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.