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EDUCATION
2007 M.F.A. in Painting, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
2004 Post Baccalaureate Certificate, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2001 B.A. in Visual Art with a minor in English, Guilford College, Greensboro, NC
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2017
Maginot, Gallery 1600, SCAD-Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
Digging for Fire, Project Room @ NEXT, Galerie Ernst Hilger, Vienna, Austria
2016
I Love You, But You Make Me Completely Crazy, two-person exhibition with Alex Gingrow and Michael Scoggins, Galerie Ernst Hiler/Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
2014
Your Forest for My Trees, two-person exhibition with Alex Gingrow and Michael Scoggins, Diana Lowenstein Fine Art, Miami, FL
2012
All the Money IS in the Label, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017
Fractured Union, curated by Etty Yaniv and Jaynie Crimmins, Fireproof In-Case Project, Brooklyn, NY
Take Note, curated by Ben Tollefson and Amanda York, Gutstein Gallery, Savannah, GA
Post-Romance, curated by Larry Walzcak, Eyewash Projects at the Renaissance Center, Erie, PA
Women’s March Protest Sign Exhibition, Marshall Arts, Memphis, TN
Benaco Arte Inaugural Exhibition, curated by Giada Crispiels, Corte Moronati, Sirmione, Italy
2016
abc@WFG, curated by Norm Magnusson, WFG Gallery, Woodstock, NY
Maker Marks, Zoller Gallery, Penn Sate University, State College, PA
Outside In: Paintings from Other Places, curated by Honor Bowman, International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, AK
2015
The Model Reader, Transmitter Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
To the Best of My Recollection, curated by Noah Klersfeld, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
Director's Choice: Making Mischief curated by Michelle Perron, Center Galleries, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
Mot Juste, curated by Julie Lohnes, Union College Gallery, Schenectady, NY (catalog)
2014
Guilford College Alumni Art exhibition, curated by Theresa Hammond, Guilford College Gallery, Greensboro, NC
TXTED, curated by Marisa Sage, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD
2013
Cannon Fodder, curated by Craig Drennen, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
The Decline and Fall of the Art World, Part I: The One-Percenters, Freight+Volume Gallery, New York, NY (catalog)
2012
Ladscape Remix, curated by Rod Malin, Guest Spot Gallery, Baltimore, MD
New York South, Caseworks Project at the University of Memphis Art Museum, Memphis, TN
Day Job, curated by Nina Katchadourian, Feldman Gallery at the Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
Day Job, curated by Nina Katchadourian, Freedman Center at Albright College, Reading, PA
2011
In the End was the Word: Language as a Medium of the Contemporary Visual Arts, curated by Peter Weiermair, Ursula Blickle Foundation, Kraichtal, Germany (catalog)
Pastiche and Provenance, curated by Aaron Bernard and Kevin Palme, Hot Iron Studios, Asheville, NC
Pastiche and Provenance, curated by Aaron Bernard and Kevin Palme, Slocumb Gallery at East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
Visible Alternative, curated by Artist Accomplices, part of the New Museum’s Festival of Ideas for a New City, St. Patrick’s School, New York, NY
Myself, curated by Marjorie Vecchio, The Shepard Fine Arts Gallery at the University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV (catalog)
I Love the Art World and the Art World Loves Me, curated by Eric Doeringer, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
2010
Day Job, curated by Nina Katchadourian, The Drawing Center, New York, NY (catalog)
Return to New York, HP Garcia Gallery, New York, NY
36 Hours in Basel, curated by Cecelia Stucker and Cassidy Weiss, Basel, Switzerland
Escape from New York, curated by Olympia Lambert, Silk Factory, Patterson, NJ
2009
Obsession ‘09, Adler & Co. Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Hot Head-Cool Head, ambulant performance with John Bjerklie, Parker’s Box Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2008
Gen X: Post-Boomers and the New South, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
Experiencing the War in Iraq, traveling exhibition, Pawtucket Armory, Pawtucket, RI and Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River, MA
2007
Faith, curated by Brent Birnbaum, Diesel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Guilford College Alumni Exhibition, curated by Theresa Hammond, Guilford College Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC
2006
30,000 More or Less, MFA thesis exhibition (solo), Savannah, GA
Made in NAMA, Gallery 51, North Adams, MA
Monster, curated by David Howe, StarCCA Gallery, Savannah, GA
Winter Invitational ’06, SCAD Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
Do Not Be Afraid, ambulant performance with John Bjerklie, Savannah, GA
2005
Tug of War, juried by David Howe, StarCCA Gallery, Savannah, GA
White Walls, guest artist, performance of Drawing Emergency Help Center with Kevin Strickland, Atlanta, GA
RESIDENCIES, HONORS, AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
2017
Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Studio Program recipient
Visiting Artist and Speaker, Gutstein Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design (honorarium)
2016
Visiting Lecturer and Alumna Mentor, Painting Department, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA (honorarium)
Guest Artist, New York Studio Residency Program, New York, NY (honorarium)
Visiting Artist and Lecturer, Palmer Museum, Penn State University, State College, PA (honorarium)
2015
Visting Artist and Guest Speaker, Wassaic Project Artist Residency, Wassaic, NY
Guest Artist, New York Professional Outreach Program (NYPOP), part of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst Department of Art, Architecture and Art History (honorarium)
Art Garda Residency, Sirmione, Italy
Guest Speaker, Woodward Lecture Series, Center Galleries at the College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI (honorarium)
Guest Speaker, Delve: Art+Comedy, Made in NY Medida Center IFP, Brooklyn, NY
2014
Wassaic Project Artist Residency, Wassaic, NY
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Residency, Amherst, VA
Guest Speaker, SVA summer high school program, New York, NY (honorarium)
Fountainhead Residency, Miami, FL
2013
Hambidge Center Residency, Rabun Gap, GA
Guest Artist, Savannah College of Art and Deisgn MFA New York studio visit program, funded by the Tremaine Foundation (honorarium)
2012
Guest Artist, New York Professional Outreach Program (NYPOP), part of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst Department of Art, Architecture and Art History (honorarium)
Accepted to White Columns Slide Registry, New York, NY
2011
Visiting Artist of the Visiting Artist, Painting Department, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
Guest Speaker, Ernest G. Welch School of Art, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA (honorarium)
2008
Short List Candidate for Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Residency
2007
Panelist and Roundtable Presenter at Guilford College Alumni Art Exchange
2006
Contemporary Artists Center Residency, North Adams, MA (fellowships received from both the CAC and from the Savannah College of Art and Design for attendance)
Accepted to The Drawing Center Slide Registry, New York, NY
SELECT BENEFIT AUCTIONS AND ART FAIRS
2017
Nasty Women Fundraiser, Knockdown Center, Queens, NY
Hambidge Center Benefit Auction, Colony Square, Atlanta, GA
2016
Independent Art Book Fair, Transmitter Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Hambidge Center Benefit Auction, The Goat Farm, Atlanta, GA
Art Papers Benefit Auction, Bobo Intriguing Objects, Atlanta, GA
Postcards from the Edge, benefit for VisualAIDS, Sikkema Jenkins, New York, NY
2015
WagMag Benefit Auction, The Boiler, Brooklyn, NY
Momenta Art Annual Benefit Auction, Brooklyn, NY
Art Papers Benefit Auction, Bobo Intriguing Objects, Atlanta, GA
2014
Art Silicon Valley, Adler & Co. Gallery, San Mateo, CA
Hambidge Center Benefit Auction, The Goat Farm, Atlanta, GA
WagMag Benefit Auction, Kunsthalle Galapagos, Brooklyn, NY
Art Papers Benefit Auction, Mason Murer Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2012
Art Miami, Mike Weiss Gallery, Miami, FL
WagMag Benefit Auction, The Boiler, Brooklyn, NY
2011
Art Market San Francisco, Adler & Co. Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Drawing Center Annual Benefit Auction, Philips de Pury, New York, NY
2009
Benefit for Nicole: A Postcard Show, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York, NY
For the Benefit of STATTS, Savannah Station, Savannah, GA
2007
Art for a Cure, Leukemia/Lymphoma Benefit, B. Matthews, Savannah, GA
2006
Art Can Cure, Pancreatic Cancer Benefit, Orleans Hall, Savannah, GA
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