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EDUCATION 

Virginia Commonwealth University, MFA Painting,  Richmond, VA, 2010 

Ohio State University, BFA Painting and Drawing, Columbus, OH, 2007

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 

Gardiner Library, The Color Shift, Gardiner, NY, 2022 

Kent Place Gallery, Ubiquity and Produce, Summit, NJ, 2016 

WCC Center for Digital Arts, Real Good, Peekskill, NY, 2015 

John Davis Gallery, Works On Paper, Hudson, NY, 2015 

Pelham Art Center Public Sculpture Courtyard, Fugitive Color, Pelham, NY, 2015 

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

Tyte Gallery, Looking 21 Ways, curated by Rudy Vavra, Millbrook, NY, 2025

One Mile Gallery, Phantasma, Kingston, NY, 2025

The Lockwood Gallery, In Pursuit of Color,  Kingston, NY, 2023

The Lockwood Gallery, Putting It Together, Kingston, NY, 2023 

Chancellor's Gallery, SUNY Plaza, Faculty Exhibition, Albany, NY, 2023-24

KuBe Art Center, Ethan Cohan Gallery, Birds of A Feather, curated by Joseph Ayers and Ethan Cohen, Beacon, NY, 2022    

Millbrook Vineyards & Winery, Art In The Loft, organized by Arts Mid-Hudson, Millbrook, NY 2022  

DCC Mildred I. Washington Gallery, The Sum of All Parts, curated by Kristen Rego, Poughkeepsie, NY, 2022 

Bethany Arts Community, S'mother, curated by Anna Adler, Ossining, NY, 2021 

LabSpace, Big Holiday Show, Hillsdale, NY, 2018 

DCC Mildred I. Washington Gallery, Faculty Show, Poughkeepsie, NY, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2025 

Glenlily Grounds, public sculpture exhibition, Newburgh Open Studios, Newburgh, NY, 2017, 2016 & 2015 

Women’s Studio Workshop, August Art Festival, Rosendale, NY, 2015 

 

AWARDS + RESIDENCIES 

Women’s Studio Workshop, Honorarium for public sculpture, 2015

Vermont Studio Center, Residency + Artist’s Grant, 2012 

Virginia Commonwealth University, Graduate Teaching Assistantship, spring semester, 2010 

Virginia Commonwealth University, Graduate Teaching Assistantship, spring semester, 2009 

Ohio State University, Robert Marion Gatrell Undergraduate Scholarship, 2007 

 

CURATION 

DCC Mildred I. Washington Gallery, The Sum of All Parts, Poughkeepsie, NY, 2022 

 

VISITING ARTIST TALKS 

Kent Place School, Summit, NJ, 2016 

Westchester Community College, Center for Digital Arts, Peekskill, NY, 2015 

 

SELECTED PRESS 

D. R. Evarts Library, Athens Laundry, Curated by Ruby Palmer, Vol 1, No 4, 2017 

New Paltz Times, On the Trail of Art, WSW’s August Art Festival, August 2, 2015 

SPACE Gallery, Art, Artists and Ideas, Works on Paper, Dec. 5, 2012 

Aesthetics of Joy, Joyful art: Kristen Rego; August 14, 2012 

Buy Some Damn Art, Interview with Kate Singleton, August 13, 2012

 

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY 

Adjunct Associate Professor, Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie, NY, 2015-present 

Promoted to Associate rank in 2024

COLOR THEORY  

2D DESIGN 

DRAWING 1 

ART INTRODUCTORY SEMINAR 

 

Club Advisor, Visual Arts Club 2023-present

 

Teaching Lab Technician, Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie, NY, 2016-present 

Responsible for hanging six exhibitions per year in campus gallery 

Oversight of all aspects of installations: painting, mounting shelving, technology & equipment, lighting and labels, art packing/handling 

Framing, matting, and mounting artwork

Achivist for campus art collection 

Managing supply inventories for gallery & art department 

 

Adjunct Lecturer, State University of NY at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY, 2016-2025 

ADVANCED PAINTING 

VISUAL THINKING I; DRAWING 

BASIC PAINTING 

VISUAL THINKING II; DRAWING 

INTRO TO STUDIO ART

 

 

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