EDUCATION
2013-2015
MFA Art, CalArts (California Institute of the Arts), Valencia,CA
2007-2011
BFA Painting & Drawing, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 Angle of Repose | Visual Artists Group | Los Angeles, California
2016 The Women’s Association of Lecherous Treachery | Charley Hafen Gallery | Salt Lake City Utah
2015 Utopia for Amateurs | CalArts | Los Angeles, California
2013 Artivist Manifesto |CalArts | Los Angeles, California
2011 Redrock Landscapes |Charley Hafen Gallery | Salt Lake City, Utah
2011 Women of Their Time | Art Access | Salt Lake City, Utah
2009 One Woman Show | Charley Hafen Gallery | Salt Lake City, Utah
2008 The Prospect of Spring | Charley Hafen Gallery | Salt Lake City, Utah
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 | XELA Institute of Art | Long Beach, California
2016 | (En) Gendered (In) Equality, The Gallery Tally Project, Curated by Micol Hebron| LACE, (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions)
2015| CalArts MFA Group Show, Curated by Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer| Cooper Design Building, Los Angeles, California
Digital Arts Expo| CalArts, Valencia ,California
2014 | MFA Mid Residency Show | CalArts, Valencia California
GLAMFA | Cal State Long Beach, California
Rethink Environment | Human Resources | Los Angeles, California
Civil Rights | Utah Arts Council, Rio Gallery | Salt Lake City, Utah
2013 | Chaos & Cosmos | Artwork on Borges | Valencia, California
Ecology is Dead | Cal Arts | Los Angeles, California
Mondo Utah, The UMOCA Biennial, Curator Aaron Moulton | Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
2012 | Contemporary Ashcan Group Show | Williams-Alderwood Fine Art | Salt Lake City, Utah
2011 | Partners Retrospective Group Show | Williams-Alderwood Fine Art | Salt Lake City, Utah
Art of the States | Cortile Gallery | Provincetown, Massachusetts
Juried Annual Statewide Competition| Eccles Art Center | Ogden, Utah
300 Plates | Art Access | Salt Lake City, Utah
2010 | Holiday Small Works Show | KAYO Gallery | Salt Lake City, Utah
Juried Annual Statewide Competition | Eccles Art Center | Ogden, Utah
Annual Summer Group Show | Charley Hafen Gallery | Salt Lake City, Utah
86th Annual Spring Salon | Springville Art Museum | Springville, Utah
Earth Environmental Artwork Show | The University of Utah Union Gallery | Salt Lake City, Utah
2009 | Annual Holiday Show | Art Access | Salt Lake City, Utah
Shelf Life Group Show (Curated by Artist Trent Alvey) | Art Access | Salt Lake City, Utah
2008 | 300 Plates Invitational | Art Access| Salt Lake City, Utah
Selected Works | IAO Gallery | Salt Lake City, Utah
2007 | Partners Show |Art Access -VSA Arts | Salt Lake City, Utah
SPECIAL PROJECTS
2014 | Streetcar Named Desire | Set Designer| One Acts, CalArts
2013| Change Creation Lab with 350.org | Artivist Book & Website for Fearless Summer
2012 | Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Training: Banner Making collaboration with Andrea Bowers | Aspen Art Museum| The Open Studio Project
2009-2012 | Art Director, Community Arts Specialist | Peaceful Uprising
March 2010 | Awaiting, A Durational Performance | Choreographed by Performance Artist Ernesto Pujol
Spring 2009 | Columbus Center Public Mural | Group Project | Collaboration with Kim Martinez
January 2008 | Designer, Utah for Obama Logo | Steering Committee Events Coordinator
2007| Featured Cover Artist | Desert Wanderings
FILM
2015 | Rediscovering the Scientist| Videographer, Producer
2014 | The Hunting Ground| Videographer (Trailer)
2013 |Bidder 70 | Featured interviews and visuals in protests/ rallies/ political organizing
2011 | Let’s Win | Alex Ebert Music Video, set design, protest banners and puppets
PUBLICATIONS
2016| Author, one chapter| Emergent Possibilities for Global Sustainability: Intersections of race, class and gender (Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research) | Routledge
2016| Researcher | Ed Ruscha Catalogue Raisonne, Paintings #7 | Gagosian Gallery
CURATORIAL
2018 Hysterical Topographies | Visual Artists Group, Los Angeles CA
2014 MFA mid res | curatorial team | Los Angeles, CA
2008 Artists OFA | Salt Lake City, UT
VISITING ARTIST LECTURES
2020 Visiting Artist, Fine Arts Work Center (FAWC), Provincetown, MA
2015 Lecture, The Aesthetics of Protest, CalArts, Valencia, CA
2014 Art & Politics, invitation by Michelle Dion, CalArts, Valencia, CA
RESIDENCIES
2013 | Blue Mountain Lodge | 350.org Artivist Residency
AWARDS
2012 | Featured Visual Artist, Poster Design | The Redrock Women’s Music Festival
2011 | Featured Artist | The Salt Lake Avenues Street Fair
2010 | Honorable Mention | Eccles Annual Statewide Competition
2007 | Purchase Award | VSA Arts
1999 | First Place | Intermountain Society of Artists
2009 | Featured Calendar Artist for 2010 | Photography | The University of Utah
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2016 Saatchi Online| Featured Artist of the Day
APPLICABLE WORK & TEACHING
2017 - 2019 | Creative Director | DENK Gallery | Los Angeles, CA
2014 - 2015 | Client relations project manager (Internship) | Gagosian Gallery| Beverly Hills, CA
2014 - 2015 | Graduate Teaching Assistant (painting & drawing) | CalArts | Valencia, CA
2014 | Painting and drawing teacher | California State Summer School of the Arts (CSSSA) | Valencia, CA
2013- 2014 | Assistant to the art program directors | CalArts | Valencia, CA
2009 - 2013 | Art Director | Peaceful Uprising | Salt Lake City, UT
2009 - 2013 | Art Teacher | Bad Dog Arts | Salt Lake City, UT
2007 - 2009| Administrative Assistant | The Utah Museum of Fine Arts | Salt Lake City, UT