EDUCATION
2025 (PROJECTED) MFA: Metalsmithing and Jewelry Design
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2019 BFA in Studio Art: Metalsmithing and Jewelry Design
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2013 Core 40/Academic Honors Degree
Bloomington High School South, Bloomington, IN
WORK HISTORY
2024 Associate Instructor – 2022-2025
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2023 Studio Technician – Haystack Open Studio Residency
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, MN
2022 Framer and Part-Time Manager – 2019-2022
Michael’s Craft Store, Bloomington, IN
2019 Instructor Assistant – Enamels with Kathy Wilcox
Arrowmont School of Craft, Gatlinburg, TN
2014 Dishwasher
Scenic View Restaurant, Bloomington, IN
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2024 Metalwerx Symposium Presenter
Metalwerx Virtual Spring Symposium, Zoom
Display Preparator – Radical Jewelry Makeover Midwest
Grunwald Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Display Preparator – Objects That Serve
Tangent Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2023 Juror – The Little Things
Tangent Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
MFAO Social Media Chair – Master of Fine Arts Organization
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2022 Emerging Artist Presenter
SNAG 2022 Conference, Convention Center, Providence, RI
2019 Apprenticeship – Yosuke Inoue
Nirasaki, Japan, Yamanashi Prefecture
Metals Guild President
Indiana University Metals Guild, Bloomington, IN
2018 Summer Studio Assistant
Arrowmont School of Craft, Gatlinburg, TN
Studio Technician
Indiana University Metals Department, Bloomington, IN
Metals Guild Treasurer
Indiana University Metals Guild, Bloomington, IN
2017 Summer Studio Assistant
Arrowmont School of Craft, Gatlinburg, TN
2016 Summer Educational Assistant
Arrowmont School of Craft, Gatlinburg, TN
2015 Summer Educational Assistant
Arrowmont School of Craft, Gatlinburg, TN
HONORS AND AWARDS
2024 Mary Jane McIntire Endowed Fellowship — $1000
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Della Fricke Art Scholarship — $1100
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2023 Mary Jane McIntire Endowed Fellowship — $2000
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Bloomington Arts Commission Emerging Artist Grant — $750
Bloomington, IN
2022 Genia and Max Tanner Scholarship — $2000
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2018 George W. Sterns Scholarship — $1000
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Windgate Fellowship Nominee
The Center for Craft, Asheville, NC
College of Arts and Sciences Executive Dean’s List
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2017 Alma Eikerman Award — $1000
Holiday Art Awards, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
College of Arts and Sciences Executive Dean’s List
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2016 Pygmalion’s Art Supplies Award — $500
Holiday Art Awards, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2015 Dean Purchase Award
Juried Student Art Exhibition, Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University, Lexington KY
RESIDENCIES
2020 BJC 3 Month Emerging Artist Residency
Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD
2019 Inaugural Spring Pentaculum
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Prismatic Playground – End of Residency Exhibition
Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD
INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2024 Plus One – Invited by: Jen Wells
Le Arti Orafe, Le Arti Orafe Jewelry School, Florence, Italy
Plus One – Invited by: Jen Wells
Romanian Jewelry Week, National Library of Romania, Bucharest, Romania
Plus One – Invited by: Jen Wells
Slovenian Jewelry Week, Center Rog Juvelirij Shop, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2023 Plus One – Invited by: Jen Wells
Romanian Jewelry Week, National Library of Romania, Bucharest, Romania
ECU Pride Exhibition – Invited by: Haley McElroy
Proctor-Yongue House, Greenville, NC
Shared Past, Divergent Futures – Invited by: Sishi Wang
ECU Symposium, Emerge Gallery, Greenville, NC
2022 Metal Shop Revamp – Invited by: Shane Prada
Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD
Plus One – Invited by: Aimee Petkus
Romanian Jewelry Week, National Library of Romania, Bucharest, Romania
Diamonds on the Soles of their Shoes – Invited by: Aimee Petkus
New York Jewelry Week, NYCJW Headquarters, New York, NY
2019 2nd Anniversary Celebration – Invited by: Abbey Hunter
The Hot Spot Metals Studio, Grand Rapids, MI
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2024 The State of Democracy – Juror: Nicole Jacquard
The Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN
Alchemy7 – Jurors: Ruth Ball, Cynthia Eid, and Sarah Loch-Test Enamelist Society Conference – Brad Cushman
Gallery, Windgate Center of Art + Design at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR
2023 Adorn Axis: Truth or Dare – Jurors: Ayala Naphtali and Debra Adelson
New York Jewelry Week, Brooklyn, NY
The Little Things – Jurors: Emmie Tallman and Ben Cooke-Akaiwa
Tangent Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
SNAG Student Exhibition – Jurors: SULO BEE and Rachel Saul Rearick
Online Exhibition, Society of North American Goldsmiths
NSAL 2023 Visual Arts Competition + Exhibition – Jurors: Robert Kingsley and Suzanne Halvorsen
FAR Center for Contemporary Arts, Bloomington, IN
2022 Material Alchemy: Metal and Color – Curators: Jeremy Taran Diamond, Shaunia Grant, Katie McCullough, and Lilly McEachern
Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, GA
2021 Adorn Axis: Outside the Lines – Jurors: Ayala Naphtali and Debra Adelson
Monique Rancourt Artisan Gallery, Waltham, MA
Dream Machine – Jurors: Sylvie Alusitz, Betsy Lewis, and Kate Dannenberg
Industry City, New York, NY
Ware/Wear – Jurors: Tanya Crane and Candice Methe
Pocosin Arts, Columbia, NC
2020 Metal and Mud – Jurors: Aimee Howard-Clinger and Joe Page
Edwardsville Art Center, Edwardsville, IL
2020 Disrupt – Curator: Clarissa Long
CCBC Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Talente 2020 – Jurors: Tulga Beyerle, Susanne Jøker Johnsen, Christelle Le Dean, Chequita Nahar, Lars Sture, Michal Vaníček, and Nele van Wieringen
International Trade Fair, Munich, Germany
Small Favors – Juror: Leila Cartier
The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2019 Marzee International Graduate Show 2019 – Juror: Marie-José van den Hout
Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, Netherlands
2018 Here Today – Jurors: SNAG Exhibition Planning Committee
Online Exhibition, WE ARE SNAG Annual Series
2018 The 96th Annual All Media Exhibition – Juror: Sarah Rose Sharp
The Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
Form Forge Fabricate – Juror: Tobias Birgersson
SIUC Museum 2018 SIMS Conference, Carbondale, IL
SNAG Student Exhibition – Jurors: SNAG Exhibition Planning Committee
2018 SNAG Conference, Portland, OR
Online Student Exhibition – Jurors: Enamelist Society Exhibition Committee
Online Exhibition, The Enamelist Society
NSAL 2018 Emerging Artists Show – Juror: Robert Kingsley
Ivy Tech John Waldron Art Center, Bloomington, IN
2017 NSAL 2017 Emerging Artists Show – Juror: Robert Kingsley
Ivy Tech John Waldron Art Center, Bloomington, IN
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Health in Enamel
Keeler Gallery, Metal Museum, Memphis Tennessee
Radical Jewelry Makeover Midwest
Grunwald Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Objects That Serve
Tangent Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2022 We Are SNAG Anthology Ed. 2
Society of North American Goldsmiths Website
Where it Started: First Year MFA Exhibition
Tangent Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2019 Ruminations – BFA Thesis
Grunwald Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2018 BFA Group Show
Grunwald Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2017 Lineage as Legacy
Ivy Tech John Waldron Art Center, Bloomington, IN
BFA Group Show
Grunwald Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
2024 Arrowmont Showcase Gallery – Since 2016
Gatlinburg, TN
Baltimore Jewelry Center – Since 2020
Baltimore, MD
Gallery 360 – Since 2021
Minneapolis, MN
Ombre Gallery – Since 2021
Cincinnati, OH
Lireille Gallery – Since 2021
Oakland, CA
2022 Quirk Gallery
Richmond, VA
2021 The Hot Spot
Grand Rapids, MI
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
UNIVERSITY COURSES
2024/25 Metalsmithing + Jewelry Design I – Fall 24 and Spring 25
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Introductory Course for exploring metalworking and jewelry design as a serious form of creative expression. Focuses on the basic techniques of piercing metals, sheet metal construction, surface embellishment, mechanical joining, wire forming and introduction to chain making, metal patination, and soldering.
2023/24 Metalsmithing + Jewelry Design I – Fall 23 and Spring 24
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Introductory Course for exploring metalworking and jewelry design as a serious form of creative expression. Focuses on the basic techniques of piercing metals, sheet metal construction, surface embellishment, mechanical joining, wire forming and introduction to chain making, metal patination, and soldering.
