Education
MFA 2017 Studio Art The University of Alabama
BFA 1999 Graphic DesignThe Atlanta College of Art CUM LAUDE
Exhibitions
2020 Complicated Beauty ,curator: Chintia Kirana, Kress on Dexter,Montgomery,AL
2019 Book Bench, Selected Artist, Montgomery Public Arts Commission, Montgomery, AL
43rd Montgomery Art Guild Museum Exhibition, Juror: David Reyes, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
Fe(male), curator: Chintia Kirana, Kress on Dexter,Montgomery,AL
2018 Unnatural Response: Contemporary Art, curator: James Sherriff, Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, MS
August Together, group exhibition,The Armory Learning Arts Center, Montgomery, AL
Slow Leak, solo exhibition, Kru at Mt. Meigs, Montgomery, AL
Paper/Work, Juror:Dr.AbigailYoder, Salmon Library Gallery, Huntsville,AL
I Don’t Know How I Feel, solo exhibition,The Armory Learning Arts Center, Montgomery, AL
2017 EnMasse,Curator:ChintiaKirana,ExposeArtHouse,Montgomery,AL
2016 Regions Bank Exhibit, Montgomery Art Guild Regions Gallery, 1st place Mixed Media, Montgomery, AL
2015 Revolution, solo exhibition, Harrison Gallery,Tuscaloosa, AL
41st Montgomery Art Guild Museum Exhibition, Juror: Michael Panhorst, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
57th Annual Juried Show Exhibition, Juror:Allison McElroy, Gadsden Museum of Art, 3rd place: mixed media
2014 Portrait of a Marriage, solo exhibition, MAKEBhm, Birmingham, AL
Murals (2)The Anniversary of the 1965Voting Rights Act,The City of Montgomery Public Art Commission, AL
2013 Mother Figure, solo exhibition, Ferguson Center Gallery,Tuscaloosa, AL
Cognitive Dissonance, MA Thesis exhibition, Sella-Granata Gallery,Tuscaloosa, AL
Monster Makeover, Exhibition and fundraiser for Tuscaloosa City School Visual Art Programs,Tuscaloosa Arts Council
2012 West Alabama Juried Show, Juror: Jeffrey Haupt Tuscaloosa Arts Council, Tuscaloosa, AL
Monster Makeover, Exhibition and fundraiser for Tuscaloosa City School Visual Art Programs,Tuscaloosa Arts Council
You Can’t Hold Water, Sella-Granata Gallery,Tuscaloosa, AL
Regions Bank Exhibit, Montgomery Art Guild Regions Gallery, Juror: Crystal Wagner, Montgomery, AL
For Good Measure, The Safe House Museum, Greensboro, AL
January, TheVenue, Tuscaloosa, AL
2011 West Alabama Juried Show, Juror: Ruth O’Connor, Tuscaloosa Arts Council, Tuscaloosa, AL
Murals (3) Rock Quarry Middle School,Tuscaloosa City Schools, Tuscaloosa, AL
December,The Venue,Tuscaloosa, AL
Think Art, Conference at Boston University, Juror:Toni Pepe, Boston, MA
The ________ Graduate _________ Show, Sella-Granata Gallery,Tuscaloosa, AL
SAA Student Show, Juror: Hense, Auburn Montgomery, Dean’s Purchase Award, Second Place award
Denied & Underexposed, Montgomery, AL
Professional Experience
2020- present
Adjunct Professor of Graphic Design, Trenholm State Community College
Lead Artist, Wine & Design, Montgomery, Al
Substitute Educator, Kelly Services, pre K3 through 12th grade, Montgomery County
2019-present
Member-at-Large, Board member, Montgomery Art Guild
2019 DOOT (Doing Our OwnThing),Workshop Leader,Armory Learning Arts Center, Montgomery,AL 2018-present
Adjunct Professor of Art Appreciation and Graphic Design, Trenholm State Community College
2018 Juror, Calico Fort Arts and Crafts Festival
DOOT (Doing Our OwnThing),Workshop Leader,Armory Learning Arts Center, Montgomery,AL
2015-16 Classroom teacher, Saint James School,Visual Arts, preK3-5th grade
2016 Juror, Calico Fort Arts and Crafts Festival
2014 Classroom teacher, Johnnie Carr International Baccalaureate Middle School,Visual Arts, 6-8th grade, Montgomery, AL
Pike Road Arts Council, Member, Pike Road, AL
Professor of Record, Drawing 1,The University of Alabama,Tuscaloosa, AL
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Color Theory,The University of Alabama,Tuscaloosa, AL
2013 Making Value Visible, State Arts professional development, selected event participant and scholarship recipient
Professor of Record, Printmaking 220,The University of Alabama,Tuscaloosa, AL
Professor of Record, Drawing 1,The University of Alabama,Tuscaloosa, AL
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Printmaking 220,The University of Alabama,Tuscaloosa, AL
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Design 1,The University of Alabama,Tuscaloosa, AL
2012 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Drawing 1 and Lithography,The University of Alabama,Tuscaloosa, AL
Murals (3) Rock Quarry Middle School,Tuscaloosa City Schools, Tuscaloosa, AL
SGCI Member Portfolio Exchange, Navigating Currents
PRINTERESTING.org guest contributor,“Worn Out”
Alabama Learning Exchange, podcast lesson plan selected event participant
2011 Kentuck Artist’s Coloring Book, collaborative coloring book distributed nationwide.
Printstallation preparation assistant, Crystal Wagner, Blaze
Juror, Alexander City Art Show, Alabama statewide exhibition
2010 Alabama Learning Exchange, lesson plan selected event participant
2009 Juror, Scholastic Arts and Writing Competition, Alabama state, high school division
2008 Juror, Scholastic Arts and Writing Competition, Alabama state, high school division
2007 Juror, Scholastic Arts and Writing Competition, Alabama state, high school division
2006 Grant selection panel member,Alabama State Council on the Arts
2005-10 Art Department Chair, Baldwin Arts and Academics Magnet, Montgomery, AL
2004-10 Classroom teacher, Baldwin Arts and Academics Magnet,Visual Arts, 6-8th grade, Montgomery, AL 2002-04
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, teacher, Art in the Afternoon
2002-03 Creative Director, Action in Mailing, Montgomer y, AL
2001-02 Graphic Designer, Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, AL
2000-01 Graphic Designer, Landor Associates, Seattle, WA
1999-00 Graphic Designer, CNN, Atlanta, GA
Recognitions and Awards
2012 Graduate Student Services travel grant recipient Graduate School research grant recipient Graduate School travel grant recipient
2011 Graduate School research grant recipient
Graduate School travel grant recipient
Graduate Council Fellow,The University of Alabama
Alabama Teacher Award by the Alabama State Council on the Arts,Visual Arts Achievement Program
Most outstanding student participation in Montgomery’s 2011 Artistic Competition for Exceptional Students
2010 Most outstanding student participation in Montgomery’s 2011 Artistic Competition for Exceptional Students
2009 Most outstanding student participation in Montgomery’s 2011 Artistic Competition for Exceptional Students
2008 Alabama Teacher Award by the Alabama State Council on the Arts,Visual Arts Achievement Program
Most outstanding student participation in Montgomery’s 2011 Artistic Competition for Exceptional Students
2007 October Montgomery Public Schools Power Educator Award
Alliance forYoungArtists &Writers’Gold Key Society
Most outstanding student participation in Montgomery’s 2011 Artistic Competition for Exceptional Students
2006 Alabama Teacher Award by the Alabama State Council on the Arts,Visual Arts Achievement Program
Most outstanding student participation in Montgomery’s 2011 Artistic Competition for Exceptional Students
2005 Recognized as a “Featured Teacher” in The Montgomery Advertiser 2005
MFA 2017 Studio Art The University of Alabama
BFA 1999 Graphic DesignThe Atlanta College of Art CUM LAUDE
Exhibitions
2020 Complicated Beauty ,curator: Chintia Kirana, Kress on Dexter,Montgomery,AL
2019 Book Bench, Selected Artist, Montgomery Public Arts Commission, Montgomery, AL
43rd Montgomery Art Guild Museum Exhibition, Juror: David Reyes, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
Fe(male), curator: Chintia Kirana, Kress on Dexter,Montgomery,AL
2018 Unnatural Response: Contemporary Art, curator: James Sherriff, Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, MS
August Together, group exhibition,The Armory Learning Arts Center, Montgomery, AL
Slow Leak, solo exhibition, Kru at Mt. Meigs, Montgomery, AL
Paper/Work, Juror:Dr.AbigailYoder, Salmon Library Gallery, Huntsville,AL
I Don’t Know How I Feel, solo exhibition,The Armory Learning Arts Center, Montgomery, AL
2017 EnMasse,Curator:ChintiaKirana,ExposeArtHouse,Montgomery,AL
2016 Regions Bank Exhibit, Montgomery Art Guild Regions Gallery, 1st place Mixed Media, Montgomery, AL
2015 Revolution, solo exhibition, Harrison Gallery,Tuscaloosa, AL
41st Montgomery Art Guild Museum Exhibition, Juror: Michael Panhorst, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
57th Annual Juried Show Exhibition, Juror:Allison McElroy, Gadsden Museum of Art, 3rd place: mixed media
2014 Portrait of a Marriage, solo exhibition, MAKEBhm, Birmingham, AL
Murals (2)The Anniversary of the 1965Voting Rights Act,The City of Montgomery Public Art Commission, AL
2013 Mother Figure, solo exhibition, Ferguson Center Gallery,Tuscaloosa, AL
Cognitive Dissonance, MA Thesis exhibition, Sella-Granata Gallery,Tuscaloosa, AL
Monster Makeover, Exhibition and fundraiser for Tuscaloosa City School Visual Art Programs,Tuscaloosa Arts Council
2012 West Alabama Juried Show, Juror: Jeffrey Haupt Tuscaloosa Arts Council, Tuscaloosa, AL
Monster Makeover, Exhibition and fundraiser for Tuscaloosa City School Visual Art Programs,Tuscaloosa Arts Council
You Can’t Hold Water, Sella-Granata Gallery,Tuscaloosa, AL
Regions Bank Exhibit, Montgomery Art Guild Regions Gallery, Juror: Crystal Wagner, Montgomery, AL
For Good Measure, The Safe House Museum, Greensboro, AL
January, TheVenue, Tuscaloosa, AL
2011 West Alabama Juried Show, Juror: Ruth O’Connor, Tuscaloosa Arts Council, Tuscaloosa, AL
Murals (3) Rock Quarry Middle School,Tuscaloosa City Schools, Tuscaloosa, AL
December,The Venue,Tuscaloosa, AL
Think Art, Conference at Boston University, Juror:Toni Pepe, Boston, MA
The ________ Graduate _________ Show, Sella-Granata Gallery,Tuscaloosa, AL
SAA Student Show, Juror: Hense, Auburn Montgomery, Dean’s Purchase Award, Second Place award
Denied & Underexposed, Montgomery, AL
Professional Experience
2020- present
Adjunct Professor of Graphic Design, Trenholm State Community College
Lead Artist, Wine & Design, Montgomery, Al
Substitute Educator, Kelly Services, pre K3 through 12th grade, Montgomery County
2019-present
Member-at-Large, Board member, Montgomery Art Guild
2019 DOOT (Doing Our OwnThing),Workshop Leader,Armory Learning Arts Center, Montgomery,AL 2018-present
Adjunct Professor of Art Appreciation and Graphic Design, Trenholm State Community College
2018 Juror, Calico Fort Arts and Crafts Festival
DOOT (Doing Our OwnThing),Workshop Leader,Armory Learning Arts Center, Montgomery,AL
2015-16 Classroom teacher, Saint James School,Visual Arts, preK3-5th grade
2016 Juror, Calico Fort Arts and Crafts Festival
2014 Classroom teacher, Johnnie Carr International Baccalaureate Middle School,Visual Arts, 6-8th grade, Montgomery, AL
