EDUCATION
MFA 2004 – Studio Art, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
BFA 1999 - Painting & Drawing, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (* solo exhibitions marked by asterisk)
2012
Contemporary Focus, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
* Bradley-Shoup, Front Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
Painting Painters Paint, Todd Art Gallery, MTSU, Murfreesboro, TN
2011
Just So…, Estel Gallery, Nashville, TN
2010
Bradley-Shoup & Buffington, Twist Gallery, Nashville, TN
The Front Gallery Invitational, Front Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
2009
Americana, The Front, New Orleans, LA
Seeing is Believing: Realism in the New Age, Jennifer Hunt Gallery, Birmingham, AL
Introduction, Tanner Hill Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Biennial Faculty Exhibition, Cress Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
2008
Observation/ Interaction, Tennessee Arts Commission, Nashville, TN
Paint/ Landscape/ Photo, Jacana Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Dreams and Illusions, Whitney Gallery, Savannah, GA
2007
* Ground Cover, Tanner Hill Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
Hunter Invitational, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
New Artists 2007, Whitney Gallery, Savannah, GA
Small Works 2007, Whitney Gallery, Savannah, GA
FADA: Los Angeles Art Show, Barker Hanger, Santa Monica, CA
Art Miami, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami, FL
2006
Terrain, Bemis Underground, Omaha, NE
Unless, Miller Block Gallery, Boston, MA
Split and Structured, Transom Gallery, Durham, NC
Seed, Rivoli Art Mill, Chattanooga, TN
2005
Fresh stART, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2004
Bunker, The Clean Room, Carrboro, NC
Ritual, Breathe Gallery, Davidson, NC
Current Trends in Contemporary Art, Ackland Museum, Chapel Hill, NC
2003
Engaged, Alcott Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
2002
* Necessary Sculptures, Soren Christensen Gallery, New Orleans, LA
New Blood II, Finer Things Gallery, Nashville, TN
2001
Position & Direction, AVA Center Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
2000
* Recent Works, Chattanooga State Technical Community College, Chattanooga, TN
Bradley-Shoup, Palmer, Soltau, Wright, Cress Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
1999
Art in the City, Chattanooga City Hall, Chattanooga, TN
Southeast Arts Fall Exhibition, Southeast Arts Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
1998
* Time-lag, Cleveland State Community College, Cleveland, TN
Re: works, Human Scale Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
AWARDS
2012 - Make Work Grant Recipient, Create Here
2008 - Individual Artist Fellowship, Tennessee Arts Commission
2007 - Make Work Grant Recipient, Create Here
2006 - Adjunct Faulty of the Year Award, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Professional Artist Support Grant, Tennessee Arts Commission
2005 - Individual Artist Grant, Allied Arts of Greater Chattanooga
2004 - Top Prize, MFA Graduate Award, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2000 - Arts Build Communities (ABC) Grant, Allied Arts of Greater Chattanooga
1999 - “Art in the City”, Purchase Award, City of Chattanooga
Lillian B. Feinstein Painting Scholarship, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
NOMINATIONS
2010 - George Marshall Fellowship
2004 - Joan Mitchell Award
2003 - Dedalus Foundation Fellowship
BIBILIORGRAPHY
In the City, 10/2007
New American Paintings, No. 70/ 2007
The Pulse, 2/23/04
Backwards City Review, Vol. 1, No. 1 Fall / 2004
New American Paintings, No. 52/ 2004
New Orleans Gambit Weekly, 4/16/02
New American Paintings, No. 34/ 2001
Chattanooga on the Move, 5/01
CONFERENCES
2009 - Mississippi Arts Commission: Whole Schools Institute Conference, Oxford, MS
Speaker: The Monitor has Replaced the Window
2008 - National Association of State Arts Agencies/ National Endowment for the Arts
Arts Education Managers Professional Development Institute, Chattanooga, TN
Speaker: Beyond Paper & Pencil: Measuring What Maters in the Information Age
ARTIST LECTURES
2012 - Knoxville Museum of Art Contemporary Focus Lecture
2010 - Professionalism and Art, Middle Tennessee State University
Juror, 2010 Student Exhibition, Middle Tennessee State University
2009 - Professionalism and Art, Western Kentucky University
2007 - Hunter Invitational Artist Lecture, Hunter Museum, Chattanooga Tennessee
CURATORIAL
2009 - stop_gap, Tanner Hill gallery, Chattanooga, TN
2008 - Tablet, Tanner Hill Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2010 – present - Visiting Lecturer, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Foundations: Drawing I, II, Figure Drawing, Figure Painting, Painting I, II, Color Theory
2004 – present - Adjunct Faculty, Chattanooga State Technical Community College
Art Appreciation, Drawing I, Drawing II, Color Theory
2005 – 2010 - Adjunct Faculty, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Drawing I, Drawing II, Painting II, Art History, Art Appreciation, Color Theory
2004 - Adjunct Faculty, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Drawing I
2004 - Teaching Assistant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Drawing I
2002 - Faculty, Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences