Education
University of South Florida. BFA. Studio Arts
St. Petersburg College. AA. General Education- Studio Arts
Awards
2023- Halo Arts Project Fellowship Award
2023- Gasparilla Festival of the Arts, Emerging Artist Award
2023- Beth-El Art Festival Choice Artist
2022- Senator Darryl Rouson Artist Grant
2022- Art BASEL Choice Artist Award, African Heritage Cultural Arts Center, Miami, Florida
2022- Creative Pinellas Selected Artist - Piedmont Park Arts Festival, Midtown Atlanta, Georgia
2022- Gasparilla Festival of the Arts Artist Spotlight Award, Raymond James
2021- Creative Pinellas' Emerging Artist Award 2022
2021- St. Petersburg Arts Alliance Individual Artist Award
2021- University of South Florida Juried Exhibition Prize- Mike Puckett Memorial Scholarship
2021- KML (Krauss, Miller and Lutz) Foundation Art Scholarship
2020- KML (Krauss, Miller and Lutz) Foundation Art Scholarship
2019- KML (Krauss, Miller and Lutz) Foundation Art Scholarship
2018- St. Petersburg College- Bell Memorial Art Scholarship
2018- St. Petersburg College- Anderson Scholarship for Artists
2015- St. Petersburg College- Bell Memorial Art Scholarship
2013- Mayor Youth Award- Vocational/Business in Art
Public Art
2024- “Sunken Spores” Walton County Cultural Arts Alliance, Underwater Museum of Art
Selected Exhibitions
2024- Straz Center for the Performing Arts, The 2nd Annual Black Art Gala, Tampa, Florida
2024- The Collab at 3833, Be The Wave, St. Petersburg, Florida
2024- MARA Art Studio & Gallery, ChromoShock, Sarasota, Florida
2023- Art Jones Tour of the Arts, Brenda McMahon Gallery, Gulfport, Florida
2023- Creative Pinellas Arts Annual 2023 Collection, Largo, Florida
2023- MARA Art Studio & Gallery, Square One, Sarasota, Florida
2023- MARA Art Studio & Gallery, “She/Her/Hers”, Sarasota, Florida
2023- Community Foundation Tampa Bay, Artist Spotlight, St. Petersburg, Florida
2023- MARA Art Studio & Gallery, Halo Arts Fellowship Auction, Sarasota Florida
2023- 50th Annual Art Festival Beth-El, St. Petersburg, Florida
2022- African Heritage Cultural Arts Center, "Le Art Noir", Art BASEL, Miami, FL
2022- MARA Art Studio & Gallery, "Justified & Ancient", Sarasota, Florida
2022- Crossroads Gallery, "Alumni Show", Clearwater, Florida
2022- Tully-Levine Gallery, "Intentional Tension", Warehouse Arts District, St. Peterburg, Florida
2022- Studio @620, "Green Book of Tampa Bay Exhibition", St. Petersburg, Florida
2022- Mize Gallery "SHAPES", St. Petersburg, Florida
2022- Creative Pinellas Emerging Artist Exhibition, "Under Pressure" Series, Largo, Florida
2022- ArtsXchange "Human Discretion Advised", St. Petersburg, Florida
2022- Manhattan Casino & 22 South, Green Book of Tampa Bay Selected Artist, St. Petersburg, Fl
2021- Magnanimous Brewing & RIVRE Gallerie, "INVOKE", St. Petersburg, Florida
2021- Coastal Creative, "COSMOS", St. Petersburg, Florida
2021- The Factory Gallery, Curated by RIVRE Gallerie, St. Petersburg, Florida
2021- RIVRE Gallerie, "RIVRE Gallerie Pop-up", The Factory St. Pete, St. Pete, Florida
2021- Dunedin Fine Art Center: Douglas-Whitley Gallery, "ReBIRTHday Suits & Seers", Dunedin, Fl
2021- Studio @620, "Green Book of Tampa Bay Group Art Exhibition", St. Petersburg, Florida
2021- Coastal Creative, "AVANT Gala", Fashion & Art Exhibition, St. Petersburg, Florida
2021- RIVRE Gallerie, “EMPOWERED!”, Online Exhibition, St. Petersburg, Florida
2021- Venus Gallery, Women’s Exhibition, St. Petersburg, Florida
2021- Niche Art Collective, Women's Online Exhibition, St. Petersburg, Florida
2021- Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, 44th Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Tampa, Florida
2021- Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, “Thank You in Advance”, Tampa, Florida
2021- Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, “Figures in Quarantine”, Tampa, Florida
2020- Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, “Paradoxical”, Tampa, Florida
2020- MIZE Gallery, “IN THE CLOUDS”, St. Petersburg, Florida
2020- The Studio @620, “Community Art Show”, St. Petersburg, Florida
2020- Contemporary Art Museum, “Sponge Exchange”, Tampa, Florida
2019- Crossroads Gallery, “Juried Student Exhibition”, Clearwater, Florida
2018- Crossroads Gallery, “Juried Student Exhibition”, Clearwater, Florida
Artist Community Events
2023- Creative Pinellas Arts Annual 2023 Collection, Largo, Florida
2023- ArtWalk, St. Petersburg Arts Alliance, Warehouse Arts District, St. Petersburg, Florida
2023- Gasparilla Festival of the Arts, Tampa, Florida
2023- Preview Party for Gasparilla at The Tampa Museum of Arts, Tampa, Florida
2023- Localtopia Arts Festival, St. Petersburg, Florida
2023- 50th Annual Art Festival Beth-El, St. Petersburg, Florida
2022- ART BASEL 2022, Le Art Noir, The African Heritage Cultural Arts Center, Miami, Florida
