Education
2009 The Australian National University, Masters of Art, Visual Arts, CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA
2001 Illinois State University, B.S. in Studio Arts, NORMAL, IL
2000 University of Wolverhampton, Student Exchange Program, WOLVERHAMPTON, UK
1995 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, painting and life drawing, CHAMPAIGN, IL
Educational Workshops
Bullseye Educators Workshop, Portland, OR, 2013.
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC, 2012.
The Studio @ The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, 2006.
Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA, 2005.
Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 2005.
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC, 2003.
Teaching and Lectures
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC, 2017.
Arrowmont, Gatlinburg, TN, 2016.
Bullseye Glass Factory, Portland, OR, 2016
Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 2016.
Ohio State University, Visiting Artist , Columbus, OH, 2016
UNC School of the Arts, Visiting Artist, Winston-Salem, NC, 2016.
Glass Art Society conference, Demonstrator, San Jose, CA, 2015.
Goggleworks, Reading, PA, 2015.
Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 2015.
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC, 2015.
University of North Carolina, Asheville, Visiting Artist, Asheville, NC, 2014.
The Glass Furnace, Istanbul, Turkey, 2014.
Goggleworks, Reading, PA, 2014.
University of North Carolina, Penland, NC, 2014.
New Trier Township, glass department, Visiting Artist, Winnetka, IL, 2014.
Neusole Glass, Visiting Artist, Cincinatti, OH, 2013.
The Penland School of Crafts, Glass coordinator, Penland, NC , 2010-2015.
Canberra Glassworks, Canberra, Australia, 2008-2009.
Chicago Hot Glass, Chicago, IL, 2004-2007.
The Studio @ The Corning Museum of Glass, Teaching assistant to Bill Gudenrath, Corning, NY, 2006.
Northlands Creative Glass Center, Teaching assistant to Dante Marioni, Lybster, Scotland, 2007.
Selected Exhibition Record
2018 Contemporary Glass, Boise Art Museum, Boise ID.
2018 ALCHEMY | Ideal Conditions, contemporary studio glass, Penland Gallery, Penland NC.
2018 Contemporary art in glass, Western Carolina University Fine Art Museum, Cullowhee, NC.
2018 We the People, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa AZ.
2018 46th Glass International Exhibition, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI.
2018 North Carolina Artists Exhibition sponsored by the Raleigh Fine Arts Society
2018 Valdosta National, Dedo Maranville Fine Arts Gallery, Valdosta, GA.
2018 Ackland Museum of Art, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.
2017 Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
2017 SOFA Chicago, Habatat Galleries, Chicago, IL
2017 Blue Spiral, Asheville, NC
2017 Brahm, Blowing Rock Art and History Museum, Fire and Form, Blowing Rock , NC
2017 Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
2017 Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX
2017 Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
2017 Meredith College Frankie G. Seems Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2017 Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX
2017 Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
2016 Hinson Art Museum, Wingate University, Charlotte, NC
2016 Blue Spiral, Asheville, NC
2016 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Outwin Boochever Finalist, Washington, D.C.
2016 Commentaries, "Stories told in glass" Habatat Galleries, Sarasota, FL
2016 Art Palm Beach, Habatat Galleries, Palm Beach, FL
2015 Scope Miami, Habatat Galleries, Miami Beach, FL
2015 SOFA Chicago, Habatat Galleries, Chicago IL
2015 Barns 2015, Penland Gallery, Penland NC
2015 Echt Gallery, CHICAGO, IL
2015 Annual International Glass Invitational, Habatat Gallery, Royal Oak MI
2015 Self-Portraits by NC Artists, Greenhill Gallery, GREENSBORO, NC
2015 Art Palm Beach, Riley Galleries, PALM BEACH, FL
2014 Winter Show, Greenhill Gallery, GREENSBORO, NC
2014 SOFA Chicago, Riley Galleries, CHICAGO, IL
2014 Ways of Making: An Exploration in Glass, Cohen Gallery, READING, PA
2014 Art Palm Beach, Riley Galleries, PALM BEACH, FL
2014 Figurative Association: The Human Form, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts National Symposium, GATLINBURG, TN
2013 Igneous Expressions, David McCune Art Gallery, FAYETTEVILLE, NC
2013 Portraits and Abstracts, Neusole Glass, CINNCINATI, OH
2013 Shattered, Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, GRAND RAPIDS, MI
2013 Bookworms, Flame Run, LOUISVILLE, KY
2013 Glass Weekend: Wheaton Village, MILLVILLE, NJ
2013 Expose: Habatat Galleries, ROYAL OAK, MI
2012 The Center of Craft, Creativity and Design, ASHEVILLE, NC
2012 50 by 50, Muskegon Museum of Art, MUSKEGON, MI
2012 Glass in the Mountains, TRAC Gallery, SPRUCE PINE, NC
2012 Neusole Glass, CINNCINATI, OH
2012 Fire Nation, TOLEDO, OH
2011 Green Plum Gallery, SPRUCE PINE, NC
2011 Bender Gallery, ASHEVILLE, NC
2010 National Self Portrait Show, 33 Collective Gallery, CHICAGO, IL
2009 Beauty Born of Fire, The Kavanagh Gallery, ST. CHARLES, IL
2009 Sculpture on The Edge, BERMAGUI, AUSTRALIA
2008 Aus Glass, HOBART, TASMANIA
Grants
Special Projects Award, Bullseye Glass and Lani McGregor
Toe River Arts Council, Regional artist project grant recipient, 2018
Awards
AAGC Rising Star
Nuesole Residency
Penland School of Crafts Residency
CCS Award, 44th Glass International Exhibition
Outwin Boochever Competion, finalist, Smithsonian Portrait Museum, Washington, D.C.
James Renwick Alliance Chrysalis Award 2018
Public Collections
Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
The Julie Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn, Alabama
Hinson Art Museum, Wingate, NC
Kotler-Coville Glass Pavilion, Ringling Museum, Sarasota, FL
Publications
The Laurel of Asheville, 7/2017 p. 76
Illinois State, 2017, Front page: Fragile