education
2014 MFA
Interdisciplinary Studio Art
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX
2012 BFA
Photography + Digital Media
University of Houston
Houston, TX
selected exhibitions + screenings
2015
• Objet Cherche Peinture, Le Consortium Contemporary Art Center, Curated by Astrid Handa-Gagnard (FRAC Bourgogne), Dijon, France
• East/West Exchange: Extended, The Sky Gallery, The Margaret and Trammell Crow Collection of Asian Art, Dallas, TX
• Of Other Bodies, The Experimental Space, Long Island City, NY
• Forever Now in Outer Space, MONA FOMA Festival: Faux Mo: Odeon Theater, Curated by Willow S. Weiland, Hobart, Tasmania
2014
• Forever Now: Selected Screening, Federation Square, Curated by Erin Milne, Melbourne Australia
• Curator's Corner, The Aurora Picture Show, Curated by Mary Magsamen, Houston, TX
• Everything is Better in Public + Dense Fog Advisory, Pollock Gallery + Beefhaus, Curated by Sally Frater, Dallas, TX
• floraXfauna, (wo)manorial, Curated by Lilia Kudelia
2013
• 2013 Texas Biennial, Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
• Every Person is a Special Kind of Artist, with Baggage, Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, TX
• Aurora: Light of Convergence, Dallas, TX
2012
• Exit Strategy, FotoFest, Box 13 Art Space, Houston, TX
• Flicker Lounge, DiverseWorks Art Space, Curated by Mary Magsamen, Houston, TX
• Extremely Shorts Annual Film Festival, Aurora Picture Show, Curated by Andy Smith, Houston, TX
• The Lens Capsule, FotoFest, Juried by Emily Peacock and Brit Ragsdale, Houston, TX
2011 + beyond
• Annual Visualization + Video Festival, Texas Learning + Computation Center, Curated by Marian Luntz, Houston, TX
• School of Art Annual Student Exhibition, Blaffer Museum, Houston, TX
• Times II Screening, Barnevelder Theater + Aurora Picture Show, Curated by Stephan Hillerbrand, Houston, TX
selected awards + residencies
• Postgraduate Exchange Fellowship + Residency, ENSA Dijon / FRAC Bourgogne / Le Consortium, Dijon, France, 2015
• The Arctic Circle: Summer Solstice Expedition, Research + Residency Program, Longyearbyen, Svalbard, 2015
• Juvenal Reis Studios Fellowship + Residency, Long Island City, NY, 2015
• East/West Exchange Artist Residency, Crow Collection of Asian Art, Dallas, TX, 2015
• Award Fellowship, Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, Fort Worth, TX, 2015
• Meadows Artist Scholarship Award, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, 2012-2014
• Zelley Scholarship, SMU in Taos Program, Dallas, TX, 2013
• Doolin Scholarship, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 2012
professional experience
• Director of Learning, Senator John Heinz History Center, Pittsburgh, PA
• Assistant Director of Distance Learning, The National WWII Museum, New Orleans, LA
• Moderator: What’s Going On In This Picture?, The New York Times, Learning Network, New York, NY
• Education Program Manager, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA
• Senior Educator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
• Assistant Curator, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
teaching experience
• Visiting Professor, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, 2014-2015 • Introduction to Digital Hybrid Media (studio)
• Adjunct Faculty, Richland College, Dallas County Community College District, Dallas, TX, 2014-2015 • Photography II (studio) • Art Appreciation
• Coordinator + Instructor, Meadows Academy for Young Artists, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
• Consultant + Instructor, Dallas Independent School District, Dallas, TX • Summer Art Institute + Professional Development
• Instructor, Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, TX • Art Think + Art Think Jr.
• Gallery Educator, Crow Collection of Asian Art, Dallas, TX