2022/23 Pathways: Intro to Art, Design, and Merchandising – Fall 22 and Spring 23
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
The SOAD A-100 Intro to Art, Design, and Merchandising course introduces the area of study within the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture, and Design: Studio Art, Interior Design, Comprehensive Design, Fashion Design, and Merchandising. A-100 hopes to uncover the ideas, questions, and values that bring us together in this school by exploring the intersections and interactions of our chosen fields. Through faculty lectures, guest speakers, class discussions and exercises, we examine how various themes, topics, and current events impact art, design, and merchandising, as well as how these areas shape us both culturally and individually.
WORKSHOPS
2024 Score… and Bend! – Metalwerx, Waltham, MA
Virtual 2 Day. Scoring and bending workshop that covered basic tool making and applications for this technique.
2023 Hollow Containers: Full of Fabrication – Metalwerx, Waltham, MA
Virtual 1 Day. Introductory workshop on fabricating a lidded hollow cylinder box.
When Enamel Met Steel – Metalwerx, Waltham, MA
Virtual 2 Day. Introductory workshop on applying enamel to steel.
CTRL, ALT, SET – Metalwerx, Waltham, MA
Virtual 3 Day. Alternative prong and bezel setting workshop.
Score… and Bend! – Metalwerx, Waltham, MA
Virtual 2 Day. Scoring and bending workshop that covered basic tool making and applications for this technique.
2022 Score… and Bend! – Metalwerx, Waltham, MA
Virtual 2 Day. Scoring and bending workshop that covered basic tool making and applications for this technique.
Dimensional Metal – Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD
In-Person 2 Day. Metal forming workshop that covered die forming/die making, scoring and bending, and basic tool making.
PUBLICITY
2022 British Vogue
April Issue: Platinum Queen
British Vogue
May Issue: Fashion Fantasy
British Vogue
June Issue: Supermodel Summer
2019 JaMS
Second Annual SNAG Jewelry and Metals Survey
AFFILIATIONS + MEMBERSHIPS
2024 Society of North American Goldsmiths – Since 2016
2019 Enamelist Society
TECHNICAL SKILLS
JEWELRY + METALSMITHING – PROFICIENT IN:
Sheet metal fabrication: ferrous and non-ferrous, Die-forming and die fabrication, Raising and sinking, Anti-clastic and synclastic raising, Spiculum fabrication, Forging, Tool making, Hinges and small mechanisms, Lost wax casting, Stone setting and fabrication: bezel, tab, prong, tube & combination settings, Polishing and buffing, Etching: cupric nitrate and ferric chloride, Gold plating, Powder coating, Spray painting, Patinas: liver of sulfur, rokusho, colored pencil, sawdust ammonia… etc
ENAMELING – PROFICIENT IN:
Washing and Preparing enamels, Sifting and Wet-Packing, Transparent and Opaque enamels, Leaded and Non-Leaded enamels, Liquid enamels, Enamel on steel, Cloisonné, Champlevé, Plique-á-jour, Torch and kiln firing techniques
DIGITAL DESIGN – EXPERIENCED WITH:
Rhinoceros 3D, Adobe Illustrator, ChituBox, 3D Printing: Resin and FDM
GALLERY + CURATORIAL
Installation and lighting of 2D and 3D work, Coordinating with Artists, Receiving Work: Securely packing and unpacking work, documenting work
STUDIO MAINTENANCE – PROFICIENT IN:
Research and procurement of new equipment, Hammer, Stake, and Rolling Mill maintenance/refinishing, Maintenance of acetylene tanks, Flex shaft repair and maintenance, Safe storage and disposal of chemicals, Minor plumbing
WOODWORKING EQUIPMENT – EXPERIENCED WITH:
Drill Press, Band Saw, Table Saw, Jointer/Planer, Chop Saw, Lathe, Router: Handheld and Table
PHOTOGRAPHY – EXPERIENCED WITH:
Set-up for jewelry and metalsmithing photo booth, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom Classic
CERAMICS – EXPERIENCED WITH:
Wheel Throwing, Hand Building, Slip Casting, Glaze Mixing, Firing Techniques: Salt, Soda, Electric, Wood
PRINTMAKING – EXPERIENCED WITH:
Screen Printing: preparation of screen, photo emulsion, and contact paper stencil Intaglio: Etching, Aquatint, Soft and Hard Ground, Dry Point, and Photopolymer Relief: Linoleum and Wood Block carving