2022- Selected Emerging Artist Local Spotlight, The Collab at 3833, St. Petersburg, Florida
2022- Piedmont Park Arts Festival, Midtown Atlanta, Georgia
2022- ArtWalk, St. Petersburg Arts Alliance, Warehouse Arts District, St. Petersburg, Florida
2022- Wild Times Market, Wild Roots, St. Petersburg, Florida
2022- Gasparilla Festival of the Arts, Raymond James Tampa, Florida
2022- Localtopia- Keep St. Petersburg Local, St. Petersburg, Florida
2022- 1st Annual Black Art Gala, Straz Center Tampa, Florida
2021- Winter Market, The Factory St. Pete, St. Petersburg, Florida
2021- PRIDE, The Factory St. Pete, St. Petersburg, Florida
2021- JUNETEENTH Jubilee, The Factory St. Pete, St. Petersburg, Florida
2021- ArtWalk, St. Petersburg Arts Alliance, Warehouse Arts District, St. Petersburg, Florida
2021- Localtopia- Keep St. Petersburg Local, St. Petersburg, Florida
2021- Wild Times Market, Wild Roots, St. Petersburg, Florida
2020- The Factory First Look, The Factory St. Pete, St. Petersburg, Florida
2020- Shopapalooza Festival, St. Petersburg, Florida
2020- Localtopia- Keep St. Petersburg Local, St. Petersburg, Florida
2020- The Indie Flea, St. Petersburg, Tampa, and Gainesville, Florida
2020- The Auk Market, Gainesville, Florida
2019- The Indie Flea, St. Petersburg, Tampa, and Gainesville, Florida
2019- The Auk Market, Gainesville, Florida
2019- Market for Makers, Tampa, Florida
2019- Night Market St. Pete, St. Petersburg, Florida
2019- Moonlight Market, Gainesville, Florida
2019- Vinyl & Vintage, St. Pete Beach, Florida
2018- The Indie Flea, St. Petersburg, Tampa, and Gainesville, Florida
Curated Exhibitions
2021- Curator for RIVRE Gallerie, "INVOKE" at Magnanimous Brewing, St. Pete, Florida
2021- Curator for The Factory Gallery, St. Petersburg, Florida
2021- Curator for RIVRE Gallerie Pop-up at The Factory St. Pete, St. Petersburg, Fl
2021- Curator for RIVRE Gallerie, “EMPOWERED!”, Online Exhibition
2021- Co-Curator for Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, “Thank You in Advance”, Tampa, Florida
2020- Curator for Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, “Paradoxical”, Tampa, Florida
Collaborated Projects
2021- "Bodies", an extension of the series involving community members, in collaboration with the St. Petersburg Arts Alliance Individual Artist Grant
2020- “Sponge Exchange”, Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, Florida. In Collaboration with Hope Ginsberg and John Byrd
2017- Exhibition Design/Curator Assistant, St. Petersburg, Florida. In Collaboration with the Dali Museum Youth Shoe Design Contest and the City of St. Pete Park & Recreation
-Assisted in the preparation for a Youth Shoe Design Exhibition
Work Experience
Fabrication Artist/Office Manager- MGA Sculpture Studios, LLC, St. Petersburg, Florida. March 2022-Present
-Full time fabricator, marketing, management, and proposal submissions
Fine Artist/ Business Owner, St. Petersburg, Florida. Jan 2019- Present
- Full time Owner and Artist of The Nature of Fire, LLC
Curator, The Factory St. Pete, St. Petersburg, Florida. October 2021- Jan 2022
-Operating The Factory Gallery
Owner and Curator of RIVRE, St. Petersburg Florida. May 2021- Present
-An Artist Collective and Gallerie
-Featuring Artists and their works through online and pop-up exhibitions
Art Teacher, Pinellas County Schools, Lakewood Elementary. Aug 2021- October 2021
- PreK-5th grade art instruction and activities
Exhibition Design/Curator Assistant- Dali Museum Youth Shoe Design Leader, St. Petersburg, Florida. 2017
- Assisted in the preparation for a Youth Shoe Design Exhibition
Youth Development Artist Coach, St. Pete Parks & Rec, St. Petersburg, Florida. 2013-2018
- Supported Youth Development through activities involving arts and cultural opportunities
Public Collections/Affiliations
Walton County Cultural Arts Alliance- Underwater Museum of Art
The Petrucci Family Foundation
MARA Gallery & Art Studio, Sarasota, FL
Halo Art Project, Sarasota, Florida
Creative Pinellas, Largo, Florida
Morean Arts Center- Contemporary Art Gallery, St. Petersburg, Florida
The Auk Market Shop, Gainesville, Florida
AW Mercantile Shop- Armature Works, Tampa, Florida
Professional Organizations & Residencies
Creative Studios 2022-2023 Owner
Halo Arts Project Fellowship 2023
Emerging Artist for Gasparilla Festival of the Arts 2023
Emerging Artist for Creative Pinellas- 2021-2022
Resident Artist at The Factory St. Pete- 2020-2022
Green Book of Tampa Bay- Joined 2020
Keep St. Petersburg Local- Joined 2019
St. Petersburg Arts Alliance- Joined 2019
Artistic Skills/Knowledge
Mold Making
Hand building and Wheel Throwing Pottery
Resins
Welding/Basic Metal Working
Woodworking
Frottage
Stamping and Trace Monotyping
Linoleum Relief Printing and Reductive Printing
Manual Photography and Digital Printing
Painting and Drawing
Paper Making
Sculpture Making
Adobe Bridge and Photoshop