EDUCATION

2016 MASTER OF FINE ARTS, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

2014 POST-BACCALAUREATE CERTIFICATE, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 

2013 BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS, cum laude, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama 

EXHIBITIONS

2017 Esthesia, Durbin Gallery, Birmingham, Alabama

2016 New New International Style, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 

2016 Graduate Degree Exhibition, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 

2016 Content Aware, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 

2015 Chance Encounters, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 

2015 Circle Show, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 

2014 Comfort Me, SOFA 2014, Chicago, Illinois

2014 Post-Baccalaureate Exhibition, Sullivan Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 

2014 Pictures Against Patriarchy, Chicago, Illinois 

2013 BuckArts, Siragusa Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

2013 Birmingham-Southern Student Juried Art Show, Durbin Gallery, Birmingham, Alabama 

2013 BFA Thesis Exhibition, Durbin Gallery, Birmingham, Alabama 

2012 Industrial Negation, Earthborn Gallery, Leeds, Alabama

2012 Birmingham-Southern Student Juried Art Show, Durbin Gallery, Birmingham, Alabama 

2011 Birmingham-Southern Student Juried Art Show, Durbin Gallery, Birmingham, Alabama 

2010 Birmingham-Southern Student Juried Art Show, Durbin Gallery, Birmingham, Alabama 


AWARDS

2017 Teaching Fellowship, Youth Arts Alliance!, Ann Arbor, Michigan

2014 Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art , Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

2013 Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

2013 Virginia Rembert and Raeford Liles Award, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama

2012 Virginia Rembert and Raeford Liles Award, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama

2011 Forstall Art Supply Award for Drawing, Forstall Art Supply, Birmingham, Alabama

2009 Scholarship, Full Tuition, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama

TEACHING EXPERIENCE 

2017-2018 Teaching Fellow, Youth Arts Alliance!, Ann Arbor, Michigan and Monroe, Michigan

2017 Visiting Artist, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama

2016 “Textures and Textiles” Cranbrook Summer Art Institute, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

2016 “Portfolio Development I” Cranbrook Summer Art Institute, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

2015 “Secrets of Manga” Cranbrook Summer Art Institute, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

WORKSHOPS AND LECTURES

2018 “Well…What Were They Wearing?” Allied Media Conference, Detroit, Michigan, June 17

2018 “DIY Embroidered Patches” Allied Media Conference, Detroit, Michigan, June 16

2018 “DIY Embroidered Patches” Public Pool Gallery, Detroit, Michigan, June 2

2017 Artist Talk, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama, October 12

2017 “Latinx Healing From Colonialism” Allied Media Conference, Detroit, Michigan, June 17

2017 “DIY Embroidered Patches,” Allied Media Conference, Detroit, Michigan, June 17

2016 “Felting with Lucia Calderon” Cranbrook Summer Art Institute, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, July 7