EDUCATION
The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, RI | MAT
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Chicago, IL | BFA
The Glasgow School of Art (GSA), Glasgow, United Kingdom | Honors Painting + Printmaking
California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) | Graphic Design Specialization Certificate
SELECT AWARDS + PRESS
“‘A Vibrant Work of Art': Mundelein to Celebrate Newest Public Mural at Lions Park,” The Daily Herald
“What an Artist Has Planned for Mundelein’s Next Public Mural,” The Daily Herald
“5 Questions,” The Highlands Current
“30 Under 30,” Art Business News
CreativesMXtory interview episode #68, CreativesMX
US Congressional Recognition of “Honorable Mention” in “An Artistic Discovery”
Great Frame Up Best of Show, The Chicago Botanic Garden + Illinois State Building
“Great drawing!” - John Waters
“This [drawing] is awesome!” - Michael Ian Black
PUBLIC ART ASSISTANCE
Sigi Koko’s natural building workshop works
Patrick Dougherty’s Loop de Loop, Morris Arboretum
Steven Heyman’s Beacons, permanent installation at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport
ILLUSTRATION
The Field Museum, A Funny Feeling podcast, Seattle’s The Stranger, Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance, Buffalo Stack, WellRead Publishing (What Color Is a Pickle Pie? children’s book), The Wilson Dow Group, The Resiliency Institute, the University of Chicago WHPK, HitRecord TV, Advocates for Urban Agriculture, They Draw & Cook, The Industrial Worker, Catskill Animal Sanctuary, Gather Round the Mic, Lambert Associates/PemAmerica (housewares for JC Penney and National Wildlife), Children’s Creativity Museum
EDUCATIONAL DESIGN + WRITING
Purdue University, Wiley, New York University, Wisewire, University of Wyoming, Sysmex America, George Mason University, Kaplan, Children’s Creativity Museum, Corwin Press/SAGE Publications, TinkerLab, California College of the Arts Center for Art + Public Life
TEACHING + WORKSHOPS
Academy of Art University’s School of Art Education, CompassArts, Garrison Art Center, Wyld Womyn, Catalyst Gallery, Arlington Heights Memorial Library, Arsenal Center for the Arts, Cambridge Public Schools, The Rhode Island School of Design Continuing Education, Young Rembrandts
EXHIBITIONS
2023 - Solo mural - Mundelein is… a Place of Peace… and Skating, Lions Field Skate Park, Mundelein, IL
2023 - Mural collaboration with Larky Accomplice for Off the Wall, Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS, Chicago
2023 - Solo mural - Cedar Waxwing + Dandelions, Atlanta, Georgia
2022 - Solo mural - We Are All Connected O+ Festival, Ulster County YWCA, Kingston, NY
2022 - Solidarity installation, Fuller Moon Festival, Wickham Works, Warwick, NY
2022 - You Belong installation, Compass Arts/Beacon Music Factory, Beacon, NY
2022 - Farm to Table, Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, NY
2020 - Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Toronto, Canada
2020 - BeaconArts Group Show, Hudson Beach Glass, Beacon, NY
2020 - Creative Works By 50 Awesome Hudson Valley Women, Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, NY
2020 - Mural design for Art Now LA / Walmart’s Community Mural Program (mural location: Norman, OK)
2019 - SOLO SHOW, Catalyst Gallery, Beacon, NY
2019 - 65th Annual National Society of Painters in Casein & Acrylic, The Salmagundi Club, New York City, NY
2019 - The Rise of the Jack O’Lanterns (art pumpkins exhibited at The Chicago Botanic Garden, Old Westbury Gardens, Descanso Gardens, Meadowlands, Yorktown Grange Fairgrounds, & Governors Island NYC)
2019 - BeaconArts Member Show, Hudson Beach Gallery, Beacon, NY
2019 - The Peaceful Steward (NY-registered, one-woman-powered landscaping company)
2019 - Beacon Fairy Walk, Beacon, NY
2018-19 - Beacon Open Studios, Beacon, NY
2018 - International Artist RESIDENCY, Hudson River Center, Beacon, NY
2018 - Renegade Craft Fest, Brooklyn, NY
2018 - Woodstock-New Paltz Art + Crafts Fair, Woodstock, NY
2018 - Art at Ives, Danbury, CT
2018 - SOLO SHOW, Fearless Portraits of Women in History, Howling at the Edge of Chaos, Beacon, NY
2017 - Grassroots, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2017 - Catzilla, Prop Thtr, Chicago, IL
2016 - The Holiday Show, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
2016 - Soulwich, Evanston, IL
2014 - SOLO SHOW, Artist Hub Takeover, Arlington Heights Memorial Library, Arlington Heights, IL
2013 - Spotlight Six, Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA
2013 - 30 Under 30, Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA
2012 - Sketch Tuesdays, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010 - In Your Face; Self-Portraits By Women + Girls, Eco-Office, Providence, RI
2009 - Elmhurst Art Museum’s 13th Annual Art in the Park, Elmhurst, IL
2008 - SOLO SHOW, Uncommon Ground, Chicago, IL
2007-09 - Bucktown Arts Fest, Chicago, IL
2008 - The Holiday Show, Architectural Artifacts, Chicago, IL
2008 - Barewalls, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL
2007 - Forest Park Arts Fest, Forest Park, IL
2007 - Group Printmaking Show, Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL
2007 - The Spring Show, Architectural Artifacts, Chicago, IL
2007 - Swagger Men’s Fashions, Chicago, IL
2007 - AV/XPLO, Abbey Pub, Chicago, IL
2007 - Undergraduate Exhibition, Gallery 2, Chicago, IL
2005 - Duty Free, The California Institute of the Arts, Santa Clarita, CA
2004 - ArtBash, Gallery 2, Chicago, IL
2003 - SOLO SHOW, Fremont Public Library, Mundelein, IL