EDUCATION
2008- 2011 BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, Illinois
2003- 2005 Maryland Institute College of Art. Baltimore, Maryland
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2012- Present Visual Arts Instructor, ChiArts, The Chicago High School for the Arts
Photo I and Photo II
2012- Present Co-founder, LATITUDE. Chicago, Illinois
2011- Present Printmaker, Black Point Editions. Chicago, Illinois
2011- Present Teaching Assistant, OxBow, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Made in the Dark with Aspen Mays, Summers 2011 and 2012
2010– 2011 Teaching Assistant, Early College Program, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Black and White Photography with Heidi Norton, Summers 2010 and 2011
Digital Photography with Heidi Norton, Summer 2010
2010– 2011 Teaching Assistant, Photography Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Color Photography with Heidi Norton, Fall 2010 and Spring 2011
2009– Present, Studio Assistant to Rashid Johnson, Aspen Mays, Heidi Norton and Alysia Kaplan
EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
2012 RANCH, Iceberg Projects. Chicago, Illinois
2012 The Great Refusal: Taking on New Queer Aesthetics, Sullivan Galleries. Chicago, Illinois
2012 Bowling Alone, Andrew Rafacz Gallery. Chicago, Illinois
2012 S/He Loves Me, Northern Trust Gallery. Chicago, Illinois
2012 20 in Their Twenties, Woman Made Gallery. Chicago, Illinois
2012 Soft Ground, Roots & Culture. Chicago, Illinois
2011 I Heart Photograph, October 14th 2011
2011 Make Space, September 4th 2011
2011 New Perspectives in Old Things, SoftSpot
2011 Ceaseless Blooms in Jobless Colors, Johalla Projects. Chicago, Illinois
2011 Space Cases, INCUBATORS, Chicago Urban Art Society in association with Chicago Loop Alliance
2011 BFA Thesis Exhibition, Sullivan Galleries, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2011 I Heart Photograph, February 14th 2011
2011 Endsley Recipient Exhibition, Photography Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2010 Solo show, Photography Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2010 Group show, Photography Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2008 Group show, Meshuggah. St. Louis, Missouri
2002, 2003 Pius XI Gallery Night, Haggerty Museum of Art. Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2002 NFAA Regional Arts Group Show, University of Wisconsin. Madison, Wisconsin
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2012 RANCH, Iceberg Projects. Chicago, Illinois
2012 DESTINEEZ CHILD + GDBD SCREENING, Threewalls. Chicago, Illinois
2011 STICKLIP, Upstairs Gallery. Chicago, Illinois
2011- Present, GURL DON'T BE DUMB
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVMENTS
2011, 2012 ACRE Residency
2011 World Less Travelled Grant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2011 Gelman Travel Fellowship Finalist, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2011 Work published in SAIC Photography Department Catalog
2011 Fred Endsley Memorial Fellowship. School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2008 New Artist Society Presidential Scholarship. School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2003 Presidential Scholarship. Maryland Institute College of Art
2003 A.R.T.S. Scholarship. Maryland Institute College of Art
2003 MICA Talent Grant. Maryland Institute College of Art
2003 Honorable Mention, NFAA National Arts Competition
2002, 2003 Haggerty Award of Excellence, Marquette University
2002 Silver Award, NFAA Regional Arts Competition
2001, 2002 S. Judine Brennen Theatre Arts Scholarship, Pius XI High School
2001 Semi-Finalist, Blank Theatre Company Young Playwrights Festival