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Profile

Contemporary new media artist and instructor, currently making sculpture, video, and photography.

Education

2023 MFA (pending), Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX (expected Dec. 2023)
2020 BFA, Commercial Photography, Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX

Professional experience

2024      Adjunct Professor, Dallas College, Dallas, TX (Digital Video, Spring 2024)
2024      Adjunct Professor, Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX (Introduction to Digital Media, Spring 2024)
2023      Teacher of Record, Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX (Introduction to Digital Media, Fall 2023)
2023      Art Gallery Assistant to the Director, Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX (Summer 2023)
2023      Graduate Assistant Teaching, Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX (3D Design, Ceramics I, Spring 2023, Ceramics I, Fall 2023)
2022      Graduate Assistant Teaching, Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX (3D Design, Sculpture I, Spring 2022, 3D Design, Experimental Art, Fall 2022)
2021       Graduate Assistant Teaching, Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX (3D Design, Sculpture I, Spring 2021, Introduction to Digital Media, Sculpture I, Fall 2021)
2020      Graduate Assistant Teaching, Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX (3D Design, Fall 2020)
2013-21   Part-time Faculty, Lake Pointe Church, Rockwall, TX (trained Media Technology Operations, directed Live Production, prepared stages for presentations and performances)

GRANTS

2022-23 Texas Public Education Grant
2021-22 Texas Public Education Grant
2021-22 Alex W and Shirley R Kibler Endowment Scholarship, Commerce, TX
2020-21 Texas Public Education Grant
2020-21 EM Summer Initiative Scholarship
2020-21 Texas A&M University-Commerce Graduate Scholarship
2019 Undergraduate Research Grant, Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX

EXHIBITIONS

2023       Solo Exhibition, Stasis - MFA Thesis Exhibition, University Gallery, Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX
2023       Faculty Biennial, University Gallery, Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX
2023       Emotion, President’s Gallery, Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX
2023       Presence, Main Gallery, The MAC, Dallas, TX
2023       Showcase Exhibition, Dean’s Gallery, Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX (curated by Christine Blackhurst, Art Gallery Director, Texas A&M University-Commerce, TX)
2023       Juried Exhibition, University Gallery, Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX (Juror: Dr. Elizabeth Ranieri, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of North Texas, Denton, TX)
2022       Solo Exhibition, You, Them, They, We!, Dean’s Gallery, Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX
2020       Solo Exhibition, You, Them, They, We!, Brazos Gallery, Richland College, Richardson, TX
2019.      Student Exhibition, Id, Ego, Superego, University Gallery, Texas A&M University, Commerce TX
2018       Juried Exhibition, Bliss n Stillness #12, University Gallery, Texas A&M University, Commerce TX (Juror Ryder Richards, Professor, Dallas College, Department Award)
2015        Juried Art Show, Isolation, Brazos Gallery, Richland College, Richardson, TX (Juror Gary McChamblis, Assoc. Professor, Collin College, Plano, TX)(Dean’s Award)
2014        Student Exhibition, Work In Progress, Brazos Gallery, Richland College, Richardson, TX (1st Place)

Commissions

2023      Private Art Commission, ENHAFBTC, large-scale print (4 x 6 ft.), pigment on archival paper, Cornerstone Baptist Church, Dallas, TX

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2020      Richardson College News, exhibition announcement with photograph, Richardson, TX, February 25, 2020. 5.
2020      Jonathan Lin, Interview, Richland College Radio, Richardson, TX, February 24, 2020