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E D U C A T I O N
2023 Master of Fine Arts Candidate- Studio Art
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
2016 Bachelor of Fine Arts with High Distinction - Painting
Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, IN
E X H I B I T I O N S
2023 Nothing Goes One Way, MFA Thesis, Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, East Lansing, MI
2022 Indiana Beach, Satellite Art Show, Miami, FL
Confluence, Kresge Art Center, East Lansing, MI
2021 The Dark Threw Patches Down, Kresge Art Center, East Lansing, MI
Graduate Exhibition, Kresge Art Center, East Lansing, MI
2020 Graduate Exhibition, Kresge Art Center, East Lansing, MI
2019 Indy Artist Showcase, Cat Head Press, Indianapolis, IN
2018 Still, Sugar Space, Indianapolis, IN
Post-It Show, Efroymson Gallery, Tube Factory ArtSpace, Indianapolis, IN
Rm 211, The Oilwick, Indianapolis, IN
2017 Tiny VI, Gallery 924, Indianapolis, IN
2016 Summer Landscape, Speck Gallery, Harrison Center for the Arts, Indianapolis, IN
Thesis Exhibition, Indianapolis, IN
This is Painting, Marsh Gallery, Herron School of Art + Design, Indianapolis, IN
2015 Undergraduate Exhibition, Herron School of Art + Design, Indianapolis, IN
Upon Return, Cultural Arts Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2015 Let’s Just Go Home, Indianapolis, IN
Nuance & The Mundane, Circle City Industrial Complex, Indianapolis, IN
Undergraduate Exhibition, Herron School of Art + Design, Indianapolis, IN
The History of Now, Eskenazi Fine Arts Center, Indianapolis, IN
2014 Undergraduate Exhibition, Herron School of Art + Design, Indianapolis, IN
Back to School, Cultural Arts Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
The Procession, Group Performance, Indianapolis, IN
E X P E R I E N C E
Instructor of Record, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Assistant Gallery Director, The Galleries at Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, IN
Interim Gallery Director, The Galleries at Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, IN
H O N O R S + A W A R D S
2022 Dissertation Completion Fellowship, College of Arts and Letters, Michigan State University
Summer Support Fellowship, College of Arts and Letters, Michigan State University
Research Award, Department of Art, Art History, and Design, Michigan State University
2021 Summer Support Fellowship, College of Arts and Letters, Michigan State University
Research Award, Department of Art, Art History, and Design, Michigan State University
2016 Lynn Thomsen Outstanding Artist Award
Paul W. Zimmerman Memorial Scholarship
2014 Paul W. Zimmerman Memorial Scholarship
IUPUI International Experience Scholarship
Fraser/Clowes Scholarship
2012 IUPUI Chancellor’s Scholarship
Herron Out-of-State Scholarship