Education:

Glassell School of Art, 1992-1996

University of North Texas, Bachelor of Fine Arts, 2000

Rocky Mountain School of Photography, Summer Intensive Career Training, 2012

Awards:

2024

First Place, Photography/Digital Art, Armonk Outdoor Art Fair

PX3 Prix de Photographie Paris, Honorable Mention, Above / Below Series

2nd Best of Show, Ann Arbor Art Festival

Award of Excellence, Westport Art Festival

2023

Budapest International Foto Awards, Honorable Mention, Above/Below Series

PX3 Prix de Photographie Paris, Bronze Winner, Certain These Clouds Go Somewhere Series

2022

reFocus Awards, One Shot, Honorable Mention for Trust Fall

18th Julia Margaret Cameron Gala Awards, Series Winner in Digital Manipulation

2021

Certificate of Merit from The Pinacotheque, Luxembourg Art Prize

IPA, International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention for Certain These Clouds Go Somewhere series

16th Pollux Awards, Alternative Processes and Digital Manipulation and Collage Honorable Mentions

Crocker Art Museum Selection, "No. 9", Sacramento, CA

Honorable Mention, "No. 9", Blue Line Arts Gallery, Roseville, CA

2020

15th Julia Margaret Cameron Gala Awards, Alternative Processes Winner and Honorable Mentions in Fine Art, Self-Portrait and Digital Manipulation, Juror Elizabeth Avedon         

Best in Show, Envision Arts, Denton, TX

2019   

First Place, "Unseen This Eternal Wanting", Alex Ferrone Gallery, Cutchogue, NY

Digital Artist of the Year + 2 Purchase Awards, Art Comes Alive, Cincinnati OH

2nd Place, "Trust Fall," Robert Anderson Gallery, Denver CO

2017  

Director's Honorable Mention, "Wake-Up Call", A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX 

Emerging Artist, Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival, Winter Park, FL

2015   

Photo Slam, First Place

Raw Artist Photographer of the Year for Washington DC

2014  

Best in Show, “Birth of the Search”, Art League Gallery, Alexandria VA

Honorable Mention, “Unseen This Eternal Wanting”, Art League Gallery, Alexandria VA

Select Exhibitions & Festivals:

2024

Art Comes Alive 2024, Cincinnati, OH

Armonk Outdoor Art Show, Armonk, NY 

Saint Louis Art Festival, Clayton, MO 

Kimball Art Festival, Park City, UT

Bannerman Gallery, Beacon, NY

Ann Arbor State Street District Fine Art Fair, Ann Arbor, MI

Hamptons Fine Art Fair, Southampton, NY

Des Moines Art Festival, Des Moines, IA

Wesport Art Festival, Westport, CT

Art on the Square, Southlake, TX

Fiesta Arts Fair, San Antonio, TX

The Woodlands Waterway Art Festival, The Woodlands, TX

Unframed Exhibition, Alex Ferrone Gallery, Cutchogue, NY

Naples National Art Festival, Naples FL

Gratitude, Kreuser Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO

Naples New Year's Art Festival, Naples, FL

2023

Solo Exhibition, UCCS Downtown Campus, Colorado Springs, CO

The Space Between, Surface Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO

Above/Below, G44 Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO

Kimball Art Festival, Park City, UT

Art Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM

Cherry Creek Art Festival, Denver, CO

Lore & Legend, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA

Recent Works, Surface Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO

Conceptual Photography, D'Art Gallery, Denver, CO Juror Mark Sink

Women Behind the Lens, YJ Contemporary, East Greenwich, RI

Gratitude, Kreuser Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO

Solo Exhibition, Ephemera, Colorado Springs, CO

2022

Context Art Miami, Steidel Contemporary, Miami, FL 

Crocker Kingsley Exhibition, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA 

Solo Exhibition, Certain These Clouds Go Somewhere, Kreuser Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO

The Other Art Fair, Market Hall, Dallas, TX 

Art Comes Alive 2022, ADC Fine Art, Cincinnati, OH 

18th Julia Margaret Cameron Award Exhibition, FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona, Spain

Saatchi Art Vision of the Future Exhibition, The Other Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA

Blink Art Launch, ADC Fine Art, Cincinnati, OH

Unframed Exhibition, Alex Ferrone Gallery, Cutchogue, NY

NY Art Expo, ADC Fine Art, New York City, NY

Gratitude, Kreuser Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO

2021 

Winter Graces, Kreuser Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO

Holiday Show, G44 Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO

Juried Exhibition, Surrealism: The Unusual and the Subversive, Photo SC, Columbia, South Carolina, Juror Natalie Duprecher

The Other Art Fair, Market Hall, Dallas, TX

Market Art + Design Fair, Bridgehamptons, NY

Fictional Narratives, Alex Ferrone Gallery, Cutchogue, NY

Blue Skies Exhibition, Don't Take Pictures

Crocker Art Museum, Crocker Kingsley Exhibit, No. 9, Sacramento, CA

The Other Art Fair Virtual Editions, Dallas, TX 

Unframed Exhibition, Alex Ferrone Gallery, Cutchogue, NY

Womansion, Centro Cultural John Dos Passos, Madeira, Portugal

Solo Exhibition, Certain These Clouds Go Somewhere, Catherine Couturier Gallery, Houston, TX 

Steidel Contemporary, Palm Beach Showroom, Palm Beach, FL

Juried Exhibition, Crocker Kingsley, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA 

Juried Exhibition, Art Comes Alive, ADC Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

2020   

Group Exhibition, All Things Squared, Lincoln Rose Gallery, Colorado Springs        

Group Exhibition, Blink Art Launch, ADC West Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

Group Exhibition, Virtual Open Studios, Kreuser Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO

Group Exhibition, Life as We Live It, Lincoln Rose Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO

Solo Exhibition, Retrospective, Colorado Springs Administration Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO

Juried Exhibition, Emerge, Armadillo Arts Center, Denton, TX, Juror Ginger Cochran

Juried Exhibition, 31 Women Artists, Sedona Arts Center, Juror Catriona McAra

2019   

Juried Exhibition, Portals - Small Works, Alex Ferrone Gallery, Cutchogue, NY, Juror Franklin Hill Perrell   

Juried Exhibition, Art Comes Alive, ADC Gallery, Cincinnati, OH 

Juried Exhibition, Texas National 2019, Stephen F Austin State University, Juror Michelle White 

Juried Exhibition, Stranger Than Fiction, Loosen Art Gallery, Rome, Italy 

Juried Exhibition, Modern Day Spirituality, Latela Gallery, Washington DC, Juror Helen Criales 

Juried Exhibition, Small Works, Robert Anderson Gallery, Denver, CO, Juror Margy Dudley & Wendy Schneider

Juried Exhibition, Eye of the Camera, Littleton Museum, Littleton, CO, Juror Gary Emerich 

Juried Exhibition, Identity, Envision Arts, Dallas, Texas, Juror Ginger Cochran 

Juried Exhibition, Self-Portrait, Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, VT, Juror Aline Smithson 

2018  

Group Exhibition, ImageNation Paris, Galerie Joseph Turenne, Paris, France, Curator Martin Vegas

Juried Exhibition, Altered Worlds, SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC, Juror Claire Rosen

Juried Exhibition, Myths, Legends and Dreams, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, Juror Amy Holmes George

2017  

Solo Exhibition, As Was Written, Alexandria, VA

Juried Exhibition, Portals, Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, VT, Juror Aline Smithson

Group Exhibition, Pop Up Exhibition, Georgetown Theatre, Georgetown DC, Curator Marsha Ralls

Emerging Artist, Winter Park Art Festival, Winter Park FL

Juried Exhibition, Elsewhere, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX, Juror Fran Forman

Group Exhibition, The Art of Legacy, Georgetown Theatre, Georgetown DC, Curator Marsha Ralls

Juried Exhibition, Selfie, SE Center for Photography, Greenville SC, Juror Miss Aniela

Group Exhibition, F11 Women's Collective, Arts Club of Washington, Washington DC  

Three Person Exhibition, Surreal, Athenaeum Gallery, Alexandria VA

2016   

Solo Exhibition, You Better Bring Your Own Sun, Latela Art Gallery, Washington DC

Juried Exhibition, Photo Slam, Glen Echo Photoworks, Glen Echo MD

Juried Exhibition, Dreams, Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, CO, Juror Jennifer DeCarlo

Group Exhibition, Foto Friday, Popcorn Gallery, Glen Echo MD

Juried Exhibition, Imagined Realities, Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, VT, Juror Tom Chambers

Juried Exhibition, Texas National 2016, Stephen F Austin State University, Juror Abelardo Morell

Juried Exhibition, 2016 Fine Art Photography Exhibit, Art Space Herndon, Herndon VA, Juror Rahshia Sawyer

Juried Exhibition, Memory Place, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati OH 

Group Exhibition, Creative Narrative, Latela DC

Juried Exhibition, Muted, Art League Gallery, Alexandria VA, Juror Allison Nance

2015   

Juried Exhibition, Art League Gallery, Alexandria VA, Juror Clint Mansell

Solo Exhibition, Paradox of Time, Hillyer Art Space, Washington DC

Group Exhibition, Debut Exhibition, Latela DC, Washington DC

Juried Exhibition, Through the Lens, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY, Juror Sarah Sudhoff

Juried Exhibition, Saville Gallery, Cumberland, MD, Juror Kenneth Garrett

Juried Exhibition, Art League Gallery, Alexandria VA, Juror Jayme McClellan

2014    

Juried Exhibition, All Media, Art League Gallery, Alexandria VA, Juror Marta Staudinger

Group Exhibition, AXIS - RAW Artists Event, Washington DC

Juried Exhibition, Art NOW, Art League Gallery, Alexandria VA, Juror: Cory Oberndorfer

Group Exhibition, Contemporary Realism, Art League Gallery, Alexandria VA, Juror: Dorothy Moss

Print Publications:

Still and Still Moving, Indie Earth Publishing, October 2023, 22 & 74.

Fotonostrum Magazine, No. 27, July 2022, 35.

Colorado Springs Lifestyle Magazine, April 2022, 30-34.

Manifest International Photography Annual, 2021, 9, 102.

Manifest Exhibition Annual, Season 12, 2021, 148.

Bluebee Magazine, March 2021, Amaryllis, 82-83.

The Debutante, Oct 2020, Feminist Surrealist Odyssey, 70-73.

Apero Fine Art Magazine, Dec 2019, Dreams, 59-60. 

Octane Magazine, Dec 2016, The Art of Adaptation, 8-10.

Elan Magazine, May 2016, Relativity, 32-35.

RMSP Course Catalog 2015, Pro-Studies Testimonial Vol. 27, 17.

RMSP Course Catalog 2013, “Cover” & 12, Vol. 25.

Montana Headwall, Head Shots, Summer 2013, 26.