EDUCATION
2007-2010 University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, Masters of Fine Arts, Ceramics
2006-2007 Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO, Special Student Program, Ceramics
2006 University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ceramics
2005 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Nova Scotia, CAN, Visiting Student, Ceramics
EXHIBITIONS
2010 Emerging 4, invitational group exhibition, Vertigo Art Space, Denver, CO
2009 Transparencies, invitational group exhibition, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder
Conversation 1, invitational group exhibition, Art District, Boulder, CO
2008 Tyler Beard and Deborah Schwartzkopf, group exhibition,Ceramic Center Berlin, Berlin, GER
2007 Toast, group exhibition, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO
2006 Tyler Beard and Andrew Hadle, group exhibition, Arts Incubator, Kansas City, MO
KU Senior Exhibition, group exhibition, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Midwest College Salon, juried exhibition, Missouri Southern State University, Joplin, MO
2005 What is Sculpture, juried exhibition, Anna Leeowens Art Gallery, Nova Scotia, CAN
KU Craft Scholarship Show, juried exhibition, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2004 Kansas Collegiate Aesthetics, juried exhibition, Birger Sandzen Gallery, Lindsborg, KS
Undergraduate College Student Exhibition, juried exhibition, Kansas City Artist Coalition,
2003 KU Art and Design Show, juried exhibition, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
RESIDENCIES AND WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
2009 Anderson Ranch Arts Center
Charles Long, Sculpture Workshop, Snowmass Village, CO
2008 Ceramic Center Berlin
Summer Artist Residency Program, Berlin, GER
2006 Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts
Jane Shellenbarger, Artist Invite Artists, Summer Session 4, Newcastle, MN
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design
Edmund Da Waal, Writing Workshop, Nova Scotia, CAN
2005 Santa Fe Clay
Charles Krafft, Decal and China Painting Workshop, Santa Fe, NM
Red Star Studios
Walter Ostrom, Ceramic History and Majolica Workshop, Kansas City, MO
2004 Haystack Mountain School of Craft
Tony Marsh, Vessel Exploration Workshop, Deer Isle, MN
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2008 Beverly Sears Graduate Grant Award, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
2007 Graduate School Professional Development Award, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
2006 Kiln God Award, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, MN
Windgate Fellowship Award, National Finalist, Center for Craft Creativity and Design, Hendersonville,NC
2005 KU Summer Study Scholarship, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Doris Fare Carey Award, University of Kansas,Lawrence, KS
2004 Undergraduate Research Grant, University of Kansas, Lawrence KS
2003 KU Ceramic Scholarship, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS