Curriculum Vitae
Education
2025
Master of Fine Arts with a Concentration in Jewelry/Metalworking, Department of Craft/Material Studies, School of the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA (May 2025)
2020-2023
Studio Art, Art History, Metal, Glass, and Photography Classes, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
1989
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Baylor University, Waco, TX
Professional Experience
2025-Present
Adjunct Professor of Art, Department of Art, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
2026
Summer Camp Instructor, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA
2024-2025
Graduate Teaching Assistant to Susie Ganch, Metalworking: Advanced Fabrication (Mechanisms and Surface), Virginia Commonwealth University, School of the Arts, Department of Craft/Material Studies, Richmond, VA
2023-2024
Graduate Teaching Assistant to Bohyun Yoon, Introduction to Glass Fabrication, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of the Arts, Department of Craft/Material Studies, Richmond, VA
2019-2023
National Director of Business Development, Centennial Contractors Enterprises, Inc., Reston, VA
2010-2018
Marketing, Communications, and Development Professional (Role as Consultant), Centennial Contractors Enterprises, Inc., Reston, VA
1998-2010
Vice President of Business Development, Centennial Contractors Enterprises, Inc., Reston, VA
1995-1998
Manager, Corporate Quality Programs and Communications, Centennial Contractors Enterprises, Inc., Reston, VA
1994-1995
Business Development and Technical Writing Specialist, Centennial Contractors Enterprises, Inc., Reston, VA
1990-1992
Research Assistant, Legislative Staff Assistant, , U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce, Washington, DC
Awards | Grants
2026
Award of Distinction, Virginia Artists Juried Exhibition, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA
2025
Graduate Travel Award, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2024-2025
Graduate Teaching Assistantship and Scholarship, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of the Arts, Department of Craft/Material Studies, Richmond, VA
2023-2024
Graduate Teaching Assistantship and Scholarship, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of the Arts, Department of Craft/Material Studies, Richmond, VA
2023
Graduate Travel Award, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2020
3rd Place, Small Works Juried Exhibition, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA
2012
Bead Dreams, 1st Place in Lampworking/Glass Category, Bead & Button Magazine, Kalmbach Publishing Company
2011
Honorable Mention for Glass Sculpture “Ring Around the Posies”, Virginia Glass Guild 23rd Annual Juried Exhibition, by Juror Tina Oldknow, Curator of Modern Glass for The Corning Museum of Glass, The Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA
Honorable Mention for Glass Sculpture “Fragility and Strength”, Virginia Glass Guild, 24th Juried Exhibition, by Juror Charlotte Potter, Glass Studio Manager for The Chrysler Museum, The Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA
2010
Bead Dreams, Finalist in Lampworking/Glass Category, Bead & Button Magazine, Kalmbach Publishing Company
2008
Bead Arts Award, 1st and 2nd Place, Featured in 2008 November/December issue of Step by Step Beads, Interweave Press
Exhibitions
2026
12th Annual Workhouse Glass International Exhibition, Lorton, VA
Form and Fragments, Juried Exhibition, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
2025
Refined: The Forseeable Future, 12th Biennial Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Jewelry, Metalwork, and Sculpture, Stephen F. Austin University, Nacogdoches, TX
Baltimore Jewelry Center Graduate Exhibition, 2nd Annual Juried Exhibition of Graduate Jewelry and Metalwork, Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD
Virginia Artists Juried Exhibition, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA
A Parting Repast, MFA Thesis Exhibition, The Anderson, Richmond, VA
Mineral Minded, Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG) Juried Online Exhibition
2024
Virginia Artists Juried Exhibition, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA
Virginia Glass Guild Juried Exhibition, Cultural Arts Center, Glen Allen, VA
Made in RVA, Four-Person Juried Exhibition, Alma’s Gallery, Richmond, VA
Virginia Glass Guild Annual Juried Exhibition, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA
MFA Candidacy Exhibition, The Living Room, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2023
Small Works Juried Exhibition, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA
Virginia Glass Guild Annual Juried Exhibition, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA
Arts and Letters, Dean’s Selection, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Old Dominion University, Gordon Art Galleries, Norfolk, VA