Pike Road Arts Council, Member, Pike Road, AL
Professor of Record, Drawing 1,The University of Alabama,Tuscaloosa, AL
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Color Theory,The University of Alabama,Tuscaloosa, AL
2013 Making Value Visible, State Arts professional development, selected event participant and scholarship recipient
Professor of Record, Printmaking 220,The University of Alabama,Tuscaloosa, AL
Professor of Record, Drawing 1,The University of Alabama,Tuscaloosa, AL
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Printmaking 220,The University of Alabama,Tuscaloosa, AL
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Design 1,The University of Alabama,Tuscaloosa, AL
2012 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Drawing 1 and Lithography,The University of Alabama,Tuscaloosa, AL
Murals (3) Rock Quarry Middle School,Tuscaloosa City Schools, Tuscaloosa, AL
SGCI Member Portfolio Exchange, Navigating Currents
PRINTERESTING.org guest contributor,“Worn Out”
Alabama Learning Exchange, podcast lesson plan selected event participant
2011 Kentuck Artist’s Coloring Book, collaborative coloring book distributed nationwide.
Printstallation preparation assistant, Crystal Wagner, Blaze
Juror, Alexander City Art Show, Alabama statewide exhibition
2010 Alabama Learning Exchange, lesson plan selected event participant
2009 Juror, Scholastic Arts and Writing Competition, Alabama state, high school division
2008 Juror, Scholastic Arts and Writing Competition, Alabama state, high school division
2007 Juror, Scholastic Arts and Writing Competition, Alabama state, high school division
2006 Grant selection panel member,Alabama State Council on the Arts
2005-10 Art Department Chair, Baldwin Arts and Academics Magnet, Montgomery, AL
2004-10 Classroom teacher, Baldwin Arts and Academics Magnet,Visual Arts, 6-8th grade, Montgomery, AL 2002-04
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, teacher, Art in the Afternoon
2002-03 Creative Director, Action in Mailing, Montgomer y, AL
2001-02 Graphic Designer, Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, AL
2000-01 Graphic Designer, Landor Associates, Seattle, WA
1999-00 Graphic Designer, CNN, Atlanta, GA
Recognitions and Awards
2012 Graduate Student Services travel grant recipient Graduate School research grant recipient Graduate School travel grant recipient
2011 Graduate School research grant recipient
Graduate School travel grant recipient
Graduate Council Fellow,The University of Alabama
Alabama Teacher Award by the Alabama State Council on the Arts,Visual Arts Achievement Program
Most outstanding student participation in Montgomery’s 2011 Artistic Competition for Exceptional Students
2010 Most outstanding student participation in Montgomery’s 2011 Artistic Competition for Exceptional Students
2009 Most outstanding student participation in Montgomery’s 2011 Artistic Competition for Exceptional Students
2008 Alabama Teacher Award by the Alabama State Council on the Arts,Visual Arts Achievement Program
Most outstanding student participation in Montgomery’s 2011 Artistic Competition for Exceptional Students
2007 October Montgomery Public Schools Power Educator Award
Alliance forYoungArtists &Writers’Gold Key Society
Most outstanding student participation in Montgomery’s 2011 Artistic Competition for Exceptional Students
2006 Alabama Teacher Award by the Alabama State Council on the Arts,Visual Arts Achievement Program
Most outstanding student participation in Montgomery’s 2011 Artistic Competition for Exceptional Students
2005 Recognized as a “Featured Teacher” in The Montgomery Advertiser 2005