Born 1981 in Boston, Massachusetts
Currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York

EDUCATION:

BROOKLYN COLLEGE, City University of New York, MFA, 2007, Brooklyn, NY
MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF ART, BFA, 2003, Boston, MA
SCUOLA LORENZO de MEDICI, semester of study, Florence, Italy

AWARDS:

2007 Joan Mitchell MFA Grant Recipient
2007 Pizer Graduate Colloquium, Lecturer
2006 Charles G. Shaw Award for Excellence in Painting, Brooklyn College

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2008 Joan Mitchell Foundation Recipient Exhibition, CUE Foundation, NY, NY
2008 Beyondo, Sub Octo Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2007 RE:GENERATION Works on Paper, Kentler International Drawing Center Brooklyn, NY
2007 RE:GENERATION: Emerging Women Artists, curated by Joan Snyder and Molly Snyder-Fink Smack Mellon Studios Brooklyn, NY
2007 Brooklyn College MFA Thesis Exhibition, New York Center for Art and Media Studies, NY, NY
2007 College Art Association New York MFA Exhibition, Hunter College, NY, NY
2005 Night of 1,000 Drawings Artist Space, New York, NY
2003 1st Annual George Nick Award Finalist Exhibition, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
2003 Ciao What? Arte d’Italia, Gallery 601, Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
2002 Esibizione della Primavera, Scuola Lorenzo de’Medici, Florence, Italy

EXPERIENCE:

The DreamYard Project , NY, NY
Teaching Artist (2008-present)
Urban Arts Partnership, NY, NY
Teaching Artist (2008-present)
Community Word Project, NY, NY
Teaching Artist, Muralist (2008)
Arts & Literacy Program, Brooklyn, NY
Teaching Artist (2008)
Community Word Project, NY, NY
Teaching Artist Training and Internship Program
Assistant Mural Instructor, (2006-2007)
Warren Street Center for Children and Families, Brooklyn, NY
Teaching Artist, (2006-2007)
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
Teaching Assistant, Pre-Semester Studio Program, (2002)
Advanced Drawing

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Amenoff, Gregory, “2007 Joan Mitchell Foundation,Recipients Exhibition Catalog” June 2008
Heur, Megan, “Reviews, New York”, ArtNews, May 2007
Cole, Lori, “Critics Picks”, ArtForum.com, February 2007
Cotter, Holland, “Agents of Change”, New York Times February 2007

LECTURES:

2008 Art, Activism, and Community: Visual Art for Social Change, Tufts University, Panelist
2007 Pizer Graduate Colloquium, The City University of New York, Lecturer