Education
James Madison University, Harrisonburg VA
Master of Fine Arts
May 2016, Summa Cum Laude
East Carolina University, Greenville NC
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Double Concentration - Photography and Painting/Drawing
May 2012, Magna Cum Laude
Exhibitions
2018 VKUNST/ My New Me
Curated Exhibition: Curated by Christoph von Low and Andreas Greulich
Vkunst Frankfurt, Germany
Fresh
Juried Exhibition: Juried by Jennifer Dasal
Artspace, Raleigh NC
About Me
Millepiani, Rome Italy
LoosenArt Collection Gallery
Of Women
Juried Exhibition: Juried by Angel Bellaran
sTudio 7 Gallery, Fort Tilden, Rockaway Point NY
2016 Shift; Explorations in a Changing Sense of Self
Duke Hall Gallery, Harrisonburg VA
James Madison University
New Waves 2016
Juried Exhibition: Juried by Jan Tumlir
Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach VA
Self and Subject: Ideas in Contemporary Portraiture
Pop-up Exhibition: Curated by John Borstel
Photoworks Glen Echo, Washington DC
Tales from 131 West Grace Street
Laughing Dog T-Shirts & Gifts, Harrisonburg VA
MFA Exhibition 2016
Artworks Gallery, Harrisonburg VA
James Madison University
2015 Scapes: a Juried Photography Show
Spitzer Art Center, Harrisonburg VA
The Artful Dodger Featuring Tara Ott
The Artful Dodger, Harrisonburg VA
19th Century to Digital Photography
Capital One Bank Juried/Invitational Exhibition
Capital One Bank, Richmond VA
The Kinsey Institute Juried Art Show 2015
International Juried Exhibition: Juried by Betsy Stirratt, Jeremy Sweet, Catherine Johnson-Roehr, Garry Milius
Grunwald Gallery of Art, Bloomington IN
SPE Members Pin-Up Show
Hyatt Hotel, New Orleans LA
Staring at the Sun: MFAs Now
International Juried Exhibition: Juried by Ryan Estep
Satellite Contemporary, Las Vegas NV
Inertia T: BA
The University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA
unJURIED
Old Furnace Artist Residency
artscouncil of the Valley, Harrisonburg VA
Exchanged 4
Work Exchange Show Between GMU and JMU
Artworks Gallery, Harrisonburg VA
James Madison University
Juried Photography Show
The Artful Dodger, Harrisonburg VA
Capital One Bank Juried/Invitational Exhibition
Capital One Bank, Richmond VA
Blue Moon Collaborative
Blacks Run Gallery, Harrisonburg VA
Untitled Potential
Artworks Gallery, Harrisonburg VA
James Madison University
2014 Alchemical Coorelative 38/72
Artworks Gallery, Harrisonburg VA
James Madison University
Juried Portrait Photography Show
Spitzer Art Center, Harrisonburg VA
ECU Alumni Invitational Exhibition
Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville NC
Experiencing War
Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh NY
Blue Moon Collaborative
Blacks Run Gallery, Harrisonburg VA
Technical Advisor for Photography in Steel Magnolias
Court Square Theater, Harrisonburg VA
MFA Show
Artworks Gallery, Harrisonburg VA
James Madison University
2012 Raw Raleigh Presents // RADIATE
Solas, Raleigh NC
Senior Thesis Exhibition for Painting and Photography
Burroughs Wellcome Gallery, Greenville NC
East Carolina University
Undergraduate Exhibition, Painting/Drawing and Photography
Gray Gallery, Greenville NC
East Carolina University
The SCHWA Show
National Juried Exhibition: Juried by Lia Newman
Emerge Gallery, Greenville NC
The SCHWA Show (2012)
2011 Rebel 54 Exhibition
Emerge Gallery, Greenville NC
Spring Painting Guild Exhibition
Mendenhall Student Center, Greenville NC
East Carolina University
Fall Painting Guild Exhibition
Mendenhall Student Center, Greenville NC
East Carolina University
Undergraduate Exhibition, Painting/Drawing and Photography
