EXHIBITIONS
2009
foto 2009, Curated by Kimberly Strom, Gallery 214, Northern Illinois University
Growing Up Girl, MFA Exhibition, Gallery 214, Northern Illinois University
Departures, Chicago Arts District, Chicago, Illinois

2008
Regional Juried Exhibition V, Deborah Grall - Juror, Freeport Art Museum, Freeport Illinois
3rd Annual Juried Graduate Exhibition, Mary Ann Papanek-Miller - Juror, Jack Olson Gallery, DeKalb, IL

2006
Composed, Curated by Kimberly Strom, Gallery 214, Northern Illinois University
1st Annual Graduate Show, Pleasant Street Gallery, DeKalb, IL
Kittens and Hand Grenades, Pleasant Street Gallery, DeKalb, IL

2005
Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition, Visual Arts Gallery, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham’s Best Young Artists, Schedler Minchin Gallery, Birmingham, Alabama
Fall Sculpture Grad Show, Pleasant Street Gallery, Northern Illinois University
Found, Curated by Christopher Trice, Lyda Rose Gallery, Homewood, Alabama

2004
A Family Affair, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
"Growing Up at Home", 6th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival, Birmingham, Alabama
29th Juried Annual Exhibition, Christopher Saucedo - Juror, Visual Arts Gallery, University of Alabama at Birmingham

2003
Trace Your Roots Exhibition, Workplay Theatre, Birmingham, Alabama
27th Juried Annual Exhibition, Mirko Ilic - Juror, Visual Arts Gallery, University of Alabama at Birmingham

AWARDS AND HONORS
2009
Foundations Advisory Committee, Graduate Teaching Assistant Representative, NIU

2008
Graduate Assistantship in Foundations at NIU
Cora Miner Art Scholarship
Foundations Advisory Committee, Graduate Teaching Assistant Representative, NIU

2007
Graduate Assistantship in Foundations at Northern Illinois University

2006
Graduate Assistantship in Foundations at Northern Illinois University

2005
Art Guild President, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Graduate Assistantship in Foundations at Northern Illinois University

2004
Internship with Magic City Art Connection, Birmingham, Alabama
Dean's Award, selected as a student to design a sculpture to be located at the entrance of UAB Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Art and Art History, Student of the Year Award, University of Alabama at Birmingham
UAB National Alumni Society's License to Learn Scholarship
UAB Art Department Senior Scholarship
Aura Literary Arts Review, Art and Design Editor, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Art Guild President
Internship at Sloss Furnaces – Metal Arts Program, Birmingham, Alabama
Second Place, Overall Press Photography, Southeastern Journalism Conference, Troy State University, Troy, Alabama
Third Place, On-site Public Relations Competition, Southeastern Journalism Conference, Troy State University, Troy, Alabama

2003
Award of Distinction, 27th Juried Annual Exhibition, Inner Self, mixed media sculpture, 2003
Second Place, On-site Photography Competition, Southeastern Journalism Conference, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida
Art Guild Member

2002
Vice-President of Communications, National Panhellenic Society
Lead Project Manager, Greek Recruitment Magazine,

2001
Orientation Leader, University of Alabama at Birmingham

2000-2004
US Non-Resident Scholarship to the University of Alabama at Birmingham, $18,000 over four years

EDUCATION
2009
Master of Fine Arts, Photography
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois

2005
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Cum Laude, Studio Arts: Sculpture & Ceramics
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2009
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Instructor of Record in Drawing for the Foundations Program at Northern Illinois University, Spring Semester
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Instructor of Record in Three-Dimensional Design for the Foundations Program at NIU, Spring Semester

2008
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Instructor of Record in Two-Dimensional Design for the Foundations Program at NIU, Fall Semester
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Instructor of Record in Three-Dimensional Design for the Foundations Program at NIU, Spring Semester

2007
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Instructor of Record in Two-Dimensional Design for the Foundations Program at NIU, Fall Semester

PUBLICATIONS
2004
UAB Arts & Sciences Magazine, Sculpture on campus

2003
Aura Literary Arts Review, Volume 29, Issue 1: 3 photography prints Bound, Floating, and Serenity

DONATIONS
2006
Student Gathering Lounge, Harvest Bible Chapel – DeKalb, Five photographs on aluminum board

2004
Charity Auction, Two photographs: Botanical Gardens and Peeling, American Heart Association, Birmingham, Alabama

ORGANIZATIONS
College Arts Association Member 2008-2009
Society for Photographic Education Member 2009
FATE, Foundations in Art: Theory & Education Member 2009