Curriculum Vitae

b. 1991

Education

  • Master of Fine Arts • Printmaking • West Virginia University • Morgantown, WV • 2019

  • Bachelor of Fine Arts • Printmaking • Texas A&M-Corpus Christi • Corpus Christi, TX • 2016

Professional Experience

  • Adult Visual Arts Instructor • Lawrence Art Center • Lawrence, KS • Classes Taught: Beginning Printmaking, Instructor Remix: Printmaking, Zines!, Embroidery • 2022-2023

  • Adjunct Professor (full time) • Emporia State University • Emporia, KS • Courses Taught: Basic Drawing, 2D Design, Art Appreciation, Printmaking II, Projects in Printmaking, Advanced Printmaking, Independent Study (Printmaking), Senior Exhibition-Printmaking • 2019-2023

  • Interim Board Member • Radical Intersectional Printmakers Guild • 2020-2023

  • Assistant • Penland School of Craft • Reductive Relief w/Jun Lee • Mitchell County, North Caolina • 2021

  • Instructor of Record • West Virginia University • Morgantown, West Virginia • Courses Taught: Drawing I, Into to Lithography • 2017-2019

  • Studio Assistant • Printmaking Studio • West Virginia University • Morgantown, WV • 2017-2019

  • Gallery Assistant Mesaros Galleries • West Virginia University • Morgantown, WV. • 2018-2019

  • Frogman's Archiving Assistantship Frogman's Print Workshop • Council Bluffs, Iowa • 2018/2020

  • Frogman’s Print Workshop Assistantship • Vermilion, SD • Omaha, NE • 2015-2017

  • Full Court Press Vice President (Print Publishing, Live Printing and Fundraising Organization) • Corpus Christi, TX • 2015-2016

  • Studio Assistant Printmaking Studio • Texas A&M-Corpus Christi • Corpus Christi, TX • 2015-2016

  • Printing Assistant for Aaron Coleman • Full Court Press • Corpus Christi, TX • 2015

  • Assistant for Julia Curran‘s MFA Exhibition • Corpus Christi, TX • 2015

  • Undergraduate Teachers Assistant for Intermediate Printmaking: Lithography • Texas A&M Corpus Christi, TX • 2014-2015

Work Shops, Panels, Presentations

  • Visiting Artist Lecture & Workshop • Wichita State University • Wichita, Kansas • 2022

  • Workshop Leader I Know What You Mean….Zine Workshop • Mid-America Print Council • Kent, Ohio • 2022

  • Art Forum Visiting Artist Lecture • Emporia State University • Emporia, Kansas • 2021

  • Virtual Visiting Artist • West Virginia University • Morgantown, West Virginia • 2021

  • Virtual Visiting Artist • Southeast Missouri State University • Cape Girardeau, MO • 2020

  • Virtual Visiting Artist • Illinois State University • Bloomington, IL • 2020

  • Panelist • SGCI Panel/Inkubator: Minority Reports • SGCI Conference 2019 • Dallas, TX • 2019

  • Panelist • SGCI Student Panel: Modified Print: Breaking the Rectangle SGC-International Conference • Las, Vegas • 2018

  • Visiting Artist Lecture • University of North Carolina-Pembroke • Pembroke, North Carolina • 2018

  • Frogman’s Print Workshop • Vermilion, SD • Omaha, NE • 2014-2023

Professional Portfolio Exchanges

  • Confatty • Organized by Jacq Garcia • 2023

  • Edible Ink • Organized by Matthew Willie Garcia • Shown at Lawrence Arts Center • 2023

  • Itty Bitty Print Exchange • Organized by Fiona Avocado • 2023

  • Open Ended Call To Action: A Collaboration • Organized by Shelley Gipson • Apart of MAPC • 2022

  • Sequencer • Organized by Jon Vogt & Nathan Pietrykowski • Apart of MAPC • 2022

  • Frogman’s 40th Printmaking Workshop • Organized by Jeremy Menard • Apart of Frogman’s Print Workshop 2022 • 2022

