CURRENT ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
2002-Present
Assistant Professor University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
SOLO and TWO - PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2006Tropical Topographies, York College, York, PA
2005Rainforest to Reef - Phipps Center for the Arts, Gallery One, Hudson, WI
Eye Witness with Shana Kaplow 55 Mercer Street, NY, NY
2003Listening at the Edge with Lois Peterson
Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN
2002Biophilia Bethel College Gallery, St. Paul, MN
1999Collateral Damage Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN
1999www.frogweb.gov with Rhoda London Concordia University, St. Paul, MN
1998Watershed with Rhoda London Euphrat Museum, DeAnza College, Cupertino, CA
1996New Work with Mara ZoltnersDrury College Art Gallery, Springfield, MO
New Work with Mara Zoltners J. Furlong Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Stout, Menomonie, WI
1994Fragments of Flight with Rhoda London Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
1993Window on Extinct Birds with Rhoda London Addison Street Windows, Berkeley Arts Commission, Berkeley, CA
Primavera with Rhoda London, Spectrum Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1992Room for Extinct Birds with Rhoda London Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
1991New Work with Betsy Morris Angel Fire Gallery, Rochester, NY
1990New Work with Betsy Morris
University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006Nature Calls, University of Wisconsin LaCrosse
2005Cross Pollinization, Ecology and Art
with Julie Baugnet and Alis Olsen -
Metropoitan State College, St. Paul. MN
From Life, Four Video Artists, College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN
200456th Arrowhead Biennial Exhibition
Duluth Art Institute, Duluth. MN, juror, Christi Atkinson
Bird x Bird Third Annual Auction
Fine Arts Building, Minnesota State Fair Grounds, St. Paul
Age of Consent
Soap Factory Grand Auction, Invitational, Minneapolis, MN
Art of Democracy; Tools of Persuasion Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
(a) dirft
Faculty and Graudate Students in the Drawing and Painting area
University of Minnesota, Hopkins Center for Art, Hopkins, MN
New Faculty Exhibition
Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2004Art in Environmental Activism
Visual and Performing Arts Center, St. Clair Community College, Port Huron, MI
Healing Arts Program
Hudson Hospital,through the Phipps Center, Hudson, WI
2003 Mediated Nature
Oberlin College,Cleveland, OH
Second Annual Bird x Bird Exhibition 2300 Kennedy Street NE, Minneapolis, MN
Art Moves
Faculty Exhibition, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2002Women Imaging Peace And Freedom
WARM Exhibition, College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN
2001Circulus collaboration with Kevin Johnson and Kelty McKinnon
Ranier Beach Performing Arts Center,Seattle, WA
2000Faculty Show
Tweed Museum, Duluth MN
The Deal
Soap Factory Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Minnesota Biennial 2000: 2D 2000
Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN
Foot in the Door Show
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
1999Crossing Borders
Mixed Media Group Exhibition -
Drury University, Springfield, MO
1997VII Annual Juried Painting Competition
Synchronicity Space, New York, NY
1996Birds! Group Show, Thomas Barry Fine Arts Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
National Painting Competition Group Show
Bowery Gallery, New York, NY
1995After Beijing
Mills College, Oakland, CA
Drawing From Perception
Wright State University, Dayton, OH
1994Group Exhibition
Carmine Gallery, Florence, Italy
1993Invitational Art Exhibition
Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
1991Group Painting Show
Richard Green Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Yosemite Renaissance National Exhibition
Yosemite, CA
198922nd Bradley National Print & Drawing Exhibition
Peoria, IL
AWARDS and COMMISSIONS
2006Single Semester Paid Leave for Research, Fall Semester 2006
Grant-In-Aid Research Fellowship, University of Minnesota
Institute for Advanced Study, “Art, Design, and Social Engagement” Collaborative Initiative, University of Minnesota
2004Faculty Summer Research Fellowship and McKnight Summer Research Fellowships for the Arts and Humanties
Picturing Human Impact on Threatened Ecological Systems
(recognized as a distinguished proposal by FAC Grant program)
2001Seattle Arts Commission Grant
Salmon in the City : Public Art Project on Endangered Salmon with Kevin Johnson and Kelty McKinnon
2000Minnesota State Arts Board Grant
Artist Fellowship, Two Dimensional Category, (painting)
Nancy H. Gray Foundation Grant, Art in the Environment
1999Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation Grant
Restorative Technology: An Aesthetic and Ecological Approach to Reclaiming Balanced Landscapes
with Dr. Kathryn Draeger, Ph.D.
