Curriculum Vitae
Education
2025
BFA Painting and Drawing, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2024
Florence Academy of Art, Florence, Italy (summer session)
Exhibitions
2025
Student Independent Exhibition 79, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Love is Resistance, Cleveland Museum of Art Transformer Station, Cleveland, OH
FRESH: Soft Offerings, Summit Artspace, Akron, OH
2024
Ready, Set, Relay, Progressive Campus 1, Mayfield, OH
Connections I, LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
Inside the Closet, Hildebrandt Artist Collective, Cleveland, OH
3rd Annual Emerging Young Artists Exhibition, Valley Art Center, Chagrin Falls, OH
Student Independent Exhibition 78, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2023
100 Show, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Visual Art Open, The Other Art Fair, London, UK
Who I Am; A Queer Perspective, Spiva Art Center, Joplin, MO
Be Proud, Be Loud, KBM Art Gallery, Riverside, CA (online exhibition)
2nd Annual Emerging Young Artists Exhibition, Valley Art Center, Chagrin Falls, OH
Don’t Get Me Started, Visual Arts Exhibition, Ann + Norman Roulet Student + Alumni Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2022
100 Show, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Student Independent Exhibition 76, Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Exhibitions Curated
2024
Everywhere, All at Once, LGBT Center of Greater Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
Awards/Honors
2024
The Dan Tranberg Memorial Scholarship for Excellence in the Visual Arts, Ceramics, Photography, and Writing, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Board 2nd Prize, Student Independent Exhibition, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Almut and Gary Zvosec Award, Student Independent Exhibition, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2023
People’s Choice Award, Visual Art Open, London, UK
Finalist, Visual Art Open, London, UK
3rd Place, Who I Am; A Queer Perspective, Spiva Art Center, Joplin, MO
Carl Gaertner '24 Memorial Prize, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Best in Show, 2nd Annual Emerging Young Artists Exhibition
2021
CIA Gund Family Scholarship
Orchard Park Visual Arts Boosters Scholarship
Professional Experience
2025
Juror, Power of Wind, Cleveland Foundry, Cleveland, OH
Social Media Head, Student Independent Exhibition Committee, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2024
Creativity Works Internship, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Social Media Assistant, Student Independent Exhibition Committee, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2023
Community Voices: The American Dream participant, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Press
“LGBT Community Center.” Canvas Magazine E-News, Aug 2024, https://myemail-api.constantcontact.com/CIA-professor-builds-community-through-printmaking.html?soid=1122476216248&aid=6EhVOfpUztw
Des Torres. “5 Things to do in NEO: Cleveland National Air Show, Stark County Fair and more.” Ideastream Public Media, Aug 29, 2024. https://www.ideastream.org/arts-culture/2024-08-29/5-things-to-do-in-neo-cleveland-national-air-show-stark-county-fair-and-more
CAN Journal Weekly E-Newsletter, Aug 27 2024, https://mailchi.mp/canjournal/inside-the-can-weekly-august-27-2024?e=563e114992
“VAO 2023 Winners,” https://www.visualartopen.com/vao-2023-winners
“Spiva Center for the Arts hosts LGBTQ+ Art Exhibit.” KOAM News, Aug 15, 2023. https://www.koamnewsnow.com/video/spiva-center-for-the-arts-hosts-lgbtq-art-exhibit/video_6b748558-96da-5ebb-b8a2-3b167f49df39.html