Education
2025 MFA (3rd year candidate) Metalsmithing + Jewelry Design, Eskenazi School of Art,
Architecture + Design, Indiana University, Bloomington IN
2022 BFA Studio Art: Jewelry, Metals and Enameling, College of the Arts,
Kent State University, Kent OH
Professional Experience
2024-2025 Associate Instructor, Introduction to Metalsmithing + Jewelry Design, Indiana University,
Bloomington IN
2024. Remote Substitute Instructor, Art II - Wrapped and Coiled Vessels, Chieftain Christian Academy, Derwood MD
2023-2024 Associate Instructor, Creative Core: 3D-Design, Indiana University, Bloomington IN
Administrative Liaison, Tangent Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington IN
2024 Exhibitions Curator, The Little Things, Tangent Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington IN
2022-2023 Graduate Assistant, Department of Metalsmithing + Jewelry Design, Indiana University, Bloomington IN
2022 Private Art Instructor, Damascus MD
2021-2022 Storeroom Clerk, Jewelry, Metals, & Enameling, Kent State University, Kent OH
Student Art Leader and Tour Guide, Kent State University, Kent OH
2018-2021 Studio Monitor, Jewelry, Metals, & Enameling, Kent State University, Kent OH
Custom Framer, Michael’s, Gaithersburg MD
Juried Exhibitions
2024 National Society of Arts and Letters Visual Arts Competition and Exhibition, FAR Center for
Contemporary Arts, Bloomington IN
2023 Elegant Threads, Lighthouse ArtCenter, Tequesta FL, Curator: Janeen Mason
Big Softies, BCAT Gallery, Brockway Center of Arts and Technology, Brockway PA, Curator: BCAT Staff
2022 Inaugural Opening, Tangent Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington IN, Curator: Tangent Curatorial Committee
GAR Foundation Student Art Show, Andrew Jackson House, Akron OH, Curator: Anderson Turner
Student Annual Art Exhibition, CVA Gallery, Kent State University, Kent OH, Curator: Merijn van der Heijden
2021 Small Works-Big Talent, Online Exhibition, Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach CA, Curator: Lori McBride
Group Exhibitions
2024 Radical Jewelry Makeover, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond VA
Objects That Serve, Tangent Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington IN
Radical Jewelry Makeover – Midwest Edition, Grunwald Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington IN
2023 The Little Things, Tangent Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington IN
Salon Exhibition at PlySpace, Ball State, Muncie IN
2022 Familiar Patterns, Thesis Exhibition, CVA Gallery, Kent State University, Kent OH
2019 Foundations Show, School of Art Galleries, Kent State University, Kent OH
2018 Blossom, CVA Gallery, Kent State University, Kent OH
Foundations Show, School of Art Gallery, Kent State University, Kent OH
Service and Memberships
2023-2024 Co-Treasurer, Master of Fine Arts Organization, Indiana University, Bloomington IN
Administrative Liaison and Committee Member, Tangent Art Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington IN
Member, Ethical Metalsmiths, Cincinnati OH
2022-2024 Member, Metalsmithing and Jewelry Guild, Indiana University, Bloomington IN
Member, Society of North American Goldsmiths, Eugene OR
2019-2021 President, Jewelry, Metals, & Enameling Co-op, Kent State University, Kent OH
2021 President, Junior Board of Directors, Montgomery County Agricultural Center, Gaithersburg MD
2020 Vice President, Junior Board of Directors, Montgomery County Agricultural Center, Gaithersburg MD
2018 Secretary, Junior Board of Directors, Montgomery County Agricultural Center, Gaithersburg MD
Workshops and Symposiums
2023 Radical Jewelry Makeover Midwest, Indiana University, Bloomington IN
Damascene, Workshop by Thomas Madden, Indiana University, Bloomington IN
Forging Ahead, Material Topics Symposium, East Carolina University, Greenville NC
2018 Kent Blossom Art Intensive - Saw and Solder Champlevé and Cloisonné,
Workshop by Andrew Kuebeck and Marissa Saneholtz, Kent State University, Kent OH
Honors, Awards and Scholarships
2023 Friends of Art Program Harrison Memorial Award, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN $1750
2023 Junior Board of Directors Scholarship, Montgomery County Agricultural Center, Gaithersburg MD $1500
2022 Caldwell Fine Arts Scholarship, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN $1650
Nominee for the Windgate Fellowship and Award for Emerging Artists Advancing Sustainability, Kent State University, Kent OH
2022 Montgomery County Agricultural Center Scholarship for Secondary Education, MCAC, Gaithersburg MD $3500
2018-2022 Presidents Scholarship, Kent State University, Kent OH $4438
Trustee Scholarship, Kent State University, Kent OH $2500
University Award, Kent State University, Kent OH $4438
2019 Hazel Staley Memorial Scholarship, Montgomery County Agricultural Center, Gaithersburg MD $2350
2018-2019 Outstanding Student: School of the Visual Arts Awards, Kent State University, Kent OH
2018 Montgomery County Fair Scholarship, Montgomery County Agricultural Center, Gaithersburg MD $1000
Publications
2024 Metalsmith Magazine’s 2023 Editorial Photo Call, Society of North American Goldsmiths,
2023 Big Softies - Exhibition Announcement, Brockway Center for Arts & Technology
WE ARE SNAG: Anthology Ed. 3, Virtual Catalogue, Society of North American Goldsmiths
2022 Hope is Resiliency: New York Jewelry Week, Virtual Catalogue, Society of North American Goldsmiths
Familiar Patterns: BFA Thesis Exhibition Review, Luna Negra Literary Arts Magazine, Olivia Watchel