Education

2019 M.F.A Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, Emphasis in Printmaking  
2015   B.F.A. West Texas A&M, Canyon, TX, Emphasis in Printmaking
2013   A.S. Amarillo College, Amarillo TX, Emphasis in Art
2009  Graduated from Abilene High, Abilene, TX

Teaching Experience

Summer 2023-Current One River School of Art and Design, Frisco, TX
Fall 2022-2023 Adjunct Assistant, College of Visual Art and Design, Denton, TX
Fall 2019- Current Adjunct Instructor, Amarillo College, Art Appreciation on-line, Amarillo, TX
Fall 2019- 2021 Art Teacher/Yearbook Adviser Vega High School, Grades 9-12, Vega, TX
Fall 2018  Graduate Part Time Instructor, Drawing I, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
SP 2018     Teaching Assistant, Drawing III, Life Drawing, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Fall 2017    Teaching Assistant, Printmaking III, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
SP 2016     Teaching Assistant, Drawing III, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Fall 2016    Teaching Assistant, Drawing I, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Fall 2015     Substitute teacher, Amarillo Independent School District, Amarillo, TX
SU 2014      Art Instructor, The Paper Crane, Canyon, TX
SP 2014     Supplemental Instructor, Art History I, West Texas A&M, Canyon, TX

Exhibitions

2023 Staff show, One River School of Art gallery, Frisco TX
2022 Oso Bay Biennial XXII, Quince, Organized by Maclovio Cantu IV, Schaudies Gallery, KSpace Contemporary Studios, Corpus Christi, Texas
2019 Biennial 600: Textile + Fiber Juried by Alec Unkovic, Juror , Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, TX
2019 CLIP An International Exhibition of Works on Paper Juried by Ghislaine Fremauxr, Charles Adams Studio Project, Lubbock, TX
2019 Engineering Meets Art Exhibition, Maddox Engineering Research Building, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, group exhibition
2019 Nepantla: Weaving Moments of the In-Between, Studio Gallery, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, MFA Solo
Exhibition
2018 TTU Performance Across the Arts Exhibition, LHUCA Ice House Theater, group performances
2018 Evening Allegories, A Collective of TTU School of Art Printmakers, Satellite Gallery at CASP Lubbock, TX
2018 The Art and Science of Restoration Ecology, Leonardo's Kitchen, The Museum of Texas Tech, Lubbock, TX
2017 Altered, Charles Adams Studio Project, Studio 3, Lubbock, TX
2017 2nd Year MFA Show, Landmark Gallery Lubbock, TX
2017 Print Curious, Group Show, Satellite Gallery Lubbock, TX
2016 Texas Tech MFA Student Group Show, Landmark Gallery, Lubbock, TX
2016 Monica Prado Solo Show, OHMS, Amarillo, TX
2016 AMOA OPEN, AMOA, Amarillo, TX
2015 Winter BFA Show, MMNH Gallery, Canyon, TX
2015 WT/AC Student Faculty Show, Juried Exhibition, AMOA, Amarillo, TX
2014 WT/AC Student Faculty Show, Juried Exhibition, AMOA, Amarillo, TX
2014 Paper Crane Group Art Show, The Paper Crane, Canyon, TX
2014 Art from Turkey, Spain, And Morocco, West Texas A&M University Experimental Gallery, Amarillo, TX
2014 Night Blow Mary Moody Northen Hall, West Texas A&M University Canyon, TX
2009 Young Masters Juried Art Exhibition, The Grace Museum, Abilene, TX
2009 Visual Arts Scholastic Event, Juried Exhibition, Houston, TX

Publications/Presentations

2020 International Textile and Apparel Association, Virtual Conference, Pivoting for the Pandemic, Collaborative Education: Community Based Art and Fashion Learning Applications for the Prolonged Use Phase of a T-shirt (p. 64)
2016 OSU McNair Scholars Symposium, Student/Presenter, University of Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma
2016              18th Annual Texas National McNair Scholars Research Conference, Student/Presenter University of Denton, Denton TX
2015              Spring Eternal Flame, West Texas A&M Magazine, Canyon, TX, (One color image p. 7)
2015               McNair Scholar Presentation, The Design and Aesthetic of Agrarian Culture, West Texas A&M, Canyon,
                         TX
2015               Student Artist Talk, Art Appreciation taught by Chloe Rizzo, Amarillo College, Amarillo, TX

Honor Awards and Scholarships

2023 Nomination, Rising Star Award, University of North Texas, Nominated by supervisor, Binod Shrestha, Director, Foundations.
2018 Ron Morgan-Lorenzo Sevilla Scholarship
2018 Richard & Sybil Dickey Art Scholarship
2017   Helen DeVitt Jones Foundation Art Talent Fellowship, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX    
2016-2019   J. T. and Margaret Talkington Graduate Fellowship
2016-2019   Texas Tech McNair Fellow, Lubbock, TX
2015                     McNair Scholar, West Texas A&M, Canyon, TX
2014                    Alma C Endowment, West Texas A&M, Canyon, TX
2014                    Georgia O’Keefe Art Scholarship 2014, West Texas A&M, Canyon, TX
2014                    2-D Honorable Mention, WTAMU Student/ Faculty Exhibition, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, TX

Workshops, Events, and Conferences

2022 Figure Drawing Workshop with Oliver Stephens Elementary, Creator and Instructor, Onstead Institute, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
2020 Relief printing and collage, Instructor Monica Prado, East Lubbock Art House art classes and workshop series, Lubbock, TX
2018 Navajo Weaving Workshop, Instructors Barbara Teller Ornelas and Lynda Teller Pete, Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2017 Marfa Intensive 2017, Summer intensive interdisciplinary workshop of Devise Theater and Fine Art with Dr. Heather Warren Crow and Director Rich Brown
2017                Terminus Southern Graphics Council International Conference, Member, Atlanta, GA
2017                Beyond Printmaking 5 Symposium, volunteer, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2017                TAEA Visual Arts Scholastic Event (VASE) Juror, Frenship High School, Wolfforth TX
2017                Print Austin 2017, PrintExpo, Student, Austin, TX
2016               Steam Roller Woodcut Printing Demonstration, Volunteer, Slaton Square, Slaton TX
2014               Robert Smithson’s Amarillo Ramp site, Amarillo Ramp Restoration, Volunteer, Overseen by Jon Revett, Amarillo TX
2014               Sand Casting with Paul Marioni and Chad Holiday, Student, The Glass Furnace Istanbul, Turkey
2014               Kiln Casting with Frantisek Janak and Chad Holiday, Student, The Glass Furnace, Istanbul, Turkey

Affiliations

2017-2019   Honorable Sister of Delta Alpha Sigma Multicultural Sorority Inc. (Alumni)