Education
2020 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drawing • Southern Illinois University Edwardsville • College of Arts and Sciences
Professional Experience
2018- Graphic Designer • Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Marketing Department •
2019 Edwardsville, IL • Supervisor: Karen H. Swanner, Marketing Director
2019 Branding and Logos for SIUE Small Business Development Center • Edwardsville, IL •
Supervisor: Barbara Nwacha, Art and Design Chair
2019 Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Program • Southern Illinois University Edwardsville • Edwardsville, Illinois •
Supervisor: Brigham Dimick, Area Head of Drawing
Solo Exhibitions
2020 Fridges and Freezers • Governor French Gallery • Belleville, IL
Group Exhibitions
2019 Rose Rafts Artist-In-Residence Exhibition • Flood Plain Art Gallery • St. Louis, Missouri • Curator: Jessie Rose Crane, Director of Rose Raft
Edwardsville 200thAnniversary Show • Edwardsville Arts Center • Edwardsville, Illinois • Curator: John Denhouter, Professor of Art, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville • Edwardsville, Illinois
Juried Exhibitions
2019 Wood River Small Works Juried Exhibition • Wood River Musuem • Wood River, IL • Juror: Paul Dresang, Professor of Ceramics, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville • Edwardsville, IL
16th Regional Juried Exhibition • Freeport Art Museum • Freeport, IL • Juror: Victor Armendariz, Gallery Director, Gallery Victor Armendariz • Chicago, IL
Annual Sculpture on Campus Juried Exhibition • Southern Illinois University Edwardsville • Edwardsville, Illinois • Juror: Cal Lane
The Nature of Disappearance Juried Exhibition • Silverwood Park • Saint Anthony, Minnesota • Juror: Mara Duvra,
Instructor of Art, Saint Paul Academy and Summit School • Saint Paul, Minnesota
Art is…Distortion of Reality Exhibition • Jacoby Arts Center • Alton, Illinois
Martha’s Vineyard Drawing Prize Finalist • Edgartown, Massachusetts • Juror: Anonymous
Gateway to Art Shrine Show • Our Lady of the Snows Shrine • Belleville, IL • Juror: Chris Day, Professor of Art, Blackburn College • Carlinville, IL
Works on Paper National Exhibition • Webster Arts Center • Webster, MO • Juror: Roxanne Phillips, Professor of Art, Washington University College •
St. Louis, MO
American Conversations Juried Exhibition • Art Saint Louis • St. Louis, MO • Jurors: Yvonne Osei, Curator in Residence, COCA and Eric Shultis,
Professor of Art, St. Louis Community College Florissant Valley • St. Louis, MO
28th Cedarhurst Biennial Juried Exhibition • Cedarhurst Center for the Arts • Mt. Vernon, IL • Juror: Wassan Al-Khudhairi, Chief Curator,
Contemporary Art Museum • St. Louis, MO
Out on a Limb: Greenville Artist Guild Juried Exhibition • Piety’s Art Gallery • Greenville, IL • Juror: Maria DiMauro, Professor of Art, Arcadia University • Glenside, Pennsylvania
Putting it Together 2: The Art of Assembling National Juried Exhibition • Foundry Arts Centre • St. Charles, Missouri • Juror: Deborah Douglas,
Professor of Art, Saint Louis University • St. Louis, MO
The Wine Dark Sea Juried Exhibition • Tubac Center of the Arts • Tubac, AZ • Juror: Strada Company
Friends of Art Auction • Southern Illinois University Edwardsville • Edwardsville, IL
Fifth Annual College Student Art Show • Gallery Zeke • Steelville Arts Council • Steelville, MO • Juror: Steelville Arts Council Members
Webster Arts Open Theme National Exhibition • Webster, MO • Juror: Rosemarie Langtry, Artist and Curator • Athlone, Ireland
Soulard Art Gallery “Beyond Green” Juried Exhibition • St. Louis, MO • Juror: Wendy Wees, Artist • St, Louis, MO
Student Exhibition • Southern Illinois University Edwardsville • Edwardsville, IL • Juror: Robin Hirsch-Steinhoff, Artistic Director of ‘Art St. Louis’ •
St. Louis, MO
2018 Edwardsville Arts Center “Hybridity” Juried Exhibition • Edwardsville, IL • Jurors: Joseph Page, Assistant Professor of Ceramics and Brigham Dimick, Professor of Drawing, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville • Edwardsville, IL
AIGA Get Out and Vote Poster Exhibition • St. Louis, MO
Awards
2019 URCA Research Assistant and URCA Creative Activities Assistant of the Semester • Southern Illinois University Edwardsville • Edwardsville, IL
Department of Art and Design & College of Arts and Sciences • Student Travel Grant For SOFA CONNECT 2019 • Southern Illinois University Edwardsville • Edwardsville, Illinois
2nd Place Dennis De Toye Award • Sculpture on Campus • Southern Illinois University Edwardsville • Edwardsville, IL
3rd Place Award • 28th Cedarhurst Biennial Juried Exhibition • Cedarhurst Center for the Arts • Mt. Vernon, IL
Award of Excellence • The Wine Dark Sea Juried Exhibition • Tubac Center of the Arts • Tubac, AZ
Provost Fine Art and Design Scholarship Award • Full Tuition Semester Scholarship • Southern Illinois University Edwardsville • Edwardsville, IL
Alumni Association Legacy Scholarship • Southern Illinois University Edwardsville • Edwardsville, IL
AIGA Award in Graphic Design • Southern Illinois University Edwardsville • Edwardsville, IL
2018 Alumni Association Legacy Scholarship • Southern Illinois University Edwardsville • Edwardsville, IL
Organizations
2019- Painting and Drawing Association • Southern Illinois University Edwardsville •
2020 Vice President
Sculptors at Wagner • Southern Illinois University Edwardsville • Promotional Officer
2018-
2019 AIGA at SIUE • Southern Illinois University Edwardsville • President
Painting and Drawing Association • Southern Illinois University Edwardsville • Member
Sculptors at Wagner • Southern Illinois University Edwardsville • Member
Professional Engagement
2019 SOFA CONNECT Exhibitor • SOFA Chicago • Chicago, IL
Public Presenter • Life Long Learning • Southern Illinois University Edwardsville • Edwardsville, Illinois
O’Bar Mural • Edwardsville, Illinois • Duties: Painted and executed mural
Collinsville Senior Citizen Center Mural • Collinsville, IL • Duties: designed mural by hand and digitally, painted executed mural