Education 

2010  MFA University of Georgia
2005  BFA Tulane University 

Solo 

2023 Postcards from Iceland, The Weather Station, Lafayette, Indiana
2022 More World, Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
2021  Something I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You*, Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, Georgia 
2019  Witch Dance, North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
2019  Healer, {Poem88}, Atlanta, Georgia
2018  Other Ways of Telling, Montgomery College, Takoma Park, Maryland
2017  Counterspell, {Poem88}, Atlanta, Georgia
2017  Delays and Interruptions*, Central Collective, Knoxville, Tennessee
2016  Seeing in the Dark, University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee
2015  Forgetting the Self, University of North Georgia, Dahlonega, Georgia
2012  Many Times But Then, Greenville Tech, Greenville, South Carolina

*two-person show with Julie Wills
*two-person show with Jessie van Der Laan

Selected Group

2025  Fold, Stop-Gap Projects, Columbia, Missouri
2025  BasketCat, Basketshop Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio 
2025  Cultivate EXPR., Slipvillan, Stockholm, Sweden
2024  Faculty Biennial, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
2024  Journalism of the Line, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
2024  Totality, New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony, Indiana
2022  Faculty Biennial, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
2022  OH+4, Dairy Barn Art Center, Athens, Ohio
2021  Turn the Page, Catapult Gallery, Cape Girardeau, Missouri
2020  Tiny Universe III, Hotel Indigo, Athens, Georgia
2019  Faculty Exhibition, Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art, Demorest, Georgia
2018  Summer Swan Invitational, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2018  Transpositions, Linda Matney Gallery, Williamsburg, Virginia
2017  Locus, Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art, Demorest, Georgia
2017  Art Fields, Lake City, South Carolina
2017  BURNAWAY Art Crush, Gallery 874, Atlanta, Georgia
2016  Tiny Universe II, Hotel Indigo, Athens, Georgia
2016  Faculty Exhibition, Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art, Demorest, Georgia
2016  Proximity, Malone Gallery, Troy University, Troy, Alabama
2015  Transitory Identifications, Linda Matney Gallery LLC, Williamsburg, Virginia
2015  Tease, ATHICA, Athens, Georgia
2015  Annual Juried Exhibition, Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, Georgia
2015  To-Do List Project, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens
2014  Arcana, ATHICA, Athens, Georgia
2014  True Colors, Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
2014  Faculty Exhibition, Piedmont College, Demorest, Georgia
2014  Mailbox, Hambidge Center for the Arts, Rabun Gap, Georgia
2014  Tiny Universe, Hotel Indigo, Athens, Georgia
2014  Crossfire, Latticeworks Collective, Athens, Georgia
2014  A Tribute to Sandy Chism, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
2013  Silver and Exact, Piedmont College, Demorest, Georgia
2013  6 Emerging Artists, Macon Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, Georgia
2013  MAKE, Hotel Indigo, Athens, Georgia
2013  Content, ATHICA, Athens, Georgia
2012  Groundstory, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia
2012  The Synthetic Mind, ATHICA, Athens, Georgia
2011  Atlanta Print Biennial, Barbara Archer Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2011  Postcolonials, Linda Matney Gallery LLC, Williamsburg, Virginia
2011  Taking Part, ATHICA, Athens, Georgia
2011  An Exchange w Sol LeWitt, Cabinet, Brooklyn, New York
2010  Babylon Lexicon, Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
2010  Mondohomo, Eyedrum, Atlanta, Georgia
2010  6x6: Play, Cine Lab, Athens, Georgia
2010  From Point A to Point B, Museum of Contemporary Art-Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia
2009  Lingering Sights, North Georgia State University, Dahlonega, Georgia
2009  Fireworks, 18 Rabbit Gallery, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
2009  Crafting Romance, ATHICA, Athens, GA

Residencies 

2023  NES, Skagaströnd, Iceland
2018  Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, Georgia
2016  Hambidge Center for the Arts, Rabun Gap, Georgia
2013  Hambidge Center for the Arts, Rabun Gap, Georgia
2012  Hambidge Center for the Arts, Rabun Gap, Georgia
2008  Elsewhere Artist Collaborative, Greensboro South Carolina
2006  Hub City Arts Initiative, Spartanburg, South Carolina

Book Fairs (as Two Steps Press

2024 MdW Summit, Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri 
2024 Pittsburgh Art Book Fair, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2024 Athens Art Book Fair, The Athenaeum, Athens, Georgia
2023 Detroit Art Book Fair, Trinosophes, Detroit, Michigan
2023 Cinncinati Art Book Fair, The Carnegie, Covington, Kentucky 

Curatorial 

2023-  The Weather Station
2019     Monologue, Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art, Demorest, Georgia (co-curator)
2018-    Two Steps Press
2012      Silver and Exact, Piedmont College, Demorest, Georgia
2011       6 x 6: Time, Cine Lab, Athens, Georgia
2010      Marco Polo Quarterly (online)

Visiting Artist Presentations/Lectures

2024  Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
2024  University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, Indiana
2023  Wabash College, Carfordsville, Indiana
2019  North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
2018  Montgomory College, Takoma Park, Maryland 
2013  University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
2012  Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia
2012  Greenville Tech, Greenville, South Carolina
2010  The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee
2010  University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
2009  University of North Georgia, Dahlonega, Georgia
2009  ATHICA, Athens, Georgia
2008  Gainesville State College, Gainesville, Georgia
2007  USC-Upstate, Spartanburg, South Carolina
2007  Converse College, Spartanburg, South Carolina

Academic Appointments

2020-             Senior Lecturer in Art, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
2018-2020    Associate Professor of Art, Piedmont Univiersity, Demorest, Georgia
2013-2017     Assistant Professor of Art, Piedmont University, Demorest, Georgia
2012                Teaching Fellow, Piedmont University, Demorest, Georgia
2011-2012      Part-Time Faculty, Art Institute of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia
2011-2012      Adjunct Faculty, Gainesville State College, Gainesville, Georgia
2011                 Adjunct Faculty, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

Workshops 

2025              Introduction to Risograph Printing, Purdue Knowledge Lab, West Lafayette, Indiana
2025              Lost + Bound: Artist Book Workshop, Basketshop Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio 
2025              2- and 3-color Risograph Printing, Purdue Knowledge Lab, West Lafayette, Indiana
2025              One-Page Zine Workshop, Delphi Community School, Delphi, Indiana
2019               Japanese Bookbinding, KA Artist Shop, Athens, Georgia
2015-2020   Studio Series Workshops, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia
2013               Governor’s Honors Program, Valdosta State Univeristy, Valdosta, Georgia
2013               Zine Workshop, Double Dutch Press, Athens, Georgia
2010               Summer Art Adventures, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia
2010               Inside/Out: Bookbinding Workshop, Quinlan Arts Center, Gainesville, Georgia
2008              Visual Arts Workshop, Converse College, Spartanburg, South Carolina

Selected Press Press + Bibliography 

2024 Public Media Institute, Lumpen Radio Broadcast (with John Englebrecht)
2018  Metro Weekly, Other Ways of Telling 
2017   The Flagpole, Artists Often Struggle
2015   Linda Matney Gallery Blog, Interview 
2014   365 Days 365 Artists, November 4th  
2013   The Red + Black - Double Dutch Joins Forces
2012   Hambidge Center Blog, Interview
2012   Art Notes (August) - The Synthetic Mind, The Flagpole, Athens, Georgia
2010   Art Papers, Jan/Feb - Elsewhere Collaborative: Community, Dispersal and Reciprocity
2008  Art Notes (November) - Vamping It Up, The Flagpole, Athens, Georgia
2008  Athens Banner-Herald (October 15) - So Much to Say, So Little Time
2007  The Wooster Collective (March 7) - Scarecrow Wedding

Selected Collections

Hargrett Library, University of Georgia
Hub City Arts Initiative
John Hay Library, Brown University
McHenry Library, University of California, Santa Cruz
NES Artist Residency
New York Public Library
Purdue Knowledge Lab
Special Collections, Rhode Island School of Design
Special Collections, University of Iowa
Special Collections, University of Wisconsin
Special Collections, University of Nebraska
Special Collections, Cleveland Institute of Art
Special Collections, Yale University
Special Collections, Columbia College, Chicago
Special Collections, University of Alabama
Special Collections, Cornell University
Tulane University Rare Book Archives
The University of the South
University of Georgia Art Library
University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
Wells Book Arts Center Collection, Wells College

Awards + Grants

2024  Excellence in Teaching Award, Rueff School of Art + Design, Purdue University 
2023  Suzie Coles Memorial Award, The Arts Federation
2022  NEA Individual Arts Grant, The Arts Federation
2021   On-Ramp Grant, Indiana Arts Commission 
2019   Faculty Development Grant, Piedmont University 
2018   Faculty Development Grant, Piedmont University
2017   Faculty Development Grant, Piedmont University
2015   Faculty Development Grant, Piedmont University
2012   Georgia Council for the Arts Grant
2009  Graduate Research Grant, Willson Center for the Humantities
2005  Marjorie C. Clark Award, Tulane University
2005  Georges Lurcy Grant, Tulane University

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