Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) - Fall 2017- Spring 2020

School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) – Fall 2010 - Spring 2012 BFA in Fine Arts, May 2012

St. Louis Community College (STLCCC) - Florissant Valley - Fall 2007 – Spring 2010 AFA in General Fine Arts, May 2010

EMPLOYMENT

Instructor of Record - Sculpture - University of Missouri, St. Louis - Fall 2021

Instructor of Record - Figure Drawing, Ceramics and Sculpture - STLCC - Fall 2020 - Current

Instructor of Record - Intro to Ceramics - SIUE - Spring 2020

Instructor of Record - Intro to Art History - SIUE - Fall 2019

Sculpture Studio Technician - SIUE - 2018-2019

Grounds Manager - Intersect Arts Center - Summer 2018

Artist Mentor - Intersect Arts Center Teen Apprenticeship program - Summer 2018

SIUE Ceramics Studio Assistant - SIUE - Fall 2017- 2018

Part-time (seasonal) Gallery Preparator, Philip Slein and Projects+Gallery, St. Louis, MO - Current

Part-time (seasonal) Museum Preparator, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Mo - Current

Art Handler/Assistant Preparator, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, MO - Current

Landscaper/Farmhand, Side Lot Farms, St. Louis, MO – 2016-2017

Apprentice, ES Welding and Metalworks, St. Louis, MO - 2015

Wood Refinishing by Sue Wheeler, St. Louis, MO – Winter 2014/15 - Summer 2015 Busser,

Museum Attendant , Mildred-Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, MO – Fall 2012 - current

Intern at SOHA Gallery and Studio, St. Louis, MO – Summer 2013

Gallery Assistant/Crew Member, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL Spring 2011 to Summer 2012

Ogilvie/Pertl Gallery, Chicago, IL, Spring-Summer 2011

Gallery Assistant, Florissant Valley Contemporary Gallery, St. Louis, MO Fall 2007 - Summer 2010

Photography Lab Monitor/Studio Assistant, St. Louis Community College - Florissant Valley Spring 2008 - Summer 2010

Apprentice in Sculpture, St. Louis ArtWorks, St. Louis MO Summer 2007

SPECIAL COURSES/WORKSHOPS

Exploring Community Art Practices, School of the Art Institute of Chicago Art Therapy Program Spring 2012

- Directed Artistic Programing at the Franciscan Outreach Center in Chicago under the guidance of Valery Shuman, current Senior Director at Midwest Harm Reduction Institute

Sentient Objects Workshop, Ox-bow Saugatuck, MI, affiliate of SAIC Summer 2010, studied under Mary Walling Blackburn, Founder and Director of the Anhoek School, Brooklyn, NY

“Layered Cities” , School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Travelled to India with Fibers and Material Studies/Art History Department -studied under the direction of Katarina Weslien, Artist/Educator and former United Nations volunteer and Joan Livingstone, chair of Fibers and Material Studies and SAIC

VOLUNTEER WORK

Volunteer Farmhand at Such and Such Farm, working under David Blum, Industrial Designer – 2015

Volunteer Assistant Teacher at St. Louis Artworks, Spring session 2014

Sculpture and Mosaic Assistant for Ronald McDonald House, Greenstar Movement, Chicago, IL June 2012

Art Integration Workshop with students at Pushp Niketan English Medium School, Dhampur, India January 2012

Exploring Community Art Practices, School of the Art Institute of Chicago Art Therapy Program, Spring 2012 Volunteered at Franciscan Outreach Association under Valery Shuman

AWARDS/ACCOMPLISHMENTS

John H. Pohlman Memorial Graduate Scholarship 2017-2020 - $2000 awarded annually to qualifying ceramics graduate students in memory of John Pohlman, who was a dedicated ceramics student in the program

Sculpture On Campus Grant, SIUE – 2019 – Awarded $750 To build a large-sale public sculpture to be installed on the campus of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Research Grants For Graduate Students, SIUE – 2019 - $500 Awarded for researching and working with Egyptian Paste an ancient ceramic medium used from 4000 b.c.e. onward

