Born in Galax, VA, living in 29 Palms, CA

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Fine Art, Craft and Material Studies, Minor in Art History, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS 

2025
Agony of Choice, Group Show, Snide Hotel 
Curated by Kudzu jelly (El Bruner and Lindsey Cummins), Louisville, KY 
2024
PLOT, Solo Show, Lazy Eye Gallery at Yucca Valley Material Lab, Yucca Valley, CA
Eat with your Eyes, Group Show, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
High Desert Test Sites Pop-up Exhibition, Group Show, The Hammer Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 
2023
Count the Ways, Public Art Installation at Yucca Valley Film Festival, funded by Yucca Valley Cultural Commission, Yucca Valley, CA
Life of a Tree, VCUarts Dean’s Research Grant, Stage Installation and Performance at the Anderson, Richmond, VA. Collaboration with Keenan Rowe, Milk River Arts, Bukuru Nyandwi, Hope Ginsburg, VCU Green Action, Valerie Bess, and Taylor Bess
Craft/Material Studies Senior Capstone Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
Emptied Pockets, Group Show, Murry N. DePillars Gallery, Richmond, VA
2022  
VCUarts Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, Juried by Lauren Haynes, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
Vitamin C, 3-Person Show, Murry N. DePillars Gallery, Richmond, VA
2020.
Fake News, VCUarts Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, Juried by Anna Katz, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA

AWARDS & RESIDENCIES

2024
Visual Artist Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT 
2023  
Fulbright Award Semi-Finalist, Creative Research Grant 
VCUarts Dean’s Undergraduate Research Grant, Material Sourcing and Reuse: Local Urban Wood for Student Use, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, $3000 award
2022
Windgate University Fellowship, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Cynthia Bringle and Edwina Bringle Scholarship, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC
Schooner Foundation Scholarship, Furniture Society 22: Working Together Virtual Conference
2020-2023
VCUarts Dean’s List and Athletic Director’s Honor Roll, Richmond, VA
2019  
Best in Show, Carroll County Art Fair, Hillsville, VA

EXPERIENCE

2024-PRESENT
Administrative Assistant, Yucca Valley Material Lab, Yucca Valley, CA
Gallery Assistant, Compound YV, Yucca Valley, CA 
2024 
Performer, Form Forget This by Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs, Joshua Tree, CA
2023-2024
Studio and Facilities Coordinator, A-Z West and High Desert Test Sites, Joshua Tree, CA
Studio Assistant, Heidi Schwegler, Yucca Valley, CA
2023  
Curator, Craft and Material Studies Senior Capstone Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
2022
Wood Studio Intern, Chestnut Creek School of the Arts, Galax, VA
Assistant Instructor, Chestnut Creek School of the Arts, Galax, VA
Work Study Position, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC
2020
Arts Instructional Intern, Carroll County High School Art Department, Hillsville, VA
2015-2017
Assistant Instructor, Carroll County Dance Center, Hillsville, VA

PRESS

2024
Boston Art Review: Eat With Your Eyes Offers Temptations at Gallery 263, May 23, 2024
2023
Hi-Desert Star and Desert Trail: YV Exhibits Pop-up Art Installations, December 6, 2023 Issue, pg. 4 

INK Magazine: Luck Volume 15 Issue 2. pg. 41, Open Call Selection “Where I Am”