Loved and Lost, Advanced Metals Student Exhibition, Hixon Arts Building Gallery, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
2022
What the Flux? Metalworks Student Exhibition, Hixon Arts Building Gallery, Old Dominion University, VA
Fright Night Student Exhibition, Barry Arts Building, Old Dominion University, VA
Virginia Artists Juried Exhibition, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA
Garden Variety Group Exhibition, Barry Arts Building, Old Dominion University, VA
Portrayed: d’Art’s Second Annual National Juried Exhibition of Portraiture, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA
Fright Night Student Exhibition, Barry Arts Building, Old Dominion University, VA
Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Old Dominion University, Gordon Art Galleries, Norfolk, VA
Undergraduate Research Symposium Art Exhibition, Old Dominion University, VA
2021
Walking the Gardens of Art, Group Exhibition, Barry Arts Building, Old Dominion University, VA
2020
Small Works Juried Exhibition, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA
2013
Gothic Jewelry: Sinister Pleasures, National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis,TN
SOFA Chicago 2012, Gothic Jewelry: Sinister Pleasures, curated by Valerie Steele, Director and Chief Curator of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (MFIT), IL
Featured Artist, Smithsonian/James Renwick Alliance Glass Art Fashion Exhibition, Washington, DC
2012
Virginia Glass Guild 24th Annual Juried Exhibition, The Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA
Featured Artist, Glass Fashion Show, Glass Art Society Conference, Toledo, OH
2011
The Craft Show at the Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD
Convergence III, International Society of Glass Beadmakers, Juried International Traveling Exhibition
Surface, International Society of Glass Beadmakers, International Juried Traveling Exhibition
Creative Crafts Council Biennial Juried Exhibition, The Mansion at Strathmore, North Bethesda, MD
Solo Exhibition, Norfolk Botanical Garden, Norfolk, VA
New Waves 2011, Annual Juried Exhibition, The Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA
Virginia Glass Guild 23rd Juried Annual Juried Exhibition, The Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA
2010
Convergence II, International Society of Glass Beadmakers, Juried International Traveling Exhibition
Buyer’s Market of American Craft (The Rosen) Show, Philadelphia, PA
2009
Once Upon a Bead Juried Exhibition, Catskills Mountain Foundation Gallery, Hunter, NY
2008
Celebrating Craft Juried Exhibition, Rossdhu Gallery, Chevy Chase, MD
Guest Artists Exhibition, Lorton Arts Foundation, Lorton, VA
Once Upon a Bead Juried Exhibition, Catskills Mountain Foundation Gallery, Hunter, NY
Publications | Press | Artist Talks
2025
Presentation, So Fresh + So Clean: A Review of the Annual Exhibition, Chicago Responsible Jewelry Conference, Chicago, IL
“The Pressure to Mean Something: Inside the VCUARTS’ MFA Exhibition”, William Okaily, April 30, 2025, RVA Magazine, https://rvamag.com/community/the-pressure-to-mean-something-inside-the-vcuarts-mfa-exhibition.html
2025 MFA thesis exhibition catalog, Virginia Commonwealth University, e-flux, https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/677293/2025-vcuarts-mfa-thesis-exhibition?utm_source=mutualart&utm_medium=referral
2024
Artist Talk, Beyond Materiality: When an Object Becomes More, Grace Theatre, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of the Arts, Richmond VA
Pecha Kucha, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of the Arts, Richmond, VA
2023
Craft as Abstraction, Panel Discussion, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of the Arts, Richmond, VA
Pecha Kucha, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of the Arts, Richmond, VA
2022
Presentation, Undergraduate Research Symposium, Presentation, Art Outside the Museum: Researching the Lochhaven Garden Club’s Beautification of Norfolk, 1920 to 1970, Old Dominion University, VA
2013
Featured Artist, Showcase 500 Art Necklaces (500 Series), Ray Hemachandra and Chunghi Choo, Lark Books
Featured Artist, Flowers in Art: Contemporary International Artists, Cindy Ann Coldiron, Schiffer Publishing
2012
Juried Exhibition in Print, “Gothic Jewelry,” Metalsmith Magazine, August
2009
Artist Talk / Presentation of Work, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2007
Featured Artist, Australian Beading, Premiere Edition, Vol. 1, No. 1, Universal Publications
Residencies
2022
Associate Artist, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA
2011
Winter Residency, Penland School of Craft, Bakersville, NC
2009
Summer Residency, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2008
Resident Artist, Lorton Artist Workhouse, Lorton, VA
Virginia Artists Juried Exhibition, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA