about

Work and education have taken me in a number of directions, but art remains constant. I primarily draw, print, and paint, but also write, as well as collaborate on performances and installations. Responding to the escalating climate crisis, my work addresses the complex sensual capacities that human bodies share with other animals, trees, plants, and broader ecosystems. So far, my work has been shown in West Virginia, where I grew up, as well as Italy, Germany, Pennsylvania, and Northern and Southern California. I have a BFA in painting and printmaking, and a PhD in Ethnic Studies and Critical Theory. I live and work in Berkeley, CA.

with parents, presenting one of my first large pieces
fall | oil on canvas | 5′ x 4′ | 2003

Abbreviated CV

EDUCATION

Ph.D., COMPARATIVE ETHNIC STUDIES, CRITICAL THEORY | University of California, Berkeley, 2017

M.A., ENGLISH: LITERARY STUDIES | University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, 2009

B.F.A., VISUAL ART: PAINTING, PRINTMAKING | West Virginia University, 2005

SELECT SHOWS

Artist in Residence, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA, April – June, 2025

Omnibus Gallery, Dresden, Germany. Figuration, 2 – 3/2024 | climate study 2, dancer 2, forked tongue

Philadelphia SC Gallery. Works on Paper 2024, 1/2024 | study of a tree & ocular woods

MVA Gallery. The Power of Red, 1/2024 | meeting notes 2

Teravarna Gallery, Los Angeles. Figurative: International Juried Competition, 12/2023-1/2024. Honorable Mention | unnamed, diary of a pandemic & climate reflection & dancer2

Omnibus Gallery, Dresden, Germany. My Animals, 11/2023 | The River & unnamed, diary of a pandemic

Las Laguna Art Gallery. Storytellers, 10/2023 | ocular woods

Marin Society of Artists Gallery. Dreams and Nightmares, 10/2023 | unnamed, diary of a pandemic

Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture. San Francisco International Arts Festival. 2018 | The Interrogation Room

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts: Public Square. 2017 | The Interrogation Room, Nat/it/ion/al Elements

Monongalia Arts Center. Vetyver Potpourri: A Fresh New Scent: Joint Show with Samantha Mosby and Colleen Reilly, 2005-2006 | selected work from 2003 – 2005

UGA Summer Show, Cortona, Italy. 2003 | selected work from 2003

Gallerium. I See You: Exhibition and Publication. January 2024 | unnamed, diary of a pandemic

Artistonish Magazine. Issue 41, December 2023 | The River

MELLON/ACLS PUBLIC FELLOW | Race Forward, Oakland, CA, 2018 – 2020

POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLAR | Center for Race and Gender, University of California, Berkeley, 2018

YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS FELLOW, San Francisco, CA 2016 – 2017

ARTS RESEARCH CENTER FELLOW, University of California, Berkeley, 2016