• Education
1997 – 2001 Park Hill South High
School, Riverside, MO.
2001 – 2005 University of Kansas –
Lawrence, KS (B.S. Ecology & Evolutionary Biology).
Final KU GPA: 3.72
2006 - 2007 John F. Kennedy University
– Pleasant Hill, CA (Integral Theory Certificate).
Final JFKU GPA: 3.79
2007 - now: Ongoing self-directed science education
via internet & constant reading.
• Experience
1996 - 2003
Volunteer staff member for
Wyoming Dinosaur Society’s digs at Como Bluff, Wyoming – Jurassic/early
Cretaceous paleontology fieldwork hosted by Dr. Robert Bakker and Mel Connely
of Casper College, Wyoming.
Field-trained in prospecting, excavation, plaster jacketing, simple
preparation, field driving, and team coordination at both microsites and large
fauna quarries.
1996
Concept artist for Disney MGM Studios' Twilight Zone Tower of Terror promotional campaigns – designed five distinct horizontal ad formats for the vertical elevator-drop thrill ride, all of which were used on billboards, buses, or other large-format ads.
2004
Independent study under Mel
Connely of Casper College, Wyoming:
Analysis of Alcova Reservoir Pteraichnus stokesi trackways, including
multiple gait reconstructions and all illustration plates for Connely’s
presentation on the trackways at GSA 2004.
2004
Public Education assistant for
University of Kansas' summer child day camp programs under Teresa
MacDonald. Responsible for
preparing and coordinating classroom materials and engaging children as a
second classroom supervisor, teaching assistant, and field trip chaperone. (Summer)
2005 - 2009
Professional scientific illustrator
for Dr. Linda Trueb (Curator of Herpetology) and Dr. Rafe Brown at the
University of Kansas Natural History Museum/National Biodiversity Research
Center. Created all illustration
plates for Dr. Brown’s descriptions of over fifty species of Platymantis
(Philippine frogs) and a field guide to Philippine snakes, in addition to
preparing field tags, maintaining the herpetology collection, etc. Also
illustrated the description of a new species of the blind snake Acutotyphlops,
the gecko Luperosaurus, the flying frog Rhacophorus, and the
skink Sphenomorphis.
2005
Three-week professional
illustration assignment under paleontologist Bill Parker of Petrified Forest
National Park: reconstructed
dermal armor and life appearance of Desmatosuchus haplocerus and Heliocanthus
chamaensis, and illustrated several skeletal elements of Revueltosaurus
callenderi.
2005
Productions staff member for KJHK
90.7 FM Lawrence, KS. Created
promotional spots and public service announcements using home recording
software (Ableton Live). Won “spot
of the month,” April 2005.
2006 - 2008
Concert promoter and retail
campaigner for The Street Syndicate, a national music promotion company out of
New Jersey.
2006 - 2008
Volunteer promotions assistant
and community director for www.zaadz.com (now www.gaia.com) - a social network
for conscious entrepreneurs, activists, artists, and compassionate
consumers. Founded and moderated
Zaadz Visionary Music, an international community of artists dedicated to
bettering the world through their creativity (now extinct).
2006
Two contract illustration
projects with Drs. Bruce Lieberman and Paulyn Cartwright of the University of
Kansas, illustrating fossils of Cambrian jellyfish and providing
paleontological reconstructions of two Cambrian arthropods (Nettapedoura and
Dicranocaris) for use in species descriptions and a Geological Society
of America presentation.
2007
Organized and released The Dream
Is Valid: A Benefit Compilation
for Kiva.org. Featuring 17 artists
from Zaadz Visionary Music, the album is available at Omstream & Bandcamp. All of
its proceeds go to a growing pool of microloans for entrepreneurs in
developing nations. Kiva.org president Premal Shah commented, "The support and generosity of this community of musicians, and everyone
who purchases the album at Omstream, can make a real difference in the lives of
the poor who may not otherwise have access to needed capital to build their
businesses so that they can send their children to school, afford medical care,
and pull themselves out of the poverty cycle."
2007
Wrote the afterword for Paul
Lonely’s breakthrough novel Suicide Dictionary, which Paul called “better than
the book itself,” after integral philosopher Ken Wilber had to decline due to
health reasons. Also wrote the
first movement of "Liturgy of the Quantum Heart" as part of a series
of musical pieces to accompany the book.
More info available at Amazon and SDI Experience.
2007 - 2008
Member of the volunteer editorial
team for philosopher Ken Wilber’s blog.
2007 - 2008
Member of a pre-beta blogging team, and social networks consultant, for Boulder social music network and music app designers Iggli.
2007 - 2008
Sound man for Friday and Sunday
concerts at The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, Boulder, CO, running a 16-track Behringer mixer.
2009
Created cover illustration and
frontispiece for Integral Ecology: Uniting Multiple Perspectives On TheNatural World, by Dr. Sean Esbjörn-Hargens and Dr. Michael Zimmerman
(released through Shambhala Publications).
