Albuquerque, NM
Artist Statement
Rather than the immediate encounter with the landscape, my paintings take shape from the moments after. I want to know the intimate and distant ways we experience nature. Each surface is layered, collaged, and meticulously refigured, as I discover it’s new form. My work examines how the natural space shifts and changes over time, rewriting itself and growing beyond what I remember.
Education
Texas Tech University
2016, MFA in Painting, Emphasis in Art History
GPTI in Painting and Drawing, Teaching Assistant, MFA Student Coordinator
Houston Baptist University
2012, College of Arts and Humanities – BA , Creative Writing minor
Grants & Awards
2019: Pattern and Abstraction, Fe Gallery, 3rd Place
2016 & 2017 : Research Intern at Shumla Archaeological Research & Education Center
TTU Arts and Humanities Graduate, Research Conference - Presenter, 1st place
2016 : Rising Eyes of Texas - 1st Place (Rockport, TX)
Curator - Anna Stothart
2015 : Rising Eyes of Texas- Honorable Mention (Rockport, TX)
Curator - Shea Little
Exhibitions
2019: Katonah Museum of Art’s Juried Exhibition - The Edge Effect, Katonah, NY
2019: Pattern and Abstraction – Fe Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2018: Site: Brooklyn, Mixed Media, Brooklyn, NY
2018: Viridian’s 29th Annual International Juried Exhibition – Directior’s Choice, New York, NY
2018: Surface/Strata - Solo Exhibition, Rochester Museum of Fine Arts (Rochester, NH)
2017: Nine Pin's First NYS Artist Exhibition (Albany, NY)
2017: Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art, Curator: José Esparza Chong Cuy (Houston, TX)
2016: Remnants - An MFA Thesis Exhibition (Lubbock, TX)
2016: Chasing Ghosts: Art that Pierces the Veil through remembrance, legacy, and beyond (Portland, OR)
2016: The 2016 Williams Prize in Drawing Exhibition (Hartford, CT)
2016: WCO - State of Unions (Denver, CO)
2015 & 2016: Rising Eyes of Texas (Rockport, TX)
2015: Flatbed Austin - Texas Tech University Featured Artist (Austin, TX)
2014: 186,000 Miles Per Second - LHUCA (Lubbock, TX)
2013: Norwood Flynn – HBU Exhibition (Dallas, TX)
2013: Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art (Houston, TX)
Curator – Irene Hofmann of SITE Santa Fe