EDUCATION
MFA The New York Academy of Art, New York, NY, 2013 - 2015
BFA East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, 2008 - 2012
EXHIBITIONS
2016 Inhabitants: Creatures of Imagined Worlds Slocumb Gallery, Johnson City, TN
2015 Printed Matter Torpedo Gallery, Alexandria, VA
MFA Thesis Exhibition New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2nd Annual Juried Print Exhibition Artworks, Trenton, NJ
2013 55th Annual Delta Exhibition Arkansas Arts Center. Little Rock, AR
2012 Arts in the Airport Exhibition - 75 Years of Making Memories in Aviation McGhee Tyson Airport, Knoxville, TN (Award of Merit)
Humor; Analog Humor Tipton Street Gallery, Johnson City, TN
Reflections of Self William King Regional Museum, Abingdon, VA
ETSU Student Honor Show Slocumb Gallery, Johnson City, TN (Drawing Merit and Faculty Choice Awards)
No Place Like It BFA Exhibition Tipton Street Gallery, Johnson City, TN
Yoakhaus II Lefties, Johnson City, TN
2011 Free Karate Lessons Nelson Fine Art Center, Johnson City, TN
From These Hills: Contemporary Art in Southern Appalachian Highlands William King Regional Museum, Abingdon, VA
Yoakhaus Tipton Street Gallery, Johnson City, TN
ETSU Student Honor Show Slocumb Gallery, Johnson City, TN
2010 Transverse Orientation Recent Painting & Drawings by Students at ETSU Nelson Fine Art Center, Johnson City, TN
Ceci N’est Pas un Spectacle d’Art Tipton Street Gallery, Johnson City, TN
ETSU Student Honor Show Slocumb Gallery, Johnson City, TN
The 45th Appalachian Art Show Renaissance Center Gallery, Kingsport, TN
2009 Meet the Artist Night Unique Treasures, Johnson City, TN
Downtown Kingsport Association Rail Grass Photo Contest Downtown Kingsport Association Gallery, Kingsport, TN (2nd place and honorable mention)
ETSU Student Honor Show Slocumb Gallery, Johnson City, TN
SHOWS CURATED
2012 No Place Like It BFA Exhibition Tipton Street Gallery, Johnson City, TN
Yoakhaus II Lefties, Johnson City, TN
2011 Free Karate Lessons Nelson Fine Art Center, Johnson City, TN
Yoakhaus Tipton Street Gallery, Johnson City, TN
2010 Ceci N’est Pas un Spectacle d’Art Tipton Street Gallery, Johnson City, TN
2009 Meet the Artist Night Unique Treasures, Johnson City, TN
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
Robert Blackburn Printmaking Award
Fine and Performing Art Scholars Scholarship
Holly Adams Scholarship
SYMPOSIUMS
2012 No Place Like It – A BFA Exhibition Undergraduate Student Research Symposium “Jay’s Symposium,” Johnson City, TN
Meet the Artists, Undergraduate Student Research Symposium “Jay’s Symposium,” Johnson City, TN
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2013 Humor; analog humor, Number Inc issue 74, Jaime Santos-Prowse
2011 From These Hills: Contemporary Art in the Southern Appalachians, The Appalachian Voice, Paige Campbell
From These Hills: Contemporary Art in the Southern Appalachian Highlands, William King Museum/Exhibition
MFA The New York Academy of Art, New York, NY, 2013 - 2015
BFA East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, 2008 - 2012
EXHIBITIONS
2016 Inhabitants: Creatures of Imagined Worlds Slocumb Gallery, Johnson City, TN
2015 Printed Matter Torpedo Gallery, Alexandria, VA
MFA Thesis Exhibition New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2nd Annual Juried Print Exhibition Artworks, Trenton, NJ
2013 55th Annual Delta Exhibition Arkansas Arts Center. Little Rock, AR
2012 Arts in the Airport Exhibition - 75 Years of Making Memories in Aviation McGhee Tyson Airport, Knoxville, TN (Award of Merit)
Humor; Analog Humor Tipton Street Gallery, Johnson City, TN
Reflections of Self William King Regional Museum, Abingdon, VA
ETSU Student Honor Show Slocumb Gallery, Johnson City, TN (Drawing Merit and Faculty Choice Awards)
No Place Like It BFA Exhibition Tipton Street Gallery, Johnson City, TN
Yoakhaus II Lefties, Johnson City, TN
2011 Free Karate Lessons Nelson Fine Art Center, Johnson City, TN
From These Hills: Contemporary Art in Southern Appalachian Highlands William King Regional Museum, Abingdon, VA
Yoakhaus Tipton Street Gallery, Johnson City, TN
ETSU Student Honor Show Slocumb Gallery, Johnson City, TN
2010 Transverse Orientation Recent Painting & Drawings by Students at ETSU Nelson Fine Art Center, Johnson City, TN
Ceci N’est Pas un Spectacle d’Art Tipton Street Gallery, Johnson City, TN
ETSU Student Honor Show Slocumb Gallery, Johnson City, TN
The 45th Appalachian Art Show Renaissance Center Gallery, Kingsport, TN
2009 Meet the Artist Night Unique Treasures, Johnson City, TN
Downtown Kingsport Association Rail Grass Photo Contest Downtown Kingsport Association Gallery, Kingsport, TN (2nd place and honorable mention)
ETSU Student Honor Show Slocumb Gallery, Johnson City, TN
SHOWS CURATED
2012 No Place Like It BFA Exhibition Tipton Street Gallery, Johnson City, TN
Yoakhaus II Lefties, Johnson City, TN
2011 Free Karate Lessons Nelson Fine Art Center, Johnson City, TN
Yoakhaus Tipton Street Gallery, Johnson City, TN
2010 Ceci N’est Pas un Spectacle d’Art Tipton Street Gallery, Johnson City, TN
2009 Meet the Artist Night Unique Treasures, Johnson City, TN
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
Robert Blackburn Printmaking Award
Fine and Performing Art Scholars Scholarship
Holly Adams Scholarship
SYMPOSIUMS
2012 No Place Like It – A BFA Exhibition Undergraduate Student Research Symposium “Jay’s Symposium,” Johnson City, TN
Meet the Artists, Undergraduate Student Research Symposium “Jay’s Symposium,” Johnson City, TN
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2013 Humor; analog humor, Number Inc issue 74, Jaime Santos-Prowse
2011 From These Hills: Contemporary Art in the Southern Appalachians, The Appalachian Voice, Paige Campbell
From These Hills: Contemporary Art in the Southern Appalachian Highlands, William King Museum/Exhibition