Professor of Art, School of Visual Studies, University of Missouri, Columbia.
Artist working in the areas of performance, site-responsive installation & new media.
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EDUCATION
1997 Master of Fine Art, University of Iowa. Major area – Intermedia & Video Art; Minor in sculpture.
1996 Master of Art, University of Iowa. Major area – Intermedia & Video Art; Minor in sculpture.
1986 Bachelor of Fine Art, Maharishi International University, Fairfield, Iowa. Drawing.
RECENT HIGHLIGHTS
GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS & RESEARCH SABBATICALS
2025
Patient Advocate Award from ASCO/American Society of Clinical Oncologists. Funding to attend annual meeting as a panel participant, representing the patient experience.
Ellis Fischel Cancer Center grant, Special grant and research award from the Ellis Fischel Cancer Center Research Administration Office, University of Missouri. Seed money for research and to support “every.single.one” performance project. (Grant period: 2023-25)
Fulbright Specialist Roster, Accepted Aug. 2025. On the roster from 2025-2028.
2022-24
Arts & Humanities Research & Creative Works Fellowship, 2-year program, 2022-24. University of Missouri Provost’s Office & Division of Research, Innovation & Impact.
2023
Puffin Foundation Grant, National foundation, provides funds for artists working in multiple genres. Based in NJ. To support DC performance of “every.single.one.”
Research Leave, University of Missouri. Leave for entire academic year (2023-24) to work on “every.single.one” solo performance project.
Research Council Grant, Summer Research Salary. University of Missouri. To support work on Smith Center solo exhibition and “every.single.one” project development.
Faculty International Travel Grant, University of Missouri COAS to support travel to Banff, Canada for Society for Integrative Oncology conference performance.
Society of Integrative Oncology (SIO) Scholarship, funding to attend 19th Annual Conference to present poster related to “every.single.one” project, Scottdale, AZ.
2019
Research Council Grant, University of Missouri all-campus system. To support production costs for “every.single.one” performance project.
Research Board Grant, University of Missouri all-campus system. To support research leave and production costs for “every.single.one” performance project.
2018
Summer Research Grant, Research Council, University of Missouri. For work on transfer of collection of my works made in Finland to Pori Art Museum, Finland.
2017
Faculty International Travel Grant, University of Missouri. For trip to France for 2017 Global Nomadic Art Project (GNAP-France) residency & exhibition.
2016
Research Leave – For Fall semester, 2016. Traveled to South Korea for YATOO Korean Nature Art Association, Artist Residency, City of Gongju.
2014
SEC Faculty Travel Grant, University of Missouri. For travel to Southeastern Conference University of Florida to present a lecture and conduct research.
2013
Research Council Grant, University of Missouri. For solo exhibition, “Puut Punalle, Maat Sinelle” at Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland.
Center for Arts & Humanities Grant, University of Missouri. For continued work on new video-dance work, “Alaripu: Dissecting the Blossom.”
2012
Summer Research Fellowship, University of Missouri. For installation & performance series at Taidekeskus Ahjo Art Center, Finland.
Research Council Grant, University of Missouri. For installation & performance series at Taidekeskus Ahjo Art Center, Finland.
Richard Wallace Faculty Research Incentive Grant, University of Missouri. For video project, Night Passing. Grant includes allotment for student research.
Center for Arts & Humanities Grant, University of Missouri. For new video-performance work shot in the spring of 2012 in NE MO.
2011
Finnish Cultural Foundation Grant (North Karelia Fund), Joensuu, Finland. For installation & performance series at Taidekeskus Ahjo Art Center, Finland.
Finlandia Foundation Trust Grant For Finnish Fulbright alum art exhibition, FinnFest 2011 - San Diego, CA.
2010-11
Fulbright Grant, Core Scholar Program – Finland (Lecturing/Research) Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES), Washington, D.C. Host institution: University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu.
University of Missouri Research Leave Grant For Fulbright period abroad; academic year 2010-2011.
2010
Faculty International Travel Grant, University of Missouri. For performance at 2nd International Video Festival Camagüey, Cuba.
2009
Center for Arts & Humanities Grant, University of Missouri. For performance at 2nd International Video Festival Camagüey, Cuba.
2008
Summer Research Fellowship, University of Missouri. For “Her Blue Sea Fire” performance in Heinävesi, Finland, 2009.
Research Council Grant, University of Missouri. For “Her Blue Sea Fire” performance in Heinävesi, Finland, 2009.
Research Board Grant, University of Missouri. For “Her Blue Sea Fire” performance in Heinävesi, Finland, 2009.
1997-98
IIE Fulbright Grant - Finland (9 Months: February – November 1998). Host institution: University of Lapland, Rovaniemi.
SOLO PERFORMANCES & EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2025
"every.single.one" Solo Exhibition, FMAAA / Fort Madison Area Arts Association gallery, Fort Madison, Iowa. July 2-26. Exhibited video installation + photography related to the performance project.
Performances of every.single.one, Solo live performances (4 shows): Columbia Entertainment Company (CEC) Theater, Columbia, MO. February 6-9. Co-produced with CEC Theater board members. And two performances for the North Star Music Festival, Truman State University, October 25 & 26, 2025.
2024
Performances of every.single.one, Solo live performances:
- Minnesota Fringe Festival, (3 shows), August 1-11. Southern Theater, Minneapolis. (Due to Covid, missed the first two of 5 scheduled shows.)
- Aaron & Cecil Goldman Theater, Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center, Washington, DC. July 26. (With panel discussion).
- Minnesota Fringe Festival Hangover, digital (video) presentation of shows from the 31st Annual Minnesota Fringe Festival. September 12-22. Online.
2023
Performances of every.single.one, Solo live performances:
- Midwest Women in the Arts Symposium (MWAS), Bradley University, Peoria, IL. October 19-21. Invited.
- Banff Center for Arts & Creativity, Banff, Canada. For the 20th Annual Conference of the Society for Integrative Oncology (SIO). September 14-16. Invited as Plenary Speaker (performer).
every.single.one: cancer, art & transformation, Solo exhibition at Joan Hisaoka Gallery, Smith Center for Healing & the Arts, Washington, D.C. June 2-July 31.
Exhibited single channel video installations, soundscapes & photographic works.
2022
The Quality of Being Fleeting, Two-person exhibition with Gillian Brown. Invited. Gallery 826, SANTA FE, NM. In conjunction with the Currents New Media Festival in June, 2022. Exhibited video installation, single channel video art & photographic works.
2019
every.single.one, Solo live performance for Life & Literature Series, Studio 4 Theater, University of Missouri, Columbia, MISSOURI. 5-day run, October 16-20.
Deliverer, Solo live dance/performance; performed in 2019:
- “Cultural, Intercultural and Transnational Dialogues in Dance and Spirituality”, International conference at the Center for Embodiment & Somatic Movement, Cheltenham, UK.
- “International Rhythm Course,” Utrecht University, Utrecht, NETHERLANDS. Course facilitated by Ned McGowan, BC Manjunath & Dr. Mysore Manjunath
2016
Let a Sleeping Bear Lie, Solo live performance for the opening of the YATOO International Artist in Residence Program 2016 exhibition. Yeonmisan headquarters of YATOO, Korean Nature Artists Association, Gongju, SOUTH KOREA.
2014
“Purificación” at Tufi’Arte, Encuentro Internacional de Arte en Natura, Tufia, Gran Canaria, SPAIN. Five solo live performances at Artists in Nature International Network symposium in Tufia. Performances in the village occurred over a 5 day period.
Puut Punalle, Maat Sinelle (Red the Trees & Green the Land), Solo exhibition/video installation. Luontokeskus Ukko Gallery, Koli, FINLAND. June - August.
2013
Puut Punalle, Maat Sinelle (Red the Trees & Green the Land), Solo exhibition with synchronized 3-channel video installation. MEDIAPiste Gallery, Pori Museum of Art, Pori, FINLAND. Nov/2013 – January/2014. Pia Kovi-Assad, Curator.
2012
At the Pole of Heaven, Solo, video installation/exhibition. Media Room, Bruno David Gallery, ST. LOUIS, MO.
From the dried-out fir leaked honey, Solo performances within mediated sculptural installation. Video installation & performance series over a three-week period, Taidekeskus Ahjo Art Center, Joensuu, FINLAND. (2011 Fulbright project)
2011
And the trees leaked honey…, Solo performance, Pori Museum of Art, for Nuit de Muses, May, Pori, FINLAND. (Invited by curator, Pia Hovi-Assad).
Her Blue Sea Fire, Solo performance at Luontokeskus Ukko, Koli National Park, FINLAND. For Koli Cultura Workshop. (Invited by Koli Cultura organization).
2010
One of Many Limbs, Solo performance (within sculptural space) at Sacred Harvest Festival, Harmony Park, Clarks Grove, MINNESOTA. Featured guest artist at 2010 festival.
Signed with Reddish Earth, Solo exhibition/video installation PS Gallery, Columbia, MO. Running with True/False Film Festival, Columbia, MISSOURI.
2009
Signed with Reddish Earth, Solo performance in public park space for 2nd International Camagüey Video Art Festival 2009, Camagüey, CUBA. Jorge Santana, Director.
On Becoming, (2-person exhibition with Gillian Brown/Invited). Video sculptures & installation. UNI Gallery of Art, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IOWA.
