Education

2002 Master of Fine Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

1998 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL


Exhibitions

2016      New Business, Center Program 5 Exhibit, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL 

              Dialogue Chicago: 12, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL

2013     Taking Chances, Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Evanston, IL

2012      Push-Pull, Riverside Art Center and Freeark Gallery, Riverside, IL

2011        Stacza Lipinski, Gallery 175, Chicago, IL

2010      Noyesier-30 Artists-Dialogue Chicago, Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Evanston, IL

2009     Broadcast, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL

2008     Paper Chasers, Artworks, Cincinnati, OH

2007     More Noyes, Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Evanston, IL

              Hang Up, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL

              Obsessive/Explosive, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL

             Stacza Lipinski and Paul Nudd, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL

2006     18th Evanston + Vicinity Biennial, Evanston, IL

              In Memoriam, Las Manos, Chicago, IL

             Works on Paper, Las Manos, Chicago, IL

2005    Framed Art, Wallworks, Pontiac, IL

              Above the Noyes, Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Evanston, IL

2004     Pop Art, Orleans Street Gallery, St. Charles, IL

             Chairs, Streetside Café, Chicago, IL

             Paper Cut, ZG Gallery, Chicago, IL

2003    Skybox Studio Open House, Chicago, IL

            Bateau, cone, flapper and other shapes, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL

            Faculty Exhibit, Lill Street Art Center, Chicago, IL

2002   Pretty, MFA Exhibition, Skylab, Columbus, OH

            Emerging Artists of Central Ohio, Ohio State University, Marion, OH

            Edith Fergus Gilmore Memorial Scholarship Exhibition, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

            Convergence, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

2001    Graduate Student Exhibition, Ohio State University,Columbus, OH

            Mini Opening, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

2000   Recent Work, The Dancing Goat, Olympia, WA

            Art Show with Too Many New Parts to List..., Gumbo Garden Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1998    Dirtywork, Art and Design Building Gallery, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL

            Annual Artists Against AIDS Sale and Exhibition, Champaign, IL

            Annual Art Auction for Krannert Art Museum Student Association, Hillel, Foundation, Champaign, IL


Honors

2007      Finalist Award, Illinois Arts Council

              CAAP Grant recipient, Chicago, IL

2006     Juror’s Award, Evanston + Vicinity Biennial, Evanston Arts Center, Evanston, IL

              Morgan-Blake Ragdale Foundation Fellowship, Evanston, IL

2002     Edith Fergus Gilmore Materials Grant, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

              Edith Fergus Gilmore Scholarship, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

2000     University Fellowship, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

1998      High Honor Graduate, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL

1997      Helen P. Blake Award, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL

             Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Award in humor writing