Curriculum Vitae

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AWARDS AND EDUCATION

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2025     MFA, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

              David Huntley Founders Award, SIUE

2024     Painting and Drawing Association Award, SIUE

              Nomination for International Sculpture Center's 2025 Outstanding Student
              Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award

2023     William Justin Brown Memorial Award in Sculpture, SIUE

              Nomination for International Sculpture Center's 2024 Outstanding Student
              Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award

2021     Sculpture acquired into University of Illinois at Springfield permanent collection

2007     AB, Studio Art from UC Davis

2003     Outstanding Student in 3D Art, Sierra College

              Best in Show, juried student show, Sierra College

              Sierra Pine Award, juried student show, Sierra College

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EXHIBITIONS

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2025     True Crime MFA thesis exhibition, Art and Design West Gallery, Southern Illinois
              University Edwardsville, IL

              Spinners, Pawns, and Players solo exhibition, Wolz Ruzicka Hallway Gallery, Southeast
              Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO

              Restraining Order group exhibition, Noise Box Gallery, Edwardsville, IL

              Varsity Art 29 group exhibition, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

2024      Memento Mori group exhibition, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

              Arrivals and Departures group exhibition, Heyde Center for the Arts,
              Chippewa Falls, WI

              MASTER PIECES group exhibition, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

              Beyond the Scars online group exhibition, Art Fluent, Boston, MA

              Group exhibition, Edwardsville Public Library, Edwardsville, IL

              Are You Really Winning? public art competition, Carbondale, IL

              Making Our History group exhibition, NIU Art Museum, DeKalb, IL

              Annual Juried SIUE Student Exhibition Art and Design West Gallery, Edwardsville, IL

2023      Off the Block Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO   

              Sk8 Show Vacancy Gallery, St. Louis, MO

              Annual Juried SIUE Student Exhibition Art and Design West Gallery, Edwardsville, IL

2022     The Art of Whimsy Soulard Art Gallery, St. Louis, IL

              Small Works Art Competition Wood River City Museum, Wood River, IL

              Making Our History: Artists Render Lincoln's Legacies group exhibition, Abraham
              Lincoln Presidential Library, Springfield, IL

              Shrode Fine Art and Craft Competition Exhibition, Shrode Art Center, Mt. Vernon, IL

              November Group Art Show Jones Gallery, Kansas City, MO

2019     Small Press Expo comics vendor, St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis, MO

2017     Comics Central comics vendor, St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis, MO

              River Des Press Expo comics vendor, South Broadway Athletic Club, De Peres, MO

2016     Mini Comic-Con comics vendor, St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis, MO

2014     33March group exhibition, The Old Orchard Gallery, Webster Groves, MO

2009     Reanimate Energy group exhibition, Del Paso Works Gallery, Sacramento, CA

              Radiant Energy group exhibition, Del Paso Works Gallery, Sacramento, CA

2008     Refuse group exhibition, Luminary Center for the Arts, St. Louis, MO

2007     Consternation senior exhibition, UC Davis Basement Gallery, Davis, CA

              Group exhibition, UC Davis Basement Gallery, Davis, CA

              Group exhibition, First Covenant Church, Sacramento, CA

2006      Group exhibition, UC Davis Basement Gallery, Davis, CA

              Better Together group exhibition, First Covenant Church, Sacramento, CA

2005      Group exhibition, the 1050 Loft, Sacramento, CA

               Solo exhibition, First Covenant Church, Sacramento, CA

2003      Juried student show, Sierra College, Rocklin, CA

2000      Juried student show, Sierra College, Rocklin, CA

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RESIDENCIES

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2024      Farwell House, Frederick, IL
2021      Making Our History virtual residency, University of Illinois at Springfield

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IN THE MEDIA

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Interview on CanvasRebel
Podcast appearance on Monster in the Mirror episode Facing the Mirror
Short film on Making Our History: Artists Render Lincoln's Legacies UIS virtual residency
Featured artist in After That! quarterly comics zine (August and July 2021)
Regular contributor to comics section of Gesso Magazine (2019 - 2021)
Honorable mention in Are You Really Winning? Illinois public art campaign (2024)