Born and raised on a ranch outside Billings, Montana, I grew up bird hunting with my father and horseback riding with my mother, both of which subsequently influenced my work. After graduating from Smith College in 1995, I lived in New Orleans and Chicago and eventually settled in New York to pursue my MFA at Hunter College, where I finished my graduate degree in 2002.
I am represented by Foley Gallery (www.foleygallery.com) and my work has been included in group shows both here and abroad, including at Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, Parker's Box, and Black & White Gallery. I currently hold an artist-in-residence position at Fordham University, and I have taught as an adjunct at Fordham, Yeshiva Stern, and Fairleigh Dickinson University. I work as a freelance writer for Art in America and teach an art criticism course sponsored by High 5’s TRaC program. I have also curated and assistant-curated several exhibitions in New York.
I currently live and work in Red Hook, Brooklyn. My work and curatorial projects have been reviewed in publications including the New York Times, the New Yorker, the Brooklyn Rail, and Sculpture Magazine.