EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts in Painting
Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Graduation Date: December 2014
Bachelor of Science in Art (2-D Concentration), Spanish Minor
Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
Graduation Date: May, 2011, Magna Cum Laude
SELECTED TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
| 2019– | EXHIBITIONS ASSISTANT Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI |
| 2018 | JUROR Art Scholarship Alert, Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, MI |
| JUROR East Lansing Art Fair, Lansing, MI |
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| 2017 | JUROR Art Scholarship Alert, Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, Michigan |
| 2016 – 2019 | ASSISTANT DIRECTOR artlink.gr.SiteStudio, Grand Rapids, Michigan |
| 2016 | JUROR Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, Grand Rapids, Michigan |
| 2015– | ADJUNCT FACULTY Kendall College of Art & Design, Grand Rapids, Michigan Courses Taught: 2D Design, Figure Drawing I, Figure Drawing II |
| 2015 | ASSISTANT CURATOR/PREPARATOR DeVos Place Skywalk Gallery, Grand Rapids, Michigan |
| 2014 – 2016 | KCAD SITESTUDIO COORDINATOR/LEAD INSTRUCTOR Kendall College of Art & Design, Grand Rapids, Michigan |
| 2014 | FREELANCE ARTIST/DESINER Poster Design, Logo Design, Commisioned Art Projects, etc. |
| ASSISTANT CURATOR Gallery 602, Grand Rapids, Michigan |
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| 2012– | CONTINUING STUDIES INSTRUCTOR Kendall College of Art & Design, Grand Rapids, Michigan Courses Taught: Beginning Drawing, Advanced Drawing, Figure Drawing, Oil Painting, Landscape Painting Workshop, Printmaking, Portfolio Camp |
| 2012 | ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE Golden Apple Art Residency, Harrington, Maine |
INVITED TALKS
| 2018 | ARTIST TALK Fine Art Gallery, Ferris State University, Big Rapids, MI |
| 2017 | GUEST LECTURER: Creative Process and Cultural Identity Saginaw Valley State University, University Center, MI |
| ARTIST TALK Saginaw Valley State University, University Center, MI |
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| ARTIST TALK Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, MI |
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| 2016 | ARTIST TALK Park Library Auditorium, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI |
| GUEST LECTURER: Creative Process and Artistic Practice Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI |
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
| 2018 | The Space Between FSU Fine Art Gallery, Ferris State University, Big Rapids, Michigan |
| 2017 | Searching for the Middle Path University Art Department Gallery, Saginaw Valley State University, University Center, Michigan |
| Searching for the Middle Path Gallery 602, Holland, Michigan |
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| Searching for the Middle Path Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, Michigan |
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| 2016 | Searching for the Middle Path Baber Room Gallery, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan |
| Searching for the Middle Path Art Reach of Mid Michigan, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan |
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| 2015 | Amalgamation (Two-Person Exhibition with Joshua Adam Risner) DeVos Place Skywalk Gallery, Grand Rapids, Michigan |
| 2014 | Searching for the Middle Path Helen Miller Gallery, Kendall College of Art & Design, Grand Rapids, Michigan |
| 2013 | State of Existence (Two-Person Exhibition with Shannon Czaja) Gallery 602, Kendall College of Art & Design, Grand Rapids, Michigan |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2019 | Regional Arts Exhibition The Fed Galleries@KCAD, Grand Rapids, MI |
| Art Walk Central University Art Gallery, Mt. Pleasant, MI |
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| Permanence and Change Kreft Art Gallery, Concordia University, Ann Arbor, MI |
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| Art Now: Painting Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI |
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| 2018 | Crossing Perspective Black Box Gallery, Dearborn, MI |
| Focus on Faculty: Influence The Fed Galleries@KCAD, Grand Rapids, MI |
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| ArtPrize Fountain Street Church, Grand Rapids, MI |
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| West Michigan Art Competition LowellArts, Lowell, MI |
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| Investigating Identity Kreft Art Gallery, Concordia University, Ann Arbor, MI |
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| 2017 | MI Arts Holland Area Arts Council, Holland, Michigan |
| Regional Arts Exhibition The Fed Galleries@KCAD, Grand Rapids, Michigan |
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| West Michigan Art Competition LowellArts, Lowell, Michigan |
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| Art Now: Printmaking Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan |
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| 2016 | Michigan Fine Arts Competition Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, Michigan |
| 88th Regional Exhibition Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, Michigan |
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| West Michigan Area Show Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, Michigan |
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| 2015 | FRESH Great Lakes South Haven Center for the Arts, South Haven, Michigan |
| 87th Regional Exhibition Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, Michigan |
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| In Celebration of Golden Apple Artists Jonesport Public Library, Jonesport, Maine |
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| 2014 | Statewide Fine Art Exhibition Ella Sharp Museum of Art and History, Jackson, Michigan |
| National Wet Paint Biennial 33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, Illinois |
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| 53rd Annual Greater Michigan Art Exhibition Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, Michigan |
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| Balancing Point Saugatuck Center for the Arts, Saugatuck, Michigan Page |
SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS
| 2019 | 2D JUROR AWARD Regional Arts Exhibition, The Fed Galleries@KCAD, Grand Rapids, MI |
| JUROR'S CHOICE Away: Other Places, Cultures, and People, Golden Apple Online Exhibition |
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| 2018 | SECOND PLACE Investigating Identity, Kreft Art Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI |
| 2017 | FINALIST, Loeschner Art Competition, Frederik Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids, Michigan |
| 2016 | PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD Our Changing Climate, Art Reach of Mid Michigan, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan |
| MARTIN MADDOX PRIZE FOR IMAGINATIVE REALISM West Michigan Area Show, Kalamzoo Institute of Arts, Kalamzoo, Michigan |
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| 2015 | FIRST PLACE FRESH Great Lakes, South Haven Center for the Arts, South Haven, Michigan |
| 2014 | FINALIST Loeschner Art Competition, Frederik Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids, Michigan |
| 2014 | VINECROFT STUDIOS AWARD Regional Arts Exhibition, UICA, Grand Rapids, Michigan |
| 2012 | GOLDEN APPLE PARTIAL SCHOLARSHIP Golden Apple Art Residency, Harrington, Maine |
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
| 2016 | Chintia Kirana, Expose Art Magazine: Next Generation of Artists, April, 2016, p. 21-24 |
| 2014 | Kendall College of Art & Design and Saugatuck Center for the Arts (Compilers), Balancing Point, Saugatuck Center for the Arts, 2014, p. 15 |
| 2011 | Hoffman, Michael, “’Conserving’ Art”, Central Michigan Life, Feburary 11, 2011, p. 7A |
| 2011 | Jajuga, Elise (Compiler), Open Palm Print: Winter 2011, Open Palm Print 2011, p. 25, 46 |