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
2024 - Take Me Home Tonight Annual Exhibition, Flemington DIY, Flemington, NJ, USA
2024 - Clifton's Quarantine Station, juried exhibition, Clifton Arts Center & Sculpture Park, Clifton, NJ, USA
2024 - Our Natural State : October Battle of the Walls, Flemington DIY, Flemington, NJ, USA
2024 - 2nd Annual Member/Volunteer Art Show, Flemington DIY, Flemington, NJ, USA
2023 - Take Me Home Tonight Annual Exhibition, Flemington DIY, Flemington, NJ, USA
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
2024 -Sustainable Jersey for Schools Grant, Green Team member as artist and community member for local school, interactive school courtyard garden
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
Flemington DIY Art Circle Member
Green Team member as artist and community member for local school
awards and honors
2024 - Our Natural State : October Battle of the Walls "What does peace feel like to you?" Winner - displayed in Flemington DIY Window, Flemington, NJ, USA
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
2024 - Curator, Flemington DIY Art Machine, Flemington, NJ, USA
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