River of Spirit of Life, Solo exhibition/video installation ARC Gallery, CHICAGO, IL.
Performansseja Ilomantsin (2-Person exhibition with artist, Papu Pirtola). Galleria Oksasenkatu 11, Helsinki, FINLAND. Screened video installation, “Salmisuo”.
Her Blue Sea Fire, Solo performance (within sculptural installation) at Valamo Monastery, Heinävesi, FINLAND. Accompanied by singers, Heikki Laitinen & Sanna
Kurki-Suonio. For 7th International Conference on Environmental Aesthetics: Celestial Aesthetics. Organized by the University of eastern Finland.
On Becoming (2-person exhibition with Gillian Brown). Catich Gallery, St. Ambrose University, Davenport, IOWA. Exhibited Video installation, “Ice Piece”.
2008
Primer Festival Internacional de Videoarte, Solo video installation in “Minimo Acceso” Exhibition, Galeria Julian Morales, Camaguëy, CUBA.
River of Spirit of Life (ice piece), Solo video installation, Media Room, Bruno David Gallery, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.
Other/self, (2-person exhibition, w/ JJ Higgins). George Caleb Bingham Gallery, University of Missouri, Columbia, MISSOURI. Video installation: “River of Spirit of Life.”
2006
Eco-Fair Opening Night, 2-person performance with Iowa Poet, Joe Plum. Student Center, Maharishi International University, Fairfield, Iowa. (Improv dance & poetry).
2007
2 rivers/roar, Environmental Art Enclave, Solo performance (within sculptural installation) at International environmental art exhibition & residency. I-Park, EAST HADDAM, CT.
In/of Nature II, Solo exhibition, Finlandia University Gallery, HANCOCK, MI.
2004
Spirit of the Mire, Solo performance (within sculptural installation), Sorsapuisto Park at Tampere Talo (House), Tampere, FINLAND. For “Wise Use of Peatlands” international conference at Tampere Talo.
Inside the Quiet Dwelling Where…, Solo Exhibition of photography and video installations, Gallery 51 East, Fairfield, IOWA. Bill Teeple, Director.
2003
Under Its Level Ground, at PeatPolis.nl, Solo performance (within sculptural installation), Veenpark Open Air Museum, Barger-Compascuum, NETHERLANDS. GlobalArtFund, Curator. Opening reception attended by the Dutch Queen, Beatrix.
2002
Her Blue Sea Fire, Solo performance (within sculptural installation). Outdoor presentation in and around a pond in Fairfield, IOWA.
2001
Live performances of “Her Blue Sea Fire” in 2001:
- Wisteria Nature Preserve and Community Midsummer Festival, Pomeroy, OHIO (Solo performance).
- Space/Place Theatre, North Hall, University of Iowa campus. Iowa City, IOWA (2-person performance with Deanne Wortman).
- Peanut Gallery, Rock Island, ILLINOIS (Performance with Deanne Wortman).
- Women’s Caucus for Art Annual Conference, Congress Plaza Hotel, CHICAGO, IL. (Performance with Deanne Wortman).
- Grinnell Community Theatre, (Solo performance), Grinnell, IOWA.
2000
The Protecting Veil, Solo Exhibition of theatrical props: icon paintings, (Standards commissioned for dance concert of the same name. Marc Kotz, choreographer), Westminster Church - Fine Art Series, Des Moines, IOWA.
1999
Treelines, Solo Exhibition, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MINNESOTA. Exhibition and installation related to work created in Finland during 1998 Fulbright period.
1998
blood-line, Solo Performance and temporary installation (bed of peat), Pori Art Museum, Pori, FINLAND.
Punakivia, Solo Performance for Culture Week and "Ultima Thule" show opening, Varangerbotn Municiple Center, Varangerbotn, NORWAY.
Limb to Limbs, Flesh and Home, Solo performance (within sculptural installation) & residency, Nelimarkka Museum, Alajärvi, FINLAND.
Manto, Solo performance (within sculptural installation) on Barents Sea, Bugoynes, NORWAY. Project as part of Ultima Thule Northern Environment Project.
Suon Hengetär , Solo performance (within sculptural installation), for 3rd International Conference on Environmental Aesthetics - "Aesthetics of Bogs & Peatlands", Puohtiinsuo, mire, Ilomantsi, FINLAND.
1997
Habitat, Solo - Environmental sculptures and performance project series. Outdoor site in North Liberty, IOWA. Part of MFA Graduate work at U of Iowa.
Habitat/vessel, Solo Performance, CSPS Contemporary Art Center, Cedar Rapids, IOWA. (“Out of Bounds” performance art series).
Exhibition of Mixed Media Drawings 1985 to 1990, Solo exhibition. University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (UIHC), Iowa City, IOWA. Project Art Organization.
