| Education |
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Masters of Fine Arts, May 2005
University of Illinois Champaign/ Urbana
Major emphasis in Photography |
Bachelor of Fine Arts, May 2001
Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee
Major emphasis in Photography
Minor in Paper/ Printmaking |
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| Related Work Experience |
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| Riley Scholar, Department of Fine Arts- Photography, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 2006-2008; Instructor of Record |
| Director, Potter's Workshop, St. Louis, MO 2005-2006 |
| Urban Arts Instructor, Center of Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO 2001-2006 |
| Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois Urbana, IL 2003-2005; Instructor of Record |
| On-site Art Instructor, Center of Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO 2001-2004 |
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| Selected Solo and Group Exhibitions |
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| Self Defined, Riverviews Art Space, Lynchburg, VA 2008 |
| Altered Space, Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO 2008 |
| Negotiating Identities, Schmucker Gallery at Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA 2007 |
| Voices, A&E Centennial Art Center, St. Louis, MO 2007 |
| Yummy, Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2007 |
| Memphis College of Art Alumni Exhibition, Memphis, TN 2006 |
| Commentary: Art, Life, and the Black Experience, Haydon Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE 2006 |
| Black Factory, Contemporary Museum, St. Louis, MO 2005 |
| Project MobiLivre, traveling, www.mobilivre.org 2005 |
| Black Diaspora, New Orleans Gallery, St. Charles, MO 2005 |
| Entitled Space, Lobby Gallery, Chicago, IL 2005 |
| After Whiteness, Tarble Art Center at Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL 2005 |
| Emerging Art Space, Polvo, Chicago, IL 2004 |
| Re-Collection, Springer Cultural Center, Champaign, IL 2003 |
| Open-Space, Coalition Art Space at University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 2003 |
| Faculty Exhibition, Center of Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO 2002 |
| Multiples, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 2002 |
| Contemporary African-American Exhibition, Rossman School, Ladue, MO 2002 |
| Juried Artist Book Show, Brooks Museum, Memphis, TN 2001 |
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| Honors and Awards |
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2005-2006
Regional Arts Commission Grant (Potter's Workshop)
Boeing Grant (Potter's Workshop)
Target Grant (Potter's Workshop)
Riley Fellowship (Colorado College)
Chancellor's List (University of Illinois)
Camp Coca Cola Mural Grant |
2004-2005
Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts Residency
Artworks Teaching Grant
Chancellor's List (University of Illinois)
Brodie Materials Grant
Creative Arts Fellowship |
2002-2003
University of Illinois Graduate Fellowship
Stipend for Visiting Artist Proposal
Brodie Materials Grant |
2000-2001
University of Illinois Graduate Fellowship
Society of Photographic Education Scholarship
Who's Who of American College Students
Bowen Academic Merit Award |
1999
Memphis College of Art Alex Camp Travel Fellowship, NYC |
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