curriculum vitae

2012
Master of Fine Arts, Jewelry & Metalsmithing, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2009
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Metals Concentration), University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, WI

2023 –
Associate Professor in Professional Practice, Director of the Studio Art Undergraduate Program, & Art Gallery Director in Art and Design, Nazareth College, Rochester, NY
2017 – 2023
Assistant Professor in Professional Practice & Art Gallery Director, Nazareth College, Rochester, NY
2017 –
Assistant Professor in Professional Practice & Art Gallery Director, Nazareth College, Rochester, NY
2015 – 2017
Visiting Assistant Adjunct Professor, Jewelry & Metal Arts Department, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2014 – 2015
Visiting Scholar & Artist-in-Residence, Art Department, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2012 – 2014
Adjunct Professor, Jewelry & Metalsmithing, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Apprenticeship, Kenn Kushner Designs, Syracuse, NY
2012
Educational Assistant, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2009 – 2012
Instructor (of record), Jewelry & Metalsmithing, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2011 – 2012
Fibers Lab Technician, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2010
Fibers Teaching Assistant, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

2023
Where is the Human – EEA Peconic Crossing Gallery, East End Arts, Riverhead, NY
Metal – Art in the Loft, Alpena, MI
Still-Processing – online exhibition, SNAG website
REFINED – Reavley Gallery, Cole Arts Center, Nacogdoches, TX
WE ARE SNAG Anthology 2023 – online exhibition, SNAG website
Unconditional Care – RoCo, Rochester, NY
Faculty Art Show – Arts Center Gallery, Rochester, NY
Design Exposition – Ortlip Gallery, Houghton University, Houghton, NY *withdraw LGBTQIA+ solidarity
Gioiello Devozionale Contemporaneo – Barcelona Contemporania, Escola Massana, Barcelona, Spain
Gioiello Devozionale Contemporaneo – Museo Baños del Almirante, Valencia, Spain
Slovenian Jewelry Week – Slovenian Ethnographic Museum, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Persistence V National All Women’s Exhibition – d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA
Symbiosis Asking the Boundary – Hai Dai Art Museum, Shandong University, Jinan, China
Mumbling of a Prelude – Renaissance Santiago Hotel, Vitacura Santiago, Chile
Mumbling of a Prelude – Modigliani Gallery, Viña del Mar, Chile
Mumbling of a Prelude – Museo de Bellas Artes Palacio Vergara, Viña del Mar, Chile
Mumbling of a Prelude – Buen Pastor Foundation, San Felipe, Chile
Bring on the Gems – online exhibition, SNAG website
Missing Memories – Lalabeyou Gallery, Madrid, Spain
Missing Memories – Barcelona Contemporania, Barcelona, Spain
Missing Memories – Ca Revolta, Valencia, Spain
Missing Memories – Munich City Center, Munich, Germany
Missing Memories – Alliages Gallery, Lille, France
44th Annual Contemporary Crafts – Mesa Contemporary Art Museum, Mesa, AZ
Handcrafted – Maria V. Howard Art Center, Rocky Mount, NC
Fragments – Strata Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2022
Here & Now – AdornAxis, Tribeca Gallery Space, New York, NY
Dynamic II – D’ Art Center, Norfolk, VA
Hope is Resiliency – Industry City Makers Guild, NYCJW, Brooklyn, NY
Mumbling of a Prelude – Pedro Aguirre Cerda Museum CCPAC, Calle Larga, Chile
Mumbling of a Prelude – Exhibition Hall at Bazar El Chincol, Calle Larga, Chile
Venice Design Week Jewelry Selection 2022 – Ca’ Pisani Decò Design Hotel, Venice, Italy
WE ARE SNAG Anthology 2022 – online exhibition, SNAG website
Gioiello Devozionale Contemporaneo – Oratorio San Rocco, Padua, Italy
Faculty ArtShow – Arts Center Gallery, Rochester, NY
43^rd Annual Contemporary Crafts – Mesa Contemporary Art Museum, Mesa, AZ
Handcrafted – Maria V. Howard Art Center, Rocky Mount, NC
Arte y Joya – 66 Mistral Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
In My Opinion – The Museum of Goldsmithery, Kazimierz Dolny, Poland
In My Opinion – Gallery of Art, Legnica Silver Festival, Legnica, Poland

2021
Arte y Joya – Studio Squina, Madrid, Spain
Voltage: The Power of Contemporary Jewelry – SNAG website, online exhibition
Painful Hope – Lalabeyou Gallery, Madrid, Spain
 A Fine Craft Exhibition – Indiana University Kokomo Downtown Gallery, Kokomo, IN
Emergence – Pacific Northwest Sculptors, Portland, OR, online exhibition
All About Women – Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, CA, online exhibition
Remote Viewing Adorn Axis – Internat’l Jewelry Exhibition, NYC, online exhibition
Beijing Internat’l Jewelry Art Exhibition (invited) – Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing, China
Romanian Jewelry Week 2021 – Arcub Hanul Gabroveni, Bucharest, Romania
67^th Finger Lakes Exhibition – Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
Out of the Ordinary Adorn Axis – Internat’l Curated Jewelry Exhibition, NYCxDESIGN, online exhibition
Inverted Adornment (Solo Show) – Colacino Gallery, Rochester, NY
Faculty Art Show Fall 2021 – Arts Center Gallery, Rochester, NY
Healing, Knowing, Seeing the Body (invited) – Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS
Metal + ? = – Splop Design, splopdesign.com, online exhibition
Persistence III National All Women’s Exhibition – d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA
WE ARE SNAG Anthology 2021 – SNAG website, online exhibition
Painful Hope – Alliages Gallery, Lille, France
In My Opinion – Amber Museum, Gdańsk, Poland
Symbiosis – Arts Center Gallery, Rochester, NY and Jinan, China, online exhibition
Faculty Art Show 2021 – Arts Center Gallery, Rochester, NY

2020
Taiwan International Metal Crafts Exhibition – Gold Museum, New Taipei City, Taiwan
FORM 2020 – CICA Museum, Gimpo-si, South Korea
O Negative – FISE Galeria, Art Jewelry Night of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Dream Machine 2020 – New York City Jewelry Week, Brooklyn, NY
American Contemporary Craft: National Juried Exhibition – LHUCA, Lubbock, TX
Tokens of Appreciations – John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
LIE.E.S Art Jewelry Exhibition – French Institute, Athens, Greece (online exhibition due to Covid-19)
LIE.E.S Art Jewelry Exhibition – Melting Point, Valencia, Spain (cancelled due to Covid-19)
Growth and Evolution International Jewellery Exhibition – Sanlitun SOHO, Beijing, China
Growth and Evolution International Jewellery Exhibition – BJDW, DBC Intern’l Art Expo, Beijing, China
Growth and Evolution International Jewellery Exhibition – Royal Venus Hotel, Kunming, China
Currents 20|20 National Craft Exhibition and Symposium (invited) – Schack Art Center, Everett, WA
Metal Complexions – Jung Center Art Gallery, Houston, TX
March 9 Project – Exhibition Complex Siberia, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
March 9 Project – Solyanka Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Materials Hard and Soft – Patterson, Appleton Arts Center, Denton, TX
Site Effects (invited) – BKV, Munich, Germany
Site Effects (invited) – Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD
Site Effects (invited) – Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA (cancelled due to Covid-19)
Disrupt – Vancouver Metal Arts Association, CCBC Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Constructed Answers (invited) – CVA Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, OH
OBJECTS: REDUX (invited) – Form and Concept Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
In My Opinion – Muzeum Ziemi Lubuskiej, Zielona Góra, Poland
In My Opinion – Regional Museum, Konin, Poland
In My Opinion – YES Gallery, Poznan, Poland
In My Opinion – Museum of Contemporary Jewelry, Warsaw, Poland

2019
Beijing Internat’l Jewelry Art Exhibition – Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing, China
Dream Machine – Abrons Art Center, New York City Jewelry Week, New York, NY
Craft Forms 2019 – Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
In My Opinion – City Museum, Zabrze, Poland
In My Opinion – Gallery of Art, Legnica, Poland
LIÉ.E.S Art Jewelry Exhibition – French Institute, Barcelona, Spain
Wearing Change – Villa Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany
Alliages – Espace Solidor, Cagnes-Sur-Mer, France
Arts in Healthcare – Pauly Friedman Art Gallery, Dallas, PA
LIÉ.E.S Art Jewelry Exhibition – Gallerie Art’Course, Strasbourg, France
OBJECTS: USA Redux (invited) – Houston Center For Contemporary Craft, Huston, TX
Implants: Rethinking Adornment (Solo Show) – Jodee Harris Gallery, Seton Hill Arts Center, Greensburg, PA
66th Finger Lakes Exhibition – Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
NAWA Small Works Winter 2019 – National Association of Women’s Works, Inc., New York City, NY
Fleshing Out – Adorned Spaces, SNAG 2019: The Loop, Chicago, IL
2019 Faculty Show – Arts Center Gallery, Rochester, NY
Hidden Treasure – Delmar Loop Gallery, St. Louis, MO
[Play]ground – Vancouver Metal Arts Association, Port Moody Arts Center, BC, Canada
Gioielli in Fermento – Galerie La Joaillerie par Mazlo, Paris, France
Beyond Obvious (invited) – Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, Cortland, NY

2018
The Burke Prize: Future of Craft, Part 2 (invited) – Museum of Modern Arts & Design, New York City, NY
Chaos – La Galeller, Sevilla and Lalabeyou, Madrid, Spain
The Body Altered/Adorned (invited) – Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD
CAST: Art and Objects (invited) – Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Craft Forms 2018 – Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
HERE TODAY: We Are SNAG Series – SNAG, online exhibition
2018 Lewton-Brain Foldform Competition, online competition
You Got the Look – Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
REFINED – Reavley Gallery, Cole Arts Center, Nacogdoches, TX
Taiwan International Metal Crafts Exhibition – Gold Museum, New Taipei City, Taiwan
La Frontera at MAD (invited) – Museum of Arts & Design (MAD), New York City, NY
Gioielli in Fermento – Oratorio S.Rocco, Padova, Italy
31st Anniversary Women’s Works – Old Court House Art Center, Woodstock, IL
Chaos – Alliages Gallery, Lille, France
Melting Point: Biannual International Cont. Jewellery Exhibition – Joieria Contemporània, Valencia, Spain
Faculty Art Exhibition – Arts Center Gallery, Nazareth College, Rochester, NY
Handcrafted – Maria V. Howard Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC
Chaos – Munich City Center, Schmuck 2018 Event, Munich, Germany
Gioielli in Fermento 2018 – Villa Braghieri Albesani, Castel San Giovanni, Piacenza, Italy
All that Glitters – Gallery One Visual Art Center, Ellensburg, WA
Not Only Decoration – Cbijoux Sàrl Gallery, Monthey, Switzerland
Uneasy Beauty: Discomfort in Contemporary Adornment (invited) – Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA

2017
Not Only Decoration – alja&friends, Part of Vienna Jewellery Days, Vienna, Austria
Craft Forms 2017 – Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Exhibition in Print 2017: Repair and Renewal – Metalsmith Magazine
On the Rocks – Lillstreet Gallery, Chicago, IL
A Sense of Place – Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA
6th Annual International Exhibition of Contemporary Islamic Art – LuminArte Gallery, Dallas, TX
Faculty Art Exhibition – Arts Center Gallery, Nazareth College, Rochester, NY
4th Annual Living Mark Exhibition – Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR
Biennial Quad-State Exhibit – Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL
Making Matters: Fresh Perspectives in Fine Craft (invited) – Sally D. Francisco Gallery, Layton, NJ
SNAG Early-Career Artists’ Exhibition – Adorned Spaces, SNAG 2017: Nexus, New Orleans, LA
Texas National Competition and Exhibition – Reavley Gallery, Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches, TX
Juried Art Show (JAS) – Maria V. Howard Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC
Women’s Works 2017: 30th Anniversary Show – Old Court House Arts Center, Crystal Lake, IL
All and Sundry (invited) – RADinc, Iowa City, IA
2017 Small Works Show – National Association of Women Artists, Inc., New York City, NY
Handcrafted – Maria V. Howard Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC

2016
The Alliages Legacy Award Exhibition 2016 – JOYA, Barcelona, Spain
Craft Forms 2016 – Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Good Things, Small Packages – Chicago Fire Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
Forget Them – Brooklyn Metal Works, Brooklyn, NY
Unexpected – Craft Council Gallery of BC, Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada
Storytelling in Metal – Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FLO
Shades of Metal – The Chicago Avenue Fire Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
METALLOphone: Bonds (international biennial) – (AV17) Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
The Fourth Iowa Metals Guild Exhibition: Iowa+Taiwan (invited) – Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
A Well-Crafted Tale – Florida CraftArt, St. Petersburg, FL
It’s Political!: Political Art in a Political Season – Gallery 114, Portland, OR
5 x 5 x 5 – Hammond Hall Gallery, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL
Art from the Heartland (biennial) – Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
Convergence – Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Port Angeles, WA
59th National Multi-Media Juried Art Exhibition – Maria V. Howard Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC
2nd National Juried Exhibition – Art + Science – Whitewater Art Gallery, Indian University East, Richmond, IN
Concinnity Exhibition (invited) – University Hospital Gallery, Iowa City, IA
53rd Annual Juried Art Exhibit (invited) – The Hardy Gallery, Ephraim, WI
Breaking the Mold – Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA
Materials: Hard & Soft – Patterson-Appleton Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, TX
The Engaged Object – Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO

2015
Beijing Internat’l Contemporary Metal & Jewelry Art Exhibition (invited) – Beijing World Art Museum, Beijing, China
Miracles and Milagros – Krikawa Jewelry Art Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Sparklegasm! – Krikawa Jewelry Art Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Craft Forms: 21ist International Contemporary Craft Exhibition – Wayne Art Center, Wayne, IN
WE ARE SNAG: Contemporary Smiths – SNAG, online exhibition
4th Annual International Exhibition of Contemporary Islamic Art – LuminArte Gallery, Dallas, TX
Taiwan International Metal Crafts Exhibition – Gold Museum, New Taipei City, Taiwan
InterSomatic (invited) – VanDernoot Gallery, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
2015 Handcrafted – Maria V. Howard Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC
Materials Hard & Soft – Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX

2014
Shanghai Intern’l Jewelry & Metalsmithing Exhibition (invited) – Shanghai Exhibition Center, China
WE ARE SNAG: Identity – SNAG, online exhibition
METALLOPHONE: Personally (international biennial) – (AV17) Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
Expanding Borders: OUN Regional Art Exhibition – Strickler Gallery, Olivet Nazarene University, IL
TOP Jewels – National Jewelry Design Exhibition – Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO
Resolutely Ambiguous – The Shop, The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
La Frontera – Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
Refined VIII: Maker’s Choice (biennial) – Reavley Gallery, Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches, TX
Material Matters: Making Connections – Art Avenue, Eastern Carolina University, Greenville, NC
LA Frontera – IU Kokomo Art Gallery, Indiana University, Kokomo, IN

2013
La Frontera – The Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA
La Frontera – Franz Mayer Museum, Historic Center of Mexico City, Mexico
Wichita Nat’l All Media Craft Exhibition – Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS
In Process (emerging artists invitational) – Nazareth College Art Center, Rochester, NY
For What It’s Worth – The Guild Shop, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Resident Exhibition – The Yamanda Guest House Gallery, Medina of Fez (Batha), Morocco
LCAA National Juried Exhibition – Henry J. Kauffman Gallery, Strasburg, PA
Sequim Arts Annual Juried Show – Sequim Museum & Arts Center, Sequim, WA
Holding Place – online exhibition, The Ganoksin Project
New – Flow Art Space, St. Paul, MN

2012
Juried Art Exhibition 2012 – Staten Island Museum, New York City, NY
I am a Camera – LoBe, Berlin (Wedding), Germany
Forged – Target Gallery | Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA
Fusion – SNAG 2012 The Heat is On, Phoenix, AZ
Outside Your Comfort Zone – Gig Harbor Civic Center, Gig Harbor, WA
The Body Adorned – SNAG online exhibition
Art from the Heartland (biennial) – Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
Welcome to Tomorrow (invited) – Dumbo Arts Center (DAC), Brooklyn, NY
Project 30 – online exhibition
Crafts National 2012 – Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, KS
MFA Exhibition – SUart Gallery, Syracuse, NY
Sugar: Redux – Spark Contemporary Arts Gallery, Syracuse, NY
The Ganoksin Exhibition – online exhibition
Autonomous Series (featured artist, March) – SNAG, official website

2011
Real People – Old Court House Art Center, Woodstock, IL
Fluxation – SNAG 2011: Flux, Seattle, WA
VPA Grad Meet & Greet – Spark Contemporary Arts Gallery, Syracuse, NY

2010
Nexus – Lierelle Gallery, Oakland, CA
Amorphous – The Point of Contact Gallery, Syracuse, NY
Sculptural Fibers – Crown Plaza Hotel, Syracuse, NY
Material Experimentation – Andrew Bird Library, Syracuse, NY
Fresh Produce – XL Projects, Syracuse, NY
Matrilineage – Spark Contemporary Arts Gallery, Syracuse, NY

2009
Conceptual Coverings – Coyne Gallery, Syracuse, NY
Adoration – Coyne Gallery, Syracuse, NY
Senior Show – Gallery 209, Menomonie, WI
Prometheus Art Exhibit – Furlong Gallery, Menomonie, WI

2023
Gioiello Devozionale Contemporaneo, catalog, Italy
Mumbling of a Prelude, online catalog, Chile
Missing Memories, Barcelona Contemporania, catalog
44th Annual Contemporary Crafts, online catalog

2022
Here & Now Adorn Axis, Internat’l Curated Jewelry Exhibition, catalog
Hope is Resiliency, Metalsmith Magazine, Volume 42, Number 3
Holy Tools! (Sacrés Outils!), from the collection Jewellery as Art, book, France
43rd Annual Contemporary Crafts, catalog
In My Opinion, catalog, Poland

2021
11^th Arte y Joya Internat’l Award, catalog, Spain
Romanian Jewelry Week 2021 (featured artist), Zilesinopti Magazine, Romania
Remote Viewing Adorn Axis, Internat’l Jewelry Exhibition, catalog
Out of the Ordinary Adorn Axis, Internat’l Curated Jewelry Exhibition, catalog

2020
Original Jewelry Design, book, China
Currents 20|20 National Craft Exhibition, catalog
Taiwan International Metal Crafts Exhibition, ebook
Growth and Evolution International Jewellery, book, China
Materials Hard and Soft, catalog
March 9 Project, catalog, Russia
Site Effect, catalog, Germany

2019
2019 Jewelry and Metals Survey, a SNAG publication
Not Only Blah Blah (interview), magazine, Austria
Alliages, Espace Solidor, catalog France
Hidden Treasures, catalog
LIÉ.E.S Art Jewelry Exhibition, catalog

2018
The Burke Prize, American Craft Magazine, Volume 78, Number 5
You Got the Look, catalog
2018 Jewelry and Metals Survey, a SNAG publication
Burke Prize: Future of Craft, Part 2, catalog
Gioielli in Fermento 2018, catalog
American Craft Magazine (special feature on mid-career artists)
All that Glitters, catalog
Uneasy Beauty: Discomfort in Contemporary Adornment, catalog

