EDUCATION
MFA - University of Illinois at Chicago (2024)
BFA - School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2019)
SITE-SPECIFIC INSTALLATIONS, SOLO EXHIBITIONS, AND DUO EXHIBITIONS
2024 (Upcoming)
“Leather and Fur: Uncommitted Crimes” duo shoq with Catie Burrill, Parlor and Ramp, Chicago, IL.
“Armor Revealed: Leather and Light” solo exhibition at Epiphany Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL.
2023
“The Skin Feeling Like Physical Manifestations of Screams,” Leather Archives and Museum, Chicago, IL.
“Diaries of Disintegrations and Petrifications,” Leather Archives and Museum, Chicago, IL.
“50th Anniversary of Women and Gender Studies at UIC Timeline,” Hull House at UIC, Chicago, IL.
“Halloween 1989,” Gallery 400, Chicago, IL.
2022
“We Will Always Be Hungry, We Will Always Just Taste The Meshy Epiphany (Midnights)” The Martin, Chicago, IL.
“Quiver of a Snare (moss, plastic, penguins),” commission for Wicker Park Fest, Chicago, IL.
“A Date With The Stellar Deluge,” Chicago Art Department for Crystal Ball Fundraiser, Chicago, IL.
”Creatures Between Shadow and Space,” The Robin at The Martin, Chicago, IL.
2021
”It Takes What You Give (Rose-Tinted Lenses)”, Evanston Art Center, Chicago, IL.
”Tremulous Luxury” with Galina Schevchenko, Chicago Art Department, Chicago, IL.
“Keeping a House of Ill Fame”, “A Disorderly House,” and “Summer Fever” with Victoria Fuller, 3D4D x CSI, Chicago, IL.
“Chaotic Erotics,” Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago, IL.
2020
“The Death Disco,” Chicago Art Department, Chicago, IL.
2019
“Window Works,” 2139 North Damen, Chicago, IL.
2018
“One Wall,” Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago, IL.
2014
“Samuel Schwindt,” Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, IN.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
“Luminarts Fellowship Finalist Exhibition,” John David Mooney Foundation, Chicago, IL.
“Mana Residents Showcase,” Monira Foundation at Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL.
“See Saw Seen” Gallery 400, Chicago, IL.
“Dawn is a Headspace, Night is a Feeling,” Purple Window Gallery, Chicago, IL.
2023
“10 x 10,” Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago, IL.
“Form Within,” Chicago Sculpture International Project Space, Chicago, IL.
“5 Years of The Martin,” The Martin, Chicago, IL.
“Alive,” Chicago Sculpture International Project Space, Chicago, IL.
“Freedom,” Highland Park Art Center, Highland Park, IL.
2022
“10 x 10,” Jackson Junge, Chicago, IL.
“Scale,” 3D4D x CSI, Chicago, IL.
“Mediating Patriotism,” Chicago Art Department, Chicago, IL.
2021
“12” x 12” x 12”,” 3D4D x CSI, Chicago, IL.
“Off the Wall” Side Street Studio Arts, Elgin, IL.
“The Return,” The Martin, Chicago, IL.
2020
“Long Time, No See,” Chicago Art Department, Chicago, IL.
“Grand Opening,” Dragon Fly Gallery, Chicago, IL.
“Cuffing,” Jackson Junge, Chicago, IL.
2019
“Decorientations,” Siblings Gallery, Chicago, IL.
“Reused and Recycled,” Site: Brooklyn, New York, NY.
“Truth As A Contested Concept,” Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL.
“Blue,” Jackson Junge, Chicago, IL.
“Open Call,” Boccara Art, Brooklyn, NY.
“LOCUS: II,” The Martin, Chicago, IL.
“Priority Mail” Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
“Open 4.0,” Slate Arts and Performance, Chicago, IL.
“Open: Hands,” Open Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL.
“Werq: We’ve Been Doing This Our Whole Lives,” Cluster Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
“NoMads Arts Collective: The Forge,” Esquina, Chicago, IL.
