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EDUCATION
2017 MFA in Painting, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
2012 BA, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 solo show, Quirk Gallery, Charlottesville, VA, upcoming
2019 Presence, Eric Schindler Gallery, Richmond, VA, with formal Artist Talk
2019 Out my Window, Dwell Fine Art, The Plains, VA
2018 The Function of Light, Linda Matney Gallery, Williamsburg, VA, with catalog essay by Elizabeth Mead
2018 Resonance, Lauren Kindle Studio and Gallery, Easton, PA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 Points of View, Dwell Fine Art, The Plains, VA, upcoming
2020 Benefit Invitational 2020, Mount Gretna School of Art, Mount Gretna, PA
2019 Prelude, Lancaster Galleries, Lancaster, PA
2019 Small Wonders, Dwell Fine Art, The Plains, VA
2019 Inspired by Nature: The Collection of Cheryl Dillard, Artists Collect Series, VMFA Studio School, Richmond, VA
2019 Faculty Show 14, The Muscarelle Museum of Art, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
2019 Uneven Paving Stones, Biola University, La Miranda, CA
2019 Plein Air: Paintings and Drawings, Lancaster Galleries, Lancaster, PA
2018 Art at Kings Oaks, Kings Oaks, Newtown, PA
2018 100 Years of Women at W&M, Andrews Gallery, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
2018 The Faculty Show, Flippo Gallery, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, VA
2018 Juried Exhibition, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY (Juror: John Yau, poet, art critic, and essayist)
2018 Juried Exhibition, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY (Juror: Betty Cuningham, director of Betty Cuningham Gallery, New York, NY)
2017 A Celebration of Female Artists, Linda Matney Gallery, Williamsburg, VA
2017 National Juried Exhibition 2017, Oxford Art Alliance, Oxford, PA (Juror: Tom Padon, Director of the Brandywine River Museum of Art, Chads Ford, PA), received First Place Juror’s Prize
2017 MASTER PIECES, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2017 MFA Thesis Show, The Museum of Art, The University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
2016 National Juried Exhibition 2016, Oxford Art Alliance, Oxford, PA (Juror: Jennifer Samet, Co-director of Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, New York, NY)
2016 MFA National Competition, First Street Gallery , New York, NY (Juror: Lance Esplund, Art Critic at the Wall Street Journal, New York, NY)
2015 Fresh 2015, Association for the Visual Arts, Chattanooga, TN
2015 Emerging Artists 2015, The Drawing Room Gallery, Cos Cob, CT
2014 Untitled I, Linda Matney Gallery, Williamsburg,VA
2014 MSGoA Summer Exhibition, Mount Gretna School of Art, Mount Gretna, PA
2012 Senior Art Exhibition, AndrewsGallery, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg,VA
EXHIBITION AS JUROR
2020 All Media Feb Mar 2020, Art Works, Richmond VA
2018 5th Annual South-Atlantic Juried Exhibition, The Montpelier Center for the Arts, Montpelier, VA
RESIDENCIES
2020 Visiting Critic and Four Pillars Resident, Mount Gretna School of Art, Mount Gretna, PA, with formal Artist Talk
2017 The Jerusalem Studio School, Masterclass with painter Susan Jane Walp, Civita Castellana, Italy
2016 The International Center for the Arts,Residencywithpainter MarthaArmstrong, Monte Castello di Vibio, Italy
2015 Mount Gretna School of Art, Intensive Program with Brian Rego, Catherine Drabkin, Stephanie Pierce, and Mark Lewis, Mount Gretna, PA
PUBLIC WORKS
2015 Tucker Hall Mural (4’x33’), The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
2010 Casa Havilah Mural (4’x12’), Casa Havilah Girl’s Rescue Home, Managua, Nicaragua
GALLERY AFFILIATIONS AND COLLECTIONS
Somerville Manning Gallery, Wilmington, DE
Lancaster Galleries, Lancaster, PA
Eric Schindler Gallery, Richmond, VA
Dwell Fine Art, The Plains, VA
President’s Collection, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2017-19, 2020-current Gallery Director and Curator, Flippo Gallery, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, VA
2019-20 Visiting Assistant Professor, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
2018-19 Adjunct Instructor, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
2018, 2020 Adjunct Instructor, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, VA
2017 Instructor of Record, The University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
2016 Graduate Assistant, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH