Education:
1996-2001 Bachelor of Art Degree at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
metals and 3d design with Chris Ramsay
1998 Spanish, Cuahnahuac Language School, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
1996 Beginning Jewelry, Community Art Center, Stillwater, OK
Juried Exhibitions, Invitational and Group Shows:
2008 Bayou City Art Festival, Memorial Park, Houston, TX
2007 39th Annual Celebration of American Crafts, New Haven, CT
2007 Atlanta Contemporary Jewelry Show, Atlanta, GA
2007 Bayou City Downtown, Houston, TX
2007 Plaza Art Fair, Kansas City, MO
2007 Texas Metal Arts Show, Gruene, TX
2007 Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival, Reston, VA
2007 Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park, Houston, TX
2007 Baltimore Craft Show, Baltimore, MD
2006 Bayou City Downtown, Houston, TX
2006 Texas Metal Artists Show, Gruene, TX
2006 Fiesta Art Fair, San Antonio, TX
2006 Austin Fine Art Festival, Austin, TX
2006 Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park, Houston, TX
2006 27th Annual Contemporary Crafts, Mesa, AZ
2005 Bayou City Art Festival Downtown, Houston, TX
2005 Plaza Art Fair, Kansas City, MO
2005 Artfest 2005, Addison, TX
2005 Art in the Park, Lawrence, KS
2005 Munger Place Porchfest, Dallas, TX
2004 Bath House Juried Holiday Arts and Crafts Sale, Dallas, TX
2004 LOYO (Lawrence Own Your Own) Juried Art Sale and Benefit, Lawrence, KS
2004 Country Art Show, Tecumseh, KS
2004 Art in the Park, Lawrence, KS
2003 Juried Holiday Art Show Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, KS
2003 LOYO (Lawrence Own Your Own) Juried Art Sale and Benefit, Lawrence, KS
2003 Olive Art, Olive Art Gallery, Lawrence, KS
2001 Emerging Artists of Oklahoma, Gallery at the Omni Center, Oklahoma City, OK
2001 Biting the Apple, Independent Artists of Oklahoma Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
2001 Juried Student Show, Oklahoma State University
2000 Juried Student Show, Oklahoma State University
1997 Juried Student Show, Oklahoma State University
Galleries:
Carlyn Galerie, Dallas, TX
Haven Gallery, Austin, TX
Thomas Mann Gallery I/O, New Orleans, LA
Motto/MDF, Cambridge, MA
Awards and Grants:
2008 Best Booth, Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park, Houston, TX
2006 1st Prize Bayou City Art Festival, Houston, TX
2005 1st Place 3-Dimensional Division, Art in the Park, Lawrence, KS
2004 Honorable Mention, LOYO, Lawrence, KS
2004 2nd Place 3-Dimensional Division, Art in the Park, Lawrence, KS
2003 Best of Show, LOYO, Lawrence, KS
2001 Best of Show, 3-Dimensional Division, Juried Student Show, Oklahoma State University
2001 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
1997-2001 President’s Honor Roll, Oklahoma State University
1996-2001 Oklahoma State Regent’s Award
1996 Valedictorian, Stillwater High School
1996 National Merit Finalist
1995 National Merit Semifinalist
Press:
2008 “In touch with art: Through jewelry, Echelle satisfies her love of science and need to create”
March 25, Houston Chronicle, author Eileen McClelland
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/main/5647624.html
Professional Associations:
Klimt02
Society of North American Goldsmiths
American Craft Council
No Dirty Gold
Ethical Metalsmiths
Meetings and Congresses:
2001 Oral Presentation, Imágenes de la Virgen de Guadalupe como Praxis Liberativa,
Congress of the Americas, Universidad de las Americas, Cholula, Puebla, Mexico
Work Experience:
2003-2004 Volunteer in Gallery Gift Shop, Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, KS
2003-2004 Part-time Sign Maker and Designer, Classic Eagle Distributing, Lawrence, KS
2001 English teacher, Quito, Ecuador
2000-2001 Sculpture and Jewelry Studios Monitor, Oklahoma State University
1998 English teacher, Cuahnahuac Language School, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
1996-2001 Bachelor of Art Degree at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
metals and 3d design with Chris Ramsay
1998 Spanish, Cuahnahuac Language School, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
1996 Beginning Jewelry, Community Art Center, Stillwater, OK
Juried Exhibitions, Invitational and Group Shows:
2008 Bayou City Art Festival, Memorial Park, Houston, TX
2007 39th Annual Celebration of American Crafts, New Haven, CT
2007 Atlanta Contemporary Jewelry Show, Atlanta, GA
2007 Bayou City Downtown, Houston, TX
2007 Plaza Art Fair, Kansas City, MO