1997 Leadership in Neighborhoods Initiative (LIN) Grant
St. Paul Companies
Year-Long Career Development Grant for Environmental Art
1993Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis, OR
1985Most Outstanding Art Student, Ethel Childe Walker Award, Yale University
1984Fellowship, Yale at Norfolk, Norfolk, CT
PUBLIC/ENVIROMENTAL ART PROJECTS
1996-2006Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary at Lower Phalen Creek
Member of steeing committee that created a new city park along the Mississippi River in St. Paul
2003Field Cycles, An environmental sculpture
commissioned by the Henry Lay Sculpture Park
through St. Louis University, Louisiana,
Missouri
with Andrew Klamon
2000-02Historic Hamm’s Mansion Wildflower Garden
with Como Park Conservatory Youth Program and Friends of Swede Hollow, St. Paul, MN
Experimental Research Site at the University Minnesota St. Paul Campus, Agricultural Experimental Station,
with soil scientist Dr. Kathy Draeger, Ph.D.
1999-01Maria Bates Rain Garden Project, St.Paul, MN
with artist Kevin Johnson
1998AIDS Memorial Demonstration Project
with artists Kevin Johnson, Mark Knierim, Anne Sugnet
Loring Park, Minneapolis, MN
1997North End Community Park, St. Paul, MN, with Kevin Johnson
1995Keepers of the Waters in China, with Betsy Damon
INTERVIEWS and REVIEWS
2005Pulse of the Twin Cities, “Ecology and Art at the Metro State Gallery,”
with photo, by Valerie Valentine, January 26, page 13
2002Minneapolis Star Tribune, “Green Art” with photo, by Mary Abbe, Eight Days Out, Highlights of Ongoing Events,
Sunday, December 28, 2003, F9
2003Women Artists of the American West
Susan R. Ressler, McFarland and Company Publishers
Pioneer Press “An Art House that Rules,” by Mason Riddle, St. Paul, Sunday, October 5, 2003, 2E
Minneapolis Star Tribune, “Ritzy,” by Mary Abbe,
Friday September 12, 2003, E 24
City Pages, “A-list: Biophilia” , with photo, by Christina Schmitt, October 30
2002Sculpture Magaizine, Changing Models for Public Art : “Salmon in the City”, June 2002 (page 6,7)
2001Seattle Times, “Artists Depict Salmon in the City, Clayton Park,” April 23
2000Minneapolis Star Tribune, “Biennial Redux,” with photo,
by Mary Abbe, May 5
1999Minneapolis Star Tribune, “Lindbergh Grant would Grow a New Kind of Sod,” by Robert Franklin, October 26
1999Minnesota Public Radio, Interview, “All Things Considered,
“Swede Hollow Historical Forest
reporter Mary Stuckey, September 29
Minnesota Public Radio ,Interview, “All Things Considered, ”www.frogweb.gov, reporter Mary Stuckey, March 2
Mankato Free Press "Environmentalism Via Art:
Artist Christine Baeumler's Exhibit Continues her Theme of Nature at Risk,"March 23
Women Environmental Artists Directory, by Estelle Akamine,
Jo Hanson, and Susan Leibovitz Steinman
San Francisco, CA
1997The East Side Review, "Swede Hollow Restoration Integrates Environment and Art," by Amy Sherman, June 16
Pioneer Press , "Suffrage Memorial Design Team to be Chosen," Larry Millet, St. Paul August 19
Minnesota Women's Press, “Deep Roots: Plans Bloom for Women Suffrage Memorial Garden,"
by Jennifer Franklin, June 26
Saint Paul Pioneer Press , “To Paraphrase," Diane Hellekson, June 10
1994Contra Costa Times,"Exhibit Gives Flight to Artistic Fancies,"
Carol Fowler, September 7
Diablo Arts Magazine, Ruffling Feathers," Erika Lutz,
September issue
Newport News Times, Sitka Artists-in-Residence Seek Individuality," Brooke Brannon December 10
