Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

M.A. Art History, Certificates in Critical Theory and College Teaching, University of Colorado, Boulder, Co., 2017. Thesis: “Giovanni Morelli: Comparative Anatomy, the “Science” of Attribution, and Racialism.” 

M.F.A Painting, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA. 2011

B.A. Art Practice, minor in English, Stanford University, Stanford, CA., 2009.
The Slade School of Art, Summer Foundations Course, London, UK, 2009.

PROFESSIONAL AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Adjunct Faculty, Departments of Foundations and Illustration, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Denver, Colorado. 2015-present.

Lead Graduate Teacher, Department of Art and Art History, University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, Colorado. 2016-2017.

Instructor of Art and Art History, Putney Student Travel Summer PreCollege in Florence, Italy, 2015- 2017.

Instructor, Art Students League of Denver, Denver, Colorado. 2015.

Lead Faculty of Studio Art, Amherst College PreCollege, Amherst, Massachusetts. 2015.

Faculty of Painting, San Francisco Art Institute PreCollege, San Francisco, California 2013-2014

Adult Continuing Education Faculty, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California. 2011-2014.

Instructor and Studio Assistant, Bay Area Classical Atelier, Belmont, California, 2011-2015.

Assistant Ted Seth Jacobs Master Class, L'Ecole Albert Defois, Les Cerqueux-sous-passavant, France, 2015

Assistant Stanford University Medical School Artistic Anatomy Workshop with Michael Grimaldi, 2015

Volunteer and Curatorial Assistant, SOMA Art Space, San Francisco, California. 2014

Curatorial Assistant, Treehouse Gallery, San Francisco, California. 2014.

Essay Consultant, ThinkTank Learning, San Jose, California. 2011.

Writing Tutor, San Francisco Art Institute Writing Center, San Francisco, California. 2009-2011

Peer Advisor, Stanford University Department of Art & Art History, Stanford University. 2009
Stanford Film Society Workshop Instructor, Stanford, California. 2006

Museum of Outdoor Arts Intern, Englewood, Colorado. 2008
Saiber Saiber, Inc. Architectural Administrative Assistant, Denver, Colorado. 2007

AWARDS

Audrey Beard Scholarship for Graduate Study in Art History, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2017

Alpine Fellowship, Venice, Italy, 2016.
Kent Summer School in Critical Theory Merit Scholarship, Paris, France, 2016. The Stacey Scholarship, National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum,

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 2013.
Artist Residency with the Jerusalem Studio School, and Israel Hershberg, Civita Castella, Italy. 2013.
Full Graduate Tuition Fellowship in Painting, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California. 2009-2011.
The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant. 2010.
Myartspace.com 1st Prize Undergraduate Scholarship, Palo Alto, California, 2009.
Rita B. Giese Award in Creative Painting, Stanford University, Stanford, California. 2009.
JE Wallace Sterling Award for Academic Achievment, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 2009.
Best of Show, Art Students League of Denver Summer Art Market, 2009.
The Angel Grant, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 2008.
Fall Quarterly Grant, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 2007.
Allied Arts Award (best under 30), Allied Arts, Denver, Colorado, 2005.
The Jennifer Wu Fellowship, Colorado Academy, Denver, Colorado, 2005.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

“Apocalpyse Nude” Treehouse Gallery. San Francisco, California, 2011. Untitled Solo Show, Project One, San Francisco, CA, 2011.
“Vernissage” MFA Graduate Show, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California. 2011.

SUB Gallery, “Potential for Growth and Decay,” Stanford University, 2009. Cummings Art Gallery “Self Portraits in the Photocopier.” Stanford University, 2009.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Art Students League of New York, Juried Exhibition. 2014.
Swell Gallery, “Flesh was the Reason,” San Francisco, California, 2010.
Diego Rivera Gallery, “Provisional,” San Francisco, California, 2010.
New York Art Exchange, Palo Alto, California, opening exhibition. 2009.
SUB Gallery, “Please Remove Me From Your Mailing List,” Stanford University, 2009.
Corporate Collections at Republic Plaza, Denver, Colorado, 2005.
Art Students League of Denver Summer Art Market, 1998-2009.

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Kaiser Permanente Corporate Collection, Denver, Colorado Delta Dental, Denver, Colorado
Soledad O’Brian, CNN

CONFERENCES AND SYMPOSIA

“Giovanni Morelli: Comparative Anatomy, the ‘Science’ of Attribution, and Racialism.” Selected to present at the Front Range Art History Annual Student Symposium, 2017

Kent Summer School in Critical Theory, Paris, France, "How to be a bad subject: resisting interpellation. Althusser, Kafka, Nietzsche," 2016.