EDUCATION:

• MFA, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore 2007
• Post Baccalaureate, Painting, Maryland Institute, College of Art , Baltimore, 2004
• Continuing Studies Summer Study Abroad, Maryland Institute, College of Art: Sorrento, Italy 2002, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, 2001
• M. T., Education, University of Virginia, Charlottesville , 2000
• B. A, Studio Art, with concentration in Painting, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 2000

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS:

• "[Re]Collected Gestures", MFA exhibition, Decker Gallery, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore MD, 2007
• "Making Sense of the World, Finding Intimacy in Unusual Spaces", Blue Ridge Windows Gallery, Warrenton, VA 2003
• "Senior Thesis Exhibition", Fayerweather Gallery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1999

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

• "MICA 9: In Philly," Felicity R. Bebe Benoliel Gallery,Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA. January 2007
• "Second and Third Year Show", Fox Gallery, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, 2006
• "All the way to the Bank", Maryland Institute, College of Art , Baltimore 2004
• "Scenes of Sorrento", Town Hall, Sorrento Italy, 2002
• "Exploring the Mexican landscape," Center of the Arts, San Miguel, Mexico 2001
• "Works on Paper", Colonial Art and Craft, Fredricksburg, Virginia, 2001

JURIED EXHIBITIONS:

• "The UnRappahannock Show", The Middle Street Gallery, Washington, VA 2006
• "Art at the Mill" Millwood, Virginia, 2002, 2003, 2004

AWARDS AND GRANTS:

• First Place, The Plains Neighborhood Art Show, The Plains, VA 2009
• The Surdna Foundation Fellowship, Maryland Institute, College of Art 2004 - 2007
• First Place, " The Unrappahannock Show", Middle Street Gallery, 2006
• The Chapel Award, Maryland Institute College of Art, Sorrento, Italy 2002
• Honorable Mention, The Plains Neighborhood Art Show, The Plains, VA 2002
• Best Senior Show, voted upon by faculty of McIntire Department of Art, University of Virginia, 1999

COLLECTIONS:

• Grande Hotel Cocumella, Sorrento, Italy
• Marshall National Bank and Trust Company, Marshall, Virginia.
• Sculptor, Fredrick Hart, private family collection
• Davies, Barrell, Will, Lwellyn, and Edwards, PC, Culpeper, Virginia

REVIEWS OF EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLICATIONS:

• "Making Sense of the World", The Fauquier Times Democrat, August 2003
• "Finding Intimacy", The Fauquier Citizen, October 2003
• Artwork chosen for the cover of the Maryland Institute, College of Art Continuing Studies, Course Catalog, Spring 2003

GALLERY REPRESENTATION:

• The Berkeley Gallery, Warrenton, Virginia

ART-RELATED EMPLOYMENT:

• TA, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Summer MFA program, 2005
• High School Art Teacher, Prince William County Public Schools August 2004 - present
• Middle School Art teacher, Fauquier County Public Schools, August 2000- August 2003
• Curriculum Designer/ Director/ Educator, for At Risk Students, Bayly Art Museum, Charlottesville, Virginia, Summer 2000
• Bayly Art Museum, Student Docent, Charlottesville, Virgina, 1998- 2000
• Virginia Literary Review, Art Co-Editor, 1998-1999
• Muralist/Volunteer Art Teacher, Stone Robinson Elementary School, Charlottesville, VA 1997-1998
• Volunteer Art Therapist, Kluge Children's Rehabilitation Center, Charlottesville, VA 1996-1999
• Volunteer Art Director, Camp Wishbone, Stillwater, OK, Summer 1997