EDUCATION

School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Bachelor of Fine Arts 1995
University of Miami, 1986-88

SCHOLARSHIPS, HONORS & AWARDS

2008 Leo and Raye Chestler Contemporary Visual Arts Award
2005 - present Board Member, Art Center South Florida
2000 Juried Member, Art Center South Florida
1992 Scholarship - School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)
1986 Full-tuition scholarship, University of Miami

PUBLICATIONS

2007 Miami Contemporary Artists
2007 BLK/MRKT Two
2005 American Art Collector
2004 The Art Of Modern Rock

SELECT EXHIBITIONS

2011 Home, Dream Home, Praxis International, (Miami, FL)
2011 Miami Meets Zurich, Galerie Daniel Tanner, (Zurich, Switzerland)
2010 Good N' Plenty, Art Center South Florida (Miami Beach, FL)
2010 Director's Choice, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, (Larchmont, NY)
2010 Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, "TIME + TEMP: Surveying the Shifting Climate of Painting in South Florida" (Hollywood, FL)
2009 Kristen Thiele, Lucie Beppler, TK Kim, Monica Santos, Galerie Daniel Tanner (Zürich)
2009 Open House, Farside Gallery (Miami, FL)
2008 Masterpieces, Solo Exhibit, Farside Gallery (Miami, FL)
2008 Cocktail Party, Kenise Barnes Fine Art (Larchmont, NY)
2008 Kristen Thiele, Galerie Daniel Tanner (Basel, Switzerland)
2008 Aesthetics and Values, The Honors College at FIU, Green Library (Miami, FL)
2008 Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, "Abracadabra" (Hollywood, FL)
2007 "Miami Contemporary Artists, Making a Scene" The Freedom Tower, (Miami, FL)
2007 BLK/MRKT Gallery Artists, Red Dot Art Fair (Miami, FL)
2007 The Art Gallery at Government Center, "Eye Candy" Solo Exhibition (Miami, FL)
2007 BLK/MRKT Gallery, BMG Annual, (Los Angeles, CA)
2006 24 x 24 x 24, Pulse Miami, Ambrosino Gallery, (Miami, FL)
2006 World Arts Building, "Edge Zones" (Miami, FL)
2006 David Leonardis Gallery, group show (Chicago)
2006 Art Center South Florida, "Post No Bills" rock poster show (Miami, FL)
2006 Lisa Coscino Gallery, "Eye Candy"
Solo Exhibition (Monterey, CA)
2005 World Arts Building, "Pink is for Miami" (Miami)
2005 Lisa Coscino Gallery, "Solace" (Monterey, CA)
2005 Museum of Design Atlanta, "Graphic Noise" (Atlanta, GA)
2005 Boca Raton Museum of Art, "54th Annual All Florida Juried Competition and Exhibition" (Boca Raton, FL)
2005 Art & Culture Center of Hollywood, "Hollywood All Media Juried Exhibition" (Hollywood, FL)
2005 Paradise "The Art of Modern Rock" (Boston, MA)
2005 Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, "Chicago Posters" (Chicago, IL)
2004 Art Center South Florida, "Objects of Virtue" curated by Eduard Duval Carrié, (Miami, FL)
2004 World Arts Building, "Assembly Required" (Miami, FL)
2004 The Thomas Center Gallery, Invitational Show (Gainesville, FL)
2004 Art Center South Florida, "Look At Me Now" (Miami, FL)
2003 Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus Gallery, Turning Pages, Group Show (Miami, FL)
2003 David Leonardis Gallery, "Myths" (Chicago, IL)
2003 The Art Gallery at Government Center, Summer Show (Miami, FL)
2003 David Leonardis Gallery, 16 Artists (New York)
2003 Objex Art Space, "Inclusion of the Shape" (Miami, FL)
2002 Fred Snitzer Gallery, "No Show" (Miami, FL)
2002 Home Invasion (Miami, FL)
2002 David Leonardis Gallery, Solo Exhibition, "The Faster Dog" (Chicago, IL)
2002 Ormond Memorial Museum, "Four Footed" (Ormond Beach, FL)
2001 David Leonardis Gallery - Solo Exhibition, "Kitty Glitter" (Chicago, IL)
2000 Art Center South Florida Gallery 800, "Family Size" (Miami Beach, FL)
2000 David Leonardis Gallery - Solo Exhibition, "The Power of Cats and Dogs" (Chicago, IL)
1999 Butcher Shop Gallery, silk screened poster art (Chicago, IL)
1999 David Leonardis Gallery, Solo Exhibition, "Cat Power" (Chicago, IL)
1998 David Leonardis Gallery, "11 Artists"
1997 David Leonardis Gallery, "A Dozen Artists"
1996 David Leonardis Gallery, "Hansen/Thiele"
1995 David Leonardis Gallery, "Thiele/Thompson"
1995 SAIC Graduate Show (Chicago, IL)