2017
Texas National Exhibition, catalog
Not Only Decoration, catalog
Islamic Art Revival Series, catalog (featured as cover image)
CAST: Art and Objects Made Using Humanity’s Most Transformational Process, book
4th Annual Living Mark Exhibition, catalog
6th Annual International Exhibition of Contemporary Islamic Art, catalog
Biennial Quad State Exhibit, catalog
Women’s Works Fine Art Show, catalog
Preziosa Young, catalog

2016
Spooky, Art Ascent Art & Literature, journal
Unexpected, catalog
Forget Them, catalog
Alliages 2016, catalog
METALLOphone: Bonds, catalog
2nd Juried Art Exhibition – Art + Science, catalog
Materials: Hard & Soft, catalog

2015
Taiwan International Crafts Competition, e-book
4th Annual International Exhibition of Contemporary Islamic Art, book
Contemporary Jewelry in China, book

2014
METALLOPHONE: Personally, catalog
On Body and Soul: Contemporary Armor to Amulets, by Susan Ramljak, book

2013
La Frontera, Velvet da Vinci Gallery (San Francisco), Franz Mayer Museum (Mexico City), catalog
Wichita Nat’l All Media Craft Exhibition, Wichita Center for the Arts, catalog

2012
Body Adorned, a SNAG publication, juried by Gail Brown
Art Buzz, 2013 Collection, book
Welcome to Tomorrow, Dumbo Arts Center (Brooklyn), SUart Gallery (Syracuse), catalog

2011
Lark Books: 500 Rings, juried by Bruce Metcalf
Art Buzz, 2012 Collection, book

2010
Lark Books: 500 Felt Objects, juried by Susan Brown

2009
Prometheus 2009 Journal of Student Research

2008
Prometheus 2008 Journal of Student Research

2020
“The Weapons of Mass Destruction” in BM (Big Museum) Digital, Russia

2019
“L’aventure du bijou d’art” in Hebdoscope. (French language only)

2018
“Hyperbolic Action: Major Prize Nod Inspires Local Artist” in (585) Magazine

2015
“In Jewelry and Otherwise, Artists Confound Expectations” in The Boston Globe

2014
“Not Your Mother’s Pearls: National Jewelry Show Poised to Dazzle Durango” in The Durango Herald

2013
“Surface Treatment: La Frontera” in The Monitor

2022
2^nd Place Award, Handcrafted – Maria V. Howard Art Center, Rocky Mount, NC
Juror Award, 43^rd Annual Contemporary Crafts – Mesa Contemporary Art Museum, Mesa, AZ

2021
Finalist, Arte y Joya International Award – Ripollet, Spain
Recipient of the 2021 Peter Reed Foundation Grant

2020
Merit Award, Taiwan International Metal Crafts Exhibition – Gold Museum, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Juror Award, Materials Hard and Soft – Patterson Appleton Arts Center, Denton, TX

2019
Award of Excellence, 66th Finger Lakes Exhibition – Memorial Arts Center, Rochester, NY
Juror’s Choice Award, Hidden Treasure – Delmar Loop Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2nd Place Award, Small Works – NAWA Gallery, New York City, NY

2018
Burke Prize Finalist, Museum of Arts and Design
Honorable Mention, Taiwan International Crafts Exhibition – Gold Museum, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Biafarin Gold Award, Women’s Works 2018 – Old Court House Arts Center, Crystal Lake, IL

2017
Best in Show, On the Rocks – Lillstreet Gallery, Chicago, IL
Janet Indick Sculpture Award, Women’s Works 2017 – Old Court House Arts Center, Crystal Lake, IL
Honorable Mentions, Texas National – Reavley Gallery, Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches, TX
Special Mention (only US artist), Preziosa Young – Le Arte Orafe Jewellery School, Firenze, Italy

2016
Ray & Georgia Gough Grand Juror Award, Materials: Hard & Soft – Patterson-Appleton Cntr for Visual Arts
2016 Niche Awards Winner, Fabricated or Forged
Honorable Mention, Art from the Heartland – The Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN

2015
Best in Show, Craft Forms 2015 – Wayne Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
Finalist Award, Taiwan International Metal Crafts Competition – Gold Museum, New Taipei City, Taiwan
1st Place, Handcrafted – Maria V. Howard Art Center, Rocky Mount, NC
Preziosa Young 2015 Finalist
2015 Niche Awards Finalist, Fabricated or Forged

2014
^st Place, Refined VIII: Maker’s Choice (biennial) – Reavley Gallery, Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches, TX

2013
Best in Show (sculpture category), LCAA – The Henry J. Kauffman Gallery, Strasburg, PA
VPA Travel Stipend for Schmuck International Jewelry Exhibition, Munich, Germany