1996
Tied Wood and Twisted Vine, Solo exhibition, installation & photo/video documentation of environmental works, Suomi College Center Gallery Hancock, MICHIGAN.
1995
sand stone fire snow, Solo exhibition, installation & photo/video documentation of environmental works, Arts Center & Gallery, Iowa City, IOWA.
THEATRICAL READINGS of “every.single.one” (selected)
2022
Annual “Mizzou New Play Series,” One of the three featured full-length plays. University of Missouri Theater Department. Took place on Zoom with full cast. I performed my own role. February 10.
2021
Online Reading of “every.single.one,” Organized by dramaturge, Dr. Xiomara Cornejo. Full 2-hour play was read with full cast on December 18 on Zoom.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS, Curated, Invited & Juried (selected)
2025
Produced & Attracted, Celebrating 25 Years of Wormfarm Institute Residency Artists. (invited). Reedsburg, WISCONSIN. Screening “Substance of Venom.”
2024
Viral Integration, Susan & Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences Building, UC Irvine Joe C. Wen Public Health Building, University of California, Irvine. (Curated). Calendar year of 2024.
2023
ARC 50th Anniversary Exhibition, ARC Gallery, CHICAGO, IL. Screened: “Substance of Venom.”
Personal History, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MISSOURI. (Juried). Screened two video art works on loop: “Uphold (from below)” and “every.single.one (karuna)” on loop.
2022
Voices & Visions: Standing on the Bridge Between Health & Disease, (Curated). Highland Park Art Center, Highland Park, IL. Exhibited three videos works.
2021
Our Planet: Ourselves, (Juried) ARC Gallery, CHICAGO, Illinois. Juror: Jane Stevens, Curator & educator. Exhibited video: “Uphold (from below).”
Masur Museum’s 58th Annual Juried Competition, Monroe, LOUISIANA. Host Venue: Northeast LA. Delta African-American Heritage Museum. Kelli Morgan, Juror.
Best of Show Award for video, “every.single.one (karuna).”
2020
Art from the Heartland 2020, Indianapolis Art Center, (Juried). INDIANA. Exhibited video: “Uphold (from below).” Best of 2D Work (category) Award.
Eco-Consciousness, (Juried). Organized by ecoartspace. Online. Printed catalog. Eleanor Heartney, Juror. Exhibited video: “Uphold (from below).”
Performative Ecologies, (Curated) Patricia Watts, curator. (11 Invited artists). CURRENTS 826 Gallery, Santa Fe, NEW MEXICO. Video installation + material objects.
2019
Midwest Women Making Art Because the World Matters, Heuser Gallery, Bradley University, Peoria, ILLINOIS. (Invited) Organized as part of the symposium: “Midwest Women Artists, Champions of the Environment.” Screened “Uphold (from below).”
32nd September Competition Exhibition (Juried), Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LOUISIANA. Screened video, “every.single.one.” First Place Award.
Biennial Quad State Exhibition 2019 (Juried) Quincy Art Center, Quincy, ILLINOIS. Video installation: “every.single.one.” Merit Award.
Positive/Negative, 34th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition, Slocumb Galleries, ETSU, Johnson City, TENNESSEE. Exhibited one video work: “every.single.one (karuna).”
2018
WOMEN STRONG: ARC 45th Anniversary Exhibit. ARC Gallery, CHICAGO. Group exhibition. Exhibited two photographic-performance works.
2017
Global Nomadic Art Project (GNAP) – France. (Invited) Residence program & exhibition. Saumur, Doué-en-Anjou and Les Perrières, FRANCE. Final exhibition concurrent with European Heritage Days in Les Perrières.
Biennial Quad State Exhibition 2017, (Juried) Quincy Art Center, Quincy, ILLINOIS. Video installation: “Enticing the Tide.” Local Artist Recognition Award.
2016
2016 Chungnam Artist-in-Residence Archive Exhibition, Group exhibition of artist residency program works; included YATOO residency I participated in. Mosan Contemporary Art Museum, Chungcheongnamdo SOUTH KOREA. December.
Crossing, Exhibition for YATOO International Artist in Residence Program 2016. Group exhibition of the works made by all residents during the October residency. Gallery in Yeonmisan headquarters of YATOO, Gonju, SOUTH KOREA.
From Forest Lands, Moors & Glaciers, (Invited) Art Galleries of the University of Lapland Faculty of Art & Design, Rovaniemi, FINLAND. Exhibited Video installation: “Night Passing.”
It Ripens, 2016 Resident Artists Show (Group). For Wormfarm Institute residence program. Woolen Mill Gallery, Reedsburg, WI. Exhibited: “Dissecting the Blossom.”
