“and when we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard nor welcomed but when we are silent we are still afraid So it is better to speak remembering we were never meant to survive” -The Black Unicorn: Poems-Audre Lorde
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Currently lives and works in Chattanooga, TN.
Co-Curator - VERSA Gallery
Adjunct Professor - University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Education
2019, MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art
2017, BFA, Painting, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
2013, AA, Art, Chattanooga State College
Selected Exhibitions
February 2020, Impractical Magic, VERSA Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
February 2020, Space Case, LabSpace, Hillsdale, NY
April-May 2019, Graduate Degree Exhibition, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, M
November-December 2018 Tiny, HIVE artspace, York, PA
September 2018, Renegade Art Fair, Playground Detroit, Detroit, MI
August 2018 Reversing to Nowhere, Versa Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
July 2018 Chautauqua School of Art Annual, Fowler-Kellogg Art Center, Chautauqua, NY
February 2018 Touchy Feely Show, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
December 2017- January 2018 LGBTQA Symposium Show, Greenly Gallery, Bloomsburg, PA
September 2017 Nectar, Swine Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
July 2017 Shapeshifter at Apothecary, Shapeshifter Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
June 2017 Young Artist Showcase, Chattanooga City Hall, Chattanooga TN
February 2017, Chattanooga Powerful: The Feminine Lens, Chattanooga City Hall, Chattanooga, Tennessee
February 2017, Alternative Facts, Apothecary Gallery, Chattanooga, Tennessee
January 2017, Nasty Woman, Red Arrow Gallery (Gallery Luperca), Nashville, Tennessee
December 2016. Intersection, Apothecary Gallery, Chattanooga, Tennessee
November 2016, ˈverēənt/, AVA Gallery, Chattanooga, Tennessee
October 2016, Exhibition with Erin High, Apothecary Gallery, Chattanooga, Tennessee
October 2016, To Sangram From SMALDECK, Apothecary Gallery, Chattanooga, Tennessee
October 2016, Horrorshow, Swine Gallery, Chattanooga, Tennessee
September 2016, Poetry Vs. HipHop, The Camp House, Chattanooga, Tennessee
June 2016, Intermission, Swine Gallery, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Residencies and Awards
June-August 2018 Chautauqua School of Art Residency, Chautauqua, NY
2018-Roberta J. McKibbin Memorial Scholarship for Visual Arts
2018-The Karin A. and Melvin H. Johnson Scholarship
2018- The VACI Partners Scholarship
2016, Carol Barinas Memorial Award, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga