ARTIST CV

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Education

Paducah School of Art and Design. A.F.A., Studio Art, 2016.

Murray State University. B.F.A., Studio Art, 2019.

Louisiana State University.  Printmaking M.F.A., Studio Art, 2023.

 

Solo Exhibitions

 

2027    Gadsden Museum of Art, Gadsden, AL.  (Upcoming)

2025    Gilson Gallery, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS.  (Upcoming)

2024    Hand to Mouth, Hall Gallery, LHUCA, Lubbock, TX.

2023    A Room of Her Own, PSAD Bill Ford Gallery, Paducah, KY.

2022    Let Sleeping Truths Lie, Murray Art Guild, Murray, KY.

            Do as I say, Not as I do. LSU Gallery 229, Baton Rouge, LA.

2019    Fine Particles of Solid Matter, MSU Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray, KY.

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025    Culture Currency Exchange Exhibition, Gallery 110, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD.

2024    42nd National Juried Photography Exhibition, Larson Gallery, Yakima, WA.

            Side by Side Workshop Series, Murray Art Guild/Arts for All KY, Murray, KY.

2022    Surreal Salon 14, Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA.

            Layers, Union Gallery of LSU, Baton Rouge, LA.

2021    Print Matters Houston, BOX13 Art Space, Houston, TX.

            Print As Object, Nona Jean Hulsey Gallery of OCU, Oklahoma City, OK.

            Print: A Southern Perspective, Expression Graphics Gallery, Chicago, IL.

            Make Way: 2021 Awardee Virtual Exhibition, Southern Graphics Print Council Conference International

            Print Thing, Talbot Hall Gallery, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA.

            Fourth Annual Paper & Clay Exhibition, USU Caine College of the Arts, Logan, UT. (Honorable Mention)

2020    From Every Angle, Union Gallery of LSU, Baton Rouge, LA.

            1st Annual Fiber Exhibition, Kansas City Stockyards Gallery, Kansas City, MO.

            Changing a Point of View, Virtual Exhibition, All She Makes Organization

            Boundless, Virtual Exhibition, Art Fluent Organization

            Side by Side Workshop Series, Murray Art Guild/Arts for All KY, Murray, KY.

            Visual Evidence 2020, Murray Art Guild, Murray, KY. (Best in Show, 1st place in Drawing/Printmaking)

            She Is, Catapult Creative House, Cape Girardeau, MO. 

            Collective Exhibition of Female Artists, Waterfield Library, Murray, KY.

            Annual Members Show, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY. (Directors Choice Award)

2019    Fastened and Bound, Calloway Public Library, Murray, KY.

            Festering Liberations, Edward J and Helen Jane Morrison Gallery, Morris, MN.

            Paper Works 2019, BJ Spokes Gallery, Huntington, NY.

            OMAS Student Art Show, Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray, KY. (Best in Show)

            Incessant, Catapult Creative House, Cape Girardeau, MO.

            SGCI 2019 International Members Exchange Exhibition, Dallas, TX.

2018    Silver Celebration: Alumni Exhibition, Bill Ford Gallery, Paducah, KY.

            Student Exhibition, Clemens Fine Art Gallery, Murray, KY.

            OMAS Student Art Show, Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray, KY. (Best in Show)

2016    Survival Skills Exhibition: Permutation, Maiden Alley Cinema, Paducah, KY.

            Annual Members Show, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY.

            PSAD Student Art Show, Clemens Gallery, Paducah, KY.

            Student Exhibition: Re…, Historical Coke Plant, Paducah, KY

 

Teaching Experience

 

Present           Foundations Faculty & Art Technician, Murray State University, Murray, KY.

                       

2023-24           Adjunct Faculty, Murray State University, Murray, KY.

BFA Practicum Exhibition

Final project for the BFA candidate taking an area in art. Documentation (slides/video) and written statement, which includes a description of the direction and influences upon the student's work, ART 498

Professional Practices

A survey of the resources, methods and skills employed by artists in a range of professions. ART 399

 Introduction to Printmaking

Intro. to the tools of traditional printmaking - Intaglio: Zinc Etching (additive and reductive), B&W etching, multiple plate color etching, Relief: B&W linoleum-cut, reductive color relief, monoprints, print exchanges. ART 379 

 Printmaking II & III

Basics of screen print techniques and tools with an emphasis digital fabrication, installation, and non-traditional material investigation.  ART 350 & 351 (Spring)

Printmaking IV & V

Basics of traditional lithography techniques and tools including stone, plate, Sharpie flats, and photo litho processes.  ART 350 & 351 (Fall)

Digital Foundations

Introduction to the use of digital software and technology as a creative tool in contemporary artmaking- basics of digital collage, digital drawing, laser cutting, sound art, and design theoryART 113

 Studio Practice

Introduction to a broad variety of basic materials, methods, and concepts, used in contemporary art practice, including modes of working with focus on surface (two-dimensional), space (three-dimensional), and time (four dimensional). ART 111

Studio Research

Introduction to research and theme-based approaches to art making, including modes of working with focus on surface (two-dimensional), space (three-dimensional) and time (four-dimensional), research of contemporary artists, collaborative approaches to art making, development of a creatively self-sustaining art practice.  ART 112

Drawing I

Introduction to drawing from observation, beginning groundwork in visual measuring techniques and elements and principals of design, exposure to various drawing media, and relevant historical and contemporary artists using drawing in their practice. ART 101

 

2023-20           Instructor of Record, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.         

           Introduction to Printmaking

Teachers Assistant, Printmaking, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.

