Education
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence RI 2011-2015
BFA in Sculpture with Concentration in Environmental Studies
RISD European Honors Program (EHP), Rome Italy 2014
Governor’s School for the Arts (GSA), Visual Arts Department, Norfolk VA
In conjunction with Bayside High School, Virginia Beach VA 2007-2011
Solo Show
2011 Many Cats, Norfolk World Trade Center, Norfolk VA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 Artists Who Teach, Charles H Taylor Visual Arts Center, Hampton VA
2019 GSA Faculty Fall Art Exhibition, Origin, Norfolk VA
Prints for Peace, Monterrey Mexico
2018 GSA 30th Anniversary Gala Alumni Art Exhibition, Origin, Norfolk VA
2017 Artist Operated, Commune, Norfolk VA
GSA Faculty Art Exhibition, Origin, Norfolk VA
2016 GSA Alumni Art Exhibit, Origin, Norfolk VA
2015 Talent Show, Utopia Feni Creative Studio, Va Beach VA
Colors of Spring Juried Exhibition, Warwick Museum, Warwick RI
Stay-At-Home Alien, senior duet show with Miru Shim, Metcalf Refectory 320 Gallery, Providence RI
2014 RISD EHP Final Show, Palazzetto Cenci, Rome Italy
From: RISD in Rome: European Honors Program, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence RI
International Wifi Art, in collaboration with Temple University Rome, Circolo degli Artisti, Rome Italy
Please Wait…Generating, exhibited in Taylor Baldwin’s studio, Providence RI
The Lost Museum, The Jenks Society in collaboration with Mark Dion, Brown University’s Rhode Island Hall, Providence RI
Carb Haus, Carr Haus Café, Providence RI
2013 Complexity, Gelman Gallery at the RISD Museum, Providence RI
Let Work Speak: A Night of Praise for Calloused Hands, Finlandia Co-op, Providence RI
30th Annual Cat Fancier's Association, Knights of Columbus, Newport News VA
2011 Sketch/ Sketch, The Waterman Building Gallery, Providence RI
23rd Annual GSA Juried Exhibition, 21st Street Gallery, Norfolk VA
Reinvention: Redefinition, The Hermitage Foundation Museum, Norfolk VA
2010 37th Annual Virginia Beach Neptune Festival Student Art Exhibition, Va Beach VA
Side By Side: The Chrysler Museum of Art and GSA in conjunction w Dawoud Bey and Class Pictures, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk VA
26th Annual Stockley Gardens Spring Arts Festival Student Exhibition, Norfolk VA
22nd Annual GSA Juried Exhibition, Wise Gallery, Norfolk State University, Norfolk VA
Hampton Roads Student Gallery, Contemporary Arts Center Of Virginia, Va Beach VA
2009 22nd Annual Peninsula Glass Guild Juried Show, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News VA
36th Annual Virginia Beach Neptune Festival Student Art Exhibit, Va Beach VA
Hidden Stories: A Collaborative Project with Michael X. Ryan, Gordon Art Galleries, Old Dominion University (ODU), Norfolk VA
21st Annual GSA Juried Exhibition, 21st Street Gallery, Norfolk VA
Liquidity, in affiliation with Art of Glass 2, 21st Street Gallery, Norfolk VA
2008 Scary Things: GSA Fall Exhibition, Portlock Galleries in SoNo, Chesapeake VA
35th Annual Virginia Beach Neptune Festival Student Art Exhibit, Va Beach VA
GSA Summer Exhibition, The Hermitage Foundation Museum, Norfolk VA
20th Annual GSA Juried Show, Gordon Art Galleries, ODU, Norfolk VA
20th Anniversary Gala GSA Performance and Exhibition, Sandler Performing Arts Center, Va Beach VA
GSA Winter Exhibit, Sandler Performing Arts Center, Va Beach VA
2007 34th Annual Virginia Beach Neptune Festival Student Art Exhibit, Va Beach VA
Published Work
2019 The Virginia Pilot, Va Beach VA
2018 The Virginia Pilot, Va Beach VA
2016 Distinction Magazine, Volume 34, Va Beach VA
