Artist Statement
Up to this point in time the work I have created has been about prosthetic identities, each acts to replace an authentic identity with an artificial one. Through a guise of wigs, facial attachments, costumes, and hand made objects I reconstruct images of women. My own memories, media and socially acceptable ideals have mediated the output of this image. In this obsessive hunt I have romanticize these images by designing hyper real landscapes in which to act as them. These landscapes are suggestive of the continual tension present within the dramaturgical idea of front stage/backstage, in which people act differently when presented with an audience than not. My work, sometimes cynical, attempts to take an earnest look back at itself by finding ways to pin the insincerity of the image against the earnestness of making.

Education
M.F.A Louisiana State University School of Art, Sculpture, anticipated 2011
B.F.A Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts (VCUarts), Sculpture, 2008
A.A. The Art Institute of Washington, Graphic Design, 2002

AWARDS
2008 Graduate Assistantship, Louisiana State University School of Arts
2008 Chuck Henry Truth and Beauty Award, awarded by VCUarts Sculpture faculty
2007 Peachtree Grant, awarded by VCUarts Sculpture faculty

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 SHOPLIFTER, Commons Art Space, Richmond Virginia

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 003D:Expanded Draught, Galway Arts Center, Galway Ireland
2009 The Surrealist Ball, Ephemeral Gallery, Baton Rouge LA
2009 Venus Envy, Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge LA
2009 Trip the Light Electric, Culture Candy, Shaw Center, Baton Rouge LA
2009 Everything Must Go!, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans LA
2009 4433 Street View Art Exhibit and Auction, Foster Gallery, Baton Rouge LA
2008 The Grad Show, Foster Gallery, Baton Rouge LA
2008 Uncommon Thread Wearable Art Competition, 2nd Place, Baton Rouge LA
2008 Pot Luck, 233 Gallery, Richmond VA
2008 Common Good, Common Grounds Coffee, Richmond VA
2008 Senior Summit, 1001 West Broad, Richmond VA
2007 Say What? Customized Que Dolls Charity Exhibition, Kickballers, Washington D.C
2007 Swap Meet, The Camel, Richmond VA
2006 Student Fine Arts Exhibition, Juried by Eric Heist, Anderson Gallery, Richmond VA
2005 Student Fine Arts Exhibition, Juried by Heidi Trepanier, Anderson Gallery, Richmond VA
2003 FEM Artshow, Polka-dot Gallery, Richmond VA

EXPERIENCE
2008 Director/Curator, Locker Gallery LSU, Baton Rouge LA
2008 Graphic Design Intern, Another Limited Rebellion, Richmond VA
2005 Gallery Assistant, Art Space at Plant Zero, Richmond VA
2005 Teacher Assistant, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Children Summer Arts Program, Richmond VA
2003 Co-curator FEM Artshow, Polka-dot Gallery, Richmond VA