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Education
2023-2026 MFA, 4D Visual Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
2015-2020 BFA, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, USA
Gender Studies Certificate & Arts Administration Certificate
2019-2020 Global Feminisms Program Certificate, University of Delhi, India
Grants & Awards
2025 Student Research Grants Competition - Conference Presentation Funds, Madison, WI
2023 Eugene F. Dana Graduate Student in Art Scholarship, Madison, WI
2022 Denim Lab: Indigo Dyeing Research Lab, Fellowship via School of the Art Institute Chicago, Chicago, IL
2020 International Fellows Program for Research, Service, and Creative Activity, Eau Claire, WI
Midwest Queeritivities National Exhibit - Curatorial Grant, Foster Gallery, Eau Claire, WI
2019 Chippewa Valley Writers Guild - Writers’ Retreat Grant, Assistant Arts Administrator, Chippewa Valley, WI
Taminiau-Warloski Memorial Scholarship for Broad Cultural Perspective, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Tom Grewe Fine Arts Scholarship Award, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
2017 Patrick Danen Scholarship Award for Outstanding Photography, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Transmutation, Gallery 7, Madison, WI
2024 you are cut from the cloth of the divine, School of Education Gallery, Madison, WI
2022 angels place, Toula Gallery, virtual exhibition
Group Exhibitions, Performances, Film Screenings
2026 Wisconsin Artist Biennial, Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI
2025 Ten by Ten, Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago, IL
Worlds Within: Midwestern Microcultures, Kenilworth Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Community Altar, Improv Spaces Festival, Round Lake, NY
Spinning Gold Holy Threads, Cherry Knot, Chicago, IL
Suspensions & Disbelief, Frontspace Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madion
The Place We Make, Art Lit Lab, Madison, WI
Soundbox Improvisation Festival, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Photography Duo Show, Delta Beer Lab, Madison, WI
Momentary Fields, Mother Fools, Madison, WI
2024 Radial Point, Art Lofts, Madison, WI
When I Can’t See It, I Know It’s There, Art Lofts, Madison, WI
Movement Performance, Communication, Madison, WI
Layers of (in)QUEER(y), Foster Gallery, Eau Claire, WI
A Grey Area, Art Lofts Gallery, Madison, WI
Divination in the Trans Body, Performance Studies International Conference, London, UK
Grindher performance & art show, Pony Inn, Chicago, IL
Soundbox Improvisation Festival, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Metamorphosis, Fashion Show at Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
Body Language, Mills Folly Microcinema, Art & Literature Laboratory, Madison, WI
Performance at Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
Digital Salon, DesignLab, online exhibition
Reflect, Hub Central Gallery & Image Lab Gallery, Madison, WI
Hedonism, Art Show at Siren, Chicago, IL
2023 What is Technology? The Vault’s FW23 Fashion Show, Madison, WI
uncertain terraforms, Backspace Gallery, Madison, WI
Performance Prayer, Common Sage, Madison, WI
ritual / release / roses, New Generation Film Forum, Chicago, IL
Group Art Show, Pilsen Arts Community House, Chicago, IL
Queer Hearts, Chicago Fine Art Salon, Chicago, IL
RAGE! RAGE! RAGE! Art Show atSiren, Chicago, IL
2022 I’m Not a Robot, Chicago Fine Art Salon, Chicago, IL
Sexual Assault Awareness Month Art Show, Sexual Assault Recovery Program, virtual
Chicagoland Art Show, Articles Gallery, Chicago, IL
2021 Sexual Assault Awareness Month Art Show, Sexual Assault Recovery Program, virtual
2020 BFA Show, Foster Gallery, Eau Claire, WI
Nothing (A) Political Film Screening, Seen Scene, Cactus Club, Milwaukee, WI
2019 Everything Dies Art & Music Festival, Cherry House, Eau Claire, WI
