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Resume

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Education

2008 Minneapolis College of Art and Design, MN, MFA, Visual Studies.

2002 Savannah College of Art and Design, GA, BFA, Painting, minor in printmaking, magna cum laude.

2002 Lacoste School of the Arts, Lacoste, FR, term abroad.

1999 University of Missouri-Columbia, undergraduate work in painting.

Selected Exhibitions/Screenings/Performances

2011 Pleasure Rebel, Bryant Lake Bowl, Minneapolis, MN.

2011 Queertopia, Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, MN.

2011 Bedlam Theatre Tenth Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival, Capri Theater, Minneapolis, MN.

2011 Dirty Queer Show III, Hell's Kitchen, Minneapolis, MN.

2011 GASP, Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, MN.

2010 Seducing Those Who Are Afraid, Naked Stages, Pillsbury House Theatre, Minneapolis, MN.

2010 MIX Queer Experimental Film Festival, New York, NY.

2010 INFRARED: New Visions from the Queer Underground, Seattle Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, WA.

2010 Queertopia, Bedlam Theatre, Minneapolis, MN.

2009 Multiples Mall, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN.

2009 There Is No Option, Art of This Gallery, Minneapolis, MN.

2008 Threat Level: An Evening of Queer Shorts, Elegant Mr. Gallery, Chicago, IL.

2008 Bird in the Bush, a tribute to Charlie Parker, Tribes Gallery, Manhattan, NY.

2008 Guattari Heroes | Beautiful Deleuzers, Shoebox Gallery, Minneapolis, MN.

2007 Flaming Film Fest, Bedlam Theatre, Minneapolis, MN.

2007 Tranny Fest Film and Video Festival, LGBT Community Center Rainbow Room, San Francisco, CA.

Awards

2011 Core Artist, commissioned performance and mentorship role for Bedlam Theatre Tenth Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival, Minneapolis, MN.

2009-2010 Residency, Naked Stages Performance Art Series, Jerome Foundation and Pillsbury House Theatre, Minneapolis, MN.

2008 Honorable Mention, Made @ MCAD Exhibition, MCAD, MN.

2007 Recipient of MFA Merit Award Scholarship, MCAD, MN.

2006 Recipient of MFA Opportunity Grant and Trustees Scholarship, MCAD, MN.

2002 Recipient of Merit Award for Chinese Painting exhibition/course, SCAD, GA.

Bibliography

Sean Smuda, “Box Populi,” mnartists.org, April 29, 2010.

Matthew A. Everett, “In Second Naked Stages program, Kelley A. Meister and Mire’ Regulus push boundaries and make connections,” TC Daily Planet, April 17, 2010.

David Noble Dandridge, “BenchPress Burlesque Revival!” The Vital Voice, July 11, 2008.

John Townsend, “Flaming Film Fest Pushes Your Buttons Once Again,” Lavender, Nov. 9-22, 2007.

Benjamin West, “Sex is Not a Dirty Word: BenchPress Burlesque,” Confluence, Autumn 2006.

Molly Hayden, “All-woman Art Show Highlights Female Creativity,” The Vital Voice, April 14-27, 2006.

Colleen McKee, “Striped Stockings: Les Attitudes des Femmes,” Confluence, Summer 2003.

Public Collections

The Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota.

Savannah College of Art and Design Permanent Collection, GA.

Contemporary Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO.