CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION

 

2023   Master of Studio Arts and Design, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

2019   Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

  • Magna Cum Laude candidate

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2024 SEWN TOGETHER, CityArts Orlando, Orlando, Curator, May 16 - June 15

2023   Professor of record, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

  • Spring semester: 2D Design instructor

2022   Healing Arts Specialist, Orlando Health, Orlando, FL (ongoing)

2022   Volunteer committee member, Winter Park Autumn Art Festival, Winter Park, FL

2021   Instructor, Crealdé School of Art, Orlando, FL (ongoing)

2021   Summer Camp and Event Coordinator, Crealdé School of Art, Orlando, FL

2021   Drawing Instructor, Orlando Fringe International Theatre Festival, Orlando, FL

2021   Intern, Flying Horse Editions, Orlando, FL

  • Spring semester

2021   President, University of Central Florida, Print Collective, Orlando, FL

2015-2016  Illustrator, RSquaredComics, Miami, FL

  • Sole illustrator for a Miami-based independent graphic novel company. Worked on their first graphic novel: Tribe.

AWARDS

 

2022   Pabst Steinmetz Grant Orlando Health, Orlando, FL

2022   CAH General Scholarship UCF, Orlando FL

2022   Adler Scholarship UCF, Orlando FL

2021   The Denis Diderot [A-i-R] Grant Château Orquevaux, Orquevaux, France

2020   Provost Fellowship Recipient UCF, Orlando FL

2017-2019     President’s Scholars Award UCF, Orlando FL

  •     Grant awarded to students who maintain a 4.0 GPA throughout a semester

 

NOMINATIONS

 

2023    Order of Pegasus, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL (nominee)

 

COLLECTIONS

 

2023   Chateau Orquevaux Art Collection, Orquevaux, France

 

RESIDENCIES

 

2023   Chateau d'Orquevaux International Artists & Writers Residency | Orquevaux, France (September 1–28)

  • 18% acceptance rate

2023   Casselberry Sculpture House | Casselberry, FL (July 5–August 10)

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024 INTO THE VOID, Casselberry Art House, Casselberry, FL

2024 ANIMALS, Art and Culture Center Hollywood, Hollywood, FL

2024 ArtFields, Lake City ArtFields Collective, Lake City, SC

2024 Heroes, floridaemergingart.com, FL

2023   Common Threads, Casselberry Sculpture House, Casselberry, FL

2023   CONSTRUCT: CONNECT, Terrace Gallery, Orlando City Hall, Orlando, FL

  •       Highlighted student in Shannon Lindsey’s solo exhibition

2023   ArtFields, Lake City ArtFields Collective, Lake City, SC

2023   UCF Celebrates the Arts, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Orlando, FL

2023   Recycled Art Exhibition, Casselberry Art House, Casselberry, FL

2023   PLATFORM, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL

2023   (Dis)Comfort: Annual MFA Exhibition, UCF Art Gallery, University of Central Florida, Catalog, Orlando, FL

2023   Mattamy Homes for the 2022-2023 Art Program at Meridian Parks, Orlando, FL

2022   2022 Florida Showcase, Snap! Orlando, Orlando, FL 

2022   Ritual: Art and Witchcraft, Womenswork.art, Poughkeepsie, NY

2022   UCF Celebrates the Arts, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Orlando, FL

2021   2021 Art Mix, City Arts, Young Artist Gallery, Orlando, FL

2021   Crealdé Night Out, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL

2021   Time, Space, Connection, Henao Contemporary Center, Orlando, FL

2021   Interphase, ParkHaus15, Orlando, FL

2020   Affordable Arts, CityArts, CityArts Gallery, Orlando, FL

2020   Eclectic Knights XI, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL

2019   Color and Flow, CityArts, Young Artist Gallery, Orlando, FL

2019   Relevant II, CityArts, Young Artist Gallery, Orlando, FL

2019   The Divinity Showcase, Henao Contemporary Center, Orlando, Florida

2019   Breach Of The Peace, BLNK STUDIOS, South Daytona, FL

2019  NOVA: Biannual BFA Exhibition, UCF Art Gallery, University of Central      Florida, Catalog, Orlando, FL

  •      BFA Graduate exhibition from the University of Central Florida

2016  The VOID with III Points, Lou La Vie Gallery, Miami, FL

  •      Working under RSquaredComics as a promotional exhibition for the graphic novel: Tribe.

 

CONFERENCES

2022   2022 Creating Healthy Communities, Orlando, FL

  • Co-presenting Orlando Health’s art program during a breakout session 

 

PUBLICATIONS

 2024 Orlando Sentinel, Orlando, FL

  • Featured in "Healing Through Art", Front page

2023 Orlando Weekly, Orlando, FL

  • Featured in "The Three-Body Problem"

2020   99 Cent, Zine, Orlando, FL

  • September, October, and November issue

2019   Visual Artist, Cypress Dome Literary Magazine, Orlando, FL      

  • 5 submissions were accepted in UCF’s 2019 literary magazine issue.

2018   Visual Artist, Cypress Dome Literary Magazine, Orlando, FL

  • 4 submissions were accepted in UCF’s 2018 literary magazine issue