E D U C A T I O N

2025 Southern Illinois University Carbondale, School of Art and Design

Master of Fine Arts Candidate in Ceramics

2019 Temple University, Tyler School of Art and Architecture

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ceramics with K-12 Teaching Certification

G R A N T S/A W A R D S

2023 Windgate Charitable Foundation Grant Recipient

E X H I B I T I O N S 

2024 October National 2024, Madden Arts Center, Decatur, IL

River 2 River National Juried Exhibition, Iowa Ceramics Center &  Glass Studio, Cedar Rapids, IA

Embrace the Vase, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA

2023 FILLED UP 4, The New Harmony Clay Project, New Harmony, IN

Merge, NCECA, Cincinnati, OH

2022 FILLED UP 3, The New Harmony Clay Project, New Harmony, IN

2020 Small Favors, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

2019 Small Favors, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

2018 Small Favors, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

absent., Stella Elkins Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

2017 Vernacular, Stella Elkins Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

Tyler Student Exhibition, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

W O R K S H O P S

2021 Slab Construction:  Strategies for Success, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

S K I L L S

Kilns:  Bailey downdraft gas kiln - both cone 10 glaze reduction and bisque firing, Forced Air Venturi burner gas kiln - bisque firing, Skutt electric kilns, L&L electric kilns, loading and unloading kilns, cleaning and washing kiln shelves

Ceramic Skills:  advanced wheel throwing, coil and slab building techniques, pinching, Soldner clay mixer, Peter Pugger pugmill, mixing glazes, slips, and terra sigillata, basic glaze chemistry, basic mold making skills, slip decoration and transfers, underglaze decoration and transfers, sgraffito, inlay, sprig decoration, hump and slup molds, wax resist, decals

2D Skills:  color theory, acrylic and oil paint, watercolor, charcoal, graphite, colored pencil, pastel, relief printmaking, monotype printmaking, observational drawing, collage/mixed media

Woodshop: chopsaw, SawStop table saw, jigsaw, bandsaw, nail gun, hand sander, drills

Photograph:  Photoshop, photo editing skills, basic DSLR camera operation

Gallery/Museum:  hanging shows, patching, painting, track lighting, placing and hanging vinyl, planning gallery layout, Microsoft Office Suite