2015
Art Cop21 – A global festival of cultural activity on climate change (Group) Organized by the French art organization COAL and UK based Cape Farewell. Art projects were presented in situ globally and in Paris in the weeks prior to & concurrent with the COP21 global climate talks.
The Exhibition: Between Heaven & Earth (Juried) Organized by YATOO (Korean Nature Arts Association) Yeonmisan Nature Art Center Gallery, Gongju, SOUTH KOREA.
Quad State Biennale Exhibition, (Juried) Quincy Art Center, Quincy, ILLINOIS.
2014
Art in the Open, Competition for selected artists to have their work featured on billboards in the Hannibal, MO area. Featured in a public setting along local highways.
2013
Horizontally Growing Trees (Curated). Nature Art Pre-Biennale 2013, artist proposals. Geumgang International Nature Art Center, Gongju, KOREA. October.
40th Anniversary Membership Exhibition, (Group) ARC Gallery, CHICAGO, IL. Screened video-performance, “Night Passing”.
2012
Blue-White-Red (Invited), Bruno David Gallery, ST. LOUIS, MO. Exhibited still series from video-performance, “Night Passing.”
Women & Water Rights (Juried/traveling exhibition). Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WISCONSIN. Screened “At the Pole of Heaven” video-performance.
Nature as Spirit (Invited). Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MICHIGAN. Two video installations presented: “Rasvasaari” and “Tuhkasta”.
2011
Koli Night of the Arts (Invited). Torni (Tower) Gallery, Koli FINLAND.
Fulbright Artists Reflect Upon Finland (4-person). FinnFest 2011, Town & Country Convention Center, Royal Palm Salon, San Diego, CALIFORNIA.
Antero Vipunen – Children’s Kalevala Exhibition (Invited). Traveling in Finland in 2011 in cities of Lapinlahti, Kotka and Espoo, FINLAND.
ART TODAY (Invited). Louhitalo Cultural Center, Eno, FINLAND.
2010
Moving Still, Citizen Jane Film Festival (Invited). Columbia Art League Gallery, Columbia, MISSOURI. Screened 2-channel video installation and performance photos from “Hollowed.”
Women & Water Rights: Rivers of Regeneration (Juried). Cascade Meadow Wetlands & Environmental Science Center, Rochester, MINNESOTA.
Herrala ART 2010 (Invited). Ilmajoki Herrala Cultural Center, Ilmajoki, FINLAND.
Dia Internacional del Video Arte (Jorge Santana, Curator). Wifredo Lam Contemporary Art Center, Havana, CUBA. Screened single channel video work, “Signed with reddish Earth.”
Recession Rejuvenations (Group/gallery artists). Bruno David Gallery, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. Screened “Rasvasaari.”
Ninth National Juried Exhibition (Juried). Ceres Gallery, NEW YORK. Second Place Award. Lowery Stokes Sims, Curator, Museum of Arts & Design, NY, NY, Juror.
Le Porte dell’Acqua (Invited). Spazio Utopia Contemporary Art, Campagna, ITALY. Angelo Riviello, Curator.
Women and Water Rights: Rivers of Regeneration (Juried). Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Regis Center for Art, Minneapolis, MINNESOTA. Lucy Lippard, Juror.
2009
Antero Vipunen, Children’s Cultural Center, Tampere, FINLAND (Invited; traveling exhibition in Finland). Included props from performance work in Finland.
Video Festival dell’Acqua 2009, Video the Water's Festival (Invited). Spazio Contemporary Art Campagna, ITALY. 3rd yr. exhibiting video work in festival.
Quad State Exhibition (Juried). Quincy Art Center, Quincy, ILLINOIS.
2008
Art That Matters (Group/ARC Members Exhibition). ARC Gallery, CHICAGO, IL.
Video Festival dell’Acqua / Video the Water's Festival (Invited). Spazio Contemporary Art Campagna, ITALY. Screening of video-performances.
ARC Gallery Exchange Exhibition (Group). Gallery 659, Glencoe, ILLINOIS.
Luonnollisesti Suomalainen (Invited). Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MINNESOTA. Performance photographs & video-performances. David Hodges, Curator
The Coexistence of Silence & Dynamism (Juried). Rhonda Schaller Studio/Main Gallery, NEW YORK, NY. Screening of “Lila’s Cave” video-work.
London Biennale (Invited). Organized by David Medalla. Spazio Contemporary Art, Campagna, ITALY (5 artists). Angelo Riviello, Director.
Honors Show (Curated). Art St. Louis, ST. LOUIS, MO. James Smith, Curator.
2007
Rassegna dell’Acqua / Review of the Water 2007, International Show of Mail Art (Invited). Spazio Utopia Contemporary Art Center, Campagna, ITALY.
