Born in 1988 Secaucus, New Jersey

Lives and Works in New York City  

EDUCATION

2015 MFA, Drawing, Concentration in Printmaking, New York Academy of Art, NY

2011 BS, Art Education, Towson University, MD

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2015                        Altos de Chavon School of Design La Romana, Dominican Republic Visiting Printmaking Instructor

2013                       Brookdale Community College Lincroft, NJ Visiting Instructor for Printmaking Workshop

                   Private Art Lessons K-12 

WORK EXPERIENCE

2015                      Monitor at Robert Blackburn Print Shop Elizabeth Foundation, NY

                 Printmaking Instructor, Altos de Chavon School of Design, La Romana, DR

2015-14                 Assistant for Marketing and Events, New York Academy of Art, NY

2011-13                  Part-time Art instructor, YMCA, Red Bank, NJ

                              Full- time Teaching Assistant in Special Education, Atchison Elementary School,

                 Tinton Falls, NJ

INTERNSHIPS / AWARDS

2015                       The League Residency at VYT, Sparkill, NY

2015                       Altos de Chavon Teaching Residency, La Romana, Dominican Republic

2014                       New York Academy of Art Marketing and Development Scholarship

                               Assistant for Peggy Cyphers Monotype Editioning

                               Apprentice for Printmaker Aliene Howell, Ridgewood, NY                                          

2011-12                   Intern ColArt Americas (Liquitex, Reeves,Conte,Derwent,Winsor Newton), Piscataway, NJ

·       Instructed Demos/Workshops, Worked NJEA Conference

·       Developed Art Education Lessons for Conte, Reeves, Liquitex,

·       Assisted in product based artworks

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2015                       Small Works Show, Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY

2015                       9th Annual Summer Exhibition, Flowers Gallery, NY

2015                       MFA Thesis Show, New York Academy of Art, NY

2015                       En Las Periferias, New York Academy of Art, NY

2015                       Monumental Marks Drawing Exhibition New York Academy of Art, NY

2014                       Winter Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, NY

2013                       Deck the Walls, New York Academy of Art, NY

2012                       Cathedral: Building the Figure, Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, NJ

2012                       Sketchbook Project 2012, Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY

2011                       Those Who Can Do, Towson Art Collective, Towson, MD

2010                       A Pathway to Awareness, MICA, Baltimore, MD