacred Spaces, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 09.24.14
Kohler’s artist-in-residence program a remarkable success, with room to grow, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 07.03.14
‘Magic Mud’ at Racine Art Museum a must during NCECA, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 03.21.14
2013
Review: ‘The Beast Within’ at Tory Folliard’, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 08.02.13
Identity Amid Crisis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 06.13.13
Makers in Print, an International Showcase of Art, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 03.20.13
2012
Review: Peter Barrickman at the Green Gallery, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12.14.12
2011
Essay, The Memory of a House: Shana McCaw and Brent Budsberg, in States of Matter, by Shana McCaw and Brent Budsberg, 06.11
Gallery Night Pick From Rafael Francisco Salas, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 04.11.11
Metaphors Burn Brightly at Lynden Sculpture Garden, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 03.28.11
Review: Mark Anthony at the Haggerty, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 01.28.11
Gallery Night Pick from Rafael Salas, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 01.20.11
2010
Review: Charles Dwyer at Caggio, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11.24.10
Review: “Animal Instinct” at the Kohler ,The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10.29.10
Reeder still offering sly twists, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10.31.10
Review: “Sailing the Barbarous Coast” at WPCA, Art City, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 07.06.10
To See Ourselves as Others See Us at the Museum of Wisconsin Art, Art City, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 06.18.10
Theaster Gates at the Milwaukee Art Museum, Art City, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 05.06.10
Gallery Night Picks: Rafael Francisco Salas, Art City, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 04.12.10
Lack of Aesthetic Muscle in UWM Show, Art City, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 03.29.10
MIAD Show Looks at Cultures, Art City, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 02.14.10
2009
The Haggerty’s 25th Anniversary show unfolds in pairs, Art City, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12.16.09
That Old Time Religion and Andy Warhol’s Last Decade, Art City, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11.06.09
The Earnest Face of the Contemporary Portrait, paper presentation, CAA Conference, Los Angeles, CA, published for the Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, 02.09
Teaching
Associate Professor or Art, Ripon College, Ripon WI, 2006-
Department Chair, Ripon College, 2009-2012, 2020-
Adjunct Instructor, Drawing and 2D Design, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, 2005-2006
Adjunct Instructor, Drawing, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, 2006
Full Time Instructor, Drawing and Illustration, Mohawk Valley Community College, Utica, NY, 2004
Dreamyard, Collaborative Arts Curriculum in New York City Public Schools, 2003-2004
Head Teacher, Native Arts Workshop, Thoreau, NM, 1994, 1997, 2003
Lecture Series, New York City Elder Hostel/ Museums, NYC, 1999-2003
Drawing and Painting Instructor, West Side YMCA, NYC, 1999-2000
Artist in Residence, Belen Elementary, Belen, NM, 1997
State Certified Art Educator, K-12, Minneapolis Public Schools, MN, 1996-1999
Gallery/Curatorial Experience
Guest Curator, MOWA|DTN Gallery, Milwaukee, WI. Strange Lands: The work of Tom Antell, Chris T. Cornelius, and Sky Hopinka 2022
Guest Curator, Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts, Fond du Lac, WI
Prehistory: Emerging Art From Ripon College, 2017
Director, 314: A Ripon College Project Space, arts incubator for Ripon College and Community
Gallery Director, Caestecker Center for the Arts, Ripon College, 2008-2011, 2014-2017
Jeremy Wineberg, Nowhere Dreams, 2017
Nina Bednarski, Otherlands, 2017
John Hitchcock, Beads Bombs and Buffalo!, 2016
Rob Neilson, Authority Figures, 2016
Brandon Bauer, Landscapes of Absence, 2016
Jessica Caldewood, Fictitious Florals, 2016
David Giffey, Windows, 2015
Scott Strazzante, Common Ground, 2015
Jessica O’Hearn, Found, 2015
Trina May Smith, Signifiers and Imposters, 2015
Shana McCaw and Brent Budsberg, A Tenuous Framework, 2014
Gina Litherland, Fables and Apparitions, 2014
Lacy Criswell and Amanda Hankerson, From Sturgis to Testy Festy: Photographing Ephemeral Communities, 2011
Melissa Cooke, lost inside you, 2011
Mollie Oblinger, deleterious ensconsing, 2010
Colin Matthes, Making Do, 2010
Zach Mory, Drawings, 2010
Lydia Diemer, Profits and Castaways: Prints by Lydia Diemer, 2009
The Quick: Contemporary Reflections of the Human Figure, 2008
Lectures and Presentations
Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Rafael Francisco Salas, 11.01.23
