Curriculum Vitae

b. 1998

Education
2021 - BFA Furniture Design with Honors, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2020 - Certificate, Harvard Business School Online, Remote
2019 - European Honors Program, Rhode Island School of Design, Rome, IT
2017-2021 - Brown University (non-degree), Providence, RI
English, Literary Arts, Public Policy, Urban Studies, American Studies, and German coursework
2016 - fka Grady High School, Atlanta, GA

Exhibitions
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
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 - Aquarium Gallery - New Orleans, LA
           Artist residency to support site-specific textile project

2024 - OpenAIR - Missoula, MT
           Artist Residency at the Moon-Randolph Homestead

2023 - UDesign School of Art
           Curriculum designer for sustainability-focused design classes

2022-2023 - Brown University - Providence, RI
           Sculpture Studio Technician
2022 - Art Farm - Marquette, Nebraska
           Artist residency to support quilting research and production
2021-2022 - Paramount/ABC/Nickelodeon - Atlanta, GA
           Art Department 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 - Pneuhaus - Rumford, RI
           Studio internship to support production and development of inflatable architecture
2018 - Katie Stout, LLC - 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's Junior Ranger Program
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