CV

Curriculum Vitae

Education:

MFA 2009-2011: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

BFA 2001-2006: Painting/Drawing, Pennsylvania State University.

Awards:
2015: Sandra Karlin Award of Excellence awarded by juror Ross Mitchell of The Barnes Foundation.

2009-2011: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Academy MFA Scholarship.

2009-2011: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, MFA Merit Award.

2010: Fellowship Juried Prize for outstanding achievement at the     Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

Other Honors:
2015: Invited to speak on panel as an awardee of the juried exhibition  FAME at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
2015: Photo selected by the PEW Charitable Trusts to represent the Art and Culture section of the State of the City, 2015.
2015: Photo selected to be exhibited on Billboard in prime location in the city of Philadelphia by PPAC.

2011: Designs for shovels selected in honoring the groundbreaking for Lenfest Plaza at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, also personally selected to represent student body on same stage as Mayor Micheal Nutter and other VIP's.

2010: Selected to attend Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts special luncheon with top Academy donors.

2009: Selected to attend the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Bacchanal! Eleventh Annual Wine Gala & Auction to represent the student body at PAFA during this special occasion.

Selected Exhibitions:
2021: Oct. Pink Noise Projects, Stone Moon, Philadelphia 
2021: Mar. Artistes a Ciel Ouvert, La Roche sur Yon, France. 

2020-21: Oct- Apr. National Liberty Museum, Philly’s Freedom, Philadelphia
2020: Apr. Women’s Caucus for Art Philadelphia Chapter, Virtual Exhibition
 

2019: Mar. University City Arts League, Gala: Street Art Party, University Of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 

2019: Mar. Femme Vitale at High 5 Gallery, Philadelphia 

2018: Sept. WCA: Philadelphia Chapter and High 5 Gallery presents Opening Up at High 5 Gallery, Philadelphia 

2018: Jan. Taking Forms at High 5 Gallery, Philadelphia 

2018: Jan. 25th - Apr. 22nd, Exhibiting artist Musee D'Art Moderne De La Ville Paris, Paris, France

2017: Nov, Inliquid Benefit V.17 at The Ice Box, Philadelphia
2017: Nov. Resistance, High 5 Gallery, Philadelphia

2017: Oct. 2nd-Oct. 29th, Chief curator Amie Potsic, Happily Ever After, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
2017: Sept. 28th - Oct. 9th, Chief curator @GirlSeesArt presents Uncommon Beauty, Soho, NYC

2017: Aug. 1st- Sept. 10th. Work selected by Kirstin M. Jensen chief curator of James A. Michener Art Museum for inclusion in the 118th Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Annual Juried Exhibition, Fame 2017, Philadelphia, PA

2017: Jun.30th - Oct. 2nd, Exhibiting artist, Mohamed Bourouissa: Urban Riders, The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, PA

2016: Oct. Solo Exhibition at Kitchen Table Gallery, Philadelphia 
2016: Apr. 1st -3rd Nepa Art Fair, Scranton, PA. 
2016: Feb, Inliquid Benefit V.16 at Crane Arts in Philadelphia.


2015: Nov. - Dec., Northern Virgnia Community College, Manassas, VA.

2015:  Nov.- Dec. Philly Photo Day  exhibition at the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center.
2015: Aug. Outdoor installation and performance exhibited during art event Invisible River, Philadelphia
2015: Jul- Sept. Worked selected by Juror Ross Mitchell of The Barnes Foundation for inclusion in the 116th Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Annual Juried Exhibition.
2015: Jul.  Received grant to install outdoor installation at The Philadelphia Experiment art event in Darlington, Maryland.
2015: Jun- Aug. Photo selected for inclusion in 6th Annual Contemporary Photography Exhibition, Phila. Photo Arts Center. 
2015: Jun - Jul. created large scale installation for exhibition at The Kitchen Table Gallery, Phila. PA
2015: Jun. exhibited work as well as an installation on the tall ship Gazela for the Tall Ships Festival, Phila. PA
2015: May - Jun.  Photo selected to be exhibited on Billboard and Dilworth Park during the PPAC Philly Photo Day, Philadelphia, PA
2015: Mar. Invited to install environment for Rizumu 13 year Anniversary for Underground Music and Arts, Phila. PA
2015: Feb.  Exhibited in Inliquid Benefit v.15 at Crane Arts in Philadelphia.


​2014: Dec. Received funding to install installation during NYE art event in Philadelphia, PA
2014: Nov. - Dec.  Part of Philly Photo Day exhibition at Crane Arts hosted by Philadelphia Photo Arts Center. Philadelphia, PA
2014: Nov.  Part of a 12 artist public space exhibition, OCGOPF in Wissahickon Park, Philadelphia, PA 
2014: Oct.  Selected to exhibit during Artnude at the James Oliver Gallery. Philadelphia, PA
2014: Oct.  Selected to exhibit during an exhibition for the artist collective, Frank's Kitchen. Philadelphia, PA
2014: Sept.  Selected to exhibit at PhilaMOCA: David Lynch in art, Eraserhood Forever.  In conjunction with the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art’s retrospective on his work. David Lynch: The Unified Field. Philadelphia, PA

2014: Jul.  Invited as an artist to participate in french film by artist Mohamed Bourouissa, Newsworks. Philadelphia. PA
2014: Jul.  Received grant to install outdoor installation at The Philadelphia Experiment art event in Darlington, Maryland.
2014: Jun.  Selected to exhibit in the Force Field exhibition, a program of CultureTrust Greater Philadelphia. Philadelphia, PA
2014: Feb.-March  Invited to exhibit at Space 2033, Philadelphia, PA.

2013: Dec.  Selected to exhibit in, The EverNever Night Market, conjunction with Little Berlin, Philadelphia , PA

2013: Nov.  Invited to create work for, The AnA Project Silent Auction and Exhibition, Chestnut Hill Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2013: Sept.-Oct.  Invited to exhibit in,  All Along the Watchtower, Pterodactyl, Philadelphia, PA

2013: Apr.  Selected to exhibit in, Gesturing into Consciousness, the School of Visual Arts, Pennsylvania State University

2012: Nov.  Curated and exhibited in exhibition, Intension, Art at the Bridge Club of Center City, Philadelphia, PA

2011: June-August  Exhibited in selected 8 person group exhibition, Liminality and the Ephemera: To Enter, and Exit Mark Unmark, the Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College

2011: May-June  Graduate Thesis at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Annual Student Exhibition

​2010: May- June  Special invitation to exhibit during the Annual Student Exhibition, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art

complete exhibition information provided on request.