Education

2021                 MFA, University of Cincinnati, College of Design Architecture Art and Planning, Cincinnati OH 

2010                 BFA/BS, Studio Art and Zoology, Humboldt State University, Arcata CA

 

Teaching

2022-2024                 

-Visiting Faculty, Ceramics  Miami University, Oxford OH

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2021-2025                

-Instructor of Record, Ceramics, Contemporary Art Seminar & Figure Sculpture, University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cincinnati OH

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2021-2025

-Instructor, Ceramics, Queen City Clay, Cincinnati. OH              

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2014-18           

-Instructor, Figurative Sculpture, Intro-Advanced Wheel Pottery and Special Topics in Ceramics, Rosewood Art Center, Kettering OH

 

Professional Experience and Research

2025

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-Resident Artist, Lloyd Library and Museum

-Visiting Artist, IU South East

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2024  

           

-Resident Artist, AIA, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT

-Resident Artist, Short Term, Queen City Clay, Cincinnati, OH

-Resident Artist -winter, Penland School of Craft, Bakersville, NC, Distinguished Fellowship recipient   

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2023

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-Resident Artist -winter, Penland School of Craft, Bakersville, NC                                                       

-Visiting Artist, Hollow Built Animals, Donkey Mill Art Center, Kona, HI

-Visiting Artist, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO​

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2021-2025      -Art Handler, Curatorial Staff, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati OH

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2018-2019       -Fine Arts Studio Coordinator, University of Dayton, Dayton OH

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2014-2018       -Ceramics Studio Coordinator, Rosewood Art Center, Kettering OH

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2018                 -Studio Assistant to Beth Cavener, Helena MT

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2013-15           -Resident Artist, John Bryan Community Pottery, Yellowsprings OH

 

 

Service and Awards

2025        -Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award, Fine Art- Sculpture 

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2024        -Michael Aurbach Fellowship for Excellence in Visual Art

                 -Artaxis Board, Communications and Member Liaison

                 -Summerfair Award for Individual Artist

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2023        -Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award, Fine Art- Sculpture 

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2021        -Three Arts Scholarship Award, 2nd place

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2018        -Board member, John Bryan Community Pottery, Yellowsprings OH

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Selected Exhibitions (past 5 years) 

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2025

Connection, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, MO

Feathers, Fins, and Fur, Trish Martindell Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, invited artist and juror

Penny for Your Pocket, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN

Family Dinner, Trish Martindell Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

Pure Imagination, Off Ludlow Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

Earth and Fire, Oglebay Institute Stifel Fine Art Center, Wheeling, WV

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2024

Sheep Shifting, Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, TN, Solo exhibition

After Work Hours, Cincinnati Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH

Earth and Fire, Oglebay Institute Stifel Fine Art Center, Wheeling, WV

Coalescence in Nature, Crossroads Art Center, Richmond, VA

 

2023

Indeterminant Reach, Trish Martindell Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, Solo exhibition

Small Works, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

DAAP made, Reed Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

Monuments to Unknown Heroes, Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati OH

Tenuous Threads, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY

Current Forms, Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, OH

Dynamics of Flow, The Carnegie, Covington, KY

Queen City Survey, Trish Martindell Gallery, Cincinnati OH

Rites and Responsibilities, Happen Inc, Cincinnati OH

 

2022

Thinking with Animals, Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH 

The Family Portrait, ClayArt Center, Port Chester, NY

Evolution, NEXT Gallery, Lakewood, CO

Flora and Fauna, Wildfire Gallery, Missoula, MT

Clay International, Workhouse Art Center, Lorton, VA

Contained Voids, Campsite Sculpture Park, Cincinnati, OH

In the Fray, Bolivar Gallery, Lexington, KY 

 

2021

Women’s Work, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN

Emerge, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH

Street View, Shillito Lofts, Cincinnati, OH

DAAP Works, University of Cincinnati DAAP Annex Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

 

2020

Sculpture National, NOLA Clay, New Orleans, LA

What Lies Beneath, Epperson Gallery of Ceramic Art, Crockett CA

The May Show, Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH

            -Whitten Studios Award for Ceramics

Eco-Conscious Art Making Workshop, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH

Artist’s Remote Studio, Tabula Rasa Gallery, Cincinnati OH 

Non-Perishable, Frigid Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

 

2019

The Emotional Animal, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY

Escape/ism, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY

Creep Show, NOLA Clay, New Orleans LA

​Pitcher Perfect, Good Earth Pottery, Bellingham, WA

​Cheers! Drink Up!, Commonwheel Art Center, Manitou Springs, CO

​Clay Bodies, NOLA Clay, New Orleans, LA

Art on the Commons, Kettering, OH