I received my BA from Indiana University, my first MFA from the Unviersity of Michigan and my second MFA from RMIT University while on a Fulbright Scholarship in Melbourne Australia. In 2004 I finished my Ph.D. in Fine Arts at RMIT University with a focus on how the computer can be implemented into a contemporary art practice.

My current body of work investigates the container, ornamentation, the souvenir, memory, longing, and nostalgia associated with the collection of personal objects. The work focuses on how ordinary everyday objects such as cups, vases, spoons, toys and other collectables that transcend the mundane through the association of memory thus becoming personal and precious.