Education
2021 Master of Fine Arts
University of Wisconsin-Madison
4.0 GPA
2016 Bachelor of Fine Arts – Drawing
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
3.950 GPA, Dean’s List, Summa Cum Laude Honors
2011 Associate of Arts and Science
University of Wisconsin-Rock County
3.784 GPA, Dean’s List
Awards and Honors
2018 Lois G. Roberts Scholarship – $3000
University of Wisconsin-Madison
James B. And Susan Solie Patterson Art Graduate Student Fellowship – $3000
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Finalist – Luminarts Visual Arts Fellowship Competition
The Union League Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2016 1st Prize – Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition
Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
People’s Choice Award – SEA Juried Art Competition
Hilton Hotel, Lilse, IL
Honorable Mention – Upon a Pedestal
Cultural Arts Center, Whitewater, WI
Finalist – Luminarts Visual Arts Fellowship Competition
The Union League Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Going Solo Juror’s Choice Award – Putting It Together
Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO
First Place – The Structure
Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL
Award of Excellence – In, On, Of Paper
Paper Circle, Nelsonville, OH
2015 2nd Prize – Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition
Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
2014 Best of Show – Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition
Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Purchase Award – Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition
Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Edwin C. Meltzer Scholarship, $6000
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Exhibitions
*Denotes a solo show
2021 *Blood, Sweat, and Oil
Art Lofts Gallery
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Fragility
Gallery II
Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, WI
2020 *Weakest Link
Backspace Gallery
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Ossuaries
Frederick Layton Gallery
Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
2019 What Now?
Art Lofts Gallery
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
It’s Time for Dinner
Art Lofts Gallery
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
On the Level
Gallery 7
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
2018 *Evidence of a Life Lived
Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO
Fall Graduate Painting Exhibition
Art Lofts Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Luminarts Visual Arts Exhibition
The Union League Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2017 China – US: Drawing | Teaching, Invitational Group Exhibition
Jing Shi Gallery, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
*Recent Developments
Theodore Robinson Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Rock County, Janesville, WI
2016 Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition
Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI
Juror – Derrick Buisch, Teacher, Artist
BFA Exhibition
Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI
SEA (Self Employment in the Arts) Juried Art Competition
Hilton Hotel, Lisle, IL
Juror – Amanda Voltz, Teacher, Artist
Upon a Pedestal
Cultural Arts Center, Whitewater, WI
Juror – Mutope Johnson, Teacher, Artist
43rd Annual Juried Show
Union Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Juried – Nirmal Raja, Eddee Daniel, Keith Nelson
Luminarts Visual Arts Exhibition
The Union League Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Juror – Michelle Grabner, Curator
Drawing from Observation, Invitational Group Exhibition
Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI
4th Fridays
Starline Gallery, Harvard, IL
Juried – Starline Gallery
Portrait Exhibition
JBA Gallery, Chicago, IL
Juror – Jen Bean, Owner
The Structure
Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL
Juried – Mike Bonhart, Carol Joy Brejcha
Putting It Together
Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO
Juror – Kevin Hughes, Artist, Teacher
Real People
Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock, IL
Juried – Bill Moran, Yvonne Beckway, Gregory Gantner
New Fibers 2016
University Gallery, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
Juror – Jennifer Angus, Artist, Teacher
In, On, Of Paper
Paper Circle, Nelsonville, OH
Juried – Tom Balbo, Robert J. Lang
13th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition
Freeport Art Museum, Freeport, IL
Juror – Sergio Gomez, Artist, Curator
2015 Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition
Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI
Juror – Nina Bednarski, Curator, Artist
Best of the Best Exhibit, Invitational Group Exhibition
Roberta’s Gallery, University Center
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI
2014 UWW Student Art Association Exhibition
Cultural Arts Center, Whitewater, WI
Juried – Student Art Association
Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition
Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI
Juror – Sara Krajewski, INOVA, UW-Milwaukee
Best of the Best Exhibit, Invitational Group Exhibition
Roberta’s Gallery, University Center
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI
2012 Grand Opening Show
Bright Red Studios, Madison, WI
Juror – Evan Bradbury, Artist
Art Fair Off the Square
Madison, WI
Juried – Wisconsin Alliance of Artists & Craftspeople
2011 Rock River Review Grand Opening
Hyatt Smith Hall, University of Wisconsin-Rock County, Janesville, WI
Public Collections
2014 Chancellor’s Office
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater