Teaching
Saint Leo University // 2020– current
Key West, FL
PHI 210 RS– Thinking and Doing Ethics
Florida Keys College // 2015-2018
Key West, FL
ART 200C- Creative Expressions, ART 1300C Beginning Drawing I
The Studios of Key West // 2014-2020
Key West, FL
Color theory // Figure drawing // Figure painting // Anatomy // Flesh Painting // Art History. // Open sketch night
Saginaw Valley State University // 2012-2014
University Center, MI
ART 111-2D Design // ART 100 Art Appreciation // ART 321 Advanced Drawing // ART 223 Intro to Painting // ART 495 Independent Student Studies// ART 233 Oil Painting
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OLLI Continuing Education Center: Sculpture// Installation Art // Plein Air Painting // Watercolor Painting // Art History
Henry Ford College // 2012-2014
Dearborn, MI
ART102 Introduction to Drawing // ART 101 2D Design // ART115 Intermediate Perspective Drawing
Midland Center for the Arts and Museum // 2013-2014
Midland, MI
Figure Painting, All Levels Painting
Saginaw Art Museum // 2013
Saginaw, MI
Lecture on “The History of Perspective Art” with following workshop
Ford Community and Preforming Arts Center // 2013-2014
Dearborn, MI
Hosted children’s art camp
Mott Community College // 2012
Flint, MI
ART 132 Foundation Drawing II-Emphasis on Color
College for Creative Studies // 2011
Detroit, MI
DFN112 Foundation Drawing II Visualization-Emphasis on the Figure
The Educational Alliance // 2010-2011
New York, NY
Intro to Painting, Intermediate Painting, Advanced Painting
New York Academy of Art // 2010
New York, NY
Teaching Assistant to Susanna Coffey, 1602 MFA Thesis II
Solo Exhibitions
2019
Active Duty, The Studios of Key West, FL
2018
Interwoven Veracities, Studio Sesh, Islamorda, FL
2016
Origin, The Studios of Key West, Key West, FL
Bodies of Work, The Marker, Key West, FL
2015
Contours and Currents, The Lemonade Stand Gallery, Key West, FL
2014
Endless Summer, Corktown Studios, Detroit, MI
2013
Summer, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center
2012
Rubbernecking Universals, MCC Gallery, Mott Community College, Flint, MI
Group Exhibitions
2020
Food Frenzy, Camelback Gallery, Online
2019
Women’s Exhibition, Dacia Gallery, New York, NY
Sandhill Review, Saint Leo University, FL Publication
2017
Keys Strong, The Studios of Key West, Key West, FL
No Net Ensnares Me, Rockport Center for the Arts, TX
Mango Madness, The Studios of Key West, FL
Anne Mckee Art Retrospective, The Studios of Key West, FL
Small Works Show (With the Lemonade Gallery), The Studios of Key West, FL
2016
Anima/Persona, Key West Contemporary Art Gallery, Key West, FL
A Body of Influence, Grosse Pointe Art Center, Detroit, MI
Small Works Exhibition, Lemonade Stand Gallery, Key West, FL
Mango Madness, The Studios of Key West, Key West, FL
Saints and Sinners, Marshall Fredericks Sculpture Museum, Saginaw, MI
2015
Hot Dry Men, Cold Wet Women, Mark Miller Gallery, New York, NY
It’s Okay to be a Realist, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, New York
Mirror, Mirror, The Studios of Key West, FL
AIDs Help Foundation, Key West FL Auction
Saints and Sinners, Marshall Fredericks Sculpture Museum, Saginaw, MI
Anne Mckee Artist Foundation, Key West, FL Auction
2014
Contemporary Realism Biannual, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
Pop-up Exhibition, Re.al Gallery, Key West, FL
Tribeca Ball, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Greater Michigan Arts Exhibition, Dow Museum, Midland, MI
Faculty Exhibit, University Art Gallery, SVSU, MI
Faculty Exhibit, Midland Center for the Arts, Dow Museum, Midland, MI
Featured Artist, Stone Soup Gallery, Key West, FL
2013
Bitesize, Gallery 58, Union City, New Jersey
Art Auction, Corktown Studios, Detroit, MI
Michigan Fine Arts Competition, BBAC, Birmingham, MI
Summer Exhibition, Allegra LaViola Gallery , New York, NY
Greater Michigan Art Exhibition, Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI
Saginaw Township State of the Arts Exhibition, Township Hall Gallery, Saginaw, MI
Contemporary American Author’s Series Exhibition Invitational, Marygrove College, Detroit, MI
2012
Hatch 6, Hatch Project Space, Detroit, MI
Coffee and Art, Café 1901, Detroit, MI
2011
Fools Gold, 94 Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY
Silent:Noise, Gallery Bar, New York, NY
Self Portrait as a Monster Truck, Kleio Projects, New York, NY
Uncharted. Wilkinson Gallery, New York, NY
Below Chambers, Biddy Early’s Lower Gallery, New York, NY
The Ridiculist Revival, MCCNY Jackson Hall Gallery 446 W. 36th St., NY, NY
Tribeca Film Festival Sponsored Art Show, Franklin Front Gallery, NY, NY
Black and White VandM Sponsored Room, Tribeca Ball, New York Academy of Art, NY
Single Fare-Please Swipe Again, Sloan Gallery, New York, NY
2010
Single Fare, New York 224 Grand St, Williamsburg, BK
Just Look At Yourself, Juried Show, Gallery 5, New York, NY
Deck the Walls, Wilkinson Gallery, New York, NY
TOAST, NYAA, New York, NY
Tribeca Ball, NYAA, New York, NY
Nothing But Trouble, NYAA, New York, NY
2009
CCS Thesis Invitational Exit Show, Detroit, MI
Ground Control, R.I.C, Detroit
Small Drawings Show, Detroit
Garfield Building Invitational, Detroit, MI
2008
Small Drawings Show, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
A Place at the Table, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
Cascade Print Show, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
College for Creative Studies student show & showcase, Detroit MI
2007
CCS Annual Student Show, Invitational Showcase, Detroit, MI
Flux Capacitor, The Russell Industrial Center, Detroit, MI
No Name Drop Show, 555 Gallery, Detroit, MI
Rock For Cure, (Donated Painting for Breast Cancer Charity) The Belmont, Hamtramck, MI
Conferences
2020
SECAC: The Figure Beyond a Constructed Ideal: Representing Contemporary Bodies and Identities in the Studio and the Classroom, "The New Figure: Considerations of Phenomenological Deconstructionism"
SEACT: Community, “Reconsidering Visual Perception: Extending Neuroaesthetics into Phenomenological Embodiment”
*Also included in IDSVA Summer Residency
H&R Studio, "The Male Nude in Art: A Panel Discussion" *Panelist
2019
Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts, Winter Residency, "Chromatic Interplays in Philosophical and Scientific Inquiry"
2018
Women in STEAM, Host: Saint Leo University, St Leo, FL, “Neuroaesthetics: The Cognitive and Applied Bridge Between Math, Science and Art”
Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts, Winter Residency,"The Intersection of Individuality and the
Collective: the Element of Color"
2017
iiE Gathering,: Wonder Together, Host: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, “This is Your Brain on Art: Creative Problem-Solving”
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