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Education:
Current: Master’s in Teaching, University of St. Mary’s - St. Paul, MN. Class of 2025.
K-12 Visual Arts Teaching License, University of St. Mary’s - St. Paul, MN. Class of 2024.
Bachelor of Fine Art and Minor in Business, Bethel University-Saint Paul, MN. Class of 2021.
Awards/Nominations/Councils:
2025
Live Más Scholar Alumni Leadership Council Member, Taco Bell Foundation. One year term as communications committee lead.
2024
Live Más Scholar Alumni Leadership Council Member, Taco Bell Foundation. One year term.
2023
Best Noice Award, CONvergence Masquerade Costume Competition.
Judges Choice Award, CONvergence Costume Wars.
Taco Bell Foundation Live Mas Scholarship Renewal Program.
2021
The International Sculpture Center’s Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award Nomination.
2020
Taco Bell Foundation Live Mas Scholarship Renewal Program.
2019
Taco Bell Foundation Live Mas Scholarship Renewal Program.
2018
Taco Bell Foundation Live Mas Scholarship.
2017
2nd place in the Congressional Art Competition. Art shown in Washington DC. Displayed in Betty McCollum's office in the House of Representatives for one year.
Concordia Academy’s Art Award.
2016
2nd place in the Concordia University - St. Paul Juried Student Exhibition. St. Paul, MN.
Minnesota State Fair’s COMPAS Award.
Solo Exhibitions:
2021 Memories Made New, Studio Lab Juried Student Show, Eugene Johnson Gallery, Bethel University, St. Paul, MN.
Group Exhibitions:
2023
Tiny Art and Makers Market, Argyle Zebra Cooperative Gallery, St. Paul, MN.
Featured Artist at the FRANMAC Conference representing the Taco Bell Foundation and the Live Mas Scholarship. Hollywood, FL.
CONvergence Masquerade, Nicollet Grand Ballroom, Hyatt Regency, Minneapolis, MN.
2022
Taco Bell Corporate Headquarters 7th Annual Art Show, Taco Bell Headquarters, Irvine, CA.
Rejected, Argyle Zebra Cooperative Gallery, St. Paul, MN, Juried Exhibition.
2021
Summer Art Display, Bethel University Library, Bethel University, St. Paul, MN.
Eyes on the Art, Mask on the Nose, Eugene Johnson Gallery, Bethel University, St. Paul, MN.
Raspberry Monday, Eugene Johnson Gallery, Bethel University, St. Paul MN, Juried by Alex Buffalohead (Bdewakantowan Dakota), an artist, curator, and musician.
7th Annual Phonography International Competition, Plymouth Center for the Arts, MA, Online Juried Exhibition.
Women in Art, Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, Online Juried Exhibition.
No-Holds-Barred, Argyle Zebra Cooperative Gallery, St. Paul, MN, Juried Exhibition.
2020
Minnesota State Fair 109th Fine Arts Exhibition, Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Building, St. Paul, Juried by Eun-Kyung Suh, Duluth-based textile installation artist.
Raspberry Monday, Eugene Johnson Gallery, Bethel University, St. Paul, MN, Juried by Keisha Williams, Curatorial Department Assistant and Artist Liaison in Contemporary Art at the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
2019
Minnesota State Fair 108th Fine Arts Exhibition, Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Building, St. Paul, Juried by Tressa Sularz, Fiber artist.
Raspberry Monday, Eugene Johnson Gallery, Bethel University, Saint Paul, MN, Juried by Mara Duvra, Emerging Artist Fellow, curator at the Waiting Room, and an instructor of painting and drawing at Saint Paul Academy and Summit School.
2018
Taco Bell Corporate Headquarters 3rd Annual Art Show, Taco Bell Headquarters, Irvine, CA.
White Bear Center of the Arts Members Exhibition, Ford Family Gallery, White Bear Center for the Arts, White Bear, MN.
2017
Art Wheel: Steve Hed Memorial Charity Auction Exhibition, Spye, Minneapolis, MN.
Minnesota State Visual Art Exhibition , MSHSL, Perpich Center for Arts Education.
2016
Minnesota State Visual Art Exhibition , MSHSL, Perpich Center for Arts Education.
Live Art Demonstration & Speaking Engagements:
2024
Grad School Office Hours with Live Mas Scholar Alumni Leadership Board. Taco Bell Foundation. Virtual.
Pathways & Perspectives Education Panelist. Taco Bell Foundation’s Live Mas Scholarship. Virtual.
Staff Lead at the Taco Bell Foundation's Live Mas Scholarship Summer of Connection. San Diego, CA.
2022
The LCMS Youth Gathering Duct Tape Artist. Three days of teaching attendees how to make a variety of duct tape crafts. Houston, TX.
Cohort Conversations Guest Speaker. Concordia Academy, Roseville, MN.
2021
FRANMAC Conference representing the Taco Bell Foundation and the Live Mas Scholarship. Colorado Springs, CO.
2018
BUnited Breakfast, Bethel University-Saint Paul, MN.
Public Art Displays:
2022
LCMS Youth Gathering Logo. A collaborate project where attendees created a large LCMS logo over the course of 3 days. Houston, TX.
2019
Anurag Mural. Designed and collaborated with the students at the Anurag School to make a custom mural for a gathering space. New Delhi, India.
2018
The Archenteron displayed at Silverwood Park. Saint Anthony, MN.
Related Work Experience:
2021-Present
High School Art Educator.
Graphic Design, Hed Cycling Products, Roseville, MN.
2024
Staff Lead at the Taco Bell Foundation's Live Mas Scholarship Summer of Connection. San Diego, CA.
2018-2021
Co-leader of Bethel University’s Art and Design Club.
2018-2019, 2021, - 2023
Summer Art Camp Instructor, Concordia Academy, Roseville, MN.