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Education


2021, Masters of Fine Art: Studio Art with concentrations in Performance, Sculpture, and  Writing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2014, Bachelors of Fine Art: Studio Art with concentrations in Global Studies, Sculpture, and Photography, New York University, New York, NY

Selected Teaching Experience


2019-2020, Teaching Assistant, Contemporary Practices, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2018, Instructor, Artist Books Workshop, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA

2016, Adjunct Instructor in Visual Art, Directed Study in Visual Poetry, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

• Designed a 15-week Visual Poetry syllabus for a four credit class for one student. This course was tailored toward the student’s strengths and put together with consideration of the student’s interest areas.

• This class covered artists, writers, spoken word performers, and film. We studied Shirin Neshat’s Turbulent and the way she draws on her photographs using text and image so seemingly effortlessly. Ariana Brown’s Death Poem, Louise Bourgeois’ and Pablo Picasso’s sketchbooks, and Jean Michel Basquiat’s paintings.

• The student created photography, video, paintings, drawings, an accordion book, and kept a personal sketchbook in which he drew in as a weekly assignment. At the end of the semester, the student put together a final exhibition of the work he created in during this class. The exhibition was presented in The Cube Student Gallery on NYUAD’s campus.

2016, Instructor, Pop-Up Books Workshop, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

2016, Instructor, Erasure Poetry Workshop, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

2014-16, Mentor, BA Visual Art Capstone Seminar, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

2015, Teaching Assistant, Wood: Liberal Arts Studio Core, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

2015, Teaching Assistant, Architecture of the United Arab Emirates, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

2015, Instructor, Bookbinding Workshop, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

2015, Instructor, Mark-making Workshop, De Liceiras 18, Porto, Portugal

2015, Instructor, Figure Drawing Workshop Series, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

2014, Teaching Assistant, Nomads, Liberal Arts Studio Core, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

2014, Teaching Assistant, Experiments in Sculpture, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

2014, Instructor, Hand & Machine Sewing Workshop, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Other Work Experience


2024-Present, Curator and Grant Writer, The Amos Lemon Burkhart Foundation, Mohton, PA,

• Research grant opportunities and write grant applications to fund various events, projects, and development of the Amos Lemon Burkhart Foundation including The Awesome Grant, The Audacious Project an initiative of TED, and Google Ad Grants.

• Research Solo Exhibition opportunities in the region and Write applications or letters of interest for the various galleries and institutions. Devise applications for the Abington Arts Center, Banana Factory and SteelStacks, and McLean Project for the Arts.

•Conduct artist interviews with national and international artists for artist spotlights to be featured on our blog and social media on a monthly basis.

• Attend Artist networking events in the region to represent the Amos lemon burkhart foundation and make connections for the organization to grow and flourish.

2020-Present, Co-Director, The Neighbors, Remote

  • Collaboratively, alongside Danielle Mann, direct The Neighbors—an arts organization serving over 100 artists from over 35 cities across the globe that is fiscally sponsored by Fractured Atlas as of January 2024.

  • Liaise with the global and local community of artists using Zoom, email, text, phone calls, and Google Suite to curate and produce virtual and in person events and exhibitions with partner organizations, such as No Nation Art Gallery and Tangential Unspace Lab, as hosts.

  • Design and update organization's website using Cargo Collective as a host site and research, write, design, and distribute monthly newsletter that includes News, Member Spotlights, Archival Imagery, and Artist Opportunities and Jobs.

  • Publish written and recorded interviews with members of the community utilizing Zoom and email to gather their personal stories and explore concepts of art, identity, mental health, and social justice with these voices hailing from all over the world.

  • Act as Artistic Director and work with Illustrators to visualize designs and periodically step into the role of Designer and utilize iMovie, Illustrator, and Photoshop to create promotional materials for the website, social media, and newsletter.

2021-22, Curator, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL

2020-21, Graduate Curatorial Assistant, SAIC Galleries, Chicago, IL

2019-20, Curatorial Assistant,  Roger Brown Study Collection, Chicago, IL

2018-2019, Exhibitions Coordinator, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA,

• Managed GoggleWorks’ galleries and auxiliary exhibition spaces, overseeing Exhibiting Artist Contracts, designing exhibitions, and advising artists for curatorial tasks, sometimes stepping in as curator. Unpack and pack work, hang work to museum standard, light spaces, and work with artists to bring their visions into reality.

• Liaised with artists, institutions, and organizations from initial contact to installation and takedown, while managing exhibition schedules, all communications for the galleries, and collaborate on marketing with the marketing director.

• Collaborated with Programs and Marketing Directors to align exhibitions with educational programs and Exhibition efforts. Work together to marry the galleries with programs to make sure the artwork on view is included in our teaching methodology.

• Presented artist applications to the Board of Directors and facilitated the selection process.

• Utilized google suite to organize, devise, and communicate all gallery work. Communicate frequently via email and google drive. Keep inventory spreadsheets and design gallery Look Book for each show utilizing sheets and slides.

