Born in Evanston, IL
MA Columbia University 2010
BFA Art Institute of Chicago 2008
BA Wesleyan University 2006

SHOWS
Summer Residency Exhibition, Cooper Union School of Art, New York, NY - 2008
The Summer Show, Estudiotres, Chicago, IL - 2008
The Vega Caucus, Vega Estates, Chicago, IL - 2007
Young Americans, Deckelew and Bensley, Chicago, IL - 2007
Arts at Large, Lincoln Park Cultural Center, Chicago, IL - 2007
Senior Thesis Show, Zilkha Gallery, Middletown, CT - 2006

AWARDS/HONORS
Rachel Wetzsteon Prize, Columbia University - 2010
Sleighton Search Partners Artist's Grant - 2008
Nippon Steel/SAIC Presidential Award XIII - 2007
Nippon Steel/SAIC Presidential Award XII - 2006
Art Institute of Chicago Merit Scholarship

RESIDENCIES
Cooper Union School of Art Summer Residency - 2008
School of Visual Arts Summer Residency - 2007
Ox-Bow Summer School of Art - 2006

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Intern, Philip Crangi, New York, NY- 2008
Gallery Coordinator, Roots and Culture, Chicago, IL - 2007-2008
Intern, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL - 2007
Teaching Assistant for Drawing I, Wesleyan University - 2005, 2006
Teaching Assistant for Africans, Indians and Colonists in the New World, Wesleyan University - 2004