Education:
1993 || B.A., Art History, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
1996 || CCAC, Oakland, California
Continuing education:
2024 || Colored Clay Collage, Joanna Poag, Anderson Ranch
2024 || The Uncanny Surface, Mathew McConnell, Penland School of Craft
2023 || The Emotive Sculpted Portrait, Zoe Dufour
2022 || Wax Encaustic on Ceramic Sculpture Workshop, Adrian Arleo
2021 || Master Glazes Foundation, Cristina Cordova
2020 || Slab building figure lessons, Cristina Cordova
Residencies and Grants:
2025 || Artist Support Grant, United Arts Council, Raleigh, NC
2022 || Artist Support Grant, United Arts Council, Raleigh, NC
2018 || Regional Emerging Artist in Residence, Artspace, NC
Collections:
Duke Energy
Press:
2024 || Memory Keeper, Colony Little, Walter Magazine
Solo Shows:
2025 || Memory Palace, Project 8179, Wilmington, NC
2023 || Adrift, Artspace, Raleigh NC
2022 || Garden of Dreams, The Pocket Gallery, Raleigh NC
2017 || A Distant Heart, HQ Raleigh, Raleigh NC
Selected Group Shows:
2025 || Internal Review: NCMA Staff Exhibition, North Carolina Museum of Art - Winston Salem, Winston Salem, NC
2025 || Moving Heaven and Earth, Hillsborough Gallery of Arts, Hillsborough, NC
2024 || Floravita, Birdland Gallery, Raleigh NC
2023 || Object as Vessel, Process as Catharsis, Greensboro Project Space, curator Jean Gray Mohs, Greensboro, NC
2022 || Durham Art Guild 68th Annual Juried Exhibition, juror Nell Fortune Greeley, Durham, NC
2022 || LUSH 2, Lighthouse Art Center, judge Brian Rochefort, Palm Beach, FL
2022 || Off Center, Blue Line Gallery, juror Rachel Gotlieb, Roseville, CA
2022 || I’ll Be There: An Exhibition About Love, Annmarie Sculpture Gardens, juror Colleen Morith, Solomons, MD
2022 || 12 x 12 Member Showcase, Artspace, Raleigh NC
2022 || FRESH, Artspace, Raleigh NC
2021 || Monochrome, 311 Gallery, Raleigh NC
2021 || Remix, Artspace, Raleigh NC
2019 || A Marriage of Opposites, Residency show, Artspace Raleigh
2019 || Schwa Show, Emerge Gallery, Greensboro NC, Honorable Mention
2019 || VAE Raleigh Member Showcase, United Arts Council, NC
2016 || CAMStellation, community show at CAM Raleigh, NC
2016 || Self Love, community show at Holder Goods, NC
Teaching:
2022 || The Imaginative Portrait, Artspace, NC
2019 || Mono printing on Fabric, Artspace, NC
2017 || Basic Pattern Repeats, Artspace, NC
2012 || Printing on Fabric, Artspace, NC
2011 || Simple Straight Skirt, Epona & Oak, NC
2004 || Fabulous Felt Slippers, Mendocino Art Center, CA
Related professional experience:
2024-present || Conservation Coordinator, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh NC
2022-2024 || Programs + Accessibility Coordinator, Artspace, Raleigh NC
2012-2014 || Gallery Assistant, Mahler Fine Art, Raleigh NC