b. Charlotte, NC
Currently lives and works in Seattle, WA.
Education
BFA Painting, Art Education and Art History Minor – University of North Carolina at Charlotte, NC (2012)
Professional Experience
2013- Guest Speaker, Department of Art and Art History, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
2012- Guest Speaker, Department of Art and Art History, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
2011- Painting Studio Assistant, Department of Art and Architecture, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
2010– Artist Assistant, December, Jennifer E. Price
2009- Artist Assistant, October – December, Sonja Hinrichson
Selected Exhibitions
2014
Portraiture: Of Faces & Things, City Hall Rotunda Gallery, Rock Hill, SC
2013
Carolina’s Got Art Salon II, Elder Gallery, Charlotte, NC
ShowDown, Hart Witzen Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Dollhouse Diaries, Stylus Salon, Seattle, WA
2012
House of Collections, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Center City Uptown Lobby, Charlotte, NC
Student Juried Exhibition, Rowe Arts Gallery, Charlotte, NC
1am First Artistic Movement, Boydz Afficher Gallery, Concord, NC
Preview, Rowe Side Gallery, Charlotte, NC
The Campfire Girls, Lewandowski Classroom Gallery, Rock Hill, SC
Sixteen, Rowe Arts Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Sanskrit Exhibition, Student Union Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Showdown, Hart Witzen Gallery, Charlotte, NC
The CowParade, The Golden Belt, Durham, NC
2011
ShowDown, Hart Witzen Gallery, Charlotte, NC (Honorable Mention)
North to South: 2nd Annual Juried Art Competition, Green-Rice Gallery, Charlotte, NC
The Collective, Rowe Arts Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Sanskrit Magazine Release, Rowe Arts Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Painting Projects One, Two and Three Sitting in a Tree, Storrs Gallery, Charlotte, NC
For the Students by the Students, Baku Art Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Drawing Layers, Loading Dock Gallery, Rock Hill, SC
Look Left Look Right, Storrs Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2010
Charlotte: Relayered Perspectives, Levine Museum of the New South, Charlotte, NC
Student Juried Exhibition, Rowe Arts Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Sanskrit Magazine Release, Student Union Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Juried Foundations Exhibition, Rowe Arts Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Once and Only Once, Rowe Arts Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2009
Charlotte: Layered Perspectives, Rowe Arts Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Awards
2012
Student Juried Exhibition, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Third Place
Department of Art and Art History Area Award in Painting, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Department of Art and Art History Senior Art Studio Program Award, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Green Goats and Gardens Festival, The Environmental Way, Second Place
Green Goats and Gardens Festival, The Environmental Way, Owner’s Choice Award
Publications
2012- The Sanskrit Literary Arts Magazine, page 13, 14, 20, 26, 29, Vol 43
2011- The Charlotte Observer, Joanne Sparato, “5 questions for: A mixed media artist”
The Sanskrit Literary Arts Magazine, page 39, Vol 42
2010- The Sanskrit Literary Arts Magazine, page 69, Vol 41