EDUCATION

B.F.A. with a Concentration in Painting , University of Alabama at Birmingham

PROFESSIONAL & LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

2023-           Framing Associate for Forstall Art Supply
2022-2023  Project Manager for Gallery Services
2022-           Teaching Artist for UAB's Artplay
2020             Intern for Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, Birmingham
2016-2018   President of the National Arts Honor Society, Chelsea High School

EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS

2022      BFA Exhibition, Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, Birmingham, AL
2022      Take Back the Night, University Hall, Birmingham, AL
  • An event to support and bring awareness to sexual assault survivors
2022        Shelby County Art Council Juried Show, Columbiana, AL
  • Juror: Terry Stricklend
2022        46th UAB Annual Juried Art Show, Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, Birmingham, AL
  • Juror: William Downs
  • Received 1st place in show with $200 cash prize
2021        The Female Gaze, UAB Art Lab, Birmingham, AL
  • Curated by UAB Art History Student Katie Davis
2021        Progress in Practice, UAB Art Lab, Birmingham, AL
  • Curators: Derek Cracco & Elizabeth Pellathy
2021        45th UAB Annual Juried Art Show, Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, Birmingham, AL
  • Juror: Paul Stephen Benjamin
2020        44th UAB Annual Juried Art Show, Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, Birmingham, AL
  • Juror: Allyson Comstock
2019        43rd UAB Annual Juried Art Show, Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, Birmingham, AL
  • Juror: Cristina Molina and Jonathan Traviesa
2018        Visual Arts Achievement Program, Montevallo, AL
2018        State’s Superintendent Art Show, Montgomery, AL
2017        Shelby County Arts Council, Birmingham, AL

SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS

2022        Takahashi Painting Award, $2000, University of Alabama at Birmingham
2021        The Edith H. Frohock Memorial Scholarship, $250, University of Alabama at Birmingham
2021        Betty Loeb Scholarship for Painting, $3,000, University of Alabama at Birmingham
2019        Friends of the Department of Art and Art History Scholarship, $500
2018         Incoming Freshman Scholarship, $500, University of Alabama at Birmingham 
  • Scholarship awarded to incoming freshman in the Art department
2018        Collegiate Honors Scholarship, $5,500, University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Scholarship awarded for academic merit and renews each year
2018        1st Place in Painting, Visual Arts Achievement Program, Montevallo, AL

PUBLICATIONS

2023       Aura Literary Arts Review- Contemporary Juice
2022       Aura Literary Arts Review- Out of Nothing
2022       Aura Literary Arts Review- The Body
2021        Aura Literary Arts Review
2021        Vulcan Historical Review, Volume 25
2020        Kaleidoscope 1st Edition