Education:

 

2016-2019         

Master of Fine Arts, Metalsmithing and Jewelry

University of North Texas, Denton, TX

 

2011-2016         

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Metals and Jewelry

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI

 

Professional Experience:

 

2022 - 2024

Digital Print Technician

Area Environments, Minneapolis, MN

2020-2022      

Digital Fabrication Lead Technician

Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

 

2016-2019         

Digital Fabrication Lab Technician

UNT College of Visual Arts and Design,

Denton, TX

 

2017-2019         

TA / TF CVAD ART Building

UNT College of Visual Arts and Design,

Denton, TX

 

2012-2016         

Gallery Assistant

Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin- Whitewater,

Whitewater, WI

 

2014-2016         

Metals Studio Assistant

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI

 

Awards/Scholarships/Recognition:

 

2025

American Craft Council Fest Tabling

Union Station, Saint Paul, MN

2025 Art-A- Whirl Tabling

Northeast, Minneapolis, MN

2021                

How to Spot Those Pesky and Expensive Lodging Fees Image

New York Times, Laser Cutting Collaboration with Megan Berkheiser 

 

2018                

Digital Meets Handmade Jewelry” Speaker

Fashion Institute of Technology, NY

 

2017                

The Mack Mathes Scholarship

UNT College of Visual Arts & Design, Denton, TX

 

2016               

  “Triple Parade: Dialogue across You and Me to Them: Creator, Wearer, Viewer”

TAFA Art Museum Book, Tianjin, China

Gauguin Gallery, Beijing, China 

 

2016                

Oral Presentation Undergraduate Research S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, Owen Hall, Asheville, NC

 

2016                

Undergraduate Research Arts Finalist Award

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI

2016                

“Learning a Word a Day”, Undergraduate Research Grant

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI

 

2015            

Hmong Collaboration: Contemporary Jewelry Design

Asian Month Hmong Fashion Show, UW-Whitewater, Whitewater, Wisconsin

           

2015                

Grandchildren University, Heirloom Project Assistant
UW-Whitewater, Whitewater, Wisconsin

 

2015                

Meltzer Scholarship Award

College of Arts and Communication, UW-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI

2015                

Annual Student Juried Show, Honorable Mention for Metals Award

Crossman Gallery, Whitewater, WI

 

2014                

  Annual Student Juried Show, Honorable Mention Award

Crossman Gallery, Whitewater, WI

 

Exhibitions:

2022                

A Word After A Word”

Baltimore Jewelry Center Gallery, Baltimore, MD

 

2021-2020        

In School Suspensions

JV Collective Online Exhibition

 

2019                

Draw Back

MFA Exhibition, Denton TX

 

2018                

4th Triple Pride Biennale for Contemporary Jewellery

Biennial, Shanghai 

 

2018                

(Non) Standard , North Texas Digital Fabrication Symposium: Humanizing The Digital

Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX

 

2018                

Student MADE Exhibition, SNAG Conference

                        Portland, OR

 

2017-2018         

The Permanent 2017

  Alliages Gallery, Lille, France

 

2017                

Materials Hard & Soft,  International Contemporary Craft Competition and Exhibition

Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX

 

2017                

Repair and Renewal: Making Things Whole Again

 Exhibition Magazine, Metalsmith Magazine  

 

 

2017                

OMNI

Columbus Museum of Art Design, Columbus, IN

 

2016                 Ring On It

                        Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, IL

 

2016                 Triple Parade

                        TAFA Art Museum, Tianjin, China

                        Gauguin Gallery, Beijing, China

 

2016                

Development Delay, BFA Thesis Exhibition

      Crossman Gallery, Whitewater, WI

2016           

      National Conference of Undergraduate Research (NCUR)

S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, Owen Hall, Asheville, NC

2016                

Annual Juried Show

     Crossman Gallery, Whitewater, WI

 

2015                

Invisible: VisAble

      Abernathy Arts Center, Atlanta, GA

 

2015                

Best of the Best

Roberta Avonn Fiskum Art Gallery, UW-Whitewater, WI

 

2015                

42nd Annual Juried Show

     UW-Milwaukee Union Art Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

 

2015                

Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition

          Crossman Gallery, Whitewater, WI

 

2015                

Section 708

              Anderson Library, Whitewater, WI

 

2014                

SAA Art Exhibition

           Culture Arts Center, Whitewater, WI

 

2014                

Revisit

                        Roberta Avonn Fiskum Art Gallery, UW-Whitewater, Whitetwater, WI

 

2014               

  Best of the Best

                        Roberta Avonn Fiskum Art Gallery, UW-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI

 

2014                

Whitewater Arts Alliance, Body Adornment Exhibition

   Roberta Avonn Fiskum Art Gallery, UW-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI

 

2014                

Annual Student Juried Show, Juried Exhibition

Crossman Gallery, UW-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI

 

2013                

Annual Student Juried Show, Juried Exhibition Crossman Gallery, UW-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI

 

Presentations and Workshops Attended:

 

2018                

Artist Talk

Visual Art Collective, Denton, TX

 

2018                

SNAG Conference, Portland, OR

 

2018                

North Texas Digital Fabrication Symposium: Humanizing The Digital

Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX

 

2017                

SNAG Conference, New Orleans, LA

 

2016                

SNAG Conference, Asheville, NC

 

2016                

ZOOM, Milwaukee, WI

 

2015                

SNAG Conference, Boston, MA

 

2015                

Crafting Connections Symposium, East Carolina University, NC

 

2014                

Indiana University & University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Collaboration Workshop

Whitewater, WI 

 

Organizations:

 

2014-2019      

Society of North American Goldsmith

 

2016-2019      

UNT Metals Organization

University of Denton Texas, Denton, TX

                         

2013-2016         

Alloy, Student Metalsmithing Organization

                          UW-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI

 

2014-2016      

Student Art Association Organization

                UW-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI