2020 - 2025 Art Education Grand Valley State University (Cum Laude) 2017 - 2018 Visual Arts Interlochen Arts Academy (Alma Mater) 2014 - 2017 High School East Grand Rapids High School
Professional Experience
2025 - Present Visual Arts Teacher - Southwest Elementary Academia Bilingüe- Grand Rapids, MI 2025 - Present Teaching Artist - Artists Creating Together (ACT) - Grand Rapids, MI 2014 - Present Freelance Artist - Grand Rapids, MI 2020 - 2025 Private Visual Arts Teacher - Grand Rapids, MI 2024 Visual Arts Teacher - Cultivate - Grand Rapids, MI 2024 Fine Art Fabricator - Yale University 2024 Installation Assistant - Everybody Knows This is Nowhere: An Art Exhibition by Emmy Bright - Allendale, MI 2023 STEAM Program Coordinator - Boy Scouts of America - Walker, MI 2022 - 2023 Learning and Creativity Associate - Grand Rapids Art Museum - Grand Rapids, MI 2022 Lead Art Instructor - Grand Rapids Art Museum - Grand Rapids, MI 2020 Assistant teacher - Gilden Woods Childcare Center - Grand Rapids, MI 2019 Junior Ceramics Assistant Teacher – Interlochen Center for the Arts – Interlochen, MI 2019 Member of the Art Students' League at Northern Michigan University 2018 Curator for Art Show, "Every Single Day" - Traverse City, MI 2017 - 2018 Volunteer at Munson Medical Center 2017 - 2018 Gallery Attendant for Visual Arts Center - Interlochen Center for the Arts - Interlochen, MI
Selected Group/Juried Exhibitions 2026 Visible. Vital. Unignorable: Selected Works by LGBTQ+ Michigan Artists - June 5 - 27 - 106 Gallery - Grand Rapids, MI Euphoria - June 4 - 30 - AWITA Gallery - Brooklyn, NY 62nd MEA/MAEA Art Acquisitions Purchase Exhibition - Lansing, Michigan Under The Femme Gaze - March 13 - March 14 - The Voyeur Bordello - Detroit, MI The Blue Condition - February 6 - February 7 - The Voyeur Bordello - Detroit, MI
2025 Gutteral - November 1 - November 22 - Holland, MI Art Prize - September 14 - October 3 - The Art of Life Gallery NOW - Grand Rapids, MI Photography Exhibition - June 26 - August 16 - Curated by Asia Hamilton - The Scarab Club - Detroit, MI Love Out Loud - June 9 - June 29 - Circle Theatre - Grand Rapids, MI Lumiere - May 3 - May 7 - Curated by Brian Day - Composing Detroit - The Playground Detroit Gallery - Detroit, MI The Assembled Image - May 1 - June 1 - The Chateau Gallery - Louisville, KY The Surreal - April 1 - May 1 - The Chateau Gallery - Louisville, KY
2024Portals - Juror Mark Sink - New York Center for Photographic Art - New York, NY Faculty Art Exhibition - February 12 - 15 - Frederick Meijer Gardens Sculpture Park - Grand Rapids, MI Civic Studio Exhibition - February 02 - 09 - Padnos Student Gallery - Allendale, MI Emptiness - January 18 - March 18 - International - Online Group Exhibition and Promotion - Exhibizone Girlish - January 12 - March 12 - International - Online Group Exhibition and Publication - Gallerium Melancholy - December 25 - February 25 - International - Online Group Exhibition and Publication - Gallerium 2023 Exhibizone Grand Prize - 10th Edition - October 20 - December 20 - International - Online Group Exhibition and Promotion Experimental Film Selections From Open Projector Night - October 7 - January 14 - Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI Nuditas - September 25 - November 25 - International - Biafarin Online Exhibition Lights, Shadows, and Reflections - September 20 - November 20 - International - Biafarin Online Exhibition Art Prize - September 14 - October 1 - Grand Rapids, MI Creative Minds - August 15 - October 15 - International - Online Group Exhibition and Promotion - Exhibizone Unreal - August 10 - October 10 - International - Online Group Exhibition and Publication - Gallerium Tears and Smiles - May 15 - July 15 - International - Online Group Exhibition and Promotion - Exhibizone Life and Death - May 15 - July 15 - International - Online Group Exhibition and Publication - Gallerium Inspirations - April 25 - May 25 - International - Online Group Exhibition - Exhibizone Student Scholars Day Exhibition - April 13 - April 28 - Calder Art Center - Allendale, MI Space Exhibition - April 13 - Sustainable Agricultural Project - Allendale, MI Space Exhibition - March 27 - April 17 - GVSU Library - Allendale, MI Würfel - February 16 - February 24 - Padnos Student Gallery - Allendale, MI MAEA Annual Acquisitions Purchase Exhibition - Lansing, MI
2022 MAEA Collective Exhibition - October 28 - November 18 - Calder Art Center - Allendale, MI Urban Legends - October 14 - October 28 - Padnos Student Gallery - Allendale, MI Art Prize - September 15 - October 2 - Grand Rapids, MI Pride Month Exhibition - Online International Exhibition - Alternative Processes Women's History Month - Online International Exhibition - Alternative Processes Alternative Narratives - Online Exhibition - Alternative Processes MAEA Annual Acquisitions Purchase Exhibition - February 28 - April 14 - Lansing, MI Ritual - February 14 - February 28 - Padnos Student Gallery - Allendale, MI
2020 Black and White - January 29 - March 7 - Red Lotus Center for the Arts - Muskegon, MI
2019 Bare - November 18 - December 10 - Northern Michigan University - Marquette, MI Convergence - November 8 - November 15 - Northern Michigan University - Marquette, MI Homegrown - October 28 - November 15 - Student Art Gallery - Marquette, MI Black and White - November 1 - November 30 - The Crib - Marquette, MI Black and White - October 7 - October 25 - Student Art Gallery - Marquette, MI ICONS - September 16 - October 4 - Student Art Gallery - Marquette, MI Faculty and Staff Exhibition - July 4 - July 26 - Dow Center For Visual Arts - Interlochen, MI
2018 Festival Exhibition - Interlochen Arts Academy Thesis IV Exhibition - Interlochen Arts Academy With and Beside - Munson Medical Center
2017 20/20 Interactive Show - Interlochen Arts Academy
Workshops
2026 Our Hands, Our Stories: LGBTQ+ Cyanotype Existence as Resistance - June 6 - 106 Gallery - Grand Rapids, MI
Collaborations
2024 Etched In Light - Performance and cyanotype collaboration with Cassils and friends - March 31, 2024 - National Mall, Washington D.C.
Media/Interviews
2024 Lanthorn - Grand Valley State University - Short Film Exhibition At GRAM Highlights Local Filmmakers - January 8 - Read Here
2023 The Saint - Article - Filmmaker - Grand Rapids Art Museum holds a panel for two unique filmmakers - November 23 - Read Here Grand Rapids Film Society - Beam From the Booth Issue #33 - WEALTHY THEATRE PRESENTS: EXPERIMENTAL SELECTIONS FROM OPEN PROJECTOR NIGHT — INTERVIEW SHOWCASE (PART 1) - Interview and Newsletter Article - November 5 - - Read Here Grand Rapids Art Museum - Visionnaire Series Panel Discussion: Experimental Film - Filmmaker - October 26 - Watch/Listen Here FOX17 - Grand Rapids Art Museum & Wealthy Theatre team up for film exhibition series - Wealthy Theatre Presents: Experimental Film Selections from Open Projector Night - Featured Filmmaker - October 16 - Watch/Read Here WOOD-TV - EightWest - Michigan Artists Are Expanding Film Boundaries - Featured Filmmaker - October 12 - Watch Here The Rapidian - 'Wealthy Theatre Presents' Highlights 16 Experimental Films By Michigan Filmmakers - October 11 - Read Here WOOD-TV - This ArtPrize ‘Meat Lady’ Has a Dark Side. Here’s Why - Interview and Article - September 28 - Read Here FOX17 - Artist Hopes ArtPrize Installation Piece Inspires Empathy, Understanding - Interview and Article - September 26 - Read/Watch Here
Art Publications
2026 Partager Zine - Issue #04: Genesis - New York City, NY 2023 Observica - Elite Edition - Issue #25 - Read Here Artistonish Magazine 36th Issue July 2023 - Fluidity - Read Here Unreal - Fluidity Life and Death - The Implicit Memories You Left 2022 Classics Magazine - Night Walks 2021 The Prairie Light Review 2020 The Prairie Light Review - Cover Art - Night Walks
Awards 2026 Jurors Choice Award - 62nd MEA/MAEA Art Acquisitions Purchase Exhibition - Lansing, MI
2024 Second Place - Portals - New York Center for Photographic Art - Juror Mark Sink - New York, NY - See Here Excellence-in-a-Discipline Award in Secondary Education - Grand Valley State University
2023 Margaret F. Ward Art and Design Scholarship - Grand Valley State University Honorable Mention - Bone Rodeo - MAEA Annual Acquisitions Purchase Exhibition - Lansing, MI 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, acrylic, and watercolor 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