EDUCATION:
2009 – 2007 University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, MFA 2009, Major: Painting
2006 – 2002 Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, BFA 2006, Major: Painting and Printmaking
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Present-2009 Adjunct Faculty:
Drawing 1, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Spring 2009 Teaching Assistant:
Drawing 1, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Fall 2008 Drawing 1, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
2009-2007 Art Gallery Graduate Assistant:
Contemporary Arts Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Jorgensen Art Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Student Union Art Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
2007 Visiting Artist:
Art Foundation course, Eastern State University
· Instructed class in collography
2008 Personal Tutor: Instructed student in drawing and painting
2007 Wheel and Hand building Instructor: Kids N’ Clay, Mclean, VA
EXHIBITIONS:
2010 Pawtucket Arts Collaborative, Pawtucket, RI, “4th Annual Multicultural Exhibit,” Susan Dowling, co-
creator of PBS "Art 21",and Susan Carrol, Curator for the Chazan Gallery at Wheeler, jurors
Hayloft Gallery Jacksonville Center for the Arts, Floyd, VA, “All This I Am,” Sally Bowring, juror
2009 Stamford Art Gallery, University of Connecticut, CT, “Emerge CT,” Carolyn Ginsberg, curator
Soho20 Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY “Apperceptions,” Barry Rosenberg, curator
Benton Museum of Art, The University of Connecticut, Storrs “Apperceptions,”
DakshinaChitra Gallery, The Goa College of Art, Panjim, India“Coast to Coast,” Katherine Myers, curator
2008 The Arena Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, “MFA Student Show,” Monica Bock, curator
]2007 Student Union, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, “Origins” Monica Bock, curator
2006 (selected) F.A.B Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, “Senior Show,” Sally Bowring, curator
Gallery 5: The Virginia Fire and Police Museum, Richmond, VA, “Works On Paper,” Amanda Robinson
Gallery 5: The Virginia Fire and Police Museum, Richmond, VA“Disrobed: Nude Art Exhibition,”
Amanda Robinson, curator
F.A.B Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
“View: Undergraduate Works on Paper Exhibition,” Amy Newell, curator
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS:
2006 Virginia Commonwealth Summer Study Abroad: Literary and Visual Arts in the Highlands of Peru
PAPR 324 Intermediate Drawing, ENGL 667 Workshop in Fiction
2006-2005 Honors Studio Art at Virginia Commonwealth University
2006 Catholic Campus Ministry: Alternative Spring Break, Long Beach,
Mississippi,Construction for Hurricane Katrina Relief
Anderson Ranch Brooks Fellowship Award
Painting and Printmaking Department Outstanding Senior Award
State Fair of Virginia Scholarship Award
Research Abroad, major art centers of Western Europe
2004 Peace Core Project, Middleburg, South Africa, Construction and mural painting
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
2009 The Benton Brochure, published by the William Benton Museum of Art at the University of Connecticut
2006 Daydreams and Impossibilities, Volume 2 Issue 8, published by Richmond’s Local Magazine
2005 The Catalog 27, published by the Department of Painting and Printmaking, Virginia Commonwealth
University, in conjunction with “Interaction 27”
