education:
2004 - 2006 MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2003 - 2004 Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2000 Central Saint Martins, London, England
1992 University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
1990 - 1991 Fifth-year Certificate, University of California, Santa Cruz, California
1985 - 1990 BA, University of California, Santa Cruz, California
teaching employment:
Loyola University, Chicago
2008-Present Instructor
College of DuPage
2007-Present Adjunct Faculty
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2007-Present Early College Program Faculty
2006 Roving Substitute Professor
Fall 2005 Teaching Assistant, First Year Program
Summer 2005 Teaching Assistant, Advanced Painting
Spring 2005 Teaching Assistant, Multi-level Painting
The Dolphin School, Berkshire, England
1999 - 2000 Art Instructor
other employment:
2000 – present Owner/Designer Outer Space Garden Design, Chicago, IL, Madison, WI, London, England
2004 – present Host/Disc jockey, “Robot Rock”, www.freeradiosaic.org
2000 - 2001 Production Assistant, Will van der Vlugt Film Productions, London, England
1996 - 1999 Manager, L’Odeon Restaurant, London, England
exhibitions:
2008 Living Room Paintings, Bucket Rider Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2007 One by One, Lloyd Dobler Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Studio Art Faculty Exhibit, Gahlberg Gallery, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Christian Rieben: How To Make a Painting, Gallery UNO, Chicago, Illinois
(Un)restricted, Lloyd Dobler Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2006 Balls Out (curator), 518 Erie, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Fantastical Dreams and Primitive Desires, Thesis Show, Gallery 2, Chicago, Illinois
2005 Love 8, Gallery X, Chicago, Illinois
(W)holeness (curator), Gallery 1926, Chicago, Illinois
Fluid Motion, Chicago theater building, Chicago, Illinois
2004 Thesis Show, Gallery 2, Chicago, Illinois
Art Fair Off the Square, Madison, Wisconsin
2003 “Best in Painting”, Art Fair Off the Square, Madison, Wisconsin.
