EDUCATION
2021- Warren Wilson College, Swananoa, NC: MA In Critical Craft Studies
2019 Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA: BFA in Craft with Minor in Art History, Magna Cum Laude
2016 TCC Visual Arts Center, Portsmouth, VA: Studio Arts Degree, Summa Cum Laude
2004 Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center, Panama City, FL: Deep Sea Diving Medical Technician, Honor Graduate
2002 University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Offsite Gallery, Norfolk, VA: Soft Resistance
2017 The Carrack Modern Art, Durham, NC: Lift Like a Princess
2016 Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA: Lift Like a Princess
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2021 Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA: What Are You Looking At
North Lands Creative: Glass Meet the Future Film Festival
Spilt Milk Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland: If She Could Do It All, She Would (Online Exhibition)
The Atlantic Permanent, Norfolk, VA: Virginia Glass Guild Annual Juried Exhibition
2020 Norfolk International Airport, Norfolk, VA: There’s No Place Like Home Juried Exhibition
The Gallery at Fort Houston, Nashville, TN: CHROMA Juried Exhibition
2019 Wellington Gray Gallery, Greenville, NC: Slippery and Subversive Juried Exhibition
Works Program Architects Gallery, Norfolk, VA: Transformation Juried Exhibition
Moorean Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL: Glass Art Society Student Exhibition
2018 Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Portsmouth, VA: Adorn Invitational Exhibition
Slover Library, Norfolk, VA: Virginia Glass Guild Member Exhibition
2017 Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA: Glass National Juried Exhibition
Charles Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA: Virginia Glass Guild Juried Exhibition (Dr. Jutta Page, Juror)
Peninsula Fine Art Center, Newport News, VA: Dreamhouse Remix Invitational Exhibition
Visual Arts Center, Portsmouth, VA: Breaking Barriers Juried Exhibition
Harbor Group International Gallery, Norfolk, VA: Resident Artist Exhibition
Perry Glass Studio, Norfolk, VA: Mixed Messages, Solo Installation
2016 Charles Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA: Virginia Glass Guild Juried Exhibition (Douglas and Katya Heller, Jurors)
Suffolk Art Gallery, Suffolk, VA: Shine, Shine, Shine Juried Exhibition
D’Art Center Gallery, Norfolk, VA: Eclectic National Juried Exhibition
Suffolk Art Gallery, Suffolk, VA: Handle With Care Juried Show
Utopia Feni Gallery, Virginia Beach, VA: ALL NATURAL Juried Exhibition
Charles Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA, Virginia Glass Guild Annual Juried Exhibition
2015 Visual Arts Center, Portsmouth, VA: TCC Student Art and Design Exhibit
TCC Military Student Art Show, Virginia Beach, VA
AFFILIATIONS AND AWARDS
2022 Corning Museum of Glass Rakow Grant for Glass Research
Norfolk Arts Artist Partnership Grant (with Poetry Jackson)
Hampton Roads Community Foundation Scholarship
2020 Maurer Family Foundation Full Scholarship to Pilchuck Glass School
2019 OxBow School Of Art Merit Scholarship
Peachtree Scholarship in Craft
2018 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Undergraduate Fellowship
Peachtree Scholarship in Craft
Glass Art Society Scholarship Award
2017 Virginia Glass Guild Juried Exhibition, Hampton, VA: Honorable Mention
2016 Virginia Glass Guild Juried Exhibition, Hampton, VA: Award of Excellence
TCC Student Art Show, Portsmouth, VA: Award of Excellence in Sculpture
2015 TCC Student Art Show, Portsmouth, VA: Award of Merit in Glass
2014- Glass Art Society, Seattle, WA: Member
2007 US Navy Master Training Specialist Certification
CURATION
2022 757 Street Art Battle Exhibition, For All Handkind Gallery, Norfolk, VA
2021 The Postcard Project, For All Handkind Gallery, Norfolk, VA
