Education

2021 Expected graduation, MFA -Painting/Drawing —Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

2006 BFA -Painting, magna cum laude—Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

2002 Associate of Arts, honors—Kalamazoo Valley Community College, Kalamazoo, MI

Employment

2020-2021 ArtCore RA, Arizona State University

2020-2020 Associate Curator, FOUND:RE Phoenix

Teaching

2020 Spring- Instructor of Record, Drawing 111—Arizona State University

2019 Fall- Instructor of Record, Drawing 111—Arizona State University

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2021 Distorted Mythologies— MFA Thesis Exhibition, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

2018 Persistence of the Figure—Greenville Center for the Arts, Greenville, SC

2016 Unset in Stone—Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, TX

2009 Innocence & Arrogance duo show—Art Whino, National Harbor, MD

2009 9 Muses—Waterstreet Coffee Joint and Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI

2008 Capital Women— Columbia Plaza Building, Kalamazoo, MI

Selected Juried Exhibitions

2020 Artlink’s 20th Juried Exhibition—Park Central, Phoenix, AZ

2015 87th Regional Exhibition—Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI

2014 Alumni+ Exhibition—Kalamazoo Valley Community College, MI

2008 CPopportunity— CPoP Gallery,Detroit, MI

2005 Festival 2005 Regional Arts Exhibition—Grand Rapids, MI

Selected Group and Invitational Exhibitions

2021 Galbut Prize Exhibition, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, AZ

2020 Capsule Collection “Figurative,” 9 The Gallery, Phoenix, AZ

2020 MFA Quarantine Exhibition, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, AZ

2019 Work Smaller, 9 The Gallery, Phoenix, AZ

2019 Every Body—Step Gallery, Phoenix, AZ

2019 MFA Summer Exhibition—Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, AZ

2019 Kinesis—New City Studio, Phoenix, AZ

2018 Expulsion—Fine Art Complex, Phoenix, AZ

2018 Of Scales and Feathers—Spoke Art Gallery, New York, NY

2017 It Came from Beneath the Sea—Haven Gallery, Northport, NY

2017 Mother May I—Thumbprint Gallery, La Jolla, CA

2016 It's Most Wondergrrrl Time of the Year—Apama Mackey Gallery, Houston, TX

2016 LAX/ORD—curated by Thinkspace Gallery for Vertical Gallery, Chicago, IL

2013 L’innamorato—The Potters Wife Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN

2013 Zombie—Last Rites Gallery, New York NY

2013 EyeCandy—WWA Gallery, Culver City, CA

2012 Wasted—The Great American Past Time, WWA Gallery, Culver City, CA

2012 Faces—Extra Large Gallery, Orlando, FL

2011 I Want My Music Video Art Show—Meltdown Gallery, Hollywood, CA

2009 Art Whino: Miami— 4-day exhibit during Art Basel Miami

2008 Price Less…2—The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2007 Expanding Our Horizons— Revolution Gallery, Dallas, TX

2007 Femme XX v.2.0—Revolution Gallery Dallas, TX

2007 Featured as Contemporary Artist, February—Muskegon Museum of Art

2006 Quilts, Pottery, and Portraits—Carnegie Center for the Arts, Three Rivers, MI

2005 Tradition and Innovation—Carnegie Center for the Arts, Three Rivers, MI

Awards and Grants

2019 Special Talent Award, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

2019 Katherine Herberger Art Scholarship, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

2016 Grant, Lubbock Arts Alliance, Lubbock, TX

2015 Unset in Stone, Successful Kickstarter Campaign

2014 Directors Choice Award, Alumni+Exhibition, Kalamazoo Valley Community College

2010 KADI artists grant, Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo

2007 Best Work on Canvas, Regional Juried Show 2007—Carnegie Center for the Arts, Three Rivers MI

2006 Seibert Travel Award, Western Michigan University Honors College

2005 LOMA Award, Festival 2005 Regional Arts Exhibition—Grand Rapids, MI

2005 Best of Show, Festival 2005 Regional Arts Exhibition—Grand Rapids, MI

2005 Angie Gayman Carmer Art Scholarship—Western Michigan University

2005 Best Work on Paper, Regional Juried Show —Carnegie Center for the Arts, Three Rivers, MI