Education | |
2011 | MFA Visual Arts, University of California, San Diego |
2010 | Graduate Semester Abroad, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany |
2007 | BFA Sculpture, Virginia Commonwealth University |
2007 | BFA Painting & Printmaking, Virginia Commonwealth University |
Exhibitions | |
2024 | Session 2, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME |
2016 | Bling It Out!, Iridian Gallery, Richmond, VA |
2015 | Space Jam, VCU Fine Arts Building Gallery, Richmond, VA |
2015 | Crest, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA |
2012 | Never Before Seen, UCSD Visual Arts Facility Gallery, La Jolla, CA |
2010 | UCSD Open Studios, La Jolla, CA |
2010 | The Dark Tower, Compact Space, Los Angeles, CA |
2009 | I’ll Show you Mine, UCSD Visual Arts Facility, La Jolla, CA |
2009 | From Panic to Power, Angstrom Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
2008 | GLAMFA, CSU Long Beach, CA |
2008 | Satellite Ensemble, Kava Lounge, San Diego, CA |
2008 | MultiMedia Happening, The Guild, San Diego, CA |
2008 | Love/Lust, UCSD Visual Arts Facility, La Jolla, CA |
Residencies | |
2019 | Casa Tagumerche, La Gomera Canary Islands, Spain |
2011 | Takt Kunstprojektraum, Berlin, Germany |
Expeditionary Practice Travel | |
2019 | La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain |
2018 | Expedition Participant, Ocean Tramp, Antarctica |
2017 | Attendee, Pole to Pole, Science Summer Programme, Cambridge University, UK |
2017 | Visiting Scholar, Harris Manchester SRI, Oxford University, UK |
Awards | |
2022 | Scholarship Recipient, Penland School of Crafts, North Carolina |
2022 | Scholarship Recipient, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Maine |
2015 | Adjunct Faculty Research Grant, VCU School of the Arts |
2015 | Tasmeem in the Classroom Competition Winner, VCU Qatar |
2015 | Phoenix Reader Award, AP College Board – Studio Art |
2009 | Russell Grant, UCSD Visual Arts, La Jolla, CA |
2007 | Faculty Achievement Award, VCU Sculpture |
Artist Talks | |
2019 | IRFM, School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
2018 | Art Foundation Department, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA |
2018 | Art Department, Ithaca College, Ithaca NY |
Teaching, Academic Staff, & Supervisory Experience | |
2024 – | Makerspace Educator & Design Lab Manager Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education Princeton University, Princeton, NJ |
2023 | Lecturer Sculpture Department School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
2019 – 2024 | Assistant Director 280 Wood Shop School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
2018 – 2019 | Assistant Professor Art Department Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY |
2016 – 2018 | Instructor + Shop Technician Sculpture + Extended Media Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA |
2016 | Adjunct Faculty John Tyler Community College Midlothian, VA |
2015 – 2016 | Adjunct Faculty Sculpture + Extended Media Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA |
2011 – 2016 | Adjunct Faculty Art Foundation Department Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA |
Academic Service Professional Development | |
2024 | Fab Lab Studio Assistant Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Deer Isle, ME |
2020 | Member Make Ready Student Health and Financial Well Being Committee School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
2020 | Member Make Ready Safety Committee School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
2020 | Conference Presenter Student Shop Manager’s Consortium Virtual National Conference |
2020 | Certified Parson’s Healthier Materials and Sustainable Building Certification |
2019 | Mental Health First Aid Training School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
2019 | Chicago Regional Organizing for Anti-Racism Training School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
2019 | Compassion Cultivation Training School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
2019 | Critical Conversations Training School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
2018 | Participant Early Career Excellence Institute Ithaca College |
2018 | Department Representative Art and Art History Department Field Trip to Boston Ithaca College |
2017 | Participant Building Inclusive Communities Workshop Virginia Commonwealth University |
2012 – 2018 | Student Recruitment Representative Arts Admissions Office Virginia Commonwealth University |
2017 | Faculty Mentor Honors Summer Undergraduate Research Program Virginia Commonwealth University |
2012 – 2016 | New Student Orientation Advisor Art Foundation Department Virginia Commonwealth University |
2012 – 2016 | Wood Shop & Laser Cutter Assistant Art Foundation Department Virginia Commonwealth University |
2007 – 2010 | Graduate Teaching Assistant Visual Arts Department University of California, San Diego |
2009 | Chair Graduate Open Studios Committee University of California, San Diego |
2009 | Graduate Student Representative Studio New Hire Committee – Visual Arts University of California, San Diego |
2009 | Lead Teaching Assistant Visual Arts Department University of California, San Diego |
2008 | Grad Student Representative Admissions Committee University of California, San Diego |