Education

 

2011-2014

University of Memphis

MFA Painting Candidate

 

2007- 2009        

University of Georgia                              

BFA Painting

 

2008 Fall    

The Cortona Studies Abroad Program, The University of Georgia

Art

 

2005-2007 

Valdosta State University                         

    Painting and Drawing

 

 

Work Experience

 

2013

    University of Memphis

    Drawing II Instructor

 

2012

    University of Memphis

    Drawing I Instructor

 

2012

    Zadok Gallery

    Internship

    Gallery Assistant

 

2011 To Present

    University of Memphis

    Graduate Assistant

    Assistant to the Department of Art and Art Education

 

    University of Memphis

    Designer of the Presidential Award for Lifetime Achievement in Research medal

 

2010              

Treasured Memories Photography               

Assistant Photographer

 

2008              

    Cortona Study Abroad Program

    Stipend Student

    Management of the photography lab and studios

 

2001-2005  

    C-Mart Custom T’s                                        

    Airbrush Artist

 

 

Extracurricular Activities

 

2011 To Present

    Pla(i)ne Gallery, Memphis Tennessee

    Exhibition committee

    Position responsibilities include: designing exhibitions, curating, and installation

 

2009

    ATHICA (Athens Georgia non-profit institute for contemporary art)

    Volunteer

    Position responsibilities included: installation, packaging art, and gallery sitting

 

 

Scholarship/Awards

 

2011-Presently

    Graduate Assistantship in the Department of Art

    College of Communication and Fine Arts, The University of Memphis

 

2008

    The Del Martin Amici di Cortona Scholarship

    The Cortona Studies Abroad Program, The University of Georgia

 

 

Juried Exhibitions

 

2013

    30th Annual Juried Student Exhibition, University of Memphis. Memphis, TN

 

2011

    36th Juried Exhibition, Lyndon House Arts Center. Athens, GA

   

    Southworks 16th Annual National  Juried Art Exhibition, OCAF. Oconee, GA 

 

 

Groups Shows

 

2013

    Blurring Dimensions, Hyde Gallery. Memphis, TN

    

    New Talent, Gallery Fifty-Six. Memphis, TN

   

    Contemporaries, Marshall Arts. Memphis, TN

 

    Migration, Pla(i)n(e) Gallery. Memphis, TN

 

2012

    Dreamers, Roy C. Moore Gallery, Gainesville State University. Gainesville, GA

 

 

    Memphis Vive: Latino Art in the Mid-South, Dixon Gallery & Gardens. Memphis, TN

 

2011

    Seminar, Gallery 517, Memphis, TN

 

2009

    BFA Exit Show, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

   

    Treading, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA

 

2008

    Cortona Studies Abroad Exhibition, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

    

    Mostra, University of Georgia Cortona Study Abroad, Cortona, Italy

   

    Sposizione di Arte Visiva, La Fortezza Medicea di Girifalc, Cortona, Italy

 

 

Languages

 

English

 

Spanish