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Education
2026* Prospective - M.A., Art History; Contemporary Art & Theory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2015 B.F.A Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2012 Studio Art Practicum; Photography, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Professional Experience
2022 - present Development and Communications Manager, MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art) Tucson, Tucson, AZ
2023 - present Grants Consultant, University of Arizona, College of Fine Arts; Arizona State University Art Museum
2019 - 2022 Grants Program Coordinator (Arts in Education), Washington State Arts Commission, Olympia, WA
2018 - 2019 Cultural Arts Assistant Program Coordinator, Cultural Arts Dept., City of Murfreesboro, TN
2016 - 2017 Exhibition Specialist, Art in Public Places, City of Austin, TX
2016 - 2017 Curatorial Assistant, Northern-Southern, Austin, TX
2016 - ongoing Arts Writer, Freelance
Additional Experience
2016 – 2017 Digital Imaging Specialist, Dynamic Reprographics, Austin, TX
2015 Digital Fine Art Technician, University of Arizona Digital Print Studio, AZ
2014 Gallery Management Assistant, Lionel Rombach Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2014 Online Arts Content Coordinator, BreakOut Studios, Tucson, AZ
2013 – 2015 Writer, Marketing & Communications, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ
Teaching Experience
2023 – 2024 Teaching Assistant, Survey of Western Art in Society: Renaissance through Modern, University of Arizona
2017 – 2019 Instructor, History of Photography; Digital Photography, Nashville State Community College; Nashville, TN
2017 – 2019 Instructor, Digital Photography; Trends in Contemporary Photography, Watkins College of Art; Nashville, TN
Professional Residencies
2017 Art Publishing Residency, c3 initiative, Portland, OR
2017 Art Publishing Resident, Daily Serving + Art Practical, San Francisco, CA
2016 – 2017 Artist in Residence (Research), Pump Project, Austin TX
Select Conferences & Presentations
2024 Semi-Tropical Simulacrum: Considering the Palm Tree, University of Arizona Art History Symposium, Tucson, AZ
2019 (De)colonized Public Spaces Land Art Reconsidered, Panel Discussion, College Art Association Conference, NYC
2019 Moderator: Artist Talk, 52 Hertz Whale, StoveWorks, Chattanooga, TN
2019 Lecturer: Trends in Contemporary Photography, Society of Nashville Artistic Photographers, Nashville, TN
Published Writing
2023
Semi-Tropical: Stealth Palms, Southwest Contemporary, vol. 8, “Medium + Support,” September 2023
Review: Sunsets at everybody, Southwest Contemporary, January 16, 2023
2020
Signifying Nothing, Number Inc. Issue No. 103, September 8, 2020
2019
Blue is the Color of the User Interface, Number Inc. Issue No. 99, September 10, 2019.
Critics Pick: Terra Incognita at Ground Floor Gallery, Nashville Scene, June 7, 2019
Alchemy Abounds in Texturextra at Zeitgeist, Nashville Scene, June 6, 2019
Critics Pick: Insight Series, Jessica Ingram, Nashville Scene, February 7, 2019
The Sun Never Sets: Mapping Digital Colonialism, Number Inc. Issue No. 97, Spring 2019
2018
Review: Vadis Turner: Bedfellows at Zeitgeist Gallery, Art Index, December 22, 2018
Notes on Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors at the High Museum of Art, Art Index, December 10, 2018
Transcript: Art, Justice, and Democracy: Holland Cotter, Art Index, November 20, 2018
Melt My Heart But Spare My Soul: Conversation with Allison Glenn, César Leal, and Greg Pond, Art Index, November 18, 2018
Transcript: Out of Easy Reach: Allison Glenn, Art Index, November 15, 2018
Interview: Nancy Floyd, Issue No. 13, AINT-BAD, November 2018
Vesna Pavlović’s “MixTape” at Zeitgeist Gallery, BURNAWAY, October 25, 2018
In Conversation: Maya Hawk, AINT-BAD, August 29, 2018
Janet Decker Yanez: Evolution, Nashville Arts Magazine, August 1, 2018
Painting in the Post-Digital: James Perrin at Tinney Contemporary, Nashville Arts Magazine, June 1, 2018
George Dombek: Recent Painting, Delicious Line, May 24, 2018
Simon Roberts: Public Performance, Delicious Line, May 17, 2018
A Sublime Obfuscation: Kevin Jerome Everson at Seed Space, The Rib, May 2, 2018
Dialectics of Place(s): Land Report Collective, The Rib, April 25th, 2018
A Form of Synesthesia Called Photism: A Conversation With Kristin Llamas, Nashville Arts Magazine, April 1, 2018
Interview: Juan Stockenstroom, AINT-BAD, March 28, 2018
Slow Drag: In Conversation With Karen Seapker, BURNAWAY, February 6, 2018
New Modernism: Carol Saffell, Nashville Arts Magazine, February 1, 2018
Stone, Flesh, Paint: A Renegotiation of the Canonical Body, Nashville Arts Magazine, January 1, 2018
2017
Nick Cave: A Psychological Feat, Nashville Arts Magazine, December 1, 2017
Angie Renfro: Emotive Equivalencies, Nashville Arts Magazine, November 1, 2017
Joel Daniel Phillips: Welcome to the Orange West, Nashville Arts Magazine, October 1, 2017
Demetrius Oliver: Aeriform, Nashville Arts Magazine, September 1, 2017
Women Painting Women: In Earnest, Nashville Arts Magazine, August 1, 2017
Discourse on Art an Business, and the "Blockbuster" Exhibition, Clara Arts, July 3, 2017
Contemporary Trends: Interpreting "The Originality of the Avant Garde and Other Modernist Myths", Clara Arts, July 21, 2017
Defining New Trends in Contemporary Photography, Clara Arts, June 26, 2017
LISTE at Art Basel, Clara Arts, June 20, 2017
Mild Climate & Zeitgeist Gallery, April Art Crawl, April 4, 2017
2016
Manufacturing Site, (archived)