Born 1973, Los Angeles, California.
Lives and works in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

EDUCATION

2002 - Master of Fine Arts, with Distinction - Visual Studies
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minnesota

1996 - Bachelor of Arts - Visual Arts
Brown University, Rhode Island

1995 - Painting, Drawing, and Critical Theory
Istituto Lorenzo de' Medici, Florence, Italy


SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2008
MCAD/McKnight Artists 2007-08 - MCAD Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

Pay Attention: GM08 - Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN

Draw Too - Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN

2007
War Mediated: Camille Gage, Justin Newhall, Megan Vossler - Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program,
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN

The Diane and Sandy Besser Collection - de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA

2006
National Image  - Sherman Gallery, Boston University, MA

MCAD/Jerome Artists 2006 - MCAD Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

March - Electro Lift Artworks, Minneapolis, MN

2005
Ten Times Out  - MCAD Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

Untitled 4  - Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN

Minneapolis 55408 - Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, MN

2004
(solo) Fresh: New Paintings and Drawings - Douglas-Baker Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

Draw - Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN

...in the Summer - Haley Martin Galleries, San Francisco, CA

Engage! - Haley Martin Galleries / Ampersand International Arts, San Francisco, CA

2003
Into the Future - Douglas-Baker Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

2002
Small Art Works 1 - Corsini-Cavour Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy

12° - MFA Thesis Exhibition - MCAD Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

12° - Selected Work - Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN

Painters Invitational - Winona State University, Winona, MN

Painted  - MCAD Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

2001
emergeNcY - Crane Street Gallery, Long Island City, NY


FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS and AWARDS

2007
McKnight Artists Fellowship for Visual Artists

2005
Jerome Foundation Fellowship for Emerging Artists

2003
Faculty Support Grant - Minneapolis College of Art and Design

2001 & 2000
Trustees Award - Minneapolis College of Art and Design

1993
Roberta Joslin Award for Excellence in Art - Brown University


PUBLICATIONS

2007
The Diane and Sandy Besser Collection. San Francisco: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2007.

“Drawing as Witnessing.” (peer-reviewed paper) TRACEY: The Journal of Contemporary Drawing Research.
Loughborough University, UK. [ link ]

2006
New American Paintings, Volume 65. 2006 Midwestern Edition.


BIBLIOGRAPHY

2008
O'Neill-Butler, Lauren. MCAD/McKnight Artists 2007-08. Catalog essay. July 2008

2007
Abbe, Mary. War at a Distance. Minneapolis Star-Tribune. September 21, 2007
Combs, Marianne. "Artists Explore Images of War." Morning Edition. Minnesota Public Radio. October 8, 2007
Cook-Romero, Elizabeth. Voyeur at Beauty's Ragged Edge. The New Mexican. November 1, 2007
Klefstad, Ann. The Art of War. The Rake. August 2007
Makholm, Kristin. Megan Vossler: Aftermath. The Rake: 10,000 Arts quarterly issue. Winter 2007 (image)
Perlman, Tamatha Sopinski. The Terrible, Beautiful Images of War. Arts Magazine. July/August 2007 (image)
Perlman, Tamatha Sopinski. War Mediated. Catalog essay. August 2007
Smith, Rod. A-List: War Mediated. City Pages. August 29, 2007

2006
Abbe, Mary. See-Worthy: Jerome Winners. Minneapolis Star-Tribune. October 13, 2006
Atkins, Christopher. Salad Days Sunset: 2006 MCAD/Jerome Artists. mnartists.org. October 19, 2006
Makholm, Kristin. MCAD/Jerome 2006. Catalog essay. October 2006
McQuaid, Cate. National Interest. Boston Globe. November 23, 2006
Powers, Keith. Arts Agenda: Homeland Insecurity. Boston Herald. November 10, 2006
Priesmeyer, Molly. A-List: MCAD/Jerome Artists 2006. City Pages. October 11, 2006 (image)

2005
White, Collier. Wants To Be Your Dog: "Untitled" at SooVac. mnartists.org. August 18, 2005

2004
Briggs, Patricia. Rediscovering the Gestural Mark in Contemporary Painting. Presented in the session Down and Dirty: The Sanitization of Painting in the 21st Century, Mid-America College Art Association annual conference, University of Minnesota.


INTERNATIONAL RESIDENCIES and WORKSHOPS

2003
Resident Artist, La Cipressaia - Montagnana, Italy

2002
Resident Artist, Michaelis School of Fine Art - Cape Town, South Africa

1999
Resident Artist, La Cipressaia - Montagnana, Italy

1996
Resident Artist, La Cipressaia - Montagnana, Italy


CURRENT TEACHING

Department of Art - University of Wisconsin, River Falls - River Falls, WI
 

COLLECTIONS

De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Brown University, Providence, RI
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN