Education

 2015       MFA Exhibition Design, Museum Studies Certificate

                  California State University Fullerton, Cum Laude  

 2010       BFA, studio art, Glass Concentration    

                  California State University Fullerton, Magna Cum Laude              

Professional Experience  

Present        Adjunct Faculty, Chrysler Museum of Art Glass Studio, Norfolk, VA

                   Resident Artist, Glass Wheel Studio, Norfolk VA                        

                       Adjunct Faculty, Tidewater Community College, Norfolk, VA

                    Adjunct Facutly, The Governor's School for the Arts, Norfolk VA

2016           MFA Traveling Assistant Chrysler Museum of Art Glass Studio, Norfolk, VA

2015             English teacher, My English School, Gifu-City, Japan

2014-15       Exhibitions Coordinator, Titan Student Union Galleries, CSU Fullerton, CA

2012-14       Exhibitions Coordinator at City of Brea Art Gallery, Brea, CA

2012              Educational Programmer at 141 Penn Studios, El Segundo, CA

2010-11       English teacher for My English School, Gifu-City, Japan

2007-10       Gallery Assistant for the Begovich Gallery at Cal State University Fullerton, CA

Teaching Experience

 2016             Governors School for the Arts, Norfolk VA, Co-Teacher

           Old Dominion University, Norfolk VA, Teaching Assistant

                        Virginia Wesleyan College, Norfolk VA, Teaching Assistant

           Chrysler Museum of art Glass Studio, Teaching Assistant

2013               The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning NY, Teaching Assistant

2012               Penn Studios, El Segundo, CA, Private Instructor

2009               Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC, Teaching Assistant

2007-08         California State University Fullerton, Intro and Advanced Glass Classes, Teaching Assistant

Curatorial Projects

2016         UrbanGlass, Brooklyn, NY, Let them Eat Cake 

2015         Laguna Ink Spot and Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, Plastic Paradise,

                   Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA, Curators in Conversation

                   Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA, History Repaints Itself

                   Laguna Ink Spot and Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, Blast from the Past

 2014        Grand Central Art Center Collaboration Studio, Santa Ana, CA, Insti-tuitional Critique

                   California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, Our Synthetic Footprint

                   California State University Fullerton, CA, JUNK-N-GYRE: A 5 Gyres Travelling Exhibition

                   Laguna Ink Spot, Laguna Beach, CA, TattooPOP! Vintage Inspired Paintings

                   Grand Central Art Center Curatorial Collab Studio, Santa Ana, CA, #tagsforlikes

                   Laguna Ink Spot, Laguna Beach, CA, A Line in the Dark: Bleach Paintings

                   Long Beach Arts Gallery, Long Beach, CA, The Show and Tell Exhibition

                   Grand Central Art Center Curatorial Collab Studio, Santa Ana, CA, Waking Dreams

                   California State Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, Even-weave, West Gallery

                   Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA, You Are What You Concede

2013         Palm Courts Arts Complex, The Great Park, Irvine, CA, Orange County Curator Challenge: Sun Soil City

2012         Cal State University Fullerton, Fullerton CA Lee and Nicholas Begovich Gallery, Interstice:

      New Economies for Creative Communities (MFA Thesis Exhibition)

Selected Art Exhibitions

 2016       The Chrysler Museum of Art Glass Studio, Vestibule 102, Norfolk, VA, OPEN SOURCE

                  Sikka Art Fair, Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood, Dubai, Post Glass Film Festival

                  Suffolk Art Gallery, Suffolk, VA, Handle with Care

                  d’ART Center, Norfolk, VA, Spectrum Invitational Exhibition

2015        City of Brea Art Gallery, Brea, CA, Made in California

2012        DA Gallery, Pomona, CA, Trilateral Exchange

                  Ball State University, Muncie, IN, GLASS: A Juried Art Show

                  The Urban Arts Space at Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, Tracing Lines

2010         Heller Gallery, New York, NY, How is this Glass? Post-Glass Video Festival

                   It Looks Like it’s Open, Columbus, OH, Tracing Lines Project

                   OBJCT Gallery, Pomona, CA, Re-appropriate

2009         California State University Fullerton, Ca, Exit Gallery, Annual Juried Student Show

Awards | Grants

 2015       Urban Glass Partner University of California Scholarship, Brooklyn, NY

2012         EPOCH Graduate Research Fund Grant, Cal State University Fullerton, CA

2011         Bishop & Sumner Merritt Scholarship, Haystack Mountain School, MN

2010         Partner Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

                   Work Study Scholarship, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC

2009         Student Scholarship Winner, Glass Art Society, USA

                  Summer Program Scholarship, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY

2008        Student Scholarship Recipient, CSU Summer Arts Program, Fresno, CA

Bibliography

 2013      New Glass Review 34, a publication of the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York

2012       Interstice: New Economies for Creative Communities, A ‘Plantable’ Exhibition Catalog,

                 Greenfield Paper Company, San Diego, California

2011       New Glass Review 32, a publication of the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York

2010       Issues in Science and Technology, a publication of the National Academy of Sciences,

                 National Academy of engineering, Institute of Medicine at the University of Texas, fall volume