  • Well Fed • Organized by Becci Spruill • Apart of SGCI 2022 • 2022

  • Field of Squares: A Quilt Pack Exchange • Organized by Muriel Condon • 2021

  • Recollections • Organized by Thuong Hoai Tran & Maddie May • 2021

  • Routine Maintenance Organized by Andrew Kozlowski • 2021

  • 9inHandPress Annual Print Exchange 2021 Organized by Dave DiMarchi • 2021

  • Cat Zine Exchange Organized by Raeleen Kao and Millicent Kennedy • 2021

  • Itty Bitty Print Exchange Organized by Fiona Avocado • 2021

  • Moving On • Organized by Jacob Taylor Gibson • 2021

  • Quarantine Art Swap Organized by Gleissner • 2020

  • Trumped 2.0 • Organized by Richard Peterson • 2020

  • From the Ground Up • Organized by Crooked House Press • 2020

  • Certum Tempus Part of SGCI 2020 • Organized by Stephanie Alaniz and Edie Skeard • 2020

  • Tiny Prints Exchange Organized by H Simon • 2020

  • Frogman’s 2019 Portfolio Exchange • Organized by Jeremy Menard • 2019

  • Chroma: Vol I • Organized by Sarah Ellis and Todd Herdzberg • 2019

  • Gross • Organized by Feliks Pyron • 2018

  • (Un)Necessary Duplicates • Organized by Meghan O’Conner • 2018

  • A House Divided • Organized by Laura Grossett • 2018

  • Tarot Exchange • Organized by Joshua Butler and Matthew Hanson-Weller • 2018

  • Under the Influence • Organized by Javier Flores • 2018

  • Exposed Strata • Organized by Sue Carrie Drummond • 2018

  • Superstitions • Organized by Stephanie Alaniz • 2018

  • WVU & University of Cape Town Exchange • Organized by Joseph Lupo • 2017

  • Cattywampus • Organized by Laken Bridges • 2017

  • Seven Sins: Hubris • Frogman's Faculty Portfolio • Organized by Jeremy Menard • 2017

  • The Value of Sum • Organized by Matthew Hanson-Weller • 2017

  • Solidarity • Organized by Aunna Escobedo • 2017

  • WVU & USU Print Exchange • Organized by WVU & USU Printmakers • 2016

  • Power to the People • Frogman's Faculty Portfolio • Organized by Jeremy Menard • 2016

  • Irrational Fears • Organized by Stephanie Alaniz • 2016

  • Rebirth: A Portfolio Exchange for Artist Relief Fund in Nepal • Organized by Aunna Escobedo • 2015

  • The Time in Between • Organized by Tyler Helfrich • 2015

  • Frogman’s Firsts • Frogman’s Faculty Portfolio • Organized by Jeremy Menard • 2015

  • Cyber Rituals • Organized by Eric Euler • 2014

Solo Exhibitions

  • Comfortable • Main Gallery • Kansas City Artist Coalition • Kansas City, Missouri • 2023

  • Cozy • Gallery • Lubbock, Texas • 2023

  • Taking Up Space • Clayton Staples Gallery • Wichita State University • Wichita, Kansas • 2022

  • Two Fats • Alongside Barbara Lane Tharas • Roundhouse Gallery • Jacksonville State University • Jacksonville, Alabama • 2022

  • Roses & Thorns III • Trusler Gallery • Emporia Arts Center • Emporia, KS • 2021

  • Roses & Thorns II • Hexagon Gallery • University of Nebraska-Omaha • Omaha, NE • 2019

  • Roses & Thorns • Laura Mesaros Gallery • West Virginia University • Morgantown, WV • 2019

  • Being a Grown-Up is Hard • Mary & Jeff Bell Library • Texas A&M Corpus Christi • Corpus Christi, TX • 2016

