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Education

2024 -

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Knoxville, TN

Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art
Concentration in Sculpture

2017 - 2021

Columbus State University, Honors College, Columbus, GA

Bachelor’s of Fine Arts with a Sculpture Focus
Bachelor’s of English

Summer 2019

Columbus State University | ACCENT International

Study Abroad in Florence, Italy

Residencies

Summer 2021

Mildred’s Lane, Beach Lake, Pennsylvania

Art Fellowship | Forest-Body-Chair session
Learned green woodworking from Gina Siepel and body mindfulness from Sarah Smith

Workshops

Summer 2025

Arrowmont, Gatlinburg, TN

Beauty in Creating: Sweetgrass Basketweaving, Lynette D. Youson

Publications

October 2025

The Hand Magazine

50th Issue

Exhibitions

2025

Personal Spaces, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN
7th Annual Juried Exhibition, Artists Collective | Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC
Coming Up for Air: A Second Year MFA Exhibition, The Emporium, Upper Balcony, Knoxville, TN
Defenestrated Dreams, Able Trade, Knoxville, TN
My Own Utopia, Third Floor Gallery, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY. Curator: Randel Plowman

2024

Bonds Through Fire, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN
thing theory: UTK Sculpture + Ceramics, Candoro Marble Building at Tri-Star, Knoxville, TN
MSA Student Pop-Up Exhibition, UAB Studios 2300, Birmingham, AL
imPrinted: 2nd Annual UTK Print Club Showcase, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN
Germination, Downtown Gallery, Knoxville TN
Dichotomy, Cochran Gallery, LaGrange, GA

2023

Beyond Go Figure IV, The Bo Bartlett Center, Columbus, GA

2022

Beyond Go Figure III, The Bo Bartlett Center, Columbus, GA

2021

Liminal Light: Senior Thesis, Illges Gallery, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA

2020

Juried Student Exhibition, Online, Columbus State University. Juror: Didi Dunphy

2019

unConscious, Schley Gallery, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA
Juried Student Art Exhibition, Schley Gallery, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA. Juror: Sonya Yong James
Shimmer, Fulcrum Gallery, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA

2018

[Man]ipulation, Schley Gallery, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA
Foundations Review, Schley Gallery, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA
On Foundations, Fulcrum Gallery, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA

Scholarships & Grants

2025

Orin B. and Emma G. Graf Scholarship, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

Materials grant for semester-long project

Dr. Judith Temple Scholarship, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN

Tuition coverage for one-week workshop

2024

Graduate Teaching Assistantship, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

Full tuition waiver for three years, plus stipend

College of Arts & Sciences Graduate Fellowship, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

2021

Student Research and Creative Endeavors Grant, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA
Young Artist in Residency Award & Travel Scholarship, Columbus State University’s Department of Art, Mildred’s Lane Residency

2020

National League of American Pen Women Scholarship, Columbus GA Branch
Janet B. Hollis Art Scholarship, Columbus State University’s Department of Art

Academic Award

2019

CSU Study Abroad Grant, Columbus State University’s Center for Global Engagement

Study Abroad in Italy

Virginia P. Culpepper Award, Columbus State University’s Department of Art

Academic Award

Friends of Art Travel Scholarship, Columbus State University’s Department of Art
Education Activity Grant, Columbus State University’s Honors College

2018

Virginia P. Culpepper Award, Columbus State University’s Department of Art

Academic Award