EDUCATION

2012

MFA Virginia Commonwealth University

2008

BFA University of Georgia

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2012-Present

Adjunct Faculty, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, Art Foundations Program | Sculpture & Extended Media

Furniture Conservator, F.C. Vogt Company, Richmond, VA, (Conservation of Historic Furniture 1700-1900)

2011

Adjunct Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, Craft/Material Studies - Woodworking Techniques

2010-2011

Teaching Assistant, Woodworking Techniques, (Instructor of Record), Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Teaching Assistant, Art Foundations Project Class, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

2008-2010

Visual Arts Instructor, Prince Avenue Christian School, Bogart, GA (Drawing 1+2, Printmaking 1+2, Arts and Composition, 5th-8th Grade Art)

 

HONORS/AWARDS

2012

Graduate Thesis/Dissertation Assistantship Award, VCU School of the Arts

Graduate Research Grant, VCU School of the Arts

2011                       

State Council of Higher Education for VA Award (SCHEV), Deans Award, Virginia Commonwealth University

2010                       

Graduate Teaching Assistantship, VCU School of Art

Mural Commission: Tate Center Commons, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

2004                       

Scholarship for the Arts, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA

 

SELECTED CONSERVATION PROJECTS

 

2016

The National Museum of African American History and Culture at the Smithsonian Institution - forthcoming

Dewitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum at Colonial Williamsburg - Replication of two Robert Walker bookcases

 

2015

The Speed Art Museum – Reproduction window for “The English Room” on permanent view

The John Marshall House – Restoration of various furniture pieces

The Supreme Court of the United States of America – Rebuilding of brass casters for Sheraton chair

 

2014

The Supreme Court of the United States of America - Banquet hall dining table by Duncan Phyfe

Medical College of Virginia – Restoration of Mural and Archival Mounting to New Location

 

2013

The George Washington Estate – Conservation of a sideboard

Restoration of a Wall Clock - President James Monroe

 

EXHIBITIONS

2015                     

Space Jam, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.

2012      

Keepsake, Linda Matney Gallery, Williamsburg, VA.

Endure, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA.

New Waves 2012, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach,VA.

2011

The Corrugated Box Building, Richmond VA.

Spectrum, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA.

Day One: The Early Protagonist, Art6 Gallery, Richmond, VA.

2010                       

Broadband 10 + 11, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA.

35th Annual Juried Exhibition, The Lyndon House Gallery, Athens, GA.

 

WORKSHOPS AND PRESENTATIONS

2013-2014

The Studio of Jacob Copetillo, Richmond, VA.

Lecture: “ON ART: Discussion of Dr. Daniel Siedell’s “God In the Gallery”, (Monthly Discussion)

2011

Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Art History, Richmond, VA

Paper: “Martin Puryear and the Shakers”

2010                     

Prince Ave Christian School, Bogart, GA

Workshop: “Extreme Printmaking: An Exciting Approach to Printing the Norm”

2009

Prince Avenue Christian School, Bogart, GA

Workshop: “Exhibitions, Portfolios, and Representation”

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

“Everyday Uniforms”, Style Weekly, September 2013.

VCUarts, MFA Catalogue, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA, 2012.

Visual Storyteller: Painter, teacher in Bogart conveys capsule history of UGA with mural, Athens

Banner-Herald, Athens, GA, Summer 2010.

“Figurative Works of the Last Exit Show”, The Red and Black, Athens, GA, July 2007.

Art Student Receives National Recognition: Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA, 2005.