CV & Artist Statement
Education
2019 MFA in Studio Art, Mills College
2017 BFA in Studio Art, Ohio Wesleyan University
Awards/Scholarships
2019 Finalist, Graduate Fellowship Program, Headlands Center for the Arts
2017 Midwest Chapter Student Scholarship, Guild of Bookworkers
2017 Marty Kalb Purchase award, Ohio Wesleyan University
2017 SIP Grant, Ohio Wesleyan University
2017 Best of Show, Spring Art Exhibition, Ohio Wesleyan University
2016 Molly LaRue Award, Outstanding Undergraduate in Two Media, Art History, and Academics, Ohio Wesleyan University
2016 Best Metals Piece, Spring Art Exhibition, Ohio Wesleyan University
2016 Best Book Arts Piece, Spring Art Exhibition, Ohio Wesleyan University
2015 Best Metals Piece, Spring Art Exhibition, Ohio Wesleyan University
Exhibitions
2019 SF Camerawork Benefit Auction, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
2019 Shelf Life, Degree MFA Thesis Exhibition, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA
2019 Turbid Media, solo exhibition, Slide Space 123, Oakland, CA
2019 MFA Now 2019, Group Exhibition, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2018 Potluck, group exhibition, Slide Space 123, Oakland, CA
2018 Student Showcase, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH
2017 Site Unseen, group installation, Roll Up Project, Oakland, CA
2017 Best Of 2017, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH
2017 Refraction, BFA Senior Capstone Exhibition, Ross Art Museum, Delaware, OH
2017 Ohio Wesleyan University Spring Art Exhibition, Delaware, OH
2016 Two-Person Exhibition, Vernacular, Werner Student Gallery, Delaware, OH
(with ceramicist Tanisha Murphy)
2016 The Illustrated Accordion, Kalamazoo Book Arts Center, Kalamazoo, MI
2016 Ohio Wesleyan University Spring Art Exhibition, Delaware, OH
2015 Ohio Wesleyan University Spring Art Exhibition, Delaware, OH
Related Experience
2018-19 Teaching Assistant, Mills College, Oakland, CA
-Duties: Digital Printing Lab Monitor, Woodshop Monitor, Research Prep., Workshop Demos., Planning Off-site Visits, Visiting Artist Correspondence, Syllabus Prep.
2018 Framing Specialist, Aaron Brothers. Oakland, CA
-Duties: Custom Frame Design, Handling Various Forms of Artwork, Frame Construction
2017-2018 Mills Digital Print Lab Monitor
-Duties: Use of Adobe CC Suite (Photoshop, Lightroom, Premiere, Bridge, Illustrator), HP Designjet Z3200 Large Format Printer, Epson 4880, Epson V700 and 10000 XL Scanner.
2013-15 Gallery Associate, Ross Art Museum, Delaware, OH
-Duties: Exhibition Installation and Design, Assistant Teaching, Gallery Guarding, Framing and Art Preparation.
2014-15 Board Member, Werner Student Gallery, Delaware, OH
-Duties: Exhibition Installation and Design, Framing and Art Preparation.
2015-17 Director, Werner Student Gallery, Delaware, OH
-Duties: Board oversight, Exhibition Installation and Design, Framing and Art Preparation.
Collections
Ohio Wesleyan University Fine Arts Collection, Beeghly Library Special Collections, Root Division Archive Project
Photographs of landscapes obscured by fog, leaks of light through patchy Venetian blinds and sheer curtains, and observed shadowy, passerby.
I meander, rootless, placeless.
Small towns across America are recurring settings for my photographic investigations; despite their similarities, they retain an individuality of their own. The journeys I take to these towns are pilgrimages to proxy homes, extended trips to unfamiliar places that feel similar to the towns where I spent my early childhood.
An overheard phone call, a glance through a window. Both are noticed.
Through short writings on the road I pursue a balance between the poetic and the prosaic, conveying snapshots of my experiences. My practice is a meditation on the power of melancholic imagery and interpersonal interaction between strangers and friends alike. I ask disparate images to work in concert and in service to an imagined narrative approaching autobiography through symbolism. Each image draws out a tension between the moment of its creation and journaled queries written in reflection.