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Education:
2020 - Bachelor of Fine Arts Studio Art, Minor in Business Management, Summa Cum Laude, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA.
2019 - Study Abroad: International Art and Architecture Experience, Central Washington University, Athens, Greece.
2015 - High School Diploma, Washington State Scholar, Valedictorian, Mount Si High School, Snoqualmie, WA.
Group Exhibitions:
2023 - Danaca Design. “Battle of the Rings 2023,” Seattle, WA.
2019 - Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, “Juried Undergraduate Art Exhibition,” Ellensburg, WA.
2018 - Bluestone Building, “Barn Storm,” Ellensburg, WA.
2018 - Nook Gallery, “Juried Winter Show,” Ellensburg, WA.
2018 - Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, “Juried Undergraduate Art Exhibition,” Ellensburg, WA.
Collections:
2019 - Shona Stone Sculpture. Central Washington University Provost Collection. Ellensburg, WA.
Awards
2020 - President’s Scholar Award, College of Arts and Humanities, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA.
2020 - Department of Art + Design Valerie Gale Lister Scholarship, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA.
2019 - Provost Purchase Award. “Juried Undergraduate Art Exhibition,” Ellensburg, WA.
2019 - Department of Art + Design Louis Kollmeyer Art Scholarship. “Juried Undergraduate Art Exhibition,” Ellensburg, WA.
2015-2020 - Dean’s List, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA.
2015 - President’s Tuition Waiver, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA.
2015 - Washington State Scholar, Washington State Office of the Governor, Olympia, WA.
2015 - Valedictorian, Mount Si High School, Snoqualmie, WA.
Member of the Following Organizations:
Founding Member, The Brotherhood, Artist Collective. US Based. 2022-Present.
Member, Student Art Club, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA. 2016-2020.
Artist Statement
My work serves as a medium through which I explore and process the feelings of time wasted or lost; dissociation — derealization and depersonalization; of the associated grief and loss, in particular the loss of what could have been; and of ultimately, time as our most precious resource. As such, my practice explores the importance and fragility of each moment, the preciousness cultivated within experiences, and the impact our perceptions have on our notions of time.
In my pieces I employ brutalistic elements — blocky forms, rigid structure, and clean geometry — in contrast with nebulous organic forms of fused precious metals, carved abstract stonework, and implied line and negative space. These design choices reflect the duality of time; its structured and linear nature that perpetuates with certainty, and the ambiguous and chaotic aspects of an ever changing and unknowable future, coalescing into an incomplete whole crafted from many parts. I thus create jewelry and sculpture that exist in a state of sustained harmonic opposition representative of the multitude of parts and experiences that constitute life.