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