2020 Nurturing Creativity: Balancing Practice and Parenthood, Glass Art Society Conference (Virtual)
Museums Alive Panel of Curators and Arts Professionals on Diversity in the Museum Field
2019 Co-Curator, Let Them Eat Cake, Baron and Ellin Gordon Gallery, Norfolk, VA
2018 Virginia Glass Guild Member Exhibition, Slover Library, Norfolk, VA
2017 Virginia Glass Guild Juried Exhibition, Charles Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA
PERFORMANCE
2019 Chrysler Museum Glass Studio, Norfolk, VA: The Space Between Us, Third Thursday Artist
2018 Glass Fashion Show, Murano, Italy, Artist and Model
Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY, Game Night by James Akers (Featured Artist)
Chrysler Museum Glass Studio, Norfolk, VA, The Curious Tale of the Love Nut by Benjamin Wright
2017 Chrysler Museum Glass Studio, Norfolk, VA, Bag of Tricks by James Akers (Featured Artist)
The Carrack Modern Art, Durham, NC: Lift Like a Princess (Durational Performance and Video)
2016 Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY, The Line I’ll Straddle by Suzanne Peterson (Performer)
Chrysler Museum Glass Studio, Norfolk, VA, Embrace the Wild by Laura Donefer (Dancer)
Chrysler Museum of Art Vestibule 102, Norfolk, VA, Lift Like a Princess (Durational Performance and Video)
Chrysler Museum Glass Studio, Norfolk, VA, The Space Between Dreams by Rui Sasaki
Chrysler Museum Glass Studio, Norfolk, VA, Visible Vibrations by Nisha Bansil (Asst. Choreographer)
PUBLIC SERVICE
2020- Co-Founder and Board Member, Lil Truck of Tools Mobile Makerspace Nonprofit
Board Vice President, 757 Creative Reuse Center
Co-Founder, 757 Street Art Battle
2017- With Piece of Cake Productions: Hermitage Mermaid Tail Barge Burn Project and MegaCake, Chelsea Brew-Ha-Hop
2017-2019 Virginia Glass Guild Co-Vice President and Chair of Exhibitions
2017 Juror, Trantwood Elementary PTA Reflections Student Art Contest
2016-2017 Virginia Glass Guild Student Liaison, Virginia-Wide
2014-2016 TCC Visual Arts Center Student Art League President, Portsmouth, VA
WORK EXPERIENCE
2022- Glass Art Society, Seattle, WA: Conference and Events Manager
2021-2022 Suffolk Art League, Suffolk, VA: Education Coordinator
2020-2021 Open Norfolk, Norfolk, VA: Community Outreach and Programming Coordinator
2018-2021 Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA: Gallery Host
2018- Piece of Cake Productions, Norfolk, VA: Glass Artist for World Below the Brine and MEGA CAKE for Burning Man 2019
2017-2019 For All Handkind, Norfolk, VA: Consignment Manager, Instructor and Collective Artist
2017 Virginia Wesleyan College, Norfolk, VA: Teaching Assistant to Julia Rogers, Glassblowing 1
2017 Nomadic Glass, Chesapeake, VA: Mobile Glass Studio Demonstrator and Narrator
2016-2017 Chrysler Museum of Art Glass Studio, Norfolk, VA: Studio Assistant
2005-2008 US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Training Unit Two, Virginia Beach, VA : High Risk Instructor
2004-2005 US Navy Special Warfare Unit Three, Manama, Bahrain: Deep Sea Diving Medical Technician
PUBLICATIONS
2022 Multilingualism, Feature on Artist Helen Lee Glass Quarterly, Fall 2022, #168
2021 Radical Beauty Part Two: Community Comes First, GASnews, Summer 2021, Volume 32, Issue 1
Local Artist Feature: Mark Wilson, Torch, The Chrysler Museum of Art Blog
2020 Joyce Scott: Artist Profile, Torch, The Chrysler Museum of Art Blog
Radical Beauty, GASnews, Summer 2020, Volume 31, Issue 2
Who We EAIR, GASnews, Winter 2020, Volume 31, Issue 1
2019 Building with Fire, GASnews, Summer 2019, Volume 30, Issue 2
Gillian Preston: The Power of Process, GASnews, Spring 2019, Volume 30, Issue 1
2018 Dessert in the Desert, WHRO.org Featured Article
2017 3,000 Glass Maniacs Can’t be Wrong: How to Get the Most out of the Glass Art Society Conference, AltDaily.com
2015 A Memoir Through Pictures, Sally Man Autobiography Review, The Scene on WHRO.org