CV

2014

Masters of Art in Nonprofit Visual Art Administration
Emphases: Curatorial Work & Arts Advocacy in Public Policy
Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, NYU.

2004

Bachelors of Fine Art in Art and Design
Emphases: Installation Art & Art Criticism
Department of Art, Biola University.

2011

Platonic Conception, (3 artist show w/ Sam McCune and Dan Morgan)
Curated by Dan Swartz for Silvis Studio in Brooklyn, NY

2010

Process: Women’s History Month Alumni group Exhibit
Curated by Shannon Leith, Biola University

2004

Good Pure Fun, an installation of drawings brought into three dimensions
Thesis exhibition presented in gallery 2, Biola University
alongside works in gallery 1 by J.B. Smrekar and Jess Kemp

HOPE Gathering complementary exhibition to the TGC and CRU City-wide conference for women of faith on the topic of Hope alongside Meaghan Ritchey. New York, NY.

Moderated panel The Body, Space and Time for INHABIT conference hosted by the International Artist Movement. Panelists included: Lucy F. Collins, Ph.D., Eva Ting, and Andrea Codrington Lippke. New York, NY.

Moderated NYU Visual Art Administration colloquium on Sacred Themes + Secular Exhibition, with panelists: John Silvis, Patricia Pongrancz, and Lia Chavez, New York, NY.

Curator Women’s Comedy Night, Private Residence, show in 3 acts, Brooklyn, NY.

Curated EX: Creative Collaboration, International Artist Movement’s (IAM) 38|39 Gallery. Partnered with IAM, Carrousel Space, and Wunderkammer Co. (27 artists, 2 lectures, 1 film screening) Designed a limited edition “exquisite corpse” flipbook catalog. New York, NY (Chicago, IL, and Ft. Wayne, IN.)

Curator 5 Performances on the Roof, Private Residence, show in 5 acts, Brooklyn, NY.

Alegria: Hope Through Art Benefit, Desiron, Soho, New York City, NY.

 Art to Abolish Child Sex Trafficking, benefit for Love146 New York, NY.

Portrait of a Success as a Young Failure, NYCAMS, New York, NY.

CAA Conference BFA Exhibition, NYCAMS, alongside John Silvis New York, NY.

Index: BFA Resident Exhibit, NYCAMS, New York, NY.

Natural Disaster, Chop Shop, alongside Oliver Walker, Costa Mesa, CA.

Handler/Coordinator Swell, curated by John Silvis, NYCAMS, New York, NY.

By Any Other Name ChopShop, Costa Mesa, CA.

Into Africa educational benefit The Collectiv, Sponsored by Smart Water, and Redbull. Irvine, CA.

Philip Frank Labrys Contemporary Art Gallery, co-curated by Jessical Lynn Nelson. Long Beach, CA.

Turn The Tide Tsunami relief benefit The Camp, Sponsored by Smart Water, Costa Mesa, CA.

Path Of The Veteran: Letters from the front Selah Artistic Giving Center, Los Angeles, CA.

Transmogrification University Gallery of Biola, Los Angeles, CA.

Creator of Temp to Perm
Portland, Maine

Freelance Administrator, providing strategic support; project-based research; fundraising; and bookkeeping. Clients include: Andras Szanto (academic, author, freelance advisor, and strategic planner,) Andrew Ondrejcak (Artist, Playwright, Production Designer,) and The Laundromat Project (nonprofit organization.)
New York City, NY

Benefit Auction Registrar Intern for Groundswell Mural Projects – Working closely with Sharon Polli.
Brooklyn, NY.

Studied Exhibition and Display abroad with Carlo Lamagna, NYU.
London, England.

Curatorial Intern for The Invisible Dog Art Center – Working with Lucien Zayan and Risa Shoup.
Brooklyn, NY

Creator of SftPwr, a social media-based feminist digest of art and culture meant to amplify women’s work and magnifying cultural issues. Content included original interviews with women and the circulating of articles and press.
Online

Invitation-only attendee of Doing Good Well leadership development training for women in the arts sector.
Bridgewater, VT

AIR Projects (Pilot) Residency, directed by James Elaine (formerly of the Hammer Museum.)
Beijing, China

Post-Baccalaureate Curatorial Residency, New York Center for Art and Media Studies, (NYCAMS.)
New York, NY

University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Continuing Education Program, Art Collecting & Curatorial courses completed with Professor Kavin Buck, founder of South La Brea Gallery.
Los Angeles, CA