Education
2014 Master of Fine Arts, Texas A&M University—Commerce
1983 Bachelor of Science, Education, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos
Exhibitions
2019
The Postcard Collective, selected by Camden Hardy, University of Arizona, on-line collection.
31st Annual Juried Exhibition, juried by Dr. InJeong Yoon, Perot Theater, Texarkana Regional Arts and Humanities Council, Texarkana, Texas.Now | Contemporary 2019, juried by Claudia Zapata. Art Room, Fort Worth, Texas.
61st Annual Permian Basin Juried Art Exhibition, juried by Christine Fuentes. Ellen Noël Art Museum at The University of Texas of the Permian Basin Odessa, Texas.
Solo Exhibition, A Woman's Eye on Landscape of The Llano Estacado, at Franklin County Arts Alliance, Mount Vernon, Texas.
Juried Exhibition, juried by Susan Lecky, Nychelle Grant, Lucas Martell and Arthur Peña. Curated by Du Chau. Bath House Cultural Center and South Dallas Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas.
Winter 2019 Show, The Curated Fridge! Curator, Sarah Kennel, The Byrne Family Curator of Photography at Peabody Essex Museum, Somerville, Massachusetts.
Favorite Photograph of 2018, On-line Exhibition, LENSCRATCH.
Self-Portrait Exhibition, 2019, juried by Aline Smithson, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont.
Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art 2019, juried by Jennie Goldstein, Assistant Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC.
The Llano Estacado Project, Solo Exhibition, Whatley Center at North Texas Community College, February, 2019. Mount Pleasant, Texas.
2019 Focus on Photography Exhibition, juried by O. Rufus Lovett, The Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, Texas.
2018
Gasoline Rainbow, Stories about America, Gold/scopophilia Gallery, Curator and galleriest, Jennifer Wroblewski, Montclair, New Jersey.
Environmental Portraits Exhibition, juried by Elizabeth Avedon, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont.
Revived With Light Exhibition, curated by Enrique Fernández Cervantes, The Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas.
The Llano Estacado Project, Solo Exhibition, Seagraves Museum and Art Center. Seagraves, Gaines County, Texas.
The Sky's the Limit Exhibition, Buddy Holly Cultural Center, Lubbock, Texas.
FotoTexas II: People, Places & Culture, juried by Laura Wilson, Museum of the Big Bend, Sul Ross University, Alpine, Texas.
Home, Don't Smile Exhibition, juried by Davìda Carta, online magazine.
Texas Vignette's Second Annual Art Fair, juried by Erin Murphy, Manager of Exhibitions and Assistant to the Chief Curator at San Antonio Museum of Art, Fair Park Women's Pavilion,
Dallas, Texas.
Invited to exhibit, International Art and Culture Exhibition, University System Building, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.
Solo Exhibition, The Llano Estacado Project, Lea County Museum, Lovington, New Mexico.
The World Through My Eyes, 5th Biennial of Fine Art & Documentary Photography, Valid Foto Gallery, Barcelona, Spain.
Urban & Rural Landscape On-line Exhibition, juried by Tim Anderson, Gala Awards, London, England.
2017
1st Annual Juried Art Show & Competition juried by Randy Meador, Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, TX
2017 SPE South Central Chapter Juried Educator Exhibition, The Art Center of Waco, Waco, Texas. Juried by Deborah (Deb) Lillie, head of photography program at Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, Louisiana.
Faculty Art Show, Texas A&M University—Commerce.
SMALL WORKS: SDA AT 40, Surface Design Association’s 2017 40th Anniversary Biennial Conference, Making Our Mark, Oregon College of Art & Craft, Portland, OR.
Crossing Boarders, Postcard Show, Clamp Light Gallery, San Antonio, TX
The 2017 Mommie Dearest Exhibition. L E N S C R A T C H group on-line gallery show, juried by by Aline Smithson.
We Wish You Were Here 17, Postcard Show, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, New York.
Range Exhibition, Edward J. & Helen Jane Morrison Gallery, University of Minnesota, Morris, juried by Andrew Nordin, Exhibit Curator for the Rural Arts and Culture 2017 Summit.
The Female Gaze: Portraits!, Don't Smile group on-line gallery show, juried by Ashley Kauschinger, editor of Light Leaked magazine.
Texas Women’s Caucus for Art, Vignette Women's Art Fair at the Women's Art Museum, Fair Park, Dallas, Texas. Juried by Chelsea Pierce, Curatorial Administrative Assistant for Contemporary Art, Dallas Museum of Art.
45th International Art Show juried by Cesar Martinez, San Antonio, TX.; Angel Cabrales, El Paso, TX. and Annie Moye, Atlanta, Georgia. Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownsville, Texas.
NASTY WOMEN Art Exhibition curated and organized by Jessamyn Fiore, Roxanne Jackson and Angel Bellaran, The Knockdown Center, Maspeth, Queens, New York.
2016
High and Dry Exhibition juried by Amy Holmes George, International Cultural Center, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.
“What Brings You Here”, Raven Gallery, Paris, TX
High Plains Highways juried by Wyatt McSpadden, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, Texas.
Faculty Art Show, Texas A&M University—Commerce
LAND, Midwest Center for Photography, juried by Linda Robinson, Center Gallery, Wichita, Kansas.
2015
Educators’ Exhibition, 2015 SPE South Central conference, curated by Katherine Ware, Curator of Photography at the New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe. MAINSITE Contemporary Art Gallery, Norman, Oklahoma
365Artists/365Days Project, Collaboration with Frank Juarez Gallery, Sheboygan, Wisconsin and Greymatter Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The Arts 2015 Faculty Show, THE ARTS Gallery, Collin College, Plano, Texas
PHOTOWORK '15, Barrett Art Center’s Annual National Juried Photography Exhibition, juried by Katherine Ware, Curator of Photography at the New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe. Poughkeepsie, New York
The Alternative Processes Competition, juried by Christopher James, University Professor and Director of the MFA Photography Program at Lesley University College of Art and Design in Cambridge, MA, and author of "The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes".
2014
27th Annual Members' Only Show, Texas Photographic Society. Juried by Jim Casper, Founder and Editor of LensCulture, Paris, France. Options Gallery, Odessa College, Odessa, Texas
The Arts 2014 Faculty Show, THE ARTS Gallery, Collin College, Plano, Texas
"We Wish You Were Here 13" Postcard Show, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
32nd Annual Juried Membership Exhibition, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, Texas, Juror: Malcolm Daniel, Senior Curator, Department of Photographs, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Invitational Inaugural Exhibition, NXS Contemporary Art Gallery, Paris, Texas.
Annual Juried Art Student Show, Texas A&M University—Commerce
Solo Thesis Exhibition, Illuminating the Bad Mother in Contemporary Art, Texas A&M University—Commerce
2013
Fifty-third Annual Voertman Graduate Student Show, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Juried by Andrea Karnes, Curator, Modern Museum of Art, Fort Worth, Tex.
Annual Juried Art Student Show, Texas A&M University—Commerce
Wet Plate Collodion Invitational Exhibition, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas
Fourth Biennial Pinhole Show, RayKo Gallery, San Francisco, Calif.
Curious Camera Show, Photographic Works / ArtsEye Gallery, Tucson, Ariz.
Twenty-eighth Annual International Exhibition, Meadows Gallery, Department of Art and Art History, University of Texas at Tyler, Juror: Wade Wilson
Collaboration, Nothing Ventured/Nothing Gained Exhibition, Mississippi State University, Department of Art, Starkville, Miss.
Twelfth Annual Joyce Elaine Grant Photography Exhibition, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Juror: Sarah Kennel, Associate Curator, Department of Photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
2012
WPGA Biennial International Exhibition. The Palais de Glace, Buenos Aires, Argentina
IT’S A SIGN: The Medium is the Message, 1650 Gallery, Los Angeles, Calif.
Self Portraiture, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vt., Juror: Frank Goodyear, Associate Curator of Photography at the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.
The Self Portrait Project: 4x4”, Art House Co-op, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Rising Eyes of Texas 2012—Juried Student Exhibition, Rockport Center for the Arts, Rockport, Tex.
Holga Out of the Box Competition, TCC PHOTO | GALLERY & PRODUCTIONS, Longview, Tex.
Art-Related Awards
2019 Award, Focus on Photography Exhibition, The Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, Texas.
2018 Finalist Urban & Rural Landscape Exhibition, The Gala Awards, Barcelona, Spain.
2017 Award 45th International Art Show, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownsville, TX.
2014 Finalist Landscapes, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2013 Award Fourth Annual Federation Research Symposium, Federation of North Texas Area Universities
2013 Award Best in Show Award, April 2013, Texas A&M University—Commerce
2012 Award Graduate Excellence Award, April 2012, Texas A&M University—Commerce
2011 Award Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, Self-portrait division
Curatorial Review
2017 Accepted into the Pen and Ink Curatorial Review, New York, New York
2016 Accepted into the Pen and Ink Curatorial Review, New York, New York
2015 Curators: Kelly Kivland, Dia Art Foundation, Marcroy Smith, Independent Curator and Founder of People of Print, Marla Prather, Curator, Modern & Contemporary, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rick Kinsel, Executive Director, The Vilcek Foundation, Liz Dimmit, Director at Circa 1881 and Independent Curator
2010 Finalist Nadar Award for Students, Portrait division
Publications
Interview with Voyage Dallas, July 16, 2019.
The People of Nineteenth Street, 2018, photo credit for book cover, published by Blackrose writing, Texas.
Vol 4 Issue 1: RURALity, Null Set and Slag Magazines joint issue, 2019, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia.
Hyperallergic Zine, January 2017.
Glasstire. How Was This Year’s Vignette Art Fair?16 Apr 2018/by Colette Copeland.
http://glasstire.com/2018/04/16/how-was-this-years-vignette-art-fair/
Don't Smile Zine: Year Two, an on-line zine devoted to showcasing photography by women artists. March 2018. http://dont-smile.com/exhibitions-1/2018/4/3/home
Underexposed, an on-line magazine dedicated to female photographers, 12 November 2016.
What Brings You Here, fall, 2016, Paris Poets Society book, photo credit, cover.
Bop Dead City Literary Magazine, spring 2014, photo credit, cover.
2013 Student Creative Art Research Symposium, Texas Woman’s University, April 16–17, 2013, p. 11.
The Update, spring 2013, College of Humanities, Social Sciences & Arts Newsletter, Texas A&M University—Commerce, p. 12.
Video Production
The Llano Estacado Project, photography for video by Jere Lowe, songwriter and musician. February 2018.
Artist in Residence
2012 Artistic Production Artist Residency, Puebla, Mexico
The Art of Self Portraiture
Symposiums Presented
2014 RAW Graduate Symposium. University of Texas at Dallas.
Topic: Illuminating the Bad Mother
2013 Graduate Student Research Symposium, Federation of North Texas Area Universities
Topic: The Violent Mother
Creative Arts & Sciences Symposium, Texas Woman’s University.
Topic: The Violent Mother
Workshops Presented
2018 Spring: North Lamar Art Day
2017 Fall: Art Day for Instructors
2014 Spring: Art Day Pinhole Photography for Instructors
2013 Fall: Art Day Pinhole Photography for Students
Spring: Art Day Pinhole Photography for Instructors
Art Kids Art Summer Camp: Pinhole Photography
2012 Fall: Art Day Pinhole Photography for Students
Spring: Art Day Pinhole Photography for Instructors
Art Kids Art Summer Camp: Pinhole Photography
Teaching Experience
2019 Spring, Global Art Appreciation, Art 1301, Texas A&M University—Commerce
Spring, Introduction to Digital Media, PHO 2356, Texas A&M University—Commerce
2018 Summer I, ARTS 597 – The Creative Process, Texas A&M University—Commerce
Spring, Global Art Appreciation, Art 1301, Texas A&M University—Commerce
2017 Fall, Global Art Appreciation, ART 1301, Texas A&M University—Commerce
Summer, Graduate Seminar: Contemporary Practices, Arts 503, Texas A&M University-- Commerce
Admitted to Graduate Teaching Faculty
Spring, Global Art Appreciation, Art 1301, Texas A&M University—Commerce
2016 Fall, Global Art Appreciation, ART 1301, Texas A&M University—Commerce
2015 Fall, Digital Photography I, ART 2348, Collin College, Frisco, Texas
Fundamentals of Art, ART 131, Collin College, Plano, Texas
Spring: Practicum, ART 403, Texas A&M University—Commerce
Digital Photography I, ART 2348, Collin College, Frisco, Texas
Fundamentals of Art, ART 131, Collin College, Plano, Texas
2014 Fall: History of Photography, ART 333, Texas A&M University—Commerce
Digital Photography I, ART 2348, Collin College, Frisco, Texas
Summer I: Art Appreciation, ART 1301, Paris Junior College, Paris, Texas
May-Mini: Pinhole Photography, PHO 497, Texas A&M University—Commerce
Spring Semester: Photography 111, Introduction to Digital Media, Texas A&M University-- Commerce
2013 Fall Semester: Photography 403, Business Practices in Photography
Texas A&M University—Commerce
2012 Spring Semester: Photography 111, Introduction to Digital Media
Texas A&M University—Commerce
Spring Semester: Assisted in Alternative Print Processes
Texas A&M University—Commerce
Fall Semester: Photography 111, Introduction to Digital Media
Texas A&M University—Commerce
Conference Speaker
ATPI Winter Conference, 2019, Strategies for Getting Your Work Out There, University of Texas, Arlington, Arlington, Texas.