 

Introduction to Digital Printmaking

Instructor- Lauren Cardanas

 

Introduction to Screen Printing and Lithography

Instructor- Lauren Cardanas

 

           Introduction to Printmaking

           Instructor- Leslie Koptcho

 

Professional Experience

 

2024                Director, Summer Art Workshops, Murray State University, Murray, KY.

2023-20           Printmaking Studio Technician, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.

2020-19           Digital Fabrications Manager, Murray State University, Murray, KY.   

                        Artist Assistant, Murray State Summer Art Workshop, Murray, KY.

                        Art Start Workshop Coordinator, Murray State University, Murray, KY.

2018-20           Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Gallery Assistant.  Murray, KY.

                        Murray State University, Sculpture Studio Aid.  Murray, KY.

2016-18           Yeiser Art Center, Gallery Assistant.  Paducah, KY.

                        Clemens Art Gallery, Gallery Volunteer. Paducah, KY.

 

Awards and Accomplishments

2021    Honorable Mention, “Fourth Annual Paper & Clay Exhibition” USU Caine College of the Arts, Logan, UT.

2020    SGC International Undergraduate Fellowship

            Best in Show. Visual Evidence 2020, Murray Art Guild, Murray, KY.

            1st Place in Drawing/Printmaking Category. Visual Evidence 2020, Murray Art Guild, Murray, KY.

            Directors Choice Award. Yeiser Art Center Members Show, Paducah, KY.

            ORCA Travel Grant, Murray State University, $600.

2019    Student Best in Show, SGCI 2019 International Members Exchange.

            Shaul-Myers Art Enrichment Scholarship, Murray State University, $948.

            Taste of the Arts Scholarship, Murray State University, $800.

            OMAS Best in Show Award. Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky.

2018    OMAS Best in Show Award. Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky.

2016    Excellence in Visual Arts Award. Paducah School of Art and Design, Paducah, KY.

            Merit Award. PSAD Student Art Show, Paducah, Kentucky.

 

 

Presentations, Workshops, and Service

 

2024    From the Ashes, Mid-America Print Council Conference, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS.

Book Binding Workshop, Open House for Family Weekend, Art and Design Dept, Murray State University, Murray, KY.

            Portfolio Reviewer, Kentucky College and Career Day, Dupont Manuel, Louisville, KY.

2023    Lecture/Presentation, A Room of Her Own Exhibition, Bill Ford Gallery, PSAD, Paducah, KY.

2022    Andrea Peterson, Natural Inks & Dyes, Hook Pottery Paper Studios, LSU Printmaking Dept.

2021    Make Ready, SGCI Conference, Virtual

2019    Carlos Hernandez, Sketchbook Workshop, Hatch Show Print, Nashville, Tennessee.

            Tex-Change, Southern Graphics Print Council Conference International, Dallas, Texas.

2018    Bill Fick and Carlos Hernandez, Speedball Printmaking Road Show, Vanderbilt University.

 

 

 

Jurying and Curating Exhibitions

2024    Juror, Annual PSAD Student Exhibition, Bill Ford Gallery, Paducah, KY.

Juror, Printmaking Category, KYAEA Art Exhibition.

 

Portfolios

 

2025 “Culture Currency” curated by Mariana Astete, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota.

2021 “Routine Maintenance” curated by Andrew Kozlowski, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL.

2020 “Personal Ecologies” curated by Finley Baker, Prairie Wolf Prints, Denver, CO.

         “Situations” curated by Leslie Koptcho, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.

          “Postmarked” Crafting the Future, Penland, NC.

2019 “Empowerment,” curated by Nicole Hand, Murray State University, Murray, KY.

          “Favorite Things,” curated by Nicole Hand, Murray State University, Murray, KY.

          “Southern Graphics Conference Print Exchange,” Dallas, TX.  (Student Best in Show)

          “Rags and Riches,” curated by Sarah Ellis, Murray State University, Murray, KY.

 

 

Grant Writing/Publications

 

2024    Kentucky Rural Urban Exchange Intercultural Microgrant- Awarded $2000

            Presidental Recruitment Grant, Summer Art Workshop, Murray State University- Awarded $1000

Top 5, Glasstire: Texas Visual Arts, https://glasstire.com/events/2024/06/07/eve-leaving-the-garden/

 

Artists Assisted

2025 Sage Perrot, Murray State University, Screenprint & Collaboration

2024 Stephanie Alaniz, Murray State University, Relief/Textile Edition

2021 Candice Lin, LSU Museum of Art, Artist Installation & Collaboration

2020 Emmy Lingscheit, Murray State University, Lithography/screen-print workshop

         Carry Lingscheit, Murray State University, Mezzotint workshop

2019 Jessie Barnes, Murray State University, mono-type workshop

         Melody Vaughan, Murray State University, lithography workshop

         Sean P. Morrissey, Murray State University, screen-print workshop

         Hannah March Sanders, Murray State University, artist lecture

2018 Althea Murphy Price, Murray State University, screen-print workshop   

         Matt Hopson-Walker, Murray State University, screen-print workshop

2016 Gay Speirbhain, Yeiser Art Center, Artist Installation

         Fantastic Fibers, Yeiser Art Center, Artist Installation

         Kyle Triplett, Yeiser Art Center, Artist Installation

         Sandy Sasso, Ruth Baggett Gallery, Artist Installation

         Colin Tuis Nesbit, Clemens Art Center, Artist Installation

 

Collections

          Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky

          Connect: Collect, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, OK

          Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

          Southern Graphics Print Council

          University of South Dakota

 

Memberships

         Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY

         Mid America Print Council

         SGC International