2017-18, Community Ambassador Manager, GoggleWorks Center for the Art, Reading, PA

2015-16, Director of The Cube Student Gallery, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

2015-16, Technical Specialist in Visual Art, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

• Managed Mixed Media Sculpture Studio by overseeing Soft Sculpture, Plaster, and Ceramics by keeping inventory, maintaining the facilities, and organizing space schedules for student workers across the Visual Art Department.

• Founded and oversaw The Cube Student Gallery by working with students from idea all the way through to Marketing, Exhibition, Installation, and Opening Day and providing weekly events throughout the semester of formalized student work.

• Taught workshops with the NYUAD students and led tutorials in sewing, soft sculpture, bookmaking, ceramics, and figure drawing, and assisted as a Trip Leader on class trips abroad to Amman, Jordan and Doha, Qatar.

2013-14, Ceramic Studio Monitor, New York University, New York, NY

2013-14, Assistant to the Director of Craft Arts, New York University, New York, NY

2013, Soft Sculpture Studio Monitor, New York University, New York, NY

Selected Publications



  • 2024, The Bond of Inquisitive People, The Neighbors News, Remote

  • 2024, Artistry Blooming in Reading, The Neighbors News, Remote

  • 2024, Community Between the Lines, The Neighbors News, Remote

  • 2024, Radical Healing, The Neighbors News, Remote

  • 2024, Soaking in Identity, The Neighbors News, Remote

  • 2021, Birds (abridged), in a car on a road going to a place, Chicago, IL

  • 2020, Gross Grainy Textures, The Neighbors, Chicago, IL

  • 2020, Shiver [Part One], Pen Street: City of Poems, Reading, PA

  • 2020, Red, Pen Street: City of Poems, Reading, PA

  • 2019, Abstract Oxygen, Headway Quarterly, US

Selected Curated Exhibitions


2021, I decided to create a life that prioritizes healing, The Neighbors, Chicago, IL (Virtual)

2021, Odes to Skinny Dipping, The Neighbors, Chicago, IL

  • Put out an open call and networked to get artists involved in performing at Odes to Skinny Dipping. which was a performance event at Montrose Beach right at the edge of Lake Michigan during sunset.

  • We had five performers and forty people in the crowd proving that our marketing for the event was successful.

2021, Vibrant Mechanisms, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL

2020, Gross Grainy Textures, The Neighbors, Chicago, IL (Virtual)

2020, Kissing Booth, The Neighbors, Chicago, IL

2018, Bewitching the Dybbuks, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA

2018, Take Care, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA

2018, Holding Out For A Hero, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA

Selected Exhibiting Artist Experience


Solo Exhibitions


  • 2016, floral furnace, Kalerie s čupr uměním Saigon, Ostrava, Czech Republic

  • 2014, Night Light, NYUAD Project Space, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Selected Group Exhibitions


  • 2022, A T h i r t y O n e M i l l i o n F i v e H u n d r e d F i f t y S i x T h o u s a n d n i n e h u n d r e d F i f t y T w o S e c o n d s, No Nation Art Lab, Chicago, IL

  • 2019, Across Unbaptizmz in Lava Through The Pores Of444 Heads Birthing, No Nation Art Lab, Chicago, IL

  • 2019, REAL: the world as we see it, SAIC Sullivan Crit Space, Chicago, IL

  • 2019, NYU Art Alumni Show, The Commons, New York, NY

  • 2016, Last 10, Water Tower Art Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria

  • 2016, Break the Floor, Rabbithole, New York, NY

  • 2015, Why is the Universe so Large, Flat and Full of Structure?, De Liceiras 18, Porto, Portugal

  • 2015, Oasis, Soft Bread, Openings, De Liceiras 18, Porto, Portugal

  • 2014, Never Too Soon, The Commons, New York, NY

  • 2014, Berlin Becoming, Deutsches Haus, New York, NY

Performance


  • 2021, Odes to Skinny Dipping, The Neighbors, Chicago, IL

  • 2021, IMPACT Performance Festival, SAIC Galleries, Chicago, IL

  • 2021, Old Ways, New Tools Performance Festival, SAIC Performance Department, Chicago, IL

Residencies


  • 2021-2022, Resident Artist, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL

  • 2017-18, Studio Artist, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA

  • 2015, Artist-in-Residence, De Liceiras 18, Porto, Portugal

Awards


  • 2014-2015, Global Academic Fellowship, NYU Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

  • 2014, Student Excellence Award, New York University, New York, New York

  • 2014, Founders Day Award, New York University, New York, New York

  • 2010-14, Dean's List, New York University, New York, New York

  • 2010-14, Steinhardt Merit Scholarship, New York University, New York

Press


2021, SAIC News, How The Neighbors Built an Art Community During the Pandemic, Chicago, IL

2021, F News, Performance Art On Demand—IMPACT, SAIC’s annual performance art festival, turns to a new venue this year: Zoom, Chicago, IL

2016, Floral Furnace: Julie Stopper and Sofia Mish, Studium Artium Magazin, Ostrava, CZ

2014, Night Light, Electra Street, Abu Dhabi, UAE