Born in Santa Cruz, California
Lives and works in Northern California
Education
2021 MFA, Studio Art, UC Davis, Davis, CA
2017 BFA, Pictorial Arts, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
2013 Coursework Completed at Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA
Awards
2022 First Place in Juried Exhibition, Celebrating Monterey County, Salinas, CA
2022 Recipient, Professional Development Grant, Arts Council Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz, CA
2021 Tournesol Award Finalist, Sausalito, CA
2021 Recipient of the Mary Lou Osborn Award, Davis, CA
2020 Recipient of the Mary Lou Osborn Award, Davis, CA
2020 Nominated, Dedalus Foundation Master of Fine Arts Fellowship in Painting and Sculpture
2017 Recipient of the Ray Henley Carrico Scholarship, San Jose, CA
2017 Recipient of the Randall Sadler Scholarship, San Jose, CA
2016 Recipient of the Santa Clara Valley Watercolor Society Champion Art Scholarship
2011 Recipient of the Tom Allen Memorial Painting Endowed Scholarship, Aptos, CA
Exhibition
2025 Group exhibition, A true thing which can kill you, Felix Kulpa gallery, Santa Cruz, ca
2025 Group Exhibition, Artwork by San José State University Alumni, Hammer2 Gallery, San Jose, CA
2024 Group Exhibition, Close to the Skin, Works/San José, San Jose, CA
2024 Group Exhibition, Illuminators: Art & Art Photography Faculty and Staff Exhibition, Cabrillo Gallery, Aptos, CA
2024 Juried Group Exhibition, Raising Awareness of Monterey County’s Native Habitats, Animal and Plant Life, Salinas, CA
2022 Solo Exhibition, Alchemical Distillations, Felix Kulpa Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2022 Group Exhibition, Cabrillo College Faculty Exhibition, Callbrillo Gallery, Aptos, CA
2022 Group Exhibition, Annual Catamaran Exhibition, Blitzer Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2022 Group Exhibition, Celebrating Monterey County, Monterey County Government Center, Salinas, CA
2022 Solo Exhibition, Annihilation, Gallerie Valerie, Crockett, CA
2021 Group Thesis Exhibition, Where With All, Shrem Gallery (Moved online due to COVID-19), Davis, CA
2021 Group Exhibition, B. Sakata Garo Gallery, Actually Here (Anticipated), Sacramento, CA
2020 Group Exhibition, Endnotes, Jay Jay Gallery (Moved online due to COVID-19), Sacramento, CA
2019 Solo Exhibition, Antithesis, Monterey Peninsula College Gallery, Monterey, CA
2019 Group Juried Exhibition, Pattern and Abstraction, Fe Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2019 Group Exhibition, Sixth Annual Catamaran Exhibition, R. Blitzer Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2019 Group Exhibition, Student Exhibition, Cabrillo College Gallery, Aptos, CA
2017 Solo BFA Exhibition, Antithesis, San Jose State Art Building, San Jose, CA
2017 Group Exhibition, Beethoven at Home, MLK Library, San Jose, CA
2016 Group Exhibition, Practice, San Jose State Art Building, San Jose, CA
2015 Solo Exhibition, In the Nude, Tannery Arts Center, Santa Cruz, CA
2015 Group Exhibition, Self Portraits, San Jose State Art Building, San Jose, CA
2014 Group Exhibition, Sleeping Figures, San Jose State Art Building, San Jose, CA
Teaching Experience
2022-Present Instructor, Pictorial Arts, San José State University, San Jose, CA
2022-Present Instructor, Studio Arts, Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA
2022- Present Lecturer,, Hartnell College, CA
Summer 2022 Instructor, Studio Arts, UC Davis, Davis, CA
2019-2021 TA, Studio Arts, UC Davis, CA
2017-2019 Assistant to Professor Gale Antokal, Pictorial Arts, San José State University, San Jose, CA
Community Service
2021 volunteer, Catamaran literary conference, santa cruz, ca
2018 Volunteer, Santa cruz film festival, santa cruz, CA
2018 Jury member, BFA Group Exhibition, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
2018 Assistant to Professor Gale Antokal, Advanced Drawing, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
2017 Assistant to Professor Gale Antokal, Watercolor, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
2017 Club President of The Dirty Brushes, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
2016 Club vice president of the dirty brushes, san jose state university, san jose
Publications
2021 Catamaran Literary Reader, Winter Edition, Santa Cruz, CA
2018 Catamaran Literary Reader, Winter Edition, Santa Cruz, CA
Lectures
2017 Public Lecture, Georgiana Bruce Preparatory School, Santa Cruz, CA