2012 MFA, Painting, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), Philadelphia, PA, May 11, 2012 Graduated 2009 BFA, Painting, University of Wisconsin Whitewater (UW-W), Whitewater, WI, December 22, 2009 Graduated
Awards/ Scholarships/Honors 2013 Riverwest Artist Association Art Walk 2013 Best In Show; Stonefly Brewery Co., Milwaukee, WI 2012 Joan Mitchell Foundation’s 2012 MFA Grant Nominee 2011 MFA Merit Award, 2011-2012, PAFA Academy MFA Scholarship, 2011-2012, PAFA 2010 MFA Merit Award, 2010-2011, PAFA Academy MFA Scholarship, 2010-2011, PAFA 2009 Riverwest Artist Association Art Walk 2009 Honorable mention; Art Bar, Milwaukee, WI Chris Henige Chair’s Award, Annual Juried Student Exhibition; Crossman Gallery, UW-W Quiet Hut Sports Merit Award, Annual Juried Student Exhibition; Crossman Gallery, UW-W Dean’s List Honors Fall 2009, UW-W
Exhibitions 2017 Ekphrastic and the Copied; Roberta A. Fiskum Art Gallery; Whitewater, WI Poems for Nothing; ArtBar; Milwaukee, WI 2016 Mini “Tiny” Art @ Tiny Prices; ArtBar; Milwaukee, WI 2015 Get Out-the House; Atlantis the Lost Bar; Philadelphia, PA Constructions & Obstructions; Founders’ Gallery; Wilmington, DE 2014 No Need For Nostalgia; Art Bar; Milwaukee, WI Solo Exhibition: "the Real, the Virtual," CA&N Gallery, Waterford, WI 2013 Stonefly Brewery, Milwaukee, WI Guest artist, Muddy Muddy Mud Finger (Adam Lovitz and Vince Johnson); Little Berlin, Philadelphia, PA 2012 It’s a Small, Small World; Family Business, New York City, NY Thesis Exhibition; Annual Student Exhibition; Museum of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA Scale; Osvaldo Romberg Studio Gallery, Philadelphia, PA +++Simpletons+++; The Peanut Gallery, Philadelphia, PA One Week Painting; Art Bart, Milwaukee, WI 2011 Student Juried Exhibition; Gallery 128, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA Returning Student Juried Exhibition; Gallery 128, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA 2010 Juried Student Self-Portrait Exhibition; Gallery 128, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA One Week Painting; Art Bar, Milwaukee, WI Image Memory Representation; Cultural Arts Center, Whitewater, WI 2009 BFA Graduation Show; Crossman Gallery, UW-W Miniature Show; Art Bar, Milwaukee, WI Disenchantment; Art Bar, Milwaukee, WI Annual Juried Student Exhibition; Crossman Gallery, UW-W, Juror: David Clemons, M.F.A. San Diego State University Annual Juried Student Exhibition; Best of the Best, UW-W, The Roberta A. Fiskum Art Gallery Undergraduate Research Day, UW-W, University Center University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Art Department 2009 Scholarship Awards Exhibition, UW-W Crossman Gallery
Professional Experience 2017 Curated and installed “Poems for Nothing” at ArtBar, Milwaukee, WI Paradigm Publishing: “We Passengers”; Creation of a limited edition of 6 handmade clamshell boxes 2016 Commissioned book binding for the Wisconsin State Reading Association’s 2017 Convention 2015 Commissioned Illustration for Wisconsin State Reading Association 2014 Paradigm Vol. 1: Genesis; Creation of a limited edition handmade slipcases Figure drawing instructor at the Creative Arts Resource and Network of Western Racine County, Waterford, WI 2012 Studio Assistant for Osvaldo Romberg, Osvaldo Romberg Studio, Philadelphia, PA 2011 Teaching Assistantship, Plaster/Casting Techniques with Sarah Peters, PAFA, Fall Semester Teaching Assistantship, MFA 767 Letterpress & Book Arts with Rosae Reeder, PAFA, Spring Semester 2010 Studio Assistantship, UW-W Painting Studio, Spring Semester Juror of Visual Arts Classic, UW-W, Center of the Arts 2009 Juror of Visual Arts Classic, UW-W, Center of the Arts
Media 2013 Juror’s Selection, New American Paintings, Northeast issue #104, pgs 136-140 Artist Panel/Discussion 2015 Constructions & Obstructions exhibitor’s panel discussion at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 2/16/2015
Volunteer Work -Camp Hope, camp counselor; Rosholt, WI -Juror of Visual Arts Classic, UW-W, Center of the Arts -Instructed gifted and talented students of Dyer School, Burlington, WI; 11/24
