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Last updated 07/2023

EDUCATION

2019    Master of Fine Arts, Ceramics, Kent State University, Kent, OH 

2016    Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sculpture, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS

2013    Associate of Arts, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Perkinston, MS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2020 – Present         Ceramics Studio Manager, Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, Oberlin, OH

2019 – Present         Gallery Director, Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, Oberlin, OH

2019 – Present         Ceramics Instructor, Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, Oberlin, OH

2018   Assistant Director, Kent State University School of Art Collection & Galleries, Kent, OH

Instructor of Record, Ceramics I, Kent State University, Kent, OH

2017   Instructor of Record, Ceramics I, Kent State University, Kent, OH             

SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2019   Palpating the Unknowable, solo exhibition, Center for Visual Arts Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, OH

2017   The Nature of Things, Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Center, Ocean Springs, MS

2016   Proximity, solo exhibition, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS

2013   Ladies Night, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Perkinston, MS

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023 Bizaarbeque 10, Kink Contemporary, Cleveland, OH

YES WE ARE, Hildebrandt Artist Collective, Cleveland, OH

You’re Absolutely Spineless, SPA Gallery, Barre, VT

The Groundhog Show, Hope Hickman Studios, Akron, OH

Imaginarium, Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, Oberlin, OH

Crop Circle, NCECA, Pendleton Art Center Annex, Cincinnati, OH

2022   Now & Then: Seven Decades of Kent State Ceramics, KSU Downtown Gallery, Kent, OH

Stopgap, Spaces, Cleveland, OH

2020   U-hauls in a Library Parking Lot, Kent Free Library, Kent, OH

2019   Queer Voices, Kent State University Museum, Kent, OH 

Student Annual, Center for Visual Arts Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, OH

Caboodle, Crawford Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, OH

2018   University Hospital Healing Garden, University Hospital, Ravenna, OH

The All Ohio Contemporary Ceramics Biennial, PSZ Clay Center, Zanesville, OH

Bringing Kent to Akron, Kent State Downtown Gallery, Kent, OH

Bringing Kent to Akron, Bluff Blue Door Gallery, Akron, OH

Student Annual, Kent State University, Kent, OH

MFA 2018, Kent State University, Kent, OH

2016   MGCCC Alumni Show, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Perkinston, MS 

USM Annual Student Show, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 

 2015  Tri-Art-A-Thon, Yellow Brick Community Arts Center, Perkinston, MS

            USM Annual Student Show, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS            

            USM Sculpture Guild Show, The Shop Down Town, Hattiesburg, MS

 2014  MGCCC Alumni Show, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Perkinston, MS

           Art is Our Nature, Hattiesburg Cultural Center, Hattiesburg, MS

 2012  Fall Gala, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Perkinston, MS

          Spring Student Show, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Perkinston, MS

 2011  Fall Gala, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Perkinston, MS

 AWARDS & HONORS

 2018   Graduate Assistantship, Kent State University, Kent, OH

 2017   Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Kent State University, Kent, OH

 2016   William Clark Art Scholarship, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS

            Outstanding Student in Sculpture, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS

            Honorable Mention, USM Annual Student Show, Gallery of Art and Design, Hattiesburg, MS 

 2015   Jane Seal Art Education Scholarship, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS

           Roland Heidelberg Scholarship, University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MS

 2014   Culpepper Arts Endowment Award, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS

 2012   Private Art Endowment, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Perkinston, MS

VISITING ARTIST LECTURES

2019   Visiting Artist Lecture, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH

AFFILIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS

ARTAXIS                                                                               2019 – Present

The Kent State University Gallery Club                          2018-2019               

Kent State University Ceramics Club                             2017-2019   

National Society of Leadership and Success               2016 – Present   

University of Southern Mississippi Artist Guild               2016-2017       

USM Sculpture Guild                                                          2013-2015      

Stone County Arts Council                                               2012-2016  

Phi Theta Kappa National Honors Society                     2012 – Present