Live Art & Music, The Cabin, Eau Claire, WI
62nd Annual Juried Art Show, Foster Gallery, Eau Claire, WI (Juror Mary Carothers)
2018 #MeToo A Live Literary Event, Volume One Gallery, Eau Claire, WI
61st Annual Juried Art Show, Foster Gallery, Eau Claire, WI (Juror John O’Donnell)
2017 60th Annual Juried Art Show, Foster Gallery, Eau Claire, WI (Juror Deborah Rockman)
2016 59th Annual Juried Art Show, Foster Gallery, Eau Claire, WI (Juror Scott Stulen)
Artist Talks and Panels
2025 Embodied Teaching & Radicality as New Academic Transgression, SECAC Conference, Cincinatti, OH
2024 Layers of (in)QUEER(y) artist panel, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
2023 Filmmakers Panel, New Generation Film Forum, Chicago, IL
2022 I’m Not a Robot, panel at Chicago Fine Art Salon, Chicago, IL
2021 Art as Therapy: Sexual Assault Recovery Program, virtual
2020 Midwest Queeritivities National Exhibit, Honors Symposium for Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
2019 University of Wisconsin Barron County, ART 108: Color & Composition, Rice Lake, WI
Publications
2025 (Undergoing peer reviw) Global Performance Studies Journal, After Assembly: the hum, the shutter, the earthworm, paper
2024 Cuties of Contemporary Literature, Dream Boy Book Club Press, 3 poems published
Queer Photography, Coin Operated Press, 1 photograph
Dream Boy Book Club Press, Series 4, 3 poems published
2021 T4T, Trans Art Publication for Mutual Aid, two drawings
2019 Out., Queer Poetry & Art, two poems & one art piece in Issue II
B*tch Zine, featured my art & interview
2018 Twig Midwestern Poetry, two poems in Issue IV
None of the Above, Literary and Fine Arts Publication, cyanotype series
Flipside Magazine, back cover art
2017 None of the Above, Literary and Fine Arts Publication, photo series
Flipside Magazine, front cover art, poetry
2016 Flipside Magazine, poetry
Workshops
2024 Denim Engraving Workshop, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Fabric Engraving Workshop, University of Wisconsin-Madison
How To Laser Engrave on Glass, Wood, Paper & Fabric, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Work Experience
2025-2026 Lecturer, Art 112: Drawing for Non-Art Majors, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2025 Lecturer, Art 100: Intro to Art for Non-Art Majors, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2024-2025 Teaching Assistant, Art 100: Intro to Art for Non-Art Majors, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Art Handler, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
2023-2024 Digital Fabrication & 4D Teaching Assistant Instructional Support, University of Wisconsin-Madison
New Generation Film Forum, Programming board, Chicago, IL
2022-2023 Sexual Assault Recovery Program, Volunteer, Research, Graphics, virtual position
2020-2022 Parabo Press, Print Shop Team Member, Madison, WI
2019-2020 Converge Radio 99.9, Radio Host, Creative Marketing Specialist, Eau Claire, WI
Cove Collective Arts & Justice Organization, Founder, Executive Director, Eau Claire, WI
Foster Gallery, Curator, Arts Administrator, Gallery Attendant, Eau Claire, WI
2020 Gender and Sexuality Resource Center, Internship, Programming, Graphics, Eau Claire, WI
2019 FreaQweek Queer Film Festival, Curator, Programmer, Eau Claire, WI & San Francisco, CA
NOTA, None of The Above Literary and Fine Arts Publication, Music Director, Eau Claire, WI
Eau Claire Jazz Festival, Photographer, Videographer, Eau Claire, WI
2018-2019 Keep It Moving Publication, Co-Editor, virtual position
2018 Barstow & Grand Literary Magazine, Artist, Eau Claire, WI
Eaux Claires Music and Arts Festival, Photographer, Eau Claire, WI
2017-2018 NOTA, None of The Above Literary and Fine Arts Publication, Art Director, Eau Claire, WI
2017 Eaux Claires Music and Arts Festival, Creative Team Internship, Eau Claire, WI