Selected Artist Resume
Education
MFA in Painting, Miami University, Oxford, OH
BFA in Painting and Drawing, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, Minor in Psychology
BFA in Jewelry Design and Metalsmithing, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
BS in Family Studies, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, Interdisciplinary Minor in Substance Abuse Studies
Study at Chelsea School of Art and Design, London, England
Study at Central Saint Martin’s School of Art, London, England
Selected Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
For the Birds, Manassas Gallery, Gallery Director: Matthew Pinney, Manassas, VA, 2023
Nesting, Rachel M. Schlesinger Arts Center, Fischer Gallery, virtual exhibition, Curator: Mary Higgins, Alexandria, VA, 2020, Solo
Following the Line, Kamiposi, collaboration with Jake Weigel, Visiting Artist/Lecturer of Sculpture, Director of Nancy Fyfe
Cardozier Gallery, University of Texas of the Permian Basin, Midland, TX, 2015,
365 Days: A Love Affair with Drawing, Howard College, Big Spring, TX
The Out of the Inside Too, Lubbock Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, TX, 2013, Solo
The Out of the Inside, Hiestand Lee Gallery, Miami University, Oxford, OH, 2005, Solo
Selected Juried Ehibitions
FACE TO FACE, Art Fluent Gallery, Boston, MA, Director: Amy Matteson Neill, 2024
https://www.art-fluent.com/gallery/face-to-face/
FloRA and FauNA 2023, Red Bluff Art Gallery, Red Bluff, CA, Co-directors: Anastasia Nelson & Phil Dynan, 2023
https://www.redbluffartgallery.com/flora2023.htm
Humor, District Arts, Frederick, MD, Juror: Glen Kessler, 2023
https://www.districtarts.com/humor
WOMEN IN ART 2023, Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, 2019, Juror: Lori McBride, 2023
All in the Family, Cotuit Center for the Arts, Couit, MA, 2021, Jurors: Cotuit Center for the Arts Curatorial Committee,
https://artsonthecape.org/explore/all-in-the-family-an-online-juried-exhibition
Joy (This Is Just What I Needed!), Edward A. Dixon Gallery, Dayton, OH, 2021, Gallery Director: Ed Dixon,
https://www.eadgallery.com/
Bird is the Word! Flagler County Art League, Palm Coast, FL, 2021, Show Director: Maggie Corder,
https://www.flaglercountyartleague.org
Every Color Has a Story, Flagler County Art League, Palm Coast, FL, 2020, Show Director: Maggie Corder,
https://www.flaglercountyartleague.org/every-color-has-a-story
Wild Things, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, MA, 2020, Juror: Amy Neill, Director of Education,
https://www.culturalcenteronline.org/wildthings
Impromptu IV, The Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, MA, 2020, Juror: Amy Neill, Director of Education
2019 National Art Education Association Member Exhibition, 2019 NAEA Member Exhibition Virtual Gallery, 2019, NAEA
Gallery Project Coordinator Scott Russell
Sacred Feminine, Del Ray Artisans, Del Ray Artisans Gallery, Alexandria, VA, 2019, Director of Curating: Brittany Gabel
Lubbock Arts Festival, Lubbock Arts Alliance, Lubbock, TX, 2019, Elizabeth Regner, Executive Director
50th Anniversary Treasury of Art, Vienna Arts Society, Vienna, VA, 2019, Juror: Leight Culver
2019 Matters of the Heart, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, 2019, Juror: Lori McBride
2019 Five Points Small Works, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT, 2019, Juror: Brigid Kennedy
VMRC Juried Art Exhibit, VMRC Park Gables Gallery, Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community Harrisonburg, VA, 2018
The Egg Show, ArtVale Gallery, Oakland, CA, 2018, Juror: Shoshana Zambryski-Stachel
Love, etc., Impasto Art Gallery, Longmont, CO, 2018, Juror: Amy Matthews, Curator of Impasto Gallery
Artful Living, Britepaths in association with Fairfax Spotlight on the Arts, Fairfax, VA, 2017, Jurors: Trudi Arnold, Erin Ryan and
Jessie Whitten
Womens Works 2015, Old Courthouse Arts Center, Northwest Area Arts Council, Woodstock, IL, 2015
Animals in Photography, Contemporary Art Gallery Online, 2014
Texas Art Education Association (TAEA) Electronic Gallery, Dallas, TX, 2013, Juror: Chris Cooper
Family, Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, CO, 2013, Juror: Katherine Ware, Curator of Photography at the New Mexico
Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
Selected Group Exhibitions
Celebracion, Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, TX, 2025, Curator: Alexandra Pitts
LHUCA 25th Group Exhibition, Louis Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts (LHUCA), Lubbock, TX, 2022, Curator: Christian Conrad
4 the Love of…Liberty, Creative Brush Gallery, Manassas, VA, 2022, Gallery Director: Kristine Pfeiffer
NOVA Faculty Biennial at Loudoun, Waddel Art Gallery, Sterling, VA, 2021, Gallery Director: Damon Arhos
Create in Place, Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, TX, Curator: Sebastian Forbush, 2020
Stamp, Northern Virginia Community College, Fine Arts Gallery, Alexandria, VA, 2018
Nova@50, Northern Virginia Community College, Verizon Gallery, Annandale, VA, 2016
Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here DC 2016: Global Narratives, Schlesinger Arts Center, Alexandria, VA, 2016
6x6x2014, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY, 2014
They Practice What They Teach: Works by Regional Art Faculty, The Ellen Noël Art Museum, Odessa, TX,
Curator: Doylene Land, 2013
Photography Expose, Art Depot, Lubbock, TX, 2007, Curator: Ryder Richards, Director of Art Depot Gallery, 2007
Exchange and Community, SPE South Central Regional Conference Group Show, University of Texas at Arlington,
Arlington, TX, 2007
Selected Publications
Salann Magazine, 2nd Ed., pages 103 – 107, February 2021
The Northern Virginia Review, Volume 33, page 78, Ruth Stewart, Editor-in-Chief, March 2019
The Woven Tale Press, Volume VI #8, pages 41-44, Sandra Tyler, Editor-in-Chief, October 2018
The Northern Virginia Review, Volume 30, page 57, Ruth Stewart, Editor-in-Chief, March 2016
Teaching Positions
Professor of Art, 2022 – to present
Associate Professor of Art, 2019 – 2022
Assistant Professor of Art, 2015 – 2019
2D Program Head at Alexandria Campus
Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, VA
Assistant Professor of Art, Department Chair, 2005 – 2015
Howard College, Big Spring, TX
Adjunct Professor, 2013 – 2014
University of Texas Permian Basin, Odessa, TX
Graduate Teaching Assistant, 2003 – 2005
Miami University, Oxford, OH