Education
MFA, Interdisciplinary Studio Art, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York.
University Graduate Fellow, Full tuition appointment and 3-year stipend for graduate study. 2007-2010.
BFA, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
Concentration in Painting, Art Education, and Psychology
Cum Laude. 1999-2003.
Teaching Experience
Lead art instructor, CCP Ponte Vedra, Studio art teacher for VPK-K, August 2023- current.
Co-founder and lead teacher, Sunbeams Jax, Children’s art and yoga class, Jacksonville, FL March 2022-current.
Art Instructor, Painting With a Twist, San Marco, Jacksonville, FL. All ages painting classes. June 2015-current.
Private Art Instructor, SquonkStudio, Jacksonville, FL
Private art lessons for all ages. Currently, teaching 8th grade students with special emotional needs. October 2020-current.
Art instructor, The Discovery School, Jacksonville Beach, FL
Summer Art Camp, K-5. Created lesson plans and taught as lead teacher. Summer 2019.
Adjunct Instructor, Advanced Drawing, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 2010.
Instructor of Record, Drawing and Painting for Non-Art Majors, Syracuse University, 2008-2009.
Professional/Volunteer
Artist Member, represented artist, lecturer, and volunteer juror, Baton Rouge Gallery of Contemporary Art, Baton Rouge, LA 2013 - current.
Artist in Residence, Loop Art Critique: Metaverse. September - December 2025.
Collaborating Member, Elevator Projects, local non-profit arts organization, Baton Rouge, LA 2014- 2016.
Artist in Residence, LSU Rome Program, studio work and lecturer, Rome, Italy, Three-month, 2014.
Artist in Residence, Stonehouse Residency for Contemporary Arts, One-month, Miramonte, California. Summer, 2006.
Exhibitions
“M!lkmaids_Hollowsk_eyes,” Baton Rouge Gallery for Contemporary Art, Baton Rouge, LA August 2025.
“Pink Palette,” Juried group show, Downtown Vision Inc. Gallery, Jacksonville, FL, August 2025.
“Oceans: The Sound and Fury,” Juried group show, Women Writing for Change series, FSCJ South Campus, Jacksonville, FL, March 2022 (additionally published in Oceans:Anthology, 2023).
“BRG@BRT,” Baton Rouge Metro Airport, Baton Rouge, LA, March 2022-current.
“As Above, So Below,” Three person show, Baton Rouge Gallery Center for Contemporary Art, Baton Rouge, LA, February 2022.
“Untethered Thoughts,” Juried group show, Best in Show Award, Word Revolt Gallery, Atlantic Beach, FL, May 2021
“Ancient Feelings,” Three person show, Baton Rouge Gallery Center for Contemporary Art, Three person show, Baton Rouge, LA October 2020
“A Show of Heads,” Juried group show, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY, October 2019
“Innumerable Unknowables,” Two person show, Baton Rouge Gallery Center for Contemporary Art, Baton Rouge, LA February 2017
“Smart Dust,” SLA Projects, Invitational group show, New York, New York, January 2017
“Back Inside Me,” Site Houston, Juried group show at Houston Silo Space, TX December-February 2016
“Open Air” Mariago Collective, Juried group show, Houston, TX June 2015
“We Are the Surface,” Two person show, Baton Rouge Gallery Center for Contemporary Art, Baton Rouge, LA March 2015.
“Before and After,” Chase Towers, Baton Rouge, LA, as part of Prospect 3: International Arts Fair October 25 – January 25 2015
“ArtMelt,” Louisiana State Museum, State-wide Juried, Baton Rouge, LA July, 2014
“Platonia: The Chaotic Grandma Theory,” Two person show, Baton Rouge Gallery Center for Contemporary Art, Baton Rouge, LA June 2014
“With Love,” Elevators Projects invitational, Firehouse Gallery for the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA March 2014
“Commitment and Similar Acts of Betrayal:A Contemporary Drawing Exhibition,, Invitational group show, Sarah Silberman Gallery,Baltimore MD, February 2012
“New Works,”Governor’s Island Art Fair, Juried show, New York, New York, September 2011
“Sugar,” Brooklyn Artists Gym, Group Invitational Brooklyn, New York, August 2011
“A Bunch of Characters,” Factory Studios, Brooklyn, New York January 2011
“White Elephant,” 2010 Graduate Show, Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn, New York June 2010
“Matrilineage,”Group Invitational, Spark Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse, New York March 2010