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Exhibitions
2025    Second Rodeo, East Manning Projects, Providence, RI (group)
2025    Past Tense / Present Visions, Wheeler School, Providence, RI (group)
2025    Cambridge Common, Cambridge, MA (solo)
2025    Lost Art, Post-Baccalaureate Exhibition, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA (group)
2024   Coffee Chat, Comeback Coffee, Memphis, TN (solo)                                                                                  
2019    Go Figure, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (duo)
2018    Three Rows of Exclamation Points, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (group)

Awards
2024-25    Kira Fournier Fellowship, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
2019-21    Segal AmeriCorps Education Award, Teach For America Corps, Memphis, TN
2017-18    David R. Bean Prize in Fine Arts, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Bibliography
Ramirez, Dahlia. “Brandeis’ Post-Baccalaureate Exhibition Opens.” The Justice, 18 Mar. 2025, p. 15.
Wooster, Adrienne. “Artist Spotlight.” Gallery Night Providence, 16 Oct. 2025.


Education

Current    2027 MFA Painting Candidate, RISD, Providence, RI
2024-25    Post-Baccalaureate, Studio Art, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
2015-19    Bachelor of Fine Arts, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY                                                                            
2018    Cornell in Rome, Cornell University, Rome, Italy
2018    Summer Institute for Graphic Design Studies, RISD, Providence, RI
2017    Drawing Marathon, New York Studio School, New York, NY

Work Experience
2026    Teaching Assistantship, Contemporary Art and Criticism, RISD, Providence, RI
2025    Teaching Assistantship, Painting II, RISD, Providence, RI
2025    Studio Art Assistant, Sculpture Foundations, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
2024    Studio Art Assistant, Beginning Painting, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
2022-24    Middle School Director and Guide, Maria Montessori School, Memphis, TN
2021-22    Middle School Assistant, Maria Montessori School, Memphis, TN                                                                  
2019-21    Teach for America Corps, Memphis, TN
2019-21    Classroom Teacher, Shelby County Schools, Memphis, TN

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