Address: Ester, Alaska

Website: www.inaeent.com

E-mail: inae@inaeent.com

Master of Fine Arts (1998) Interdisciplinary Studies, Vermont College, Montpeliere, VT

Bachelor of Fine Arts (1993) Drawing, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK

I read a lot of critical theory and contemporary philosophy, virtually anything from off beat writers that just avoid sinking into the quagmire of paranoid conspiracy theory, to the academically validated venues of Jacques Derrida, Avital Ronell and Gilles Deleuze. I've found various theoretical works to be highly useful tools in my art practice. I'm particularly interested in recombining or intersecting visual images, materials or concepts that are generally presented as dichotomous such as natural/technological, male/female, art/craft, personal/public, old/new, real/simulacra. I like to challenge the status quo of popular perception, not as a critical negation, but as a potentially ironic rethinking.

Idealistic metaphysical concepts like Beauty and Truth annoy me. I am not interested in universal myths or research into the cause of things. The inspiration and raw material for the practical application of critical theory derives primarily from my personal life experiences. The frustration of a mechanical difficulty, the title of a song, the tedium of domestic chores, a miscommunication with my dentist, a midnight snowmachine ride, an email conversation, just about anything can inspire a series of work. Sometimes I relate a theory to a life experience, sometimes it's the other way around and sometimes I've been obsessing about an aspect of a theory for so long that I find it everywhere no matter how impossibly unrelated it initially seems. Often the challenge is to find the way to get diverse materials and ideas to work together.

might take me, but I am always looking forward to the journey.

2007
64th Parallel, juried group exhibit, Bear Gallery at Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts, Fairbanks, Alaska
Alice in Alaskaland, solo exhibit, Alaska House Art Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska
Art and Science Collaborations Inc (ASCI), Digital 2007: Pattern Finding, juried group exhibit, New York Hall of Science, NYC, New York
The Bones Show, invitational group exhibit, Well Street Art Company, Fairbanks, Alaska
Earth, Fire and Fibre XXVI, juried group exhibit, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, Alaska
Interior Artisans, juried group exhibit, Bear Gallery at Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts, Fairbanks, Alaska
Nature House, juried group exhibition, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Naked Clay, juried group exhibit, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Sticks and Stones: Alaskan Structure, invitational group exhibit, Kenai, Alaska
Well Dressed, invitational group exhibit, Nathan Cummings Foundation Building, NYC, New York

2006
1st Annual Women's Show, Alaska House Art Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska
64th Parallel, Bear Gallery at Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts, Fairbanks, Alaska
American Diaspora: Transformations in an Age of Uncertainty, Victory Hall Cultural Center, Jersey City, New Jersey
Anthropomorphism, group exhibit, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Art Bra, group exhibit, Alaska House Art Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska
Art of Digital, group exhibit, Lyceum Theatre Gallery, San Diego, California
Artisan Gallery Members' Exhibition, group exhibit, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Computer Art Show 5, University of Alaska Art Dept Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska
Digital Photography Show, group exhibit, Well Street Art Company, Fairbanks, Alaska
Do Not Fold, Bend, Spindle or Mutilate: Computer Punch Card Art, group exhibit, Visual Arts Center, Washington Pavilion of Arts and Sciences, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Earth, Fire and Fibre XXVI, group exhibit, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, Alaska
Interior Artisans, Bear Gallery at Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts, Fairbanks, Alaska
Patterns of Influence, Bear Gallery, Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts, Fairbanks, Alaska
Rebooted: Life After E-Junk, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Snap to Grid, group exhibit, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, California
Toy Show and Ceramics Annual, Well Street Art Company, Fairbanks, Alaska

2005
The View From Here, solo exhibit, Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage, AK
Distance Made Good, group exhibit, Fading Ad Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Expressions West, juried group exhibit, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
Featured Artist, Art and Science Collaborations, Inc. (ASCI), New York, NY
The Nature of Paper, juried group exhibit, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL

2004
Issues, group exhibit, MMC Gallery, New York, NY
Patterns of Influence, group exhibit, Bear Gallery at Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts, Fairbanks, AK
She Must Have Looked Lovely In That Dress, installation with Meridith McNeal, Edward Hopper House, Nyack, NY
War Forum, juried group exhibit, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL

2003
5th Annual Acquisitions Exhibition by Artists with Disabilities, group exhibit, Viewpoint Gallery, Schenectady, NY
Digitally Speaking, juried group exhibit, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Double XX, group exhibit with SoNot, Bear Gallery at Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts, Fairbanks, AK
Flight and Pursuit, solo exhibit, Bear Gallery at Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts, Fairbanks, AK
Mobilivre Bookmobile Project, group exhibit, Philadelphia, PA
Net.Art, group exhibit, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
SIGGRAPH 2003, group exhibit, Conference Art Gallery, San Diego, CA

2002
Book Um, group exhibit, Le Petit Versailles Garden, NYC, NY
Digitally Propelled Ideas 2002, group exhibit, W. Keith and Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA
Reactions, group exhibit, Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
Shoes: The Sole of Humanity, group exhibit, Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Spirit of Alaska: the Inner Landscape, group exhibit, Kenai Cultural Center, Kenai, AK
Witness and Response: September 11th Aquisitions, at the Library of Congress, Washington D.C.

2001
Assumed Presence, installation with Meridith McNeal, American Cabaret Theatre, Indianapolis, IN
Embodiment, collaboration with Tatiana Piatanova, Well Street Art Company, Fairbanks, AK
Here and Now, group exhibit, Silicon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Reactions, group exhibit, Exit Art, New York, NY
SCAN, 2001 Digital Art Show, group exhibit, Silicon Gallery, New York, NY

2000
Misinterpretation: Naming the Thing One Sees, installation with Meridith McNeal, TAI Gallery, NYC, NY
RAW, group exhibit with SoNot, Ester, AK
SCAN, Small Computers in the Arts Network, group exhibit, Silicon Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1999
The Mapping of Desire: Idols, Icons and Legends, installation with Meridith McNeal, Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage, AK
Seeing Money, international group exhibit, installation, Portland, OR

1998 and prior
64th Parallel Juried Art Exhibit, (1986-1993, 1996-2004), Bear Gallery, Fairbanks, AK
All Alaska Juried Exhibit, Anchorage, AK (1986, 1995, 1997, 2004)
Interior Artisan’s Juried Exhibit, (1987, 1989-92, 1994,1996-2005) Bear Gallery, Fairbanks, AK
Earth Fire and Fiber, juried craft exhibit (1986, 1992, 2003), Anchorage, AK