EDUCATION                                                 
2012        BFA in illustration, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI 

AWARDS                             
2024       Best of Show: Printmaking, Graphics, & Drawing, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art: Art Fair on the Square, Madison, WI 
2024       1st Place, Lakeview East Festival of the Arts, Chicago, IL 
2024       2nd Place in 2D, Fourth Street Festival of Arts, Bloomington, IN 
2024       2nd Place Painting, Drawing, Pastels, & Printmaking, Old Town Art Fair, Chicago, IL 
2024       Mary Louise Womer Award for Excellence, 57th Street Art Fair, Chicago, IL 
2024       Award of Excellence, Art on the Square, Belleville, IL   
2023       Invitation Award, Plaza Art Fair, Kansas City, MO
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                      
2024       Drawings, IWU University,  Marion, IN
2022       Drawings in Ink, Grand Rapids Community College, Grand Rapids, MI
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    
2024        West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
2024        38th Annual Regional Exhibition, LowellArts!, Lowell, MI         
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 

TEACHING EXPIERENCE                                             
2013-Present    Adjunct Faculty, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI   
                               -Advanced Inking Techniques (Accredited College Course) 
                               -Professional Practices (Accredited College Course)
                               -Publication Illustration (Accredited College Course) 
                               -Introduction to Illustration (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                                                 
2023        Plaza Art Fair, Kansas City, MO
2023        Penrod Arts Fair, Indianapolis, IN  
2023        Fourth Street Festival of Arts, Bloomington, IN 
2023        Old Town Art Fair, Chicago, IL 
2023        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