Born 1981 in Boston, Massachusetts
Currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York

EDUCATION:

BROOKLYN COLLEGE, City University of New York, MFA, 2007, Brooklyn, NY
MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF ART, BFA, 2003, Boston, MA
SCUOLA LORENZO de MEDICI, semester of study, Florence, Italy

AWARDS:

2007 Joan Mitchell MFA Award
2007 Pizer Graduate Colloquium, Lecturer
2006 Charles G. Shaw Award for Excellence in Painting, Brooklyn College

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2010 CUE Foundation Annual Benefit Art Auction, CUE Foundation, NYC
2010 SoapBox II, The Laundromat Project, Collette Blanchard Gallery, NYC
2010 tART @A.I.R, curated by Anna Lise Jensen, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009 tART @A.I.R, curated by Katherine Griefen, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009 My Heroes, Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, NY
2008 Joan Mitchell Foundation Recipient Exhibition, CUE Foundation, NY, NY
2008 Beyondo, Sub Octo Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2007 RE:GENERATION Works on Paper, Kentler International Drawing Center Brooklyn, NY
2007 RE:GENERATION: Emerging Women Artists, curated by Joan Snyder and Molly Snyder-Fink Smack Mellon Studios Brooklyn, NY
2007 Brooklyn College MFA Thesis Exhibition, New York Center for Art and Media Studies, NY, NY
2007 College Art Association New York MFA Exhibition, Hunter College, NY, NY
2005 Night of 1,000 Drawings Artist Space, New York, NY
2003 1st Annual George Nick Award Finalist Exhibition, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
2003 Ciao What? Arte d’Italia, Gallery 601, Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
2002 Esibizione della Primavera, Scuola Lorenzo de’Medici, Florence, Italy

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Amenoff, Gregory, “2007 Joan Mitchell Foundation,Recipients Exhibition Catalog”2008
Thomasos, Denise, “Brooklyn MFA Thesis Exhibition Catalog, May 2007
Heur, Megan, “Reviews, New York”, ArtNews, May 2007
Cole, Lori, “Critics Picks”, ArtForum.com, February 2007
Cotter, Holland, “Agents of Change”, New York Times February 2007

LECTURES:

2008 Art, Activism, and Community: Visual Art for Social Change, Tufts University, Panelist
2007 Pizer Graduate Colloquium, The City University of New York, Lecturer

EXPERIENCE:

Studio in a School, NY, NY
Teaching Artist, (present)
Painting, drawing, printmaking
Urban Arts Partnership, NY, NY
Teaching Artist, (2008-present)
Painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking
The DreamYard Project , NY, NY
Teaching Artist (2008-present)
Drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking
The Laundromat Project, NY, NY
Teaching Artist, Works in Progress Program