Permanent Collection:
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri.
Education:
Master of Fine Arts, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2023.
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography, Kansas City Art Institute, 2013.
Associate of Arts, Johnson County Community College, 2011.
Experience:
Freelance Photographer, 2023- Present.
Photography and Digital Media Specialist, Substitute Teacher, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2023 - 2024.
Photography Juror for It’s All About the Light Photography Contest in memory of John Bennett, George Fox University, Newberg, Oregon, 2023.
Photographer for the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 2022-2023.
Digital Lab Facilitator, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 2020-2022.
Graduate Instructor of Record, University of Nebraska, Phot 161/261, Introduction to Digital Photography, 2021-2022.
Fall Teaching Assistant, University of Nebraska, Phot 161/261, Introduction to Digital Photography, Instructor: Walker Pickering, 2020.
Artist Residencies / Fellowships / Workshops:
Graduate Fellow for the Center of Great Plains Studies, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2022-2023.
The Photobook: An Overview of Traditional Publishing, Limited Editions, & The Artist’s Book with Mary Virginia Swanson and Susan Kae Grant, 2022. Symposium held through La Luz Foundation.
Ron Jude: Thinking Beyond the Portfolio: Activating Photographs through Context, FotoFilmic Workshop, 2022.
Artist in Residence at Brush Creek Foundation, Saratoga, Wyoming, 2019.
Artist in Residence at Jentel Arts Foundation, Banner, Wyoming, 2018.
Artist in Residence at Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, Wyoming, 2017.
Awards:
Fulbright Finalist, 2024.
Urbanautica Institute Awards 2023, Urbanuatica: Journal of Visual Anthropology and Cultural Landscapes.
An Ecology of Seeing, Blurring the Lines, Special Mention, guest curated by Yinig He. Project made possible by Fotodok, Urbanautica Institute, European Cultural Centre, and Paris College of Art, 2023.
Student Award for Innovations in Imaging, Society for Photographic Education, 2023.
Third place, 6th Annual National Photography Juried Show, Juried by Keith F. Davis, 2021.
Full Graduate Teaching Assistantship at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2020-2023.
Selected for the First Nelson Atkins Photography Portfolio Walk, 2017.
Publications / Lectures:
Third Thursday Artist Talks, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center, Nebraska City, 2024.
Guided conversation with photographer and Guggenheim Fellow, Philip Heying, for the Opening Reception of Country / Citizens at the Volland Gallery, Alma, Kansas, 2023.
am I another you? MFA Thesis Solo Exhibition Artist Talk, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2023.
am I another you? A self-published handmade, artist book, 2023.
Artist Talk at the Society for Photography Education National Conference, Denver, Colorado, 2023.
Artist Talk for the Student Run Darkroom, Bard College, 2023.
Artist Talk at Volland Gallery, in plain sight, Alma, Kansas, 2023.
Artist Roundtable for the 6th Annual National Photography Juried Show at Sage, Wyoming, 2021.
Journey to and from the Desert During a Pandemic, a podcast, hosted on the Sheldon Museum of Art website, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2020.
400 Meters & Infinity Along Indian Creek, a Self-Published Book, 2019.
Artist Talk with Jentel Artist Residency at Sage Community Arts Center, Sheridan, Wyoming, 2018.
Exhibitions:
Faculty Show Vol. 2, Kepler Gallery, Nebraska Wesleyan University, April 2024.
New Realities, SPE 2024 Members Exhibition, Society of Photographic Education, Nationals Conference, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois, March 2024.
Come On, Come Over Vol. 1, Invitational Group Exhibition, Elder Gallery, Nebraska Wesleyan University, March 2024.
am i another you?, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center, Nebraska City, Nebraska, 2024.
Homecoming 2022 & 2023 Biennial Exhibition, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, sponsored by Fujifilm, Float Magazine, Booksmart Studio, Real Photo Show, & RIT/NTID Visual Communications Studies, 2024.
The Shape of Time: Sixteen Photographers and Their Creative Paths, An Exhibition commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Ucross Foundation. The Ucross Art Gallery, Clearmont, WY, curated by Keith F. Davis, Retired Head Curator of Photography at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, August 12, 2023 – January 26, 2024.
Benefit Art Auction, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, Nebraska, 2023.
Kansas City Flatfile Exhibition, H&R Block Art Space, Kansas City, Missouri, 2023.
am i another you? MFA Thesis Solo Exhibition, Eisentrager-Howard Gallery, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2023.
Home Coming, an instance of returning home, Juried by Jess T. Dugan, 11th International Combined Caucus Exhibition, Denver, Colorado, 2023.
in plain sight, Photography Exhibition curated by Ryan Jones at the Volland Gallery, Alma, Kansas, February 2023.
Magnificent Monochromes, 8th Annual National Photography Juried Show, Juried by Keith F. Davis, Sage Community Arts Center, Sheridan, Wyoming, February 2023.
New Tides, Juried by Lorena Molina, Jordan Tate, Emily Hanako Momohara, Emily Wiethorn, and John-David Richardson in consultation with Aaron Cowan through the Midwest Society of Photographic Education (MWSPE), Reed Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2022.
2022 National Photography Invitation- School of Art and Art History, organized by Rachel Cox and curated by Ariel Pate from the Milwaukee Art Museum, University of Iowa, 2022.
S.P.A.C.E.: Suggesting Photographic Aspects of Creative Expression, Art League RI Gallery, Pawtucket RI. Juried by Conor Moynihan, Assistant Curator, Prints, Drawings & Photographs, RISD Museum, Providence, Rhode Island, 2022.
6th Annual National Photography Juried Show, Juried by Keith F. Davis, Sage Community Arts Center, Sheridan, Wyoming, 2021.
Kansas City Flatfile Exhibition, H&R Block Art Space, Kansas City, Missouri, 2018.
Context 2018, curated by April M. Watson, Filter Space, Chicago, 2018.
Sense of Place, Kansas City Society for Contemporary Photographers Members Exhibition, Albrecht Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, Missouri, 2017.
Tripping the Light Fantastic: Excellence in Photography, juried by Rowland Scherman, Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 2016.
Current Works Group Show, Kansas City Society for Contemporary Photography, Haw Contemporary curated by Jan Schall, Kansas City, Missouri, 2015.
Survey of the Plains, Regional Student Photography Exhibition, Juried by Terry Evans, Kansas University: Art and Design Gallery, Lawrence, Kansas, 2013.
Weather Report, Group show with Doug Koch, Simon Kossoff, and Guggenheim Fellow, Deanna Dikeman curated by Guggenheim Fellow, Philip Heying, Trap Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, 2013.
(Re)Compositions, BFA Solo Exhibition, Trap Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, 2013.
BFA Exhibition, H&R Block Art Space, Kansas City, Missouri, 2013.