Panel Member, Three Amigos Talk Texas Landscape Photography, FotoTexas II, Museum of the Big Bend, Sul Ross University, Alpine, Texas.
31st Annual Conference of the Association of Texas Photography Instructors (ATPI)
Genealogy of Photographic Influences, Texas State Capitol Underground Complex, Austin, Texas.
Society for Photographic Education South Central Conference
Panel Presenter, 2017 Society for Photographic Education South Central Conference, THIS, THAT, or The OTHER: Considering the Emerging Trends and Vernacular in Photography, Baylor University, Waco, Texas.
Association Memberships
College Art Association: Women's Caucus Arts - Texas
Society of Photographic Education
Association of Texas Photography Educators
Texas Photographic Society
2016-2018 Elected to the Texas Photographic Society State Board of Directors
2017-2019 Elected to the Executive Board of the Texas Photographic Society State Board of Directors
Surface Design Association
2014 Master of Fine Arts, Texas A&M University—Commerce
1983 Bachelor of Science, Education, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos
Exhibitions
2019
The Postcard Collective, selected by Camden Hardy, University of Arizona, on-line collection.
31st Annual Juried Exhibition, juried by Dr. InJeong Yoon, Perot Theater, Texarkana Regional Arts and Humanities Council, Texarkana, Texas.Now | Contemporary 2019, juried by Claudia Zapata. Art Room, Fort Worth, Texas.
61st Annual Permian Basin Juried Art Exhibition, juried by Christine Fuentes. Ellen Noël Art Museum at The University of Texas of the Permian Basin Odessa, Texas.
Solo Exhibition, A Woman's Eye on Landscape of The Llano Estacado, at Franklin County Arts Alliance, Mount Vernon, Texas.
Juried Exhibition, juried by Susan Lecky, Nychelle Grant, Lucas Martell and Arthur Peña. Curated by Du Chau. Bath House Cultural Center and South Dallas Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas.
Winter 2019 Show, The Curated Fridge! Curator, Sarah Kennel, The Byrne Family Curator of Photography at Peabody Essex Museum, Somerville, Massachusetts.
Favorite Photograph of 2018, On-line Exhibition, LENSCRATCH.
Self-Portrait Exhibition, 2019, juried by Aline Smithson, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont.
Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art 2019, juried by Jennie Goldstein, Assistant Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC.
The Llano Estacado Project, Solo Exhibition, Whatley Center at North Texas Community College, February, 2019. Mount Pleasant, Texas.
2019 Focus on Photography Exhibition, juried by O. Rufus Lovett, The Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, Texas.
2018
Gasoline Rainbow, Stories about America, Gold/scopophilia Gallery, Curator and galleriest, Jennifer Wroblewski, Montclair, New Jersey.
Environmental Portraits Exhibition, juried by Elizabeth Avedon, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont.
Revived With Light Exhibition, curated by Enrique Fernández Cervantes, The Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas.
The Llano Estacado Project, Solo Exhibition, Seagraves Museum and Art Center. Seagraves, Gaines County, Texas.
