EDUCATION
May 2019 MFA Art, California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Valencia, CA
Dec 2015 BFA Visual Art, Art History and Marine Science Minor, University of San Diego (USD), San Diego, CA
Spring 2014 Semester at Sea, First Honors, Institute for Shipboard Education, University of Virginia (UVA), VA
EXHIBITIONS
Nov 2024-
Feb 2025 Origins sculpture and The Artistic Method drawing exhibited in faculty group show at College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita, CA
May 2024 Solar Flares painting exhibited in group show, Sculptors Painting, at Human Resources Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Nov 2023 Finalist for solo exhibition at Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Los Angeles, CA
Aug 2023 Mosquito and other sculptures exhibited in The Garden of Forking Paths group exhibition at Baroque Works, North Hollywood, CA
Dec 2022 Tornado exhibition at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
Nov 2022- Wound sculpture in group exhibition GARDEN at LADIES’ ROOM, Los Angeles, CA
Jan 2023
Oct-Dec 2022 Specimen Under Light Canopy and Diatom sculptures exhibited in University of San Diego Alumni Exhibition at Copley Library, San Diego, CA
Sept 2022 Simmering sculpture installed in residential home, Salt Lake City, UT
May 2022 Vermont Studio Center Silo installation, Johnson, VT
March 2022 Omphalos Solo Exhibition at Commons, Los Angeles, CA
Sept 2020 Origins sculpture exhibited in group show and benefit auction at LACE Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Sept 2020 Assistance in fabrication of Glacial Erratic public sculpture for artist, Beatriz Cortez, installed in Rockefeller Center for Frieze Art Fair, New York, NY
Nov 2019 Sculpture, Pulp, in group show at Human Resources Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Aug 2019 Time Capsule sculpture exhibited in Track 16 Gallery for CalArts MFA group show, Haunts, in the Bendix Building, Los Angeles, CA
July 2019 Sculpture, The Kiss, in CSSSA Faculty group exhibition, CalArts, Valencia, CA
Apr 2019 Final Solo MFA Thesis Exhibition, Renascent Ruins, at CalArts, Valencia, CA
Oct 2018 Public sculpture, Uplift, installed for Desert Daze Music Festival, Lake Perris, CA
Sept 2018 Super Flexible, MFA 2 group show, CalArts, Valencia, CA
July 2018 Paissatge solo exhibition at Can Serrat International Artist Residency, El Bruc, Barcelona, Spain
May 2018 Relating to Stone, group show, John Baldessari Studio Space, CalArts, Valencia, CA
Jan 2018 The Interim, Mid-Residency Solo Exhibition, CalArts, Valencia, CA
Apr 2017 Video included in Deep Time University exhibit and project by Victoria Fu at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD) and the University of California, San Diego, CA
Nov 2016 La Valle de la Luna Solo Exhibition, Mess Hall Studio-Gallery, NE Washington, DC
Dec 2015 BFA Senior Thesis Solo Exhibition, Space Relics and Energy Structures, in the Visual Arts Center Gallery at USD, CA
Apr 2015 Creative Collaborations Group Exhibition, video, Atlantis, shown at USD’s University Center, San Diego, CA
AWARDS and SCHOLARSHIPS
May 2022 Karen Shea and Gabe Silverman Endowment Fellowship Artist Residency at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA), Amherst, VA
April 2022 Merit Grant to attend Vermont Studio Center Artist Residency, Johnson, VT (originally received in 2019 but closed due to pandemic)
Jan 2022 Maryland State Arts Council Professional Development Opportunity Grant, Baltimore, MD
Oct 2021 L’Air International Artist Residency Awardee, Paris, France (position offered)
Aug 2021 Pyramid Atlantic Art Center Keyholder Residency Awardee, Hyattsville, MD (position offered)
March 2019 CalArts Dean’s Grant, Valencia, CA
Jan 2019 CalArts Commission for Sustainability (CCS) Grant, Valencia, CA
Jan 2019 CalArts Student Affairs Project Grant, Valencia, CA
Jan 2019 CalArts Student Union Project Grant, Valencia, CA
Sept 2018 CalArts Dean’s Grant, Valencia, CA
2018 - 2019 Lillian Disney Scholarship, CalArts, Valencia, CA
2017 - 2018 Walt Disney Merit Scholarship, CalArts, Valencia, CA
Jul 2018 Support Grant to attend Can Serrat International Artist Residency, El Bruc, Barcelona, Spain
