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CV

Education
 
MFA   Illinois State University, Painting       May 2015
Thesis: “Stacked Negotiations”
            Committee: Andreas Fischer (chair), Elisabeth Friedman, Michael Wille
 
BFA    Arcadia University, Painting    May 2011
            Advisor: Betsey Bachelor
 
Honors and Awards
 
FATE Shout Out                                            2019
The FATE Organization (Foundations Art Theory and Education) awards the shout out award to committed Foundations Professors to attend the FATE biennial conference about Foundations Pedagogy.
 
Arcadia University 40 Under 40                   2018
Arcadia University’s "40 Under 40" recognizes the most promising, accomplished, entrepreneurial, creative, and inspiring alumni.
 
Marshall Dulaney Pitcher Award                2015
The scholarship is awarded to an outstanding student in the field of art at Illinois State University.
 
Friends of the Arts Grant Recipient            2015
The Friends of the Arts grant awards students at Illinois State University supportive grants for research exploration.
 
Irving S Tick Award Winner                       2014
The Irving S. Tick award is given to a student who demonstrates excellence in painting.
 
Merwin Metal                                                2013
The Merwin Metal is given to the Best in Show at McClean County Art Center’s Amateur Arts Exhibition.
  
Experience

Co-Founder Spillway Collective                  2017
Member of Spillway Collective                    2017-Present

Exhibitions
 
Solo Shows 

Per my last email, Spillway Collective, January 9 – February 8, 2020
 
Shavers, Savers, Mansplainers, Arcadia University Harrison and Rosedale Galleries, Glenside, PA October 6- December 3, 2017
 
Dreams of Jean Jackets, In Partial Fulfillment of an MFA degree; Transpace Gallery, Normal, IL March – April 2015
 
100 Paintings/100 Days; Cometogetherspace, Bloomington IL October 2013
 
Two-Person Shows 
Ultraviolet, Jan Brandt Gallery, Bloomington, IL March 4, 2018- May 13, 2018
 
Group Shows 
(upcoming) Spillway at Neumann University, Neumann University, Aston, PA January 28 - March 31, 2020

(upcoming) Spillway Birthday Show, Spillway Collective, Philadelphia, PA February 13 – March 7, 2020

Painting the Figure Now, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, St. Wausau, WI July 9 – September 28, 2019
           
Space Between, Spillway Collective, Philadelphia, PA, February 2019
 
Rock – Paper – Scissors, Spillway Collective, Philadelphia, PA March 2018
 
Behind and Before, Spillway Collective, Philadelphia, PA, June 2017
 
Faculty Biennial, Arcadia University, Glenside, PA, September 2016
 
2015 Student Annual, University Galleries, Normal IL, April – May 2015
 
2015 MFA Biennial, University Galleries, Normal, IL January – February 2015
 
901Miles from Normal. Front Room Gallery, Brooklyn NY, February 2015
 
Between Matter and Experience: An exhibition featuring the works of Betsey Batchelor, Katherine Bradford, Sarah Gamble, Lauren Garvey, Aubrey Levinthal, Bonnie Levinthal, Sarah McEneaney, Krista Profitt, and Eleanor Ray University of the Arts President's Office Gallery, Philadelphia, PA June, 2014
 
My Paint Is Much Wetter Than Yours, University Illinois Springfield Access Gallery, Springfield, IL, November 2013
 
EBERSMOORE in conjunction with Illinois State University Presents MFA Painters; EBERSMOORE, Chicago, IL, May 2013
 
MFA Biennial; Illinois State University Galleries. Normal, IL January 2013
 
Incoming Graduate Show, ISU Transpace Gallery. Normal, IL, September 2012
 
           
Juried Shows 
Goggleworks Annual Exhibition. April- May 2015
 
Woodmere Annual Juried Art Exhibition. June – September 2014
 
Illinois State University Student Annual 2014. April – May 2014
 
87th Annual McLean County Amateur Art Competition-Exhibition, Mclean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL, Juried by Gerard Erley First Place University Painting. March – April 2014
 
Emerging Artists Illinois, Mclean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL Juried by Bill Gross. May – July 2013
 
Illinois State University Student Annual 2013. Illinois State University Galleries, April – May 2013
 
86th Annual McLean County Amateur Art Competition-Exhibition, Mclean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL, Juried by Jodi Birdwell. March – April 2013
 
Arcadia University Student Biennial: Arcadia University Gallery, Glenside, PA, Juried by Sue Spaid, Independent Philadelphia Curator, Teacher’s Choice Winner. January – February 2010
 
Arcadia University Student Biennial: Arcadia University Gallery, Glenside, PA, Juried by Elyse Gonzales, Curator, and Institute of Contemporary Art. Teacher’s Choice Winner. January – February 2008

Curatorial 
Catalyst: an exhibition of work by Art and Design alumni from Arcadia University, Juried by Carole Loeffler, Abbey Ryan, and Krista Profitt September 2018
 
Escape Artist, Curated by Krista Profitt and Sean Hildreth Spillway Collective, Philadelphia, PA October 2017
 

 
Media
 
“MFA Show Highlights Artist's New Work.” NPR affiliate: WGLT, http://wglt.org/wireready/news/2015/01/05826_01-19DatebookWEB_042207.shtml January 2015
 
Csaszar, Tom. “Visual Specialties: Three Shows, Three Parts of the Culture” review of Between Matter and Experience. Title Magazine. July 2014
 
Police Sketch Artist, “The Dead Files”, Travel Chanel February 2013
 
 
Professional Training
 
FATE Biennial Conference: Foundations in Flux
Name of Institution, Columbus, OH, April 4 – April 6, 2019
Foundations in Flux was a conference containing lectures and panel discussions about Foundations pedagogy and practice. I received the FATE Shout Out Award, awarding free admission to the conference and funding from Arcadia University to attend.
 
A Lived Practice Symposium
School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL, November 6 – November 8, 2014
A Lived Practice was a two-day long Symposium discussing contemporary social practice in art. The symposium discussed many approaches to Social Practice art and implementing change as an artist.
 
 
 
 


 











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