Resume
Credentials:
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
- hosted figure drawing classes as a guest artist at Junior High Los Angeles
- worked as studio manager and painting assistant for fine artist Umar Rashid for Frieze LA, Art Basel Switzerland, Tokyo Gendai
- worked as a product ambassador for Higgins Ink
2023
- worked as studio manager and painting assistant for Umar Rashid’s shows: 2023 Sharjah Biennial, The Undiscovered Genius of the Niger Delta, Frieze LA, Art Basel Miami
- vended original artwork and prints at Heavy Manners Comic Fair, Smorgasburg LA, Afterglow Makers Market, People Pop-Up Makers Market, The Queer Mercado, Art Mart, and Tansy Marketplace
- hosted figure drawing classes as a guest artist at Heavy Manners Library and Junior High Los Angeles
- partnered with Higgins Ink as an artist ambassador
- painted a utility box mural for the City of Los Angeles in Sherman Oaks
2022
- worked as studio manager and provided painting assistance for Umar Rashid’s shows: Art Basel Miami, Frieze LA, Ancien Regime Change Part 2 at Almine Rech, Ancien Regime Change Part 3 at Cokkie Snoei Gallery, Ancien Regime Change Parts 4, 5, 6 at Moma PS1
- exhibited “In Attempt of Correction; Split Ends” at the group show Salt Fish at New Image Art in West Hollywood, hosted by SWIM Gallery
- performed as a live painter and art vendor at Mirus Gallery’s Goth Night in Downtown LA
2021
- began work as a painting assitant for Umar Rashid, worked on paintings for En Garde/On God at Blum & Poe, Ancien Regime Change Part 1 at Half Gallery, and work for the collection at Almine Contemporary.
- graduated with a B.A. in Art from UCSB with a 3.92 GPA & highest honors
- work featured in the UCSB Art Department’s Honors Thesis show in the Glassbox Gallery
- given award of distinction for focused involvement and significant achievement in campus + community activities after illustrating for KCSB-FM
- oversaw and produced the KCSB-FM 2021 Zine with community members and a volunteer force
- oversaw and produced the UCSB Art Department Honors Program’s zine
- featured in the UCSB Trans & Queer Commission’s virtual exhibition Queering Art
- oversaw and produced the Telekinetic Jelly zine for the performance festival of the same name, organized by Shana Moulton
- partnered with Art Locale™ selling prints as a contracted artist
2020
- selected as one of 8 international winners for the Adobe x Keith Haring digital art contest for “Housing Is a Human Right”
- awarded Fenton Award for Excellence in Painting award from the University of California, Santa Barbara
- accepted into UCSB Honors Art program (10 undergraduate students/year)
- began working at KCSB-FM 91.9 as the Publications Coordinator/Station Designer
- began internship with the Catalyst Literary Arts Magazine as 2020-21 Art Editor
- taught a variety of Adobe Photoshop and InDesign skills to 50+ students at KCSB-FM workshops and during lectures for the Catalyst undergraduate course
- animated short “Little Big Brother” debuted at the SB Cast Gallery
2019
- began working at KCSB-FM 91.9 as the Archives Coordinator, self starting the entire Archives department
- Dean’s list placement in the UCSB Art Department
- freelance design and illustration work
2018
- graduated from Van Nuys High School as campus Valedictorian with High Honors
- president of the Van Nuys High School Theater Department
- vice president of the Van Nuys High School Young Artist’s Coalition
- began B.A. in Art at the University of California, Santa Barbara