EDUCATION

MFA in Visual Arts, May, 2007 University of Nevada, Las Vegas
BFA in Painting, 1992    The University of Iowa, Iowa City
Art New York, Summer, 2006 The New School, New York, New York


 SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS                          

2009 North View Gallery, two-person exhibition, Portland, Oregon (November)
  Off the Strip: performance and video art event, The Contemporary Arts Center, Las Vegas
  For A Limited Time Only, The Art Center at Highland Park, Curated by Olga Stefan, Highland Park, Illinois (March)
  The Unseen Seen, Decorazon Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2008 Around the Coyote Emerging Artists Festival, Curator, Allison Peters Quinn, Executive Director of Exhibitions at the Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
  On Being Good, The Reed Whipple Gallery, Co-Curator and Participating Artist, Las Vegas
  The Look That Makes You Happy, Solo Exhibition, The Winchester Gallery, Las Vegas
  Mass Consumption, Mesa Contemporary Arts, Juror, Greg Escalante, Mesa, Arizona
  Whipped Up! group exhibition, The Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas
2007 Third Coast National, K-Space Contemporary, Juror, Ray Smith, Corpus Christi, Texas
  Minumental, group exhibition, Trifecta Gallery, Las Vegas
  Wendy Kveck and Loo Bain, Main Gallery, Las Vegas
  The Grand, The Winchester Gallery, Juror: Stephen Hendee, Las Vegas
  The Good Eaters, Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, UNLV, Las Vegas, - Solo Exhibition
  The Last Night at the Stardust, Group Collaboration, Stardust, Las Vegas
2006 Minumental, Trifecta Gallery, Las Vegas
  MFA Exhibition: Recent Work, The Jessie Metcalf Gallery, Las Vegas
  Teeny, Trifecta Gallery, Las Vegas
  Open Studios, Art New York, The New School, New York, NY
  Here Comes the Bride, Womanmade Gallery, Chicago, IL
  Insatiable, Grant Hall Gallery, UNLV, Las Vegas - Solo Exhibition                  
2005 Empty Set, Group Collaboration, at the Artisan Hotel, Las Vegas
  One Night Stand, Group Collaboration, at the Blue Angel Hotel, Las Vegas
  Annual Juried Show, Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, Juror: Charles Gute, Las Vegas
  A Painting a Day, Grant Hall Gallery, UNLV, Las Vegas
2004 Go Figure! Jessie Metcalf Gallery, Las Vegas
  Body of Work, Work by Wendy Kveck, Julie Madden and Jennifer McKeon, The Contemporary Arts Collective, Curator: Mary Warner, Las Vegas
  H2OIII, The Alumni Center, UNLV, Las Vegas
  Annual Juried Show, The Contemporary Arts Collective, Juror: Jane Kapolitz, LV
  Yum, The Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas

PUBLIC ART

2007 The Good Eaters - The Casting Out, Guest Artist at Risk and Reward, The Americans for the Arts National Conference at the Flamingo Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas. Funded by the National Endowment for the Arts
2003 The Aerial Gallery, Las Vegas Blvd, Commissioned by the City of Las Vegas Cultural Affairs Division

AWARDS AND HONORARIUMS

2008 Curator's Choice Artist Around the Coyote Arts Festival, Chicago, Illinois. Curator, Allison Peters Quinn
  Jackpot Grant, funded by the Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowments for the Arts
  New Directions For Youth Artist Residency, Las Vegas
2007 Honorable Mention, Third Coast National, K-Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, Texas. Juror, Ray Smith
  Nominee, Joan Mitchell Foundation, MFA Grant
2005-2006 The University of Nevada Alumni Association Art Scholarship
2003 Jackpot Grant, funded by the Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts
1987-1991 Paula Patton Graham Iowa Center for the Arts Scholarship

PRESS

“Art is Not Eternal” by Kathryn Born, ArtSlant Chicago, March 2009

“Who said being good was easy?” By Susanne Forestieri, Las Vegas Weekly, October 2nd, 2008

"Art Can Be A Great Excuse to Party", by Kristen Peterson, Las Vegas Sun, July 30, 2008
"In Minature", by Jarret Keene, Las Vegas Citylife, December, 2007
“It’s food, it’s art, it’s an experience”, by Kristen Peterson, Las Vegas Sun, July 20, 2007
“Culinary Artistry -The Good Eaters Specializes in Images of Women and Food”,  by Jarett Keene, Las Vegas Citylife, March, 2007
“Creative Differences”, by Ericka Pope, Las Vegas Citylife, November, 2007
“Mini-Mart”, by Ericka Pope, Las Vegas Citylife, November, 2006
“Rocking You Weekly; This spring UNLV’s MFA Program kicks out the jams”, by Katie Anania, Las Vegas Citylife, February, 2006
“Import/Export: UNLV hosts a British invasion while MFA students invade the local scene”, by Kelle Schillaci, Las Vegas Weekly, November, 2005
“Drought’s End”, by Gregory Crosby, Las Vegas Citylife, June, 2004
“The Body Shop” by Gregory Crosby, Las Vegas Citylife, April, 2004
“Fine Art: Handy and Dandy Shows Make the Most of Bodies and Their Parts” by Chuck Twardy, Las Vegas Weekly, April, 2004