Education
2020 MFA University of Wisconsin, Madison
2016 BFA in Furniture Design, Honors, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2016 BFA in Photography, Honors, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Minor Visual Studies
Minor Writing
Awards/ Residencies
2022-Current. Artist in Residence, Appalachian Center for Craft, Tennessee Tech University
2020-2022 Artist in Residence, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
2017 Artist in Residence, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, Colorado
2016 Windgate Fellow at The Center for Craft, Creativity, and Design
2015 Ronald and Anita Wornick Award, San Francisco, CA
Exhibitions
2024 Seating Assignment: Women in Contemporary Chairmaking and Craft Education, Side Chair Library, Salem College, NC
2024. Endlings, Dogwood Gallery, Tennessee Tech University, TN
2023 Overlook, Dogwood Gallery, Tennessee Tech University, TN
2022 Spread, (solo exhibition) Kipp Galleries, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, PA
2021 We Wish You Were More Delicate, (solo exhibition) Galleries at Georgetown, KY
2021 Department of Art and Design Faculty Triennial, University Museum, PA
2020 The Dangly Bits and Other Vulnerable Encounters, (MFA Exhibition) Backspace Gallery, Madison, WI
2019 On the Level, Gallery 7, Madison, November'
You Wood, MIAD, Furniture Society Conference, Milwaukee, WI, June
2018 Neck of the Woods: Survey of Madison Woodwork, Gallery 7, Madison, November
Precipice, Lofts Gallery, Madison, October Lofts Gallery, Madison, January
2017 Log, Lofts Gallery, Madison, November
To Be Honest, Harvey Meadows Gallery, Aspen, Colorado, March
2016 Subversive Archives, (solo show), College Avenue Galleries, Oakland, CA, March
2015 Nailed It, Heron Arts Gallery, San Francisco, CA, May
on and Anita Wornick Award Exhibition, San Francisco, CA, October
Wabi-sabi, In Search of Emptiness, Campus Center Galleries, San Francisco, CA, September
2014 Illuminated, Design Within Reach San Francisco, CA, May
Unidentifiable Furniture Object,San Francisco, CA, April
2013 Between Here and There, Campus Center Galleries, San Francisco, CA, April
Presentations, Panel Discussions and Publications:
2024 Hyperallergic Magazine feature about Seating Arrangement: https://hyperallergic.com/872726/women-chairmakers-get-a-seat-at-the-table-side-chair-library/
2023 Artist Talk, Tennessee Tech University
2022 Artist Talk, Annex Gallery, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
2021 Galleries at Georgetown, Artist Colloquium guest speaker
2021 Crafting A Revolution Podcast interview, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-196-ladies-who-wood/id1439078355?i=1000534868631
2020 Dan Talks Podcast interview,https://open.spotify.com/episode/0CbmSUK8SD1y5RNmgNsaDJ?si=bac22a9580204412
2020 Interviewer and Organizer: CDMC Conversations with Nirmal Raja, https://cdmc.wisc.edu/event/cdmc-conversation-series-nirmal-raja/
2019 Organizer and Moderator: Activist Women in the Arts: Maggie Sasso, Yevgeniya Kaganovich, and Teresa Faris, Center for Design and Material Culture, Madison, WI
2018 ART108 TA Artist Talk, Science Hall, University of Wisconsin, UW Madison, September
Relevant Professional Experience
Aug 2022- current Adjunct Faculty- Introduction to 3D Design, Independent Study- Furniture Making, Tennessee Tech University
Jan 2023- May 2023 Instructor- High School Outreach- Woodcarving
Jan 2021- May 2021 Gallery Director, Art and Design Department, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Aug 2020- May 2022 Temporary Faculty: Introduction to Woodworking, Introduction to Sculpture, Advanced Woodworking, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Jun. 2019- Oct. 2020 Associate Academic Curator, The Center for Design and Material Culture, School of Human Ecology, UW Madison
Aug. 2018- May 2020 Teacher of Record, Art 108- Introduction to Modern Art and ART 208, Introduction to Contemporary Art, UW Madison
Aug. 2018- Jun. 2019 Gallery Co-Curator, School of Education Gallery, UW Madison
Sept. 2017-Jun. 2018 Woodshop Supervisor, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Jan. 2014- May 2016 Teachers Assistant- Intro to Woodworking, Tools 3: Cabinet Making, California College of the Arts
Jan. 2014- May 2016 Welding Studio Monitor, California College of the Arts
Aug. 2013- May 2016 Woodshop Monitor, California College of the Arts