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Curriculum Vitae

b. 1998
Speaks English, German, and some Italian

Education
2021 - BFA Furniture Design with Honors, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2019 - European Honors Program, Rhode Island School of Design, Rome, IT
2020 - Certificate, Harvard Business School Online, Remote
2016 - Midtown High School (fka Grady), Atlanta, GA

Exhibitions
2025 - ALT TXT, Field Projects Gallery, online (upcoming)
2025 - Blue Baam, Lettuce Space NYC, New York, NY
2025 - Euphoria Starts Now, Bob’s Your Uncle Gallery, Missoula, MT

2024 - New Climate Futures, Presentation and exhibit at Newlab, New York Climate Week, New York, NY
2024 - Haptic Futures: Sustainable Materials in Design Innovation, Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, NY
2024 - We All Live Here Together, Joan T Boghossian Gallery, Providence, RI
2024 - 13th Annual Exhibition, Marshall University, Huntington, WV

2023 - Small Works Show, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
2023 - DesignxRI 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Machines With Magnets, Providence, RI
2023 - Staff Art Exhibition, Granoff Center at Brown University, Providence, RI
2023 - Mirror Show, Spy Projects, Los Angeles, CA

2022 - Sleepy Hollow, Fast and Small Gallery, Somerville, MA
2021 - Home Bodies, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
2021 - Look Who’s Coming To Dinner, Machines With Magnets, Pawtucket, RI
2020 -UN/COMFORTS, Machines With Magnets Gallery, Pawtucket, RI
2019 - 23 Memos, Palazzo Cenci, Rome, IT
2019 - First Show, Palazzo Cenci, Rome, IT
2019 - Village Show, Castelvecchio Calviso, IT
2019 - Fine Furnishings Show, WaterFire Arts Center, Pawtucket, RI
2019 - Furniture Triennial, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
2019 - A Show About Ghosts, Fast and Small Gallery Providence, RI
2019 - The Chair Show, Gelman Gallery, Providence, RI
2019 - U-Haul Show, Fast and Small Gallery, Providence, RI
2018 - Discover Art-Sci Show, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2017 - Discover Art-Sci Show, Fri-ends Gallery, Providence, RI

Publications
2024 - Interview with Open AIR
2024 - Artist Talk for Open AIR
2021 - Field by XYZZY
2020 - v.1 Winter Issue
2019 - v.1 Spring Issue

Grants, Fellowships, and Work Experience
2024 - Top-10 Finalist (via Wild Lives), Terra Carta Design Lab (Sustainable Markets Intiative)
2024 - October Resident, Aquarium Gallery - New Orleans, LA
Artist residency to support site-specific textile project
2024 - Resident Artist, Open AIR - Missoula, MT
Artist Residency at the Moon-Randolph Homestead

2023 - U Design School of Art
Curriculum designer for sustainability-focused design classes
2022-2023 - Brown University - Providence, RI
Sculpture Studio Technician

2022 - Resident Artist, Art Farm - Marquette, Nebraska
Artist residency to support quilting research and production
2021-2022 - Paramount/ABC/Nickelodeon - Atlanta, GA
Art Dep
artment production assistant for Paramount's feature film On The Come Up, ABC's Queens, and Nickelodeon's Fantasy Football
2020 - The Collaborative - Remote
Project Intern to support sustainable urban redevelopment informed by COVID-19
2019 - Rolf Sachs - Rome, IT
Upholstered Rolf Sachs’s contribution to the MAK Wien show Bentwood and Beyond
2019 - Anderson Ranch - Snowmass Village, CO
Scholarship to attend a wood-bending course
2019, 2020 - Pneuhaus - Rumford, RI
Studio internship to support production and development of inflatable architecture
2018 - Katie Stout Studio - Brooklyn, NY
Studio internship for sculptural furniture-making
2017 - Natalie Baxter Studio - Brooklyn, NY
Studio internship to support production of quilts and soft sculptures
2017 - National Park Service - Bushkill, PA
Design Internship to redesign graphics for the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area

Selected Fabrication Experience

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