Grand Reopening (Invited). ICON (Iowa Contemporary Art) Gallery, Fairfield, IOWA. Screened video work: “Lila’s Cave”.
Forces of Nature (Juried). Art Saint Louis Gallery, ST. LOUIS, MO. Exhibited video work, “Rocky Island”, Award of Excellence. Lampo Leong, Juror.
2006
60th Juried Exhibition (Juried). Sioux City Art Center, SIOUX CITY, IOWA. Exhibited video installation: “River of Spirit of Life (Ice Piece)”. Valerie C. Oliver, Houston Contemporary Museum of Art, Juror.
56th Annual Quad State Exhibition (Juried). Quincy Art Center, Quincy, ILLINOIS. Jane Simon, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Juror. Best of Show Award.
Mary S. Oakley Area Artist Showcase (Group/juried). Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL.
2005
Northern Passages (5-person Exhibition/Invited). DeVos Art Museum, Marquette, MICHIGAN. Exhibited 3 video-installations. Wayne Francis, Curator.
EarthWorksNow 2005 - International Biennial (Juried). Hi-Desert Nature Museum, Yucca Valley, CALIFORNIA. Exhibited environmental art photographs.
Contemporary Women Artist Exhibition XIII (Juried). Mad Art Gallery, ST. LOUIS, MO. Exhibited video, “River of Spirit of Life” in video installation. Judy Chicago, Juror.
2001
Women’s Caucus for Art Exhibition (Group). Grinnell Community Art Gallery, Municipal Building, Grinnell, IOWA. Exhibited photographic work.
1999
Ultima Thule Northern Environment and Art Education Project. (Invited). Valo & Koja Gallery, Rovaniemi, FINLAND.
Traveling exhibition in conjunction with Ultima Thule Project organized by University of Lapland. Also traveled to ENGLAND and Concordia University, Montreal, CANADA.
1998
Ultima Thule (Invited). Varanger Sami Museum, Varangerbotn, NORWAY. Photo (& other archives of environmental art works) created in Finnmark Norway.
MFA Exhibition (Group). University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IOWA.
1997
In the Spirit: Contemporary Art and Religious Tradition (Invited). CSPS Art Center, Cedar Rapids, IOWA. Mel Andringa, Curator.
1996
Iowa: A State of Mind (Invited). Arts Iowa City Center & Gallery, IOWA. Exhibited photographs of environmental works.
VIDEO ART, FILM & SCREENDANCE Festival Screenings (selected)
2025
MSFF Pop-up! Selection from Documentary & Environmental categories from McMinnville Short Film Festival, McMinnville, OR. September 27.
McMinnville Short Film Festival (MSFF), McMinnville, OR. (McMinnville Cinema) Award nomination: Best Environmental Film for “Substance of Venom.”
VASTLAB Experimental (VLX6), Vast lab, Inc. (CA based non-profit collaborative), LA.
2024
International Festival Signs of the Night – Lisbon, (International/Documentary), Ateneu Popular do Montijo, PORTUGAL. Screened: “Substance of Venom.”
33rd Annual St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF), St. Louis, MO. Hi-Pointe Theater.
24th Annual St. Louis Filmmaker’s Showcase, St. Louis, MO. Hi-Pointe Theater. Award: Best Experimental Film: “Substance of Venom.”
2022
“Dance & Ecology” Screening (Oct. 20) at the National Choreographic Center of Montpelier, FRANCE. Partnership w/ Festival International de Vidéo Danse de Bourgogne.
“Sentient Performativities: thinking alongside the human” Devon, UK. Dartington Hall. Interdisciplinary Symposium featuring speakers, performances and film programme.
FilmFest by Rogue Dancer, “Fleshie Edition” (July); Screened “Uphold (from below).”
2021
FIVA International Festival of Video Art Camagüey, CUBA. Venues: Circuit for the Exhibition and Development of New Media (CEDINM) and the city of Camagüey, Cuba.
Queens World Film Festival, Screening at Elmhurst Hospital, NYC. Screened “every.single.one (karuna)” as part of the “Stronger Than You Think You Are” block from the 2020 QWFF.
Awareness Film Festival, LOS ANGELES. Hybrid online and in person at the Regal at La Live. Honorable Mention for the film, “Uphold (from below).”
SLIFF/St. Louis International Film Festival, organized by Cinema St. Louis. A selection of works from the St. Louis Filmmaker’s Showcase awardees screened as part of a block.
St. Louis Filmmaker’s Showcase, organized by Cinema St. Louis, MISSOURI. Online. Award: Best Sound in Documentary or Experimental Film category for “every.single.one (karuna.”)
2020
In Shadow Screendance Festival, Part of video-installation series at NOTE Galeria de Arquitetura (Gallery), Lisbon, PORTUGAL. Screened “Uphold (from below).”
