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.