The Sky's the Limit Exhibition, Buddy Holly Cultural Center, Lubbock, Texas.
FotoTexas II: People, Places & Culture, juried by Laura Wilson, Museum of the Big Bend, Sul Ross University, Alpine, Texas.
Home, Don't Smile Exhibition, juried by Davìda Carta, online magazine.
Texas Vignette's Second Annual Art Fair, juried by Erin Murphy, Manager of Exhibitions and Assistant to the Chief Curator at San Antonio Museum of Art, Fair Park Women's Pavilion,
Dallas, Texas.
Invited to exhibit, International Art and Culture Exhibition, University System Building, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.
Solo Exhibition, The Llano Estacado Project, Lea County Museum, Lovington, New Mexico.
The World Through My Eyes, 5th Biennial of Fine Art & Documentary Photography, Valid Foto Gallery, Barcelona, Spain.
Urban & Rural Landscape On-line Exhibition, juried by Tim Anderson, Gala Awards, London, England.
2017
1st Annual Juried Art Show & Competition juried by Randy Meador, Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, TX
2017 SPE South Central Chapter Juried Educator Exhibition, The Art Center of Waco, Waco, Texas. Juried by Deborah (Deb) Lillie, head of photography program at Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, Louisiana.
Faculty Art Show, Texas A&M University—Commerce.
SMALL WORKS: SDA AT 40, Surface Design Association’s 2017 40th Anniversary Biennial Conference, Making Our Mark, Oregon College of Art & Craft, Portland, OR.
Crossing Boarders, Postcard Show, Clamp Light Gallery, San Antonio, TX
The 2017 Mommie Dearest Exhibition. L E N S C R A T C H group on-line gallery show, juried by by Aline Smithson.
We Wish You Were Here 17, Postcard Show, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, New York.
Range Exhibition, Edward J. & Helen Jane Morrison Gallery, University of Minnesota, Morris, juried by Andrew Nordin, Exhibit Curator for the Rural Arts and Culture 2017 Summit.
The Female Gaze: Portraits!, Don't Smile group on-line gallery show, juried by Ashley Kauschinger, editor of Light Leaked magazine.
Texas Women’s Caucus for Art, Vignette Women's Art Fair at the Women's Art Museum, Fair Park, Dallas, Texas. Juried by Chelsea Pierce, Curatorial Administrative Assistant for Contemporary Art, Dallas Museum of Art.
45th International Art Show juried by Cesar Martinez, San Antonio, TX.; Angel Cabrales, El Paso, TX. and Annie Moye, Atlanta, Georgia. Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownsville, Texas.
NASTY WOMEN Art Exhibition curated and organized by Jessamyn Fiore, Roxanne Jackson and Angel Bellaran, The Knockdown Center, Maspeth, Queens, New York.
2016
High and Dry Exhibition juried by Amy Holmes George, International Cultural Center, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.
“What Brings You Here”, Raven Gallery, Paris, TX
High Plains Highways juried by Wyatt McSpadden, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, Texas.
Faculty Art Show, Texas A&M University—Commerce
LAND, Midwest Center for Photography, juried by Linda Robinson, Center Gallery, Wichita, Kansas.
2015
Educators’ Exhibition, 2015 SPE South Central conference, curated by Katherine Ware, Curator of Photography at the New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe. MAINSITE Contemporary Art Gallery, Norman, Oklahoma
365Artists/365Days Project, Collaboration with Frank Juarez Gallery, Sheboygan, Wisconsin and Greymatter Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The Arts 2015 Faculty Show, THE ARTS Gallery, Collin College, Plano, Texas
PHOTOWORK '15, Barrett Art Center’s Annual National Juried Photography Exhibition, juried by Katherine Ware, Curator of Photography at the New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe. Poughkeepsie, New York
The Alternative Processes Competition, juried by Christopher James, University Professor and Director of the MFA Photography Program at Lesley University College of Art and Design in Cambridge, MA, and author of "The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes".
