Education
2017
Wilderness First Responder, Longleaf Wilderness Medicine, Black Mountain, NC
2016
MFA in Studio Art, Southwest University of Visual Arts, Tucson, AZ
2011
BA in Computer Art, Minors in Graphic Arts and Art History, College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, MO
2006
Maple Woods Community College, Kansas City, MO
Residencies
2017
Workshop in Residence (Abstraction Master-Class), Studios at MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
2016
Artist in Residence, Grunewald Guild, Leavenworth, WA
Exhibition Record
2018
Somewhere Over the Bifrost (Critical Mass), Boger Gallery, College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, MO
Chautauqua National Juried Exhibition: Transformations, Giles Gallery, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY
2017
The Digital Body: The Third International Exhibition on New Media Art, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (CICA) Museum, Gimpo, South Korea
Fifth Annual Traveling Art Exhibition - Grunewald Guild, St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Wenatchee, WA
2016
Orion the Hunter, Site Specific Installation for Fall Arts Week, Grunewald Guild, Leavenworth, WA
Canticle, Performance, Glen West, Saint John's College, Santa Fe, NM
Shroud, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Florence Quarter Gallery, Southwest University of Visual Arts, Tucson, AZ
Personhood: A Quarterly Exhibition of Tucson Artmaking, Epicenter Church and Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2015
Waging Life National Juried Show, Lycoming College Downtown Art Gallery, Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA
Juried Exhibition, Gallery 2538, Tucson Open Studios, Southwest University of Visual Arts, Tucson, AZ
Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ (guest curator Irene Hofmann, Phillips Director and Chief Curator of Site Santa Fe)
Biennial Quad-State Exhibit (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri), Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL
Saugatuck Open Studios, Oxbow School of Art and Artists' Residency, Saugatuck, MI
Shelter, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Celebration of Art, Southwest University of Visual Arts, Tucson, AZ
Año Nuevo, Nuevas Obras, Raices Taller 222 Art Gallery and Workshop, Tucson, AZ
2014
Art on Tap, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
Art Works with Vision, Southwest University of Visual Arts, Tucson, AZ
Painting Now, Gallery West, Southwest University of Visual Arts, Tucson, AZ
Tucson Open Studios, Southwest University of Visual Arts, Tucson, AZ
The Human Experience, Art at the Center, Overland Park, KS
2014 BFA Annual National Juried Exhibition, Florence Quarter Gallery, Southwest University of Visual Arts, Tucson, AZ
(Free Tuition Award to MFA Program)
Courage to Have Courage, The Forum Gallery, Kansas City, KS
Grants/Awards/Fellowships
2018
Arte Laguna Prize (12th Edition), Semifinalist, Nappe Arsenale Nord, Venice, Italy
2016
Artist Project Initiative Painting and Drawing Award 2015, Finalist, Artist Project Initiative http://www.artistprojectinitiative.org/
Tip Coleman Scholarship - Nihonga: Then and Now (workshop emphasizing age old Japanese painting techniques with extensive use of natural and mineral pigments.)
Merit Scholarship, Glen Workshop, St. John's College, Santa Fe, NM
2015
Dave Bown Projects - 11th Semiannual Competition, Honorable Mention (Curators: Katherine Pill of the Museum of Fine Arts, Ron Platt of the Grand Rapids Art Musuem, and Kelley Shindler of the Contemporary Art Museum St. Loius)
Merit Scholarship, Oxbow School of Art and Artists’ Residency, Saugatuck, MI
Merit Scholarship, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2014
Merit Scholarship, Glen Workshop, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, NM
MFA Full Tuition Scholarship, Southwest University of Visual Arts, Tucson, AZ
2013
Merit Scholarship, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Publications
2018
New Media Art 2018 (upcoming), Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (CICA) Museum, Gimpo, South Korea
2017
Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 36 (Juror: Jessica Roscio, Curator at the Danforth Art Museum\School)
2016
Expose Art Magazine, 2016 Next Generation of Artists, 1st edition
2015
Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 29 (Juror: Michael Lash, Independent Curator & Former Director of Public Arts for the City of Chicago)
Teaching
2018
Taught Encaustics Workshop to Undergraduate Art Majors, Created and Displayed Installation from Collaboration Together, College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, MO
Professional Experience
2017
Volunteer, 7th Annual Re-Happening, Camp Rockfort (historic campus of Black Mountain College of the Arts), Black Mountain College Musuem + Arts Center
2016
Curated show Personhood: A Quarterly Exhibition of Tucson Artmaking featuring local emerging artists, including the street community.
2014 - 2015
Encaustics Intern, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Assisted curator with all aspects of art handling, studio support, events and exhibitions, inventory, and upkeep; private training in encaustic painting and sculptural processes in order to assist with curator’s private studio practice and workshops.
2015
Artist Assistant, David Zaslow, Boomerang, Tucson, AZ (2015)
2015
Artist Assistant, Southwest University of Visual Arts, Installation (After Anselm Keifer's Die Order der Nacht)
2015
Muralist, Southwest University of Visual Arts, The Picture of Dorian Gray
2014
Artist Assistant, Dylan Mortimer, Kansas City, MO
2011 - 2013
Art and Design Instructor, Mootz Family Craft and Design Center, YMCA, Estes Park, CO
Taught art classes, assisted guests with aesthetic and technical questions, trained employees
2009 - 2010
Darkroom Assistant, College of the Ozarks Print Shop, College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, MO
2010
Graphic Designer, College of the Ozarks Print Shop, College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, MO
2009
Pressman, College of the Ozarks Print Shop, College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, MO
2008
Studio Assistant, Art Department (Ceramics Annex), College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, MO
Stained Glass Production Artist, Stained Glass and Candles, College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, MO
Workshops
2016 Nihonga: Then and Now, Judith Kruger, Wisdom House, Litchfield, CT
2015 Rewilding (Metals/Sculpture), Heather Meckleson, Oxbow School of Art and Artists’ Residency
Creating Form with Felt, Stephanie Metz, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
Images in Crochet (Fibers), Ashley Blalock, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
Waxing Geologic, Laura Mortiarty, Conrad Wilde Gallery
2014 Painting, Linnea Spransy, Glen West Workshop
2013 Paper, Claudia Lee, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
Papermaking and Books, Kerri Cushman, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
Woodturning, Chris Ramsey, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
Professional Organizations
College Art Association (CAA), New York, NY
Monotype Guild of New England (MGNE)
CIVA (Christians in the Visual Arts)