EDUCATION
2020 MFA Painting, Sculpture and New Media, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
2016 BFA summa cum laude, Painting, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO
2000 BA Individual Studies, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL
TEACHING
2024-Present Adjunct Faculty, University of Saint Francis, Joliet, IL (Beginning Painting, Intermediate Painting, Advanced Painting)
2022 Adjunct Faculty, Elmhurst University, Elmhurst, IL (2D Design)
2021-Present Adjunct Faculty, Saint Xaiver University, Chicago, IL (Introduction to Art)
2021-Present Adjunct Faculty, Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL (Life Drawing, 2D Design)
2021 Adjunct Faculty, Malcolm X College, Chicago, IL (General Drawing)
2020-2022 Instructor, Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL (Introduction to Oil Painting, Discovering Abstract Art)
2017-2020 Instructor of Record, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL (Painting for Non-Majors, Life Drawing, Beginning Painting, Drawing for Non-Majors)
2019 Instructor, Incoming Graduate Academy/Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
RESIDENCIES, AWARDS AND GRANTS
2023 Juror’s Award, Used: National Juried Exhibition, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
2022 3rd Place, National Juried Exhibition, Arts Council of Southeast Missouri, Cape Girardeau, MO
2017-2020 List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent (Six Semesters), University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
2018 Graduate College Conference Travel Award, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
2018 Graduate Event Travel Award, School of Art and Design, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
2016 Jean A. Chapman Endowed Art Scholarship, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO
2016 Honorable Mention in Ceramics, Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO
2016 Honorable Mention in Painting, Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO
2016 Catapult Studio Representative, Catapult Creative House, Cape Girardeau, MO
2015 Jean A. Chapman Endowed Art Scholarship, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO
2015 Merit Award in Painting, Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO
2015 Artist-In-Residence, Heather MacDonald Greene Multimedia Center, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO
EXHIBITIONS
2023 Used: National Juried Exhibition, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
Two Person Exhibition, Catapult Creative House, Cape Girardeau, MO
NIU Community College Faculty Invitational, Annette and Jerry Johns Art Gallery, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL
Circle of Light: Halos in Contemporary Art, 33 Contemporary, Chicago, IL
2022 Resident Artist/Faculty Exhibition, Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL
National Juried Exhibition, Arts Council of Southeast Missouri, Cape Girardeau, MO
2021 Master Copies/Interpretations, The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, NJ (Juror Jennifer Thompson)
Resident Artist/Faculty Exhibition, Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL
2020 New Perspectives in Drawing and Painting Virtual Exhibition, St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis, MO (Juror Justin Henry Miller)
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Krannert Museum, Champaign, IL (Catalog) (Virtual Exhibition Due to Covid-19)
2019 Returning MFA Exhibition, Link Gallery, Champaign, IL
West of Wicked, East Wall Gallery, Champaign, IL
2018 National Wetpaint MFA Biennial, Zhou B. Art Center, Chicago, IL
Returning MFA Exhibition, Link Gallery, Champaign, IL
2017 Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Crisp Museum, Cape Girardeau, MO (Juror Megan Singleton)
2016 Printmaking Exchange Exhibition, Organized by Myles Calvet, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Small Works and Coffee, STA Coffee House, Cape Girardeau, MO
Bachelor of Fine Arts Capstone Exhibition: Anonymous/Ominous, River Campus Gallery, Cape Girardeau, MO
Below the Clouds and Above the Weeds, Catapult Creative House, Cape Girardeau, MO
Sunshine and Happiness, Summer Fun Forever, Catapult Creative House, Cape Girardeau, MO
Growing Up: The Naivety of Innocence, Catapult Creative House, Cape Girardeau, MO
Summer in the Studios, Dobbins Center, Cape Girardeau, MO
Schools Out for Summer, Catapult Creative House, Cape Girardeau, MO
Dream State, Cape Girardeau Public Library, Cape Girardeau, MO
Fritos: The Collapse of Abstraction, Catapult Creative House, Cape Girardeau, MO
Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Crisp Museum, Cape Girardeau, MO (Juror Ron Fondaw)
Piezoelectricise, Dobbins Center, Cape Girardeau, MO
Pointy Unity, Catapult Creative House, Cape Girardeau, MO
Notre Quatriéme Meilleuron, Catapult Creative House, Cape Girardeau, MO
The Dream Machine: Behind These Gray Walls, Catapult Creative House, Cape Girardeau, MO
What Once Was Small, Southeast Missouri State University Art Gallery
2015 Mentoring/Mentors, Catapult Creative House, Cape Girardeau, MO
Art Guild Fall Exhibition, Dobbins Center, Cape Girardeau, MO
Summer Arts Festival Ceramics Show and Sale, Cape Girardeau, MO
Catapult Creative House Grand Opening Exhibition, Cape Girardeau, MO
Prodigy School Exhibition, Cup ’n Cork, Cape Girardeau, MO
Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Crisp Museum, Cape Girardeau, MO (Juror Chris Kahler)
2014 Presidentʼs Council Reception, Glenn Convocation Center, Cape Girardeau, MO
CURATORIAL PROJECTS AND COLLABORATIONS
2020 Handheld Galleries, Bloc Gallery, Champaign, IL. Curator. (Collaborative Exhibition Southeast Missouri State University/University of Illinois)
2019 Handheld Galleries, Catapult Creative House, Cape Girardeau, MO. Curator. (Collaborative Exhibition Southeast Missouri State University/University of Illinois)
2018 Dance/Draw, Organizer of an interdisciplinary collaboration University of Illinois Dance Department/Art Department.
LECTURES, VISITING ARTIST AND WORKSHOPS
2022 7-Day Painting Workshop, “Lineage Into Paint,” Instructor/Catherine Kehoe, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, County Mayo, Ireland
2019 “Monotypes: Direct Painting Method,” Visiting artist/instructor, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO.
2019 Felicia Forte: 3 Day Alla Prima Portrait Painting Workshop, Participating member, Detroit, MI
2018 “After Hours Lecture Series: Paint as Flesh,” Artist lecture, Catapult Creative House, Cape Girardeau, MO
2017 “Benefits of Catapult Creative House and Campus Involvement,” Artist lecture, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO
2016 “Preparing for the Foundation Review Lecture,” Artist lecture, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2018 Illustrator for Department of Linguistics’, Andrew Armstrong’s dissertation."Literacy Effects on Language Acquisition and Sentence Processing in Adult L1 and School Age Heritage Speakers of Spanish.”
2017 Painting Studio Technician/Artist Assistant, Patrick Earl Hammie, Professor of Painting, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
2015-2016 Painting Studio Technician/Artist Assistant, Justin Henry Miller, Professor of Painting, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO
2014-2016 Gallery Assistant, River Campus Art Gallery, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO
2008-2013 Firefighter/Emergency Medical Technician/Hazmat Technician, Largo Fire Rescue, Largo, FL