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Education
2019-2022: MFA University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2012-2014: BFA School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2010-2012: AA Pensacola State College, Pensacola, FL
Teaching
2023-Present: Intro to Ceramic Sculpture; Intro to Clay,
the School of the Art Insitute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2022-2023: Beginning, intermediate, and advanced ceramics,
Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, IL
2019-2022: Ceramics I, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IL
2018, 2019: Painting on ceramics and surface decoration,
2015-2019: All levels of ceramics classes and workshops,
First City Art Center (FCAC), Pensacola, FL
Awards and Grants
2023: Culture In My Neighborhood, City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE): a competitive grant to fund projects that enrich the arts in the community. Chicago Parks District, Chicago, IL
2022: Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching Award, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2021: Graduate Student Research Award, Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts: a competitive grant for funding research projects related to thesis work. University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2018: Honorable Mention, Stranger Things, Artel Gallery, Pensacola, FL
2012: Student Exhibition, various competitive awards for artistic excellence, Pensacola State College, Pensacola, FL
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
2023: Collected Reverie, Artist in Residence exhibition,
Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, IL
2023: Contemporary Ceramic Narratives, concurrent exhibition the National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) conference,
Cincinnati, OH
2022: Colibri, Bird & Tale, Chicago, IL
2022: On Longing, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame, IL
2022: Intersections, Solarium Gallery, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2022: The Color and Shape of Flowers, Bird & Tale, Chicago, IL
2021: Hot Champagne, AAHD Gallery, University of Notre Dame, IN
2020: Queer in Isolation, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2020: Queer and Dear, Saltstone Ceramics, Seattle, WA
2020: Creatures, Beasts, and Myths, Vacant Museum, Virtual Exhibition
2020: Lip Service, Saratoga Clay Arts Center, Schuylerville, NY
2018: Stranger Things, awarded honorable mention, Artel Gallery, Pensacola, FL
2016: First City Art Center Resident Artist Show, Pensacola, FL
2014: Double Cherry, ThreeWalls Gallery, Chicago, IL
Curation
2021: Hot Champagne, AAHD Gallery, University of Notre Dame, IN
2019: New Faces, AAHD Gallery, University of Notre Dame, IN
2018: Tiny Art: a Series of Small Things, Artel Gallery, Pensacola, FL
2016: Salty Butter, Gallery 1060, Pensacola, FL
2014: Double Cherry, ThreeWalls Gallery, Chicago, IL
Publications
2022: Solarium Gallery Exhibition 2022: Intersections, Catalog
Public Talks
2023: Collected Reverie, Artist Panel, and Exhibition Discussion,
Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, IL
2021: Guest Lecturer, Advanced Drawing, Bradley College, Peoria, IL
2021: Guest Lecturer, Snite Museum of Art Summer Apprenticeship Program
2020 - Guest Lecturer, Multilevel Ceramics course, University of Notre Dame
2020: Queer In Isolation - Artist Meeting and Discussion, virtual
2017: PechaKucha Orbital Influences 20 slides x 20 min artist talk,
First City Art Center, Pensacola, FL
2016: Curator Talk for Salty Butter, Gallery 1060, First City Art Center, Pensacola, FL
2014: Curator and Artist talk for Double Cherry, Threewalls Gallery, Chicago, IL
Residencies
2022-2023: Lillstreet Art Center Artist in Residence, Chicago, IL
2015-2017: First City Art Center Artist in Residence, Pensacola, FL