education 2025 MFA Candidate at the University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
2023 Children’s Book Illustration Certificate, University of California at San Diego Extension, San Diego, CA
2020 BFA Art & Design, Studio Art, French Minor, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA
2019. DEUF B1, Université Lumière Lyon 2, Lyon, France
2018 DEUF A2, Université Lumière Lyon 2, Lyon, France
solo exhibitions2024 Did You Catch a Firefly?, Jones Art Gallery, Bakersfield College, Bakersfield, CA
2024 All the Things I’ve Felt, Glass Box Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2016 Deep Blue, Villa Musica, San Diego, CA
2015 Pop!, Studio 56, San Diego, CA
2014 The Beauty of Abandonment, Villa Musica, San Diego, CA
group shows2024 7th Biennial Mini Masterpieces, The Freeport Art Museum, Freeport, Illinois
The New Salon: Arte del Pueblo, Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
222 Days In, The Red Barn, Santa Barbara, CA
2023 Tangible Meshes, The Red Barn, Santa Barbara, CA
First Year MFA Show, Glassbox Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
48th International Art Show, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownville, TX
Small Works Show, Rhode Island Watercolor Society, Pawtucket, RI
Human Form and Figure, San Fernando Valley Arts and Cultural Center, Virtual, United States
Not! An Art Fair, Shockboxx Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Limited Palette, Rhode Island Watercolor Society, Virtual, United States
Small Changes, Decatur Library, Atlanta, GA
2022 Juried BFA Redux, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA
2021 South Carolina Watermedia Society 44th Annual National Exhibition, Pickens County Museum, Pickens, South Carolina
14th Annual Contemporary Figurative Show, Hillard Gallery, Kansas City, MO
30 Under 30, Viridian Artists, New York City, NY
Honey, I Shrunk the Art, Firefly Artists Gallery, Northport, NY
11th Annual International Exhibition, Gallery 110, Seattle, WA
2020 Art by Taurean National Art Tour, Virtual, United States
At Midnight, Art on 30th, San Diego, CA
Dangerous Lullabies VI, J + K Isacson Art, Woodstock, IL
Social Distance Gallery, Virtual, United States
Reconnecting…, California Polytechnic State University BFA Show, San Luis Obispo, CA
No Bad Ideas, Virtual, San Luis Obispo, CA
Immersion 2242020, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA
2018 California Polytechnic State University Showcase, San Luis Obispo, CA
2016 Groff Exhibition, California Center for the Arts, San Diego, CA
2015 Visualizing Music, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
2014 Groff Exhibition, San Diego State University Downtown Gallery, San Diego, CA
2013 Venus, La Bodega, San Diego, CA
residencies2025 Château d’Orquevaux, Orquevaux, France
2024 Virgina Center for the Creative Arts at Mt. San Angelo, Amherst, VA
2022 World of Co, Artist Residency, Sofia, Bulgaria
2020 Digital Residency, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA
grants / awards / fellowships2025 The Denis Diderot Grant, Château d’Orquevaux, Orquevaux, France
2025 Emerging Artist Grant, Château d’Orquevaux, Orquevaux, France
2023 Levitan Arts Fellowship, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
2023 Second Place Award, 48th International Art Show, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownville, TX
2021 Third Place Award, 11th Annual International Exhibition, Seattle, WA
2016 Sponsored Award from the San Diego Watercolor Society, San Diego, CA
2016 Scholarship from the North County Society of Fine Arts, San Diego, CA
2016 Best In Show, San Diego County Del Mar Fair, San Diego, CA
2015 1st Place Runner up Groff Exhibition, San Diego, CA
2013 Best in Class, San Diego County Del Mar Fair, San Diego, CA
artist talks and lectures2024 Artist Lecture, Bakersfield College, Bakersfield, CA
2024 Artist Lecture, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
2024 Artist Lecture, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA