2001
MFA, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1989
Chinese Painting Studies, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
1972
B.S. Degree, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Minnesota
2018
Sorry For Your Loss, Silver Islet, Ontario, Canada
2017
Quiet, Stillwater Public Library, Stillwater, Minnesota
2013–17
The Hostile Neighbor Project, Minnesota
2012
Seven and One Half, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, Minnesota
2012
An Aerial Perspective, Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, Wisconsin
2011
Finial Project, New York City, New York
2010
Stillwater Library Noise Mitigation Project, Stillwater, Minnesota
2010
Ein Sicherer Platz, Regionalmuseum, Burg Beeskow, Germany
2010–11
CO2 Under My Backyard, Brandenburg, Germany
2009
Modern Monoliths, Tamarack Nature Center, White Bear Township, Minnesota
2008
Silver Islet Project, Ontario, Canada
2008
Highway 280 Sound Wall Project, St. Paul, Minnesota
2006–07
The Marina Triangle Project, White Bear Lake, Minnesota
2006
On the Edge, Nicollet Island, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2006
Borders, Gage Gallery, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2005
Staking Claim, Lauderdale Community Park, Lauderdale, Minnesota
2004
Boundaries, Inside/Outside Arts Project at Intermedia Arts Jerome Foundation Commission, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2018
Art Reach, Stillwater, Minnesota
2017
Shifting, Art Reach, Stillwater, Minnesota
2017
Resist: The Art of Disruption, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2012
Art Wiki digital venue of the 7th Berlin Biennale
2011
Nuit Blanche, Hennepin Island, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2009
Jerome Fellowship Exhibition, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2007
Minnesota Biennial 3D II, Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, Minnesota
2006
Family Farms, Northfield Artist Guild, Northfield, Minnesota
2005
Dim Sum, national touring show with Red 76
2004
Art of Democracy: Tools of Persuasion, Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2004
Farm Families: A Tribute, Banfill Locke Center for the Arts, Fridley, Minnesota
2012
Artists Initiative Grant Minnesota State Arts Board
2010
McKnight Fellowship Finalist
2008–09
MCAD/Jerome Foundation Fellowship for Emerging Artists
2006
Forecast Public Artworks Jerome Foundation Project grant
2005
Forecast Public Artworks Research and Development grant
2004
Art Inside/Outside project, Jerome Foundation grant Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2002
Recipient of a teaching grant from the Metropolitan Arts Council Roseville, Minnesota
2012
Artist Talk, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, Minnesota
2009
Jerome Emerging Artist panel, Minneapolis College of Art and Design
2007
Slide-O-Rama Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, Minnesota
2006
Women and Art and Community, Minneapolis College of Art and Design
2006
Forecast Public Artworks Grant Workshop, St. Paul, Minnesota
2006
Art and Politics Round Table, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2004
Two Public and Private Land workshops, Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2003
Artists as Environmental GardenersRound Table, Falcon Heights, Minnesota
Syndie Sorensen
"Shifting" Stillwater Gazette, October 6, 2017
Kristal Leebrick
"Roadside Attractions" Park Bugle, September 2015
Bob Shaw
"We voted for art. Are we getting what we want?" Pioneer Press, August 11, 2013
Kris Douglas
"Barbara Claussen Seven and One Half," February 2012
Diane Mullin
"Reconsidering the MCAD/Jerome Fellowship Exhibition," mnartists.org, December 2010
Mary Abbe
"Stepping Up," Star Tribune, November 16 2009
Christina Schmid
"Attracted to Controversy," essay for MCAD/Jerome exhibit, October 2009
Natalie Zett
"When Words Become Public," Park Bugle, February 2009
Mary Abbe
"Out of the Sandbox," Star Tribune, November 23, 2007
Judy Arginteanu
"Event: Boundary Issues," Star Tribune, July 30, 2006
Jack Becker
"From the Home Front," Public Art Review, Spring/Summer 2006
Wes Stitt
"Exhibits at Augsburg," Pulse of the Twin Cities, January 18, 2006
Mary Abbe
"Serious Fun," Star Tribune, June 6, 2004
Judy Woodward
"Public Art Takes to the Streets," Park Bugle, June 2004