1993Artweek,"Artists and the Environment," Terri Cohn, September 9
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2007Critical Translations, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, co-cuated with Alexis Kuhr and Rachel Breen
1998Sue Coe: The AIDS Series, Nobel Conference Exhibition,
Curator - Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN
1995In So Many Words: Multicultural Perspectives on Image and Text, Associate Curator
Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Abbott Northwestern Hospital Heart Center, Minneapolis, MN
Park Nicolllet Heart and Vascular Center, St. Louis Park MN
Ecolab Corporation, St. Paul, MN
Ceridian Corporation, Minneapolis, MN
University of MinnesotaFoundation Collection, Minneapolis, MN
COMMISSIONS
2005 Abbott Northwestern Hospital Heart Center, Minneapolis, MN
Park Nicolllet Heart and Vascular Center, St. Louis Park MN
2004Ecolab Corporation, St. Paul, MN
PUBLIC LECTURES, FORUMS, and PANELS
Large Birds, Small Whales and Five-Legged Frogs, York College of Pennsylvania, York, PA (9/08)
Strategies and Challenges of Teaching the Art of Engagement, co-chair of panel, Art and Society Conference,
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland (8/15)
The Art of Walter Anderson, three gallery talks
(1/22, 1/25, 2/2)
Women and Art and Community, Women's Art Institute Lecture, Wise Women Talk: Vision and Realization, (4/05)
Visiting Artist, Hartford School of Art, Hartford CT (2/03)
2005Panel, From Life, College of Visual Art, (2/17)
Birds in Art, three gallery talks, Bell Museum of Natural History
(4.17, 4/18, 4/24)
Exploring the Australian Rainforest and Great Barrier Reef, Art
d’Jour at Metro State University, Saint Paul, MN
(2/10)
Large Birds and Small Whales
Exploring the Australian Rainforest and Great Barrier Reef
Bell Museum of Natural History Auditorium, Minneapolis, MN
(5/29)
Split Rock Soiree, McNeal Hall Auditorium, (7/12)
2004Visiting Artist, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Mid America College Art Assocation Conference, Interplay
“The Interplay of Ethics and Aesthetics: Expanding the Discourse”, panel chair
“insider’s View” New Faculty Orientation at University of Minnesota
2004 Guest Speaker, Graduate Seminar, spring
Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Guest Speaker, Graduate Seminar, fall
Minneapolis College of Art and Design
2004Jerome Printmaking Fellowship program, guest critic,
Highpoint Press
Lower Phaeln Creek Trail Desgn Workshop, St. Paul, MN
2003New Rules / New Paradigms: Public Art 2003,
Minneapolis College of Art and Design
2001Reclaimed! Brown Fields and Gray Waters, presented the Lower Phalen Creek Project,
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2000Children’s Museum Design Charrette, participant, St. Paul
Hamm’s Brewery Design Charrette, participant, St. Paul
Drury College, Convocation Speaker, Springfield, MO
Visiting Artist, Concordia University, St. Paul
1999Mayor’s Design Forum, St. Paul
1998Minneapolis College of Art and Design,
Public Art Institute Review Panel
Metropolitan Arts Council, Arts Activities Support Review Panel,
Como Park Conservatory, Visiting Artist Series
1997Harriet Island Design Charrette, participant, St. Paul Civic Center
Mayor's Design Forum, St. Paul
1992Visiting Artist, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN