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Education
  School of the Art Institute of Chicago, M.F.A. in Painting and Drawing, Chicago, Illinois, 2005

Maine College of Art, B.F.A. in Painting, Portland, Maine, 1998
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2009

2008

2007

2006
Once a Dream Did Weave a Shade (with Carl Baratta), Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois

Six More Miles,
Roots and Culture, Chicago, Illinois

Hans is Doing Well, Giftshop Project Space, Chicago, Illinois 
          
Dark Holler, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, Illinois
Selected Group Exhibitions
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2001
Big Youth II, Amel Bourouina Gallery, Berlin, Germany

They Wore Red Faces of Clay,
SideCar, Hammond, Indiana

Small(er) Works Show,
Manifest Exhibitions, Chicago, Illinois

Outside Coming In, Azimuth Projects, Hungryman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

Contemporary Painting
, McCormick Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

IAAFBJHMJNMOMRSATSW, Fountain, Brooklyn, New York

Fantastic Landscapes, 310 conTEMPORARY, Chicago, Illinois

Ox-Bow Centennial Exhibition, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Chicago Artists Works on Paper, The Studios of Key West, Key West, Florida

Once a Dream Did Weave a Shade, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois

Big Youth, Corbett vs, Dempsey, Chicago, Illinois

Landscape, Hallway Bathroom Gallery, San Francisco, California   
        
NEXT, Roots and Culture, Chicago, Illinois    
                   
Children of Nature, The Helm Gallery, Tacoma, Washington

Three MECA Painters, June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, Maine

Sacksteder, Sandler, Applin,  University of Saint Francis, Joliet, Illinois

The Kindness of Strangers, The Helm Gallery, Tacoma, Washington

The Discontented Pendulum, G2, Chicago, Illinois

Explore Your World, Roots and Culture, Chicago, Illinois

Traverse, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, Illinois
        
Art Chicago, Drawing Project, Chicago, Illinois

M. F. A. Thesis Exhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois   
        
Portraits, Highland Artworks Gallery, Portland, Maine

Connectdisconnect, Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada

The Stray Show, General Store, Chicago, Illinois

Print Portfolios, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine

2001 Portland Museum of Art Biennial, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine
Collections

Boston Public Library Print Collection    

Bates College Library Special Collections     
   
Bowdoin College Library Special Collections

Mortimer Rare Book Room, Smith College

New York Public Library Special Collections

University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Wellesley College Library Special Collections
Press
2011

2009







2008

2006
Artists You Should Know: Top Picks, Chicago Art Machine, April 7, 2011, Chicago, Illinois

Best of Chicago 2009, Chicago Reader, March 26th, 2009

Big Youth, Time Out Chicago, July 30th, 2009, Chicago, Illinois

Big Youth Catalogue, Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, Illinois

Newcity’s Top Five of Everything 2009: Art and Museums, Newcity, Chicago, Illinois

Beautiful/Decay On-Line, December 7th, 2008

After the Unicorns, Chicago Reader, November 17th, 2006, Chicago, Illinois
Teaching Experience
2007-11

2008-11

2008

2000-01
Instructor, Painting and Drawing Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois

Instructor, Letterpress Printing, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, Michigan

Instructor, Painting and Drawing, Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute, Lone Wolf, Oklahoma

Instructor, Book Arts Summer Workshop, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
Visiting Artist/Lectures
2010

2009

Artists Connect Lecture: Isak Applin Connects with Giovanni di Paolo, Art Institute of Chicago

Fine Arts Department, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois
Awards
2009/10

2997/09

2005

1998
Chicago Community Arts Assistance Program Grant

Roger Brown House Residency, New Buffalo, Michigan

Union League Civic & Arts Foundation Visual Arts Award, Chicago, Illinois

The Lawrence Sisson Traveling Fellowship, Florence, Italy