Apr 2017 Semi-Finalist for the Trawick Prize: Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards, Bethesda, MD
2014 - 2015 USD Bridges Fine Arts Major Scholarship, University of San Diego, CA
Dec 2013 Semester at Sea Merit Grant, University of Virginia, VA
2011 - 2015 USD’s Bishop Maher College Scholarship for Excellence in Community Service, San Diego, CA
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
Sept 2024 The Mountain School of Art (MSA), Los Angeles, CA
Nov-Dec 2022 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA) Residency, Amherst, VA
April-May 2022 Vermont Studio Center Artist Residency, Johnson, VT (position originally offered in 2019 but closed due to COVID-19)
Jul 2018 Can Serrat International Artist Residency, El Bruc, Barcelona, Spain
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Aug 2023 – Present Adjunct Professor of Woodshop at California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
Jan 2023 – Present Adjunct Professor of Painting and Drawing at College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita, CA
Jan 2023 The Getty Museum docent position awarded, Los Angeles, CA
Aug 2021 – Present Adjunct Professor of 3D Design at Long Beach City College (LBCC), Long Beach, CA
Sept 2021 – Aug 2023 Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) Adjunct Shop Technician, Los Angeles, CA
June-July 2022 High School Art Instructor for CalArts Community Arts Partnership Summer Arts (CAPSA) program at Dorsey High School, Los Angeles, CA
Jan 2022 Stone Carving Sculpture Winter Session Practicum Instructor at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Valencia, CA
June-July 2021 Co-Lead Art Instructor for CalArts Community Arts Partnership (CAP), Valencia, CA
Nov 2020 Stone Carving Instructor for Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE) and California State University, Northridge (CSUN) sculpture workshop, Los Angeles, CA
Jul - Aug 2020 Assistant Sculpture Instructor for California State Summer School for the Arts (CSSSA) at CalArts, Valencia, CA (position acquired but CSSSA canceled due to COVID-19)
Sept 2019 – Mar 2020 Shop Technician and Instructor at Molten Metal Works, LLC., Glendale, CA (shop closed due to COVID-19)
Jul - Aug 2019 Teaching Assistant Sculpture Instructor for California State Summer School for the Arts (CSSSA) at CalArts, Valencia, CA
Sept 2017 - Jul 2019 Technical Assistant in Wood/Metal/Ceramics Studio (Super Shop) at CalArts, Valencia, CA
Sept 2018 - May 2019 Teaching Assistant for CalArts professor Connie Hatch for drawing and critique classes, CalArts, Valencia, CA
Nov 2016 - May 2017 Teaching Assistant for Sculpture at Washington Waldorf School, Bethesda, MD
2014 – Present Teaching Assistant to Nizette Brennan stone carving classes, Glen Echo Park, MD
ARTIST LECTURES
Dec 2022 Presentation of artwork to community at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
May 2022 Presentation of artwork to community at Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Nov 2020 Stone carving workshop for Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), Los Angeles, CA
Oct 2019 Presentation of artwork to University of San Diego students, San Diego, CA
July 2019 Presentation of artwork to CSSSA students and faculty, CalArts, Valencia, CA
July 2018 Presentation of artwork to artists in residence and staff, Can Serrat International Artist Residency, El Bruc, Barcelona, Spain
LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE and PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
2021 – Present Member of Imaginaries of the Future Collective, Los Angeles, CA
2014 - Present Member of the Washington Sculptors Group, Washington, DC
2012 - 2015 Member of USD’s Department of Art, Architecture, and Art History’s Basement Society, San Diego, CA
PRESS
Aug 2023 Solid Art Services Artist Interview, Los Angeles, CA
May 2022 Silo installation included in Vermont Studio Center newsletter, Johnson, VT
March 2022 Omphalos solo exhibition featured in Curate LA, Los Angeles, CA
July 2021 Voyage LA magazine local artist interview, Los Angeles, CA
Aug 2019 Time Capsule sculpture featured in Curate LA, Los Angeles, CA
Aug 2019 Time Capsule sculpture featured in Track 16 press release, Los Angeles, CA