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EDUCATION
2016- 2018 MFA Art Practice, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
2010- 2014 BFA emphasis in Sculpture & Arts Administration, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
RESIDENCIES
Artist-in-Residence with Gabriella Willenz, Dream Farm Commons, Oct 2021 Oakland, CA
Artist-in-Residence, Ali Youssefi Project, Verge Center for the Arts, Aug-Oct 2021, Sacramento, CA
Artist Affiliate Fellow, Headlands Center for the Arts, 2020-2021, Sausalito, CA
Artist-in-Residence, Cow House Studios, Feb/March 2020, Wexford, Ireland
Artist Affiliate Fellow, Headlands Center for the Arts, 2019-2020, Sausalito, CA
Architectural Research Fellow, Berkeley Center for New Media, 2017, Berkeley, CA/ Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Artist-in-Residence, Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation, College of Engineering, University of California, 2016, Berkeley, CA
AWARDS/ PUBLICATION
Memory’s Keeper: A Review of “Remnants” at Heaven Gallery, 2022. https://art.newcity.com/2022/11/01/memorys-keeper-a-review-of-remnants-at-heaven-gallery/
Guest Speaker, Sophomore Seminar: Interdisciplinary, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Spring 2021 & Spring 2022
Artist Talk, Aroscailt (Open): In Conversation with Jamie Ashforth (Canada), Mathilde Ganancia (France), Leah Hillard (Ireland), Pauline Rowan (Ireland) & Nancy Sayavong (USA)
Quiet Lightning, sPARKLE & bLINK, issue 108, Oct/Nov 2020, USA
Artist Talk, Department of Craft/Material Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts (VCU), Fall 2020
Panel Discussion, Breaking Boundaries: Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity in the Arts, SECAC, University of Tennessee, Oct 16-19, 2019, Chattanooga, TN
Outstanding Graduate Instructor Fellowship Award, GSI Teaching and Resource Center, 2018, UC Berkeley, CA
Eleven: The Journal of Sociology, University of California, Volume 8, 2018 Berkeley, CA
Cadogan Award, The San Francisco Foundation, 2017, San Francisco, CA
Graduate Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley, 2016, CA
Odyssey Travel Grant, 2012, Chicago, IL/London, UK
Barbra Hodges Young Artists Foundation Scholarship, 2011, Nashville, TN
School of the Art Institute of Chicago Merit Scholarship, 2010, Chicago, IL
2008 Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts fellowship, June/July 2008 Murfreesboro, TN
COLLECTION & AFFILIATION
Private Collection, Verge Center for the Arts, 2021, Sacramento, CA
Board member, Mid-America College Art Association (MACAA), 2020, USA
Contributions to Need-based grant, “Sayavong Material Award”, Arts & Humanities Department, University of California, Berkeley, 2019, 2020, CA
Congregation Sherith Israel, 2018, San Francisco, CA
Kaiser Permanente Chemical Dependency Recovery Centre, 2017, San Francisco, CA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Remnants, Heaven Gallery, Oct -Nov 2022, Chicago, IL
Grow Our Souls, SOMArts Cultural Center, April-May 2022, San Francisco, CA
Personal Histories, Verge Center for the Arts, Dec 2021- Feb 2022, Sacramento, CA
Monuments of Memory, 2-person exhibition, Dream Farm Commons, Oct 2021, Oakland, CA
Introductions, Root Division, Aug-Sept 24th 2020, San Francisco, CA
Rong, Flowers, Nov-Dec 2018, Oakland, CA
48th Annual MFA Exhibition, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, May 11-June 17 2018, Berkeley, CA
Small Things Considered: ceteris paribus, Leu Gallery/ Belmont University, March 12-May 4 2018, Nashville, TN
Home/Sick, The East Cut, Jan-Feb 2018, San Francisco, CA
Gray Matter, PS8 at PLAySPACE Gallery, Oct, San 2017, Francisco, CA
Murphy & Cadogan Contemporary Art Awards Exhibition, SOMArts Cultural Center, Sept 2017, San Francisco, CA
Pride, Kaiser Permanente: Chemical Dependency Recovery Center, June 2017, San Francisco, CA
RELAY, CTRL+SHFT, May-June 2017, Oakland, CA
Intermediaries, Worth Ryder Gallery, Jan-Feb 2017, Berkeley, CA
Artist-in-Residence, Jacobs Institute of Design Innovation, Dec 2016, Berkeley, CA
Here's the Thing, Tupper & Reed, Dec 2016, Berkeley, CA
Museum and the City: Shaping the Public Realm, Oakland Museum of California, Dec 2016, Oakland, CA
Rock Rock Around the Block, Market Street Prototyping Festival, Oct 2016, San Francisco, CA
Marking New Paths, Richmond Art Center, Sept-Nov 2016, Richmond, CA
Parking Lot Art Fair, Fort Mason Art Center, April 2016, San Francisco, CA
New Sculptures, Fabrefaction Gallery, Sept-Nov 2015, Oakland, CA
Knockout: Boxing Art, Compound Gallery, Sept-Nov 2015, Oakland, CA
Mother Mortar, Sullivan Galleries, March-April 2014, Chicago, IL
Private Viewing to Board of Trustees, Art Institute of Chicago, March 2014, Chicago, IL
Restoration of the Republic, Magnolia/Glenn, April-May 2014, Chicago, IL
Constant Consumer, SUG Galleries, Dec 2013, Chicago, IL
Looks Like Live Action, Pop Up Gallery, Oct 2012, Chicago, IL
1st Annual Sweatshop Summer Camp, Chicago Ave, July 2012, Chicago, IL
SELECT TEACHING/EXPERIENCE
Arts Advancement Director, iNcluart (San Francisco Inclusive Arts Foundation), San Francisco, CA (2024-Present)
Fab Lab Wood shop Supervisor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of Architecture and Design, Knoxville, TN (2023-2024)
Custom Builder/Remodeler/ Property Investments in San Francisco, Greater Sacramento, Middle Tennessee, USA (2018-Present)
Lecturer, Sculpture, University of California, Davis (Fall 2019-Winter 2023)
Adjunct, Introduction to Visual Thinking, University of California, Berkeley (2017, 2019)
Teaching Assistant, Sculpture: Concepts/Materials/Processes, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), (2014)
Instructor, Woodworking, Carving, Woodturning, MIG, TIG welding, The Crucible 501(c) (3), Oakland, CA (2016-2017)
Architectural Metal Shop Manager, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA (2015-16)
Custom Metal Fabricator & Finisher, Nashville, TN (2014)
Artist Assistant/ Metalsmith, Sarah Holden Metalsmithing Co., Chicago, IL (2012-13)
Teaching Assistant, Intro to Sculpture, Governor’s School for the Arts, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN (Summer 2011)
Woodworker & Design Remodeling (non-construction) for high-profile clientele architectural projects, San Francisco/ Palo Alto/ Napa Valley, CA/ New York City (2017-2020)
Freelance Custom Fabricator, San Francisco Bay Area, CA (2016-2020)