EDUCATION
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Masters of Fine Arts in Ceramics (May 2016)
State University of New York College at Buffalo (Buffalo State College)
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ceramic Design (December 2011)
Bachelor of Science in Art Education (December 2011)
Summer Study Abroad Program, Finland, Estonia, Latvia (2009)
Lancaster Central High School
High School Diploma (June 2006)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 Soil and Sprawl, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Surplus Gallery, Carbondale IL
2013 Reliance, Margaret E. Bacon Gallery, Buffalo State College
2011 Built, Sugar City, Buffalo, New York
2010 From The Ground Up, BFA Thesis, Blink Gallery, Buffalo, New York
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2023
Small Favors, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA (juror: Jennifer Zwilling)
Filled up 4, New Harmony Contemporary, New Harmony, IN (juror: Pattie Chalmers)
2017
Cedarhurst Biennial, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mount Vernon, IL (juror: Barry Blinderman)
Shrode Arts and Crafts Exhibition, Regenhardt Gallery, Mount Vernon, IL. (juror: Stefanie Kirkland)
2016
College Clay Collective, Genesee Center for the Arts, Rochester, New York, (juror: Peter Pincus)
American’s ClayFest IV, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, California (juror: Sergei Isupov, Leslie Ferrin)
Shrode Art and Craft Exhibition, Regenhardt Gallery at Schrode Art Center, Mount Vernon, IL (juror: Pattie Chalmers)
2015
The Twelfth Annual Marge Brown Kalodner Graduate Student Exhibition, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA
(jurors: Marge Brown Kalodner, Jennifer Zwilling, Stanley Shapiro)
Critical Forum Exhibition, Surplus Gallery, Carbondale, Illinois (juror: Dana Turkovic)
I love Lamp, Pulliam Breezeway, Carbondale, Illinois (juror: Steven Lee)
2012
College Clay Collective, Firehouse Gallery at Genesee Pottery, Rochester, NY (juror: Matt Metz)
2011
College Clay Collective, Firehouse Gallery at Genesee Pottery, Rochester, NY (juror: Kathy King)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
In Line, Artspace 304, Carbondale, IL (invitational, curator: Kari Woolsey)
Vase-o-rama, Flowers and Weeds, Saint Louis, MO (invitational)
2017
Locality, Carbondale Community Arts, Carbondale, IL
2016
Middle Ground: NCECA Concurrent Exhibition, The Warehouse, Kansas City, Missouri (invitational)
2015
Bits and Bobs with Alex Hibbit, Surplus Gallery, Carbondale, IL
Just words, Second Year MFA Review Exhibition, Surplus Gallery, Carbondale, Illinois
2014
Disturb NCECA, Hilton City Center Hotel Room 930, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (invitational)
26 Gloves: First Year MFA Review Exhibition, Surplus Gallery, Carbondale, Illinois
2013
Trimania: Great Arrow Graphics Staff Exhibition, Trimain Center, Buffalo, New York (invitational)
2012
The Artists Among Us II: Burchfield Penney’s Members’ Exhibition, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY
NASAD Student Exhibition Czurles-Nelson Gallery, Buffalo State College (invitational)
2011
James Lombardo Award Exhibition, Czurles-Nelson Gallery, Buffalo State College
Research and Creativity Celebration, Mezzanine at E.H. Butler Library, Buffalo State College
Trimania: Great Arrow Graphics Staff Exhibition, Trimain Center, Buffalo, New York
2010
Rare Earth: Ceramics Group Exhibition, Gallery 464, Buffalo, New York (invitational)
Annual Design Student Exhibition, Czurles-Nelson Gallery, Buffalo State College
2009
Mid-Summer Celebration, Pedvale Open-Air Museum, Sabile, Latvia (invitational)
Coalition For Ceramics Members Exhibition, Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens, Lackawanna, NY
FESTIVALS
2023
Shawnee Hills Pottery Trail, Carbondale, IL (yearly since 2017)
Holiday Art Bazaar, Scratch Brewing Co. (yearly since 2016)
2019
Oak Street Art Festival, Murphysboro, IL
2018
Schlafly Art Outside, Saint Louis, IL
Allentown Art Festival, Buffalo, NY
Lowertown Art Festival, Paducah, KY
Spring Art Mart, Carbondale Community Arts, Carbondale, IL
2017
The Made Fest, Urban, IL
Cedarhurst Art and Craft Fair, Mount Vernon, IL
2011
Lewiston Art Festival, Lewiston, New York (juror: Mary Miskuly & Patrick Robideau)
2010
Lewiston Art Festival, Lewiston, NY (juror: Thomas Kegier)
VISITING ARTIST WORKSHOP / LECTURES
2022 Workshop: Handbuilt Steins, Craft Alliance, Saint Louis, MO
Artist Talk & Demo, SIU Saluki Elevate Series, Carbondale, IL
2017 Artist Talk, Haystack School of Arts and Crafts, Deer Isle, MA
RESIDENCIES
2013 Buffalo State College, Buffalo, New York (August 2012 - July 2013)
AWARDS / GRANTS
2023 SI Arts Pollinator Project, Grant for Equipment, Artspace 304, Builders Vision, City of Carbondale
Green Fund Grant, Kiln Update Funds for SIU Craft Shop, SIU Carbondale
2016 Honorable Mention, Shrode Art and Craft Exhibition, Regenhardt Gallery
2015 Windgate Research Grant, Funding for Travel to NCECA 2016, SIUC
Windgate Research Grant, Arrowmont Workshop with Dustin Farnsworth, SIUC
2011 1st Place Craft Media Award, Lewiston Art Festival
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2024
Craft Shop Coordinator, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, September 2018 - present
Scratch Brewing Company, Graphic Design, 2017 - present
` Oktoberfest Stein Commission, Scratch Brewing Company, Ava, IL (2016 - present)
2022
100th Anniversary DuQuoin State Fair Commemorative Crock Commission, DuQuoin, IL
2020
Juror, Undergraduate Art Show, SIU Student Center, Carbondale, IL
2019
Curator, Plate and Platter, Carbondale Community Arts, Carbondale, IL, January 2019
Oktoberfest Steins Commission, Maiden Alley Cinema, Paducah, KY
2018
Program Coordinator and Gallery Curator, Carbondale Community Arts, Carbondale, IL, January 2017 - August 2018
Juror, SIU Student Center, Purchase Awards, Carbondale, IL
2017
Workshop Assistant for Pattie Chalmers, Haystack School of Craft, Deer Isle, MA, August 2017, two-week workshop
2016
Workshop Assistant: Kenneth Baskin, Arrowmont School of Arts & Craft, , July 2016, two week workshop
Instructor of Record: Beginning Ceramics, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, August 2014- May 2016
Visual Resources Library Technical Support Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, August 2015- May 2016
2015
Workshop Assistant: Pattie Chalmers , Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithsville, TN July 2015, weekend workshop
Workshop Instructor, Continuing Education, Youth Art Camp, Southern Illinois University,Carbondale, IL June-July 2015
Instructor/ Technical Support, SIUC Craft Shop, Carbondale, IL Summer 2014, Summer 2015
Art Education Graduate Assistant, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, August 2013- May 2015
2014
Workshop Presenter & Event Organizer, Discovery Day in the Arts at SIUC, Carbondale, IL, March 2014
Curator, Disturb NCECA Invitational, Milwaukee, WI, March 2014
Ceramics Technical Support, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, August 2013- May 2014
2013
Production screen-printer, Great Arrow Graphics, Buffalo, New York, (2010-2013)
Studio Assistant for Darien Arikoski-Johnson, Buffalo, NY
2012
Studio Assistant & Ceramic Instructor, Art Yard Studios, Williamsville, New York, January - March 2012
2011
Studio Monitor, Buffalo State College, Ceramics Department, 2010-2011
GALLERY REPRESENTATION AND STOCKISTS
Craft Alliance, Saint Louis, MO
CAM Gallery Shop, Contemporary Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO
Riverside Pottery Studio, Cape Girardeau, MO
Gallery Shop at New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony, IN
Bricolage Art Collective, Paducah, KY
Scratch Brewing Company, Ava, IL
Artspace 304, Carbondale, IL
ORGANIZATIONS
Shawnee Hills Pottery Trail, member (2017 - present)
Boy Scouts of America, Merit Badge Counselor, Pottery, Fibers, Sculpture (2018 - Present)
National Council on Education for the Ceramics Arts (NCECA), Member (2009- 2016)
Southern Clay Works, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Member (2013), Vice President (2014), President (2015)
Coalition of Ceramic Design, Buffalo State College, Treasurer (2009-2011), Member (2008)
SELECTED PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
Liz Wolfson, “Table Magic ” Sauce Magazine, November 2022, Volume 22, Issue 11, p.20-21