Education 2014 - 2017 High School East Grand Rapids High School 2017 - 2018 Visual Arts Interlochen Arts Academy (Alma Mater) 2018 - 2019 Art Education Northern Michigan University 2020 - 2020 General Education Grand Rapids Community College 2020 - Present Art Education Grand Valley State University Professional Experience 2013 - 2014 Member of the National Junior Art Honor Society (NJAHS) - Singapore American School (SAS) – Singapore, SG 2014 - Present Freelance Illustrator - Grand Rapids, MI 2017 - 2018 Volunteer at Munson Medical Center 2018 Curator for art show, "Every Single Day" - Traverse City, MI 2019 Member of Art Student's League at Northern Michigan University 2019 Summer Visual Arts Faculty (Junior Ceramics Assistant) – Interlochen Center for the Arts – Interlochen, MI 2020 Assistant teacher - Gilden Woods Childcare Center - Grand Rapids, MI 2020 - Present Private Visual Arts Teacher - Grand Rapids, MI 2021 - Present Member of National Art Education Association (NAEA) - Grand Rapids, MI 2022 Lead Art Instructor - Grand Rapids Art Museum - Grand Rapids, MI 2022 - Present Learning and Creativity Associate - Grand Rapids Art Museum - Grand Rapids, MI
Selected Group/Juried Exhibitions 2017 20/20 Pop Up Interactive Show - Interlochen Arts Academy 2018 With and Beside - Munson Medical Center 2018 Thesis IV Exhibition - Interlochen Arts Academy 2018 Festival Exhibition - Interlochen Arts Academy 2019 Faculty and Staff Exhibition - July 4 - July 26, 2019 - Dow Center For Visual Arts - Interlochen, MI 2019 ICONS - September 16 - October 4, 2019 - Student Art Gallery - Marquette, MI 2019 Black and White - October 7 - October 25, 2019 - Student Art Gallery - Marquette, MI 2019 Black and White - November 1 - November 30, 2019 - The Crib - Marquette, MI 2019 Homegrown - October 28 - November 15 - Student Art Gallery - Marquette, MI 2019 Convergence - November 8 - November 15 - Northern Michigan University - Marquette, MI 2019 Bare - November 18 - December 10 - Northern Michigan University - Marquette, MI 2020 Black and White - January 29 - March 7, 2020 - Red Lotus Center for the Arts - Muskegon, MI 2021 Maskquerade - October 30, 2021 - Factory Coffee - Kalamazoo, MI 2022 Ritual - February 14 - February 28, 2022 - Calder Art Center - Allendale, MI 2022 MAEA Annual Acquisitions Purchase Exhibition - Lansing, MI 2022 Alternative Narratives - Online Exhibition - Alternative Processes 2022 Pride Month Exhibition - Online Exhibition - Alternative Processes 2022 Art Prize - September 15 - October 2 - Grand Rapids, MI 2022 Urban Legends - October 14 - October 28 - Calder Art Center - Allendale, MI 2022 MAEA Collective Exhibition - October 28 - November 18 - Calder Art Center - Allendale, MI
Awards 2022 Honorable Mention - The Implicit Memories You Left - MAEA Annual Acquisitions Purchase Exhibition - Lansing, MI
Permanent Collections 2018 Interlochen Visual Arts permanent collection – Interlochen Center for the Arts – Interlochen, MI
Technical Abilities
Etching, drypoint, aquatint, relief, linocut or linoleum cut, screen printing, and non-toxic printmaking processes
Oil and Acrylic painting
Ceramic Studio management and maintenance
Hand building, pinching, slab construction, coil construction, and experimental ceramic processes
Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Audition, Premiere, and Lightroom
Traditional darkroom photography, developing color and black and white film, enlarging black and white film prints