B.A. Augsburg College
M.A., University of St. Thomas

Professional Experience

Guest Curator, University of St. Thomas, 2004
Director and Curator of the Galleries, Augsburg College, 1997-2003
Gallery Associate, Circa Fine Arts Gallery, 1997-1996
Gallery Associate, Suzanne Kohn Gallery, 1995-1996

Publications

"The Silk Road Textiles at Birka: An Examination of the Tabletwoven Bands." Silk Roads, Other Roads: Proceeding of the 8th Biennial Symposium of the Textile Society of America, Inc., Omnipress, Earleville, MD, 2002

"Islamic Prayer Rugs: A Creed in Color." The Sacred Arts Exhibition Series Catalogue, M & M Printing, 2000.

Recent Conference Presentations

"Pillaging and Plundering in Style: The Vikings, Their Neighbors, and What They Wore."  Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study, May 2006

"Dead Men Talking: What the Textiles at Birka Can Tell Us."  The 38th International Medieval Congress, May 2003

"Caftans of Culture: The Viking Age Textiles From Birka as Evidence of �Oriental� Trade and Travel." The Northern Great Plains History Conference, October 2002

"The Silk Road Textiles at Birka: An Examination of the Tabletwoven Bands." The Textile Society of America�s Eighth Biennial Symposium, September 2002

"Haute Couture in Tenth-Century Sweden: The Bawdy, Gaudy Boys of Birka." The International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds, UK, July 2002

Recent Invited Lectures/Seminars

"Sven and Ole�s Excellent Adventure: The Viking Grave Finds at Birka." The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, January 12, 2006

"Metaphysical Imagery in the Visual Arts," or "You�re Just Jealous Because the Voices Talk to Me." The Red House Gallery, October 2005

"The Language of the Grotesque in the Visual Arts."  The Kelly Rae Theiss Fine Arts Gallery, October 2004.

"Who Spun It? A Viking Age Textile Mystery."  The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, October 2003

"Sticks and Stones and Broken Bones."  The 14th Annual Nobel Peace Prize Forum, Seminar, March 2002

"Sacred Arts: Breaking Down Barriers."  The 13th Annual Nobel Peace Prize Forum, Seminar, March 2001