EDUCATION
2012 BFA in illustration, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
AWARDS
2023 Best of 2D, Fourth Street Festival of Arts, Bloomington, IN
2023 Signature Artists, LLC Award, West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
2023 Carol Burton Award, 36th Annual NNAC, Nicolet College Arts and Enrichment, Rhinelander, WI
2023 Best of Show, Talbot Arts Fair, Indianapolis, IN
2023 Vi Fogel Uretz, 57th Street Art Fair, Chicago, IL
2022 Honorable Mention, 5x5x5 Exhibition, River Oaks Square Arts Center, Alexandria, LA
2022 Mayor's Award Runner-Up, Penrod Arts Fair, Indianapolis, IN
2022 Best of Show, Fourth Street Festival of Arts, Bloomington, IN
2022 Mary Louise Womer Award for Excellence, 57th Street Art Fair, Chicago, IL
2022 Best of Show, Art on the Square, Belleville, IL
2022 Honorable Mention, 36th Annual Regional Exhibition, LowellArts!, Lowell, MI
2021 Best of Show, Art on the Square, Belleville, IL
2021 Award of Excellence, Plaza Art Fair, Kansas City, MO
2021 Best of 2D, Fourth Street Festival of Arts, Bloomington, IN
2021 Mayor's Award Runner-Up, Penrod Arts Fair, Indianapolis, IN
2021 Honorable Mention, Juried Exhibition, Arts Council of White Lake Nuveen Center, White Lake, MI
2021 Honorable Mention, Decatur Fine Arts Exhibition, Decatur Arts Alliance, Decatur, GA
2021 Blick Art Materials Award, 40th Annual Michigan Fine Arts Competition, BBAC, Birmingham, MI
2021 Honorable Mention, 35th Annual Regional Exhibition, LowellArts!, Lowell, MI
2020 Award Winner, 34th Annual Regional Exhibition, LowellArts!, Lowell, MI
2020 Award of Distinction, UNC Asheville's Drawing Discourse, Asheville, NC
2019 Best of Show, Carmel International Arts Festival, Carmel, IN
2019 Best of Show, Lakeview East Festival of the Arts, Chicago, IL
2019 Best of Show: Mayor's Award, Penrod Arts Fair, Indianapolis, IN
2019 Best of Show, Fourth Street Festival of Arts 2019, Bloomington, IN
2019 Best of Drawing, Lakefront Festival of Art, Milwaukee, WI
2019 Invitational Award, Art Fair on the Square, Madison, WI
2019 Mary Louise Womer Award for Excellence, 57th Street Art Fair, Chicago, IL
2019 Campus Town Hall Honorary Award, East Lansing Art Festival, East Lansing, MI
2018 Mayor's Award, Carmel International Arts Festival, Carmel, IN
2018 1st Place, Carmel International Arts Festival, Carmel, IN
2018 Best of Show, Rockford Art Museum Greenwich Village Art Fair, Rockford, IL
2018 Curator's Choice Award, 90th Regional Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
2018 Best of Show, Fourth Street Festival of Arts 2018, Bloomington, IN
2018 Best of Drawing/Pastels, Krasl Art Fair on the Bluff, St. Joseph, MI
2018 Best of Drawing/Pastels, Lakefront Festival of Art, Milwaukee, WI
2018 Best in Show: Painting, Drawing, Pastel, Digital Art, Old Town Art Fair, Chicago, IL
2018 Second Place: 32nd Annual Regional Exhibition, LowellArts!, Lowell, MI
2017 Ward H. and Cora E. Nay Director's Purchase Prize, West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
2017 Best of Drawing/Pastels, Krasl Art Fair on the Bluff, St. Joseph, MI
2017 Best of Drawing/Pastels, Lakefront Festival of Art, Milwaukee, WI
2017 Best in Show: Painting, Drawing, Pastel, Digital Art, Old Town Art Fair, Chicago, IL
2017 Mary Louise Womer Award for Excellence, 57th Street Art Fair, Chicago, IL
2017 Honorable Mention, Rockford Art Museum Greenwich Village Art Fair, Rockford, IL
2016 Best in Show: Painting, Drawing, Pastel, Digital Art, Old Town Art Fair, Chicago, IL
2016 Vi Fogel Uretz, 57th Street Art Fair, Chicago, IL
2016 Robert and Veronica Young Memorial Award for Graphic Arts, 88th Regional Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
2016 First Place: 30th Annual Regional Exhibition, LowellArts!, Lowell, MI
2015 Best of Show, Rockford Art Museum Greenwich Village Art Fair, Rockford, IL
2015 Best in Show: Mayor's Award, Penrod Arts Fair, Indianapolis, IN
2015 Jim Kemp Craftsmanship Award, Fourth Street Festival of Arts 2015, Bloomington, IN
2015 Best of Drawing/Pastels, Krasl Art Fair on the Bluff, St. Joseph, MI
2015 2nd Place: Drawing/Pastel 2D Mixed Media, Old Town Art Fair, Chicago, IL
2015 Mary Louise Womer Award for Excellence, 57th Street Art Fair, Chicago, IL
2015 Best of Show, St. Charles Art Fair, St. Charles, IL
2015 West Michigan Area Show Third Prize, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, MI
2014 Judge’s Award, Rockford Art Museum Greenwich Village Art Fair, Rockford, IL
2014 Best of Drawing/Printmaking, Midwest Salute to the Arts, Fairview Heights, IL
2014 2nd Place: Digital Art, Drawing/Pastel &Painting, Old Town Art Fair, Chicago, IL
2014 Award of Excellence, St. Charles Art Fair, St. Charles, IL
2013 Best of Show, Art in the Park, Highland, IL
2013 Honorable Mention, Peoria Art Guild Fine Art Fair, Peoria, IL
2013 Judge’s Award, Rockford Art Museum Greenwich Village Art Fair, Rockford, IL
2013 Rights of Passage: Best of Show, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2013 Graphics 2nd Place, Crosby Festival of the Arts, Toledo, OH
2013 Award of Excellence, St. Charles Art Fair, St. Charles, IL
2012 Award of Excellence, Peoria Art Guild Fine Art Fair, Peoria, IL
2012 Best of 2D and Mixed Media, St. Charles Art Fair, St. Charles, IL
2012 Judges Award, St. Charles Art Fair, St. Charles, IL
2011 Vi Fogel Uretz, 57th Street Art Fair, Chicago, IL
2009 Honorable Mention, 57th Street Art Fair, Chicago, IL
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 More Drawings in Ink, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI
2013 Drawings in Ink, Artists’ Own, Lafayette, IN
2012 Colluvium, Byrneboehm Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
SELECTED JURIED/GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
2023 36th Annual NNAC, Nicolet College Arts and Enrichment, Rhinelander, WI
2023 5x5x5 Exhibition, River Oaks Square Arts Center, Alexandria, LA
2023 37th Annual Regional Exhibition, LowellArts!, Lowell, MI
2022 44th Annual Whitewater Valley Art Competition, Richmond, IN
2022 Regional Arts Exhibition, Festival of the Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
2022 West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
2022 36th Annual Regional Exhibition, LowellArts!, Lowell, MI
2021 35th Annual Regional Exhibition, LowellArts!, Lowell, MI
2021 40th Annual Michigan Fine Arts Competition, BBAC, Birmingham, MI
2021 Regional Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Arts, Muskegon, MI
2021 West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
2021 Decatur Fine Arts Exhibition, Decatur Arts Alliance, Decatur, GA
2021 Juried Exhibition, Arts Council of White Lake Nuveen Center, White Lake, MI
2020 34th Annual Regional Exhibition, LowellArts!, Lowell, MI
2020 Drawing Discourse, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC
2019 Incoherent Thing War: A Useless Analysis, University Fine Arts Center, Ferris State University, Big Rapids, MI
2019 33rd Annual Regional Exhibition, LowellArts!, Lowell, MI
2018 Masters of Drawing: From Classic Realism to Abstraction, Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI
2018 90th Regional Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Arts, Muskegon, MI
2018 West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
2018 National Juried Art Show & Competition, The Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, TX
