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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