2015 The Round, Issue XII, Providence RI
2014 The Tulane Review, Spring and Fall Editions, New Orleans LA
Why The Beef Zine, Issue #6, RISD in collaboration with Maryland Institute College of Art, Providence RI
2011 RISD XYZ Magazine, Providence RI
Governor’s School for the Arts Magazine, Norfolk VA
2009 21st Annual GSA Juried Exhibition invitation, Norfolk VA
Bayside High School Literary Magazine, Va Beach VA
Governor’s School for the Arts Magazine, Norfolk VA
Public Art
2010 Assistant with GSA in The Tide Light Rail Project, Ingleside Road Location, Hampton Roads Transit, Norfolk VA
2008 Artists Assistant for Liana Graham, A Dolphin’s Promise, A Virginia Beach Sculpture Project, Dolphin located at the Schooner Inn, Va Beach VA
Professional Experience
PROSPERITY KITCHEN & PANTRY, VA BEACH VA
Head Baker, Owner 2018-present
COMMUNE, NORFOLK VA
Executive Baker, Kitchen Manager, Preservation 2017-2018
COMMUNE, VA BEACH VA
Executive Baker, Kitchen Manager, Preservation 2015-2018
GOVERNORS SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS, NORFOLK VA
Senior Portfolio Preparation Instructor, 2018- present
Drawing Instructor, Technical Theater 2018
Fiber Arts Instructor 2016-present
Foundation Studies Instructor 2016
THE MET RISD DINING & CATERING, PROVIDENCE RI
Bakery and Catering Department 2011-2015
GOVERNORS SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS SUMMER CAMP, NORFOLK VA
Assistant Director 2013-2015
Painting Instructor 2015
Fiber Arts Instructor 2014
Camp Counselor 2011-2012
OFFICE ASSISTANT, ROME ITALY
European Honors Program office work 2014
RISD SCULPTURE FOUNDRY, PROVIDENCE RI
Foundry Monitor 2013-2014
NEW EARTH FARM, VA BEACH VA
Internship on the farm 2013
KITSCH INC, NORFOLK VA
Marketed my work under commission 2011-2014
GOLD WORKS, VA BEACH VA
Contractual work for Theresa Parsons 2011-2012
Awards and Scholarships
2015 Honorable Mention, Colors of Spring Juried Show
2014-2015 Jeanne Stahl-Weber Sculpture Fund
Rhode Island School of Design Academic Scholarship
2013-2014 The Parents Council Internship Award
Rhode Island School of Design Academic Scholarship
2012-2013 Harry and Elizabeth Guny Scholarship
Rhode Island School of Design Academic Scholarship
2011-2012 Louise Lowenthall Scholarship
Rhode Island School of Design Academic Scholarship
2011 Honorable Mention, 23rd Annual GSA Juried Exhibition
Honorable Mention, Reinvention: Redefinition
2010 Merit Award, 37th Annual Va Beach Neptune Festival Student Art Exhibition
Honorable Mention, 22nd Annual GSA Juried Exhibition
Honoree, Hampton Roads Student Gallery
2009 Second Place Photography, PTA Reflections Contest
Special Merit Award, 21st Annual GSA Juried Exhibition
2008 First Place Photography, PTA Reflections Contest
Special Merit Award, 35th Annual Va Beach Neptune Festival Student Art Exhibition
Honorable Mention, 20th Annual GSA Juried Show
Select Community Service
Clean Ocean Access, Newport RI
One week intensive: Appalachian Service Project, Boone NC
Appalachian Service Project fundraiser, Va Beach VA
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation, Va Beach VA
Neptune Festival 8k, Va Beach VA
Rock & Roll ½ Marathon, Va Beach VA
One week intensive: Appalachian Service Project, Logan WV
School-Wear Resale, Baylake Pines School, Va Beach VA
Auditions Assistant, GSA Auditions, Norfolk VA
Assistant Teacher, Fun with Music & Movement, Summer Camp, Baylake Pines School, Va Beach VA
Stockley Gardens Spring Arts Festival, Norfolk VA
Assistant Teacher, Totally Gross Science, Summer Camp, Baylake Pines School, Va Beach VA