EDUCATION
Bard Graduate Center (BGC) New York, NY 2021
MA in Decorative Arts, Design History and Material Culture. Concentration: Textiles
School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) Chicago, IL 2015
BFA in Art History, Theory and Criticism, Historical Concentration and Studio Major in Textiles
Awarded the President’s Merit Scholarship
Solo Shows
“Contemporary at Heirloom", Heirloom Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Spring 2023
Group Shows
“Alchemy,” Virtual Magazine by Create! Magazine, April 2023
“Casa Abierta,” Texere, Oaxaca, Mexico, January 2023
“Tectonic Threads,” Monira Foundation, at Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, New Jersey, September 2022
“Les Trames du Possible,” Amelie, Maison d’Art, Paris, France, September 2022
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE - Residencies
Texere, Oaxaca, Mexico, January 2023
Artist-in-Residence, Thread Caravan’s Inaugural Textile Residency and art show, August 2021
Participant, Cosa Buena cultural retreat, Oaxaca, Mexico, January 2020
Textílsetur Íslands Residency, Blönduós, Iceland, April/May 2018
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE - Education
Part-time Faculty/lecturer, MFA Textiles Department, Parsons School of Design, Fall 2021 - present
Part-time Faculty/lecturer, School of Constructed Environments, Parsons School of Design, Fall 2022 - present
Part-time Faculty/lecturer, Fashion Department, Parsons School of Design, Fall 2022 - present
Part-time Faculty/lecturer, Department of Art and Design History, Parsons School of Design, Spring 2023 - present
Parsons Design Mentor, Parsons Paris Course: Inside Fashion Design: Becoming a Designer for the 21st Century, Summer 2022
Business of Luxury Mentor, Columbia University Early College Program with Kaplan, Summer 2022
Teaching Assistant, Clothing, taught by Dr. Higonnet, Barnard College/Columbia University, Fall 2021
Co-host, Season Two, The Fields of the Future Podcast, Bard Graduate Center (BGC), Fall 2021
Managing Editor of the Tatter Journal and Content Manager at Tatter Blue Library Tatter Blue Library, May 2020 to September 2021
Studio Assistant, Muralists and Efdot Studios, Efdot Studios, May 2020 to June 2021
Freelance Art Instructor, June 2017 to Present
Weaving/Art Instructor, Camp Counselor Long Lake Camp for the Arts, NY, Summer 2018 & 2019
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE - Administrative and Project Management-based
Program Coordinator, Arts Administration Department at Teachers College, Columbia University July 2019 to July 2021
Freelance Social Media Asssistant, Chattra Yoga, blockprinted goods, June 2017-March 2019
Program Coordinator/Art Instructor, Print Block Studio, Dublin, Ireland, March 2017 to April 2018
Curatorial and Public Programs Intern, The National Craft Gallery of Ireland and the Design and Craft Council of Ireland, Kilkenny, Ireland, July 2017 to November 2017
Curatorial and Collections Management Intern, The Costumes and Textiles Department, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA),September 2016 – January 2017
Collections Relocation and Conservation Assistant, The Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology, The University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, May 2016 to August 2016, May 2014 to August 2014
Weaving Studio Assistant, Studio Herron, Chicago IL December 2014 – May 2015
Research and Collections Management Intern, the Department of Prints and Drawings, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Fall 2014 to September 2015
Public Programs Intern and Archives Assistant, The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco,San Francisco, CA, Summer 2014
Research Assistant for Professor Inderpal Grewal, Professor in the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Yale University, Summer 2014
Archives Intern, Archives Department, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL August 2013 – January 2014
Research Intern, Medieval to Modern European Painting and Sculpture, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, August to December 2013
Publications
Maake Magazine, Issue 14, Fall 2022