EDUCATION
2025 MFA Sculpture, SAIC Chicago, IL (forthcoming)
2015 BFA San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA
2011 Orange County School of the Arts, Orange County CA
2007 Waldorf School of Orange County, Orange County CA
AWARDS/HONORS
2023 Trawick Award, Best in Show, Bethesda Urban Partnership, MD
2023 Season I Fellowship Award, NARS Foundation for the Arts, Brooklyn, NY
2022 Wherewithal Research Grant, the Warhol Foundation & Washington Project for the Arts
2021 DC Commission for Arts and Humanities Fellowship Grant
2018 DC Commission for Arts and Humanities Sister Cities Grant
2014 PEO Sisterhood Scholarship, Orange County, CA
2011-2015 Dean’s Scholarship from the San Francisco Art Institute
RESIDENCIES
2023 NARS Foundation for the Arts, Brooklyn, NY
2021 Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, Artist Residency, Washington, DC
2019 - present STABLE Arts Studio Residency, Washington, DC
2018 Siren Arts Performance Residency, Asbury Park, NJ
2017 Siren Arts Performance Residency, Asbury Park, NJ
2016 - 2019 Red Dirt Studio, Artist in Residence (Ceramics) Mount Rainier, MD
2012 Hubbard Street Dance, Summer Dance Intensive, Los Angeles, CA
SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023 HOT CROP VisArts Gallery, Rockville, MD (solo)
2022 Home Goods, James Madison University, VA (solo)
2019 BUILD BUILD BUILD | Red Dirt Studio Gallery, Mount Rainier, MD (solo)
2018 TENDER BITS Hillyer Gallery at International Arts&Artists, Washington, DC (solo)
2017 NEVERMIND, AZIZAM Transformer, Washington, DC
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Trawick Finalists Exhibition, Bethesda, MD
Transactions with the Wind, (solo performance), Rhizome, Takoma Park, MD
Mother Mold, NARS Season I International Residency Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY
2022 On Gathering, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC
Transformer, Corcoran School of Art & Design at GWU, Washington, DC
2021 Improv: Music and Dance, Rhizome, Takoma Park, MD
Am I Altering Your Aura, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC
Traditional Distractions (solo performance), Brentwood Arts Exchange, Brentwood, MD
Alchemical Vessels, Joan Hisaoka Gallery, Washington, DC
2020 Artist Neighbor Collective: SHOW I, Washington, DC
Not Yet (Futura) Free, STABLE Arts gallery, Washington, DC
Velocity of a Page, Greater Reston Art Center, Reston, VA
Applied Forces, Arlington Art Center, Arlington, VA
Quarantine Concerts, ESS Chicago, IL
2019 All Together Now, Denovo Gallery, Washington, DC
Transformer Auction, Corcorcan School of Art at GWU, Washington, DC
DIALOGUES, STABLEArts Gallery, Washington, DC
Fluxus Interpretations, DC Art Center, Washington, DC
BOWL, performance at Rhizome, Takoma Park, MD
2018 Alive at Satellite Satellite Art Show, Miami Beach, FL
Dance Work with Lotion Princess, Rhizome Takoma Park, MD
Delayed Response, Hillyer Gallery at International Arts & Artists, Washington, DC
WATER/ :Trespassing Liquid Highways, Gallery 102, Washington, DC
Beach Conservation Performance Series, Siren Arts, Asbury Park, New Jersey
Platforms Project Art Fair, Athens, Greece
Queer(ed) Performativity DC Art Center, Washington, DC
2017 Hyphen American, Gallery 102, George Washington University, Washington, DC
Transformer Annual Auction, American University Katzen Art Center
Box of Strings, The Textile Museum, George Washington University, Washington, DC
Intimately Public, Art All Night, Washington, DC
Shadow/Casters at the Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
Beach Shop Siren Arts, Asbury Park, NJ
JUST SITUATIONS Grace Exhibition Space/Panoply Performance Lab, NY
Sounds, Rhizome DC (collaboration with Vox Populi) Washington, DC
Alchemical Vessels, Joan Hisaoka Gallery Washington, DC
2016 Performancy Forum, Panoply Performance Lab Brooklyn, NY
PAF2016, Bunker Projects Pittsburgh, PA
Sound and Performance, Rhizome DC Takoma Park, MD
Noise Body Music, VisArts, Rockville, MD
Defy/Define, Transformer, Washington, D.C.
Flesh & Bone II, Hillyer Art Space, Washington, D.C
2015 Performance Exhibition, Babelab San Francisco, CA
SFAI Alumni Exhibition, 800 Chestnut Street, San Francisco, CA
4x40 Performance Exhibition, Southern Exposure San Francisco, CA
Not For Sale, Cell Space Gallery San Francisco,CA
8 on 20th, Southern Exposure Gallery San Francisco, CA
2014 Northern California Performance Platform, San Francisco Art Institute San Francisco, CA
After the Fall... , Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Queery for your Vastness, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute
2013 100 Performances for the Hole, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
New Genres Salon, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA
The Hall Show, The Hall Gallery San Francisco, CA
Inner Librare, Workhouse Art Center Lorton, VA
LADYPARTS Fine Art and Performance Exhibition, 87FLORIDA Washington D.C.
New Genres Art Show, The LAB San Francisco, CA
2012 Ur in Control, The Future: Art House, San Francisco, CA
Winter Art Festival, San Francisco Art Institute San Francisco,CA
Drawings, West Wall Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011 100 Performances for the Hole, SOMArts Cultural Center San Francisco, CA
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2023 Score! An exhibition of performance, STABLEArts Gallery, Washington, DC
2020-2022 Co-founder and co-curator of all projects at but, also: artist run pop up exhibition
space and store, Washington, DC
2018 Delayed Response, Art All Night, Hillyer at International Arts & Artists, Washington DC
HYPHEN AMERICAN (with Tsedaye Makonnen), George Washington University’s Gallery 102, Washington, DC
2017 Nevermind Azizam, Tranformer, Washington, DC
Intimately Public, Art All Night, Hillyer at International Arts & Artists, Washington, DC
2014 Queery For Your Vastness Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute SF, CA
2013 LADYPARTS Fine Art and Performance Exhibition, 87FLORIDA Washington, DC
PROFESSSIONAL EXPERIENCE (cliff notes)
Currently: Co Founder and Co Director of but, also
Art Handler with Cross Museum Services
Formerly: Exhibition Associate, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Exhibition Director at Hamiltonian Artists, Washington, DC
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