2012
Tuition Scholarship, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts

2011
1^st Place in Mixed Media 3D, Art Buzz, The 2012 Collection (international competition)
Graduate Student Organization Travel Grant to attend SNAG Conference in Seattle, WA
Creative Opportunity Grant to attend Schmuck International Jewelry Exhibition in Munich, Germany
Tuition Scholarship and Teaching Assistantship, Jewelry & Metalsmithing, Syracuse University
Tuition Scholarship and Teaching Assistantship, Fibers, Syracuse University

2010
Tuition Scholarship and Teaching Assistantship, Jewelry & Metalsmithing, Syracuse University
Tuition Scholarship and Teaching Assistantship, Fibers, Syracuse University

2009
Tuition Scholarship and Teaching Assistantship, Jewelry & Metalsmithing, Syracuse University
2^nd Place in 3-Dimensional Design, Prometheus – Furlong Gallery, UW-Stout, Menomonie, WI
Academic Achievement Award (2003 – 2009), University of Wisconsin-Stout

2008
1^st Place in 3-Dimensional Design, Juried Show – Furlong Gallery, UW-Stout, Menomonie, WI

2015
John Michael Kohler Arts/Industry Residency Program, Sheboygan, WI
Artist-in-Residence, Art Department, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

2013
L’a.i.r. de Fez, Batha, Medina of Fez, Morocco

2012
Picture Berlin, Berlin, Germany

2008
Pigeon Lake Field Station, Drummond, WI

2023
Coalesce: Intricate Patterning and Connections, Workshop, Snow Farm, Williamsburg, MA
Unconditional Care, Artist Panel, RoCo, Rochester, NY
Inverted Adornment, Artist talk, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
2022
Representation of Women in the Arts, Panelist, Nazareth College
Texas Metals Virtual Symposium, Guest Speaker, Texas Tech University, TX

2021
Fabrication Techniques for Adornment and Small Sculpture, Zoom Workshop, Pocosin Arts
Body Matters: Holland Houdek and Gina Westergard, Artist Talk, Spencer Art Museum, Virtual Artists’ Talk
Implants Series, Artist Talk/Interview, Spencer Art Museum, University of Kansas, Online

2020
Chat about Craft Communities with Jennifer Datchuk and Holland Houdek, Artist Talk Zoom Invitational
Site Effects Exhibition, Art Jewelry Forum and Baltimore Jewelry Center, Artist Talk Zoom Invitational
Implants Series, Artist Talk, Center for Visual Arts, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio

2019
Implants: Rethinking Adornment, Artist Talk, Jodee Harris Gallery, Seton Hill Arts Center, Greensburg, PA
Beyond Obvious Symposium, Artist Talk and Workshop, SUNY Cortland, Cortland, NY
Hydraulic Press and Cold Connections, Workshop, SUNY Cortland, Cortland, NY

2018
Emerging, Established, Historical: American Jewelers Speak, Artist Talk, Museum of Arts & Design, NYC, NY
The Body: Altered/Adorned, Artist Talk, Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD

2017
Emerging Artist Rapid Fire Presentations, Artist Talk, 2017 SNAG: Nexus, New Orleans, LA
Jewelry & Sculptural Objects of Remembrance, Workshop, Peters Valley School of Craft, Layton, NJ
Hyperbolic, Artist Talk, Peters Valley School of Craft, Layton, NJ
Introduction to Foldforming, Workshop, Beadology, Iowa City, IA
Metal Beads and Chain, Workshop, Beadology, Iowa City, IA
Riveting Skills and Techniques, Workshop, Beadology, Iowa City, IA
Introduction to Soldering, Workshop, Kirkwood Community College/Beadology, Iowa City, IA

2016
Juro Panel, Artist Talk, The Tom Hardy Gallery, Ephraim, WI
Wire Framed Earrings, Workshop, Beadology, Iowa City, IA
Bezels: Setting a Cabochon Stone, Workshop, Beadology, Iowa City, IA
Basic Concepts, Designs, and Techniques, Workshop, Beadology, Iowa City, IA

2015
Visiting Artist Lecture, Art Department, University of Nebraska-Omaha, Omaha, NE
Visiting Artist Critique Workshop, Art Department, University of Nebraska-Omaha, Omaha, NE
Implant Series, Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Artist Talk, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Stone Setting with Tube, Workshop, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Implant Series, Artist Talk, Art Department, St. Norbert’s College, Green Bay, WI
Artist-in-Residence Lecture, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Kohler, WI
Visiting Scholar & Artist in Residence Talk, Department of Art, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Stones & Solder, Workshop, Department of Art, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

2023
Lee Hoag: Object Alchemist – Arts Center Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
Linoleum Block Prints by Laura Wilder – Colacino Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
Fabricated Bodies Jewelry Prosthetic & Cyborg Identities – Colacino Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
Faculty Art Show Fall 2023 – Arts Center Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
Symbiosis Asking the Boundary – Hai Dai Art Museum, Jinan, China (co-curator)
Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts – State College, PA
Shared Spaces – Arts Center Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
Antithesis – Arts Center Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
The Big Picture Poster Art of David Cowles – Colacino Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
2023 Student Art Show – Arts Center Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
Art Education Graduate Show – Colacino Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)

