Education:
1996-2001 Bachelor of Art Degree at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
metals and 3d design with
Chris Ramsay
1998 Spanish, Cuahnahuac Language School, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
1996 Beginning Jewelry, Community Art Center, Stillwater, OK

Juried Exhibitions, Invitational and Group Shows:

2011 Atlanta Contemporary Jewelry Show, Atlanta, GA

2011 Cherry Creek Art Festival, Denver, CO
2010 Atlanta Contemporary Jewelry Show, Atlanta, GA
2010 Bayou City Art Festival, Memorial Park, Houston, TX
2009 Masters of Influence Gallery Show in Honor of Charles Loloma, Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa, OK
2009 Bayou City Art Festival, Memorial Park, Houston, TX
2008 Atlanta Contemporary Jewelry Show, Atlanta, GA
2008 Bayou City Art Festival, Downtown, Houston, TX
2008 Saint Louis Art Festival, Clayton, MO
2008 Bayou City Art Festival, Memorial Park, Houston, TX
2007 39th Annual Celebration of American Crafts, New Haven, CT
2007 Atlanta Contemporary Jewelry Show, Atlanta, GA
2007 Bayou City Downtown, Houston, TX
2007 Plaza Art Fair, Kansas City, MO
2007 Texas Metal Arts Show, Gruene, TX
2007 Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival, Reston, VA
2007 Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park, Houston, TX
2007 Baltimore Craft Show, Baltimore, MD
2006 Bayou City Downtown, Houston, TX
2006 Texas Metal Artists Show, Gruene, TX
2006 Fiesta Art Fair, San Antonio, TX
2006 Austin Fine Art Festival, Austin, TX
2006 Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park, Houston, TX
2006 27th Annual Contemporary Crafts, Mesa, AZ
2005 Bayou City Art Festival Downtown, Houston, TX
2005 Plaza Art Fair, Kansas City, MO
2005 Artfest 2005, Addison, TX
2005 Art in the Park, Lawrence, KS
2005 Munger Place Porchfest, Dallas, TX
2004 Bath House Juried Holiday Arts and Crafts Sale, Dallas, TX
2004 LOYO (Lawrence Own Your Own) Juried Art Sale and Benefit, Lawrence, KS
2004 Country Art Show, Tecumseh, KS
2004 Art in the Park, Lawrence, KS
2003 Juried Holiday Art Show Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, KS
2003 LOYO (Lawrence Own Your Own) Juried Art Sale and Benefit, Lawrence, KS
2003 Olive Art, Olive Art Gallery, Lawrence, KS
2001 Emerging Artists of Oklahoma, Gallery at the Omni Center, Oklahoma City, OK
2001 Biting the Apple, Independent Artists of Oklahoma Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
2001 Juried Student Show, Oklahoma State University
2000 Juried Student Show, Oklahoma State University
1997 Juried Student Show, Oklahoma State University

Galleries:
Carlyn Galerie, Dallas, TX
Haven Gallery, Austin, TX
Thomas Mann Gallery I/O, New Orleans, LA
Motto/MDF, Cambridge, MA

Awards and Grants:
2008 Best Booth, Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park, Houston, TX
2006 1st Prize Bayou City Art Festival, Houston, TX
2005 1st  Place 3-Dimensional Division, Art in the Park, Lawrence, KS
2004 Honorable Mention, LOYO, Lawrence, KS
2004 2nd Place 3-Dimensional Division, Art in the Park, Lawrence, KS
2003 Best of Show, LOYO, Lawrence, KS
2001 Best of Show, 3-Dimensional Division, Juried Student Show, Oklahoma State University
2001 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
1997-2001 President’s Honor Roll, Oklahoma State University
1996-2001 Oklahoma State Regent’s Award
1996 Valedictorian, Stillwater High School
1996 National Merit Finalist
1995 National Merit Semifinalist

Press:
2008 “In touch with art: Through jewelry, Echelle satisfies her love of science and need to create”
 March 25, Houston Chronicle, author Eileen McClelland  
 
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/main/5647624.html

Professional Associations:
Klimt02
Society of North American Goldsmiths
American Craft Council
No Dirty Gold
Ethical Metalsmiths

Meetings and Congresses:
2001 Oral Presentation, Imágenes de la Virgen de Guadalupe como Praxis Liberativa,  
Congress of the Americas, Universidad de las Americas, Cholula, Puebla, Mexico

Work Experience:
2003-2004 Volunteer in Gallery Gift Shop, Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, KS
2003-2004 Part-time Sign Maker and Designer, Classic Eagle Distributing, Lawrence, KS
2001 English teacher, Quito, Ecuador
2000-2001 Sculpture and Jewelry Studios Monitor, Oklahoma State University
1998 English teacher, Cuahnahuac Language School, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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I was born in Sherman, Texas, in 1978.  I have
always enjoyed traveling and learning about
other cultures, which led me to teach English in
Mexico.  I enjoy reading and I often think about
language and its effect on the way we interpret
visual objects.  In 2001 I received my BFA in
painting and sculpture from Oklahoma State
University, but since then I have dedicated
myself to jewelry making while living first in
Lawrence, Kansas, then in Dallas, Texas, and
now in Anillaco, La Rioja, Argentina.  In
Lawrence I was privileged to have my studio at
the Fitch Natural History Reservation, where my
grandfather, Henry Fitch, lived and researched.  
My husband and I moved to Dallas, where my
studio was in my home, and I was exposed to
life in the big city.  Now I live and work in a small
town at the base of a mountain range called
"Sierras de Velazco."