Education
University of Edinburgh, 2017
Master of Arts in Illustration
With Distinction
University of New Orleans, 2015
Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts, Summa Cum Laude
Studio Art, focus in Painting
Minor in English
Solo Exhibitions
2018 “An Illustrated History of Domestic Arthropods” Barrister’s Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2015 “Hairball” Ten Gallery, New Orleans, LA
“Surfaces and Objects” Ten Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2014 “Illustrations for Stories that Haven’t Been Written” Ten Gallery, New Orleans, LA
“Voyages” Du Mois Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2012 “Border/Line” Du Mois Gallery, New Orleans, LA
“Celebration” The Beauty Shop Art Space, Fairfield, IA
Group Exhibitions
2020 “Hot Future,” 912 Julia, New Orleans, LA
“Gestures,” Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2019 “The Things I Dream Of” Barrister’s Gallery, New Orleans, LA
“Art meets ECMO” Juried Exhibition, EuroELSO Conference, Barcelona, Spain
“Response,” Invitational, New Orleans Botanical Garden, New Orleans, LA
2018 “An Illustrated History of Domestic Arthropods, Big Blue Gallery, Fairfield IA
2017 “Anamnesis,” Invitational, Conapt Gallery, New Orleans, LA
“WWI Landscapes,” Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, UK
Degree Show, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh UK
2016 “Shaping the View” Edinburgh College of Art Sculpture Hall, Edinburgh, UK
“I am an Important Giant” Antenna Gallery, Juried Exhibition, New Orleans, LA
The Back Room at Pelican Bomb Gallery X, New Orleans, LA
“Coming Home,” Fairfield Arts and Convention Center, Fairfield IA
2015 “Surreal Salon VI” Baton Rouge Gallery- Center for Contemporary Art, Juried Exhibition, Baton Rouge, LA
“Arti(fiction) Battle of New Orleans,” Studio Inferno, P.3 satellite location, Invitational, Arabi, LA
“The Louisiana RiverArts College Art Contest Exhibition” R.W. Norton Art Gallery, Juried Exhibition, Shreveport, LA
“Les Enfants Terribles” Senior Undergraduate Exhibition, UNO Lakefront Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2014 “TEN Greatest Hits, Volume 2: Reboot,” TEN Gallery and Collective, New Orleans, LA
ULS Academic Summit Art Exhibition, Juried Exhibition,Lafayette, LA
UNO Visual Arts League Juried Competition, UNO St. Claude Gallery, New Orleans, LA
University Of New Orleans Svenson Drawing Competition, Juried Exhibition, UNO Lakefront Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2013 “Surreal Salon V” Baton Rouge Gallery- Center for Contemporary Art, Juried Exhibition, Baton Rouge, LA
ULS Academic Summit Art Exhibition, Bry Gallery at ULM, Juried Exhibition, 2013
Monroe, LA
UNO St. Claude Gallery, UNO Visual Arts League Juried Competition, New Orleans, LA
University Of New Orleans Svenson Drawing Competition, Juried Exhibition, UNO Lakefront Gallery
“Ten for Ten’s Sake,” TEN Gallery and Collective, New Orleans, LA; Cheryl Hayes, curator
2012 “Surreal Salon IV” Baton Rouge Gallery- Center for Contemporary Art, Juried Exhibition Baton Rouge, LA
ULS Academic Summit Art Exhibition, Mcneese State University juried show,
Lake Charles, LA
2011 “Year one: Orange Blossom” Du Mois Gallery, New Orleans, LA
“The Anachronistic World of Steampunk” Zeitgeist Muti-Disciplinary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
2010 “Du Mois Debut” Du Mois Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Teaching
University of New Orleans 2018- Present
Adjunct Instructor
FA4301 Figure Drawing
FA3751 Painting I
FA3301 Drawing Techniques and Concepts
FA1001 CORE STUDIO
FA1010 Art Appreciation
Loyola University New Orleans 2019- Present
Adjunct Instructor
DSGN M220 Illustration Design
Nunez Community College 2018- Present
Adjunct Instructor
FIAR-2500 Watercolor
FIAR-1000 Introduction to Drawing
FIAR-1600 Introduction to Painting
University of Edinburgh 2017
Guest Lecturer
Food and Water: The Still Life in Watercolor. Two-day workshop.
New Orleans School of Art and Craft 2009-2018
Instructor
Drawing (beginning, intermediate, and advanced)
Pen and Ink
Introduction to Comic Making
Watercolor Painting (beginning, intermediate, and advanced)
Acrylic Painting
Selected Print
Current Affairs Magazine, 2019-Present
Illustrations
Antigravity Magazine, 2009-Present
Illustrations, Cover Illustration
The New Orleans Bookfair, 2008-Present
Annual Poster
Feast Comics Anthology, 2012-Present
Illustrations, comics
Planetary Problems, 2019
Illustration
Sinister Wisdom, 2017
Illustration
The New Laurel Review, 2016
Cover Illustration
Ellipsis: A Journal of Art, Ideas, and Literature, 2015
Cover Illustration, Illustrations
Yes Magazine, 2014
Illustrations
The Raging Pelican Newspaper, 2012-2013
Illustrations, Cover Illustration
Printer’s Devil Review, 2012-2013
Illustrations
Willamette Week, 2011-2012
Illustrations, Cover Illustration
The Chainbreaker Bike Book, By Shelly Lynne Jackson and Ethan Clark, Microcosm 2007
Illustrations
Stories Care Forgot: An Anthology of New Orleans Zines, Ed. Ethan Clark, Last Gasp, 2006
Illustrations, essays, comics.
Selected Client List
The Neighborhood Story Project, Crescent City Comics, Nest Organics, Greater New Orleans Writing Project, Cypress Creative, Fitzgerald Letterpress, Skimmer Studios, The University of New Orleans Write-A-Thon, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press, Candid Creative Studios, Crowfoot Nola, The Publishing Library at the University of New Orleans, Boswell Book Festival, Hawaii Five Element Acupuncture, Seiji Ozawa Music Academy, Mabashi Wonderland Film Festival, The Music Box Village, Fossil Free Festival
Awards, Scholarships, and Residencies
Nelimarkka Residency, Alajärvi Finland, 2019
The Royal Drawing School Residency Dumfries House, Ayrshire, Scotland, 2017
The UNO Department of Fine Arts Overall Academic Excellence Award, 2015
The UNO Student Government Senatorial Award, 2014
The Ambassador Award, 2014
The Gilman Scholarship, 2014
The Ernest O. and Shirley Svenson Drawing Award, 2014
The Ernest O. and Shirley Svenson Juror’s Choice, 2013
President’s Award, 2013-2015
University of Louisiana System Academic Summit Best in Category: Illustration, 2012
Miscellany
Member Ten Gallery and Collective 2013-2016
Co-founder of Lost Tales Publishing (founded 2010)
Art Curator at Mimi’s in the Marigny 2012-2014
Art Curator at Bao & Noodle 2015-2016