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Education
2011 Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, Master of Fine Arts degree, Painting
2007 Alfred University, Alfred, NY, Bachelor of Arts degree, Majors: Fine Arts & Philosophy of Religion
Solo and Small Group Exhibitions
2021 Emotion Energy Color, Beachwood Community Center, Beachwood, OH (Four Person Exhibition)
2018 Self, MSU Union Art Gallery, East Lansing, MI (Solo Exhibition)
2015 Sensation, Ivyside Juried Art Exhibition, McLanahan & Sheetz Galleries, Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts, Penn State Altoona, Altoona, PA (Solo Exhibition)
2015 Figurative Color, Pegasus Gallery, Middlesex Community College, Middletown, CT (Solo Exhibition)
2015 Persona, Corridor Gallery, Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA (Solo Exhibition)
2013 2013 Artist Harvest, First Friday Event, Nectar’s Cafe, Kutztown, PA (Two Person Exhibition)
2013 Community with Color, Fellowship Hall, Immanuel Congregational Church, Hartford, CT (Solo Exhibition)
2009 Embodiment, Gallery 101, Kresge Art Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (Two Person Exhibition)
2007 Sculpted Color, Jesse Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan, Alpena, MI (Solo Exhibition)
2007 Unspoken Expression, BAFA Senior Thesis Exhibition, Brick Studio, Alfred University, Alfred, NY (Solo Exhibition)
Selected Group Juried and Invitational Exhibitions
2023 41st Women Artists: A Celebration!, National Juried Exhibition, YWCA Mahoning Valley, Youngstown, OH (Juror: Joyce Mistovich, Director of Education at the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH))
2022 40th Women Artists: A Celebration!, National Juried Exhibition, YWCA Mahoning Valley, Youngstown, OH (Juror: Jenn Crisan, Owner of The Bell Street Gallery, Chagrin Falls, OH)
2021 NewNow, Regional Juried Exhibition, Artists Archives of the Western Reserve, Gallery East, Cuyahoga Community College, Eastern Campus, Highland Hills, OH (Juror: Cat Sheridan, Curator of The Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery)
2021-2020 Heights Artists Showcase, Invitational Exhibition, Curator: Heights Arts of Cleveland Heights, Trudy Wiesenberger Gallery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
2019 Portrait Competition: Identity, Online Juried Exhibition, SquidInk Gallery, Antioch, CA
2019 37th Women Artists: A Celebration!, National Juried Exhibition, YWCA Mahoning Valley, Youngstown, OH (Juror: Priscilla Roggenkamp, Associate Professor of Art, Ashland University, Ashland, OH)
2018 Identity : People, International Juried Exhibition, Valley Art Center, Chagrin Falls, OH (Juror: Judith Carducci, Artist)
2017 Darkslide, Invitational Exhibition, Curator: Brian Sarama, Gallery East, Cuyahoga Community College, Highland Hills, OH
2016 Gaze, Invitational Exhibition, Curator: Leslie Tane, ArtSpace, Maynard, MA
2015 Force of Nature: Exploring the Power of the Feminine, National Juried Exhibition, Women's Caucus for Art/New Hampshire Chapter, Silver Center for the Arts, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH (Juror: Judith Brodsky, Professor Emerita, Department of Visual Arts, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ)
2014 Color, National Juried Exhibition, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY (Juror: Lauren Hinkson, Assistant Curator for Collections, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY)
2014 What’s So Funny? Humor in Art, National Juried Exhibition, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ
2013 RED Biennial, Regional Juried Exhibition, University Place Gallery, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA (Juror: Amy Sadao, Director, Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA)
2013 A Show of Heads, International Juried Exhibition, Limner Gallery, SlowArt Productions, Hudson, NY
2013 Art/Identity, National Juried Exhibition, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA (Jurors: Geoff Hargadon and Susan Sills, Artists)
