resume

education
  • MFA 2004 The University of Texas at Austin
  • BFA 1997 The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
professional experience
2006 - present Assistant Professor, School of Art, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illionois
2008 Juror, North Park University Scholarship Show at the Carlson Gallery, North Park University
2007 Visiting Artist, Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois
2005 Visiting Artist, School of Art and Design at Alfred University, Alfred, New York
2004 - 2006 Adjunct Lecturer, The University of Texas at Austin
  • Drawing Foundations, Two Dimensional Foundations, 2005 and 2006 (instructor of record)
  • Beginning Painting, Drawing for Non-Art Majors, 2004 (instructor of record)
2004 Studio Assistant to Michael Ray Charles, Austin, Texas
Arthouse at the Jones Center, Teen Workshop Instructor
2001 - 2004 Teaching Assistant, The University of Texas at Austin
  • Advanced and Intermediate Drawing, Painting III, 2004
  • Drawing II, Intermediate and Advanced Lithography, 2003
  • Advanced Painting, Digital Arts Media, 2002
  • Digital Arts Media, Shop Assistant, 2001
2003 Teaching Assistant, Italart Center, Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy
2000 Archival Intern, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1998 - 2000 Art Instructor, Loring-Nicolette Alternative School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Drawing I, Life Drawing, (Instructor of Record)
1996 - 1997 Painting Department Shop Assistant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
exhibitions
2008 Bitchin., Bad Dog Gallery, DeKalb, Illinois, curator
ArtChicago, with Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Of, On, And About Paper, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, California, Jurors: Shelly Bancroft and Peter Nesbett, Editors. Art on Paper magazine
Built and Grown, Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2007 Faculty Biennial, Northern Illinois University Art Museum, DeKalb, Illinois
Cool Sticky, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, Illinois, in conjunction with Sabina Ott, Light Blue and the Same Red Makes a Change, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, Illinois
Zg Summer Show, Zg Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, Curators: Meg Sheehy and Myra Casis, Co-owners, Zg Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
50th Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art, Chautauqua center for the Visual Arts, Chautauqua, New York, Jurors: Barbara Luderowski and Michael Olijnyk, Directors, Mattress Factory Art Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
House and Garden, a collaboration with Michelle Wasson, Bad Dog Gallery, DeKalb, Illinois
Paimiatki, Akademia Sztuk Piknych w Katowicach, Katowice, Poland
Biennial 24, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, Indiana, (Merit Award) Jurors: Meg Sheehy and Myra Casis, Co-owners, Zg Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2006 School of Art Faculty Biennial, Jack Olson Gallery, Northern Illinois University
Affair at the Jupiter Hotel, Jupiter Hotel, Portland Curator: Arturo Palacios, Director, Art Palace Austin, Texas
Red Hot, Red Dot, Women and Their Work, Austin, Texas
Wild and Bushy, Volitant Gallery, Austin, Texas Curator: Hana Hillerova
Luck of the Draw, Diverseworks, Houston, Texas Curator: Diane Barber, Visual Arts Director, Diverseworks, Houston, Texas
Seismic Shift, Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
On the Horizon: Nina Rizzo & Stephanie Wagner, Art Palace Gallery, Austin, Texas
2005 Casket Factory .05, at The Dallas Coffin Co., Dallas, Texas, with Art Palace Gallery, Austin, Texas
New Texas Painting, Diverseworks, Houston, Texas
Curator: Diane Barber, Visual Arts Director, Diverseworks, Houston, Texas
Affair at the Jupiter Hotel, Jupiter Hotel, Portland,Oregon, Curator: Arturo Palacios, Director, Art Palace, Austin, Texas
Texas Biennial, Dougherty Arts Center (venue), Juried Show, Juror.s Choice Award, (catalogue)
Sisters Show, Fresh Up Club, Austin, Texas, Curators: David Bryant and Peat Duggins, Directors Fresh Up Club, Austin, Texas
2004 Cha Cha Cha, Wormhole Gallery, Miami, Florida, Curator: Pepe Mar, Wormhole Gallery, Miami, Florida
Stray Show, Chicago, Illinois, Fresh Up Club, Austin, Texas, Curator: David Bryant, Co-Director, Fresh Up Club, Austin, Texas
22nd Annual National Small Works Competition, Schoharie County Arts Council Gallery, Cobleskill, New York, Juror: Katharina Rich Perlow, Director, Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, New York
2003 Austin Powers, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston Texas, Curator: Sally Sprout, Houston, Texas
Seven From Austin; Recent Post Pluralist Painting, Landmark Arts Center, Lubbock, Texas, Curator: Elizabeth Joblin, Director, Gallery 107, Austin, Texas
