Resume

email: luru@luruart.com

Selected Exhibitions:

Louisiana State University Gallery at the Shaw Center for the Arts
Fresh Greens
Baton Rouge, LA

2005

The Big Top
Maiden Louisiana
New Orleans, LA

2004

LSU Cinema Club’s Film and Video Festival
Outhouse Five*
Baton Rouge, LA.

Louisiana State University Foster Gallery
Pulse: MFA Thesis Show**
Baton Rouge, LA

Oculus Gallery
Venus Envy*
Baton Rouge, LA

2003 & 2004

Louisiana State University Foster Gallery
Graduate Student Show
Baton Rouge, LA

2001, 2002, & 2003

Semantics Gallery
Scary Monsters Super Creeps
Cincinnati, OH

2000

Performance Time Arts Series
Reuse
Cincinnati, OH

University of Cincinnati Medical Library
Group Show
Cincinnati, OH

1999

ACME Art
National Council on Education in Ceramics Storefront Project*
Columbus, OH

SPACES
Members Exhibition
Cleveland, OH

University of Cincinnati Medical Library
Perceived Visions
Cincinnati, OH

1998

God Save the Queen
Lu's Little Lovelies**
Cincinnati, OH

BASE Art Gallery
The Secret Antidote**
Cincinnati, OH

DesignSmith Gallery
Cowboys and Rock Stars**
Cincinnati, OH

Xavier University Art Gallery
Tattoo Tarts Meet Monster Men**
Cincinnati, OH

1997

Dileia Contemporary Art Gallery
Chaperone*
Cincinnati, OH

*Indicates juried exhibition
**Indicates solo exhibition

Professional Experience:


Special Events Coordinator
Baton Rouge Gallery
Baton Rouge, LA

2004-2005

Costumer
13th Gate Haunted House
Baton Rouge, LA

2005

Costumer
Moonlight Interior
New York, NY

2005

Instructor - Sculpture, 3-D Design, 2-D Design, Art Appreciation
Baton Rouge Community College and Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA

2002-2005

Manager
Wilson Art Stores
Cincinnati, OH

2000-2001 &
1996-1997

Freelance Artist
Ray Byers Studio
Cincinnati, OH

1999-2000

Member
Semantics Art Gallery Cooperative
Cincinnati OH

2000

Member
Cove Art Gallery Cooperative
Cincinnati OH

1999

Lecturer
Cincinnati Art Academy
Cincinnati, OH

1999

Member
BASE Art Gallery Cooperative
Cincinnati OH

1997-1998

Lecturer
Taft Museum’s Artist Reaching Classrooms
Cincinnati, OH

1997-1998 & 1995-1996

Grants & Awards:

Louisiana State University Cinema Club’s Outhouse Five Film and Video Festival
Award for Best Set Design

2004

Louisiana State University Graduate School
Enhancement/Supplement Award

2001-2004

City of Cincinnati
Individual Artist Grant

1997-1998

The Ohio State University Arts and Sciences
Award for Excellence in Scholarship

1995

Arthur E. Baggs Memorial Scholarship

1994-1995

Robert and Mary Gatrell Undergraduate Art Award

1994

Edith Fergus Gilmore Foundation Scholarship

1991

Education:

MFA, Louisiana State University; Baton Rogue, LA

2004

BFA, Summa Cum Laude with Distinction, The Ohio State University; Columbus, OH

1995