Select National Group Exhibitions

  • Sequencer: A Hybridization of Print and Moving Image in the Digital Age • Kent State University Center for Creative Arts • Kent, Ohio • Part of MAPC • 2022

  • Open Ended Call To Action: A Collaboration • Kent State University Center for Creative Arts • Kent, Ohio • Part of MAPC • 2022

  • Field of Squares • Gallery 1010 • Knoxville, Tennessee • 2021

  • Portraits: Impressions of Our Times • LHUCA • Lubbock, Texas • 2021

  • Emporia State University Faculty Exhibition Norman R. Eppink & Gilson Memorial Galleries • Emporia, KS • 2021

  • Emporia State University Faculty Exhibition Norman R. Eppink & Gilson Memorial Galleries • Emporia, KS • 2019

  • Pressed & Printed, Printed & Pressed Artist Image & Resource • Pittsburgh, PA • 2019

  • Transmissions From Pressure Island Print Austin 2019 • Austin, Texas • 2019

  • Transmissions From Pressure Island SGCI 2019 • Denton, Texas • 2019

  • A Gather of Perspectives: Cultivating Community Waage Gallery • Minnesota State College • Fergus Falls, Minnesota • 2018

  • Select Printmakers of WVU • Terra Cafe • Morgantown, West Virginia • 2018 

  • New Traditions MARS Gallery • Morgantown, West Virginia • 2018

  • Under the Blankets Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • 2018

  • Drawing From Home • Arts Monongahela Gallery • Morgantown, West Virginia • 2017

  • Iterations • The Diamond Shop • Morgantown, West Virginia • 2017

  • New Members: Pittsburgh Print Group • Candle Lab • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • 2017

  • Hubris Portfolio • Frogman's Print Workshop • University of Nebraska-Omaha • Omaha, Nebraska • 2017

  • The Ol' College Try • Artist Image & Resource • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • 2017

  • Multiplicity • The Diamond Shop • Morgantown, West Virginia • 2016

  • Hang 10 • CC Gears • Corpus Christi, TX • 2016

  • Night Moves • The Cleaners at Ace Hotel • Portland, Oregon • 2016

  • Return To Pressure Island • The Lion’s Nest • Austin, TX • 2016

  • Annual Fall Exhibition (Honorable Mention 2013) • Weil Gallery • Texas A&M Corpus Christi • Corpus Christi, TX • 2013-2015

  • InkSpit • Dope Chapel • Norman, OK • 2015

  • Frogman's Faculty Exhibition • Frogman’s Printmaking Workshop • University of South Dakota • Vermilion, SD • 2015

  • Frogman’s First Portfolio • Frogman’s Printmaking Workshop • University of South Dakota • Vermilion, SD • 2015

  • Pressure Island: Apparitions and Hallucinations • The Lion’s Nest • Austin, TX • 2015

  • Pep Rally: Printmaking Showcase • Texas A&M Corpus Christi Center for Arts • Corpus Christi, TX (Curator/Coordinator) • 2015

  • Pigeon Feeders • Islander Art Gallery • Corpus Christi, TX • 2014

  • Currents • Rockport Center for the Arts Members Annual Show • Rockport, TX • 2013-2016

  • 100@100 • Islander Art Gallery • Corpus Christi, TX • 2013

  • Del Mar College Student Art Show • Del Mar College • Corpus Christi, TX • 2011

Select Juried Exhibitions

  • The Contemporary Print • Part of Print Austin & Print Santa Fe • Austin, Texas • Santa Fe, New Mexico • 2023

  • Biennial North • University of Buffalo • Buffalo, New York • 2020

  • Screenprint Biennial Middle Tennessee University • Murfreesboro, Tennessee • 2020

  • 528.0 Regional Juried Exhibition • Arvada Center for Arts and Humanities • Arvada, CO • 2020

  • 41st Annual Paper in Particular Invitational Columbia College Art Galleries • Columbia, MO • 2020

  • 37th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition Bradley University Galleries • Peoria, Illinois • 2019

