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Education
2014 MFA, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Dartmouth MA
2009 Post-bac Studies, Glass Forming & Sculpture, Emporia State University, Emporia KS
2001 BFA, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg KS
Selected Exhibitions
2019
Threshold, Kiosk Gallery, Kansas City MO
2018
I><YOU><WE, Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Richmond VA
2018 Kansas City Flatfile & Digitalfile, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City MO
Kansas City Collection, Populous, Kansas City MO
Run Riot, Plug Projects, Kansas City MO
2017
Erosion, Jackson Dinsdale Art Center, Hastings NE
2014
What are you thinking?, UMass Dartmouth Gallery, Dartmouth MA
Boston Young Contemporaries, 808 Gallery, Boston MA
Laying it down, artspace Gallery, Richmond VA
Master’s Thesis Exhibition, University Gallery, UMass Dartmouth MA
2013
Bury, Greenplum Collaboratory, Spruce Pine NC
Delicate Impact, Buzzards Bay Coalition, New Bedford MA
Metal, LIGHT Art+Design, Chapel Hill NC
That Elusive Feeling, artspace, Richmond VA
2012
48 Hours, Gallery 244, New Bedford MA
Release, React, Result, ArtWorks!, New Bedford MA
2011
For Your Consideration, Gallery 244, New Bedford MA
Papier Machete, Gallery 5, Richmond VA
2010
Via Penland, Rebus Works, Raleigh NC
Core Show, Penland Gallery, Penland NC
2009
Shoestring Artist Collective, SAS Art Gallery, Sewanee TN
Core Show, Gorelick Hall, Penland School of Crafts, Penland NC
Residencies & Fellowships
2019 Artist Inc. Fellow, Kansas City MO
2018 Penland Winter Residency, Penland NC
2017 Penland Winter Residency, Penland NC
2014 Core Retreat Residency, Penland NC
2009-11 Penland Core Fellowship, Penland NC
Grants & Awards
2013 Writing Assistantship- Teaching Assistant to Sharona Muir, Penland NC
2012 Marion Hamlet Award- Scholarship for Haystack, New Bedford MA
Graduate Assistantship- Letterpress Technician, New Bedford MA
2011 Graduate Assistantship- Jewelry/Metals Technician, New Bedford MA
Related Professional Experience
2015-current Fabrication Team, Mid-America Arts Alliance, Kansas City MO
2015 Preparator, Freelance, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City MO
2014 Restoration Artist, Plaster Cornices, Colonial Fox Theatre, Pittsburg KS
Curatorial Assistant, Holding the Line, New Bedford MA
Preparator, New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford MA
2013 Artist Assistant, John Grade, Kohler Artist in Residence, Sheboygan WI
Teacher of Record, 3D Design in Metals, New Bedford MA
Selected Press
2019 Ross, Lauren. I><YOU><WE: Same Same Only Different. Visual Arts Center of Richmond. 2019. Exhibition Catalog.
2018 Promotional Video. I><YOU><WE. Interview with Jason Sudak for ENGAGE Series. Dec.12, 2018. Vimeo. https://vimeo.com/305987389.
Newton, Karen. Three artists challenge each other to create something new at VisArts. Style Weekly, Dec. 4 2018.
Faus, José. “Jessica Heikes”. The Kansas City Collection V Catalog. p.22-24. 2018.
2013 That Night. 500 Handmade Books Volume 2, Lark Crafts Publication, p.271.
2012 Adrift. Penland Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2011. Cover.
Collections
The Kansas City Collection V, Kansas City MO
Public Collections, Star Store, New Bedford MA
Public Collections, Penland School of Craft, Penland NC
Private Collection, Brasstown NC