Education

             2009, The Ohio State University, M.F.A. candidate 2011

             Major: Sculpture

            2003-2009, B.F.A. Watkins College of Art and Design, Nashville, TN

            Major: Photography with a focus in Sculpture

            Residences

             2009  Artist in residence, gallery F., Scarritt Bennett Center, Nashville, TN

Professional Experience

            2009- present Gallery Assistant, Hopkins Hall Gallery, Columbus, OH

            2009  Pilchuck Glass School, Neon Techniques class with Bill Concannon

            2008  Apprentice to visual artist Vadis Turner

            2007-2008 Earnhardt and Pirkle, Inc., Production Assistant

            2006 Tennessee Justice Center, Photographer for TennCare “Mother of the Year”

            2005-2006 Frist Center for the Visual Arts College Student Committee

            2004-2009 Watkins College of Art and Design, Photo Laboratory Technician

           Solo Exhibitions

             2008 Temporarily Un-Deviated, Future Deviant: Fleshly Variety, Senior Thesis

                      Exhibition, Stephanie Brooke West, Brownlee O. Currey, Jr. Gallery, Watkins

                      College of Art, Design & Film, Nashville, TN

            Group Exhibitions

             2010 Recent Arrivals: graduating class of 2011, Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State   

                      University, Columbs, OH

             2009 Surface + Insight, gallery F., Scarritt Bennett Center, Nashville, TN

             2009 Window or Aisle, Space 204, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

             2008 Artist Books from Postwar to Present, Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville

                      TN [Curator: Adam, McCoy]

             2008 Watkins College of Art and Design Brownlee O. Currey Juried Student

                      Art Exhibition, Brownlee O. Currey, Jr. Gallery, Watkins College of Art, Design & Film,

                      Nashville, TN [Juror: Adam McCoy]

             2007 suspended, a group show, with suspended: an art group, 417 Union Street,

                      Nashville, TN

2007 Human Sacrifice: A Meditation on the Atonement, D.I.G., Dialogue (An

          Interaction Through Growth), The Downtown Presbyterian Church,

          Nashville, TN

2006 Watkins College of Art and Design Brownlee O. Currey Juried Student Art

          Exhibition, Brownlee O. Currey, Jr. Gallery, Watkins College of Art, Design &

          Film, Nashville, TN [Jurors: Brent Oglesbee & Mike Nichols]

2006 Past Meets Present, Society of Photographic Educators, Student Exhibition,

          Belmont University, Nashville, TN

2005 Suspended, A Photography Show, 310 Chestnut Street, Nashville, TN

2004 Watkins College of Art and Design Brownlee O. Currey Juried Student Art

          Exhibition, Brownlee O. Currey, Jr. Gallery, Watkins College of Art, Design &

          Film, Nashville, TN[Jurors: Terri Smith, Lain York & Patrick Deguira]

            Publications

            “Zine World”, review of zine, Be Anything in 5 checks, Murfreesboro, TN,

             October, 2008

Honors/Awards

2009-2011 Graduate Teaching Assistant, The Ohio State University

2008 Annie Gowa Honorable Mention Award

2006 Nashville Advertisement Federation Student ADDY Awards, Silver Award

2005/2006 Merit Scholarship Winner, Photography Department, Watkins Institute

2005/2006 Watkins College Of Art and Design Merit Scholarship Receiver

Affiliation

             2008- present, International Sculpture Center, member

            Skills

           

             Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, iDVD, i Move, iWeb, Garage Band,

             MIG welding, wood working, plaster, mold making, digital still and film cameras,

             small, medium and large format photography, alternative process photography,

             pinhole photography, studio lighting equipment

            References

             Available upon request

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