Education

Nicholls State University, Thibodaux LA August 2007- December  2011

• Bachelor of Fine Art/  Concentration in studio art, ceramic sculpture

Georgia State University, Atlanta GA          August 2019- May 2022

• Master of Fine Art/  Concentration in Ceramic Sculpture 

Experience

• Visiting Artist September 2022

  Nicholls State University, Thibodaux LA

  * I gave an artist talk and demo’d various mold making techniques including hand sculpting with clay.

• Instructor of Record Feb. 2020 - May 2022

  • Georgia State University, Atlanta GA

    • I taught Handbuilding, wheel throwing and Moldmaking courses.

• Mold Maker May 2021- August 2021

  • Cherrylion Studios. Atlanta, GA

    • I made molds of large scale sculptures commissioned for public art.

• Graduate Lab Assistant Aug. 2019 - Aug. 2020

  • Georgia State University. Atlanta, GA

    • I maintained the ceramic studios on campus, doing various tasks like: fixing kilns, ordering materials and repairing various equipment when needed. 

• Production Potter January 2016 – July 2016 

  • Doc 6 Pottery. Minneapolis, MN

    • I wheel threw multiples of set designs, fired kilns and packaged work to be shipped. 

• Art Teacher   August - December 2015

  • Creatively Wild. Brooklyn, NY

    • Using various techniques in multiple mediums, I taught children ranging from 3- 14 years of age. 

• Studio Assistantship June - July 2013

  • Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. Gatlinburg, TN

    • I ran all the art studios on campus while accomplishing various logistical tasks as required. I’ve worked very closely with presenting artists, expanding my creative and technical skills.

• Work study September – October 2012

  • Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. Gatlinburg, TN 

• Art Teacher   June 2011 - June 2012

  • Public Library. Lafourche Parish, LA

    • Using my own curriculum, I taught groups of teens how to hand build with clay. 

• Private Art Instruction   June 2007 - August 2009

  • Self-Employed. Lockport, LA

    • I used my own curriculum, teaching private drawing lessons to children

Awards

2021/2020:Received the Dean Dyer Award

Received Supplemental Funding Grant from Georgia State University

2019: Received Graduate Assistantship, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

           Received Supplemental Funding Grant from Georgia State University 

2018: Received a Scholarship to attend Figurative Association Symposium 2018, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts 

2017: Received the Artist Initiative Grant, Minnesota Arts Board

Exhibitions

2022: Phantasma- invitational group exhibition- Art Conscious- New Orleans, LA

Unseen- Invitational solo exhibition- Nicholls State Univerity- Thibodaux, LA

Unseen- solo exhibition- The Front- New Orleans, LA

Bodies- juried virtual exhibition- ikouii organization

Belonging- juried virtual exhibition- Chronically Online Gallery

Unseen- Georgia State University Graduate Thesis solo exhibition- Atlanta, GA

Collective Flux- invitational exhibition of Tulane and GSU graduate students- Atlanta, GA

The Kitchen Sink- invitational exhibition- ArtsXchange Gallery- Atlanta, GA

2021: Home Body- juried exhibition- Columbus State University, Columbus GA

Art Girl Rising- juried publication- All She Makes International Art and Culture Magazine

Discarded- juried virtual exhibition- Ikouii organization

Indistinct Chatter- SLIPS exhibition- Downtown, Atlanta GA

2020: Student Show- Juried exhibition- Georgia State University, Atlanta GA

2019: We Want As Much - juried exhibition - Politits Art Coalition, Rochester NY

More Upstairs- invitational exhibition - Temporary Arts Center, Atlanta GA

Liminal- invitational exhibition - Jackson Flats Gallery Space, Mpls MN

2018: Purge, figurative reliquary series - solo exhibition - Modus Locus, Mpls MN

2015: Bird and the Bees  - invitational exhibition - MAD gallery, NYC

Beltane in Wonderland - invitational exhibition – Wonderland Exhibition Space, New Orleans 

On the Other Side of the Tracks - invitational exhibition - New Orleans Art Center

2014: The Birds Nest Honors Local Artists - invitational exhibition – The Bird’s Nest, New Orleans 

Speakeasy Nights - invitational exhibition - The Bakery Gallery, New Orleans 

2013: The Attic Collective - Group Exhibition, New Orleans 

2012: Vitality Voom - invitational exhibition – Seion Gallery, Houma LA

Art Versus - invitational exhibition - the Boxer and the Barrel, Houma LA

2011:  Student Exhibition – Juried – Nicholls State University

NCECA -  national student juried exhibition, Tampa FL

Artifice - Nicholls State University Senior Solo Exhibition, Thibodaux LA

  Woodfired - Wood firing collective exhibition – Loyola University

  Student Exhibition – Juried - Northeastern University 

Student Exhibition – Juried – Nicholls State University  

2010: Student Exhibition – Juried – Nicholls State University

Published in Mosaic Magazine 

Secrets, Kappa Pi juried exhibition – Nicholls State University