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C.V.
Education:

M.F.A./ 2006/ Painting/Printmaking, Rutgers University, NJ
B.F.A./ 2003/ Printmaking, University of Connecticut, CT

Grants and Awards:

2009 - Artist in the Marketplace Program, Bronx Museum of the Arts, NY
2009-2010 – Visual Arts Fellow, Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism, CT
2008- Artist in Residence, City Wide Open Studios, Artspace, New Haven, CT
2006- Artist in Residence, City Wide Open Studios, Artspace, New Haven,CT

Solo and Two Person Exhibitions:

2012
Diminishing Returns: Works on Paper, Link Gallery at Kent State University, Ohio (Upcoming, January 2012)

2009
Sensual / Grotesque: John Bent and Tracy Walter Ferry, Albertus Magnus University, New Haven, CT 2008
Suspended Animation 1 & 2, Artspace, New Haven, CT

2004
New Prints and Paintings, Windham Art Center, Willimantic, CT

Group Exhibitions:

2011:
Failed States, Cuchifritos, New York, NY - Curated by Wayne Northcross
Construction Sites, Artspace, New Haven, CT
Bronx Calling: Bronx Biennial (part of AIM program), the Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, NY- Curated by Wayne Northcross and Jose Ruiz
War Making: An Exhibition of Our Time, A Space, West Haven, CT - curated by Stephen Vincent Kobasa

2010:
Sameness/Difference/Variance, A Space, West Haven, CT - curated by Eric Litke
Flock, Artspace, New Haven, CT
Conspectus I, Artspace, New Haven, CT
Line Dancing, A Space, West Haven, CT - curated by Stephen Vincent Kobasa

2009:
Beach Front Property, Hello my Name is Gallery, New Haven, CT
Up & Coming: New Printmakers Make Their Mark, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
Sketchbook Project, Arthouse, Atlanta, GA.

2008:
New Faculty Exhibition, Seton Gallery, University of New Haven, New Haven, CT
AIRS, Curated by Jeffrey Walkowiak and Todd Jokl, Artspace, New Haven, CT

2007:
10th Annual City Wide Open Studios, Artspace, New Haven, CT.
Implode, Hello my Name is Gallery, New Haven, CT.
Invasive Exotics, presented by Artspace at The New Haven Lawn Club, New Haven, CT
Flatfile: Recent Additions, Artspace, New Haven, CT
Will 100 Artists Please Draw a 1950 Model Ford From Memory, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonson, Canada

2006:
9th Annual City Wide Open Studios, Artspace, New Haven, CT
Print Zero: Portfolio IV, traveling exhibition shown at:
Sev Shoon Gallery, Seattle, WA
Old Inlet Printmakers, Homer, AK
Basil Howard Gallery, Portland, OR
Rainbow Gallery at The University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
Fresh Meat, Shoreline Institute of Contemporary Art, Long Branch, NJ
Disconnect the Dots, Dew Art Gallery, New London, CT
Big Block Portfolio Exchange Exhibition, Philagrafika Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

2005:
Works On Paper, Hogar Collection, Brooklyn, NY
Faculty Exhibition, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper: New Work, Rutgers Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