EDUCATION

MFA cum laude, Drawing, Anatomy Concentration, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

BFA, Illustration, Art History Concentration, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2011 - 2015     Instructor, Long Island Academy of Fine Art, Glen Cove, NY

2011 - 2013     Adjunct Professor, New York Institute of Technology, New York, NY

2010 - 2011     Teaching Assistant to Steven Assael, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE

2015 - 2016     Painting Assistant, Jeff Koons LLC, New York, New York

2012 - 2015     Studio Assistant, Steven Assael, Drawing and Painting workshops, New York, NY

2014                Painting Assistant, Liu Bolin, Hiding in the City series, New York, NY

2012                Painting Assistant, Liu Bolin, What About Now Jon Bon Jovi album cover project

PRESENTATIONS

Artist Lecture, Dacia Gallery, New York, NY, March 1, 2016.

Curator Talk, Island Weiss Gallery, New York, NY, January 18, 2015.

Artist Lecture, Demonstration and Studio Tutorial, Guttman Community College, New York, NY, January 29 & 30, February 3, 2015.

Presentation and Graduate Critiques, NYIT, New York, NY, January 30, 2013.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2017

Palette, Abend Gallery Fine Art, Denver, CO

Argentum: Contemporary Silverpoint, Marbury NYC, New York, NY

Petaluma Arts Association Spring Art Show, Petaluma Public Library, Petaluma, CA

Sight Unseen, Abend Gallery Fine Art, Denver, CO

The Figure Contemporary, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA

Nasty Women, Helmuth Projects, San Diego, CA

Nasty Women, The Knockdown Center, Queens, NY

2016

Point of Origin, The Lodge Gallery, New York, NY

Pictores Aestas, Dacia Gallery, New York, NY

Summer Exhibition 2016, Flowers Gallery, New York, NY

Bounding Main, CW Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Multiplicity, Dacia Gallery, New York, NY

Mementos, Panepinto Galleries @ the Penthouses 70 Columbus, Jersey City, NJ

2015

Drawing Exhibition, Annual Holiday Celebration, Dacia Gallery, New York, NY

My Favorite Things, Panepinto Galleries @ W Hotel Hoboken, Hoboken, NJ

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

Twice Born, Steele Gallery, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA

Five-Year Anniversary Group Exhibition, Dacia Gallery, New York, NY

Representational Art in the 21^st Century, University of Hawaii Summer Art

Institute, Hilo, HI (Juror: James Lancel McElhinney) (catalogue)

Fables, The Record Company, Boston, MA

Blue Drawings: Figure, Form & The New Narrative, Portraits, Inc., New York, NY

AANYAA Group Exhibition, Studio 7 Fine Art Gallery, Bernardsville, NJ

Showcase of Small Works at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, NMWA Shop, Washington, D.C.

It’s ok to be a Realist, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY

Hot Dry Men, Cold Wet Women, Mark Miller Gallery, New York, NY

2014

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

Love It, Locket, Leave It, Island Weiss Gallery, New York, NY

Self Portrait, Museum of Realist Art, Online Exhibition

Come Closer, Galeria San Patricio, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico

Human Brevity, The Collective Art Tank, Asbury Park, NJ

Works on Paper, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA

Splash, 313 Gallery, Jersey City, NJ

Loved and Observed, Hersh Fine Art, Glen Cove, NY

Voyeur, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY

27^th Annual McNeese Works on Paper Exhibition, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA

TriBeca Ball Alumni Pop-Up Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

The New Romantics, Mark Miller Gallery, New York, NY

Flawed Beings – A 5 Person Group Show, Gallery 58, Jersey City, NJ

2013

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

Wrap It Up, Hersh Fine Art, Glen Cove, NY

3 Year Anniversary Exhibition, Dacia Gallery, New York, NY

Compulsion, Mark Miller Gallery, New York, NY

TriBeca Ball Alumni Pop-Up Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

Fine Arts Faculty Show 2013, NYIT Gallery 61, New York, NY

Single Fare 3, RH Gallery, New York, NY

2012

Fine Arts Faculty Show 2012, NYIT Gallery 61, New York, NY

Solo Exhibition, The Delicacy of Memory: Studies on Paper, Eden Rock Gallery, St. Barths

2011               

Lights of Color, Brooklyn Borough Hall, Brooklyn, NY

Uncharted: 2011 MFA Thesis Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

Single Fare: Please Swipe Again, Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY

College Art Association NY Area MFA Exhibition, Hunter College/ Times Square Gallery, New York, NY

EXHIBITIONS CURATED

2015

Showcase of Small Works at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, NMWA Shop, Washington, D.C., co-curated with Island Weiss Gallery

2014

Love It, Locket, Leave It, Island Weiss Gallery, New York, NY

Lucid Visions, Panepinto Galleries, Jersey City, NJ, co-curated with Cara DeAngelis and Tun Myaing

Loved and Observed, Hersh Fine Art, Glen Cove, NY, co-curated with Manu Saluja

The New Romantics, Mark Miller Gallery, New York, NY, co-curated with Cara DeAngelis