ARTIST STATEMENT

My interest in creating nature themed artwork is founded on my love of nature and the desire to create works that exude beauty and wonder. I use materials that reflect the elements of our inspiring environment including seedpods, pressed flowers and encaustic.

I consider each piece of artwork that I create to be a microenvironment. A place where my imagination gives way to fantastical landscapes which present the illusion of having grown all on their own. I strive to invent work that offers the viewer a sense of whimsy, while simultaneously invoking a feeling of peculiarity.

Our beautiful planet provides me with continuous inspiration as well as the source for much of my medium. I am deeply concerned about our environment and my art is an outlet for me to call attention to the power and splendor of nature.

RESUME

EDUCATION:
University of Colorado at Denver, Denver, CO - Bachelor of Fine Arts in Multimedia, 2002-2004
Colorado Mountain College, Glenwood Springs, CO - Associates of Applied Science in Graphic Design, 1999-2001
Metropolitan State College of Denver, Denver, CO - Fine Arts, 1998-1999

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2022
small wonders - Solo Exhibition - Next Gallery, Lakewood, CO - Novenber 8th - December 4th, 2022
Adrienne DeLoe - Exhibition - Valkarie Gallery - Lakewood. CO - August 31st - Octiber 2nd, 2022

2021
Ghosts of the Earth - Solo Exhibition - Next Gallery - Lakewood, CO - October 27th - November 20th, 2021

2019
Mutations - Solo Exhibition - Next Gallery - Lakewood, CO - August 30th - September 15th, 2019
2018
Laboratory - Solo Exhibition - Next Gallery, Lakewood, CO - September 21st - October 7th, 2018
Flora and Fauna - Core New Art Space - Denver, CO - Juror: Regan Rosburg September 13th - 30th, 2018
SustainAbility: Masters of Materiality - ReCreative Denver, CO January 5th - February 28th, 2018

2017
a little bit of pretty - Solo Exhibition, Next Gallery, Lakewood, CO - June 30th - July 16th, 2017

2016
Remains - Solo Exhibition, NEXT Gallery, Denver, CO - September 1st - 18th, 2016

2015
Earth Matters, ArtsBrooksfield, Republic Plaza, Denver, CO - June 24 - August 19, 2015
Refuge - Solo Exhibition, NEXT Gallery, Denver, CO- July 17 - August 2, 2015
Preserved - Solo Exhibition, NEXT Gallery, Denver, CO - January 30 - February 15, 2015

MEDIA
Tenet Podcast Interview: Listen
Women Create: Read Article
Westword - June, 2021 - Costume Design: Read Article
9News Denver - December, 2020: Pandemic Self Portraits
Westword - May, 2020: Read Article
Pulyfield Magazin - December, 2019: Read Article
303 Magazine - December, 2018: Read Article

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
NEXT Gallery, Denver, CO - Member Artist - December 2014 - January 2023
Kanon Collective, Denver, CO - Member Artist - December 2011 - July 2014
Winter Garden Studios - Jewelry Designer / Owner - 2004 - Present
Freelance Design - 2000-Present
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO - Graphic Design Contractor August-October 2009
Baxa Corporation, Englewood, CO - Graphic Designer - Feb. 2008 - Sept. 2008
PRIDE Marketing, Greenwood Village, CO - User Interface Designer Nov. 2006 - Feb. 2008
Echter's Greenhouse, Arvada, CO - Graphic Designer, 2005-2007
City of Greenwood Village, Greenwood Village, CO - Curtis Arts & Humanities Center, Cultural Arts Assistant, 2006