Education
Master of Fine Arts - University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Master of Arts: Art Education - Boston University
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Photography, Art Education - University of South Dakota
Experience
Elementary Art Teacher - Elmwood Elementary, New Berlin School District, 2020-present
Graduate Photography Instructor of Record - University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, August 2018-2020
Union Art Gallery Lead Gallery Assistant - University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, August 2018-2019
Sculpture Lab Monitor - University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, January 2018-2020
Documentation Lab - University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, August 2017-August 2018
Art Teacher-Photography and Sculpture (Long term substitute) - Harrison High School, West Lafayette, IN,August 2016-May 2017
Graduate Teaching Assistant-Photography - Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, August 2016-December 2016
Adjunct Art Instructor: Drawing and Art Appreciation - Western Iowa Tech Community College, Sioux City, IA, January 2016-May 2016
Adjunct Art Instructor-Art Appreciation - Wayne State College, Wayne, NE, August 2015-May 2016
Art Teacher-K-12 - Centerville Public School, Centerville, SD, August 2014-August 2015
Art Teacher-AmeriCorps - Academy Prep, St. Petersburg, FL, June 2013-June 2014
Awards, Grants, Fellowships
2023 - Critical Mass Top 50
Shrensel Zadikow Award-Society for Photographic Education
2020 - Mary L. Nohl Emerging Artist Fellowship
College Art Association Professional Development Fellowship in Visual Art
Fredrick R. Layton Research Scholarship
2019 - Sony World Photography Awards-2nd Place Professional Creative Category
Rhonda Wilson Award-Shortlisted, Klompching Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Critical Mass - Top 200
Fall 2019 Film Photo Award-Student Film Based Project
Finalist-Hahnemuhle Student Photo Competition, Germany
Honorable Mention - Fine Art, 14th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, Barcelona, Spain
Midwest Center For Photography Developed Work Fellowship Finalist, Wichita, KS
First Place Photo Stories, The Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, Providence, RI
Lumen Prize-Longlist
1st Place - 3rd Annual Photographic Competition and Exhibition, LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA
Grand Prize - Portfolio Prize, Specto Art Space, VA
UW-Milwaukee Union Director’s Purchase Award
Fredrick R. Layton Research Scholarship
2018 - LensCulture Emerging Talents
2018, Editor’s Pick, Life Framer Open Call
Fine Art Series Winner: Non-professional Category, The Photography Gala Awards: 12th Pollux
First Prize - (un)INHABITED: AN Exploration of Human Structure Best of Show, Specto Art Space, VA
Society for Photographic Educators-Northwest Scholarship
Fredrick R. Layton Research Scholarship
Graduate Travel Award
2017 - Frederick R. Layton Graduate Fellowship
2016 - South Dakota Arts Council Project Grant
2014 - Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Grant
Jan Chase Rutz Grant
Excellence in Education, Sioux Falls Area Foundation
3rd Place Nude Category, 6th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards
Finalist, 6th Pollux Awards
Finalist, 6th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards
2013 - CURCA Grant
Silver Light Award, Wilber Stillwell Exhibition
Dean of Students Award, Wilber Stillwell Exhibition
2012-Honorable Mention, All of US Exhibition
Honorable Mention, The Hand Made Photograph
Silver Light Award, Wilber Stillwell Exhibition
CFA Dean’s Award, Wilber Stillwell Exhibition
2011-Distinguished Scholar Award, University of South Dakota
Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence
2010-Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic
Summit League Commissioner List
Exhibitions
2023 -
Developing Stories: Five Years of the Film Photo Award, Cassilhaus, Chapel Hill, NC
UnBound12!, Candela Books + Gallery, Richmond, VA
Wanderlust, Art House, Hot Springs, SD
Lens 2023, Perspective Gallery, Evanston, IL
Environments, Kavanagh Gallery, St. Charles, IL
2022 -
Mary L. Nohl Fund Fellowships for Individual Artists 2019 and 2020 Exhibition, Haggerty Art Museum - Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
The National: Best Contemporary Photography 2022, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
Smalls Show, Gallery 46, Baton Rouge, LA
SE Center Open, SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC
2021 -
Placeless Space, Ned and Gloria Griner Art Gallery, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
2020 -
17th Annual Joyce Elaine Grant Exhibition, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
Photowork Beyond 20/20, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
Photography Awards 2020, The Wall Gallery, Venice, Italy
Var Gallery 30x30x30 Show, Var Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2019 -
Sony World Photography Awards, Somerset House, London
FRESH 2019, Klompching Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Hahnemuehle Student Photo Competition, Germany
Developed Work, Midwest Center For Photography, Wichita, KS
Center Forward 2019, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
14th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, Gallery FotoNostrum, Barcelona, Spain
15th National Competition, FotoFoto Gallery, Huntington, NY
Living Image, Halide Project, Philadelphia, PA
Master Pieces: 13th Annual Exhibit of Current & Recent Graduate Students, Manifest, Cincinnati, OH
Photo Stories: Juried Exhibitions, The Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, Providence, RI
Society for Photographic Educators Student Juried Show, MIAD, Milwaukee, WI
Portfolio ShowCase 12, Center of Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
The Pivotal Image, Cumulus Photo, online exhibition
Decadence + Desire, Gallery 114, Portland, OR
7th Annual International Combined Caucus Exhibition, Cleveland, OH
The Everyday Feminist: Fine China, Ploch Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Metals+Sculpture+Digital Fabrication Student Show, Milwaukee, WI
46th Annual Juried Show, Union Art Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Allegany National Photography Competition and Exhibition, Allegany Arts Center, Cumberland, MD
Conroe Art League (CAL) 4th Annual National Invitational, Conroe, TX
LENS 2019 Juried Photography Exhibition, Perspective Gallery, Evanston, IL
2019 Midwest Center for Photography Juried Exhibition, Wichita, KS
Truths and Consequences, Giles Gallery, Richmond, KY
Identity: Places, Valley Art Center, Chagrin Falls, OH
2nd Annual Women Artists Quarterly Art Competition Online Juried Exhibition, Fusion Art, online
The Naked Print, Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, Providence, RI
3rd Annual Photographic Competition and Exhibition, LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA
Alternated Process and Integrated Media, The Arts Gallery, Plano, TX
Pushing Paper Exhibition, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
Valdosta National 2019, Dedo Maranville Fine Arts Gallery, Valdosta, GA
Var Gallery 30x30x30 Show, Var Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2018 -
LensCulture: Emerging Talent Awards, Klompching Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The Shape of Change, Cade Gallery, Arnold, MD
Society for Photographic Educators Student Juried Show, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Art Through The Lens 2018, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY
Exhibition the Essentials, Loosen Art, Rome, Italy
(P)Review, Refraction Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
(un)INHABITED - An Exploration of Human Structure, Specto Art Space,Bridgewater, VA.
