EDUCATION
2018 Master of Fine Arts in Ceramics, State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
2014 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ceramics, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC, Magna cum laude, Distinction as a University Research Scholar, Departmental Distinction
2010 Savannah College of Art and Design, Fiber Art studies, Savannah, GA
EXHIBITIONS
2021 Great Shift: Sculpture Walk Exhibition & Workshop, Private Residence, Waccabuc, NY
2020 Summer Salon: Silvermine Guild Exhibition, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT
2020 Particle & Wave, Paper Clay Illuminated, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, Utah
2019 Particle & Wave: Paper Clay Illuminated, The Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO
2019 Sculpture National, Clay Center of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA - Juried by Zemer Peled
2019 Emerging Artist Program Exhibition, Westport Fine Arts Festival, Westport, CT
2019 Particle & Wave: Paper Clay Illuminated, ASU Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2019 Ceramics:2019, Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT
2019 Graduate Student Biennial: Focus on Whitman, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2019 Now:Press Play, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY - Curated by Glenn ADamson
2019 New Members Exhibit, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT
2018 The Bump Show, The shirt Factory, Kingston, NY
2018 Annual Faculty Exhibition, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT
2018 Un/Contained, Mater of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY
2018 Collective Matter, Art Centro, Poughkeepsie, NY
2017 PRESS:PAUSE, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY - Curated by Shannon Stratton
2017 Curiosities, Art Centro, Poughkeepsie, NY, group show of SUNY New Paltz Ceramic students with guest artist Marty Fielding
2017 Annual Faculty Exhibition, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT
2017 The Cup, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA
2016 Annual Faculty Exhibition, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT
2015 Annual Faculty Exhibition, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT
2015 Art Front Annual Members’ Show, Highsmith Art and Intercultural Gallery, Asheville, NC
2014 Asleep Within the Seed, BFA Solo Exhibition, S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, Asheville, NC
2014 Art Front Annual Members’ Show, Highsmith Art and Intercultural Gallery, Asheville, NC
2014 47th Annual Juried Student Exhibition, S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, Juried by Ron Fondaw Asheville, NC
2013 46th Annual Juried Student Exhibition, S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, Juried by John Oles, Asheville, NC
2010 The Cave, Collaborative Art Installation at Boundary Gallery, Savannah, GA
2009 SPACE, Group Exhibition at a Private Residence, Savannah, GA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2018-present K-8 Art Teacher, Fraser Woods Montessori School, Newtown, CT
2015-present Art Instructor, Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
2018 Saturday Arts Lab Instructor, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
2018 Teaching Assistant to professor Thomas Sarrantonio, Design: Color, SUNY New Paltz,
2017 Instructor of Record, ARS 110: Introduction to Ceramics, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz. NY
2016 Teaching Assistant to professor Bryan Czibesz, Ceramic Processes and Techniques, SUNY New Paltz
2015 After-School Enrichment Pottery Instructor, Vance Elementary, Asheville, NC
2015 Teaching Assistant to professor Jackson Martin, Introduction to Ceramics, UNC Asheville, Asheville, NC
2013 Art Camp Pottery Instructor, Hickory Nut Gap Farm Camp, Fairview, NC
HONORS AND AWARDS
2019 Emerging Artist Award, The Drew Friedman Community Art Center, Inc., Westport, CT
2019 Curator’s Choice Award, The Clay Studio Graduate Student Biennial, Philadelphia, PA
2018 ANDRAH Merit Scholarship, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
2018 Outstanding Graduate Bookplate Award, Sojourner Truth Library, New Paltz, NY
2017 Graduate Student Research & Creative Project Award, The Graduate School at SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
2017 Workshop Scholarship, Peters Valley School of Craft, Layton, NJ
2016 Graduate Student Research & Creative Project Award, The Graduate School at SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
2014 S. Tucker Cooke Scholarship for Materials and Supplies, University of North Carolina at Asheville Art Department, Asheville, NC
2013 The Art Alumni Scholarship, University of North Carolina at Asheville Art Department, Asheville, NC
2013 Odyssey Clayworks Summer Workshop Award, University of North Carolina at Asheville Art Department, Asheville, NC
2011 Penland School of Crafts Work Study Scholarship, Concentration in Clay, Penland, NC
PUBLICATIONS
2019 The Newtown Bee, Emerging Artist Award article, Newtown, CT
2019 Particle & Wave: Paperclay Illuminated Exhibition catalogue, Tempe, AZ
2017 The Brooklyn Rail Exhibition Announcement of PRESS:PAUSE, Brooklyn, NY
2017 PRESS:PAUSE Exhibition Catalogue, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Silvermine School of Art Faculty Exhibition Announcement, New Canaan, CT
2014 University of North Carolina at Asheville Journal of Undergraduate Research, Asheville, NC
2014 Headwaters Creative Arts Magazine, Asheville, NC
2009 Savannah College of Art and Design Informational Catalogue, Publication of Collaborative art piece titled Stream of Consciousness, Savannah, GA
MEMBERSHIPS AND SERVICE
2018 Silvermine Guild of Artists member, New Canaan, CT
2018 National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) member
2017 Clay Club President, SUNY New Paltz Ceramic Department, New Paltz, NY
2017 College Art Association (CAA) member
2013 National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) member
2013 Art Front Secretary and Active Member, University of North Carolina at Asheville
Other PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2016-2018 Graduate Assistant Clay Manager, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
2012-2016 Sign Artist and Window Display Muralist, Trader Joe’s Co., Danbury, CT, Westport, CT and Asheville, NC
2014 Raw Materials Student Supervisor, UNC Asheville, Asheville, NC
2010 Theater Production Set Muralist, Sabrina’s Encore Productions LLC, Newtown, CT