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