  • USU Paper & Clay Exhibition • Tippetts and Eccles Galleries • Utah State University • Logan, Utah • 2019

  • WVU Student Juried Exhibition • Laura Mesaros Gallery • West Virginia University • Morgantown, West Virginia • 2018

  • MidAmerica Print Council Members Exhibition Laramie, Wyoming • 2018

  • Validity • Catapult Gallery • Cape Girardeau, Missouri • 2018

  • PaperWest • Alvin Gittins Gallery • University of Utah • Salt Lake City, Utah • 2017

  • Full Court Press North American Juried Print Competition • Islander Art Gallery • Corpus Christi, Texas • 2017

  • MFA Now: Current Collapse • Ruddell Gallery • Black Hills State University • Spearfish, South Dakota • 2017

  • 36th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition Heuser Art Gallery • Bradley University • Peoria, Illinois • 2017

  • MAPC Members' Juried Exhibition • The Carnegie Center for the Arts and History • New Albany, Indiana • 2016

  • La Merienda • The Islander Art Gallery • Corpus Christi, TX • 2016

  • President’s Council • Art Museum of South Texas • Corpus Christi, TX • 2013-2015

  • Printers of Tomorrow • BLUEorange Contemporary/Duende Art Project • Houston, TX • 2015

  • Microcosmos • Gallery 621 • Benicia, CA • 2015

  • Third Coast National • K Space Contemporary • Corpus Christi, TX • 2014

  • Visual Art Scholastic Exhibition (V.A.S.E.) • Rockport-Fulton High School • Rockport, TX • 2009

Select Juried International Exhibitions

  • Student International Small Print Show • El Minia University • El Minia, Egypt • 2016

  • Rebirth International Exchange Exhibition • 2015 • Contemporary Arts Center • Kathmandu, Nepal

  • Rebirth International Exchange Exhibition • Mount Mercy University • Cedar Rapids, IA • USA

  • A L’Arrache II • Espace D’Exposition Les Abbattoirs Riom, France • 2014

Publications | Podcasts

  • Uncertain Creativity.

  • The Screenprint Biennial.

  • Emporia Arts Center.

  • Emporia Gazette.

  • Printmaking Today.

  • Hello, Print Friend.

  • The Hand Magazine. Issues #26 & #39

  • Mid-America Print Council.

Professional Affiliations

  • Radical Intersectional Print Guild • Board Member/Member • 2020-2023

  • Mid-America Printmaking Conference • Member • 2016-2022

  • Pittsburgh Print Group • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • Member • 2017-2022

  • SGC-International • Member • 2015-2020

  • West Virginia Print Club • Treasurer • Morgantown, West Virginia • 2018-2019

  • Full Court Press • Texas A&M Corpus Christi • Corpus Christi, Texas • 2013-2016

  • Rockport Center for the Arts • Member • Rockport, Texas • 2013-2016

Collections

  • Tornado Alley Press • Wichita State University • Wichita, Kansas

  • Alden Library • Ohio University • Athens, Ohio

  • Bowes Art & Architecture Library • Stanford University • Stanford, California

  • University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Gorman Rare Art Books Library • Marshall Weber Culture Wars Zine Collection • Minneapolis, Minnesota

  • Independent Publishers Resource Center (IPRC) Zine Collection • Portland, Oregon

  • Kent State Media Print and Zine Collection • Kent, Ohio

  • Mid-America Print Council • Des Moines, Iowa

  • Emporia State University Archives • Emporia, Kansas

  • Drive By Press • New York, New York

  • Frogman's Print Workshop • Council Bluffs, Iowa

  • Full Court Press • Corpus Christi, Texas

  • Student International Small Print Collection • Seattle, Washington

  • West Virginia University Archives • Morgantown, West Virginia

  • SGC-International Archives • New Orleans, Louisiana

  • University of North Carolina-Pembroke • Pembroke, North Carolina

  • Minnesota State Permanent Collection • Fergus Falls, Minnesota