b. Lincoln, Nebraska
Lives and works in Lincoln, NE
EDUCATION
2022 MFA University at Albany, Albany, NY
2019 BFA University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 (Upcoming) Project Project (two person exhibition), Omaha, NE
Cast in Light (solo exhibition), The 11th Street Storefront, Lincoln NE
LUXe 2024 Annual Auction, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
TROVE, Deanna Evans Project, Online
2023 Gifted, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
Benefit Art Auction, Bemis Center, Omaha, NE
I See Myself in You (solo exhibition), Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
2022 Gifted, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
Multiview, Wake Gallery (two person exhibition), Lincoln, NE
Memory and Lovers, Clement Art Gallery, Troy, NY
Out of Reach, The Crossings of Colonie, Albany, NY
Thesis Exhibition, University Art Museum, University at Albany, Albany, NY
Juried Exhibition, Saratoga Arts, Saratoga Springs, NY
2021 Spotlight Showcase, Arch Enemy Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Collective 131, Saratoga Springs, NY
2020 Best of SUNY, H. Carl McCall SUNY Building, Albany, NY
RAW, MFA Online Exhibition, University of Montana
NOW, Kiechel Fine Art, Lincoln NE, curated by Aaron Holz
2019 Familiar Faces Domestic Spaces, Turbine Flats, Lincoln NE, self-curated with
Allison Diesing
Virginia Creeper, Tugboat Gallery, Lincoln NE, curated by Peggy Gomez
Portraits of Another, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln NE, self-curated with Allison Diesing
Vreeland and Howard Award Exhibition, Richards Hall, Lincoln NE
Capstone, Eisentrager-Howard Gallery, Lincoln NE
Arts Advocacy Day, Lied Center for the Arts, Lincoln NE
Undergraduate Juried Art Exhibition, Eisentrager-Howard Gallery, Lincoln NE, juried by Charley Friedman and Nancy Friedemann
2018 Salon des Refusés, C Street House, Lincoln NE
RAW:Omaha, Sokol Auditorium, Omaha NE
Home & Closet, Lincoln NE
Home (solo exhibition) Lower Gallery, Lincoln NE
Undergraduate Juried Art Exhibition, Eisentrager-Howard Gallery, Lincoln NE, juried by Robert Mahoney
Print Work, Constellation Studios, Lincoln NE
2017 Billion Dollar Babies, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln NE
Nebraska National, Eisentrager-Howard Gallery, Lincoln NE
2016 The Hope Venture, Chez Hay, Lincoln NE
Owning It: Engendering Consciousness Love Library, Lincoln NE
2015 Currents, Prescott Gallery, Lincoln NE
AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS
2022 Distinguished MFA Thesis Award
2022-2020 GTW College Arts Sciences Scholarship, University at Albany, NY
2019 Wendy Jane Bantam Exhibition Award
Faulkner Painting Award
2018 Violet Reich Scholarship, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2016-2017 Dr Patricia Murphy English Scholarship, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2014-2019 Kimmel and Hixen-Lied Art Scholarship, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2014 Congressional Art Award
PRESS
“WTP VOL. X #6” The Woven Tale Press, September 6, 2022
“Summer 2022” Barzakh Magazine, Summer 2022
“Vol. 10 No. 2” Gandy Dancer, SUNY’s Online Literary Magazine, Spring 2022
Nash, Indiana, “On Exhibit: Artists focus on memory at Saratoga Arts” The Daily Gazette, April 13, 2022
“Spring 2022” UAlbany Magazine, March 2022
“MFA Annual Issue #153,” New American Paintings Magazine, January 2022
“Spring 2021,” Barzakh Magazine, June 15, 2021
“Summer 2021,” So to Speak Journal, September 13, 2021
Kopplin, Emma, “Inside the Studio: Capturing the Detail,” The Daily Nebraskan, February 28, 2019
“Fall Issue,” Laurus, University of Nebraska-Lincoln English Literary Journal, Fall 2015
RESIDENCIES
2023-2022 The Lux Center for the Arts
EDUCATIONAL EMPLOYMENT
Summer 2022- Present Art Instructor of Drawing, Painting, Embroidery, Lux Center for the Arts
Summer 2022- Present On Call Gallery Technician, Sheldon Museum of Art
Summer 2022-Present Gallery Technician, Lux Center for the Arts
Fall 2021-Summer 2022 Instructor of Record, Beginning Drawing University at Albany, State University of New York
Fall 2020-Spring 2021 Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Film Studies University at Albany, State University of New York
ARTIST ASSISTANTSHIPS
2022 Judith Braun
LECTURES
2022 Saratoga Arts, Saratoga Springs, NY
2021 University at Albany, Albany, NY
2019 Turbine Flats, Lincoln, NE