Four Pillars Artist Residency

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EDUCATION:

202 MFA Visual Arts, American University, Washington, DC

2019 BFA Painting & BA Psychology, Boston University, Boston, MA

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

2025 Two-Person Exhibition, Hidden Journeys into Nature, Adah Rose Gallery, Rockville, MD

GRIT
XoXo Gallery, Baltimore, VA

2024 XOXO Faculty Show
Washington Studio School Gallery, Washington, DC

Mount Gretna School of Art: Four Pillars Exhibition
MarketView Arts, York, PA

Transcendence: Exhibition and Benefit Auction
Transformer at American University’s Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC

Mid-Atlantic New Painting Biennial
University of Mary Washington Galleries, Fredericksburg, VA

Small Talk
STABLE Arts, Washington, DC

Best in Class
MOCA Arlington, Arlington, VA

In the Company of Trees
The Mansion at Strathmore, Rockville, MD

From Wood to Paper and Back Again
Adah Rose Gallery, Kensington, MD

h.a.g.s.
Liminal Space Gallery, Fillmore Studios, Washington, DC

Surface Tension: The Visible and the Hidden (MFA Thesis Exhibition)
American University Museum, Washington, DC

Bloom
The Yard Eastern Market, Washington, DC

Holding Space, Holding Hands
Katzen Rotunda at American University, Washington, DC

Emergence
Studio Gallery, Washington, DC

2023 The Invincible Visible: Exhibition and Benefit Auction
Transformer at American University’s Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC

Return to Intrigue
Katzen Rotunda at American University, Washington, DC

Solo Exhibition, Tenderness Doesn’t Grow on Trees
Art Studio Gallery, Goodwin Living, Alexandria, VA

Bethesda Painting Awards
Gallery B, Bethesda, MD 

Converging Lines
Small House Gallery, Goodwin Living, Alexandria, VA

Level Up
Brentwood Arts Exchange, Brentwood, MD 

Where Do We Go From Here
Katzen Rotunda at American University, Washington, DC

2021 Hidden World
Del Ray Artisans Gallery, Alexandria, VA

Artists at Work
Small House Gallery, Goodwin Living, Alexandria, VA

2019 Founded
Muskat Studios Gallery, Somerville, MA

Spectacle: BFA Thesis Exhibition
Laconia Gallery, Boston, MA (catalog)

Two Person Exhibition, In Flux, with Maddie Durso
Gallery 5, Boston, University College of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

2018 10th Boston Printmaker Student Print Exhibition
VanDernoot Gallery, Leslie University College of Arts and Design, Cambridge, MA

2017 OPEN/CLOSED, Gallery 5
Boston University College of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

AWARDS & GRANTS:

2025 Janet & Walter Sondheim Art Prize semifinalist

2024 JoAnne Crisp Ellert Graduate Purchase Prize – American University Museum Watkins Collection

American University CAS Graduate Student Research Award

2023 Young Artist Award, Bethesda Painting Awards

Carol Bird Ravenal Art Award, funding for workshop at Anderson Ranch Arts Center

Van Swearingen Scholarship recipient

American University CAS Graduate Student Research Award

2022 Ruth Meixner-Bird Scholarship recipient

American University CAS Graduate Student Research Award

2015-19 Boston University Presidential Scholar

RESIDENCIES:

2024 Four Pillars Artist in Residence, Mount Gretna School of Art, PA

ARTIST TALKS:

2024 ACO Presents: Interview with Landscape Painter Lindsay Mueller
Art Clinic Online, September 7

Four Pillars Artists Panel Discussion, Paulina Swietliczko & Lindsay Mueller
Mount Gretna School of Art, Mt Gretna, PA, August 5

Panel Discussion
American University Museum Surface Tension Exhibition, Washington, DC, May 19

2023 Gallery Talk, National Gallery of Art “Homegrown” Event, Washington, DC, May 11

PUBLICATIONS:

2024 I Like Your Work 2024 MFA Catalogue

2019 BFA Thesis Show Catalogue, Boston University, Boston, MA

PRESS:

Mark Jenkins, “Beyond Borders,” Nov 4, 2024, https://discerningeye.substack.com/p/beyond-borders 

Marcus Civin, “On the Threshold — SURFACE TENSION: Six American University MFA Art Graduates,” March 2024, https://www.american.edu/cas/studio/mfa/civin-threshold.cfm 

Mark Jenkins, “In the galleries: Ceramic works captivate in an octopus's garden,” Washington Post, June 23, 2023, https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2023/06/23/art-gallery-shows-dc-area/  

Editorial Team, “Brentwood Arts Exchange Presents Level Up: A Juried Exhibition for Graduate Students,” East City Art, May 9, 2023, https://www.eastcityart.com/openings-and-events/level-2/