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Curriculum Vitae

Education

2026         MFA, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

2022        BA, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN

 

Solo Exhibitions    

2025         Coop Gallery, Souls Grown Deep, Nashville, TN

        Tri Star Arts, Sisterhood, Knoxville, TN

2024         The Bottom, Liquid Blackness, Knoxville, TN                          

        Gallery 1010, The Sun Warmed Us, Knoxville, TN

Group Exhibitions

2025               African American Museum, Dallas, Breaking the Frame: Caroll H. Sims Exhibition, Dallas, TX

Fayetteville Gallery, The Seed and The Sower, Cumberland, NC

2024              Arts and Culture Alliance, 50x50, Knoxville, TN 

Covet Art Gallery, Nature Lover,  Oceanside, CA

SpaceCraft, Home Show,  Knoxville, TN

UTK MFA Gallery 1010, Hot Autumn,  Knoxville TN

Cë Gallery, Murmuration, Nashville, TN

Zeitgeist Gallery, Vessels,  Nashville, TN

Museum of Science and Industry, Black Creativity Juried Exhibition,  Chicago, IL

Frist Art Museum, Black Joy, In Spite of,  Nashville, TN

Ewing Gallery, Student Art Competition, Knoxville, TN

UTK MFA Gallery 1010, In Cahoots, Knoxville, TN

Cheekwood, Black Arts Bash Fine Arts Exhibition, Nashville, TN

2023               Arts and Culture Alliance, Regional Exhibition, Knoxville, TN

Old School Farm Pottery, Black Artists of Tennessee, Nashville, TN   

 

2022               Random Sample Group Show, Knoxville, TN

Dogwood Regional Arts Exhibition, Knoxville, TN

Honors College Exhibition, In This Space I Am…, Chattanooga, TN


 

Curatorial Work 

2024              Gallery 1010, In Cahoots, Knoxville TN

2023               Junior Curator of Frist Art Museum, Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage,                                  Nashville TN; Houston, TX;  Washington D.C. 

                         Curator of ‘Frist After Five’: Celebrating Black Arts and Culture, Nashville TN

 

Other Experience

2023               Muralist for Strong Tower Bible Church

Presentations

2025              University of Tennessee Knoxville School of Art Fourth Semester Artist Talk     

            Coop Gallery, Artist Talk, Souls Grown Deep 

2023              Frist Art Museum Symposium, Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage

2021               Hunter Museum Symposium Speaker, “Piecing Together Identities”

 

Publications 

2025              Kweli Journal Featured Cover Artist

Prazzle Inc. Culture Kaleidoscope Artbook 

2023              Burnaway’s Art Writing Incubator

Frist Art Museum Catalog, Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage

TC Artist Interview in Frist Art Museum Bulletin

2021                Artist for children’s book, Creative God, Colorful Us 

Featured in Williamson-Herald Magazine

Featured in Strike Magazine
 

Awards & Honors

2025              University of Tennessee Shipley-Swann Graduate Fellowship

University of Tennessee School of Art Buck Ewing Merit Scholarship

Vermont Studio Center Fellowship

University of Tennessee School of Art Thesis Grant 

University of Tennessee Ewing Graduate Student Award 

2024              McClung Museum Advisory Board Competition First place 

Tennessee Association of Museum Conference Award of Excellence:

Blockbuster Exhibition - Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage    

Audio/Visual - Film/Documentary: Artists in the Studio Video Series for Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage 

University of Tennessee School of Art Buck Ewing Merit Scholarship 

  2023            Frist Art Museum Curatorial Fellowship, Nashville, TN 

Graduate Teaching Associate, UT Knoxville School of Art, Knoxville, TN

3 year fully-funded Assistantship in the School of Art

Ewing Gallery Student Art Competition Juror’s Choice

2022               Juneteenth Gala Silent Auction Featured Artist

2021               ‘Black Girls Who Paint’ Student Scholarship Recipient

 

Residencies & Workshops

2026              Vermont Studio Center Residency - Pending 

2025              Bloedel Reserve Creative Artist Residency 

2024              Penland Artist Workshop 

Arrowmont Artist Workshop

2023              Atlantic Center For The Arts: Residency #190 

 

Teaching Experience

2025              Instructor of Record, Art Foundations 4D, University of Tennessee

2024              Instructor of Record, Art Foundations 2D, University of Tennessee

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Painting and Drawing, University of Tennessee 

 

Related Professional Experiences

2024              University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Gallery 1010 Attendant 

2023              Frist Art Museum Curatorial Fellow 

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