Education:
2024
MFA, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Dartmouth, MA
2021
New York Academy of Art, New York City, NY
BFA, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2017
AA, San Jacinto College South Campus, Houston, TX
Selected Exhibitions and Competitions:
2025
Tangled Access. AS220. Providence, RI
2024
Burning, Growing. Gallery 263. Cambridge, MA
Art of the Macabre. Worcester Art Museum. Worcester, MA
Knock on Wood. Bristol Art Museum. Bristol, RI
Resident Group Exhibition curated by Erika B. Hess, Sam Kelly, and Susan Lichtman. Chautauqua Visual Arts. Chautauqua, NY
Human, Nature: Disorder in Deep Time master’s thesis exhibition. New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA and The Ignition Space. Fall River, MA
Fresh Faces. Abigail Ogilvy Gallery. Boston, MA
2023
Traversing Terrain. Gilman Gallery, Providence, RI
2022
AXA Art Prize exhibition juried by Ian Alteveer, Ruth Erickson, Louise Neri, and Stephanie Sparling Williams. New York Academy of Art, New York City, NY
AVOWAL exhibition with Enrique Nevarez and Eli Ruhala. Browder Street Gallery, Dallas, TX
College Expo exhibition juried by Jer’Lisa Devezin. 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
30 under 30 juried exhibition. Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX
2021
My Mirror is Fine exhibition curated by Miles Payne. Community Artists Collective, Houston, TX
2020
The New Normal virtual and print juried exhibition. Micagdarchives.com
Decade: 2020 popup exhibition by Decade 2020 in collaboration with VICTRY Records, Houston, TX
2019
Annual Juried Undergraduate Exhibition. Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Out of Order annual art auction. Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
Selected Awards and Scholarships:
2023
Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, Montreal, Québec, Canada
2022
Graduate Teaching Fellowship, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA
2020
Academy Scholar Award, New York Academy of Art, New York City, NY
2018
Morris Louis Scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2017
First Place, 15th Houston Area Community College Exhibition, Houston, TX
Residencies:
2024
Chautauqua Visual Arts, Chautauqua, NY
Curation:
2024
TRUE ECOLOGY group exhibition. East Manning Projects, Providence, RI
2019
Gone on the Account group exhibition. Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Free for all group exhibition. Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Press:
2024
Praise for TRUE ECOLOGY
Apartment Art Gallery Comes to the East Side: https://www.golocalprov.com/lifestyle/apartment-art-gallery-comes-to-the-east-side-inside-art-with-michael-rose
2022
Praise for AVOWAL
A Bigger, Better Dallas Art Fair: https://www.dallasartfair.com/press/2022/04/24/a-bigger-better-dallas-art-fair
Selected Visiting Artist talks/critiques:
2024
Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design (dual degree program) Providence, RI
2023
State University of New York Oneonta, Oneonta, NY
2022
University of Texas Arlington, Arlington, TX
2018
University of Houston Clear Lake, Houston, TX
Teaching:
2024-
Adjunct Professor: “ART 111: Drawing 1”, “ART 112: Drawing 2”. Bristol Community College. Fall River, MA & New Bedford, MA
2023-24
Instructor of record: “Foundations 110: Structural Drawing”, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Dartmouth, MA
Instructor: “Drawing Newport”, “Animation Camp”. Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
2022
Teaching Assistant for Gabo Camnitzer’s “Foundations 101”, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA
2019
Teaching Assistant for David Cloutier’s “Drawing: Tradition and Innovation”, Maryland Institute College of Art (2019) Baltimore, MD