“43rd Annual Juried Exhibit,” Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO.
“Expo,” School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
“Spring Undergraduate Exhibition,” Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL.
“State of the Art,” Tradition Gastro Pub, Chicago, IL.
“Anniversary Show,” Happy Gallery, Chicago, IL.
“Emerging Artists Exhibit,” Morpho Gallery, Chicago, IL.
2018
“Through the Cracks, The Light Gets In,” Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL.
“Kimball Celebrates Art at the Mart,” Kimball Showroom, Chicago, IL.
“Interiors,” Happy Gallery, Chicago, IL.
2016
“ACTIVATE,” Monroe and Wabash Alley, Chicago, IL.
“Sharp8,” School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
2014
“Spotlight Indianapolis Bash,” Butler University, Indianapolis, IN.
“One America Runway,” One America Building, Indianapolis, IN.
“Art Tread,” Art’s a Poppin’, Indianapolis, IN.
PUBLIC TALKS
2024
Mutual Interpretations with Madison Whitaker and Iris Bernblum, Gallery 400, Chicago, IL.
MFA Thesis Panel discussion with Katelyn Patton, Andi Crist, and Mathew Metzger, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL.
RESIDENCIES
2022, January - March: Tandy Leather, Elgin, IL.
2021 - Present: Chicago Sculpture International member, Chicago, IL.
2020 - 2022: Chicago Art Department, Chicago, IL.
Grants
2024
Luminarts Fellowship Finalist, Chicago, IL.
2022
Wicker Park Fest site-specific sculpture from the Wicker Park Bucktown Chamber of Commerce, Chicago, IL
2019
Window Works from the Wicker Park Bucktown Chamber of Commerce, Chicago, IL.
2015
Summer Undergraduate Research Grant (SURG) for “Looking for Home: Queer Youth Speak Out,” Chicago, IL.
PRESS
2019
“Vacant storefronts are getting art installations to ease the eyesore and help local artists,” Block Club Chicago, Chicago, IL.
“Light Fracturing Fresnels on Damen,” Our Urban Times, Chicago, IL.
2014
“Drag Queens, dancers, and designers at Spotlight Indy Bash,” the Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, IN.
COLLECTIONS
“Into the Field: Praxis a Glossary Of,” Joan Flasch Artist’s Book Collection, Chicago, IL.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2024
“See Saw Seen” Exhibition Statement, Gallery 400, Chicago, IL.
“Secret Ingredients” Exhibition Statement, Ukrainian Institute, Chicago, IL.
2021
“Seeds In My Pocket Exhibition Statement,” Chicago Art Department, Chicago, IL.
“ISIS, My Brother, and The Cruelty of Sculpture,” Another Chicago Magazine,e Chicago, IL.
2020
“Fresnel Revelations,” Riza Press, Ottawa, Canada.
2019
“Moon Walks,” Show Bear Family Circus, Online (United States).
“Fresnel Leather Pleasure,” A5 Magazine, London, UK.
“Fresnel Radiance,” A5 Magazine, London, UK.
“Fresnel Sentience,” A5 Magazine, London, UK.
2018
“X-ray Installation 1,” Thimble Literary Magazine Online (United States).
2017
“6 contemporary Native Artists you should definitely have heard of,” F Newsmagazine, Chicago, IL.
“News Briefs (Column),” F Newsmagazine, Chicago, IL.
2016
“Homan Square: The Corner of Corrupt Cops, Occupy Protesters, and… SAIC?” F Newsmagazine, Chicago, IL.
“Making the Invisible Visible: Protesters Occupy Homan Square,” F Newsmagazine, Chicago, IL.
“Big Tobacco Is Using You,” F Newsmagazine, Chicago, IL.
2015
“Gallery Guichard exhibition features chilling Michael Brown sculpture,” The DePaulia, Chicago, IL.
“DePaul art professor’s work explores feminist intersectionality,” the DePaulia, Chicago, IL.
“Too little, too late,” the harm caused by conversion therapy,” the DePaulia, Chicago, IL.