Curriculum Vitae

Education

2023

  • MFA, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2021

  • BA, Studio Art (Drawing), Drake University, Des Moines, IA

Professional Experience 

2025

  • Artistic Manager, Camden FireWorks, Camden, NJ

  • Summer Art Camp Instructor, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ

2024

  • Artistic Manager, Camden FireWorks, Camden, NJ

  • Substitute Teacher, Philadelphia Charter Schools, Philadelphia, PA

  • Summer Art Camp Instructor, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ

2023

  • Artistic Manager, Camden FireWorks, Camden, NJ

  • Summer Art Camp Assistant Instructor, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2022-2023 

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

  • Visiting Artist Coordinator, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

  • Student Life Assistant, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

  • Admissions Assistant, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2021-2022

  • Substitute Teacher, Philadelphia and Camden Charter Schools, Philadelphia, PA and Camden, NJ

2018-2020

  • Fellow/Intern, Planned Parenthood Voters of Iowa PAC/Cindy Axne for Congress/NextGen Iowa, Des Moines, IA

Exhibitions

2026

  • Her Lens, Her Story, JPEG Gallery, Camden, NJ

  • Textured Realities (Solo Exhibition), Nuanced Cafe, Camden, NJ

  • Visions of Change, The Ross Beitzel Gallery, Sewell, NJ

2025

  • Proportions, Rowan College of South Jersey, Deptford Township, NJ

  • Works at the FireHouse, Camden FireWorks, Camden, NJ

  • Diaspora Exchange, JPEG, Camden, NJ

  • Makers and Music Festival, Camden FireWorks, Camden, NJ

  • Good Company, Neighborly Events, Queens, NY

  • Girl Talk, Powell Lane Arts, Collingswood, NJ

2024

  • The Intermission, The Colored Girls Museum, Philadelphia, PA

  • TEXT, Studio Montclair Gallery, Montclair, NJ

2023

  • Complex Identities, Moody Jones Gallery, Glenside, PA

  • I AM HERE, Montclair Studio Gallery, Montclair, NJ

  • Terminal Degree, Commonweal Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

  • 5 into 1 (Philadelphia Sculptures), Wilson Gallery, Moore College of Arts and Design, Philadelphia, PA

  • 122nd Annual Student Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

  • An Island of Peace in a Sea of Chaos, Axalta, Glen Mills, Philadelphia, PA

  • Making Magic, Axalta, Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA

  • Displacement, Light Space Gallery, Media, PA (Virtual)

  • 36th Annual Juried Exhibition, Art Alliance Studio & Gallery, Red Bank, NJ

  • Poetry, LightSpaceGallery, Media, PA (Virtual)

  • Anything Goes, Anne Bryan Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

  • 2nd Art Student Biennial,  William Way Community Center, Philadelphia, PA

  • West Lofts Art Show, West Lofts, Philadelphia, PA

2022

  • Sculpture, Broad Street Studio, Philadelphia, PA

  • Light and Dark, Gallery 8, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

  • Size Matters… in Art, Anne Bryan Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

  • Blue, Gallery 8, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

  • Direct Practices, Gallery 6, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

  • A Good Habit Formed II, Anne Bryan Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2021

  • Unfinished, Gallery 8, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

  • Summer Undergraduate Residency Final Exhibition, Academy Lobby Gallery, NYAA, New York, NY

  • Virtual BFA Thesis Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Des Moines, IA

  • 50th Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Des Moines, IA

Media

2023

  • Good Morning Philadelphia, Interview, Fox29, Philadelphia, PA

Residencies

2025

  • Casa Na Ilha Artist Residency, Ilhabela, São Paolo, Brazil

2021

  • NYAA Summer Undergraduate Art Residency, New York, NY (May 30 - June 26)

Exhibitions Curated

2026

  • Textured Realities: Solo Exhibiton, Nuanced Cafe, Camden, NJ

2025

  • Works at the FireHouse, Camden FireWorks, Camden, NJ

  • Strands of Identity: The Art of Hair, Camden FireWorks, Camden, NJ

  • Fire Works of Art, Camden FireWorks, Camden, NJ

  • Men, Masculinity, and Love, Camden FireWorks, Camden, NJ

  • Cerena Roberston: Reflecting on my Roots, Camden FireWorks, Camden, NJ

2024

  • Queer Spaces: Domestic|Communal|Imaginary, Camden FireWorks, Camden, NJ

  • Thread Revival: Wearable Art, Camden FireWorks, Camden, NJ

  • Storytelling Quilts, Camden FireWorks, Camden, NJ

  • Seaside Salvage, Camden FireWorks, Camden, NJ

2023

  • Size Matters… In Art, Anne Bryan Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Accolades 

2023

  • The Gross McCleaf Gallery Painting Prize, Philadelphia, PA

  • Fine Arts Venture Fund Grant, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2022

  • Landmark Scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2021

  • Landmark Scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

  • First Place/Best in Show, Anderson Gallery, Des Moines, IA

Gallery Affiliations

2023

  • VE⋅RAC⋅I⋅TY, Philadelphia, PA

  • Moody Jones Gallery, Glenside, PA