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Education      

MFA in Photography, Miami University, 2024                                                                                                  

BA in Studio Art, The College of Wooster, summa cum laude, 2020     

 

Solo Exhibitions

2025

title forthcoming, Nutting Art Gallery, West Liberty University, West Liberty, WV

memorials, Kipp Annex Gallery, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA

2024

the farm, Hiestand Galleries, Oxford, OH                                                                                                         

2020

Through the Looking Glass, Senior Thesis Exhibition (Virtual), Wooster, OH

Two Person Exhibitions

2024

Keepsake, Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Hamilton, OH

Selected Juried and Group Exhibitions

2025

Less is More: Cameraless Photography, Arapahoe Community College, Littleton, CO

Silver and Salt, Month of Photography Denver, Valhall Arts, Fort Collins, CO

Alternatives 2025 Photography Biennial: Image as Record, Ohio University, Athens, OH

Analog and Alternative Photography, Riney Fine Art Gallery, Wichita, KS

2024

Echoes from the Past, The Light Factory Photo Arts Center, Charlotte, NC

Solace in Nature, Light Art Space Gallery, Silver City, NM

Living Image 23/24, The Halide Project, Philadelphia, PA

Studentvisions24, Texas Photographic Society, TX (Online)

Regional MFA Exhibition, Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH

2023

Shaping Forethought, Hiestand Galleries, Oxford, OH

Come Back Tomorrow, Miami University Art Building, Oxford, OH

Extrapolated Forms, Oxford Community Art Center, Oxford, OH

It's Our World, Richard and Carole Cocks Art Museum, Oxford, OH 

The Magic Silver Show: The Elena Diane Curris Juried Photomedia Exhibition, The Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray, KY

Still(ed) Life:Celebrating Handmade Photographic Art, Light Art Space, Silver City, NM

Art Through the Lens 2023, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY

Small Works, Indiana University Kokomo Art Gallery, Kokomo, IN

#NewVisions2023: A Student Exhibition, Texas Photographic Society, TX (Online)

Art and Ecology, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA (Online)

36th Annual McNeese Works on Paper Exhibition, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA

GALEX 56 National Juried Exhibition, Galesburg Community Arts Center, Galesburg, IL

Medium Photo: Size Matters, San Diego Mesa College Gallery, San Diego, CA

 

2022

Borderlands: Miami MFA Exhibition, Leeds Gallery, Richmond, IN

Your eyes, too., Hiestand Galleries, Oxford, OH

What’s Left Behind, Kennedy Heights Art Center, Cincinnati, OH

Signs of Rural Living, Blue Cat Gallery & Studio, Wayne, NE                                                                                     

On the Wing, Kavanagh Gallery, St. Charles, IL     

Happy Little Trees, Peddie and Fish Collective, Madison, IN

Professional and Teaching Experience 

2025- Present

Teaching Artist, Introduction to Cameraless Photography, Pittsburgh Center for Arts and Media, Pittsburgh, PA

Teaching Artist, Introduction to Digital Photography, Pittsburgh Center for Arts and Media, Pittsburgh, PA

Teaching Artist, Introduction to Cyanotype, Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickley, PA

2021 - 2024                                                                                                           

Instructor of Record, Beginning Digital Photography, Miami University, Oxford, OH                                                 Instructor of Record, Beginning Darkroom Photography, Miami University, Oxford, OH

Workshop Facilitator, Alternative Processes, Miami University, Oxford, OH

Teaching Assistant, Advanced Photography, Miami University, Oxford, OH  

Teaching Assistant, Intermediate Darkroom Photography, Miami University, Oxford, OH                                          Teaching Assistant, Contemporary Art Forum, Miami University, Oxford, OH                                                            

2019-2020

Teaching Assistant, Art and Art History, The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH                                                            Darkroom Technician, Art and Art History, The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH 

 

Residencies  

2024

Burren Artist Residency, Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, Ireland 

2023

Open Spring Residency, Cow House Studios, Enniscorthy, Ireland                                                                  

2022

Young Artists Competition and Intensive, Oak Spring Garden Foundation, Upperville, VA

Honors and Awards

2023

Honorable Mention, Analog/Film Other (Series), International Photography Awards, Los Angeles, CA

Official Selection, Analog/Film Fine Art (One Shot), International Photography Awards, Los Angeles, CA

Honorable Mention, Still(ed) Life, Light Art Space, Silver City, NM

Graduate Summer Fellowship, Miami University, Oxford, OH

Honorable Mention, #NewVisions2023: A Student Exhibition, Texas Photographic Society, TX

Miami University Three Minute Thesis Finalist, Miami University, Oxford, OH

3Arts Scholarship Recipient, 3Arts Scholarship Foundation, Cincinnati, OH

2022

Graduate Summer Fellowship, Miami University, Oxford, OH

Miami University Graduate School Thesis Research Grant, Miami University, Oxford, OH

3Arts Scholarship Recipient, 3Arts Scholarship Foundation, Cincinnati, OH

 

2020                                                                                                     

Art & Art History Departmental Honors, College of Wooster, Wooster, OH                                              

George Olson Prize in Art, College of Wooster, Wooster, OH                                                                      

Dewald Recognition Banquet Academic Honoree, College of Wooster, Wooster, OH

 

2019                       

Phi Beta Kappa, The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH 

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