Education
University of North Carolina-Greensboro, B.A. in Studio Art
University of Georgia, B.S.W. in Social Work
University of Georgia, M.S.W. in Social Work
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018 Catching Ourselves, Cary Arts Center Gallery, Cary, NC: February
2018 the fence, U.S. traveling exhibition, (Durham, NC)
2017 the imperfect lens, A.Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX, (Susan Burnstine, juror)
2017 Beyond the Selfie, Southeast Center for Photography, Greenville, SC (Miss Anelia, juror)
2016 Flight, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT (Laura Moya, juror)
2016 “childhood”, A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas (Tom Chambers, juror)
2015 Center Forward, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado (Juror, Hamidah Glasgow)
2015 Phone Home Durham, Power Plant Gallery, Durham, North Carolina
2015 The Third Annual Will Grossman Memorial Photo Competition, Through This Lens Gallery, Durham, North Carolina (Juror Panel Kenneth Rodgers: Director NCCU Art Museum; Dan Gottlieb Photographer and Director of Planning and Design North Carolina Museum of Art; Barbara Tyroler: Co-director CLICK Triangle Photography Consortium)
2015 NC Artist’s Exhibition, Betty McCain Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina (Juror Herb Jackson, Professor of Art, Davidson College)
2014 Pixel and Grain: Regional Photography Exhibition, Durham, North Carolina (Juror Jeff Whetstone, UNC Professor of Art)
2014 DAG 60th Annual Juried Show, Durham, North Carolina (Juror: Dr. Marshall Price, Nancy Hanks Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University
2014 FALC Annual Show,Cary, North Carolina (Juror: Dr. Beth Mulraney, Meredith College) Cary, North Carolina (Juror: Dr. Beth Mulraney, Meredith College)
2014 Kiernan Gallery,Lexington, Virginia,Take Flight, (Juror Jennifer Schlesinger Hanson, Verve Gallery of Photography)
2013 Kiernan Gallery , Lexington, Virginia: Alter Ego: (Juror Stephen Sheffield, Cornell University)
Solo Exhibitions
2017 The Leaving, Horace Williams House, Chapel-Hill, NC; June
2016 Finding Place, Through This Lens, Durham, NC; November
Upcoming Exhibitions
2019 Fairhope, Alabama, April-May
2018 Sweeping the Graves, Suntrust Gallery, Durham, NC, October
2018 Murmurations, Visual Arts Exchange, Raleigh, NC, October
Recognitions
2018 Regional winner
the fence- category "creatures"
2017 Director's Choice Award
"the imperfect lens"
2017 Visitor's Choice Award
"the imperfect lens"
2016 Photolucida Critical Mass Finalist
2016 Juror’s Choice Award
“childhood”
2015 Finalist/Honorable Mention
Will Grossman Memorial Photo Competition
2014 Juror’s Choice Award
Take Flight
Press
The Hand Magazine: Issue 20: 2018
Diffusion: Volume 9: Fall 2017
SHOTS: Issue No.137: Autumn 2017
MotherfStop: August 2017
The Cortland Review: Issue 73
R.K.V.R.Y. Quarterly: Fall 2016
Bella Grace: Vol.1: Issue 2
Bella Grace: Vol.1: Issue 3
Bella Grace: Vol.1:Issue 4
Kiernan Gallery Blog: Feature: March 2014
Teaching
January-June 2018 Creative Mentor: Durham Art Guild/Durham Public Schools
January-June 2017 Creative Mentor; Durham Art Guild/Durham Public Schools
June 2015; Photography in the Present Moment workshop; Plymouth, mass
Collections
2015 Rubenstein Library at Duke University , Archive of Documentary Arts