EDUCATION
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting Dec. 2004
• University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
CONTINUED EDUCATION
Studied under:
• Hollis Dunlap, Figure Painter
• Judith Kruger, Nihonga Artist
• Catharine Ellis, Fiber Artist and Natural Dye Expert
EXHIBITIONS
2019 - Group Exhibition, Artfields: Juried Contemporary Art Experience, Lake City, SC
2019 - Group Exhibition, Perspectives, Different Trains Gallery, Decatur, GA
2018 - Group Exhibition, The South Carolina Festival of Flowers Juried Art Show, The Arts Center of Greenwood, Greenwood, SC
2018 - Group Exhibition, Artfields: Juried Contemporary Art Experience, Lake City, SC
2017 - Group Exhibition, SC Watermedia Society Digital Show, Charleston International Airport, Charleston, SC
2017 - Group Exhibition, Artfields: Juried Contemporary Art Experience, Lake City, SC
2017 - Group Exhibition, Nasty Women Art Exhibition and Fundraiser, Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, SC
2017 - Group Exhibition, Nasty Women Exhibition, Clayspace Co-op, Asheville, NC
2016 - Group Exhibition, Old School Fall Festival, Historical Newborn Schoolhouse, Newborn, GA
2016 - Group Exhibition, 46/21: 46 Million Slaves - 21st Century Slavery, The Mammal Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2016 - Group Exhibition, 2016 Juried Small Works Exhibition, Artists Guild Gallery of Greenville, Greenville, SC
2016 - Group Exhibition, Fine Arts Exhibition, Decatur Arts Festival 2016, Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA
2016 - Group Exhibition, Art From My Perspective, The Jim Cherry LRC Gallery, Georgia State University, Clarkston, GA
2016 - Group Exhibition, North Charleston Arts Fest Judged Fine Art Competition & Exhibition, Charleston Area Convention Center, North Charleston, SC (Juror: Amiri Geuka Farris, Contemporary Gullah Artist, Bluffton, SC)
2015 - Group Exhibition, MINT's Annual Postcard Pin-Up Show, MINT Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2015 - Group Exhibition, Off-the-Wall Pinup Show, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
2015 - Group Exhibition, MARK Exhibition, Lyndon House, Athens, GA (Juror: Georgia Strange, Area Chair Sculpture, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA)
2015 - Group Exhibition, Kudzu Art Zone's Open Juried Exhibition, Kudzu Art Zone, Norcross, GA (Juror: Diana Toma, award-winning European visual artist, Atlanta, GA)
2015 - Two Person Exhibition, First Thursday Pop-Up Show (joint exhibition), Fuse Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
2012 - Group Exhibition, ARTLANTIS Arts and Music Festival, Druid Hills Baptist Church, Atlanta, GA
2008 - Two Person Exhibition, Emerge, Naya Kobo, Himeji, Japan.
2007 - Solo Exhibition, 散らかりまショー: Let’s Make a Mess, Treehouse Gallery, Himeji, Japan
2006 - Solo Exhibition, Inside / Outside, Treehouse Gallery, Himeji, Japan.
2004 - Group Exhibition, BFA Painting Exit Show, Lamar Dodd Gallery, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
2003 - Group Exhibition, International Student Show, Shirakawa Design Coliseum, Kyoto, Japan
AWARDS / GRANTS
2018 - Arts Center Merit Award, The Arts Center of Greenwood, Greenwood, SC
2018 - Project Support Grant, Metropolitan Arts Council, Greenville, SC
2018 - Selected Artist, City of Pompano Beach Utility Wrap Campaign, Pompano Beach, FL
2017 - Selected Artist, The 4th Annual Deerfield Public Art Loan Program, Deerfield, IL
2017 - Selected Artist, Art in Motion - Shepherd Bus Shelter Project, Chattanooga, TN
2017 - Selected Artist, Mural Project on Main Street, Managed by Furman Art, Travelers Rest, SC
2017 - Selected Artist, Lighten Up Spartanburg Project – Curated by The Spartanburg Museum of Art, Spartanburg, SC
2016 - Selected Artist, Bartaco Loves Art Billboard Project – Curated by the Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA
2015 - Gold Star, Off-the-Wall Pinup Show, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia
LECTURES / ARTIST TALKS
2019 - Artist Talk, Lunchtime Crunchtime at Artfields, Lake City, SC, May 3.
2018 - Artist Talk, Lunchtime Crunchtime at Artfields, Lake City, SC, April 27.
2017 - Artist Talk, Lunchtime Crunchtime at Artfields, Lake City, SC, April 28.
2017 - Recorded Interview, Self-Guided Tour App for Lighten Up Spartanburg, Spartanburg Museum of Art, Spartanburg, SC, February 24.
2016 - Artist Talk, The Mammal Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, September 25.
2016 - Artist Talk, Dalton Gallery, Decatur, Georgia, June 12.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
M. Linda Lee, "Painting By Numbers," Furman News. July 12, 2017. https://news.furman.edu/2017/07/12/painting-by-numbers-2/
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Women's Caucus for Art of Georgia (WCAGA)