ARTIST CV
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 theory. ART 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