BIO
b. 1986, St. Louis, MO
New York + Chicago based interdisciplinary artist, author, and educator
MFA 2012 School of Visual Arts; New York, NY
BFA 2008 School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Chicago, IL
Lecturer. School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Chicago, IL
University Instructor. New York University via UrbanGlass; Brooklyn, NY
Artist/Instructor. The Museum of Neon Art; Los Angeles, CA
awards + Residencies
Commission. Rakow Research Library at the Corning Museum of Glass; Corning, NY
Award. Los Angeles Conservancy Preservation Award; Glendale, CA
Residency. The School of Visual Arts RisoLAB; Chelsea, NY
Residency. She Bends + Sentral; Downtown Los Angeles, CA
Residency. Kala Art Institute; Berkeley, CA
Finalist. The Neon Museum Las Vegas; Las Vegas, NV
Residency. SÍM Association of Icelandic Artists; Reykjavik, IS
Residency. AGALAB; Amsterdam, NL
Residency. Studio Kura; Fukuoka, JP
Finalist. Zion National Park; Springdale, UT
Residency. Western Neon School of Art; Seattle, WA
Residency. OSU Dept. of Art & Department of Physics Pulse Laser Holography Program; Columbus, OH
Residency. O' Project Space; Los Angeles, CA
Residency. The Center for Holographic Arts Light; Governors Island, NY
Residency. Chicago Parks District Athletic Field Park Ceramics Studio; Chicago, IL
exhibitions SOLO
2023 Strokkur Geyser, The Fold; Chicago, IL
2022 Timelines + Thin Rothkos, Sentral; Los Angeles, CA
2021 Free Space!, Western Pole; Chicago, IL
2020 Chromatic Aberrations, Studio Kura; Fukuoka, JP
Video Log, Pluto Projects; Los Angeles, CA
2019 Necessary Phenomenon, O’Project Space; Los Angeles, CA
2018 Hollow Boom, Rare Air Exhibition Space & Studio Program; Governors Island, NY
2017 Hyper Diffraction Works, The Center for the Holographic Arts; Governors Island, NY
2016 The Splits, Budin; Brooklyn, NY
exhibitions Group
2024 First Light: Rituals of Glass and Neon Art, Contemporary Jewish Museum; San Francisco, CA
Non-Plus Ultra Art Show 3, Non Plus Ultra; Los Angeles, CA
Empty Bottle Art Show, Empty Bottle; Chicago, IL
NY Art Book Fair; New York, NY
MoCCA Arts Fest, The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art; New York, NY
Multiple Formats Art Book Fair and Symposium, Boston University; Boston, MA
2023 Redefining Neon Legacy, Museum of Glass; Tacoma, WA
Northern Lights, View Art Center, Old Forge; New York
At the Wolford House, Wolford House, Los Angeles; Pasadena, CA
Art on Paper New York City, Pier 36; New York, NY
Printed Matter LA Art Book Fair, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA; Los Angeles, CA
MoCCA Arts Fest, The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art; New York, NY
Small Press Book Bazaar, SFMOMA; San Francisco, CA
Multiple Formats Art Book Fair and Symposium, Boston University; Boston, MA
World of Winter, Grand Rapids Public Museum; Grand Rapids, MI
Empty Bottle Art Show, Empty Bottle; Chicago, IL
2022 Non Plus Ultra Art Show 2, Non Plus Ultra; Los Angeles, CA
Small Press Book Bazaar, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
2021 Torg Listamessa Reykjavík, SÍM; Korpúlfsstaðir, IS
Bright Line, The Latent Space; Chicago, IL
Worldview: Anthropology of Eco-Vision, Fondazione Palmieri; Lecce, IT
2020 International Day of Light, The Holocenter; New York, NY
Art Woman Geo-Graphies, Fondazione Palmieri; Lecce, IT
Women in Neon, The Loveland Museum; Denver, CO
The Red Show, Happy Gallery; Chicago, IL
2019 Control Room, Other Places Art Fair; Los Angeles, CA
Borders, Haptic Lab; Brooklyn, NY
Women in Neon, Var West Gallery; Milwaukee, WI
2018 Origins, O’ Project Space; Los Angeles, CA
Women in Neon, The Midway Gallery; San Francisco, CA
Artist Photonics, The Center for the Holographic Arts; New York, NY
2017 Women in Neon, Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles; CA
Lumens, Glass Arts Society; Norfolk, VA
Last Chance, Glass House Gallery; Brooklyn, NY
The Fridge Show, Grand Opening Gallery; Denver, CO
2014 Do Not Go Gentle, Youme Haus; Brooklyn, NY
Double Take, Youme Haus; Brooklyn, NY
2009 Artist Run Chicago, Hyde Park Art Center; Chicago, IL
2008 Feminist Ecology: Women and the Earth, Koehnline Museum of Art; Des Plaines, IL
Version Fest: NFO Expo, Viaduct Theater; Chicago IL
What Makes Sense, Cranky Yellow; St. Louis, MO
And Milk Comes Frozen Home, Revolving Door Gallery; Chicago, IL
Again and Again, Open End Gallery; Chicago, IL
press
Hugh McHarg, “Rakow Research Library Commissions a Contemporary Rare Book,” Gather Magazine, Issue 43 Winter 2024, pp. 18-19
Sarah Hotchkiss, “The CJM’s ‘First Light’ Is a Glowing Celebration of Unpredictable Elements,” KQED, January 30, 2024
Jessie Hendricks, “What is Neon Art and How Do You Conserve It?,” Becoming Artsy, The Getty Center, October 19, 2023
ABC7 Los Angeles Localish Museum of Neon Art, December 2023
Julie Zigoris, “Embrace Hanukkah Through the Glow of Neon at San Francisco’s Contemporary Jewish Museum,” The San Francisco Standard, December 25, 2023
Gayle Clemans, “She Bends: Redefining Neon Legacy, Museum of Glass,” Glass Quarterly, Issue 171 Summer 2023
Destiny Valencia, "Immerse ourself in neon at She Bends: Redefining Neon Legacy,” The Tacoma Ledger, March 6, 2023
Craig Sailor, “She Bends brings female artists and their glowing, gas-filled work to Museum of Glass,” The News Tribune, February 12. 2023
Ray, Debika, “A Light Touch,” Crafts, Issue 292: Ways of Seeing, January/February 2022
Pauline Adamek, “Neon in DTLA - Sentral’s AIR,” Arts Beat LA, April 2022
Francesca D’Alessio, “She Bends: A Film and Conversation on Neon Art,” de Young Museum/Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, September 15, 2021
"She Bends: Women in Neon Heads To Milwaukee's Var West Gallery,” Juxtapoz Art & Culture, February 1, 2019
Korey Kline and Ed Kirschner, “Argon, helium, krypton, xenon, neon,” PLASMA 4: Interplanetary Art & Science Magazine, Diana Wehmeier. 2018
Beatrice Barkholz, "Neon Sculptures Illuminate Animals on the Verge of Extinction” Vice, July 2, 2017
Lila Thulin, “Grand Opening, a DIY Living-Room Gallery, Hosts The Fridge Show Saturday” Westword, June 30, 2017