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EDUCATION
MFA 2010 Painting, Yale University
BFA 2008 Studio Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison
INVITATIONAL AND SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 Solo Show, Lavender Longings, July 15 – September 10, Portrait Society, Milwaukee, WI
2010 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Yale School of Art, New Haven CT
2009 Second Year Summer Show, Yale School of Art, New Haven CT
2008 First Year Show, Yale School of Art, New Haven CT
2006 First Annual Art Student Invitational, State Street Gallery, Madison, WI
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Day Drawing/Dreaming, Portrait Society, Milwaukee WI
2019 Susceptible to Images, Portrait Society,Milwaukee WI 2018 Homely: Part 1, Portrait Society, Milwaukee WI
2018 Circular, bG Gallery, Santa Monica CA
2017 Conception Art Show, Chicago IL
2017 Great Expectations, Steenbock Gallery, Madison WI
2017 Figuration Now, Portrait Society, Milwaukee, WI
2007 7131, The Seventh Floor Gallery, Madison, WI
2007 Introducing Tracy Cirves, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2006 Paintings From the Future, The Seventh Floor Gallery, Madison WI
2006 Color Matters, The Seventh Floor Gallery, Madison, WI
VISITING ARTIST/ INSTRUCTOR/ LECTURER
2018 Panelist, Tom Berenz: A Discussion on Contemporary Painting, Haggerty Museum, Marquette University, Milwaukee WI
2010 Teaching Assistant, Yale School of Art, Course: Visual Thinking
2009 Teaching Assistant, Yale School of Art, Course: Figure Drawing
EMPLOYMENT
Art Teacher
White Lake School District 11/2018-present
Long term art substitute teacher,
Bangor Elementary 8/2018 to 11/2018
Substitute Teacher, Educational Assistant, Wisconsin Heights School District 2017-2018 worked with students with special needs and as a substitute teacher at all grade levels
Substitute Teacher,
Teachers On Call 2017 to present work as a substitute teacher at in the following districts: Cross Plains, Middleton, Portage, Monona, and Cottage Grove
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
Wisconsin Heights Middle School, Spring 2013, job shadowed and volunteered in art room
AWARDS
2010 Grant Nominee, Rema Hort Mann Foundation
2010 Blair Dickenson Memorial Prize, Yale School of Art
2009 Painting Prize, Yale School of Art
PUBLICATIONS
Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 38, Summer 2017
Dunigan, Peggy Sue, Tracy Cirves Debuts at Portrait Society Gallery, July 13th 2011 Shepard Express p. 35
Schumacher Mary Louise, A Preview of July Visual Arts, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 July 2011
Schumacher Mary Louise, Fresh Faces, Fresh Art, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 July 2011
Shepherd Express, Tracy Cirves Debuts at Portrait Society, 12 July 2011
Salvas Jay Peters, Yale Painting + Printmaking Mechanics 2010
Illumination, University of Wisconsin-Madison Journal of Humanities, Fall 2007
EDUCATION
MFA 2010 Painting, Yale University
BFA 2008 Studio Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison
INVITATIONAL AND SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 Solo Show, Lavender Longings, July 15 – September 10, Portrait Society, Milwaukee, WI
2010 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Yale School of Art, New Haven CT
2009 Second Year Summer Show, Yale School of Art, New Haven CT
2008 First Year Show, Yale School of Art, New Haven CT
2006 First Annual Art Student Invitational, State Street Gallery, Madison, WI
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Day Drawing/Dreaming, Portrait Society, Milwaukee WI
2019 Susceptible to Images, Portrait Society,Milwaukee WI 2018 Homely: Part 1, Portrait Society, Milwaukee WI
2018 Circular, bG Gallery, Santa Monica CA
2017 Conception Art Show, Chicago IL
2017 Great Expectations, Steenbock Gallery, Madison WI
2017 Figuration Now, Portrait Society, Milwaukee, WI
2007 7131, The Seventh Floor Gallery, Madison, WI
2007 Introducing Tracy Cirves, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2006 Paintings From the Future, The Seventh Floor Gallery, Madison WI
2006 Color Matters, The Seventh Floor Gallery, Madison, WI
VISITING ARTIST/ INSTRUCTOR/ LECTURER
2018 Panelist, Tom Berenz: A Discussion on Contemporary Painting, Haggerty Museum, Marquette University, Milwaukee WI
2010 Teaching Assistant, Yale School of Art, Course: Visual Thinking
2009 Teaching Assistant, Yale School of Art, Course: Figure Drawing
EMPLOYMENT
Art Teacher
White Lake School District 11/2018-present
Long term art substitute teacher,
Bangor Elementary 8/2018 to 11/2018
Substitute Teacher, Educational Assistant, Wisconsin Heights School District 2017-2018 worked with students with special needs and as a substitute teacher at all grade levels
Substitute Teacher,
Teachers On Call 2017 to present work as a substitute teacher at in the following districts: Cross Plains, Middleton, Portage, Monona, and Cottage Grove
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
Wisconsin Heights Middle School, Spring 2013, job shadowed and volunteered in art room
AWARDS
2010 Grant Nominee, Rema Hort Mann Foundation
2010 Blair Dickenson Memorial Prize, Yale School of Art
2009 Painting Prize, Yale School of Art
PUBLICATIONS
Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 38, Summer 2017
Dunigan, Peggy Sue, Tracy Cirves Debuts at Portrait Society Gallery, July 13th 2011 Shepard Express p. 35
Schumacher Mary Louise, A Preview of July Visual Arts, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 July 2011
Schumacher Mary Louise, Fresh Faces, Fresh Art, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 July 2011
Shepherd Express, Tracy Cirves Debuts at Portrait Society, 12 July 2011
Salvas Jay Peters, Yale Painting + Printmaking Mechanics 2010
Illumination, University of Wisconsin-Madison Journal of Humanities, Fall 2007
