Artist Statement
I have always felt as though I existed between two realities. This feeling has manifested itself into hours of looking at a mirror and deep self-examination. However, the person that I see seems unfamiliar to the person that exists in the real world. As an artist, I am interested in the way one simultaneously exists in two spaces. When one looks in a mirror, they often think that they are looking at a perfect reflection, but even the flattest mirrors distort by reflecting the reversed image of its surroundings. An image with which one becomes so familiar that one becomes more comfortable with their reversed reflection than the “true” image one might see in a photograph or a video. In some ways a reflection can ground someone in their own bodies and their surroundings, but at the same time a reflection can remove one’s self from physical reality and allow them to see their perceived one. This dual existence between the what is there and what is not is central to my artistic inquiry.
In this work I use mirrors to distort spaces in order to remove viewers from the familiar world and place them in an illusionary one. When viewers look for their own reflections they are met with multiple distorted or fragmented images. In these small encounters with an unfamiliar self in an unfamiliar place, viewers explore the ways they exist in both their own reality and the physical one.
Education
2020 MFA, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale IL
2014 BA Studio Art, Centre College, Danville KY
Selected Exhibitions
2025 Pogue Gallery, Form and Reflection, Solo Exhibition, Ada OK
2024 108 Contemporary, By Design, Dual Exhibitions With Ryan Kepler, Tulsa OK
2023 Appalachian Center For Craft, Dual Exhibition with Ryan Kepler, Cookville TN
Belger Arts, Heartland 5, Kansas City MO
2022 108 Contemporary, Vision Makers, Tulsa OK
AEGON Gallery, Centre College Alumni Retrospective, Danville KY
Momentum Spotlight Artist, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Oklahoma City OK
21c Museum, Spotlight Preview, Oklahoma City OK
2021 Commune, X Marks the Spot, Norfolk VA
Appalachian Center For Craft, State of Matter: Material Survey in Glass, Cookville TN
Momentum, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Norman, Oklahoma
2020 AHHA, Juried Tulsa Arts Coalition Exhibition, Tulsa Ok
2016 Glass Art Society Conference Neon Exhibition LUXUS, Family Tree, Corning NY
Chrysler Museum of Art Glass Studio, Vacancies, Norfolk VA
2015 Virginia Glass Guild 28th Annual Juried Exhibition, Norfolk VA
Chrysler Museum of Art Glass Studio, Public Laundry, Norfolk VA
2014 Centre College, Norton Center for the Arts, Water Chime Installation, Danville KY
Professional Experience
2020-present Tulsa Glassblowing School, Program Director, Tulsa OK
2024 SiNaCa Studio, Visiting Artist, Fort Worth TX
2023 Belger Arts, Visiting Artist, Kansas City, KA
Hastings College, Visiting Artist, Hastings NE
2019 Penland School of Craft, Studio Assistant for Courtney Dodd, Jason Christian, Aya Oki,
Nanda Soderburg and Julian Maturino Penland NC
2017-1019 Pilchuck Glass School, Hot Shop Assistant, Stanwood WA
2016 Young Aspirations Young Artists (YAYA), Artist in Resident, New Orleans LA
Chrysler Museum of Art Glass Studio, Studio Assistant, Norfolk VA
Robin & Julia Rogers, Hot Shop Assistant, Norfolk VA
2013 Stephen Rolfe Powell, Hot Shop Assistant, Danville KY
DH McNabb, Hot Shop Assistant, Danville KY
Teaching Experience
2025 Penland School of Craft, Exploring Fundamentals, Instructor, Penland NC
2018-2020 Southern Illinois University, Graduate Instructor for Beginner Glass, Carbondale IL
2018-2019 Southern Illinois University, Graduate Instructor Art history Survey, Carbondale IL
2018 Southern Illinois University, Graduate Assistant Foundations Sculpture Carbondale IL
2016 Pilchuck Glass School, Teaching Assistant for Erik and Martin Demain and Peter Houk, Stanwood WA
Old Dominion, University, Teaching Assistant For Robin Rogers, Norfolk VA
Virginia Wesleyan College, Teaching Assistant For Julia Rogers, Virginia Beach VA
Chrysler Museum Glass Studio, Boys and Girls Club Teaching Assistant, Norfolk VA
Scholarships & Awards
2022 Spotlight Artist, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Oklahoma City OK
2018 AACG, Corning Museum of Glass, Experimental Engraving, Corning NY
Windgate Foundation Research Grant, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale IL
2016 Pilchuck Glass School, Combination + Connections, Stanwood WA