I grew up along the banks of the Mississippi River where I found spiritual refuge along the wooded pathways that summoned my attention in youth. Dappled sunlight, rooted trails, and flowing water remain a permanent fixture in my memory and a place of meditative visitation. Duality has become a reoccurring theme in my work, as I explore contrasts, and how light gets through the dark. Bold linework and large color fields creates a dialogue around energy and balance, where depth is created through multiple transparent watery layers of paint, laid upon the textures found below created by using graphite, charcoal, and pastel. These compositions explore shadow and light and represent the inner and outer journey as the painting comes to creation.
Arizona State University, 2010
B.F.A., magna cum laude, Photography
Abstract Painting Workshops 2020 - 2023 Sally Cooper, Creative Arts School, Delray Beach Florida
Abstract Painting Workshop - Julie Schumer, 2020-2021
Member, Sonoran Arts League
Current:
2024. ‘Radius’, Portland on the Park Juried Show Cycle 15, TBD. Portland on the Park Complex, Phoenix, AZ.
2024. ‘Overlook’, ‘Ah Those Lazy Days of Summer’, July 12th - September 5, 2024, Sonoran Arts League Gallery, Carefree, AZ.
Two person exhibition
2024. : ‘Fields of Color’ The Works of Nancy Brieman & Sarah Hansegard [2 person show], June 3rd- July 1st, 2024, Olney Gallery at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Phoenix, AZ.
Juried Exhibition
2023. “Passage” and “Dualities”, Surrealism, Abstract, and Pop Art Today, March 16th - May 24th 2023. Desert Foothills Gallery, Cave Creek, AZ.
2023. #11, Portland on the Park Juried Show Cycle 11, February 23rd-August 2023. Portland on the Park Complex, Phoenix, AZ.
2022, “Dualities”, Only Black and White, Juried Show, November 4ᵗʰ, 2021- January 6ᵗʰ, 2022. Shemer
Art Center, Phoenix AZ.
2020. “The One”, December 4th-31st. Juried Show, The Capsule Collection - ABSTRACT, {9} Gallery,
Phoenix AZ.
2005, “The Last Moment” & “Flower and Water II” 39TH Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Kiehle Gallery,
St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud MN
Solo exhibition
2004. “The Last Moment,” Clemens Munsinger Gardens, St. Cloud MN 2005. "Waiting," Public Art
Installation, SMSR Center, St. Michael MN 2005. "Insecurities," Various locations, Public Art
project, St. Cloud, MN
Select Group Exhibition
2021.Contemporary Voices II, Found:re Contemporary Gallery, Phoenix AZ
2021. [Indexhibit] Volume II, Mood Room Gallery, Phoenix AZ
2020. Salon Forty-Eight, Inaugural Salon Exhibition, Mood Room Gallery [Artlink Phoenix], Phoenix AZ
2010. Paradigm Shift, BFA Group Photographic Exhibition, Gallery 100, Arizona State University
2007. Books Gone Wild, ABBA group show, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
2007. BirdxBird Exhibition, Studio 351, Minneapolis MN
2006. Fifth Annual BirdxBird Exhibition, 322 Gallery Minneapolis MN
2006. "Athena and Freya", BirdxBird-25 Selected Artist Group Show, Carleton College, Northfield, MN
2005. Avian Observations," Fourth Annual BirdxBird Exhibition, 322 Gallery Minneapolis, MN
2005. “Floor Play", a photography installation: Minimal Effort: Group Exhibition, Kiehle Student
Gallery, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud MN
2004. “The Art of Democracy,” Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis MN
2003. “Drawings of Nature, Series,” Group Exhibition, Kiehle Student Gallery, St. Cloud State
University, St. Cloud MN