biography
born 1983 outside Philadelphia, PA, USA – lives and works in Hunterdon County, NJ, USA
education
2005 - BFA in Illustration, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY, USA
2001 - University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2000 - Summer Session in Textile Design, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, USA
1999 - Parsons School of Design, New York, NY, USA
exhibition history
2023 - The Procreate Project Archive, Procreate Project, Site-Specific Installation and Virtual Show, England
2023 - New Jersey Arts Annual Exhibition - Mother Nature vs Human Nature: The Inequity of Climate Resilience, juried exhibition, Noyes Museum, Hammonton, NJ, USA
2023 - Princeton Sketchbook Club, Art Council of Princeton, Princeton, NJ, USA
2022 - Cat Art, juried exhibition, Art Fair 14C, Jersey City, NJ, USA
2022 - Call and Response: Collaboration at a Distance Round 15, Special Edition: The Body, Shoebox Arts (Virtual Show), Los Angeles, CA, USA
2021 - Hunterdon County Library Annual Gingerbread Competition, Flemington, NJ, USA
2021 - The State of the Arts, Studio Montclair Gallery, Montclair, NJ, USA
2021 - Call and Response: Collaboration at a Distance Round 12, Shoebox Arts (Virtual Show), Los Angeles, CA, USA
2021 - Citizen’s Eye, The Schuylkill Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2021 - Postcards from the Edge, Visual AIDS (Virtual Show), New York, NY, USA
2020 - Greetings from Montclair!, Studio Montclair, Montclair, NJ, USA
2020 - 10x10 Show, Artworks, Trenton, NJ, USA
2020 - Inspired by Dance, juried exhibition, Studio Montclair Gallery, Montclair, NJ, USA
2020 - Art All Night, Artworks Trenton & Art All Night (Virtual Show), Trenton, NJ, USA
2020 - Love Your Mother Earth, Stockton, NJ, USA
2019 - Hunterdon County Library Outdoor Show, Flemington, NJ, USA
2018 - Hunterdon County Library Annual Gingerbread Competition, Flemington, NJ, USA
2015 - 10x10 Show, Artworks, Trenton, NJ, USA
2015 - You’ve Got Mail!, Ground Floor Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2015 - Upcycle, juried exhibition, Artworks, Trenton, NJ, USA
2014 - Art Takes Times Square, W Hotel Times Square Billboard, New York, NY, USA
2013 - The Story of the Creative, See.Me Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2013 - Creatives Raising, See.Me Gallery, Long Island City, NY, USA
2012 - Exquisite Corpse, Newark Arts Council, Newark, NJ, USA
2011 - Mail Art, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC, Canada
2011 - Exquisite Corpse, Mana Contemporary Annex, Jersey City, NJ, USA
2010 - 5th Annual Artist Trading Card, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC, Canada
2010 - 30th Annual Gingerbread Competition, Peddler’s Village, Lahaska, PA, USA
2005 - Illustration (BFA) Thesis Show, Aronson Galleries, New York, NY, USA
2004 - 24th Annual Gingerbread Competition, Peddler’s Village, Lahaska, PA, USA
residency & grants
2020 - 2022 Artist in Residency in Motherhood
2021 - Puffin Foundation Grant for Plastic Pearl Project
associations
Founding Member of Art Mamas Alliance
Member of the New Jersey Forestry Association
awards and honors
2021 - People’s Choice Award, Hunterdon County Library Annual Gingerbread Competition, Flemington, NJ, USA
2019 - Honorable Mention, Hunterdon County Library Outdoor Art Show, Flemington, NJ, USA
2018 - 2nd Place in Story Land category, Hunterdon County Library Annual Gingerbread Competition, Flemington, NJ, USA
2010 - 1st Place in 3-D category, 30th Annual Gingerbread Competition, Lahaska, PA, USA
2004 - Honorable Mention in 3-D category, 24th Annual Gingerbread Competition. Lahaska, PA, USA
publications
Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 34, July 2016, p.122
related experience
2014 - Show Assistant, Jeffrey Apoian, FLOAT, Melina Mercouri Gallery, Hydra, Greece
professional experience
2016 - 2021 - Freelance Writers Assistant, Sandy Hanna, author of The Ignorance of Bliss: American Kid in Saigon, Lambertville, NJ, USA
2013 - 2016 - Freelance Art Director, Three Summers Creative, Annadale, NJ, USA
2006 - 2013 - Graphic Designer, USA Architects Planners + Interior Designers, Somerville, NJ, USA
2006 - Personal Assistant, Tara Subkoff/Imitation of Christ, New York, NY, USA
2006 - Painter/Printer, Blue Fish Clothing, Frenchtown, NJ, USA