October National 2018, Gallery 510 Arts Guild, Decatur, IL
Woman Made Gallery-21st International Open, Chicago, IL
Works on Paper 2018, Long Beach Island Foundation of Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, NJ
Small Works, International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Headquarters, Scranton, PA
RedLine 5th Annual Juried Exhibition, RedLine, Denver, CO
The Built Environment, Orr Street Studios, Columbia, MO
MidSummer Arts Festival, Wailoa Center, Hilo, HI
2018 Midwest Photo Emerge, Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, KS
4th Annual Juried Exhibition, Gallery M, Milwaukee, WI
Sculpture + Metals Show, 4th floor, UWM, Milwaukee, WI
Var Gallery 30x30x30 Show, Var Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Union 45th Annual Juried Show, Union Gallery, UWM, Milwaukee, WI
2017 -
Object Show, INOVA Gallery, UWM, Milwaukee, WI
Palate to Palette, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Traverse City, MI
2016 -
Artists as Thinker, Maker, Feeler, Cade Gallery, Arnold, MD
Haunted, Darkroom Gallery, Essex Jct., VT
Westwood Exhibition, President’s House, West Lafayette, IN
2015 -
The Local Artist, Exposure Gallery, Sioux Falls
University of South Dakota and University of North Dakota Traveling Exhibition, SD and ND
2014 -
3rd Int’l Biennial of Photography, Municipal Museum, Malaga, Spain
Wondrous Indeed, Center for Fine Art Photography, Denver, CO
The Kallitype Process, Beede Gallery, SD
2013 -
Art Kudos International Competition, Online Gallery
Defined By Nature, Washington Pavillion, Sioux Falls, SD
Strange Rangers-BFA Exhibition, John A. Day Gallery, Vermillion, SD
Stillwell Student Juried Show, John A. Day Gallery, Vermillion, SD
Krappy Camera International Competition, SOHO Gallery, New York, NY
2012 -
The Handmade Photograph, Mills Pond House Gallery, St. James, NY
All of Us Juried Exhibition, Vermillion Area Art Council, Vermillion, SD
Amalgam-A Collaborative Collection, Vermillion Area Art Council, Vermillion, SD
South Dakota Universities Invitational Exhibition, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD
Painting and Photography Showcase, Vermillion Area Art Council, Vermillion, SD
2010 -
Wilber Stillwell Student Juried Show, John A. Day Gallery, Vermillion, SD
University of South Dakota Photography Show, Yankton, SD
Speaking Engagements and Visiting Artist
2024 - Society for Photographic Education-National
2023 - Society for Photographic Education-National
Society for Photographic Education-Northwest
2021 - Artist Lecture at Ball State University, Muncie, IN
2020 - Society for Photographic Education - National
Studio Break 2019 Podcast Interview
2019 - Artist Lecture at Kahilu Theater, Waimea, HI
Society for Photographic Education - West/Southwest
Visiting Artist at the University of South Dakota
Artist Talk, Union Art Gallery, 46th Annual Juried Show
2018 - Western Contemporary Cast Iron Art Alliance Conference
Society for Photographic Education - Midwest
Society for Photographic Education - Northwest
Society for Photographic Education - South Central
Focus Photography Guest Speaker, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Workshops and Performances
2019 -
Co-organizer of the Lynden Sculpture Garden Iron Pour
2018 -
8th International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron, Scranton, PA
UW-Milwaukee Chromoskedasic Workshop, Milwaukee, WI
9th Annual Pour’n Yer Heart Out, Madison, WI
2017-
UW-Platteville Iron Pour, Platteville, WI
UW-Whitewater Iron Pour, Whitewater, WI
13th Annual Hot Iron Days, Lamberton, MN
14th Annual Down on the Farm Pour, Decorah, IA
2nd Annual Fire Festival, Cambridge, WI
Equinox Iron Pour, Chicago, IL
8th Annual Pour’n Yer Heart Out, Madison, WI
2016 -
5th Annual Type on the Cob, Mt. Pleasant, IA
12th Annual Hot Iron Days, Lamberton, MN
13th Annual Down on the Farm Pour, Decorah, IA
1st Annual Fire Festival, Cambridge, WI