Four Pillars Artist Residency

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EDUCATION:

DEGREES
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
M.F.A., Concentration in painting, May 2018
Union College, Schenectady, NY                                                 
B.A. Studio Fine Arts; minors in Art History and French, June 2012 

ADDITIONAL EDUCATION:
​2024-2025      Canopy Program (Virtual), New York Crit Club, Mentor - Yevgeniya Baras  (Ongoing)
2015                 Summer Program, Mount Gretna School of Art, Mount Gretna, PA

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EXHIBITION/RECOGNITION HISTORY:

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023
Ephemeral, Kassab Gallery, Francis Marion University, Florence, SC 

2020 
Local Sequence, Hastings Gallery, Sandhills Community College, Pinehurst, NC

2018
Prolonged Encounters, Individual Thesis Exhibition, Greensboro Project Space, Greensboro, NC
 
2012
Landscape Impressions: Chasing the Light, Wikoff Student Gallery, Union College, Schenectady, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025
Field Guide, Traveling National Juried Exhibition, Kling Gallery West, Lambert International Airport, St. Louis, MO (Upcoming)
ArtFields, Regional Juried Exhibition, Lake City, SC (Upcoming)
Group Exhibition, Canopy Program Studio, New York, NY (Upcoming)
Eastern Carolina Contemporary Biennial, Regional Juried Exhibition, Florence County Museum, Florence, SC
Emergence: A Survey of Southeastern Studio Programs, Regional Juried Exhibition, Paired exhibition with student, Bunzl Gallery, The Bascom: A Center for the Visual Arts, Highlands, NC, 
Landscape Now, Curated Exhibition, Benson Campus Gallery, Greenville Technical College, Greenville, SC, Curator, Fleming Markel

2024
Poetics of Space, International Juried Exhibition, Create Magazine, Jurors, Jenna Geiger and Keith VanPelt, (Online)
42nd Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Pickens County Museum of Art and History, Pickens, SC 
Smallworks, Florence Regional Arts Alliance, Stephen F. Gately Gallery, University Place, Florence, SC
Series and Repetition, Site:Brooklyn Gallery, New York, NY (online) (Juror, Yulia Topchiy)
A Sense of Place, National Juried Exhibition, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA (Juror, Cheryl Goldsleger)
Cumulus, International Juried Exhibition, Coconino Arts Center, Flagstaff, AZ
37th Northern National Art Competition, National Juried Exhibition, Nicolet College Art Gallery, Rhinelander, WI
Transformations, Juried Exhibition, The North Museum, Lancaster, PA
Field Guide, National Juried Exhibition, Intersect Art Center, St. Louis, MO

2023
Faces and Places, National Juried Exhibition, Dodomu Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (Online)
​Faculty Exhibition, Gately Gallery, Florence, SC
Time Constraint, National Juried Exhibition, University of Indiana Kokomo Art Gallery, Kokomo, Indiana
​Art Fields, Regional Juried Exhibition, Jones-Carter Gallery, Lake City, SC

2022
Contemporary Landscape, (Two-person Exhibition), Riverviews Artspace, Lynchburg, VA 
Atmospheric Perspective, National Juried Exhibition, Intersect Art Center, St. Louis, MO
Four Pillars, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
Backroads:  Further on Ahead, Vestige Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

2021
7th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Oxford Arts Alliance, Oxford, PA (Juror - Charles Goolsby) 
Painting, 2011-2021, Juried Exhibition, Site:Brooklyn, New York, NY (Online) (Juror - Peter Frank) 
Chasing Light, Juried Exhibition, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA (Online) (Juror - Leah Triplett Harrington)
The Green Show, National Juried Exhibition, CORE:  New Art Space, Lakewood, CO
Backroads, National Juried Exhibition, Vestige Concept Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Fresh Works, Invitational Exhibition, The Galleries, Concord, NC (Online)

2020
6th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Oxford Arts Alliance, Oxford, PA (Juror - Steven Harvey)
​Twelfth Annual National Juried Exhibition, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY (Juror - Susan Lichtman)
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2019
Plein-Air Paintings and Drawings, Juried Exhibition, Lancaster Gallery, Lancaster, PA
Positive/Negative, National Juried Exhibition, Slocumb Galleries, Johnson City, TN (Juror - Ann Meisinger)

2018
PLEIN AIR, International Juried Exhibition, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2018 UNCG MFA Thesis Exhibition, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
 
2017
Collateral Events: Catologo Attivo, Greensboro Project Space, Greensboro, NC
Drawing Marathon Exhibition, Greensboro Project Space, Greensboro, NC​

2016
Visual Union: The Homecoming Show, The Crowell and West Galleries at Union College Visual Arts, Union College, Schenectady, NY
PAAC 20th Annual National Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Mary Williams Fine Art, Boulder, CO

2015
PAAC 19th Annual National Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Mary Williams Fine Art, Boulder, CO
Mount Gretna School of Art Student Exhibition, Mount Gretna, PA

2014
Colorado Plein-Air Festival Exhibition, Denver Public Library, Denver, CO
Artist Choice Juried Exhibition, Spring Bull Gallery, Newport, RI
Little Picture in Summer Show, Spring Bull Gallery, Newport, RI
 
2013
South County Art Association Members Invitational, South County Art Association, Kingston, RI
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts 102nd Annual Juried Show, Mystic Arts Center, Mystic, CT
Print, Paint & Pastel, Juried Show, South County Art Association, Kingston, RI
Open Media, Juried Show, Wickford Art Association, Wickford, RI
Elected Artist Show, Mystic Arts Center, Mystic, CT
 
2012
22nd “Les Petites Oeuvre" Exhibition, Spring Bull Gallery, Newport, RI
Little Picture Show, Wickford Art Association, Wickford, RI
smallWORK, Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
26th Annual Rhode Island Open, Juried Show, Warwick Museum of Art, Warwick, RI
American Pastoral: A Landscape Show, Juried Show, Carriage Barn, New Canaan, CT
Nature, Juried Show, Wickford Art Association, Wickford, RI
'Art in the Open'  Juried Show 2012, Greenacres Gallery in Wexford, Ireland
Fresh Summer Picks, Arts Atrium Gallery, Union College, Schenectady, NY
Student Invitational, Mandeville Gallery, Union College, Schenectady, NY
Senior Exhibition, Wide Open Spaces, Arts Atrium Gallery, Union College, Schenectady, NY
4th Annual College Photography Competition and Exhibit, Photo Center, Troy, NY

2009-2011
Steinmetz Symposium, Arts Atrium Gallery, Union College, Schenectady, NY
 
2009
A Perfect Press:  Prints by Union Students, Wikoff Student Gallery, Union College, Schenectady, NY
Union College Art Show, Proctor’s Theatre, Schenectady, NY
Drawn to Print: Impressions of the Louvre, Wikoff Student Gallery, Union College, Schenectady, NY

AWARDS/RECOGNITION/GRANTS:

2024
3rd Place, 42nd Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Pickens County Museum of Art and History, Pickens, SC 
2nd Place, Smallworks, Florence Regional Arts Alliance, Stephen F. Gately Gallery, University Place, Florence, SC
​Award of Excellence, 37th Northern National Art Competition, National Juried Exhibition, Nicolet College Art Gallery, Rhinelander, WI (Juror - Debra Brehmer)
​Professional Development Grant, Francis Marion University, Florence, SC
International Collaboration Grant, Research at Wildsumaco in Ecuador, Francis Marion University, Florence, SC
Summer Research Stipend, Francis Marion University, Florence, SC
Mini Grant, Florence Regional Arts Alliance, Florence, SC

2023
Professional Development Grant, Francis Marion University, Florence, SC
Summer Research Stipend, Francis Marion University, Florence SC
Quarterly Grants Program, Grant Period:  January - March, Florence Regional Arts Alliance, Florence, SC

2022
Professional Development Grant, Francis Marion University, Florence, SC

​2020                       
Fellowship, Four Pillars Residency, Mount Gretna, PA

2016-2018
​Thrush Fund Scholarship, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC

2017
Summer Research Assistantship, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
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2014
"Honorable Mention" Colorado Plein-Air Festival, Emerging Artist, Denver Public Library, Denver, CO
 
2013
"Honorable Mention" Print, Paint and Pastel, Juried Show, South County Art Association, Kingston, RI
 
2012
"Judges Award", Nature, Juried Show, Wickford Art Association, Wickford, RI
"Highly Commended" Award, 'Art in the Open' Exhibition at Green Acres Gallery in Wexford, Ireland
Jerry Markham and Doug Swinton Plein-Air Workshop Scholarship Recipient
Charles Alexander Richmond Prize in Fine Arts, Union College, Schenectady, NY
 
2011
Watson Fellowship Finalist, Union College, Schenectady, NY
Beyond the Gates Grant, Union College, Schenectady, NY (funding for summer workshops)

CITATIONS AND REVIEWS:

2025        
“Greenville Technical College in Greer, SC, Offers an Exhibition Focused on the Landscape”, Carolina Arts, VOL 29, No. 1
January 2025

