EDUCATION


May 2024    Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

                     Master of Fine Arts in Painting, Elective in Sculpture, Academy Director’s Award Recipient

May 2012    University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA           

                    Bachelor of Arts, Summa Cum Laude, Major: Fine Arts, Concentration: Ceramics, GPA: 3.81


ARTIST RESIDENCIES


2024            Mackinac Island Artist in Residence Program, Mackinaw City, MI

2023            Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Clay in the Expanded Field, Newcastle, ME

2016-2017    Cobb Mountain Art and Ecology Project, Middletown, CA

2013-2014  Grunewald Guild, Leavenworth, WA

2012-2013  The Clay Studio, Work Exchange Program Participant, Philadelphia, PA


EXHIBITIONS


2024   jumping off,, Shelby, Detroit, MI

            Environment + Microclimates, Fiber Club, Detroit Month of Design, Detroit, MI

             No Excuses, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

            Bootleg Show Volume 3, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

            On Seeing Red, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

            Mojo Dojo Casa House, EC Detroit Gallery, Hazel Park, MI

2023  Chicken Show, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

            Quilter’s Showcase, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

            Fall Edition, Hidden Grounds Editions, Bloomfield Township, MI

            forget me not ᐧ not me forget, solo exhibition, Wild West White Cube, Cranbrook, BC, Canada
           
            40 quiet moments, Dream Clinic Project Space, Columbus, OH

            Bootleg Show Volume 2, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

             It Takes Two (or more) to Tango, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

             Is Any/body Home?, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

2019    Pink Party, solo exhibition, Highlands House, Denver, CO

2018    VOTE: An Art Exhibition about Taking Action, Playland at 43rd Avenue, San Francisco, CA

             Wonder, Discover, Begin, traveling exhibition sponsored by the Grunewald Guild, Leavenworth, WA

2016    Small Favors XI, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

             Jubilee, traveling exhibition sponsored by the Grunewald Guild, Leavenworth, WA

2015    What Sustains Us, traveling exhibition sponsored by the Grunewald Guild, Leavenworth, WA

             HERE, Exhibition in a home and construction site, San Francisco, CA

2014    Small Favors IX, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA


CURATION


2024    Flutterwheel Chain: Shasta Krueger, Benjamin R. Peters, Sam Slipkovich, Art Clvb Art Fair, Detroit, MI

            Play: Eel Costello, Passageway Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

            Niche, co-curated with Carina Tort Ortiz, Passageway Gallery Offsite, Bloomfield Hills, MI

            “It’s a tight squeeze!”: Abby Cipar, Passageway Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

            THIS SIDE UP: A Ranic, Passageway Gallery, Bloomfield HIlls, MI

            You Are A Bag Of Water Who Dreams: Shaina Kasztelan, Passageway Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

            Glint: Olivia Guterson, Kevan McClaflin, and Annie Stout, Passageway Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

            Blue Rendezvous: Randi Bachman, Sophia Larsen. Luis Quintanilla, Ian Solomon, Hailey Urbano, and Madison Warp,  
                  Passageway Gallery Offsite, Bloomfield Hills, MI

            Nonlinear: Izzy Krompegel-Anliker and Michael Takahata, Passageway Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

2023  Fantasy Island: Ardele Monk, Passageway Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

          Fortuna Mounds: Nirmohee Belvalkar and Rachael Cox, Passageway Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

          شيء لذيذ (something delicious): Sara Sadawi, Passageway Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

          NOOK, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

          Ofrenda para Juanita: Meli Bandera, Passageway Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

           Visions of María: Mace Ferrer, Passageway Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

          Summertime, co-curated with Claudia Rivera Plaza, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

          Voynich Grotto: Chenyu Nie, Sam Slipkovich, Michael Takahata in Breanne Johnson’s Trailer Lab, Passageway Gallery

            Offsite, Bloomfield Hills, MI

          Chris Baker and Mason Goolsby, Passageway Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI 

          Hello Stacie: Sangun Park, Passageway Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