2014
27th Annual Members' Only Show, Texas Photographic Society. Juried by Jim Casper, Founder and Editor of LensCulture, Paris, France. Options Gallery, Odessa College, Odessa, Texas
The Arts 2014 Faculty Show, THE ARTS Gallery, Collin College, Plano, Texas
"We Wish You Were Here 13" Postcard Show, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
32nd Annual Juried Membership Exhibition, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, Texas, Juror: Malcolm Daniel, Senior Curator, Department of Photographs, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Invitational Inaugural Exhibition, NXS Contemporary Art Gallery, Paris, Texas.
Annual Juried Art Student Show, Texas A&M University—Commerce
Solo Thesis Exhibition, Illuminating the Bad Mother in Contemporary Art, Texas A&M University—Commerce
2013
Fifty-third Annual Voertman Graduate Student Show, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Juried by Andrea Karnes, Curator, Modern Museum of Art, Fort Worth, Tex.
Annual Juried Art Student Show, Texas A&M University—Commerce
Wet Plate Collodion Invitational Exhibition, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas
Fourth Biennial Pinhole Show, RayKo Gallery, San Francisco, Calif.
Curious Camera Show, Photographic Works / ArtsEye Gallery, Tucson, Ariz.
Twenty-eighth Annual International Exhibition, Meadows Gallery, Department of Art and Art History, University of Texas at Tyler, Juror: Wade Wilson
Collaboration, Nothing Ventured/Nothing Gained Exhibition, Mississippi State University, Department of Art, Starkville, Miss.
Twelfth Annual Joyce Elaine Grant Photography Exhibition, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Juror: Sarah Kennel, Associate Curator, Department of Photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
2012
WPGA Biennial International Exhibition. The Palais de Glace, Buenos Aires, Argentina
IT’S A SIGN: The Medium is the Message, 1650 Gallery, Los Angeles, Calif.
Self Portraiture, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vt., Juror: Frank Goodyear, Associate Curator of Photography at the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.
The Self Portrait Project: 4x4”, Art House Co-op, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Rising Eyes of Texas 2012—Juried Student Exhibition, Rockport Center for the Arts, Rockport, Tex.
Holga Out of the Box Competition, TCC PHOTO | GALLERY & PRODUCTIONS, Longview, Tex.
Art-Related Awards
2019 Award, Focus on Photography Exhibition, The Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, Texas.
2018 Finalist Urban & Rural Landscape Exhibition, The Gala Awards, Barcelona, Spain.
2017 Award 45th International Art Show, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownsville, TX.
2014 Finalist Landscapes, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2013 Award Fourth Annual Federation Research Symposium, Federation of North Texas Area Universities
2013 Award Best in Show Award, April 2013, Texas A&M University—Commerce
2012 Award Graduate Excellence Award, April 2012, Texas A&M University—Commerce
2011 Award Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, Self-portrait division
Curatorial Review
2017 Accepted into the Pen and Ink Curatorial Review, New York, New York
2016 Accepted into the Pen and Ink Curatorial Review, New York, New York
2015 Curators: Kelly Kivland, Dia Art Foundation, Marcroy Smith, Independent Curator and Founder of People of Print, Marla Prather, Curator, Modern & Contemporary, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rick Kinsel, Executive Director, The Vilcek Foundation, Liz Dimmit, Director at Circa 1881 and Independent Curator
2010 Finalist Nadar Award for Students, Portrait division
Publications
Interview with Voyage Dallas, July 16, 2019.
The People of Nineteenth Street, 2018, photo credit for book cover, published by Blackrose writing, Texas.
Vol 4 Issue 1: RURALity, Null Set and Slag Magazines joint issue, 2019, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia.
Hyperallergic Zine, January 2017.
Glasstire. How Was This Year’s Vignette Art Fair?16 Apr 2018/by Colette Copeland.
http://glasstire.com/2018/04/16/how-was-this-years-vignette-art-fair/
Don't Smile Zine: Year Two, an on-line zine devoted to showcasing photography by women artists. March 2018. http://dont-smile.com/exhibitions-1/2018/4/3/home
Underexposed, an on-line magazine dedicated to female photographers, 12 November 2016.
What Brings You Here, fall, 2016, Paris Poets Society book, photo credit, cover.
Bop Dead City Literary Magazine, spring 2014, photo credit, cover.