2012 Regarding the Third Dimension: Real or Imagined?, National Juried Exhibition, Bancroft Gallery, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA, (Juror: Camilo Alvarez, Owner and Director, Samsøn Projects, Boston, MA)
2012 Mum's the Word: Mothers, Flowers & Secrets, National Juried Exhibition, Mills Pond House Gallery, Smithtown Township Arts Council, St. James, NY (Juror: Hilary Harkness, Artist)
2012 CT + 6, Regional Juried Exhibit, Saltbox Gallery, West Hartford Art League, West Hartford, CT, (Juror: Susan Cross, Curator, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA)
2011 Being Human, National Juried Exhibit, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL (Juror: Dan Addington, Owner and Director, Addington Gallery, Chicago, IL)
2011 2011 MFA Juried Exhibition, First Street Gallery, New York, NY (Juror: Susanna Coffey, F. H. Sellers Professor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL)
2011 Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
2011 Input/Output, Gallery 101, Kresge Art Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
2010 Creative Community, (SCENE) Metrospace, East Lansing, MI
2009 What Comes Naturally, (SCENE) Metrospace, East Lansing, MI
2009 ArtPrize, International Juried Exhibition, Michigan State University sponsored venue, Grand Rapids, MI
Awards & Honors
2023 Body of Art Award, 41st Annual Women Artists: A Celebration, National Juried Exhibition, Juror: Joyce Mistovich, YWCA Mahoning Valley, Youngstown, OH
2022 Tessi Reneé Gordon Chagnot Memorial Award, 40th Annual Women Artists: A Celebration, National Juried Exhibition, Juror: Jenn Crisan, YWCA Mahoning Valley, Youngstown, OH
2019 Betty V. Harris Memorial Award, 37th Annual Women Artists: A Celebration, National Juried Exhibition, Juror: Priscilla Roggenkamp, YWCA Mahoning Valley, Youngstown, OH
2012 Award of Merit, Regarding the Third Dimension: Real or Imagined?, National Juried Exhibition, Juror: Camilo Alvarez, Bancroft Gallery, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA
2012 Springfield Museums Award, CT + 6, Regional Juried Exhibit, Juror: Susan Cross, Saltbox Gallery, West Hartford Art League, West Hartford, CT
2011-2008 MSU Graduate Assistantship, Michigan State University
2010 Excellence in Diversity Honorable Mention Award, Michigan State University
2009 Graduate Merit Fellowship, Michigan State University
2007 Departmental Honors in Fine Arts, Alfred University
2007 Alfred University Scholar, Alfred University
2007 John C. Gilmour Award, Alfred University
2006 Phi Beta Kappa, Alfred University
Teaching Experience
Current-2015 Cuyahoga Community College, Associate Professor of Art, Cleveland, OH
2015-2014 Middlesex Community College, Adjunct Faculty Member, Middletown, CT
2014-2013 Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, Assistant Professor Sabbatical Replacement, Kutztown, PA
2013-2011 Eastern Connecticut State University, Adjunct Faculty Member, Willimantic, CT
2012 West Hartford Art League, Faculty Member, West Hartford, CT
2011-2008 Michigan State University, Graduate Assistant, East Lansing, MI
2010 Michigan State University, Visiting Instructor, East Lansing, MI
2008-2007 Alpena Community College, Adjunct Faculty Member of Philosophy, Alpena, MI
Public Involvement
2018 Guest Lecturer, "Fundamentals of Color Theory," Keep Us In Stitches Quilting Group, Cuyahoga County Public Library, North Royalton, OH, February 19, 2018
2017 Judge, "[unveiled]," 25th Lake County Art Show, Mentor Civic Center, Mentor, OH
2016 Judge, "All Constellation Art Show," Constellation Schools: Parma Community, Cuyahoga Community College, Western Campus, Parma, OH
2015 Radio Show Artist Guest, “Middlesex Moments” with Dean Steven Minkler, Middlesex Community College, WLIS / WMRD, Old Saybrook / Middletown, CT, February 11, 2015
2013 Presenter, "Community with Color," Fellowship Hall, Immanuel Congregational Church, Hartford, CT
2011 Presenter, "Master of Fine Arts Exhibition," Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
2011 Presenter and Panelist, "The Many Lenses of the Contemporary Eye," EDGES Graduate Conference in the College of Arts and Letters, MSU Union, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI