Education
Master of Fine Arts Candidate Metalsmithing/Jewelry
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas Projected 2024
Bachelor of Fine Arts Metals/Jewelry, Minor in Art History
Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri 2017
Solo Exhibitions
2025
“Catching Sight” OP Gallery, Leedy-Volkus Art Center, February 25- March 15. Kansas City, Missouri
2024
“Catching Sight"‘ Thesis exhibition, Edgar Heap of Birds Family Gallery, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas Thirty-one pieces in this exhibition.
Juried Group Exhibitions
2023
“Then and Now” A Donor Exhibition, Edgar Heap of Birds Family Gallery, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
“Life and Death” Gallerium Art/ Biafaran Art, Ontario, Canada, International Online Exhibition and Publication, ‘The Book of Arts: Life and Death’.
“Daydreams” Montana University and Montana State, 2023 International Online MFA Exhibition. My work was one of fifty pieces chosen out of seven hundred submissions.
2022
“Verdant Bodies” Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida. Selected by Juror Diane Falkenhagen. Three pieces in this show.
“State of the Arts 2022”, R G Endress Gallery, Mission, Kansas. Selected by Juror Shannon Treventhan.
“Plantarium 2022 Leaves, Trees, Flowers” Virtual Exhibition and Publication.
“Nature Exhibition, 2nd Annual” The InArt Gallery, Selected by Juror Hillary Lorenz. Virtual Exhibition. 2nd place in this exhibition.
“Material Alchemy: Metals and Color” Athens Institute of Contemporary Art, Athens, Georgia. Selected by jurors Jeremy Diamond, Shaunia Grant, Katie McCollugh, Lillian Mc Eachern. Live Exhibition, Virtual Exhibition, and Publication.
“MAD For Hoops” Gallery 2052, Chicago Illinois. Selected by Juror, Metalsmith, and Gallery owner. Two pair selected for this exhibition.
2021
“Hindsight, 2020 Was A…” IncuArts Gallery- Honolulu, Hawaii. Chosen from ‘hundreds of submissions across multiple countries’ by Juror Sharon Heitzenroder- Feminist, Artist, Activist, Educator -UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California. Virtual Exhibition.
2020
“2020 Small Works Big Talent” Las Lagunas Gallery- Laguna Beach, California. Twenty-Eight pieces chosen out of Seven Hundred Fifty submissions by Jurors Graphic Designer Allison Bryant, Gallery Owner Ken Boland, and Gallery Owner Kathy McBride. Virtual Exhibition.
“Voices of the Midwest” Fineline Creative Arts Center, The Kavanagh Gallery- Saint Charles, Illinois. Jurors Linda Bingle, Dori Blankenship, and Becky Blaine- President Illinois Art Education Association and Director of Education Krannert Art Museum in Champaign, Illinois.
“Metal and Mud: A Juried Exhibition of Jewelry and Ceramic Cups” Edwardsville Arts Center- Edwardsville, Illinois. Juror Aimee Howard-Clinger, Associate Professor and Area Head of Metalsmithing/Jewelry at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois. Virtual Exhibition.
“35th Annual Chelsea International Fine Arts Competition” Agora Gallery- New York, New York. Jurors Christina Mossaides Strassfield, Museum Director and Chief Curator Guild Hall Museum East Hampton, New York and Dr. Gwen Chanzit Curator Emerita of Modern Art at Denver Art Museum & Director of Museum Studies at University of Denver, Denver, Colorado. Awarded one-year representation by Agora Gallery’s ART-Mine -New York, New York.
2018
“At the Surface Exhibition” Foundry Arts Centre- St. Charles, Missouri. Fifty-six pieces were chosen out of three hundred seven submissions by juror Thad Duhigg Professor of Sculpture, Department of Art and Design, at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
“50th Annual Juried All-Media Exhibition” Octagon Center for the Arts- Ames, Iowa. Sixty-six pieces were chosen out of three hundred fifty-seven submissions by Juror Peter Pinnell Professor of Art (ceramics) at University of Nebraska.
2017
Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Exhibition, Brick City Galleries, Department of Art and Design, MSU. Springfield, Missouri.
“Visual Art Alliance 2017 Student Juried Show”, Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Preforming Arts, two pieces, one Honorable Mention, Springfield, Missouri.
“59th Annual Delta Exhibition” Arkansas Arts Center- Little Rock, Arkansas. Seventy-three pieces were chosen out of eleven hundred twenty submissions by Juror Betsy Bradley, Director of the Mississippi Museum of Art.
“49th Annual Juried All Media Exhibition” Octagon Center for the Arts- Ames, Iowa. Sixty-six pieces were chosen out of three hundred fifty submissions by Juror Santiago Cal, Associate Professor of Art (Sculpture) University of Nebraska-Lincoln
“Metals, Jewelry and Photography Students’ Biennial Exhibition” Invitational Exhibition of MSU Metals Student work. Student Exhibition Center, Springfield, Missouri.
2016
“Sculpture, Drawing and Painting Students’ Biennial Exhibition” Invitational Exhibition of MSU Art students. Student Exhibition Center, Springfield, Missouri. Three sculptures and three paintings in this show
Santa Reparata International School of Art, Summer Student Exhibition, work of students in program, SRISA. Florence, Italy.
“Sculpture X- Games”, Idea X Factory- Springfield, Missouri.
2015
“Department of Art and Design Foundations Exhibit, Invitational Exhibition of MSU students. Student Exhibition Center, Springfield, Missouri.
“Photography, Ceramics, and Metals/Jewelry Students’ Biennial Exhibition” Invitational Exhibition of MSU students. Student Exhibition Center, Springfield, Missouri. Both Photographs and Metals pieces in this show.
Featured image in online advertisement, “Foundations Biennial Exhibition” Student Exhibition Center- Springfield, Missouri.
