b. 1986 in Washington, D.C.

Education

BA - Skidmore College, Self-Determined Major in Political and Economic Development, Summa Cum Laude with honors, Phi Beta Kappa, Rhodes Scholarship Nominee. (May 2009)

The New York Studio School - Painting Certificate Program. Studying with Bill Jensen and Margrit Lewczuk. (current)

Where There Be Dragons - Himalayan Studies Semester Program, including six week apprenticeship with traditional Tibetan Thangka painter. (Fall 2004)


Awards / Grants

Student Opportunity Fund Grant ($575) for series of paintings. (2008)

Kathryn Wasserman Davis "Projects for Peace" Grant ($10,000) for a collaborative project with EDWON, a women-led micro-finance organization in Nepal. (2008)

National Community Action Award with Commendations from New York State Senate and Assembly for community focused research project. (2009)

Sarah Bennet '92 Memorial Prize for Leadership in Student Journalism for the film They Come in the Name of Helping. (2008)

First prize ($500) at Skidmore International Student Film Festival for They Come in the Name of Helping.(2007)

Selected Exhibitions

2010

The Brucennial, Curated by Vito Schnabel and the Bruce High Quality Foundation, 350 West Broadway, New York, NY

Works on Paper, Cameo Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2009

New York Studio School Group Show, Patton Boggs, LLP. New York, NY.

Making the Connection, Feast Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY. Curated by Benjamin Hillis (Feast Gallery Director).

BAJI: Recent Drawings and Paintings, Case Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY.

Skidmore Student Exhibition, Schick Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY. Juror: Michael Oatman.

Winter Show. Rounds Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY.

Internships

Host / Editor, Art International Radio

Assistant Director, The Jeneba Project
Working to rebuild the educational infrastructure of Sierra Leone.

Studio Assistantships

Bill Jensen

Jenny Lynn Mcnutt
Prof. of Art at Pratt Institutte, New School, Pace University.

Catherine Copeland (painter).
(Fall 2009)