EDUCATION

2016    MFA     Drawing and Painting     University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT  
2012    BA        Studio Art- Painting        Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT

EXPERIENCE

Fall 2017 - Present University of Connecticut, Adjunct Professor Digital Art/Art Theory and Criticism                                           
Fall 2016 - 2017            Antioch College, Visiting Assistant Professor, Yellow Springs, OH                             
Fall 2015-Spring 2016     Art and Art History Department Graduate Assistant, UConn, Storrs CT                       
 Fall 2014- Spring 2015    Art and Art History Department Teaching Assistant, UConn, Storrs CT                       
Fall 2013 – Fall 2014       Titchfield High School Visual Arts Educator, Port Antonio Jamaica WI                          
Fall 2011-Spring 2012      Art/Art History Department Teaching Apprentice for Drawing I, Wesleyan University                           
Fall 2012- Sum. 2013       Kid’s Art Space Visiting Instructor, Middletown CT                          

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Fall 2018 MYTH, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT                                                                                                                           
Summer 2018 Midas, Keri Gallery, Willimantic, CT           
2017   Schizomaica, Herndon Gallery, Yellow Springs, OH                                                                                                                              

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018 PEACE WALLS, Salomon Arts Gallery, NY,NY                                                                                                                                            

2018 Sumfest Mall, Catherine Hall, Montego Bay Jamaica       

2017 Jamaica Biennial, National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston Jamaica                                                                                                        

2016  Birdseye View, Red Easel Pop-Up Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica 

2016  Are We All Here, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 

2016   MFA Thesis Exhibition, The Benton Museum of Art, CT                                 

2015   Emerging Artists. Drawing Room Gallery, Cos Cob, CT

2015  Something or Other, Student Union Gallery, Universty of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

2014   D.G.A.F, Student Union Gallery , University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 

2014   Selfie, Café Central, Port Antonio, Jamaica W.I

2013   Parallax Art Fair, Prince George Hotel Ballroom, Manhattan, NY             

2013    Art for Peace, Zelnick Pavillion, Middletown, CT

2012   me, myself and i: Senior Thesis Exhibition, Wesleyan University

2011    Be the Art, Wesleyan University         

2010    Skittles Art Show, Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University  

2009    Pieces of Pieces: Rootz of Rootz, Wesleyan University                                                                                

AWARDS, HONORS, FELLOWSHIPS

2017 Future Faculty Career Exploration Program at RIT,                                                                                       

2017  Lloyd Walcott Art prize Interviewing the Caribbean Magazine

2016 Art and Art History Award  University of Connecticut

2016   William Brand Scholarship University of Connecticut

2015   William Brand Scholarship, University of Connecticut

2013    Artist for World Peace Grant, Artists for World Peace

2012     Jamie Hulley Fund for the Arts Grant, Jamie Hulley Fund for the Arts

2012    Jessup Prize for Art and Design, Wesleyan University

2011    Jamie Hulley Fund for the Arts Award, Wesleyan University

2011    Bernard J Zawisa ’49 Endowed Studio Art Award, Wesleyan University

PUBLICATIONS

2018 Híbridos el cuerpo como imaginario, Gerardo Mosquera, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, March 6 2018 issue
2018 VisitJamaica, The Jamaica Tourist Board, August 16      
2018 The Jamaica Observer, Sumfest Mall feature August 14 issue               
Spring 2017 Zealous.co Meet Series Feature,
Spring 2016 Ania Orlowska, Big and Bold ,BasscultureIslands Magazine,  issue 8. 52                                                                        
Spring 2016 Kenneth Best, Exhibition Explores Concepts of Self Discovery, Uconn Today, April 20                                                                                
Winter 2015 Opal Palmer Adisa, The Art of the Selfie, Interviewing the Caribbean Journal, vol1. No.1. 152                                   
Fall 2015 Selfie 2, Long River Review. 102                                                                                                                                                                                
Spring 2013 A Peaceful Hullabaloo, Lucy Ferris, Hartford Magazine, May. 68                                                      

Gallery/commercial agent affiliation

 Susan Halper Fine Art Inc, Manhattan, NY
Artists for World Peace Organization, Middletown, CT

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

2017 – Present Mid-America College Art Association (MACAA), Membership Coordinator, Board Member                         

2015 - Present College Art Association (CAA)                                                                                                                                    

2016-2017 Ohio Arts Council,                                                                                                                                                      

COLLECTIONS

University of Connecticut Collection,

Wesleyan University

Artists for World Peace

Bennie F. Johnson and Family

Susan Halper Fine Art Inc.

Private Collections in Jamaica, New York, Washington DC, Florida and Connecticut.