Lives and works in Chicago, IL

EDUCATION

MFA, Painting & Drawing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, Painting & Drawing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

BFA summa cum laude, Studio Art, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL

BA summa cum laude, Art History, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2024 Down There, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL

Faculty and Staff Exhibition, Gallery 1922, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2021 Small Works Show, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL

Exquisite Corpse Now, SNEHTA, Athens, Greece

Fragments, virtual exhibition, Milcon Gallery

Wild Horses, Research House for Asian Art, Chicago, IL

2019 Zentangle Disco, Patient Info, Chicago, IL

Fuse Her Fly, Hairpin Arts Center, Chicago, IL

Terrain Biennial, Terrain Exhibitions, Chicago, IL

With a Capital P, Selections by Six Painters, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL

2013 The Members Show, Arts on the Park Gallery, Lakeland, FL

Prints and Pots, Melvin Art Gallery, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL

2012 Transformations, Artisans Gallery, Sanford, FL

SELECTED HONORS/AWARDS

2021 2021-2022 Teaching Fellow, Painting and Drawing Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Honorable Mention recognition for the Graduating Student Leadership Award, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2011  First Runner-up, Undergraduate Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, Melvin Art Gallery, Lakeland, FL  

2010 Best of Show, Undergrad Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, Melvin Art Gallery, Lakeland, FL

SELECTED TEACHING AND RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Administrative Director of Academic OperationsDepartments of Ceramics, Performance, Photography, Printmedia, and Sculpture, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, October 2022-Present

Lecturer, Multi-Level Figure DrawingPainting and Drawing Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Fall 2024

Lecturer, Multi-Level Figure DrawingPainting and Drawing Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Fall 2022

Lecturer, Studio Drawing: Multi-LevelPainting and Drawing Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Spring 2022

Lecturer, Multi-Level Figure DrawingPainting and Drawing Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Fall 2021

Administrative Director, Department of Continuing Studies, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, September 2021-October 2022

Visiting Artist CoordinatorPainting and Drawing Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, January 2020-May 2021

Advanced Painting Open Studios Curatorial AssistantPainting and Drawing Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Fall 2019

Gallery ManagerTally Beck Contemporary, New York, New York, Apr 2013–May 2014