Artist Bio
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I make creatures as a way to digest the world around me. They come from a compulsory desire to translate my observations into a new form. They are vessels of stored energy, glimpses of nonverbal communication, characters in a mythology of their own. As I question the ideas of origin, identity and beyond, my creatures do the same.
I am interested in the transference of information from my perspective, to their embodiment, to the viewer’s perspective. They have become a receptacle for conversation, a link in the game ‘Telephone’ between me and the one on the other end. The conversation has a life of its own and is never the same between viewers. Moving forward I seek to provide more of a tangible relationship between the viewer and my objects as I impart them with simple ranges of motion. I am curious how we as humans treat the objects around us and the idea of 'play' permeates in my current work. I am originally from Jupiter, Florida and growing up around the sand, the fauna, the people, and the theme parks has endeared me and the way I view the world. |
Exhibition/Teaching History
2025
• “Beardsley Calendar” Collaboration with Kendra Barth from show ‘Exquisite Corpse’, Knoxville, TN
• “It’s the Little Things” The Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT
• “Beardsley Garden: Snow Day” The Mill & Mine, Knoxville, TN
• “Curio” Maker Exchange Knoxville, Knoxville, TN
• “Symbiogenesis: A New Nature in the Anthropocene” with Museum of Infinite Outcome, Ijams Nature Center, Knoxville, TN
• “Beginning Handbuilding for Your Everyday Life” John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC
• “Small Favors 2025” The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
• “Garden Art Gala” 5th Annual Garden Party Gala, Beardsley Community Farm, Knoxville, TN
• “100 Vases under 100” Arrowmont Gallery, Knoxville, TN
2024
• “Maker Monday” Artist segment on WATE Living East Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
• “2024 Art Gala” 4th Annual Garden Party Gala, Beardsley Community Farm, Knoxville, TN
• “Fragile: A Group Ceramics Exhibition” Dogwood Arts, Knoxville, TN
• “Exquisite Corpse” a collaboration with Kendra Barth, Red Gallery, Knoxville, TN
• “Exquisite Corpse” a collaboration with Kendra Barth, Mighty Mud Gallery, Knoxville, TN
• “Curio” Maker Exchange Knoxville, Knoxville, TN
2023
• “Community Artists” Knoxville Darkroom, Knoxville, TN
• “Featured February Artists” Arrowmont Gallery, Knoxville, TN
• “Flourishing Moments” 3rd Annual Garden Party Gala, Beardsley Community Farm, Knoxville, TN
• "Small Favors 2023” The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
• “This Never Happened” a collaboration with Kyle Cottier, Mighty Mud Gallery, Knoxville, TN
• “Curio” Maker Exchange Knoxville, Knoxville, TN
2022
• “Common Ground” 2nd Annual Garden Party Gala, Beardsley Community Farm, Knoxville, TN
• “Common Ground” 2nd Annual Garden Party Gala, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN
• “Curio” Maker Exchange Knoxville, Knoxville, TN
• “The Grid” Maker Exchange Knoxville, Knoxville, TN
• “Mug Wall” Maker Exchange Knoxville, Knoxville, TN
• “2nd Annual High Fire Show” Wildfire Ceramics Studio, Missoula, MT
2021
• “Contact” Artist-In-Residence Solo Show, Mighty Mud, Knoxville, TN
• “1st Annual Garden Party Gala” Beardsley Community Farm, Knoxville, TN
• “Artist in Collaborator” Museum of Infinite Outcomes, Knoxville, TN
2020
• "Tiny But Mighty II: A National Exhibition of Small 3D Artworks" d'Art Center, Norfolk, VA
• "Small Favors 2020: Expanding The Field" The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
• "Avifauna" Museum of Infinite Outcomes, Knoxville, TN
2019
• “Fall 2019 Work Study Exhibition” West Complex Gallery, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
• “Off The Clock” Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN
• “President’s Day Group Show” Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN
• “19th Sevier County Biennial Juried Exhibition” Sandra J Blaine Gallery, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2013
• “VAST BFA Ceramic Undergraduate Exhibition” FSU, Tallahassee, FL
• Mosaic Bench, FSU, Fine Arts Building, Tallahassee, FL