2009
Corrected and standardized all illustrative plates, graphs, and other figures (using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop) for University of Kansas Natural History Museum ecology textbook project (Authors: Town Peterson, PhD & Jorgé Soberón, PhD). (June – October)
2009 - 2010
Co-director for Sonic Bloom Festival's first and second annual Visionary Art Gallery.
2009 - 2011
Delivered annual presentations on
evolutionary biology, biogeomagnetics, and fractals in the biological sciences
and psychology at Burning Man Festival (Entheon Village & Red Lightning), as well as throughout the year
at numerous other festivals and academic events (all talks are available for streaming and free download).
2010
Tour partner, and documentary
film assistant with journalist Charles Shaw on the Unheard Voices Project (a
documentary and online interview archive covering multiple perspectives on the
American criminal justice system) and the Light & Shadow Tour: Exploring
Personal & Cultural Transformation (a six-week, thirty city national
speaking tour on the role of repressed voices in self and culture, sponsored by Evolver.net and openDemocracy.net). (October – November)
2011
Art gallery curator and live art director for Wakarusa Music Festival & Sonic Bloom Festival, coordinating over a dozen artists at each event for both immersive art spaces and performance painting teams.
2011
Organized and released L.A.B. Tracks: A Benefit for Sasha Shulgin. Available at http://shulginbenefit.bandcamp.com, this compilation features twenty-five international artists and has raised nearly $2000 for visionary chemist Sasha Shulgin's ongoing medical expenses.
2006 - present
Performing multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter, with gigs at weddings (Kansas City MO, June 2008; Denver CO, July 2008), hotels (The Standard - Miami FL, August 2007; Hotel Donaldson - Fargo ND, February 2011), art gallery openings (Olive Gallery - Lawrence KS, 2007; Pangaea Gallery - Lawrence KS, November 2008), colleges (University of Colorado - September 2009; University of Minnesota - February 2011), and music festivals – including Seattle Peace Concert (2006); Dharmapalooza (2006); Wakarusa Festival (2007); Dreamtime Festival (2007); Frozen Dead Guy Days (2008); McDowell Mountain Music Festival (2009); Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies Conference (2010); Motion Notion Festival (Canada, 2010); Rootwire Festival (2010, 2011); GeoParadise Festival (Costa Rica, 2011). Performed at a number of benefit concerts for organizations including Lodestar, Phoenix Day, Golden Gate Center, and Africa Centre.
2007 - present
Performance painter at concerts and music festivals of all genres. Live art residency at Trilogy Wine Bar (Boulder, CO; February - August 2008). Live art residency at Mondrian Hotel's Midnight Room (Scottsdale, AZ; March - May 2009). Live art and poster design residency for ActionPacker Pro Productions (New Orleans, LA; January - April 2010). Live art residency for Applied Pressure (Austin, TX; Jan 2012 - present).
2008 - present
Freelance writer and editor, including stints as contributing editor for art and design journal D/Visible Magazine, philosophy and culture zine Cause & Effect, music blogging site Colorado Music Board, live music correspondent for Grateful Web, technology & evolution blogger for Octa Products, and features contributor for transhumanism magazines H+ and Acceler8or. Denver art & culture correspondent for Kush Magazine & Examiner. Occasional features writer for Reality Sandwich. Former editor and co-writer for Satori Capital investor Christiana Wyly's conscious business blog at The Huffington Post. Pending fellow at Hybrid Reality Institute.
• Gallery & Retail Showings
- Pangaea Gallery, Lawrence KS (Nov 2008 - Jan 2009)
- Fat Cat Sake Bar, Boulder CO (Jan 2009 - August 2009)
- University of Kansas Natural History Museum, Lawrence KS (group show) (April 2009 - August 2011)
- Soul Invictus, Phoenix AZ (May 2009)
- Folsom Street Coffee, Boulder CO (November 2009 - January 2010)
- Prana, Boulder CO – consciousalliance.org group show (December 2009 - January 2010)
- Umba Imports, Boulder CO (November 2009 - April 2011)
- Dot's Diner On The Hill, Boulder CO – solo show (December 2009 - January 2010)
- Crossroads Wellness, Boulder CO – solo show (January 2010 – April 2010)
- Helping Hands Herbals, Boulder CO (August 2010 – August 2011)
- Boulder MMC, Boulder CO (April 2010)
- MAPS Psychedelic Science Conference, San Jose CA (May 2010)
- 11:11 Wellness – solo show, Boulder CO (February 2011)
• Grants/Awards
- National Merit Scholar & W.
Harold Otto scholar (covering all undergrad tuition and housing)
- Two-time recipient of KU
Undergraduate Summer Research grants ($300 each)
- Two-time recipient of J.
Michael Young Opportunity grant ($300 each)
- Featured musician and artist
(two separate occasions) on http://integralnaked.org.
- Featured musician for the
electronic track "Ride It" on the 2007 Science Music Compilation for This
Week In Science (an internationally-broadcast science news program at http://twis.org).
- Sponsored by LR Baggs Guitar
Pickups (http://www.lrbaggs.com/artists/artistlist.htm)
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