2014
“Foundations Biennial Exhibition” Invitational Exhibition of MSU students. Student Exhibition Center, Springfield, Missouri.
Awards
Doris Carey Scholarship, University of Kansas, $1000, 2024
Art Fund Scholarship, University of Kansas, $250, 2024
Knappenberger Family Fund Award, University of Kansas, $200, 2024
School of the Arts Research Grant, University of Kansas, $1200, 2024
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, University of Kansas, $9325 plus Tuition waiver, Spring 2024
Dorris Carey Scholarship, University of Kansas, $1000, Fall 2023
Visual Art Grant, University of Kansas, $250, Fall 2023
School of the Arts Travel Grant. University of Kansas. $900. 2023
Lin Stanionis Materials Award, University of Kansas, $200, 2022, 2023
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, University of Kansas, $9325 plus Tuition waiver, Fall 2023
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, University of Kansas, $9325 plus Tuition waiver, Spring 2023
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, University of Kansas, $9325 plus Tuition waiver, Fall 2022
Knappenberger Family Fund Award, University of Kansas, $150. 2022
Alpha Rho Gamma Award in Memory of Olli Valanne, University of Kansas. $500. 2022
Sherin H. Custer Memorial Award. University of Kansas. $600. 2022
School of the Arts Travel Grant. University of Kansas. $900. 2022
Donna Greier Scholarship. University of Kansas. $10,883. 2021, 2022
John Merle Patterson Memorial Scholarship, University of Kansas. $12,675. 2021, 2022
Betty T. Collard Scholarship, University of Kansas. $3196. 2021, 2022
Pauline Harris Visual Arts Scholarship, University of Kansas. $5138. 2021, 2022
Luella F. Stewart Art Scholarship, University of Kansas. $2928. 2021, 2022
Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund Graduate Block Grant. HEERF III. $1000. 2021, 2022
HEERF III Graduate Emergency Application Award Grant. $2460. 2021, 2022
Dean’s List Missouri State University. 2014-2017
Nancy Lumpee Pate Endowed Fund, Missouri State University. $1000. 2017
Frederick G. Keiferndorf Fine Arts Travel Award, Missouri State University. $800. 2016
Sculpture X- Games, Idea-X Factory, Springfield, Missouri. $100. 2016
Erik Sidney Memorial Scholarship for Art and Design, Missouri State University. $700. 2015 & 2016
Service
Society of North American Goldsmiths- New Orleans, Louisiana. Work Exchange. 2017
Jewelry Student Association- Missouri State University. Financial Officer. 2017
Metals Museum Repair Days, Memphis, Tennessee, fundraising event. Donations and Service. 2016 & 2017
Props/scenery painter. Springfield Little Theatre, Springfield, Missouri. 2017
Workshops Attended
Dukno Yoon- Bell Spheres. University of Kansas. 2024
Rachel Carver – Filigree. University of Kansas. 2022
Michael Naschef- Concreation- Concrete Jewelry. Touchstone Crafts. 2021
Jeffrey Clancy-Pewter Tankard. MSU, 2018
Nichole Jacquard- Voodoo Dolls. MSU, 2017
Sherri Jaudes- Whistles. MSU, 2016
Emilie Mulcahey- Sculpting with Gut. MSU, 2015
Dan Nevel & Marie Dewerf- Shibuichi. MSU, 2015
Membership
Association for Contemporary Jewelers, UK. 2021- Present
Graduate Arts Association- University of Kansas. 2021- Present
Alpha Rho Gamma Metals Club- University of Kansas. 2021- Present
American Craft Council 2021-Present
Precious Collective, UK. 2019-Present
Society North American Goldsmiths. 2016-Present
Jewelry Student Association-Missouri State University. 2016- 2017
Sculpture Club- Missouri State University. 2015- 2017
Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society-Missouri State University. 2014- 2017
Stockists
Leedy-Volkus Art Center- Kansas City, Missouri. 2021- Current
Blue Stem Missouri Crafts Art Gallery-Columbia, Missouri. 2018-2019
Box Turtle Boutique- Little Rock, Arkansas. 2018-2019
Media
Edwardsville Arts Center-Featured Image in online advertisement, “Metal and Mud: A Juried Exhibition of Jewelry and Ceramic Cups”, Edwardsville, Illinois, September 2020
Ornamental Metal Museum- Featured Image in online advertisement, ‘Repair Days Auction’ Memphis, Tennessee, October 2019
The Vedette Newspaper Featured article, Greenfield, Missouri. April 2017
Student Exhibition Center- Featured image in online advertisement, “Foundations Biennial Exhibition” Springfield, Missouri. 2015
National Harvest & Cowboy Festival Flier advertising feature , Silver Dollar City, Branson, Missouri. 2015
Silver Dollar City Travel Channel feature commercial, Branson, Missouri. 2013
Additional Experience
University of Kansas, instructor of Record, ‘Fundamentals of Metalsmithing’, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024
Demonstration given, “Crackle Enamel problem solving techniques”, University of Kansas, Fall 2023
Workshop given, “Pulling Glass Threads”, Enameling, University of Kansas, Fall 2023
Lawrence Art Center Class Instructor ‘Off to a Rocky Start’ Beginning Metals. Summer 2022
GRS Engraving and Stone Setting, one week course, Glendo LLC. Emporia, Kansas. 2022
Class instructor Beginning Metals, for Instructor Jina Seo, Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri. February 2018
Bench work for Jina Seo, December 2017
Class instructor Beginning Metals, for Instructor Sarah Perkins, Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri. February, March. 2017
Study Away in Netherlands/Belgium, Netherlands & Northern Renaissance. University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri. 2017
Study Away in Italy, Italian Renaissance. Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri. 2016