Education
2019–2024 PhD Candidate, Critical Studies, and Artistic Practice with Certificates in Art History and Women’s and Gender Studies
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Anticipated graduation in 2024
2016–2018 Master of Fine Arts, Photography and Media
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2013–2016 Bachelor of Fine Art, Photography with Minor in Film Studies, and Art History
The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
Professional Experience
2024 Co-instructor and Visiting Artist, Art Methods and Pedagogies, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2024 Instructor of Record, Beginning Photographic Arts Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2023 Lab Assistant, Visual Resource Center, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2023 Instructor of Record, Beginning Photographic Arts Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2023 Teaching Assistant, Women and Gender Studies Teaching Practicum, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2022 Lab Assistant, Visual Resource Center, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2021 Instructor of Record, Art Appreciation, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2021 Lab Assistant, Visual Resource Center, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2020-2021 Instructor of Record, Art Appreciation, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2019-2020 Teaching Assistant, Art Appreciation, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2018 Instructor, ARTES Theatre Entertainment School, San Fernando Valley, CA
2018 CAPSA Instructor, AmeriCorps, Los Angeles, CA
2017-2018 Graduate Assistant, California Institute of the of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2017 Film Archival and Digital Photo Editor, NBCUniversal, Los Angeles, CA
2016-2017 Photo Lab Technician, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2014-2016 Volunteer Instructor, Youth Mentor Program, Tulsa, OK
Exhibitions
2024 Madres Radicales, group exhibition, hosted by The Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts (LHUCA)– First Friday Art Trail– and Satellite Gallery at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2024 Queering West Texas, group exhibition, hosted by The Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts (LHUCA)– First Friday Art Trail– and Satellite Gallery at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2024 Pulp Fiction: HERstory is History, group exhibition curated by Tricia Earl at Rock, Paper, Shears, Lubbock TX
2023 Evocative Disobedience, group exhibition hosted by Lubbock Art Depot, Lubbock, TX
2023 Hide & Seek Neighborhood Art Space, group exhibition, hosted by The Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts (LHUCA)– First Friday Art Trail– and Satellite Gallery at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2023 Holding Space: The Clothesline Project 2023, group exhibition hosted by Landmark Arts
in the South Gallery at Texas Tech University, Lubbock TX
2022 Performance Art Final– T.G.I.F., group exhibition hosted by The Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts (LHUCA)– First Friday Art Trail– Graffiti Building Venue, Lubbock, TX
2022 Exhale, group exhibition hosted by The Risk Intervention & Safety Education Program (RISE) Department at Texas Tech University, Dairy Barn Venue, Lubbock, TX
2022 Exhale, group exhibition hosted by The Risk Intervention & Safety Education Program (RISE) Department at Texas Tech University, Wild Lark Bookstore, Lubbock, TX
2022 Un/marked, Collaborative exhibition with co-creators Hillary Erin Russell and Tricia Jarrett, hosted by The Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts (LHUCA)– First Friday Art Trail– and Landmark Arts at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2020 Allegany National Photography Competition and Exhibition, group exhibition hosted by The Allegany Arts Council, Cumberland, MD
2020 Texas National Competition & Exhibition, group exhibition hosted by Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
2020 Unpacked: Letting the Light in – Stories of Survivors, group exhibition hosted by Risk Intervention and Safety Education (RISE) department at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2020 The ‘F’ Word, group exhibition hosted by The Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.
2020 Art at the Center Gallery Exhibits, group exhibition hosted by the Tomahawk Ridge Community Center, Overland Park, KS.
2020 On Edge, group exhibition hosted by Art League Rhode Island in Pawtucket, RI.
2020 30 Under 30 Exhibition, Director’s Choice, group exhibition Viridian Artists Inc. New York City, NY.
2020 Justice Exhibition, group exhibition at Charles Adams Studio Project, Lubbock, TX.
2020 WEAD Feat to Fire Celebrating 100 Years of Women's Suffrage, group exhibition at The Sanchez Art Center, Oakland, CA.
2019 Size Matters Exhibition, group exhibition at Shockboxx Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2018 Rattlesnake Bells in the Desert, group exhibition at The Box Gallery in Los Angeles, California.
2018 4 x 5 Exhibition, group exhibition in the Lime and Mint Gallery at California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California.
2018 I’m Not Dead Yet, solo exhibition in the main gallery at California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California.
2018 Unframed Unstretched, group exhibition hosted by the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna at the Semper depot EG Nord in Vienna, Austria.
2017 MFA 2 Group Show, graduate student group exhibition hosted by California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California.
2017 There was a Big Thunderstorm when I was Born, mid-residency solo exhibition in the main gallery at California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California.
2017 Far Bazaar 2017 Alternative Art Festival, graduate student group exhibition hosted by Cerritos College in Cerritos, California.
2016 Senior Exhibition, group exhibition hosted by The University of Tulsa at the Alexandre Hogue Gallery in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
2016 There was a Big Thunderstorm when I was Born, solo exhibition at The Girls Art School in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
2016 Art for Humanities Group Exhibition, group exhibition hosted by The University of Tulsa at the Lorton Performance Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
2016 Core Connections, group exhibition hosted by The University of Tulsa at Living Arts Gallery in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
2015 Momentum Tulsa 2015, group exhibition sponsored by the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Works Curated by Mary Kathryn Moeller in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
2015 47th Gussman Art Show, group exhibition hosted by The University of Tulsa at the Alexandre Hogue Gallery in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
2015 Art for Humanities Group Exhibition, hosted by The University of Tulsa at the Lorton Performance Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
2014 Northeast Oklahoma Area Artist Show, group exhibition hosted by the Pryor Area Arts Council at Graham Banquet Hall in Pryor, Oklahoma.
2014 Art for Humanities Group Exhibition, hosted by The University of Tulsa at the Lorton Performance Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
2014 46th Gussman Art Show, group exhibition hosted by The University of Tulsa at the Alexandre Hogue Gallery in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Lectures, Presentations, Workshops
2023 Artist Lecture titled, Portraits of Choice, hosted by the Women and Gender Studies Department at Texas Tech
University, Lubbock, TX
2023 Curatorial/ Artist Lecture, Holding Space: The Clothesline Project 2023, hosted by the Women and Gender Studies
Department at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2023 Holding Space: The Clothesline Project 2023, group exhibition hosted by Landmark Arts in The South Gallery at Texas
Tech University, Lubbock TX
2023 Hide & Seek Neighborhood Art Space, Cyanotype Workshop, Lubbock, TX
2023 Hide & Seek Neighborhood Art Space, Collage Workshop, Lubbock, TX
2022 Society for Photographic Education Regional Fall Conference, Lecture titled, Portraits of Choice– Art Based
Research and Social Praxis within the Documentary Genre, Shreveport, LA
2022 Inside Out Festival at the Charles Adams Studio Project, Cyanotype Workshop, Lubbock, TX
Professional Service
2022 Volunteer, Clothesline Project, TTU RISE (Risk Intervention & Safety Prevention), Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2020 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, School of Art, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2019 Exhibits and Speakers Committee, School of Art, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2019 Society for Photographic Education Regional Fall Conference in Lubbock, TX, Volunteer at Texas Tech University
2018 CAPSA Instructor, AmeriCorps, Los Angeles, CA
2014/16 Volunteer Instructor, Youth Mentor Program, Tulsa, OK
Awards/Honors
2020 First Place Color Photography, The Allegany Arts Council, Cumberland, MD
2019 Best in Show, Size Matters Exhibition, Shockboxx Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018 AmeriCorps Scholar Grant, Valencia, CA
2018 Bartman Grant, from California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, CA
2018 Helen Levitt Scholarship, Valencia, CA
2017 Helen Levitt Scholarship, Valencia, CA
2017 Bartman Grant, from California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, CA
2016 Bartman Grant, from California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, CA
2016 Outstanding Senior Award, from The University of Tulsa in Tulsa, OK
2015 2nd Place Gussman Art Show, Tulsa, OK
2014 1st Place Northeast Oklahoma Area Artist Show, Tulsa, OK
2014 Honorable Mention Gussman Art Show, Tulsa, OK