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I live, make art, sit in traffic, and sleep occasionally in Chicago, Illinois. My photographic work uses visual and textual narrative to explore the way that we construct meaning in contemporary culture through the lenses of religion, consumer behavior, and secular mythologies. My stories weave tales of ordinary days gone peculiar, obsessive methods of analysis and insignificant objects that suddenly take on extraordinary significance. Miraculous pennies arrive in the mail, healing spells transfer through television programming and fortune cookie numbers win the lotto. Through this darkly humorous storytelling I dissect the line between belief and skepticism, while examining ideas of personal truth and common misperceptions surrounding photographic documents. My artwork has been widely exhibited across the US and internationally in Canada, Belgium, Greece, the Netherlands, Spain and the UK. My work has been written about in numerous publications, including the New York Times. My photoworks are included in the MPP Collection of the Museum of Contemporary Photography, the artist book collection of the Banff Centre, McHenry County College, and the Center for Photography at Woodstock, among others. My artwork has received grant support from the Ultimate Eye Foundation, Visual Studies Workshop, the Banff Centre, the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and the Illinois Arts Council. I earned an MFA degree from the Ohio State University in 2002 and a BA with Distinction from Purdue University in 2000. I hold a tenured teaching appointment at Elgin Community College, where I coordinate the Photography program in the Department of Art. Recent Solo Exhibitions (selected):
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