          Waiting for the Sun: Ryan Ko, Claudia Rivera Plaza, Carina Tort Ortiz, co-curated with Izzy Krompegel-Anliker, Passageway

            Gallery Offsite, Bloomfield Hills, MI

          Embedded Into: Aubrey Theobald, Passageway Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

          Tall Tall Bien’talle, Taller Tall Space/Passageway Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

          Sandbox–Bring Your Trash or Anything: Alice Yutong Hua, Passageway Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

          Cruising for Passerines: Benjamin R. Peters, Passageway Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

          Reeha: Reeha Lim, Passageway Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

2022  Cars, Trucks, Busses, Tunnels, and Bridges: Nalo Duker, Passageway Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

          Passage: William Lanzillo, Passageway Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

          Walker Walls Tarver and Evan Mazellan, Passageway Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI


WRITING


Fountainswimming: Student Literary Publication, Cranbrook Academy of Art

2023/24    Chief Editor: Wake: Fountainswimming Volume 3

2022          Board Member: Residue: Fountainswimming Volume 2

2022          Poem: To Be My Foil, Residue: Fountainswimming Volume 2


DARIA: DENVER ART REVIEW INQUIRY + ANALYSIS

2023        Review: agriCULTURE: Art Inspired by the Land, Longmont Museum, Longmont, CO

                 Review: Clayprints: Michael Cellan and Friends, The Bridge Gallery and The Commons Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO

                  Issue Editor: Summer 2023 Print Issue

2022        Review: James Turrell: Green Mountain Falls Skyspace, Green Mountain Falls, CO

                Artist Profile: Paloma Jimenez: Deities of the Everyday

                Review: Deborah Zlotsky, Altoon Sultan, Kate Petley, Scott Chamberlin, Stephanie Robison, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO

               Review: As of Now, K Contemporary, Denver, CO

               Review: Ana María Hernando: Fervor, Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, CO

              Review: Architecture of Form, Core New Art Space, Lakewood, CO

2021      Review: LandMark, Lakewood Heritage, Culture & Arts, Lakewood, CO

              Artist Profile: Alejandra Abad: Taking Art Out of The Exhibition Space and Into Her Communities

              Review: The Stubborn Influence of Painting, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO

              Review: Jennifer Nehrbass: Pioneer Project & Madeleine Bialke: Mothers and Daughters, Visions West Contemporary,

                Denver, CO

2020      Review: Phase Change, Curtis Center for the Arts, Greenwood Village, CO

              Review: Dear Future…, University of Northern Colorado Campus Commons Gallery, Greeley, CO

              Artist Interview: Martha Daniels: The Pleasures of Surface in Uncertain Times, Urban Mud, Denver, CO

              Review: Imprint: Print Educators of Colorado and 528.0 Regional Juried Printmaking Exhibition, Arvada Center for the Arts  
                      and Humanities, Arvada, CO


TEACHING POSITIONS


2024        Beading Workshop, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

2023        Sitka Fine Arts Camp, Visual Art and Ceramics Instructor, Sitka, AK

2022        Rug Braiding Workshop, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

2017-2021 Grunewald Guild, Summer Ceramics Instructor, Leavenworth, WA


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE


Sep 2022—present        Preparation Assistant, Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI                       

Mar 2020—present        Editorial Coordinator, Issue Editor, Writer, DARIA Art Magazine, Denver, CO

Mar 2024—present        Art Handler, DUO Fine Art Services, Bloomfield Twp, MI

Aug 2023—May 2024    Gallery Coordinator, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI      

Oct 2022—May 2024    Gallery Founder, Curator, and Coordinator, Passageway Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

June 2017-Aug 2020    Assistant Art Teacher, Co-Teacher, Montessori Academy of Colorado, Denver, CO

Oct 2014—Aug 2016    Head Ceramic Technician and Facilities Manager, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA  
      
Nov 2012—Aug 2013    Design Intern and Production Assistant, Jenny Sabin Studio LLC, Philadelphia, PA