Education

2017   MFA in Painting, Georgia State University

2008   BFA in Painting, Minor in Literature, University of North Carolina Asheville. magna cum laude

           Undergraduate research scholar. Presented at National Conference on Undergraduate Research,

       Salisbury University

 

Professional Experience

 

Selected Exhibitions

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2025  The New South 6, Kai Lin Art, Atlanta, GA

          Lots of Love, Cat Eye Creative, Atlanta, GA

2024  Guardian Studios Artists Exhibition, Atlanta, GA

          Metamorphosis, Little Animals Gallery, Asheville, NC

          Summer in the City, Cat Eye Creative, Atlanta, GA

          Inside Out, Florence County Museum, Florence, SC

          Faculty and Staff Showcase, CSCE 24, Oxford College Library, Oxford, GA

          Corner Office, Atlanta Contemporary On-Site, Atlanta, GA

2023  Little Things, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA

          Faculty and Staff Showcase, CSCE 23, Oxford College Library, Oxford, GA

          Small Fires, Emmcdee Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2022  Gathered V: Georgia Artists Selecting Georgia Artists, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Juror’s Prize,                    Atlanta, GA

          More Than Dreams, Marietta Cobb Museum of Art, Marietta, GA

2021  Metro Montage, Marietta Cobb Art Museum, Atlanta, GA

          NCCA Invitational, National Center for Contemporary Arts, Minsk, Belarus

          Metro Montage, Marietta Cobb Museum of Art, Marietta, GA

          Abyss: A Group Art Exhibition, Roswell City Hall, Roswell, GA

          Relics: Stories from the Past, Roswell Visual Arts Center, Roswell, GA

2020  Nightwork: 2020 Edge Award Exhibition, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA

          Drawn Together: An Ongoing Mail Art Collaboration, based in Marietta, GA

2019  Recall, Recollect, Reconstruct, Kyoto International Community House, Kyoto, Japan

          Impression, Kyoto Shibori Museum, Kyoto, Japan

          The High Rise Show, 8 Walton Street NW, Atlanta, GA

          Singing the Body Formless and Electric, Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta, GA

          Tropical Depression, The Mast Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2018  The Chastain Experiment, Chastain Arts Center, Atlanta, GA

           Party of 90, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO

           Original South, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2017   Any Vacant Lot, Solo exhibition at Campus Gate Gallery, Young Harris College, Young Harris, GA

           Discount Meat, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Gallery 72, Atlanta, GA

           All the Pretty Things Besieged: New Works by Nicholas Adams and Larkin Ford, Two-person exhibition,

           Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta, GA

           Tough Times, Soup Experimental, Tallahassee, FL

2016   Under the Sink, Solo exhibition at Second Floor Gallery, UNCA, Asheville, NC

           Creative Maladjustment, AQUA Art Miami, Miami Beach, FL

           Juried Exhibition, GSU University Gallery, juror Radcliffe Bailey, Atlanta, GA 1st place Juror’s Prize

           Trifecta, Mary S. Byrd Gallery of Art, University of Augusta, Augusta, GA

           New Kids, Eyedrum Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA, Juror’s Prize

2015   Transformation, Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, jurors Candice Greathouse and William Downs, Atlanta, GA

           The Wayward Matrix, J Gallery, Atlanta, GA

           Nick O’ Time, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta, GA

           Alternate Alternate, Doppler Projects, Atlanta, GA

           Concrete Acquaintances, Thomas Deans Fine Art, Atlanta, GA

           Interpolation, Ernest G. Welch Gallery, Atlanta, GA

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Murals, Animation, and Additional Experience

2024 Slugs and Witness, mural for Atlanta Crossroads Mural Festival, Atlanta, GA

         Utility box mural for Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs, Atlanta, GA

         Bicycle rack mural for Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs, Atlanta, GA

         Dinner Bell, mural at Oxford College of Emory, Few Hall

2023 Stacks Squares, mural event in Cabbagetown, Atlanta, GA

         Solarbar, mural for Monday Night Brewing, Atlanta, GA

         2020-2021 Collaborated with artist Ralph Gilbert on the Lilly Library Bicentennial Murals,

         awarded through international competition and funded by the Lilly Endowment, Indiana University,                                   Bloomington, Indiana

2019 A Most Favourable Soil, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland

         Jiffy Louvre, Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta, GA

         Lxxx You, The Bakery Art Center, Atlanta, GA

2018 Same/Same, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA

2017 Juror, 2017 Exhibition, Young Harris College, Georgia

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Speaking Appearances:

2022  Artist talk, Gathered V, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia

          Artist talk, More Than Dreams, Marietta Cobb Museum of Art, Marietta, GA

2017  Artist talk, Any Vacant Lot, Campus Gate Gallery, Young Harris College, Young Harris, GA

          Artist talk, Discount Meat, Gallery 72, Atlanta, GA

2016  Artist presentation, Under the Sink, University of North Carolina Asheville, NC

2015  Gallery talk, Transformation, Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, jurors Candice 

          Greathouse and William Downs, Atlanta, GA

 

Awards and Grants:

2022          Juror’s Award, Gathered V, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA

2020          Nominee, Edge Award, Forward Arts Foundation

                  Second Place, Olmsted Plein Air Painting event

2019          Finalist, Edge Award, Forward Arts Foundation

2014-2017 Ernest G. Welch Scholarship, Georgia State University

                  Winnie Chandler Fellowship, Georgia State University

2016          Kathleen G. Williams Prize, Georgia State University

                  Andrew M. West Memorial Art Scholarship, Georgia State University

 

Bibliography

2022           MOCA GA’s ‘Gathered V’ Reveals Depth and Diversity of Georgia Artists,

                           review in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper

                   Under the Bridge: Painting, arts publication

2018           Goat Song, author/illustrator, Birdcage Bottom Books

2013-2015  Ehmm Theory, illustrator, Action Lab Comics

2012           100 Under 100: The New Superstars of Southern Art, Oxford American literary 

                    magazine, issue 76

 

University Teaching Experience

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Fall 2024-Present                Part-Time Instructor, Drawing and Painting, Georgia State University

Fall 2022-Spring 2024         Visiting Assistant Professor, Visual Arts, Oxford College

Fall 2021-Summer 2022      Adjunct Instructor, Visual Arts, Oxford College

Fall 2020-Fall 2021              Part-Time Instructor, Drawing and Painting, Georgia State University

Fall 2018-Summer 2020      Visiting Lecturer, Drawing and Painting, Georgia State University

Fall 2017-Summer 2018      Part-Time Instructor, Drawing and Painting, Georgia State University

Fall 2015-Spring 2017         Instructor of Record, Drawing and Painting, Georgia State University

 

Additional Teaching Experience

2020-present           Drawing From Experience, monthly instructional workshops at the High Museum of Art 

2019                          Drawing in the Galleries, life drawing program at the High Museum of Art

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