2022
Discombobulation: A Collide of Scope – Arts Center Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
Elements – Earth and Fire – Colacino Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
Things Not Seen – Colacino Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
Faculty Art Show Fall 2022 – Arts Center Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
A&D Senior Showcase – Arts Center Gallery, Online Exhibition, Rochester, NY and Jinan, China (co-curator)
Human Nature – Arts Center Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
2022 Student Art Show – Arts Center Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
Art Education Graduate Show – Colacino Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
91st Annual Members Exhibition – Arts Center Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
Panic and Projection – Colacino Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)

2021
Inverted Adornment – Colacino Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
Faculty Art Show Fall 2021 – Arts Center Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
Perception – Arts Center Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
Killing and Creation – Colacino Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
2021 Student Art Show – Arts Center Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
Art Education Graduate Show – Colacino Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
Symbiosis – Arts Center Gallery, Online Exhibition, Rochester, NY and Jinan, China (curator)
2021 Faculty Art Show – Arts Center Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)

2020
Continuing the Dialogue: The State of Photography II – Arts Center Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
Thou Art… Will Give… – The Colacino Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
Where We Dwell – Arts Center Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
Art Education Graduate Show – Colacino Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
Mixed Media – Arts Center Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
Color and Light Retrospective – Colacino Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)

2019
Student Show – Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center, Cortland, NY (juror)
Articulating Craft – Arts Center Gallery, Rochester, NY (juror and curator)
Fleshing Out, Adorned Spaces, SNAG 2019: The Loop, Chicago, IL (co-curator)
Letters & Lives: Bigalow and Holmes – Arts Center Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
The Unknown Landscape – Colacino Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
Stratum – Colacino Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
Blasted Lungs – Colacino Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
2019 Faculty Art Show – Arts Center Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
Shared Spaces – Arts Center Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
Inhabitance – Colacino Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
2019 Student Art Show – Arts Center Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
Art Education Graduate Show – Colacino Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)

2018
Geologic Paintings – Colacino Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
2018 Faculty Art Show – Arts Center Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
The Body: Altered/Adorned – Baltimore Jewelry Center, MD (juror)
Art and Social Justice Show – Colacino Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
Madeline Corsaro: BFA Thesis Exhibition – Colacino Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
Kinesis – Arts Center Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
Shared Spaces – Arts Center Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
Architectural Vessel – Arts Center Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
Denim – Colacino Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
Relativity – Arts Center Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
2018 Student Art Show – Arts Center Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
Art Education Graduate Show – Colacino Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)

2017
SNAG Early Career Artists Exhibition – Adorned Spaces, SNAG 2017: Nexus, New Orleans, LA (curator)
86th Annual Members Exhibition – Arts Center Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
Journey – Colacino Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)
2017 Faculty Art Show – Arts Center Gallery, Rochester, NY (curator)

2016
53rd Annual Juried Art Exhibition – The Hardy Gallery, Ephraim, WI (juror)

2014
Honing – Coyne Gallery, Syracuse, NY (juror and curator)

2013
Frequency – Coyne Gallery, Syracuse, NY (juror and curator)

2012
We Are Here – Coyne Gallery, Syracuse, NY (juror and curator)

2011
Fetish: A Juried Jewelry & Metalsmithing Exhibition – Coyne Gallery, Syracuse, NY (juror and curator)

Shandong University of  Finance and Economics, China
3D Design: Research, Creative Design, and Production (summer term)

Jewelry and Metalsmithing, Art and Design Department, Nazareth College
ART 241 – Jewelry and Metalsmithing I
ART 242 – Jewelry and Metalsmithing II
ART 341 – Advanced Jewelry and Metalsmithing I
ART 342 – Advanced Jewelry and Metalsmithing II
ART 475 – Directed Studio Problems
AED 541 – Jewelry and Metalsmithing I (Graduate)
AED 560 – Jewelry and Metalsmithing (Graduate Independent Study)

General Offering, Art and Design Department, Nazareth College
ART 102 – 3D Design
ART.Q 104 – Visual Strategies – Art for Non-Majors
ART 215 – Professional Skills and Engagement
ART 499 – Art Comprehensive

Jewelry and Metal Arts Division, School of Art and Art History, University of Iowa
MTLS 2910 – Introduction to Jewelry and Metal Arts
ARTS 1020 – Elements of Jewelry and Metals Arts (Non-Art Majors)

Department of Jewelry and Metalsmithing, Syracuse University
JAM 200 – Outside Your Comfort Zone: Adornment as Statement
JAM 271 – Introduction to Jewelry and Metalsmithing
JAM 300 – Experimental Materials
JAM 374 – Color on MetalJAM 500 – Outside Your Comfort Zone: Adornment as Statement (Graduate)
JAM 620 – Jewelry and Metalsmithing Research Problems (Graduate)