Bogota Experimental Film Festival, Screened in program called, “Skin That Becomes Irrepressible,” Online. Bogota, Columbia. Screened: “Uphold (from below).”
10th Annual Queens World Film festival, Museum of the Moving Image & Zukor Theater, Kaufman Astoria Studios, Astoria, NEW YORK. Screened “every.single.one (karuna).”
17th Signos da Noite Internacional Film Festival, International Short Films Competition, Desterro, Lisboa, Portugal. Screened “Uphold (from below).”
2019
North Star Music Festival, Truman State University, Kirksville, MISSOURI. Screened & presented “Uphold (from below)” with composer/collaborator, Charles Gran.
Outlet Dance Project, 15th Annual Festival at Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NEW JERSEY. Screened “Uphold (from below)”
Movimiento en Movimiento, Festival Internacional de Danza Para la Pantalla, Center of Digital Culture, Mexico City, MEXICO. Screened “Uphold (from below).”
Award: Second place in International Category.
Jeju International Experimental Art Festival, Republic of Tamnala, Jeju-do, SOUTH KOREA. Screened several video art works looping in an installation.
Bolton Film Festival, Experimental Programme at Neo Art Gallery, Bolton, UK. Screened “every.single.one (karuna).”
7th Indian Cine Film Festival - 19. Short film program. Mumbai, INDIA. Special Festival Mention. Screened “every.single.one (karuna).”
Bideodromo, International Experimental Film & Video Festival, Art House Zinema, BilbaoArte, Bilbao, Spain. Screened “every.single.one (karuna).”
Seattle Transmedia & Independent Film Festival (STIFF), The Factory Luxe, Seattle WASHINGTON. 15th Anniversary Festival. Screened “every.single.one (karuna).”
ADF’s Movies by Movers Film Festival, Official Selection, Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, Durham, NORTH CAROLINA & at Appalachian State University, Boone.
9th Pune Short Film Festival 2019, Official Selection, National Film Archive of India, Pune.
Vero Beach Wine & Film Festival, Official Selection (Documentary Shorts program, Vero Beach Art Museum), Vero Beach, FLORIDA. Screened “every.single.one (karuna).”
Evolving the Forest, Creative Summit, Dartington Hall, Devon, UNITED KINGDOM. Film programme screening of video-performance, “Uphold (from below).”
Screendance Program, Curated by Marisa C. Hayes for the Freiburg Theater, Freiburg, GERMANY. Screened: “Dissecting the Blossom.”
Signes de Nuit International Film Festival, International Short Films Competition, AcudKino, Berlin, GERMANY. Screened “every.single.one (karuna).”
2018
Geumgang Nature Art Biennale, “Video Exhibition – Wind.”
Exhibition of video art works on theme of water. Public space: Jemincheon Bridge Canal walkway, Gongju, SOUTH KOREA. Screened: Confluence.
PSi Daegu 2018/Performance as Network: Arts, City, Culture. Daegu Art Factory, Daegu, SOUTH KOREA. Screened three works during the conference, “Let a Sleeping Bear Lie”, “For Annette” and “Eudaimonia.” (The latter now titled, “To Uphold (from below)”
2017
"Let a Sleeping Bear Lie" YATOO Korean Nature Arts Association Yeonmisan forest exhibition spaces. Permanent video installation in 2017. YATOO headquarters, Gongju, SOUTH KOREA.
Festival Internacional de Videoarte de Camagüey (FIVAC 2017) International Festival of Video Art - Camagüey, CUBA. Screened: “Dissecting the Blossom.”
“In Other Tongues” Creative Summit. Dartington Hall, Devon, UNITED KINGDOM. Screening of “Let a Sleeping Bear Lie” video in Film Programme. Organized by art.earth.
2016
Geumgang Nature Art Biennale, “Video Exhibition – Water.” (Group exhibition of video art). Jemincheon Bridge Canal walkway, Gongju, SOUTH KOREA. Screened: River of Spirit of Life.
Change Food Fest, Times Center, NEW YORK. November 10 & 11. Diane Hatz, Director. Screened: “Dissecting the Blossom” screendance video.
VideoBardo 6th Festival Internacional de Videopoesia (International Festival of Video Poetry) National Library, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA . November 8-12.
Numeridanse TV France, International online dance video library. A project of Maison de la danse, Lyon, France. Screened “Dissecting the Blossom” on Numeridanse.TV.
Creative Edge Film Festival, Orpheum Theater, Fairfield IOWA. September 22-25. Screened: “Dissecting the Blossom.” Screendance video.
6th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival – 16. New Delhi, INDIA, April 30. Screened: “Dissecting the Blossom.” Screendance video.
