BIOGRAPHY
​I was born and raised in Norfolk, Virginia and established most of my formal training in traditional fine art media from a magnet program I attended in high school, The Governor's School for the Arts. Around that same time I began fulfilling commissions for clients, ranging in scale and complexity from logo designs to wall-sized paintings. In 2018, I received my B.A. in Studio Art and English with a Spanish minor from Wake Forest University, where I studied abroad in both Spain and London and was otherwise involved in gallery exhibitions, radio, and print-publishing the campus literary magazine. After graduation, I moved to Seattle where I worked in an art supply warehouse, accumulating practical knowledge and connecting with local creatives while moonlighting as a bartender. During the pandemic, I moved back to Virginia and launched a freelance business that largely involved managing commissioned work for local patrons. I then returned to academia at the University of Texas at Austin, School of Architecture, where I will earn my master’s in interior design in the spring of 2025. I currently intern at Farrington Lane, a local Austin firm, and as an ongoing side pursuit, I've been developing a few works of fiction that I hope to eventually publish.
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INDEPENDENT PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS
• January-March 2025 "Bright & Riotous Occasions," Austin, TX
• July-August 2021 "Through The Exit Wound," Equinox Coffee Company (Norfolk, VA)
• May-June 2014 Senior Show, The Governor's School for the Arts; A'Latte Cafe (Norfolk, VA)
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​PUBLIC GROUP EXHIBITIONS
• September 2024 -August 2025 The People's Gallery at City Hall, Austin, TX
• August 2024 "Summer Salon Series," Cloud Tree Studios & Gallery, Austin, TX
• October 2020 "Right To Vote," Hera Gallery (Rhode Island)
• June 2020 "Punching Marshmallows," Remarque Print Workshop (New Mexico)
• April 2018 "Student Art Exhibition + Honors Exhibitions," Hanes Gallery (North Carolina)
• December 2017, "Let It Show, Let It Show, Let It Show," stArt Gallery (North Carolina)
• September 2017,"New Works In The Student Collection: 13 Works by 11 Artists," stArt Gallery
• April 2017 "Student Art Exhibition + Honors Exhibitions," Hanes Gallery
• April 2016 "Student Art Exhibition + Honors Exhibitions," Hanes Gallery
• September 2015, "New Works In The Student Collection: 15 Works by 14 Artists," stArt Gallery
• April 2015 "Student Art Exhibition + Honors Exhibitions," Hanes Gallery
• December 2014, "Let It Show, Let It Show, Let It Show," stArt Gallery
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ONLINE GROUP EXHIBITIONS
• October 2020 "Boundless," Art Fluent
• June 2020 "Congruence," I Like Your Work
• May 2020 "Small Works - Big Talent," Las Laguna Gallery
• May 2020 "Expressions," Marin Society of Artists​​
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PUBLISHED WORK
• 2017-2018 Wake Radio's "The Zine" (art and literature; digital)
• 2014-2018 3-t0-4 Ounces Literary Magazine (art and literature; print)
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AWARDS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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2022 - 2023, 2025 CONTINUING FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENT
Merit-based stipend received to support graduate studies at UTSOA
October 2024 METROPOLIS FUTURE 100 STUDENT COMPETITION NOMINEE
Academic portfolio nominated by UTSOA Interior Design Department to be considered for a national selection of graduates
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October 2024 "PANORAMA ON ORNAMENT"
Independent visual research survey permanently installed in the UT School of Architecture (71" x 44", acrylic on canvas)
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December 2022 GENSLER BRINKMANN SCHOLARSHIP NOMINEE
Semester-long project nominated by a panel of faculty to represent UTSOA
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May 2022 DESIGN EXCELLENCE NOMINEE, UTSOA
Semester-long project nominated by studio professor for consideration for academic honors
December 2021 DESIGN EXCELLENCE WINNER, UTSOA
Semester-long project reviewed by academic jury and selected based on merit and originality
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July 2021 COLLEGE RECRUITMENT FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENT
Waiver of non-residential portion of tuition for the first year of attendance at UTSOA
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2017 ART PURCHASE AWARD
Original collage purchased by WFU for the John P. Anderson Collection of Student Art
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April 2017 H. BROADUS JONES MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
Stipend awarded by the Wake Forest University Department of English in recognition of merit
March 2016 RICHTER FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENT
Awarded funding for a second, 30’ x 10’ mural in el Barrio del Oeste, the public arts district of Salamanca
August-December 2015 PATIO MURAL FOR WFU SALAMANCA CAMPUS
Painted independently alongside studies in Salamanca, Spain; 20' x 10'
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2015 ART PURCHASE AWARD
Original lithograph purchased by WFU for the John P. Anderson Collection of Student Art
SKILLS
Adobe Creative Suite, Autodesk (AutoCAD, Revit), Avid Media Composer, CNC routing, line and developmental editing, Enscape, gallery prep (museum standards), Grasshopper, graphic design and graphic representation, Keyshot, laser cutting and engraving, material casting, Microsoft Office Suite, portrait and product photography, Rhinoceros, Spanish (proficient), woodworking (intermediate), writing (creative, technical), 3D printing
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