Bill and Jean Luan STEAM SCHOLARSHIP, SIUE – 2019 – First student ever granted this award for $1000 to one graduate student from Arts and Sciences

Wagner Potter’s Association Award, SIUE – $100 awarded to one student in the ceramics department annually for achievements in the field of ceramics

Full Tuition Waiver and Assistantship - SIUE - 2017-2020

Artist-in-residence, GCADD (Granite City Art and Design District), Granite City, IL – August- October 2016

Artist-in-residence, mushmaus, St. Louis MO – April to June 2013

John W. Kurtich Travel Fellowship, SAIC – Winter 2011/2012 – Scholarship awarded to study abroad in India

Artist-in-residence, Cat Nap, Los Angeles CA - August 2011

Ox-Bow Scholarship, awarded scholarship to Ox-Bow School of Art by St. Louis Community College – Florissant Valley Art Department - Spring 2010

Presidential Scholarship, School of the Art Institute Chicago - Spring 2010 − Highest scholarship awarded at SAIC - one of ten who received this scholarship out of approximately 400 transfer applicants

Presidential Scholarship, San Francisco Art Institute - Spring 2010 (Declined the scholarship)

Civic Service Awards, Student Government Association, St. Louis Community College - Florissant Valley - May 2009 and May 2010
• Chalk for Peace
• World AIDS Day and Quilt Display

Academic Honor Award, St. Louis Community College - Florissant Valley • 3.8 GPA or Above

President, Fine Arts Club, Student Government Association, St. Louis Community College - Florissant Valley - Spring 2008-Spring 2009

Art Department Activity Scholarship, St. Louis Community College - Florissant Valley - Fall 2008- Spring 2010
• Full tuition

EXHIBITIONS

MFA Invitational Exhibition, St. Charles Community College, St. Charles, Missouri - March 2020

SIUE Student Exhibition - Southern Illinois University Edwardsville - October 2020

Young Sculptors Competition, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio - Group Exhibition of 10 Finalists of the Young Sculptors Competition juried by Don Desmett, Founding Director of Exhibitions for the Richmond Center for Visual Arts at Western Michigan University, Former Director of Exhibitions at Kalamazoo Institute of Arts and former Director/Curator of The Tyler Galleries at Tyler School of Art - August 2019

Ceramic Centric, Group Exhibition, The Foundry Art Center, St. Charles, Missouri – international juried group exhibition focusing in contemporary ceramics, juried by Ruth Reese, an internationally known ceramicist – April – May 2019

Armature, Solo Exhibition, Flood Plain Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri – March – April, 2019

SIUE Student Exhibition, Curated by Robin Hirsch, Chief Curator at Art St. Louis - Southern Illinois University Edwardsville - October 2017

PASSAGE, Curated by Ruth Reese nationally known ceramicist, Reese Gallery, St. Louis, MO, January 2017

GCADD EXHIBITION # 8,Granite City Art and Design District, Granite City, IL, November 2016

Riding Color Waves, Archer Beach Haus, Chicago IL, November 2015

STL Fringe, Westgate Lofts, St. Louis MO, November 2013 – January 2014

“This has all happened before and this will all happen again.”, mushmaus, St. Louis MO, June 2013

BFA Exhibition, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago IL, March -April 2012

Layered Cities, Kriti Gallery, Varanasi, India, January 2012

[Isn’t It A Pity?], solo exhibition, Cat Nap Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, August-December 2011

THIS MEANS A LOT, Loose Space, Chicago IL June 2011 Varsity Art XIV, Art St. Louis, St. Louis MO, February-March 201

Student Exhibition, Florissant Valley Contemporary Gallery, St. Louis MO, Spring 2010

Group exhibition, Northern Art Council Gallery, Ferguson, MO, February 2010

Carpe Diem, Old Town Florissant Festival, Florissant MO, October 2009

Group exhibition, Northern Art Council Gallery, Ferguson, MO, February 2009

Creative Spirits, Gallery Visio, University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis MO, Spring 2009

Student Exhibition, Frisco Cafe, St. Louis MO, Spring 2009