Guest Lecture, UW Parkside, Kenosha, WI, 10.11.23
Guest Critic, The University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, 11.01.23
Guest Critic, The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, 10.08.23
Guest critic, The University of Wisconsin Parkside, 10.14.23
Guest Critic, The Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, 04.12.19
Guest Critic, The Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, 11.02.18
Guest Lecture, The Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, 11.27.17
Guest Critic, Senior Thesis, The Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, 09.29.17
Edgewood College, Madison, WI, 10.20.15
Wasted Days and Wasted Nights, Artist Lecture, Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI, 04.15
Sabbatical Presentation, Landscape, Abstract and Figurative Traditions: New Investigations, Ripon College,09.17.13
You’re Invisible Now, Summer Heritage Lecture Series, Ripon College, Green Lake Town Hall, Green Lake, WI, 07.12
The Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland, 01.13
You’re Invisible Now, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI, 03.13
Webster University, St. Louis, MO, 04.06.12
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, hosted by Prof. Raoul Deal, 05.12.10
Methods, Material and Influence ,hosted by Prof. Raoul Deal, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, 10.10
The Earnest Face of the Contemporary Portrait, paper presentation, CAA Conference, Los Angeles, CA, published for the Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, 02.09
The University of Wisconsin, Waukesha, 11.04
Service Projects
Juror, 62nd Beloit and Vicinity Exhibit, Beloit College, 06.07.19
Juror, Midwest Paper Fest, Town Square, Green Lake, WI 10.05.18
Juror, Art and Chalk Fest, Museum of Wisconsin Art, 07.28.18
Juror, “Culture and Agriculture,” New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, 04.11.18
Juror, Museum of Wisconsin Art, Art and Chalk Fest, 02.19.18
Art as Action: Politics and the Creative Impulse, Center for the Politics and the People, moderator, 09.22.17Meeting, LAVA (Liberal Arts Visual Arts), Lawrence University, Ripon College, St. Norbert’s College, 08.10.17
Curators Conversation, Paine Museum, Oshkosh, 10.13.17
Judge, Green Lake Paperfest, Green Lake, WI 10.06.17
Guest speaker, Ripon High School, 05.19.17
Juror, call for solo artists, James Watrous Gallery, with artist Katie Reis and Paul Douglas, 03.25.17
Guest Speaker, Sheboygan North High School, Sheboygan, WI, 12.09.16
Judge , Oshkosh Fine Arts Association Art Fair, 06.12.16, Oshkosh, WI
Judge, Thelma Members Exhibit, 06.16
Guest critic, Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts, 10.12.16
Participant, Institute for College Futures, ACM conference, Chicago, 06.23-24.16
Guest speaker, Sheboygan North High School, 11.20.15
Art Mentor, Fox Lake Correctional Institution, Fox Lake, WI 2011-2016
Guest Critic, Members Exhibit, Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts, Fond du Lac, WI, 2016
Judge, Winnebagoland Art Fair, Oshkosh, WI, 2016
Guest Critic, Members Exhibit, Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts, Fond du Lac, WI, 2016
Guest Speaker, Sheboygan North High School, Sheboygan, WI, 11.20.15
Service Learning Project, students in Painting I course, Maplecrest Retirement Community, Ripon WI, 2014
Judge, Green Lake Art Fair, Green Lake, WI, 2010-2013
Underkoefler Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching , Ripon College
2017
Artist Residency, The Refuge, Appleton, WI
Artistic Research Grant, Ripon College
Travel Grant, Ripon College
2016
Margaret Rahill Memorial Award, Forward: A Survey of Wisconsin Art Now, juried exhibit, Charles Allis Museum, Milwaukee
Artistic Research Grant, Ripon College
Conference Participation Grant, Ripon College
2015
Artistic Research Grant, Ripon College
Conference Participation Grant, Ripon College
2014
Artistic Research Grant, Ripon College
Presenter’s Grant, Ripon College
14 for ’14 grant, awarded to create a mural project in downtown Ripon, Ripon College
2013
Sabbatical Research Semester, Ripon College
Artistic Research Grant, Ripon College
Conference Participation Grant, Ripon College
2012
Artistic Research Grant, Ripon College
Presenter’s Grant, Ripon College
Trustees Grant, Ripon College
2011
Residency, Vermont Studio Center
2009
Artistic Research Grant, Ripon College
Special allocation funding for exhibits at Portrait Society Gallery and Kohler Arts Center, Ripon College
2008
Conference Presenter’s Grant, Ripon College
Artistic Research Grant, Ripon College
2007
Conference Participation Grant, Ripon College
Artistic Research Grant, Ripon College
2006
Conference Participation Grant, Ripon College
Artistic Research Grant, Ripon College
Board of Directors, Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, 2021-
Board of Directors, Museum of Wisconsin Art, 2016-
Curatorial Advisory Committee, Charles Allis Museum, Milwaukee, WI, 2018-2021
College Art Association, 2002-