Violence, Dreams, Abandoned Landscapes…
Inspired by dada, surrealism, & the American Southern Gothic, my work is composed of found materials such as text, image, & object, which possess a history of their own that support & inform the work. I collect these materials & incorporate them into mixed media assemblages, often introducing paint, graphite, & photographic elements. The process of collecting & manipulating found materials allows for an active exploration of an object or image’s history. As a Southern artist, I aim to critically examine my cultural environment. My work is a conversation between materials; a discourse between the aesthetic of the American South & the deeper cultural conditions that plague it.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Depths, Featured Artist, The Bakery Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, USA - April 2024
Cutting Edge, Featured Artist, The Bakery Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, USA - December 2023
RAGE, Featured Artist, The Bakery Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, USA - October 2023
Make Me a Summary of the World, Featured Artist, THIS Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada - February 2023
Anti-Nostalgia, Featured Artist, The Carrack Modern Art, Durham, NC, USA - October 2018
C/luster, Featured Artist, John and June Alcott Gallery, University of North Carolina Department of Art and Art History, Chapel Hill, NC, USA - May 2018
Occluded Front, Featured Artist, John and June Allcott Undergraduate Gallery, University of North Carolina Department of Art and Art History, Chapel Hill, NC, USA – March 2018
Cameras are Clocks for Seeing, Featured Artist, John and June Allcott Undergraduate Gallery, University of North Carolina Department of Art and Art History, Chapel Hill, NC, USA – November 2017
Fall 2017 Juried Group Exhibition, Featured Artist, SAMple Gallery, University of North Carolina Department of Art and Art History, Chapel Hill, NC, USA – October 2017
Populus, Collaborative Group Exhibition and Installation, John and June Allcott Undergraduate Gallery, University of North Carolina Department of Art and Art History, Chapel Hill, NC, USA – October 2017
CURATION
Flowers > Skulls, Co-Curator, Holy Mountain Printing Art Gallery, Raleigh, NC - December 2019
Now It’s Dark, Co-Curator, Holy Mountain Printing Art Gallery, Raleigh, NC - October 2019
Anti-Nostalgia, Co-Curator, The Carrack Modern Art, Durham, NC - October 2018
Populus, Co-Curator, John & June Allcott Undergraduate Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC - October 2017
EDUCATION
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Bachelors of Fine Arts, Studio Art, 2018
PRESS
Cellar Door Literary Magazine, Featured Work, I Found Six Dollars in the Yard, Spring 2017. print
AWARDS
The Anderson Undergraduate Studio Art Award, University of North Carolina, 2017-2018