2013 Student Creative Art Research Symposium, Texas Woman’s University, April 16–17, 2013, p. 11.
The Update, spring 2013, College of Humanities, Social Sciences & Arts Newsletter, Texas A&M University—Commerce, p. 12.
Video Production
The Llano Estacado Project, photography for video by Jere Lowe, songwriter and musician. February 2018.
Artist in Residence
2012 Artistic Production Artist Residency, Puebla, Mexico
The Art of Self Portraiture
Symposiums Presented
2014 RAW Graduate Symposium. University of Texas at Dallas.
Topic: Illuminating the Bad Mother
2013 Graduate Student Research Symposium, Federation of North Texas Area Universities
Topic: The Violent Mother
Creative Arts & Sciences Symposium, Texas Woman’s University.
Topic: The Violent Mother
Workshops Presented
2018 Spring: North Lamar Art Day
2017 Fall: Art Day for Instructors
2014 Spring: Art Day Pinhole Photography for Instructors
2013 Fall: Art Day Pinhole Photography for Students
Spring: Art Day Pinhole Photography for Instructors
Art Kids Art Summer Camp: Pinhole Photography
2012 Fall: Art Day Pinhole Photography for Students
Spring: Art Day Pinhole Photography for Instructors
Art Kids Art Summer Camp: Pinhole Photography
Teaching Experience
2019 Spring, Global Art Appreciation, Art 1301, Texas A&M University—Commerce
Spring, Introduction to Digital Media, PHO 2356, Texas A&M University—Commerce
2018 Summer I, ARTS 597 – The Creative Process, Texas A&M University—Commerce
Spring, Global Art Appreciation, Art 1301, Texas A&M University—Commerce
2017 Fall, Global Art Appreciation, ART 1301, Texas A&M University—Commerce
Summer, Graduate Seminar: Contemporary Practices, Arts 503, Texas A&M University-- Commerce
Admitted to Graduate Teaching Faculty
Spring, Global Art Appreciation, Art 1301, Texas A&M University—Commerce
2016 Fall, Global Art Appreciation, ART 1301, Texas A&M University—Commerce
2015 Fall, Digital Photography I, ART 2348, Collin College, Frisco, Texas
Fundamentals of Art, ART 131, Collin College, Plano, Texas
Spring: Practicum, ART 403, Texas A&M University—Commerce
Digital Photography I, ART 2348, Collin College, Frisco, Texas
Fundamentals of Art, ART 131, Collin College, Plano, Texas
2014 Fall: History of Photography, ART 333, Texas A&M University—Commerce
Digital Photography I, ART 2348, Collin College, Frisco, Texas
Summer I: Art Appreciation, ART 1301, Paris Junior College, Paris, Texas
May-Mini: Pinhole Photography, PHO 497, Texas A&M University—Commerce
Spring Semester: Photography 111, Introduction to Digital Media, Texas A&M University-- Commerce
2013 Fall Semester: Photography 403, Business Practices in Photography
Texas A&M University—Commerce
2012 Spring Semester: Photography 111, Introduction to Digital Media
Texas A&M University—Commerce
Spring Semester: Assisted in Alternative Print Processes
Texas A&M University—Commerce
Fall Semester: Photography 111, Introduction to Digital Media
Texas A&M University—Commerce
Conference Speaker
ATPI Winter Conference, 2019, Strategies for Getting Your Work Out There, University of Texas, Arlington, Arlington, Texas.
Panel Member, Three Amigos Talk Texas Landscape Photography, FotoTexas II, Museum of the Big Bend, Sul Ross University, Alpine, Texas.
31st Annual Conference of the Association of Texas Photography Instructors (ATPI)
Genealogy of Photographic Influences, Texas State Capitol Underground Complex, Austin, Texas.
Society for Photographic Education South Central Conference
Panel Presenter, 2017 Society for Photographic Education South Central Conference, THIS, THAT, or The OTHER: Considering the Emerging Trends and Vernacular in Photography, Baylor University, Waco, Texas.
Association Memberships
College Art Association: Women's Caucus Arts - Texas
Society of Photographic Education
Association of Texas Photography Educators
Texas Photographic Society
2016-2018 Elected to the Texas Photographic Society State Board of Directors
2017-2019 Elected to the Executive Board of the Texas Photographic Society State Board of Directors
Surface Design Association