EDUCATION  

2011 MFA Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX             

2008     BFA (Painting/Printmaking) Rhode Island College, Providence, RI                                         

EXHIBITIONS

2020 Art on the Trails 2020: Rising Up, Beals Preserve, Southborough, MA

2019 Annual Faculty Exhibition, Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI

2017 A Certain Slant of Light, Riverside Arts Center, Riverside, IL

Annual Faculty Exhibition, Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI

2015 Annual Faculty Exhibition, Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI

2013 Community Arts Tokyo Conference exhibition, Tokyo, Japan

The Dallas Pavilion Project, a publication distributed at the 2013 Venice Biennale, Dallas, TX

2011 Experiencing Perspectives 2011-2012, Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, Ft Worth, TX

Master of Fine Arts Qualifying Exhibition, Pollock Gallery, Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX

2010 High Five, Texas A&M International University Art Gallery, Laredo, TX

Art in the Metroplex, Moudy Art Gallery, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX

Place and Face, SMU-in-Taos, Taos, NM

SAA Juried Exhibition, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX (juror-Jeffrey Grove, Senior Curator, Dallas Museum of Art)

Collaborative Workshop Performance with Atelier Frappaz, Les Subsistances, Lyon, France

2009 Landscape, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX Rock Point Gallery group exhibition, Northeast Harbor, ME

Melissa Brown and John McCaughey, Presidential Home Gallery, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI

2008 Emerging Edges: Paintings, Drawings, Prints (solo exhibition), Providence Art Club, Providence, RI

Monotype Guild of New England (MGNE) National Exhibition, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA

Emerging Edges, Senior Honors Project exhibition, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2014-present Adjunct lecturer, Drawing I and 2D Design, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI

2011-13 Private art instructor for military families (children ages 5-14), Okinawa, Japan

2010-11 Teaching Assistant, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX (Foundations, Drawing)

2009-10 Teaching Assistant, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX (Printmaking, Painting)    

AWARDS / RESIDENCIES

2013 Jentel Artist Residency, Banner, WY

2010 New York Studio Residency, Long Island City, NY

Claude Vance Memorial Award, 28th Annual Art in the Metroplex, Ft. Worth, TX

Antonio Cirino Memorial Art Education Fellowship, Rhode Island Foundation, Providence, RI

2009 Antonio Cirino Memorial Art Education Fellowship, Providence, RI

Meadows School of the Arts Graduate Fellowship, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX

2008 Graduating Senior Award, Rhode Island College Art Department, Providence, RI

Eleanor M. McMahon Award, Rhode Island College Honors Program, Providence, RI

Eleanor Parker Anderson Scholarship for solo exhibition at Providence Art Club, Providence, RI