2010 MFA, Painting, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston MA
2004 BFA, Painting, University of Denver, Denver CO, Graduated Magna Cum Laude
Besties/Faves Sweet Lorraine Gallery, Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY
Flourish: Alumni Works on Paper Bakalar & Paine Galleries, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
painting (re)considered Doran Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
*Territories Sellars Project Space, Denver, CO
New at the Hartnett Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art, University of Richmond, VA
New Prints 2010/Spring: Selected by Philip Pearlstein International Print Center New York
Collective Galatea Fine Arts, Boston. Juror: Dina Deitsch
Juried Alumni Exhibition Victoria Myhren Gallery, University of Denver
MFA Thesis Exhibition Paine and Bakalar Galleries, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Boston Young Contemporaries 808 Gallery, Boston, MA
Midway Show Sandra and David Bakalar Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Stable Sellars Project Space, Santa Fe, NM
MFA Entrance Show Doran Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art
Juried Student/Alumni Exhibition Victoria Myhren Gallery, University of Denver
*The Space Between Sellars Project Space
*Alright for now Pirate - Contemporary Art
Rocky Mountain Biennial 2006 Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, CO (Juror: William Wylie)
*Two Trains of Thought Pirate: A Contemporary Art Oasis
Embody Space Gallery, Denver, CO (Invitational, Curator: Michael Burnett)
*Here On Out Pirate: A Contemporary Art Oasis
10th Annual D.U. BFA Exhibition Victoria H. Myrhen Gallery
Département des Estampes et de la Photographie, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris*
Special Collections, Godine Library, Massachusetts College of Art and Design*
Special Collections Library, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
University of Richmond Museums, Richmond, VA
John Thompson, Weston, MA
Elizabeth Kellogg, Pittsburgh, PA
Amy McKnight and Eric Matelski, Denver, CO
Elizabeth Wrenn-Estes and Mark Estes, San Jose, CA
Marilynn Kreft, Seattle, WA
Jeff and Paula Roth, McMinnville, OR
November 6, 2010. Gallery Talk for Territories Exhibition. Sellars Project Space, Denver
April 20, 2007. ARTS 3155 Senior Project Painting class. University of Denver, School of Art and Art History, Denver
Adjunct Instructor, Visual Language I, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, fall 2011
Adjunct Instructor, Life Drawing II, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly MA, fall 2011
Visiting Adjunct Instructor, Painting II and II, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell MA, fall 2011
Massachusetts College of Art and Design:
Teacher’s Assistant, Junior/Senior Painting, spring 2010
Instructor of Record, Introduction to Painting, fall 2009
Teacher's Assistant, Drawing II, spring 2009
Teacher's Assistant, Visual Language I,fall 2008
High School Drawing Instructor, Denver Waldorf High School, Denver, CO
Instruction of basic drawing technique in a variety of media.
Teaching Assistant to Professor Deborah Howard, Drawing for People Who Think They Can't Draw, University of Denver, Denver, CO; basic drawing technique, demonstration, individual instruction.
Research Assistant, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA
Visiting Artist Coordinator, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
Office Assistant to Graduate Program, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
Assistant to the Dean of Liberal Arts, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Full Cooperative Member, Pirate - Contemporary Art, Denver, CO
Coordinator of the Academic Program, School of Art & Art History, University of Denver, Denver, CO
Associate Cooperative Member, Pirate: A Contemporary Art Oasis, Denver, CO
Weekend Programs Assistant; Maintenance of family activities throughout museum, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Activity Fabricator; Japanese Shell Game activity in "Just For Fun Center," Family Backpack activity construction, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Nominee. Dedalus Foundation award. New York, NY
Honorable Mention. "Rocky Mountain Biennial 2006", Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, CO
Best In Show. "New Kids On The Block", The Assembly, Denver, CO
MacDonald Foundation Outstanding Senior Studio Art Major, University of Denver, Denver, CO
Bachelor of Fine Arts 2004 Exhibit Award, University of Denver, Denver, CO
Sellars Project Space
4383 Tennyson Street 1D, Denver, Colorado 80212
http://sellarsprojectspace.squarespace.com
Flourish: Alumni Works on Paper. Exhibition catalogue. Published by Massachusetts College of Art + Design, Boston
Hold Everything Dear. Artist book of intaglio etchings. Edition published by Center Street Studio, Milton, MA
Kyle MacMillan. "McMechan's Diverse World." The Denver Post. November 26, 2010
Michael Paglia. "Artbeat." Westword. August 28, 2005
Michael Paglia. "Artbeat." Westword. November 24, 2005
Born in Denver, CO
Traveled nationally and to France and Germany.
References available upon request