Education
2010 – MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
2002 – BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Photography Department, Providence, RI.
2001 – Brown University, Philosophy Department, coursework, Providence, RI.
1997-1999 – Cooper Union, Irwin S. Channin School of Architecture, New York, NY.
Exhibitions
2010
Ground Floor, Hyde Park Arts Center, Chicago IL.
Materials of the City, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago IL.
20/21, The Barn Gallery, Lenox, MA.
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago IL.
Anne Wilson: Wind/Rewind/Weave, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN.
Emerging Illinois Artists, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL.
Materiality, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Pile/Pillar: Firat Erdim and Olivia Valentine, Open House, Chicago, IL.
2009
Dear Robert…, A. Sortie Inc. Chicago, IL.
Punto in Aria, Casework, School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
2008
Mama’s Arts, Geborgen Kamers, the Gaidaro Foundation, The Hague, Holland.
Math and Art, The Barn Gallery, Lenox, MA.
The Dinosaur Show, Barometer Gallery, New York.
2007
Post Cards from the Edge, James Cohan Gallery.
Annual Gowanus Artists Studio Tour, Brooklyn, NY.
The Ice Cream Show, Barometer Gallery, New York.
YAS Emerging Artists Exhibition, Houghton Gallery, Cooper Union, NY.
1998-2006
Collective Number 9, 94 9th Street Gallery, Brooklyn, 2006.
Square Foot Show, Art Gotham Gallery, New York, 2006.
Annual Gowanus Artists Open Studio Tour, Brooklyn, NY, 2005.
Senior Invitational Exhibition, Woods Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 2002.
Objects and Obsessions, Degree Project Exhibition, Red Eye Gallery, Providence, RI, 2002.
The Up and Coming, Collaborative Exhibition Project, Providence, RI, 2002.
End of Year Show, Cooper Union, New York, NY, 1998.
Awards
Incentive Scholarship, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2008-2010.
Institutional Grant, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2008-2010.
The World Less Traveled Grant, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2008.
Visiting Artist, Sculpture Department, University of Virginia, 2008
Andrew Mellon Foundation Internship, RISD Museum, 2001.
T. C. Colley Award, RISD Photo Department, 2001.
Integrity Graphics Scholarship Competition Honorable Mention 2001.
Full Tuition Scholarship, Cooper Union 1997-1999.
Aldrich Museum Award for Student Photography 1997
Residencies
Ragdale Artist Residency, 2010.
Ox-Bow Artist Residency, 2010.
Lectures
Artists in Action: Olivia Valentine and Tara Hills, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN, February 2010.
Reconstructing the Urban Fabric, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, October 2009.
Punto in Aria/Work until Now, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, March 2009.
Fetishistic Acts of Domesticity, University of Virginia, April 2008.