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education
BFA in Studio Art from the University of North Texas, 2012-16
- Concentration in Painting & Drawing, Summa Cum Laude
- Studied in Denton and New York
creative experience
Visual Arts Director, Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy, 2024-present
Art Teacher, Jackson Middle School, Grand Prairie ISD, 2018-2024
Art Handler, Martin & Martin Design, Dallas, 2017-2018
- local galleries, major museums, art fairs, private collections
Gallery Assistant, Liliana Bloch Gallery, Dallas, 2016-2017
- involved in: Polished: Tim Best, The Trinity Project: Marcos Lutyens and Laray Polk, Totem: Ryan Goolsby
Sign Painter, Beth Marie’s Ice Cream, Denton & Carrollton, 2016
Assistant Gallery Wall Builder, UNT, Denton, 2015
publications and press
Friend of the Artist Vol. 13, 2021
North Texas Daily, 2020
Jungle Tender No. 4, 2018
The Dentonite, 2016
exhibitions
2022
Artists At Work, Grand Prairie ISD faculty invitational, Grand Prairie, TX
2020
30 Under 30 juried exhibition by Greater Denton Arts Council, Gough Gallery, Patterson-Appleton Arts Center, Denton, TX
Hot & Sweaty, 500x Gallery (virtual exhibition), Dallas, TX
2017
Venom Gallery x Mock Objekt Media: pop-up invitational exhibition at Venom Gallery, Dallas, TX
Pop-up invitational exhibition at Mable Peabody’s, Denton, TX
2016
Harvest House of Art, invitational, Denton, TX
Sonar Scan, juried show at Brick Haus Collective Gallery, Denton, TX
Criterion, invitational pop-up exhibition at Brick Haus Collective Gallery, Denton, TX
Selected Seniors: Drawing & Painting, Cora Stafford Gallery, Denton, TX
56th Annual Juried Voertman Exhibition, UNT Art Gallery, Denton, TX
Senior Invitational Exhibition, Lightwell Gallery, Denton, TX
2015
Sorry I Spilled Wine On Your Couch, group exhibition at Sprockets Upstairs Gallery, Denton, TX
Polyvalent, group show at Lightwell Gallery, Denton, TX
Kit & Ace Pop-Up Gallery Night: Emerging Artists, Dallas TX
Painting & Drawing Association Senior Show, Cora Stafford Gallery, Denton, TX
Top 10 Junior Invitational Exhibition, Cora Stafford Gallery, Denton, TX
2014
Painting & Drawing Association group exhibition, Cora Stafford Gallery, Denton, TX
exhibited for UNT’s accreditation by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design, Denton, TX
2012
Drawing Dept. Student Show, Lightwell Gallery, Denton, TX
Design Dept. Student Show, Lightwell Gallery, Denton, TX
installation exhibition at McKinney Performing Arts Center, group exhibition, McKinney, TX
permanent installation at McKinney High School Library, McKinney, TX
2011
exhibited in student show at Meadows Gallery of SMU, Dallas, TX