Bio

Born 1985 Rockford, IL
Lives and works in New York, NY

Education

2011 Rhode Island School of Design, MFA with Honors, Painting
2009 Knox College, Galesburg, IL Post Baccalaureate Fellowship
2008 Knox College, Galesburg, IL. BA Degree Cum Laude with emphasis in Studio Art and Race and Gender Studies

Solo Exhibitions

2022
False Stage, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
2021
ARENA, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, NY
2020
Abstract Cabinet, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY
2019
Standing Arrangement, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
A Place for Everything and Everything in Its Place, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
2017
Showroom, Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, Cornish, NH
2016
Stage Presents, Penn State, State College, PA
Backsplash, Locust Projects, Miami, FL
Construct, Harper College, Chicago, IL
2014
Waver, Korn Gallery, Drew University, Madison, NJ
Face Off, Space Gallery, Portland, ME
Skewer Shower, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Peter Jay Sharp Building, Brooklyn, NY
Light Weight, Mixed Greens, New York, NY
2013
Shades, John C. Hutcheson Gallery, Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN
2012
Familiar Grounds, Backspace, Peoria, IL
Day Dusting, Okay Mountain Gallery, Austin, TX

Group Exhibitions

2023
Unstructured Play, Below Grand, New York, NY
2021
Surface is Only A Material Vehicle for Spirit, Kavi Gupta curated by Kennedy Yanko, Chicago, IL
2020
Four Rooms, VSOP Projects curated by Justin Horne, Greenport, NY
Objects of Desire, Super Dutchess curated by Lauren Fejarang, New York, NY
2019
Historically Hysterical, The Peale Center, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2017
Builders, Circuit 12, Dallas, TX
Fantastic Facade, LVL3, Chicago, IL
Deconstructed, Terrault Contemporary, Baltimore, MD
2016
Helter Skelter, Launch F18, New York, NY
Water Work, Soho House curated by Patrick Muhundro and Andrea Bergart, New York, NY
Transaction, Knockdown Center curated by Elijah Wheat Showroom, Queens, NY
Knife Hits, Spring/Break Art Show, New York, NY
Faulted Valley Fog, Transmitter, Brooklyn, NY
Painting Reassembled, SUNY Westchester Community College curated by Erika Mahr, Westchester, NY
2015
Surface Matters, Knockdown Center curated by Holly Shen and Sam Katz, Queens, NY
Handmade Abstract, BRIC, Brooklyn, NY
Object'hood, Lesley Heller Workspace curated by Inna Babaeva and Gelah Penn, New York, NY
2014
Ultra Deep Field, Rockford University Art Gallery, Rockford, IL
Site Lab, Old Morton Hotel, Grand Rapids, MI
BRIC Biennial, BRIC Arts in partnership with LIU University, Brooklyn, NY
Insider Joke, Hockney Gallery, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2013 
Rushgrove House, Rushgrove House in conjunction with the Royal College of Art, London, UK
Limber: Spatial Painting Practices, Herbert Read Gallery, Canterbury UK and the Grandes Galleries de L’Erba, Rouen, France
Material, Storefront Bushwick, curated by Liz Dimmitt, Brooklyn, NY
Middle Zone, Projekt 722, curated by Corydon Cowansage, Brooklyn, NY
No Longer Presidents But Prophets, Delicious Spectacle, Washington DC
Inside Voices, Parallel Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
Contemporary Drawing Today, Fort Worth Drawing Center, Fort Worth, TX
Paint Things, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
2012 
Bleach Blue, FJORD Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Primary, Nudashank, Baltimore, MD
Masculinisms, Garden Party/ARTS, Brooklyn, NY
Rockford Midwestern Biennial, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
Fakin It, Meyer Gallery, University of Cincinnati, OH
2011 
Living Arrangements, PLUG Projects, Kansas City, MO
Off the Wall, Visceglia Gallery at Caldwell College, Caldwell, NJ
Small Crowd, Mixed Greens, New York, NY
Out of Practice, Art Blog Art Blog curated by Nudashank, New York, NY
RISD Graduate Thesis Exhibition, Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, RI
New Insights, Art Chicago with NEXT cuarted by Suzanne Ghetz, Renaissance Society, Chicago, IL
2010 
Interriuer/Exterieur, Dubois Galerie, Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Art, France
Boston Young Contemporaries, 808 Gallery, Boston University
Totemic, The Gelman Gallery, RISD Museum, Providence, RI

Awards and Honors

2023 Dieu Donné Workspace Residency
2019 Brooklyn Arts Council Grant
2016 Saint-Gaudens Memorial Fellowship
2016 Young Alumni Achievement Award, Knox College
2015 Painting Fellowship, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
2013 Shortlisted, 100 Painters of Tomorrow, Thames and Hudson
2011/2012 Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation, Space Program, New York, NY
2011 St. Botolph Club Foundation Emerging Artist Award
2009, 2010 Rhode Island School of Design Graduate Fellowship and Honors
2009, 2010 Rhode Island School of Design Sonya Sklaroff ’92 Scholarship
2008 Knox College Post-Baccalaureate Fellowship
2008 Knox College Richter Memorial Scholar

Teaching/Visiting Artist

2023
Visiting Assistant Professor, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
2022
Visiting Artist, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Visiting Artist, Knox College, Galesburg, IL
Visiting Artist, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Visiting Faculty, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY 
Coordinator, NY Semester on Contemporary Art, Drew University
2021
Visiting Artist, Southern Methodist University: Meadows School of the Arts, Dallas, TX
Guest Lecturer, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
Coordinator, NY Semester on Contemporary Art, Drew University
2020
Visiting Artist, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
Visiting Artist, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Coordinator, NY Semester on Contemporary Art, Drew University
2019
Visiting Artist, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Visiting Artist, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Coordinator, NY Semester on Contemporary Art, Drew University
2018
Visiting Critic, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Coordinator, NY Semester on Contemporary Art, Drew University
2017
Visiting Artist, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Visiting Critic, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Visiting Artist, Denison University, Granville, OH
Coordinator, NY Semester on Contemporary Art, Drew University
2016
Visiting Artist, Penn State, State College, PA
Visiting Artist, SUNY Westchester Community College
Artist in Residence, Harper College, Chicago, IL
Visiting Critic, Knox College, Galesburg, IL
Coordinator, NY Semester on Contemporary Art, Drew University
2015
Visiting Artist, Virginia Commonwealth University, MFA Program
Coordinator, NY Semester on Contemporary Art, Drew University
2014
Coordinator, NY Semester on Contemporary Art, Drew University
2013 
Visiting Artist, University for the Creative Arts, Canterbury, UK
Visiting Artist, Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN
2012 
Visiting Critic and Lecturer, Knox College
Visiting Critic, Rhode Island School of Design, Printmaking Department
2011 
Visiting Artist, University of Kansas- Lawrence
Instructor, Straight to the Source: An Exploration in Source Material, Rhode Island School of Design
2010
Teaching Assistantship, Painting I, Rhode island School of Design
Teaching Assistantship, Printmaking I, Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Art, France
Teaching Assistantship, Drawing I and II, Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Art, France
Teaching Assistantship, Painting II, Rhode Island School of Design
2009 
Teaching Assistantship, Painting III, Rhode Island School of Design
Teaching Assistantship, Open Studio: Senior Thesis, Knox College

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2023
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2021
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2020
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2019
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2018
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2016
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2015
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2014
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2013 
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2012
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2011 
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