EDUCATION:
2013 BFA, Studio Art, concentration in photography, East Carolina University, NC (minor in art history)
2009 Cleveland Community College, Associate of Arts, Shelby, NC
WORK EXPERIENCE:
2017 - Present Account Manager at Point Concepts Design, Raleigh, NC
2015 - 2017 Graphics Printer/Finisher at Point Concepts Design, Raleigh, NC
2013 - 2015 Production Team Supervisor at ASAP Photo and Camera, Greenville, NC
2008 - 2015 Certified Custom Framer at Michaels Stores, Inc. Holly Springs, NC
2009 Intern at Emerge, Pitt County Arts Council, Greenville, NC
EXHIBITIONS:
2016
2016 Signs of Life, Lenscratch Exhibition post on October 21, 2016, curated by Aline Smithson, www.lenscratch.com.
2014
View Found at Art Avenue, Greenville, NC (group exhibition) juried by Burk Uzzle.
Scope: The Southern Landscape Exhibition at Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC (group exhibition) juried by Will South, Chief Curator at the Columbia Museum of Art.
2013
Stories We Tell, Women's Caucus for Art Exhibition at Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY (group exhibition)
First Kill, Senior Thesis Exhibition at The Barn in Washington, NC (solo exhibition)
Fototastic, Student Photography Exhibition at Emerge, Greenville, NC (group exhibition)
Honor’s College Photography Exhibition, Mami Jenkins Building, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (group exhibition)
Undergraduate Exhibition at East Carolina University, Gray Gallery, Greenville, NC (juried by Catherine C. Lloyd) (group exhibition)
2012
Rebel 55 Exhibition at Pitt County Arts Council at Emerge, Greenville, NC (group exhibition)
Undergraduate Exhibition at East Carolina University, Gray Gallery, Greenville, NC (juried by Crista Cammaroto) (group exhibition)
2011
Light 2011 Photography Exhibition at East Carolina University in the Borough’s Welcome Gallery, Greenville, NC (group exhibition)
2010
Tiny Art Show at Pitt County Arts Council at Emerge, Greenville, NC (group exhibition)
AWARDS:
2013
Award of Merit in Photography for the 2013 Undergraduate Exhibition at East Carolina University
2012
Second place in traditional photography and third place in digital photography at the REBEL 55 exhibition at Emerge, Greenville, NC
Society for Photographic Education Southeast Region undergraduate grant recipient
Award of Merit in Photography for the 2012 Undergraduate Exhibition at East Carolina University
2009
Dowdy Bookstore Transfer Scholarship
2009-2013
Chancellor’s List at East Carolina University 2007-2008 Presidents List at Cleveland Community College
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
2015
Shoot Like a Pro Seminar with Scott Kelby, Raleigh, NC
2014
International Print and Imaging Conference, Las Vegas, NV
Society for Photographic Education National Conference, Baltimore, MD
2012
Society for Photographic Education Southeast Regional Conference, Daytona Beach, FL
2010-2015
Member of the Society for Photographic Education (https://www.spenational.org)
2010-2013
Photography Guild Member at East Carolina University
2010
Society for Photographic Education National Conference, Atlanta, GA
PUBLICATIONS:
2013
Stories We Tell Exhibition Catalog, Women's Caucus for Art
REBEL 55 Visual and Literary Magazine, East Carolina University