2023-
Director of the Studio Art Undergraduate Program

2023-2026
Member, Faculty Development Committee, Nazareth College

2023
Coordinator, Visiting Artist Lecture, Lee Hoag, Art and Design Department

2023
Coordinator, Visiting Artist Lecture, Laura Wilder, Art and Design Department

2023
Coordinator, Visiting Artist Lecture, Caitlin Skelcey, Art and Design Department

2022
Coordinator, Visiting Artist Lecture, James Terrell, Art and Design Department

2022
Coordinator, Visiting Artist Lecture, Mike Carroll, Art and Design Department

2021-2025
Centennial Council, Subcommittee Celebration Liaison, Nazareth College

2021-2025
Co-Chair, Academic Space Committee, Nazareth College

2021-Present
Payroll Coordinator, Art and Design Department

2021-Present
Social Media Co-Manager, Art and Design Department

2021-Present
Member, Nazareth Safety Team Committee, Nazareth College

2021
Coordinator, Visiting Artist Lecture, Jason Ferguson, Art and Design Department

2021
Coordinator, Admissions and Recruitment Video, Art and Design Department

2021
Member, Integrated Studies Committee, Art and Design Department

2021
Judge, Adjudicating Committee, MLK Award, Creative Activity and Research Showcase

2020-Present
Safety Root Cause Analysis Liaison, Art and Design Department

2020-Present
Art and Design Department Facilities Coordinator, Strategic Plan, NASAD Accreditation

2020-2021
Member, Undergraduate Portfolio Review, Art and Design Department

2020
Coordinator, Visiting Artist Lecture, Eric Kunsman, Art and Design Department

2019-2021 
Member, Academic Space Committee, Nazareth College

2020
Instructor, Metals Workshop for NYSATA Art Teachers, Art and Design Department

2019-2020
Member, Search Committee, Tenure Assistant Professor Drawing & Painting

2019
Judge, Adjudicating Committee, MLK Award, Creative Activity and Research Showcase

2019
Coordinator, Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop, Brian Ferrell, Art and Design Department

2019
Coordinator, Visiting Artist Lecture, Eunsuh Choi, Art and Design Department

2019 
Coordinator, Visiting Artist Lecture, Richard Hirsch, Art and Design Department

2018-Present
Faculty Academic Advisor, Art Education, Art and Design Department

2018
Judge, Adjudicating Committee, MLK Award, Creative Activity and Research Showcase

2018
Creative Consultant, Faculty Promotional Poster, Art and Design Department

2017
Coordinator, Portfolio Review, Print Club of Rochester, Art and Design Department

2017-Present
Member, BFA Senior Comprehensive Reviews, Art and Design Department

2017-Present 
Member, Bachelor of Science Compressive Reviews, Art and Design Department

2017-Present
Juror, Student Art Show, Art and Design Department

2017-Present
Liaison, Student Art Show, Art and Design Department

2017-Present
Gallery Director

2023
Conference, Tides and Waves: West Africa Fall Virtual Symposium
Conference, Texas Metals Symposium, Texas Tech University, TX
Certificate, Inclusive Awareness Program
Participant, Core Professional Development

2022
Conference, Texas Metals Symposium, Texas Tech University, TX

2021
Conference, Tides and Waves Fall Virtual Symposium
Conference, Inspire/Aspire: A SNAG Virtual Convening

2020
Certificate, Virtual Instruction Boot Camp, Nazareth College
Course, Zoom Meeting Basics, Nazareth College
Course, Teaching a Class in Zoom, Nazareth College

2019
Conference, The Loop: Coming Full Circle, SNAG, Chicago, IL
Certificate, Master Advisers Program-Level 2: Advising Techniques: Supporting Students Emotional Needs, Nazareth College
Certificate, Training, Supervising Graduate Assistants, Nazareth College
Participant, Unconscious Bias Training, Nazareth College

2018 
Certificate, Master Advisers Program, Nazareth College
Conference, MADE: Makers Across Disciplines Engage, SNAG, Portland, OR

2017  
Conference, Nexus: A Connection of Ideas, SNAG, New Orleans, LA

2016
3D Concrete Mold-Making, Motoko Furuhashi, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

2015
Voodoo Doll, Nicole Jacquard, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

2014
Enamel Decals, Cyanotypes & Electroplating, Andrew Kuebeck, Syracuse University

2013
Pewtersmithing, Michael John Jerry, Syracuse University
Mechanisms & Hinges, Tom Muir, Syracuse University

2012
Modern Pewter Forming, Hiroko Yamada, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Mechanized Objects, Gary Schott, Syracuse University
Cloisonné Enameling, Harlan W. Butt, Syracuse University

2010
Armor & Amulets, Suzanne Ramljak, Syracuse University

2008
Welding and Decorative Steel, Ron Verdon, Pigeon Lake Field Station, Drummond, WI

American Medical Systems, Inc.
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
Cleveland Clinic
MedWish International
Klimt02
Society of North American Goldsmiths
Crafthaus
American Craft Council