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INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS

2021    Dissociated Love Affair, Kalamazoo College, Park Trades Center, Kalamazoo, MI 

2020     Membrane #3 (I see you through my screen, I feel you through my skin), Midwest RADFest
             2020. Festival Curator, Rachel Miller.  The Epic Center, Kalamazoo, MI

2019     Point of Contact, Eleanor and Robert DeVries Student Art Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI

JURIED
EXHIBITIONS

2019     Annual Student Exhibition, juried by Fari Nzinga. Richmond Center for Visual Arts

2018     Annual Student Exhibition, juried by Jennifer M. Friess. Richmond Center for Visual Arts

2017     Michiana Annual Art Competition, St. Joseph Box Factory, St. Joseph, MI
             Annual Student Exhibition, juried by Jimmy Kuehnle. Richmond Center for Visual Arts

GROUP
EXHIBITIONS

2021    2021 Post-Baccalaureate Residents, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI

2019    Annual Faculty and Staff Exhibition, Richmond Center for Visual Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
            Printmedia Student Exhibition,  Richmond Center for Visual Arts, Kalamazoo, MI

2018    BFA Student Showcase, October Art Hop, Kalamazoo Arts Council, Consumers Credit Union
            Metals/Jewelry Student Exhibition,  Richmond Center for Visual Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
            Sculpture Student Exhibition,  Richmond Center for Visual Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
            A Thorough and Accurate Examination of Humankind, ONART, Florence, Italy
            When I Grow Up, Jules Maidoff Palazzo, Florence, Italy

2017    All in the House Intern Show, Kalamazoo Book Arts Center, Kalamazoo, MI    
            Sculpture Student Exhibition,  Richmond Center for Visual Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
            Metals/Jewelry Student Exhibition,  Richmond Center for Visual Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
            Book Arts in Europe Exhibition, Kalamazoo Book Arts Center, Kalamazoo, MI
            Unbelonging: Art in an Age of Statelessness, Western Michigan, Kalamazoo, MI

2016    Sculpture Student Exhibition,  Richmond Center for Visual Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
            Metals/Jewelry Student Exhibition,  Richmond Center for Visual Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
            Accordion Book Exhibition, Kalamazoo Book Arts Center, Kalamazoo, MI
            Foundations Student Exhibition, Richmond Center for Visual Arts, Kalamazoo, MI

PERFORMANCES

2020    That Brighter Hour, Jan 25, presented by Chamberlain Dance, choreography by Carolyn
            Pampalone-Rabbers, Wellspring Theater, Kalamazoo, MI

2019    Obels, Feb 25 and March 1, as part of Point of Contact, improvisation by Melina Wilcox, Michael

            Arellano, Marisa Bianan, Katherine Kennedy, Hannah Liddicoat. Eleanor and Robert DeVries

            Student Art Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI 

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2020    You Can’t Make Me Sit Straight: Queers on Queerness, MBLGTACC 2020 

            co-curated with Billy Luc, Richmond Center for Visual Arts, Western Michigan University,

            Kalamazoo, MI

AWARDS AND GRANTS

2019    Presidential Scholar for the Gwen Frostic School of Art, Western Michigan University
            Art History Art Star Award, Western Michigan University
            Merit Scholar Award, Western Michigan University

2018    Global Engagement Scholarship, Western Michigan University
            Frostic School of Art Enrichment Grant, Western Michigan University

2017    Haenicke Institute for Global Education, Western Michigan University
            Margaret Ward Award, Western Michigan University

2016    Foundations Art Star Award, Western Michigan University
            Gwen Frostic Award, Western Michigan University

ARTIST
RESIDENCY

October 2020-June 2021​​    

Post Baccalaureate Residency, emphasis in Print Media,  Kirk Newman Art School,
Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, MI

EDUCATION

2019    BFA, major in Sculpture, minor in Art History, summa cum laude
            Gwen Frostic School of Art, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

2018    Studio Arts College International, Florence, Italy 

2017    Book Arts in Europe, Western Michigan University; Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Netherlands

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