b. 1992
Cleveland, Ohio
Currently lives and works in Madison, Wisconsin
Education
2023 Master of Fine Arts Candidate, Studio Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2015 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Fiber + Material Studies and Sculpture, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Solo/Two Person Exhibitions
2022 All Along, Art Lofts Gallery, Madison, WI
2021 Sending My Love, J + A, (Two Person Exhibition), Toula Gallery, Virtual
2019 Both Feelings At Once, Judson Park, Cleveland, OH
2016 Interlude, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH
In Bloom, Loganberry Books, Cleveland Heights, OH
2015 Where We Meet, BFA Thesis Exhibition, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2014 Clair de Lune, The Sunroom, Cleveland Heights, OH
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 Sending My Love, J + A, Two Person Show, Toula Gallery, virtual
2020 Waterloo Juried Exhibition, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH
2016 In-turn, Zygote Press Inc, Cleveland, OH
2015 Rust Never Sleeps, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH
Close Connections: A Cleveland Institute of Art Fiber Alumni Exhibition, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH
Bazaarbeque 6, Forum Artspace, Cleveland, OH
CIA Summer Show, Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland, OH
CIA 69th Annual Student Independent Exhibition, Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2014 Process & Materiality, Beachwood Arts Council, Beachwood, OH
Bazaarbeque 5, Forum Artspace, Cleveland, OH
CIA Summer Show, Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Feminism Now: Exposing the Truth, Reinberger Gallery Project Site, Cleveland, OH
CIA 68th Annual Student Independent Exhibition, Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2013 100, Art Spot, Cleveland Heights, OH
Bazaarbeque 4, Forum Artspace, Cleveland, OH
Round 2, B Cubed, Cleveland, OH
Sprawl, Art Spot, Cleveland Heights, OH
CIA 67th Annual Student Independent Exhibition, Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2012 Hardware, Art Spot, Cleveland Heights, OH
Polkapocalypse, SPACES Annual Benefit and Art Auction, Cleveland, OH
Honors
2015 Top 20 Finalist for Traveling Scholarship, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2014 Prizm Honorable Mention, 68th Student Independent Exhibition, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2013-2015
Barbara L Kuhlman Foundation Scholarship in Fiber Arts
Rolf and Maria Stoll Memorial Scholarship, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Sara Mattsson Anliot Award for Excellence in Weaving, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Wenda von Weise ’75 Memorial Scholarship in Fiber, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2013 Honorary Scholarship, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Sallie Fishman Memorial Scholarship, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2012 Robert Jergens Scholarship, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2011-2015
Provost Scholarship, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Visiting Artist/Lectures
2020 Sculpture & Expanded Media Department, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2019 Visiting Artist, Sculpture & Expanded Media Department, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2018 Lunch of Fridays Lecture Series: Curating at Praxis Fiber Workshop, CIA, Cleveland, OH
Visiting Artist, Sculpture & Expanded Media Department, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Painting Department, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Curatorial Experience
2019 DORK, and His #1 Fan: Gregory Hatch, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH
Playing Up Downstairs: Eleanor Anderson, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH
A Commonplace: Melina Bishop, Ash Fiasco, Rebekah Wilhelm, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH
2018 Love Story Really: Libby Chaney & Paul Waszink, The Sunroom, Cleveland Heights, OH
Jack Sherry, The Sunroom, Cleveland Heights, OH
Radii: Ella Medicus, The Sunroom, Cleveland Heights, OH
Torn: Yuko Kimura & Pam McKee, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH
Rhythms and Rotations: Janice Lessman-Moss, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH
2017 NAPS: Marcus Brathwaite and Justin Woody, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH
RETURN TO SENDER: Erin R. Miller, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH
Give Me a Good Move: Jessica Pinsky, The Sunroom, Cleveland Heights, OH
Moisture Studies: Emma Pavlik, The Sunroom, Cleveland Heights, OH
Habitat: A Exploration of Form in Natural & Domestic Spaces: Megan See, The Sunroom, Cleveland Heights, Oh
Centrifugal, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH
Prism: Petra Soesemann, Dan Tranberg, and Judy Wolfe, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH
2016 Landline: Works in Fiber from Coast to Coast, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH
Body of the King: Frances Anne Lee, The Sunroom, Cleveland Heights, OH
عرائس البحر // The Mermaids: Leila Khoury, The Sunroom, Cleveland Heights, OH
MEN ARE BORN, KINDS ARE MADE, TREATIES ARE SIGNED, WARS ARE FOUGHT: Marcus Brathwaite,
The Sunroom, Cleveland Heights, OH
2015 Close Connections: A Cleveland Institute of Art Fiber Alumni Exhibition, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH
2014 Process & Materiality, Beachwood Arts Council, Beachwood, OH
Teaching Experience
2020-2021
Teaching Assistant for Art Colloquium 508, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
2016-2017
Painted Warp Weaving, 4 week course, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH
Rag Rug Weaving, 2 day workshop, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH
2015-2018
The Spinning Wheel, 4 week course, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH
2015-2016
Felting and Shibori, K-12 Patrick Henry School every Tuesday, Cleveland, OH
2013-2014
Teacher Assistant for Continuing Education (Weaving), 8 week course, CIA, Cleveland, OH
2012 Teacher Assistant for Young Artists Program (Drawing), 8 week course, CIA, Cleveland, OH
Professional Development
2021 Photo Handmade Books: Kristen Law Lewis, 1 week course, Anderson Ranch, Aspen, CO
2019 Photolithography: Danny Miller, 1 week course, Oxbow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
Wheel Throwing: Amy Halko, 8 week course, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2015 Indigo and its Metaphors: Jovencio de la Paz, 1 week course,Oxbow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
Painted Warp: Andrea Donnelly, 2 week course, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Professional Experience
2019-2020
Assistant Director of Admissions, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2017-2020
Gallery Director, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH
2018-2019
Admissions Counselor, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Oh
2016-2018
Curator, The Sunroom, Cleveland Heights, OH
2017-2018
Administrative Assistant, FRONT International, Cleveland, OH
Gallery Assistant, Transformer Station, Cleveland, OH
2015-2017
Studio Manager/Gallery Coordinator, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH
2015 Co-Chair of the 69th Annual Student Independent Exhibition, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2014 Textile Conservation Intern, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
2013-2015
Store Sales Associate, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
Fiber Technical Specialist, Sculpture Department, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2013 Co-Chair for 100 Exhibition, Art Spot, Cleveland Heights, OH
Gallery Attendant, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
Gallery Attendant, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Performer, Hold On Her, Directed by artist Kate Gilmore, Museum of Contemporary Art and Cleveland Museum of
Art, Cleveland, OH
2012 Cultural Concierge, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
2011-2015
Gallery Attendant, Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Cleveland, Ohio
Currently lives and works in Madison, Wisconsin
Education
2023 Master of Fine Arts Candidate, Studio Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2015 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Fiber + Material Studies and Sculpture, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Solo/Two Person Exhibitions
2022 All Along, Art Lofts Gallery, Madison, WI
2021 Sending My Love, J + A, (Two Person Exhibition), Toula Gallery, Virtual
2019 Both Feelings At Once, Judson Park, Cleveland, OH
2016 Interlude, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH
In Bloom, Loganberry Books, Cleveland Heights, OH
2015 Where We Meet, BFA Thesis Exhibition, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2014 Clair de Lune, The Sunroom, Cleveland Heights, OH
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 Sending My Love, J + A, Two Person Show, Toula Gallery, virtual
2020 Waterloo Juried Exhibition, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH
2016 In-turn, Zygote Press Inc, Cleveland, OH
2015 Rust Never Sleeps, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH
Close Connections: A Cleveland Institute of Art Fiber Alumni Exhibition, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH
Bazaarbeque 6, Forum Artspace, Cleveland, OH
CIA Summer Show, Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland, OH
CIA 69th Annual Student Independent Exhibition, Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2014 Process & Materiality, Beachwood Arts Council, Beachwood, OH
Bazaarbeque 5, Forum Artspace, Cleveland, OH
CIA Summer Show, Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Feminism Now: Exposing the Truth, Reinberger Gallery Project Site, Cleveland, OH
CIA 68th Annual Student Independent Exhibition, Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2013 100, Art Spot, Cleveland Heights, OH
Bazaarbeque 4, Forum Artspace, Cleveland, OH
Round 2, B Cubed, Cleveland, OH
Sprawl, Art Spot, Cleveland Heights, OH
CIA 67th Annual Student Independent Exhibition, Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2012 Hardware, Art Spot, Cleveland Heights, OH
Polkapocalypse, SPACES Annual Benefit and Art Auction, Cleveland, OH
Honors
2015 Top 20 Finalist for Traveling Scholarship, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2014 Prizm Honorable Mention, 68th Student Independent Exhibition, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2013-2015
Barbara L Kuhlman Foundation Scholarship in Fiber Arts
