b. Denver, Colorado
Current Position or Status
Adjunct Faculty at the College of Visual Arts and Design at the University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Education
2009 MFA in Painting/Drawing, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2003 BFA in Studio Art, Painting, Baylor University, Waco, TX
2003 Lorenzo Di’ Medici School of Art, Florence, Italy
Scholarships, Awards, Grants, Sponsorships
2009 Awarded as one of The New Dallas Nine Artist’s in D Magazine
2006 University of North Texas Scholarship, $1000, School of Visual Arts
2002 Award of Merit, $100, Baylor University Juried Student Show
Individual Exhibitions
2009 MFA Exhibition, Upstairs Gallery, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
2005 Figurative Paintings, Third Floor Gallery, Thomasville Cultural Center, Thomasville, GA
Group Exhibitions
2010
Elements (Invitational), Cedar Valley Gallery, Lancaster, TX
Objectivity (Invitational), Gray Duck Gallery, Austin, TX
Midnight Snacks (Invitational), 1366 Space,Chicago, IL
Texas Oklahoma Art Prize (Juried),Wichita Falls Museum of Art, Wichita Falls, TX
2009
Elements, Mod Shop Gallery, Dallas, TX
UNT Faculty Show, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Faculty Show, Collin College, Plano, TX
Élan Art Gala (Juried), Dallas, TX
Group Show, Mod Shop Gallery, Dallas, TX
D Art Slam(Juried), Dallas, TX (Awarded one of The New Dallas Nine Artist’s)
Greater Denton Arts Council(Juried), GDAC, Denton, TX
Hunting Art Prize(Juried), Decorative Center of Houston, Houston, TX
MFA Thesis Exhibition, 500X Gallery in Dallas, TX
Artistically Speaking (Juried), Cora Stafford Gallery, Denton, TX
NAT 23, Texas Tech University, Landmark Arts, Lubbock, TX
Expo 2009(Juried), 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX, Curator: Gavin Morrison is curator of the Fort Worth Contemporary Art Gallery, an auxiliary gallery of Texas Christian University
2008
Something Made Easy, 500X Gallery in Dallas, TX
MFA Exhibition(Juried), UNT Art Gallery in Denton, TX (June – August 2008)
New American Talent: The Twenty-Third Exhibition (Juried), Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX (To tour venues in Texas from fall 2008 to summer 2010)
Nato Thompson, curator and producer, Creative Time, New York, NY
Student Art Competition(Juried), UNT Union Gallery in Denton, TX
Curator: Thomas Feulmer, Director of Education and Programming at the Rachofsky House in Dallas, TX
EXPO 2008 (Juried), 500X Gallery in Dallas, TX
Curator: Terri Thornton, an artist and Curator of Education at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
2007
Not To Be Missed By Anyone, 500X Gallery in Dallas, TX
Pocket of Schemes, Cora Stafford Gallery in Denton, TX
Peripheral Vision, Union Gallery in Denton, TX
Junior/Senior Show, 500X Gallery in Dallas, TX
Dissipation, Cora Stafford Gallery in Denton, TX
Paint Trap, Cora Stafford Gallery in Denton, TX
2002 Juried Student Show, Martin Museum of Art in Waco, TX
Collections
Niela Petrick, Mckinney, TX
Timothy E. Moloney, Dallas, TX
Jennifer Seale, Austin, TX
John Jones, Waco, TX
Victoria Josslin, Seattle, WA
Irene Klaver, Denton, TX
Bill Oakey, Austin, TX
Bob Smith, Waco, TX
Sarah Williams, Denton, TX
Rachel Black, Irving, TX
Todd Camplin, Dallas, TX
Kevin Sturdevant, Columbus, OH
Joanna Powell, Dallas, TX
HP Bloomer, Denton, TX
Bibliography (Selected Bibliography):
D Magazine, The New Dallas Nine Artist’s of Dallas, August 2009
North Texas Daily, Student artwork explores topics of femininity, Artistically Speaking: Leaving a Legacy", March, 2009
New American Talent: The Twenty-Third Exhibition, 2008
Work Experience
2010 Adjunct Professor, Drawing I & Drawing II, Drawing Core Administrative Assistant, CVAD, UNT, Denton, TX
2009 Adjunct Professor, Drawing I & II & Figure Drawing, CVAD at UNT,Denton, TX
2009 Teaching Assistant for Drawing I, CVAD at UNT, Denton, TX(Spring)
2008 Teaching Assistant for Drawing II, CVAD at UNT, Denton, TX
2008 Teaching Fellow for Advanced Figure Drawing & Drawing I, CVAD at UNT, Denton
2008 Teaching Assistant for Drawing II, CVAD at UNT, Denton, TX
2007 Painting Area Assistant, College of Visual Arts and Design at UNT, Denton, TX
2007 Teaching Assistant for Drawing I, Drawing Core at UNT, Denton, TX
2005 Curator, Thomasville Cultural Center, Thomasville, GA
(Selected Shows: Frans Lanting, Janet Fish)