Education

2015 AFA, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
2003 MSW, Social Work, Arizona State University, Tucson, AZ
2001 BA summa cum laude, Anthropology and Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Professional Development

2015 Home Mapping Workshop with Professor Molly Nuzzo, Rockville, MD
2014 Blind Embossing Printmaking Workshop with Professor John Carr, Rockville, MD
2014 Portrait Painting Workshop with Professor Molly Nuzzo, Rockville, MD
2014 Monoprint Workshop with Professor John Carr, Rockville, MD
2013 Linoleum Cut Workshop with Professor John Carr, Rockville, MD

Group Exhibitions

2016 Alumni Exhibition, Sarah Silberman Gallery, Rockville, MD                                                                            

2015 Green, Orange County Creatives Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2015 Annual Student Exhibition, Sarah Silberman Art Gallery, Rockville, MD
2015 Rockville: Women of the World, five person exhibition, HaMakom Gallery, Kensingon, MD
2015 Artist in Residence Victor Ekpuk and students, Montgomery College Library, Rockville, MD
2014 The 3rd Annual Juried International Exhibition of Contemporary Islamic Art, LuminArté Fine Art Gallery, Dallas, TX
2014 Annual Student Exhibition, Sarah Silberman Art Gallery, Rockville, MD
2014 Trio: A Printmaking Exhibit, three person exhibition, HaMakom Gallery, Kensingon, MD
2014 Artist in Residence Katherine Mann and students, Montgomery College Library, Rockville, MD
2013 Annual Student Exhibition, Sarah Silberman Art Gallery, Rockville, MD

Collaborative Projects

2014 Artist in Residence Program: Victor Ekpuk, Sarah Silberman Gallery, Rockville, MD
(drawing in collaboration with Victor Ekpuk)
2013 Artist in Residence Program: Katherine Mann, Sarah Silberman Gallery, Rockville, MD
(print making and ink drawing in collaboration with Katherine Mann)

Awards

2015 Sarah Silberman Sculpture Endowed Scholarship, Montgomery College Art Department, Rockville, MD
2014 Art Department Endowment Scholarship, Montgomery College Art Department, Rockville, MD
2014 Rockville Art League Award, Montgomery College Art Department, Rockville, MD
2013 Charles W. Thomas Scholarship for a Returning College Student, Mid-Atlantic Federal Credit Union, Germantown, MD

Bibliography

“Student Artwork,” Spectrum, Edition 6, Fall 2014
“SAL Sketch Meet-Ups,” Spectrum, Edition 6, Fall 2014
Four artworks in “The Red Jacket: Student Literary Journal,” Edition 12, Spring 2014
“Trio: A Print Making Exhibit,” Spectrum, Edition 3, Spring 2014
“Selected Student Work,” Spectrum, Edition 3, Spring 2014
"A Fun-Filled Day of Printmaking: An Art League Workshop with John Carr,” Spectrum, Edition 2, Fall 2013

Publications as Author

"Twins: Double Trouble / Double Luck!" review in Spectrum, Edition 6, Fall 2014
"Behind the Scenes at the Smithsonian Museum of African Art." Spectrum, Edition 6, Fall 2014
“Impressions 2014,” interview in Spectrum, Edition 3, Spring 2014

Collections

Strömbackaskolan, Piteå, Sweden

Professional Activities

2014 Coordinator of weekly painting group, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD

Foreign Languages

Fluent in Swedish.

Ceramic with Shino glaze. 2011

Ceramic with Shino glaze. 2011