Education:
San Diego State University
2023 MFA, Art (Applied Design concentration)
Cleveland Institute of Art
2020 BFA, Summa Cum Laude, Sculpture and Expanded Media / Painting (double major)
Case Western Reserve University
2017-2019 Cognitive Science (five semesters as part of cross-registration program)
United States Naval Academy
2005 BS, English
Teaching/professional experience:
2024 Lecturer, Woodworking, San Diego State University
Lecturer, Furniture Design, San Diego State University
2023 Graduate Teaching Associate, Intro to Sculpture, San Diego State University (instructor of record)
Metal and wood fabricator/furniture maker, Austin McAdams Design and Fabrication, San Diego CA
2022 Graduate Teaching Associate, Intro to Sculpture, San Diego State University (instructor of record)
2021 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Woodworking, San Diego State University (Instructor: Adam Manley)
2020-2023 Construction Manager, Coronado CA
2020 Teaching Assistant, Systems Drawing, Cleveland Institute of Art (Instructor: Amber Kempthorn)
2019 Instructor, Intro to Woodshop, Cleveland Institute of Art, Continuing Education program
2018-2019 Design/fabrication/production assistant, Moderncre8ve, Cleveland, OH
2018 Studio assistant of Guillaume LeBlon, in support of FRONT international, Cleveland OH
Teaching Assistant, Blacksmithing, Cleveland Institute of Art (Instructor: Stephen Smolinski)
2017 Teaching Assistant, 3D Design, Cleveland Institute of Art (Instructor: Zak Smoker)
2007-2016 U.S. Navy Sea Air Land (SEAL) Officer, Iraq / Afghanistan / Arabian Gulf / Levant
2005-2007 Naval Surface Warfare Officer, Arabian Gulf / East Africa
Workshops/Residencies:
2025* Traditional Japanese carpentry internship (*scheduled) - Suikoushya International Woodworking School
2024 Artist in Residence - Bread & Salt, San Diego, CA
2022 Wood - Vacuum press, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO (Instructor: Michael Puryear)
2022 Chairmaking - Traditional Windsor chairmaking, San Diego State University (Instructor: Aspen Golann)
2016 Steel - Traditional Bicycle Frame Building, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC (Instructor: Carmen Gambino)
Awards/Scholarships:
2023 Gerald W. Fackler Charitable Trust Award for Sculpture
2022 SDSU Anderson Ranch educational scholarship
2021 Prebys Endowed Scholarship
2020 Windgate Scholarship
Isabel Kraft Sculpture Scholarship
John J. Rogers Endowed Scholarship in Sculpture
First Agnes Gund Memorial Traveling Scholarship, Kyoto, Japan
Cleveland Institute of Art Board of Trustees Second Prize
Northern Ohio Art Dealers Association award
David and Ann Deming award
2019 The Julian Stanczak ‘54 Scholarship
Joseph McCullough ‘48 Scholarship for Excellence in Painting
The Painting Department Award, for Excellence in Studio Practice
Eastman-Bolton (1912) Memorial Prize
John Jackson Memorial Scholarship
2016-2020 Dean’s list, Cleveland Institute of Art
2018 Cleveland Institute of Art Board of Trustees Grand Purchase Prize
2017-2020 Clara Rust-Bingham Memorial scholarship
2017 Cleveland Institute of Art Board of Trustees Second Prize
Karen Skunta Design Award
Exhibitions :
2024 Material Witness, City College, San Diego CA
Wood: A Furniture Show, Escondido Arts Partnership, Escondido, CA
2023 It is What It is, MFA thesis exhibition, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
The Last Group Show Ever, Bread and Salt, San Diego, CA
Conjunto, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Come, Rest Here by My Side, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
25th Annual Student Award Exhibition, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
2022 The Sixteen, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Processing, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
Tiger, Tiger, Waterloo Arts, Cleveland, OH
24th Annual Student Award Exhibition, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
2021 Back in My Day, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
23rd Annual Student Award Exhibition, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
2020 CIA Independently Juried Student Exhibition, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
I am the River, Waterloo Arts, Cleveland, OH
2019 Exhibitionist, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Open/Closed, National Veterans Art Museum Triennial Exhibition, Chicago, Il
Bostwick Design Group sponsored exhibition, Cleveland, OH
CIA Independently Juried Student Exhibition, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2018 The 100 Show, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Bazaarbeque, FORUM artspace, Cleveland, OH
Piece of the artist, two-week independent installation, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
CIA Independently Juried Student Exhibition, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2017 Commissioned sculptural installation, Banter (restaurant), Cleveland, OH
CIA Independently Juried Student Exhibition, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2016 Political Vacuum, three-day storefront installation, Blazing Saddle Cycle, Cleveland, OH
Publications:
2024 Reflections From the Undercurrent (forthcoming essay for Liberties, Vol. 4–Issue 3)
2023 MFA Thesis: It is What It is: Notes Toward a Ventral Pedagogy For The Plastic Arts
Bibliography:
2020 The furniture Society: The Furniture Society
The Plain Dealer: The Plain Dealer
2019 Chicago Tribune: The Chicago Tribune
2018 Link Magazine: Link Magazine
NPR affiliate WCPN, Ideastream radio interview: NPR Interview
2017 Freshwater Cleveland: Fresh Water Cleveland