I explore themes of motherhood and time through a variety of media including photography, painting, drawing, and video. My work documents interactions with my daughter and reflects how my role as a working mother intertwines with my studio practice. I investigate and experiment with boundaries of time through specific guidelines that I set to limit each studio session and mimic the fragmentation of a maternal schedule. My current work pushes against society’s notion of the perfect mother and reveals the complex reality of motherhood with imagery of imperfect moments and child art compositions.
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EDUCATION
2020 Master of Fine Arts, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2011 Master of Education in Secondary Education, West Chester University, West Chester, PA
2007 Bachelor of Science in Art Education with a Minor in Art History, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Reflex/Reflect. Icebox Project Space. Philadelphia, PA
Pieced Together. Digital Collaboration. Artist/Mother Podcast
WE ARE the School of Art. Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery. Philadelphia, PA
Give Her Space. Philly Art Collective Gallery. Philadelphia, PA
2020 Formed Under Pressure. Marginal Utility. Philadelphia, PA
2019 WIP Exhibition. Aronson Gallery. Philadelphia, PA
Mid-Summer Exhibition. Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery. Philadelphia, PA
2018 WIP Exhibition. Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery. Philadelphia, PA
The Perfect Human. Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery. Philadelphia, PA
2016 A Sugartown Christmas. Historic Sugartown. Malvern, PA
118th Annual Student Exhibition. Fleisher Art Memorial. Philadelphia, PA
2012 Drink Philly: First Friday. Philadelphia, PA
Drink Philly: First Friday. Philadelphia, PA
AWARDS & HONORS
2019 Richard and Patricia Henkels Award, Arts Achievement, Philadelphia, PA
2016 3rd Place Abstract Painting - 118th Annual Student Exhibition at Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Shirley Walters Memorial Research Scholarship, West Chester, PA
2006 Jean J. Slenker Memorial Scholarship - Fiber Arts, Indiana, PA
RELATED EXPERIENCE
2021
Wharton Esherick Museum Education Committee - Committee member for educational programming development.
2013-Current
Great Valley High School Art Department Faculty - Instructor for beginner, intermediate, and advanced courses, including Advanced Placement in painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, jewelry, ceramics, and sculpture.
2007-2013
Chichester High School Art Department Faculty- Instructor for beginner and intermediate, courses in painting, drawing and ceramics. Mural arts coordinator and instructor.