Photo by Kris Sanford
EDUCATION
2017 University of South Florida: Master of Fine Arts, Interdisciplinary Studio Art
2012 Western Kentucky University: Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting;
Bachelor of Arts; Graphic Design; Minor, Art History.
RELEVANT SOLO EXHIBITIONS
LOAM, Western Kentucky University Gallery, Bowling Green, KY | August 2024
Adidas & Bustello, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee FL | March 2021
Slip Ons, Bricks Gallery, Tampa, FL | 2017
Muddled Berries, Bricks Gallery, Tampa, FL | 2017
Glued on Sunsets, Corridor Gallery, Western Kentucky University,
Bowling Green KY | August 2016
Lush Blush Crush, William Nancy Oliver Gallery, Tampa FL | 2016
Road Closed to Thru Traffic, Spencer’s, Bowling Green KY | 2014
Sometimes it’s Better to Travel, Art Matters,
Bowling Green KY | 2013
Disinformation (Works on Paper), Cube Gallery, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY | 2012
Architexture, Cube Gallery, WKU, Bowling Green KY | 2012
RELEVANT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Central South, Tennessee Art League, jurors Alan LaQuire and Lakesha Moore, Nashville, TN | May 2024
MASKED, juried international exhibition, juror and museum director Leejin Kim,
Cica Museum, Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea | January 2023
Small Works Show, jurors Liv Inglese and Joe Sikora
Chicago Fine Art Salon, Chicago, IL | December 2022
Black & White, juried exhibition, juror Elana Rubinfeld
Sarasota Art Center, Sarasota, FL. | December 2022
Distant/Memory, virtual juried group exhibition, juror Haylee Barsky
New York, NY | September 2022
Compositions, hybrid juried group exhibition, jurors The Holy Art Collective
The Holy Gallery, London, UK | September 2022
Faculty Exhibition, Gardiner Gallery, Stillwater, OK | August 2022
Art Walk Central, University Gallery, juror Anne Gochenour
Mt. Pleasant MI | Summer 2021
Faculty Exhibition, University Gallery, Mt. Pleasant MI | September. 2020
Rapscallion, Quaid, Tampa FL | May 2019
The Art In The Everyday Community Quilt Project, UHM Library, University of Hawaii– Maui College, Kahului HI | May 2019
America’s Majestic Street Cats, Quaid, Tampa FL | February 2019
Small Works National Juried Exhibition, Mena Art Gallery,
Mena AK | 2017
Little Triggers, juror Duke Riley, Tempus Projects,
Tampa, FL | 2017
Skyway Regional, curator Joanna Robotham, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa FL | 2017
Summer Salon, juror Ben Fain, Portspace Gallery,
St. Petersburg, FL | 2017
Every Disaster Made Us Wish for More, Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa FL | 2017
41st Annual Juried Exhibition, Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery,
Tampa, FL | 2017
4 x 4 Silent Auction Fundraiser, Tempus Projects,
Tampa, FL | 2017
Whoever’s Here, William Nancy Oliver Gallery, Tampa FL | 2016
Bowling Green’s Second Saturdays Arts Festival, Bowling Green KY | 2014
My Old Kentucky Home, Art Matters, Bowling Green KY | 2013
Freedom in Creation, Art Matters, Bowling Green KY | 2012
Green Bench, Ivan Wilson Center for the Arts Gallery, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY | 2012
Juried Student Exhibition, Ivan Wilson Center for the Arts Gallery, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green KY | 2012
Emerging Artists, juried exhibition, juror Billy Hertz; Billy Hertz Gallery, Louisville KY | 2012
Play in the Streets, juried exhibition, jurors Dustin Davis and Judy DeHart Davis; Frostburg Museum Gallery Inc.,
Frostburg MD | 2012
US Bank Celebration of the Arts Juried Exhibition, Kentucky Museum Gallery, Bowling Green KY | 2012
Juried Student Exhibition, Ivan Wilson Center for the Arts Gallery, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green KY | 2012
Community of Artists, juried exhibition, Center for Research and Development, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green KY | 2011
History to Practice, Kentucky Museum, Bowling Green KY | 2011
The Grid, Tim Faulkner Gallery, Louisville KY | 2011
Play in the Streets, juried exhibition, juror Randall Ronds; Frostburg Museum Gallery Inc., Frostburg MD | 2011
The Process of Product, Twist Gallery, Nashville TN | 2010
COLLECTIONS
Late Summer at Packwood//Lavender Syrup, 10’ x 6’ two-part installation. private collection, Tampa, FL
The Air Was Heavy on Our Throats, 60” x 42” acrylic, glass rhinestone, on paper mounted on artist panel,
private collection, CT
Sweetened Your Waffles, Muddled Your Berries, 36” x 30” acrylic, oil, pastel on canvas and paper mounted on artist panel, private collection, Brooklyn, NY
Head Between My Lungs, 70” x 42” acrylic, oil, pastel on paper mounted on panel, Collection of Carolyn M. Wilson, Tampa, FL
AWARDS
1st Place Juror’s Award Black and White Exhibition, Juror Elana Rubinfeld | December 2022
New York Foundation for the Arts Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grant,
Cycle 10 | February 2022
Las Damas De Artes Award, 41st Annual Juried
Exhibition | 2017
Frame by Frame Award, 40th Annual Juried
Exhibition | 2016
Carolyn M. Wilson Fellowship | 2014-2015
Hesta Petty Munns Memorial Scholarship | 2012
Allegany Area Arts Alliance Award, Play in the Streets exhibition | 2012
Hesta Petty Munns Memorial Scholarship | 2011
Bond Home Center Award, Play in the Streets exhibition | 2011
COMMUNITY & SERVICE
Visiting Artist & lecture, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY | August 2024
Muralist commissioned by Sunni Gregory
Downtown Franklin, Kentucky | 2024
Muralist & mural director, commissioned by the City of Stillwater
Downtown Stillwater, Oklahoma | 2023
Muralist commissioned by Morgyn Yearout
Prime Place, Stillwater, Oklahoma | 2022
Art Instructor for Summer Arts Camp
Prairie Arts Community Art Center | June-July 2022
Panelist for Countering Unconscious Bias & Gender Identity as Action in the Arts virtual forum, 621 Gallery, | March 2021
Artist Lecture, 621 Gallery | March 2021
FATE Membership | 2021-present
Artist Lecture, Central Michigan University | 2019
College Art Association Membership | 2017-present
Designer & Coordinator for Every Disaster Made Us Wish for More publication | 2017
INK Miami Art Fair representative at Miami Basel, exhibition installation | 2016
Seminar participant with visiting artist Franklin Evans | 2016
Founder and co-curator of Proxambient, kinetic visual arts community, eastern U.S. | 2016-present
Visiting Artist Lecture, Western Kentucky University | 2016
Freedom In Creation (non-profit), volunteer teacher and resident artist/graphic designer | 2013
Curator’s Assistant to Billy Hertz, Billy Hertz Gallery, Louisville KY | 2012