Education
2017- 2019 Master of Fine Arts in Craft – Oregon College of Art and Craft
2013-2017 Bachelor of Science in Painting, Drawing, and Illustration – Olivet Nazarene University
Select Exhibitions
2019 The Artificial Obvious - Two person exhibition at Third Room in Portland, Oregon (pending)
2019 Remixer – Group exhibition at the Centrum Gallery at Oregon College of Art and Craft in Portland, Oregon
2018 Invisiblia: Artists Exploring Invisible Life Forces - Group exhibition at Governors State University Visual Arts Gallery in University Park, Illinois
2018 National Juried Exhibition - In Conjunction with the Center for Faulkner Studies - Group exhibition at Catapult Gallery at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, Missouri
2018 Impetus - Group exhibition at The Hoffman Gallery at Oregon College of Art and Craft in Portland, Oregon
2018 ANAMNESIS – Group exhibition at the Troy Laundry Building in Portland, Oregon
2018 Micromosaic – Group exhibition by Sacrosanct Gallery, online
2018 National Wet Paint MFA Biennale – Group exhibition at Zhou B Art Center in Chicago, Illinois
2017 Oregon College of Art and Craft Annual Juried Student Exhibition – Group exhibition at The Hoffman Gallery at Oregon College of Art and Craft in Portland, Oregon
2017 CULTURE - Group exhibition by Roughhewn People in Park Ridge, Illinois
2017 Alive - Group exhibition by Sojourn Arts in Louisville, Kentucky
2017 Threaded Perceptions - Solo exhibition at Brandenburg Gallery in Bourbonnais, Illinois
2016 Wonder - Group exhibition by Roughhewn People in Wheaton, Illinois
Professional Experience
2019 Teaching Artist - Free School PDX - Portland, Oregon
2019 Graduate Assistant - “Beyond Color Theory,” instructor Michelle Ross – Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, Oregon (forthcoming)
2018-2019 Graduate Assistant to the Artist in Residence – Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, Oregon
2017-2019 Co- Creator and Co-Editor – Julia.Jean, a literary publication of Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, Oregon
2017-2018 Long-term Substitute Art Teacher, Grades K-8 – Trinity Lutheran Christian School, Portland Oregon
2017-2018 Teaching Artist – Saturday Academy, Portland, Oregon
2017-2018 Teaching Artist – Art Adventures and Young Adult Summer Camps at Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, Oregon
2016 Curatorial Intern - Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
2015-2017 Gallery Assistant – Victorian House Art Gallery, Bourbonnais, Illinois
Awards and Residencies
2018 University Fellow - Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
2018 Artist in Residence - Portland Garment Factory, Portland, Oregon
2018 Art on The Vine Student Commission Winner - Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, Oregon