Education
2017 MFA in Visual Art, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
2013 BFA in Sculpture/Performance/Video/Painting, Watkins College of Art, Nashville, TN
Exhibitions & Performances
2023 Kunst auf der Grenze, Off-Space, Hof, Bayern, Germany
2023 Kunst auf der Grenze, Modlareuth, Bayern, Germany
2023 Shifting Ground- SeelenArt Galerie, Munich, Germany
2023 Surrealism- Annual Gala, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT
2022 Hidden But Not Concealed, Captain Captain, Salt Lake City, UT
2021 Space Maker, Utah Museum Of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT
2021 Unveiled, Leu Art Gallery, Nashville, TN
2020 Alone In My Room I Found A World, Coop Gallery, Nashville, TN
2020 Quake, WAG Gallery, Nashville, TN
2019 Here We Are, Where We Were, Curry Ingram Gallery, Nashville, TN
2019 Orographic Light- The Depth Above, Das KloHäuschen, Munich, Germany
2019 Spontaneous With Friends, SP CE, Munich, Germany
2018 Same Old Song: Alkohol, Giesinger Brau, Munich, Germany
2017 Performance Night, Folly Tree Arboretum, Springs, NY
2017 Cabinet, David B Smith Gallery, Denver, CO
2017 FAM, Thesis Exhibition, Miller Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2016 Be Somebody With A Body, Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
2016 The Cut & The Crumb, The Frame Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2016 Flux, Ellis Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2016 What's A Steak, Carnegie-Mellon University MFA, Pittsburgh, PA
2015 Service, Neu Kirche Contemporary Art center, Pittsburgh, PA
2015 Telling Our Story, Apexart, New York, NY
2015 Life After Death and Elsewhere, Apexart, New York, NY
2015 Open Engagement, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
2015 Low Room, 808 Pop-up Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2014 Works, Ellis Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2014 Lowlights, Carnegie Fine Arts Building, Pittsburgh PA
2013 Morelessness, Curry Ingram Gallery, Nashville, TN
2013 Unit 2 (Part 1), Coop Gallery, Nashville, TN
2013 Habit Nocturne, May Hosiery Building, Nashville, TN
2013 Mystique, Der Kuturanker, Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
2012 Beneath, Un-Known: performance series, Nashville, TN
2012 Backstock, Ziehersmith Pop-Up Gallery, Nashville, TN
2012 Strange Materials, Co.H juried exhibition, Nashville, TN
2012 Co.H Council, Curry Ingram Gallery, Nashville, TN
2012 Watkins Juried Exhibition, Curry Ingram Gallery, Nashville, TN
2011 Little Monsters, The Renaissance Center, Dickson, TN
2011 The Future Show, Co.H juried group exhibition, Nashville, TN
2010 Ripple Effect, Gallery F Scarritt-Bennett Center, Nashville, TN
2010 Ecclesiaudio, Downtown Presbyterian Church, Nashville, TN
Projects, Curation & Residencies
2023 UMOCA, Artist in Residence, Salt Lake City, UT
2016 Iron Casting: Thrival Music Festival, Rivers of Steel, Carrie Furnaces, Pittsburgh, PA
2015 Iron Casting: Casting the Iron Garden, Rivers of Steel, Carrie Furnaces, Pittsburgh, PA
2014 Unit 2: Collaboration with the men of Unit-2 ward, Riverbend Prison in Nashville, Tn
2013 Internship: Work & Life, collaborative project with Willard Tucker, Berea KY
2013 Curator: Projections, Co.H Winter Show, Nashville TN
2012 Artist Assistant: Willard Tucker, sculpture installation, Austin Peay University
2012 Emergence, A collaboration with The Nashville Ballet multimedia dance & performance
2012 Curator: Council, Co.H Winter Show, Nashville TN
2010 Artist Assistant: Wayne White, Sam Watkins sculpture project
ARTIST TALKS / LECTURES
2023 SeelenArt Salon, Artist’s Talk, SeelenArt Galerie, Munich, Germany
2021 Will We Hear / If We Listen, Artist’s Talk, Stanford Department of Art & Art History, Stanford, CA
2018 Red Liquid Mustang, Artist’s Talk, Watkins College of Art, Nashville, TN
2018 Artist’s Talk, SeelenArt- Sozialpsychiatrisches Zentrum, Munich, Germany
2017 FAM, Artist's Talk, Miller Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2015 MFA Presentations, CFA Lecture Hall, Pittsburgh, PA
2015 Telling Our Story, Performance & Open Discussion, Apex Gallery, New York, NY
2014 OSHER Artist’s Talk, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Academic Committees & Arts Organizations
2023-24 Scholarship Committee, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
2023-24 Gittins Gallery Committee, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
2023-24 Chair, De-Siloing Ad-Hoc Committee, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
2022-24 Advisor, U of U Sculpture Club, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
2022-24 Graduate Student Direst Study Faculty, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
2021-24 Equity & Diversity Committee, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
2020 Gallery Committee, Watkins College of Art, Nashville, TN
2019-21 Artist Member, Coop Gallery, Nashville, TN
2019-20 Faculty Senate, Watkins College of Art, Nashville, TN
2016-17 Graduate Representative, Faculty Arts Council, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2014 Graduate Representative, Faculty Arts Council, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2012-13 Founding Member, Co-Chair, Co. H, Artist Collective, Nashville, TN
Collaborations - Organizations - Links
Kunst auf der Grenze https://www.kunst-auf-der-grenze.com/Home/
Unit 2 http://reachcoalition.wordpress.com/art-projects/unit-2-part-1/
Reach Coalition http://reachcoalition.wordpress.com
Land Back https://landback.org
NDN Collective https://ndncollective.org
Indian Law Resources https://indianlaw.org
Native Governance Center https://nativegov.org
Emergence, The Nashville Ballet http://www.nashvilleballet.com/performances
Company H (Co.h) Watkins College of Art