2024              
“Weather inspires art at Flagstaff exhibition” by Melissa Sevigny, KNAU News Talk - Arizona Public Radio
“Clouds creatively channel climate concepts:  A Flagstaff art gallery gets scientific” by Joan Meiners, az.central, September 2024
“Field Guide at Intersect Art Center”, HEC TV: St. Louis Home of Education, Arts and Culture, March 2024
https://hecmedia.org/posts/field-guide-at-intersect-arts-center

2021                
“Fresh Works has given us a fresh view”, Independent Tribune 

2018                
MEAS15:  Manifest Exhibition Annual Season 15, Manifest Press “PLEIN AIR:  Art Made Outdoors”, by Marlene Steele, AEQAI Online Journal

2015                
“21 Under 31:  Artists to Watch in 2015”, Southwest Art Magazine

PRESENTATIONS/LECTURES:

2023
Artist Lecture, Ephemeral, Kassab Gallery, Francis Marion University, Florence, SC

2022
Artist Lecture, Contemporary Landscape, (Two-person Exhibition), Riverviews Artspace, Lynchburg, VA (Upcoming)

2020
​Artist Lecture, Local Sequence, Hastings Gallery, Sandhills Community College, Pinehurst, NC 
Invited Speaker, In An Experience:  A Conversation About Painting and Landscape, Greensboro, NC
Four Pillars Artist Lecture, Mount Gretna School of Art, Mount Gretna, PA (online)
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2018
2018 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Weatherspoon Art Museum

​2017
Collateral Events: Catalog Attivo, Greensboro Project Space

RESIDENCIES:

2022
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

2020
​Four Pillars, Mount Gretna, PA

2018
Salem Art Works, Salem, NY 

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS:

University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
Union College, Schenectady, NY
Private Collections

JUROR:

2025                
South Carolina Palmetto Hands Fine Craft Competition and Exhibition North Charleston, SC (Upcoming)

2024                
ArtField’s Junior Lake City, SC
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2017                
Student Showcase Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

WORKSHOPS/DEMOS

Florence County Museum, Florence, SC​
2025                
After Hours: Gelli Prints, (One Evening Class)

2024                
​Acrylic Landscape Painting Workshop (Six-week Course), Introduction to Acrylic 
Painting (Six-week Course), After Hutty: Printmaking (One-day Workshop)

2023                
After Hours: Palette Knife Painting (One Evening Class), Color Theory Workshop (Two-day Workshop)
Sawtooth School for Visual Art - Instructor

Sawtooth School of the Visual Arts, Winston Salem, NC
2022   
Introduction to Oil Painting Workshop
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Mount Gretna School of Art, Mount Gretna, PA
2020
Surface Prep Workshop

UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE LEVEL TEACHING

Fall 2022 - Present
Assistant Professor of Fine Art, Painting, Francis Marion University, Florence, SC
2-D Design, Basic Drawing, Figure Drawing, Introduction to Painting, Intermediate Painting, Advanced Painting

Spring 2022     
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC - Adjunct Professor
Intermediate Drawing
 
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, NC - Adjunct Instructor
Basic Drawing and Composition, Color Theory, Painting Techniques

Fall 2021          
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC - Adjunct Professor
Foundations of Drawing (Two Sections)

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, NC - Adjunct Instructor
Anatomy and Figure Drawing, Color Theory, Seminar in Art (400 Level)

Spring 2021
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, NC - Adjunct Professor
Basic Drawing and Composition (Online), Color Theory (Online), Seminar - Art (Online)

Fall 2020
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC - Adjunct Professor 
Drawing I (Two Sections, Hybrid)

Spring 2020        
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC - Adjunct Professor   
Drawing II
                                   
Sandhills Community College, Pinehurst, NC - Adjunct Professor
Drawing I, Drawing II
 
Fall 2019              
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC - Adjunct Professor 
Foundations of Drawing (Two Sections), Drawing II
 
Spring 2019        
Sandhills Community College, Pinehurst, NC - Adjunct Professor
Drawing I
                                   
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, Salisbury, NC and Concord, NC - Adjunct Professor
Art Appreciation (Two Sections), Art History Survey II
 
Fall 2018              
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC - Adjunct Professor
Life Drawing I, Intermediate Drawing, Painting 2/3, (Tenured - Faculty Replacement)
 
2017 - 2018        
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC - Instructor on Record
Foundations of Drawing (Academic Year)
 
Fall 2017              
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC - Teaching Assistant
Abstraction in the Landscape
 
Spring 2017        
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC - Teaching Assistant
Painting I
 
Fall 2016              
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC - Teaching Assistant
Foundations of Drawing