Passport to India, Temple Gallery, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, KANSAS CITY. Screening: “Dissecting the Blossom.” Screendance video. April 3.
2015
FIVC Off (Alternative Screen) Festival Internacional de Videodanza, Centro Cultural de España de Santiago, CHILE. Screened: “Dissecting the Blossom.”
Official Selection, 3rd Indian Cine Film Festival (ICFF) Mumbai, INDIA. Jury Award for Best Music Video for “Dissecting the Blossom.”
Official Selection, “Politics of Space” International Video Dance Festival of Burgundy LeCreusot, FRANCE. Screened: “Dissecting the Blossom.”
Official Selection, Movies by Movers Dance Film Festival, Daniel Boone Native Gardens, Boone, NORTH CAROLINA. “Dissecting the Blossom.”
Official Selection Citizen Jane Film Festival. Stephens College, Columbia, MISSOURI. Dance on Film Program. Screened: “Dissecting the Blossom.”
7th Annual St. Louis Indian Dance Festival, Soorya Performing Arts, Clayton, MO & Soorya Performing Arts, L.A. Screened: “Dissecting the Blossom.”
“Mysteries of Love” Music Video Cast. Commission by co-producers Elena Charbila Michael Sternfeld to create an outdoor installation/performance segment for the “Mysteries of Love” Kid Moxie music video. Composer: Angelo Badalamenti (music for David Lynch).
2014
VideoBardo: V International Videopoetry Festival, Buenos Aires & Mendoza, ARGENTINA. Screened: “Through the Moss-Stuffed Chinks Heard Voices.”
2013
The Other Movie Festival, Lugano, Switzerland & Tallinn University Baltic Film & Media School Select films from Signes de Nuit International Film Festival.
Sacre/ilège(s) – A collaborative video-collage project for the 100th anniversary of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, curated by Burgundy International Festival of Video-Dance, FRANCE.
Festival de la Revolution Regueb, Regueb, TUNESIA. Select films from Signes de Nuit International Film Festival, Feb. 2013. Screened “At the Pole of Heaven.”
Signes de Nuit International Film Festival, program on independent cinema of /related to Finland: “Mystery, Nature, Transcendence” Aired on Jan. 25. Tele Bocal, Paris, FRANCE.
2012
Screening of video, “Through the Moss-Stuffed Chinks Heard Voices” on French TV – Tele Bocal, Paris, FRANCE. November 9.
Signes de Nuit International Film Festival, Paris, FRANCE. Screening of films in various locations in Paris over 12 days. L’Action Christine Theater.
Screening of Performance Art in the Natural Environment (SPANE) Festival (Group). Artscape, Gibraltar Point, Toronto Islands, CANADA. Screened “River of Spirit of Life (ice piece)”.
At the Pole of Heaven (Invited). Screening of video-performance work Theater Hall, Parc naturel régional Scarpe-Escaut, Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, FRANCE.
Wallpaper International Festival of Videodance (Group). Piazza Giuseppe Verdi, Trieste, ITALY. Screened “Tuhkasta” and exhibited video stills.
Burgundy International Festival of Video-Danse (Group). Le Creusot, FRANCE.
2011
Joensuu Päivä (Group). Carelicum Museum (Museum of North Karelia), Joensuu, FINLAND. Screened two video works made in Karelia in 2011.
Jumping Frames Video Dance Festival (Group/screenings). Kowloon, HONG KONG.
Night Passing II, Video installation, Luontokeskus Ukko Art Gallery, Koli, FINLAND. (For European National Park Day on May 21).
Burgundy International Festival of Video-Danse (Group). Le Breuil and Conservatory of Burgundy in Chalon sur Saône, FRANCE. Official Selection: “Her Blue Sea Fire”.
2010
Athens Video Art Festival. (Group). Athens, GREECE. Screened in “Feel Free to be Green.”
2009
Festival Internacional Del Cine Pobre de Humberto Solas (Curated from Camagüey Video Art Festival work). Gibara, CUBA. Screened “Ice Piece”.
2008
Magmart Video Art Festival (Group). Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, Casoria/Naples, ITALY. Screening of video-performance, “Rocky Island”. Special Mention.
2007
Video Festival dell’Acqua / Video the Water's Festival (Group/Invited). Church Square & Town Agostiniano Palace, Campagna, ITALY. (Screened two video works).
10th Annual Film Festival, Museum of New Art, PONTIAC, MI. Screened 3 video works.
Aesthetics of Stone & Rock (Invited). Luontokeskus Ukko Center, Koli, FINLAND. Screened two video works for 6th International Conference on Environmental Aesthetics.
2005
3rd Biennial Film Competition (Group). Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IOWA. 3rd Place Award for video-performance, “River of Spirit of Life (Ice Piece).”