Rolf and Maria Stoll Memorial Scholarship, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Sara Mattsson Anliot Award for Excellence in Weaving, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Wenda von Weise ’75 Memorial Scholarship in Fiber, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2013 Honorary Scholarship, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Sallie Fishman Memorial Scholarship, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2012 Robert Jergens Scholarship, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2011-2015
Provost Scholarship, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Visiting Artist/Lectures
2020 Sculpture & Expanded Media Department, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2019 Visiting Artist, Sculpture & Expanded Media Department, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2018 Lunch of Fridays Lecture Series: Curating at Praxis Fiber Workshop, CIA, Cleveland, OH
Visiting Artist, Sculpture & Expanded Media Department, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Painting Department, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Curatorial Experience
2019 DORK, and His #1 Fan: Gregory Hatch, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH
Playing Up Downstairs: Eleanor Anderson, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH
A Commonplace: Melina Bishop, Ash Fiasco, Rebekah Wilhelm, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH
2018 Love Story Really: Libby Chaney & Paul Waszink, The Sunroom, Cleveland Heights, OH
Jack Sherry, The Sunroom, Cleveland Heights, OH
Radii: Ella Medicus, The Sunroom, Cleveland Heights, OH
Torn: Yuko Kimura & Pam McKee, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH
Rhythms and Rotations: Janice Lessman-Moss, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH
2017 NAPS: Marcus Brathwaite and Justin Woody, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH
RETURN TO SENDER: Erin R. Miller, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH
Give Me a Good Move: Jessica Pinsky, The Sunroom, Cleveland Heights, OH
Moisture Studies: Emma Pavlik, The Sunroom, Cleveland Heights, OH
Habitat: A Exploration of Form in Natural & Domestic Spaces: Megan See, The Sunroom, Cleveland Heights, Oh
Centrifugal, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH
Prism: Petra Soesemann, Dan Tranberg, and Judy Wolfe, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH
2016 Landline: Works in Fiber from Coast to Coast, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH
Body of the King: Frances Anne Lee, The Sunroom, Cleveland Heights, OH
عرائس البحر // The Mermaids: Leila Khoury, The Sunroom, Cleveland Heights, OH
MEN ARE BORN, KINDS ARE MADE, TREATIES ARE SIGNED, WARS ARE FOUGHT: Marcus Brathwaite,
The Sunroom, Cleveland Heights, OH
2015 Close Connections: A Cleveland Institute of Art Fiber Alumni Exhibition, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH
2014 Process & Materiality, Beachwood Arts Council, Beachwood, OH
Teaching Experience
2020-2021
Teaching Assistant for Art Colloquium 508, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
2016-2017
Painted Warp Weaving, 4 week course, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH
Rag Rug Weaving, 2 day workshop, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH
2015-2018
The Spinning Wheel, 4 week course, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH
2015-2016
Felting and Shibori, K-12 Patrick Henry School every Tuesday, Cleveland, OH
2013-2014
Teacher Assistant for Continuing Education (Weaving), 8 week course, CIA, Cleveland, OH
2012 Teacher Assistant for Young Artists Program (Drawing), 8 week course, CIA, Cleveland, OH
Professional Development
2021 Photo Handmade Books: Kristen Law Lewis, 1 week course, Anderson Ranch, Aspen, CO
2019 Photolithography: Danny Miller, 1 week course, Oxbow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
Wheel Throwing: Amy Halko, 8 week course, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2015 Indigo and its Metaphors: Jovencio de la Paz, 1 week course,Oxbow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
Painted Warp: Andrea Donnelly, 2 week course, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Professional Experience
2019-2020
Assistant Director of Admissions, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2017-2020
Gallery Director, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH
2018-2019
Admissions Counselor, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Oh
2016-2018
Curator, The Sunroom, Cleveland Heights, OH
2017-2018
Administrative Assistant, FRONT International, Cleveland, OH
Gallery Assistant, Transformer Station, Cleveland, OH
2015-2017
Studio Manager/Gallery Coordinator, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH
2015 Co-Chair of the 69th Annual Student Independent Exhibition, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2014 Textile Conservation Intern, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
2013-2015
Store Sales Associate, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
Fiber Technical Specialist, Sculpture Department, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2013 Co-Chair for 100 Exhibition, Art Spot, Cleveland Heights, OH
Gallery Attendant, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
Gallery Attendant, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Performer, Hold On Her, Directed by artist Kate Gilmore, Museum of Contemporary Art and Cleveland Museum of
Art, Cleveland, OH
2012 Cultural Concierge, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
2011-2015
Gallery Attendant, Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