Burroughs Wellcome Gallery, Greenville NC
East Carolina University
“Light 2011” Undergraduate Photography Exhibition
Burroughs Wellcome Gallery, Greenville NC
East Carolina University
2010 “Light 2010” Undergraduate Photography Exhibition
Burroughs Wellcome Gallery, Greenville NC
East Carolina University
Undergraduate Exhibition, Painting/Drawing
Gray Gallery, Greenville NC
East Carolina University
2009 Undergraduate Exhibition, Foundations Work
Gray Gallery, Greenville NC
East Carolina University
Publications
2016 “Virginia Cultural Review.” Whurk Magazine, no. 35, (January 2016)
http://whurk.org/issue/35/#page/1/mode/2up
2015 “The Kinsey Institute Juried Art Show 2015 Features Many Messages, Many
Media,” Art at IU, Last Modified May 29, 2015, http://viewpoints.iu.edu/art-
at-iu/2015/05/29/the-kinsey-institute-juried-art-show-2015-features-
many-messages-many-media/
Featured Artist on Image 37
Filter Photo, Chicago IL
2013 Finalist in Best of College & High School Photography 2013
Photographer’s Forum
2012 Featured Artist
Au Courant Magazine, Raleigh (November, 2012)
Painting Published
East Carolinian, East Carolina University (April, 2012)
Awards
2015 Virginia Museum Fine Arts (2015-2016)
Visual Arts Fellowship Recipient- Graduate Award for new/emerging media
Juried by Emily Burns and Alison Byrne
https://vmfa.museum/programs/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/2015-16-VMFA-Fellowship-recipients.pdf
SADAH Travel Grant
James Madison University
The JMU Graduate School Travel Grant
James Madison University
2013 Finalist in Best of College & High School Photography 2013
Photographer’s Forum
2012 Award in Excellence in Photography in Undergraduate Exhibition
East Carolina University
2011 ASAP Best Black and White Photo in Undergraduate Exhibition
East Carolina University
Fourth Place in Spring Painting Guild Exhibition
East Carolina University
Honorable Mention in Rebel 54 Exhibition in Painting
East Carolina University
2009 Friends of the School of Art and Design, Scholarship Recipient
East Carolina University
Interviews
2015 Virtual Art Gallery
Talk Center America
http://lm.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2Fy6D-Amr9WCo&h=GAQHiFfT4&s=1
Work Experience
2018 Art Instructor, Cary Arts Center (January 2018-Present)
2015 Digital Photography Class Instructor, JMU (August 2015-May 2016)
Artworks Gallery Graduate Advisor, JMU (August 2014-May 2016)
New Image Gallery Assistant, JMU (August 2014-May 2016)
Digital Photography Class Teaching Assistant, JMU (January 2015-May 2015)
Black and White Darkroom Photography Class Teaching Assistant, JMU (January 2015-May 2015)
2014 Visual Resource Center, JMU (January 2014-May 2014)
Drawing Class Teaching Assistant, JMU (August 2014-December 2014)
Photography studio assistant, JMU (August 2013-December 2014)
2013 Textile studio assistant, JMU (August 2013-December 2013)
Documentation
2015 Documentation for Greg Stewart Performance
Documentation for Grant Funded Alternative Process Garden Project
Documentation for "Harrisonburg Imagining"
May 20th, US Department of Arts & Culture
New Image Gallery Photographer
Other
2018 Guest Artist at Guilford College
2016 Graduate Student Representative, SADAH Graduate Advisory Committee,
James Madison University (August 2015-May 2016)
Graduate Safety Coordinator for Artworks Gallery & Graduate Studios, James
Madison University (August 2015-May 2016)
2015 Substitute taught Darkroom Photography Class
Guest Lecturer in Digital Photography Class
2014 Guest Lecturer in Institute of Visual Technology Class
Grad MFA Representative for the Graduate Association (August 2013-May
2014)
James Madison University, Harrisonburg VA
Master of Fine Arts
May 2016, Summa Cum Laude
East Carolina University, Greenville NC
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Double Concentration - Photography and Painting/Drawing
May 2012, Magna Cum Laude
Exhibitions
2018 VKUNST/ My New Me
Curated Exhibition: Curated by Christoph von Low and Andreas Greulich
Vkunst Frankfurt, Germany
Fresh
Juried Exhibition: Juried by Jennifer Dasal
Artspace, Raleigh NC
About Me
Millepiani, Rome Italy
LoosenArt Collection Gallery
Of Women
Juried Exhibition: Juried by Angel Bellaran
sTudio 7 Gallery, Fort Tilden, Rockaway Point NY
2016 Shift; Explorations in a Changing Sense of Self
Duke Hall Gallery, Harrisonburg VA
James Madison University
New Waves 2016
Juried Exhibition: Juried by Jan Tumlir
Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach VA
Self and Subject: Ideas in Contemporary Portraiture
Pop-up Exhibition: Curated by John Borstel
Photoworks Glen Echo, Washington DC
Tales from 131 West Grace Street
Laughing Dog T-Shirts & Gifts, Harrisonburg VA
MFA Exhibition 2016
Artworks Gallery, Harrisonburg VA
James Madison University
2015 Scapes: a Juried Photography Show
Spitzer Art Center, Harrisonburg VA
The Artful Dodger Featuring Tara Ott
The Artful Dodger, Harrisonburg VA
19th Century to Digital Photography
Capital One Bank Juried/Invitational Exhibition
Capital One Bank, Richmond VA
The Kinsey Institute Juried Art Show 2015
International Juried Exhibition: Juried by Betsy Stirratt, Jeremy Sweet, Catherine Johnson-Roehr, Garry Milius
Grunwald Gallery of Art, Bloomington IN
SPE Members Pin-Up Show
Hyatt Hotel, New Orleans LA
Staring at the Sun: MFAs Now
International Juried Exhibition: Juried by Ryan Estep
Satellite Contemporary, Las Vegas NV
Inertia T: BA
The University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA
unJURIED
Old Furnace Artist Residency
artscouncil of the Valley, Harrisonburg VA
Exchanged 4
Work Exchange Show Between GMU and JMU
Artworks Gallery, Harrisonburg VA
James Madison University
Juried Photography Show
The Artful Dodger, Harrisonburg VA
Capital One Bank Juried/Invitational Exhibition
Capital One Bank, Richmond VA
Blue Moon Collaborative
Blacks Run Gallery, Harrisonburg VA
Untitled Potential
Artworks Gallery, Harrisonburg VA
James Madison University
2014 Alchemical Coorelative 38/72
Artworks Gallery, Harrisonburg VA
James Madison University
Juried Portrait Photography Show
Spitzer Art Center, Harrisonburg VA
ECU Alumni Invitational Exhibition
Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville NC
Experiencing War
Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh NY
Blue Moon Collaborative
Blacks Run Gallery, Harrisonburg VA
Technical Advisor for Photography in Steel Magnolias
Court Square Theater, Harrisonburg VA
MFA Show
Artworks Gallery, Harrisonburg VA
James Madison University
2012 Raw Raleigh Presents // RADIATE
Solas, Raleigh NC
Senior Thesis Exhibition for Painting and Photography
Burroughs Wellcome Gallery, Greenville NC
East Carolina University
Undergraduate Exhibition, Painting/Drawing and Photography
Gray Gallery, Greenville NC
East Carolina University
The SCHWA Show
National Juried Exhibition: Juried by Lia Newman
Emerge Gallery, Greenville NC
The SCHWA Show (2012)
2011 Rebel 54 Exhibition
Emerge Gallery, Greenville NC
Spring Painting Guild Exhibition
Mendenhall Student Center, Greenville NC
East Carolina University
Fall Painting Guild Exhibition
Mendenhall Student Center, Greenville NC
East Carolina University
Undergraduate Exhibition, Painting/Drawing and Photography
Burroughs Wellcome Gallery, Greenville NC
East Carolina University
“Light 2011” Undergraduate Photography Exhibition
Burroughs Wellcome Gallery, Greenville NC
East Carolina University
2010 “Light 2010” Undergraduate Photography Exhibition
Burroughs Wellcome Gallery, Greenville NC
East Carolina University
Undergraduate Exhibition, Painting/Drawing
Gray Gallery, Greenville NC
East Carolina University
2009 Undergraduate Exhibition, Foundations Work
Gray Gallery, Greenville NC
East Carolina University
Publications
2016 “Virginia Cultural Review.” Whurk Magazine, no. 35, (January 2016)
http://whurk.org/issue/35/#page/1/mode/2up
2015 “The Kinsey Institute Juried Art Show 2015 Features Many Messages, Many
Media,” Art at IU, Last Modified May 29, 2015, http://viewpoints.iu.edu/art-
at-iu/2015/05/29/the-kinsey-institute-juried-art-show-2015-features-
many-messages-many-media/
Featured Artist on Image 37
Filter Photo, Chicago IL
2013 Finalist in Best of College & High School Photography 2013
Photographer’s Forum
2012 Featured Artist
Au Courant Magazine, Raleigh (November, 2012)
Painting Published
East Carolinian, East Carolina University (April, 2012)
Awards
2015 Virginia Museum Fine Arts (2015-2016)
Visual Arts Fellowship Recipient- Graduate Award for new/emerging media
Juried by Emily Burns and Alison Byrne
https://vmfa.museum/programs/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/2015-16-VMFA-Fellowship-recipients.pdf
SADAH Travel Grant
James Madison University
The JMU Graduate School Travel Grant
James Madison University
2013 Finalist in Best of College & High School Photography 2013
Photographer’s Forum
2012 Award in Excellence in Photography in Undergraduate Exhibition
East Carolina University
2011 ASAP Best Black and White Photo in Undergraduate Exhibition
East Carolina University
Fourth Place in Spring Painting Guild Exhibition
East Carolina University
Honorable Mention in Rebel 54 Exhibition in Painting
East Carolina University
2009 Friends of the School of Art and Design, Scholarship Recipient
East Carolina University
Interviews
2015 Virtual Art Gallery
Talk Center America
http://lm.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2Fy6D-Amr9WCo&h=GAQHiFfT4&s=1
Work Experience
2018 Art Instructor, Cary Arts Center (January 2018-Present)
2015 Digital Photography Class Instructor, JMU (August 2015-May 2016)
Artworks Gallery Graduate Advisor, JMU (August 2014-May 2016)
New Image Gallery Assistant, JMU (August 2014-May 2016)
Digital Photography Class Teaching Assistant, JMU (January 2015-May 2015)
Black and White Darkroom Photography Class Teaching Assistant, JMU (January 2015-May 2015)
2014 Visual Resource Center, JMU (January 2014-May 2014)
Drawing Class Teaching Assistant, JMU (August 2014-December 2014)
Photography studio assistant, JMU (August 2013-December 2014)
2013 Textile studio assistant, JMU (August 2013-December 2013)
Documentation
2015 Documentation for Greg Stewart Performance
Documentation for Grant Funded Alternative Process Garden Project
Documentation for "Harrisonburg Imagining"
May 20th, US Department of Arts & Culture
New Image Gallery Photographer
Other
2018 Guest Artist at Guilford College
2016 Graduate Student Representative, SADAH Graduate Advisory Committee,
James Madison University (August 2015-May 2016)
Graduate Safety Coordinator for Artworks Gallery & Graduate Studios, James
Madison University (August 2015-May 2016)
2015 Substitute taught Darkroom Photography Class
Guest Lecturer in Digital Photography Class
2014 Guest Lecturer in Institute of Visual Technology Class
Grad MFA Representative for the Graduate Association (August 2013-May
2014)