2018 32nd Annual Regional Exhibition, LowellArts!, Lowell, MI
2017 West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
2017 31st Annual Regional Exhibition, LowellArts!, Lowell, MI
2017 15 Years of Decay: Defying the Local, Center for New Media/Arcus Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI
2016 Magnitude Seven, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2016 88th Regional Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Arts, Muskegon, MI
2016 30th Annual Regional Exhibition, LowellArts!, Lowell, MI
2016 DRAWN, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2015 Regional Arts Exhibition, UICA, Grand Rapids, MI
2015 Nature's Place Exhibit, The Mary-Frances and Bill Veeck Gallery, Chicago, IL
2015 87th Regional Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Arts, Muskegon, MI
2015 Magnitude Seven, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2015 West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, MI
2015 DRAWN, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2015 Regional Showcase: Michigan, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2014 The Little Exhibition, Richard App Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2014 Festival of the Arts, UICA, Grand Rapids, MI
2014 DRAWN, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2013 Selections from INDA 8, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2013 Rights of Passage, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2012 10 under 40, River Gallery, Chelsea, MI
2011 Artprize, The SPOT, Grand Rapids, MI
2011 Festival of the Arts, Grand Rapids Museum of Art, Grand Rapids, MI
2013-Present Adjunct Faculty, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
-Advanced Inking Techniques (Accredited College Course)
-Professional Practices (Accredited College Course)
2013-2014 Continuing Studies Instructor, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
-Drawing Architecture in Perspective (6 Week Class)
-Drawing Batman (3 Week Class)
-Drawing Level One (7 Week Class)
-Drawing Storms (Workshop)
LECTURES
2015 ARTbreak: Up Close and Personal: WMAS Talks, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
2013 Guest Speaker, Purdue University, Lafayette, IN
2011 An Evening with Taylor Mazer, Davenport University, Grand Rapids, MI
PUBLICATION/BIBLIOGRAPHY
2019 International Drawing Annual 13, Manifest Gallery
2018 International Drawing Annual 12, Manifest Gallery
2017 Creative Quarterly: The Journal of Art & Design Issue 46
2017 International Drawing Annual 11, Manifest Gallery
2016 Chicago Quarterly Review Volume 22, p. 135, 187, and 209.
2015 Creative Quarterly: The Journal of Art & Design Issue 40, p. 16.
2015 sPARKLE & bLINK 68, Quiet Lightning, Featured Artist.
2015 Vitriol No. 2, Quiet Lightning
2015 International Drawing Annual 10, Manifest Gallery
2014 International Drawing Annual 8, Manifest Gallery, p. 125.
2013 Ellipsis: Literature and Art Volume 49, p. 12 and 105.
2013 The Macguffin Winter Issue, Schoolcraft College, p. 32 and 33.
2012 Bluecanvas Issue 14, p. 80 and 81.
2011 491 Magazine Issue Five, p. 21.
2010 South Jersey Underground. Featured Artist.
2011 “Drawing Essentials: A Guide to Drawing from Observation,” 2nd Edition, Oxford University Press, p. 73 reproduction.
2006 Café Review
SELECTED ART FAIRS
2022 Plaza Art Fair, Kansas City, MO
2022 Penrod Arts Fair, Indianapolis, IN
2022 Fourth Street Festival of Arts, Bloomington, IN
2022 Old Town Art Fair, Chicago, IL
2022 57th Street Art Fair, Chicago, IL
2019 Lakefront Festival of Art, Milwaukee, WI
2017 Rockford Art Museum Greenwich Village Art Fair, Rockford, IL
2014 Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, CO
2012 Ann Arbor Art Fair, Ann Arbor, MI