Superstring, Creative Research Laboratory, Austin, Texas
Italart Center Show, Italart Center at Santa Chiara, Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy
2002 New American Talent 17, Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin, Texas, Juror: Kathryn Kanjo, Executive Director, ArtPace, San Antonio, Texas (catalogue)
Jacket, Creative Research Lab, Austin, Texas, Curators: Merchant Adams, Atteqa Ali, Lynn Boland, M.A. Candidates, Department of Art and Art History, The University of Texas at Austin
The Unrestrained Creativity, Art and Charity, Finesilver Building, San Antonio, Texas, Curator: David Freeman, Editor In Chief, Voices of Art
1999 Women Create, Gus Lucky.s Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Invitational
1998 Print Exhibition, May Day, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1996 Student Exchange Show, The University of Vera Cruz, Vera Cruz, Mexico, Invitational
Link Gallery Invitational, Link Gallery, Champaign, Illinois
publications
2007 Rachel Fumari, "Luscious Stains in Paint", New City, October 11, 2007
2006 Salvador Castillo "Nina Rizzo and Stephanie Wagner, On the Horizon, Art Palace", Bout what I Sees, http://salvadorcastillo.wordpress.com/2006/02/ ., March 20, 2006
Dorothy Meiburg, "On the Horizon at Art Palace", .might be good (website), mightbegood.org, March 10, 2006
2005 Caitlin Haskell, Interview, "Three Hours of Road Trip Tunes", .might be good (website), mightbegood.org/mbg, October 29, 2005
Elaine Wolff, .Digitally Induced Angst and Sensory Overload", San Antonio Current, March 10, 2005
"Brushed with Greatness", Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, Austin-American Statesman, March 8th, 2005
"Des Artistes Inspires Ont Ouvert les Portes du Chateau", Stephan Dudzinski, Nice Matin, 22 fevrier, 2005
"Un Grand Cru d.Artistes, en Residence au Chateau", Stephan Dudzinski, Nice Matin, 17 fevrier, 2005
2004 New American Paintings South West Edition 2004, Number 54, Volume 9, Number 5, Juror: Lynn M. Herbert, Senior Curator, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas
2003 New American Paintings M.F.A. Annual 2003, Volume 8, The M.F.A. Annual, December 2003, Juror: Lawrence Rinder, Curator of Contemporary Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York
J. Marcus Weekley, "Seven From Austin: Recent Post Pluralist Painting", Artl!es, Number 39, Summer 2003, 86
Charlotte Cousins, "A Collaborative Process", Art Notes, Spring 2003, 13
K-EYE News Austin, Arts Story, Austin, Texas, September, 7, 2003
J. Marcus Weekley, "Seven from Austin", Hub Stuff, Lubbock, Texas, August 2003
awards
2007 Merit Award, Biennial 24, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, Indiana
2006 Honorarium, Department of Radio, Television and Film, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
2005 New Texas Painting Honorarium, Diverseworks, Houston, Texas
Texas Biennial Juror.s Choice Award
2004 Vermont Studio Center Full Fellowship
2003 Dean's Research Award, The University of Texas at Austin
Presidential Award, The University of Texas at Austin
Teaching Assistant in Italy Fellowship
2002 Michael Frary Endowed Scholarship in Painting
2001 Kelly Fearing Endowed Fellowship in Painting
Elizabeth McGoldrick Endowed Fellowship in Painting
1996 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Outstanding Senior Award
1992 Castiglione Fine Arts Award
lectures
2008 Sheridan College, Sheridan, Wyoming
2007 Hot Rocks and Cool Blocks, Contemporary Issues in Painting and Drawing, Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois
Hot Rocks and Cool Blocks, Northern Illinois University Art Museum, DeKalb, Illinois
2006 School of Art, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois
Guest Lecturer, Advanced Digital Animation, Department of Radio, Television, and Film, The University of Texas at Austin
2005 School of Art and Design at Alfred University, Alfred, New York
residencies
2008 Jentel Foundation Resident, Banner, Wyoming
Ragdale Foundation, Artist in Residence, Lake Forest, Illinois
2007 Resident, Stonehouse Residency for the Contemporary Arts, Miramonte, California
2005 Residency Fellow, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont
Artist Residency, Chateau de La Napoule, La Napoule, France
1999 Minnesota Center for the Book Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1996 Study Abroad, Paris, France
collections
  • Stonehouse Residency for the Contemporary Arts
  • Kirkland & Ellis LLP, International
  • Buzz Spector, Ithaca, New York
  • Neil Goldberg's Cirque
  • K & W, Chicago, Illinois
  • The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Michelle Wasson, Chicago, Illinois
  • Melissa W. Miller, Austin, Texas
  • Michael Ray Charles, Austin, Texas
slide registries
  • Texas Artist Registry, ArtPace, San Antonio, Texas
  • Creative Research Laboratory,Austin, Texas
  • The Drawing Center, New York, New York