Resume
EDUCATION
University of South Carolina
Bachelor of Fine Art, Ceramic Sculpture 2008-2012 Magnum Cum Laude GPA: 3.92
Tainan National University of the Arts, Exchange Program
Tainan, Taiwan Spring 2011
South Carolina Governors School for the Arts and Humanities
Visual Art 2006-2008
AWARDS
Kakalak Art Conetest, 1st Place, Kakalak Poetry Journal Fall 2014
Ceny Walker Undergraduate Fellowship,
Grant for Taiwan Exchange 2011
Deloris Cauthen Scholarship in Art 2010, 2011, 2012
South Carolina Life Scholarship 2008 – 2012
Current Work
B.C. Studios, Self Employed
Artist, Teacher, Studio Manager:
Bonecollectorstudios.com
RELATED EXPERIENCE
TEACHING
B.C. Studios, Personally Run July 2015 to present
-Weekly Classes, off site Parties, and Private lessons:
Taylors SC, Greenville SC, and Columbia SC
The Bascom, Resident Artist February 2015 to June 2015
-Resident Artist Weekly Series, Private lessons, and group classes:
Highlands NC
ARTIST IN RESIDENT PROGRAMS
Dreher Island State Park, Dreher Island, SC: One week September 2015
The Bascom: Center For Visual Arts, Highlands NC February 2015-June 2015
VISITING ARTIST
Christ Church Episcopal School, Middle School, Greenville SC,
January 9,16,23, 2014
Lagrange College, LaGrange GA, October 13, 2013
STUDIO WALKS
Open Studios, Greenville SC- Once a year, 2013/2014
First Fridays, Greenville SC-once a month, 2012-2014, 2016
WORKSHOPS
Drawing and Clay workshop with Alice Ballard,
Greenville county Museum of Art, Workshop Assistant, 2013
The Narrative Figure workshop with Tim Taunton,
Santa Fe Clay, Workshop Assistant, 2012
CLUBS/VOLUNTEERING
Taylors Art Group, Member 2013-2014
701 center for Contemporary Art, Volunteer Fall 2011 SC Clay Club, Treasurer 2010-2011, Member 2009
EXHIBITIONS: FOCUSED
Elysian Fields
The Carolina Bauernhaus, Greenville SC October & November 2020
Transfiguration: Mirrors of Sensuality
The Parachute Factory, Lexington KY April 2017
Orders of Instinct- with Megan Heuse,
Artistry Workshops and Gallery, Greenville SC February 2017
Rusted Palace Art and Music Show- with Carey Morton,
Taylors Mill, Taylors SC April 4, 2014
The Convergence of Chaos and Climax: A Romantic Ideal,
Undergraduate Thesis, Granby Mills, Columbia SC May 7, 2012
Sleeping Beauty- Installation,
McMaster Student Gallery, Columbia April 24 – May 6 2012
Taiwan Exchange- Solo Exhibition,
Tainan National University of the Arts, Tainan Taiwan May 2011
AnthropomorphusAether,- Solo Exhibition
McMaster Student Gallery, Columbia SC November 2010
EXHBITIONS: GROUP
Pretty Monsters, October 2018
Artistry Workshop and Gallery, Greenville, SC
Palace IV, June 2018
Radio Room, Greenville SC
Fete Champetre,
Tapps Art Center, Columbia SC November 2016
Tales of Grimm and Lore,
The Ward, Greenville SC April 2016
Art Fields,
Lake City SC April 2016
Making Faces,
The Greenville Center for Creative Art, Greenville SC
October- November 2015
Curiosities,
The Ward, Greenville SC March 2015
Guest Artist Show,
Artists Guild Gallery, Greenville SC December 2014
Day of the Dead,
The Ward, Greenville SC November 2, 2014
NECTAR,
The Ward, Greenville SC October 12, 2014
Taylors Mill Artists
Hampton III Gallery, Taylors SC July 3-August 16 2014
The Uncensored Truth,
The Ward, Greenville SC July 2014
Flat out Under Pressure,
Metropolitan Arts Council, Greenville SC June 2014
Alternative,
Jade Castle Studios, Greenville SC January 18-25, 2014
Carolina’s Got Art Exhibition,
Elder Gallery, Charlotte NC May 2013 and June 2013
10 Women in Clay,
Gallery V, Columbia SC March 2012
USC Student Show,
McMaster Gallery, Columbia SC March 2010 and March 2012
USC Ceramics
McMaster Student Gallery, Greenville SC October 2011
Tapps Art Gallery
Tapps Art Center, Columbia SC November 2011
USC Ceramics Students Exhibition,
SC Governors School for the Arts, Greenville SC, Fall 2009
PUBLICATIONS/MEDIA
Studio 62 Sip and Sculpt Segment,
WSPA Local News, Greenville SC November 3, 2015
Studio 62 Artist Segment,
WSPA Local News, Greenville SC January 13, 2015
Off the Pedestal and into the Fire,
Fete EMagazine, written by me on Local sculpture, Greenville SC
December 2014
Kakalak Poetry Journal,
1st place in visual art, Fall 2014
Fete EMagazine,
Cover Artist, Greenville SC May 2014
500 Figures in Clay,
Lark Books, February 2014
Carolina Now News Report,
WSPA Local News, Spartanburg SC August 8, 2013
“For Your Consideration”
Garnet and Black Magazine, University of South Carolina Spring 2012