Short Bio

"Art is an unspoken universal language, where visual constructs bridge communication regardless of cultural and ethnic background."

Statement

What fuels my creativity is the potential for innovation. Whether it's through mechanism, material, or concept, my desire is to utilize artwork to question and reinvent pre-existing notions. I am not just creating to create; I am creating to add to the conversation a different perspective. 

Biography

I have been making and selling jewelry since elementary school. Not until I attended post secondary did I consider the possibility that I was making artwork. Though, in the process of making an object, even if it is unintentional, thoughts, emotions, and moments associated with the creation become the content. I have since my collegiate studies have romanticised artistry for being the reason for advancement in the totality of society. Our world would not exist as it does without creativity and inventive interests and outcome. 

Resume / CV

OBJECTIVE
To gain experience and act as a valuable asset to the contemporary artistic and crafting community

EDUCATION
2018-20
Apprenticeship: Jewelry design and repair, Jewelers Workbench, Findlay, OH
2017
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Three Dimensional Studies emphasis in Jewelry and Metalsmithing, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
Skills Acquired:
Soldering, fabricating, Gemstone setting (prong, tension, bezel, tube, etc.), Casting, Electroforming, Use of Patinas, Enameling, angle raising, ability to work with laser cutting set up through Photoshop, modeling on Maya, painting, figure drawing, ceramics, stone carving

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2019
Findlay Art League “Best of Show” in Fall Juried exhibition
2018
The Thaddeus Mosley Scholarship covering full tuition, lodging, and meals towards a weekend long woodworking workshop at Touchstone Center for Crafts
2017
Athena Art Society’s 50 th Anniversary Award: nominated by Faculty of School of Fine Arts to compete against Ohio Art based schools for 500 dollars of funding towards supplies
2016
Three Dimensional Talent Award: competed against multiple disciplines at Bowling Green State University for 1000 dollars of funding towards tuition

WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
2018
Box making and woodworking by Tadao Arimoto, Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA
2017
Universal Laser cutter and engraver training, Learning Commons, Bowling Green, OH
Paper Casting and powder coating demonstration by Laura Wood, School of Fine Arts, Bowling Green, OH
Wax working and casting demonstration by Jim Cotter, School Of Fine Arts, Bowling Green, OH

MEMBERSHIPS
2018-20
Society of National American Goldsmiths
Ohio Designer Craftsmen
Athena Art Society
Findlay Art League
2015-17
Student Metals Arts Council: Acted as Treasurer and President

EXHIBITIONS
2020
28th Annual Art Walk, Bowling Green Arts Council, Virtual Exhibition https://downtownbgohio.org/art-walk
ArtWalk Findlay, Jones Building Artists and Findlay Art League, Virtual Representation https://visitfindlay.com/ArtWalk/
2019
Athena Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Fuller Art House and Hudson Gallery, Sylvania, OH
Fall Juried Show, Findlay Art League Gallery, Findlay, OH
Best of 2019, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH
Fresh Cuts, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Traverse City, MI
2018
Undisclosed, Porter Gallery, Toledo, OH
Athena Art Society Spring Show, American Frame, Maumee, OH
In the Forefront: Emerging Ohio Artists, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH
2017
Metals 2017 intercollegiate Exhibition, Eastern Michigan University Art Gallery,Ypsilanti, MI
Delegates Exhibition, Keystone Metals Forum, Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA
Bachelor of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
Court Street Connects, Outdoor Showing downtown Bowling Green, OH
We Are the People: Art & the Common Good, The Common Good, Bowling Green, OH
2016
Untitled Exhibition, Collingwood Art Center, Toledo, OH
Forging Ahead, Wood County Public Library, Bowling Green, OH
Blue Onion Traveling Exhibition, School of Fine Arts and Art Supply Depot, Bowling Green, OH Presidential Suite Exhibition, Bowen Thompson Student Union, Bowling Green, OH
Undergraduate Annual Arts Exhibition, Bowling Green Fine Arts Center, Bowling Green, OH