Education

Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art: Painting and Drawing
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL (2015-2017)

Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Studio Art: Painting and Drawing
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL (2014-2015)

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art: Drawing and Painting, Magna Cum Laude with Honors College Recognition
University of North Texas, College of Visual Arts and Design, Denton TX (2009-2013) 

Exhibitions

2023
TEN by TEN (upcoming), Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago IL

2022
TEN by TEN, Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago IL

2019
One Wall (solo show), Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago IL
Netflix and Chill 2: The Chillening, Drumstick Projects ,Chicago IL
Public Spaces, Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago IL

2018
RED, Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago IL

2017
In the 'Hood, Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago IL
SAIC 2017 MFA Show, The Sullivan Gallery at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL

2016
The Impossibility of Darkness at MFA Open Studio Night, co-organizer/exhibitor, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL

2015
SAIC 150 Years: MFA Open Studio Night 2015, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL
Post-Bacc 2015: Salon, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL

2014
MFA Open Studio Night, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL

2013
amalgam d(8): A selection of Denton's best emerging artists, curator/exhibitor, Imagine Gallery, Denton TX
UNT Painting and Drawing Senior Showcase, Cora Stafford Gallery, Denton TX
last call., Panhandle House, Denton TX
Oaktopia Music and Art Fest, Denton TX
Student Discount: The College Expo, juried by Laura Lee Brott, Jessica Iannuzzi Garcia, and Linda Hees, 500x Gallery, Dallas TX
Grand Re-Opening of Imagine Gallery, Denton TX
UNT Mural Painting Project, UNT Light Well Gallery, Denton TX
Hot-n-Sweaty: Open Season 2, 500x Gallery, Dallas TX
ka-Boom! : A Show of Hybrid Forms, juried by Pat Alexander, Eagle Exhibit Hall, Denton TX
Intermediate Painting Review Show, selected by department faculty, Cora Stafford Gallery, Denton TX

 2012
Artist Event, Oak Street Draft House and Cocktail Parlor, Denton TX
Imagine Gallery at Denton Square Donuts, Denton TX
Pancakes and Booze Art Show, Quixotic World, Dallas TX
UNT Mural Painting Project, UNT Light Well Gallery, Denton TX
Hot-n-Sweaty: Open Season, 500x Gallery, Dallas TX
Equivocation, UNT North Gallery, Denton TX

Publications

Rhino, margin creep, Chicago IL, 2017
North State, self-published with Blurb Books, Chicago IL, 2015/2016
Post Back 2015, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL, 2015

Other

Subject of Travelers' Corner: Art and Astronomy lecture by Jason LaFountain at The Arts of Chicago, part of the "Smithsonian Journeys" series by the Smithsonian Institution, September 2017, Chicago IL

Collections

Ryerson & Burnham Libraries (artist file in development), The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL
Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL
The Helen Jones Foundation, Lubbock TX
Target Art Acquisition, Target Distribution Offices, Denton TX

Professional Experience

Arts Administrator, SSA #33 and the Wicker Park Bucktown Chamber of Commerce, Chicago IL
Resident Co-Director and Founding Member, Garden Level Projects, Chicago IL
Instructor of Record, Department of Painting and Drawing at SAIC, Chicago IL
Writing Fellow, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL
Teaching Assistant, Department of Art History, Theory, and Criticism at SAIC, Chicago IL
Graduate Coordinator for Open Studio Night, Graduate Studios at SAIC, Chicago IL
Art Guard, The Rachofsky House and The Warehouse, Dallas TX
Gallery Tech/Preparator, The University of North Texas Art Galleries, Denton TX
2013 & 2012 UNT Mural Painting Projects
Installation assistant for Creature Comforts  at 500x Gallery, Dallas TX
Assisted with the Heard  project by Nick Cave at UNT, Denton TX

Awards

2017
Student Leadership Award Honorable Mention

2016
Writing Fellowship at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Painting and Drawing Substitute Teacher at SAIC
Art History, Theory, and Criticism Teaching Assistantship at SAIC

2014
SAIC Dean's Merit Scholarship

2013 
Accepted into the 500x Gallery College Expo, a juried exhibition
Graduated Magna Cum Laude with Honors College Recognition

 2012 
Ranked 3rd in UNT/CVAD Intermediate Painting Review

2009 
UNT Board of Regents 4-year Scholarship

Organizations

Wicker Park Bucktown Special Service Area #33
Garden Level Projects Chicago
UNT/CVAD Painting and Drawing Association
University of North Texas Honors College
National Residence Hall Honorary
Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society
Sigma Alpha Lambda Honor Society