2007 Texas Metal Arts Show, Gruene, TX
2007 Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival, Reston, VA
2007 Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park, Houston, TX
2007 Baltimore Craft Show, Baltimore, MD
2006 Bayou City Downtown, Houston, TX
2006 Texas Metal Artists Show, Gruene, TX
2006 Fiesta Art Fair, San Antonio, TX
2006 Austin Fine Art Festival, Austin, TX
2006 Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park, Houston, TX
2006 27th Annual Contemporary Crafts, Mesa, AZ
2005 Bayou City Art Festival Downtown, Houston, TX
2005 Plaza Art Fair, Kansas City, MO
2005 Artfest 2005, Addison, TX
2005 Art in the Park, Lawrence, KS
2005 Munger Place Porchfest, Dallas, TX
2004 Bath House Juried Holiday Arts and Crafts Sale, Dallas, TX
2004 LOYO (Lawrence Own Your Own) Juried Art Sale and Benefit, Lawrence, KS
2004 Country Art Show, Tecumseh, KS
2004 Art in the Park, Lawrence, KS
2003 Juried Holiday Art Show Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, KS
2003 LOYO (Lawrence Own Your Own) Juried Art Sale and Benefit, Lawrence, KS
2003 Olive Art, Olive Art Gallery, Lawrence, KS
2001 Emerging Artists of Oklahoma, Gallery at the Omni Center, Oklahoma City, OK
2001 Biting the Apple, Independent Artists of Oklahoma Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
2001 Juried Student Show, Oklahoma State University
2000 Juried Student Show, Oklahoma State University
1997 Juried Student Show, Oklahoma State University
Galleries:
Carlyn Galerie, Dallas, TX
Haven Gallery, Austin, TX
Thomas Mann Gallery I/O, New Orleans, LA
Motto/MDF, Cambridge, MA
Awards and Grants:
2008 Best Booth, Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park, Houston, TX
2006 1st Prize Bayou City Art Festival, Houston, TX
2005 1st Place 3-Dimensional Division, Art in the Park, Lawrence, KS
2004 Honorable Mention, LOYO, Lawrence, KS
2004 2nd Place 3-Dimensional Division, Art in the Park, Lawrence, KS
2003 Best of Show, LOYO, Lawrence, KS
2001 Best of Show, 3-Dimensional Division, Juried Student Show, Oklahoma State University
2001 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
1997-2001 President’s Honor Roll, Oklahoma State University
1996-2001 Oklahoma State Regent’s Award
1996 Valedictorian, Stillwater High School
1996 National Merit Finalist
1995 National Merit Semifinalist
Press:
2008 “In touch with art: Through jewelry, Echelle satisfies her love of science and need to create”
March 25, Houston Chronicle, author Eileen McClelland
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/main/5647624.html
Professional Associations:
Klimt02
Society of North American Goldsmiths
American Craft Council
No Dirty Gold
Ethical Metalsmiths
Meetings and Congresses:
2001 Oral Presentation, Imágenes de la Virgen de Guadalupe como Praxis Liberativa,
Congress of the Americas, Universidad de las Americas, Cholula, Puebla, Mexico
Work Experience:
2003-2004 Volunteer in Gallery Gift Shop, Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, KS
2003-2004 Part-time Sign Maker and Designer, Classic Eagle Distributing, Lawrence, KS
2001 English teacher, Quito, Ecuador
2000-2001 Sculpture and Jewelry Studios Monitor, Oklahoma State University
1998 English teacher, Cuahnahuac Language School, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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| I was born in Sherman, Texas, in 1978. I have always enjoyed traveling and learning about other cultures, which led me to teach English in Mexico. I enjoy reading and I often think about language and its effect on the way we interpret visual objects. In 2001 I received my BFA in painting and sculpture from Oklahoma State University, but since then I have dedicated myself to jewelry making while living first in Lawrence, Kansas, and now in Dallas, Texas. In Lawrence I was privileged to have my studio at the Fitch Natural History Reservation, where my grandfather, Henry Fitch, lives and does research. My husband and I moved to Dallas, where my studio is in my home, and I am excited to be producing a body of work that evolves and responds to my environment. The combination of the "Big City" with our continued traveling seems to have a positive effect on my work. Ideas of post-industrial rebirth, and life after the landfill are worming their way into my work as the "Corrugated Life Series." Recently, I have been learning more about hollowware construction. Who knows where that will lead. |