Curriculum Vitae.

Education

2014-MAT Art Education, Converse College, Spartanburg, SC

2012-2013- Greenville Technical College, Fine Arts 

1994-BPS Fashion Design and Merchandising, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY 

1991-Associates Fashion Design and Merchandising, Cazenovia College, Cazenovia NY

 Professional Experience

June 2022-Present, Editor, TALK Greenville Magazine

August 2015-June 2022-Visual Arts Teacher, Wade Hampton High School, Greenville SC

December 2014-Present, Stylist, Talk Magazine, Greenville, SC

May 2014 - Artisphere Art Festival, Volunteer New Media/Development Assistant

January 2013-Online Adjunct Instructor, Product Development, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, California

July 2012-Vino and Van Gogh, Summer Camp Instructor, Fashion Design

September 1994-July 1999- Knit Product Designer, Polo Sport/Sportsman, Polo Ralph Lauren, New York, New York

 Awards and Honors

2023- 8th Place, Flat Out Under Pressure, Metropolitan Arts Council, Greenville SC, Juror-Karen Oremus

2019- Emrys Journal, Volume 37 Cover Artwork Winner, Greenville SC

2018- Exhibition Committee Award, Flat Out Under Pressure, Metropolitan Arts Council, Greenville, SC

2017- Merit Award, Belton Center for The Arts Nineteenth Juried Art Show, Belton, SC

2016- Honorable Mention,Out-of-the-Park 2: Bases Loaded Exhibition, SmART Series, Clemson University,Clemson SC

2014- First place, art appreciation textbook cover, Greenville Technical College, Greenville SC

2013-First Place Painting, 27 Awards, Riverworks Gallery, Greenville SC Jurors-Jo Carol Mitchell Rogers, Nathan Cox

Solo Exhibitions

2023 - Threads & Recollection, Center Stage Gallery, Greenville SC

2016 - Gallery 120, Clover, South Carolina, April 2016

2015- Alchemy, First Friday/The Village of West Greenville, April 1-30.

Group Exhibitions

2023-Open Studios Retrospective, Metropolitan Arts Council Gallery

2023- Artists of the Upstate, Artisphere

2023-Flat Out Under Pressure, Metropolitan Arts Council, Greenville SC, Juror-Karen Oremus

2022-Flat Out Under Pressure, Metropolitan Arts Council, Greenville SC

2020-Flat Out Under Pressure, Metropolitan Arts Council, Greenville SC, Juror-Tom Stanley

2019- Flat Out Under Pressure, Metropolitan Arts Council, Greenville SC

2018- Flat Out Under Pressure, Metropolitan Arts Council, Greenville SC, Juror-Sam Wang

2018-Artists of the Upstate Juried Exhibition, Artisphere, Greenville SC, Juror-Chotsani Elaine Dean

2017- Belton Center for the Arts Nineteenth Juried Art Show, Belton, SC

2017- Artfields, Juried Competition, Lake City, SC

2016-Flat Out Under Pressure, Metropolitan Arts Council, Greenville SC

2016-Artists of the Upstate Juried Exhibition, Artisphere, Greenville SC, Juror-Kathleen Thum, Clemson University

2016-Out-of-the-Park 2: Bases Loaded Exhibition, SmART Series, Clemson University,Clemson SC

2015-Unseen Greenville, Greenville Center for Creative Arts, Greenville SC

2015- Flat Out Under Pressure, Metropolitan Arts Council, Greenville SC

2015- 3rd Annual Collegiate Invitational Art Exhibition, Spartanburg SC

2014- MAT Group Exhibition, Milliken Gallery, Converse College, Spartanburg SC

2013- 27 Awards, Riverworks Gallery, Greenville SC, Jurors- Jo Carol Mitchell-Rogers & Nathan Cox

2013- Carolina’s Got Art Juried Competition, Charlotte, NC Juror- Lance Esplund

2013- 34th Annual Juried SC Artists Exhibition, Juror- Kristen Watts

2013- Artfields, Juried Art Competition, Lake City, SC

Presentations/Workshops

2016- Mixed Media Photo Transfer, ArtLab, Artisphere, Greenville SC

2014-From Fashion Diva to Artist/Teacher Via Japanese Boro Cloth, SC Art Education Association Conference, Greenville SC