b. 1985 Michigan
EDUCATION
2024 Colorado State University
Master of Fine Art Candidate - Sculpture concentration, expected graduation December 2024
2019 Eastern Illinois University, 2019
Master of Arts - Studio Art, Sculpture concentration
2018 Michigan State University
Bachelor in Fine Art, with Honors - Sculpture Concentration, Art History Minor
2016 Delta College
Associate in Fine Art - Art and Design
Associate in Business Studies - Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship
Associate in Arts
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023 MFA Thesis Exhibition 2023 (three-person group), The Griffin Foundation Gallery, Gregory Allicar Museum of Art, Fort Collins, CO
MFA Thesis Exhibition 2023 Pop Up (three-person group), Foothills Mall, Fort Collins, CO
2022 Unite (group), Curfman Gallery, Fort Collins, CO
In Absence (solo), Glass Box Gallery, Fort Collins, CO
Latticed Identity (solo), Glass Box Gallery, Fort Collins, CO
2021 Nuclear Dissonance (solo), Glass Box Gallery, Fort Collins, CO
Passages (group), Hatton Gallery, Fort Collins, CO
Process | Progress (solo), M103, Fort Collins, CO
Tracings (solo), Glass Box Gallery, Fort Collins, CO
Embodiment (solo), J101, Fort Collins, CO
2020 Proximity (group), Directions Gallery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Records of Routine (solo), M103, Fort Collins, CO
Who You (solo), Glass Box Gallery, Fort Collins, CO
2019 Sculpture MFA Exhibition (group), Glass Box Gallery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Open House (group), Glass Box Gallery and M103, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
2019 Graduate Art Exhibition (group), Tarble Arts Center, Charleston, IL
2018 #isday (group), Kresge Art Center Annex, East Lansing, MI
DIS/PLACE (group), Kresge Art Center, East Lansing, MI
MSU Undergraduate Exhibition (juried: Dick Goody), (SCENE) Metrospace, East Lansing, MI
SemiTransparent (solo), Kresge Gallery 114, East Lansing, MI
Public Art: Understanding and Practice (group), Kresge Gallery 101, East Lansing, MI
2017 Social Justice Arts Festival (juried), Lookout Gallery, East Lansing, MI
MSU Graphic Design Student Show (juried: Mehrdad Sedaghat), Radin Art Gallery, Mashad, Iran
International Sculpture Day Exhibition (group), Kresge Art Center Annex, East Lansing, MI
MSU Undergraduate Exhibition (juried: Toni Pepe), (SCENE) Metrospace, East Lansing, MI
Ceramics Department Exhibition (group), Kresge Gallery 101, East Lansing, MI
2016 Electronic Art Exhibition (group), Kresge Art Center, East Lansing, MI
Delta College Annual Student Exhibition (juried), Galleria, University Center, MI
2009 Delta College Annual Student Exhibition (juried), Galleria, University Center, MI
PUBLIC WORKS
2020 CRUSH Walls Mural, Future CSU Spur Campus site, Denver, CO
2017 A Colorful Melange: We Belong Here, Grove Alley Mural Project, East Lansing, MI
2016 Rising Up, Delta College Sculpture Walk, University Center, MI
AWARDS
2022 Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Colorado State University
2021 Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Colorado State University
Colorado Graduate Grant, Colorado State University
2020 Distinction in Creativity Award, First Place Graduate Student Showcase, Colorado State University
Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Colorado State University
Colorado Graduate Grant, Colorado State University
2019 Art & Art History Department Graduate Recruitment Fellowship, Colorado State University
Dean’s List, Eastern Illinois University
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Eastern Illinois University
2018 Dean’s List, Eastern Illinois University
Irene Couchman Buzzard Award, Eastern Illinois University
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Eastern Illinois University
Dean’s List, Michigan State University
Honorable Mention Sculpture, MSU Undergraduate Exhibition
2017 Ralph Calder Scholarship Award, Michigan State University
Dean’s List, Michigan State University
2016 Dean’s List, Michigan State University
Delta College Sculpture Walk Award, Delta College
Vice President’s List, Delta College
2015 President’s List, Delta College
Vice President’s List, Delta College
2009 Vice President’s List, Delta College
Dean’s List, Delta College
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2024 Fabrication Lab Technician, Nancy Richardson Design Center, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
Instructor of Record, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO: Introduction to DesignThinking
Juror, UNC Foundations Show, Mariani Gallery, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
2023 Fabrication Lab Technician, Nancy Richardson Design Center, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Gallery Talk, MFA Speaks, Gregory Allicar Museum, Fort Collins, CO
Graduate Assistant, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
2022 Fabrication Lab Technician, Nancy Richardson Design Center, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Teaching Assistant, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO: Introduction to DesignThinking
Graduate Assistant, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO: Sculpture
2021 Fabrication Lab Technician, Nancy Richardson Design Center, Colorado State University,Fort Collins, CO
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Instructor of Record, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO: Materials and Space (3D Foundations)
Teaching Assistant, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO: Foundations of Woodworking
2020 Graduate Student Showcase, Colorado State University (virtual), Fort Collins, CO
Panelist, Art and Education (virtual), Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Fabrication Labs Technician, Nancy Richardson Design Center, Fort Collins, CO
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Instructor of Record, Materials and Space (3D Foundations), Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
2019 Fabrication Labs Technician, Nancy Richardson Design Center, Fort Collins, CO
Artist Talk, Tarble Arts Center, Charleston, IL
Graduate Research Showcase, Doudna Fine Arts Center, Charleston, IL
Lecture, Expanding Fields: Conceptual Art, Eastern Illinois University. Charleston, IL
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Instructor of Record, Introduction to Art (for non-art majors), Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
2018 Lecture, Conceptual Art, Eastern Illinois University. Charleston, IL
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Instructor of Record, Introduction to Art (for non-art majors), Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
Gallery Assistant, (SCENE)Metrospace and MSU Union Gallery, East Lansing, MI
NCECA, member since 2015
2017 Photo Credit, Quantum Entanglement - Robert B. Park exhibition catalog, (SCENE)Metrospace, East Lansing, MI
Gallery Assistant, (SCENE)Metrospace and MSU Union Gallery, East Lansing, MI
2016 Gallery Assistant, (SCENE)Metrospace, East Lansing, MI
Portraiture Credit, Natasha, Trinity Film and Music Festival Best Student Film, Detroit, MI
Phi Theta Kappa, member, Delta College
PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS
2023 Bernard, Mary Grace. ”MFA Thesis Exhibition 2023” (print and web). DARIA Art Magazine.
Boyson, Madeline. ”Graduating Master of Fine Arts Students Showcase Work in Museum Exhibition Local Pop Up.” Colorado State University College News.
2020 Dodge, Jeff. “Art students complete mural at CSU Spur campus during CRUSH Walls event.” Colorado State University Source.
Dodge, Jeff. “CSU art students to paint mural at Spur campus during CRUSH Walls event Sept. 14-20.” Colorado State University Source.
2018 DIS/PLACE. Dis/place group exhibition catalog (print and web). Michigan State University.
2017 Popiolek, Kimberly. “MSU Class Creates Mural for Downtown East Lansing.” MSU Today.
Duke, Benjamin. “Public Art: Understanding and Practice.” Video.
2016 “New Sculpture Walk Artwork.” Delta College News.
“Behind the Scenes of Student Film ‘Natasha’.” Delta Collegiate.