Born March 5, 1986, Metairie, Louisiana

EDUCATION
MFA      University of South Florida, Studio Art, 2011
BFA      Virginia Commonwealth University (magna cum laude), Sculpture, 2008

EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS
2013
(UPCOMING) SP Weather Station Reports 2011, SP Weather Station, Long Island City, NY
2012
(UPCOMING) Untitled, School 33, Baltimore, MD, Juror: Michelle Wilkinson, Director of Collections and Exhibitions, Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture, Baltimore, MD
(UPCOMING) Back to the Future, Texas A&M International University, Laredo, TX
(UPCOMING) Contain It!, Dunedin Fine Arts Center, Dunedin, FL, invitational
The Millennials, Morlan Gallery, Lexington, KY (catalog)
2011
Introductions, Brooklyn Artists Gym, Brooklyn, NY
Creative Dishonesty: Cheat Codes, Center for Advanced Hindsight, Durham, NC (catalog)
Specific Environments: Landscape as Metaphor, The Fort Collins Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO, Juror: Leanne Goebel, art critic (catalog)
Acquiesce, then Silent, PUNCH Gallery, Seattle, WA, Juror: Stefano Catalani, Director of Curatorial Affairs, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA, Juror’s Choice Award
Tomorrow Stars, Verge Art Fair, Miami, FL
Cerebral Departure: Investigations in Contemporary Issues, SpaceCamp MicroGallery, Indianapolis, IN
InLight Richmond, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA, Juror: Matthew Lyons, Curator, The Kitchen, New York, NY, Best in Green
Psychedelic Sublime, Harris House Gallery, Atlantic Center For The Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
Starting Fires, USF Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL (catalog)
2010
Shift, Tempus Projects, Tampa, FL
Day One, William and Nancy Oliver Gallery, Tampa, FL
Showtel 8, Hotel Biba, West Palm Beach, FL, Curator: Kara Walker-Tome, ArtSite Projects
2009
Hyperventilate*, Centre Gallery, Tampa, FL
StrawberryGrape*, William and Nancy Oliver Gallery, Tampa, FL
usfMFAO, Centre Gallery, Tampa, FL
Small Works 2009, 1212 Gallery, Richmond, VA, Juror: Andrea Pollan, Director, The Curator’s Office, Washington, DC
2008
Poseurs, William and Nancy Oliver Gallery, Tampa, FL
Senior Summit, Virginia Commonwealth University Fine Arts Building, Richmond, VA
2007
Blame Cartwright, Back Alley Gallery, Richmond, VA
Bayou Gods*, Virginia Commonwealth University Student Art Space, Richmond, VA
Virginia Artists 2007, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA, Juror: Gina Collins, Coordinator of Statewide Exhibitions, The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Radius 250, Artspace @ Plant Zero, Richmond, VA Juror: Ragan Cole-Cunningham, Director of Exhibitions, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia
2004
Juried Photography Exhibition, Lynchburg Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg, VA, Juror: Jean Brown, Lexington Art Gallery
2003
Lynchburg Juried Photography Exhibit, Lynchburg Fine Arts Center, Lynchburg, VA, Juror: Corinne Diop, Professor of Art, James Madison University

AWARDS
2011
Juror’s Choice Award, Acquiesce, then Silent, PUNCH Gallery
Best in Green, Inlight Richmond, 1708 Gallery
2008
Recruitment Fellowship, University of South Florida
Faculty Achievement Award, Virginia Commonwealth University Sculpture Faculty Award
2006
Dangerous Artist Award, Virginia Commonwealth University Sculpture Faculty Award
2004
Jill Gardner Memorial Art Scholarship

BIBLIOGRAPHY
(UPCOMING) The Millenials, (Lexington: Morlan Art Gallery, 2012).
Leanne Goebel, Specific Environments: Landscape as Metaphor, (Fort Collins: The Fort Collins Lincoln Center, 2011).
Dan Ariely, Creative Dishonesty: Cheat Codes, (Durham: The Center For Advanced Hindsight, 2011).
Blue Greenberg, “’Creative Dishonesty’ thought-provoking exhibit,” The Herald-Sun, December 15, 2011.
Jeffrey Aldritch, ed. Art Takes Miami, (New York: Artists Wanted, 2011).
Cliff Bellamy, “Plagiarism in art? You decide,” The Herald-Sun, December 1, 2011.
Victoria Casal-Data, “Graduate students fuel artistic ‘Fires’,” The Oracle, April 6, 2011.
Marysia Lopez, “MFA graduates’ Starting Fires heats up USF’s Contemporary Art Museum,” Creative Loafing, April 5, 2011.
Starting Fires, (Tampa: USF Contemporary Art Museum, 2011).
Maxine Schreiber, “Showtel 8 evokes memories of Yayoi Kasama,” West Palm Beach Fine Arts Examiner, April 16, 2010.
Barbara Ann Levy, “Showtel 2010,” WPB/NYC and Anything Else, April 11, 2010.
Taylor Jones, “Showtel at Hotel Biba,” The Palm Beach Post, April 8, 2010.
Issa Luckett, “Sensory Overload,” The Oracle, November 10, 2009.
Franki Weddington, “Do It Today,” Creative Loafing, November 9, 2009.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2010-2011
Instructor of Record, University of South Florida, Beginning Sculpture Fall 2010 and Spring 2011
2008-2011
Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of South Florida, Intermediate/Advanced Sculpture Fall 2008, Intermediate Sculpture Spring 2009, 3D Multiples Fall 2009, Beginning Sculpture Fall 2009, Intermediate Sculpture Spring 2010, Intro to Art Fall 2010 and Spring 2011
2007
Art Camp Instructor, Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg, VA
Office Assistant, Virginia Commonwealth University Sculpture Department, Richmond, VA
2006-2007
Computer Lab Assistant, Virginia Commonwealth University Sculpture Department, Richmond, VA
2004
Art Camp Assistant, Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg, VA
2002-2003
Costume Shop Assistant, Lynchburg Fine Arts Center, Lynchburg, VA
2001-2003
Art Camp Assistant, Lynchburg Fine Arts Center, Lynchburg, VA

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2008-2009
Secretary of the University of South Florida’s Master of Fine Arts Organization
2009
Graduate representative for the University of South Florida’s College of The Arts Council