Artist's Statement
As an artist, I use my paintings as my voice to fight for what I feel is important: the environment. All of my work is inspired by nature, often times its most misunderstood subjects. My earlier work focuses on the mysteries of hive-mind societies and the vast worlds of fungi, where color and composition brought my viewers into their cryptic realms. As I researched these subjects in nature, so would I regularly find trash in densely wooded areas. I was compelled to create my newest series, “Penchant”, which confronts our society's obsession with consumption and waste. My work has become more climate-focused, and in a culture where agreeable imagery continues to dominate what is bought and sold, I am determined to bring issues that nobody wishes to talk about into galleries. The overall objectives I wish to achieve with my audience are changes in perspective, confrontations with their ideals of beauty, and the awareness of the impact we have on our environments.
Current and Upcoming Exhibitions/Projects
Artist in Residence United Plant Savers in Rutland, Ohio
October 14th - October 27th 2024
Perennial Currently growing at the end of Grandview and Washington Avenue, in Bellevue, Kentucky
Immersion Alley Now open in Covington, Kentucky!
Down Tobacco Alley, off Madison Ave. attached to Wenzel Whiskey
Follow us on Instagram at @immersionalley
Education
2015 BFA in Painting
Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY
Grants and awards
2024 Finalist for Kentucky Living’s Beautfy the Bluegrass Award
2024 Recipient of the New Woman Artist Residency program
Juried by Sarah Vance Waddell
2023 Kentucky Foundation for Women’s Art Meets Activism Grant
2023 Great Meadows Foundation Travel Grant
2022 Finalist for the Yeck Award
Young Painters Competition, Miami University, Oxford, OH
Juried by John Yau
2022 Golden Ticket
Clifton Cultural Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
Awarded Honorable Mention
2021 43rd Annual Whitewater Valley Art Competition
Indiana University East, Richmond, IN
Awarded Honorable Mention
2021 We’re Doing It All Wrong
Edward Dixon Gallery, Dayton, OH
Awarded Second Place
2021 Great Meadows Foundation Travel Grant
2020 Golden Ticket
Clifton Cultural Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
Awarded Third Place
2020 Summerfair Cincinnati Aid to Individual Award Recipient
2019 Golden Ticket
Clifton Cultural Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
Awarded Second Place
2019 Integrity Arts and Culture Grant Recipient
2019 Years of Chaos: What’s Killing Us?
Kore Gallery, Louisville, KY
Awarded Best in Show
Residencies
2024 Deep Ecology Artist Fellowship
United Plant Savers, Rutland, OH
2023 Urban Ecology Artist Program
Civic Garden Center, Cincinnati, OH
2021 Friends of Black Rock/High Rock Artist in Residence
Gerlach, Nevada
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Penchant
Artlink Gallery, Ft. Wayne, Indiana
2023 Trash Talk
Ed Dixon Gallery, Dayton, OH
2022 Trash Talk
Studio Kroner, Cincinnati, OH
2021 Transience: Examining the Space Between Here and There
McKinley Fine Arts Center, Reno, NV
2021 Penchant
Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI
2020 Penchant
National Bank Art Gallery, University of Cincinnati, Batavia, OH
2019 Pulchritudinous
Central Oregon Community College, Bend, OR
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Keepsake
Fitton Center for Creative Arts
2024 New Woman
2023 Summerfair Select
Alice F. and Harris K. Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2023 Fresh Paint
Create Magazine. Juried by Margaret Winslow of the Delaware Art Museum
2023 New Horizons
P.A.R. Projects, Cincinnati, OH
2023 Intersections
Civic Garden Center, Cincinnati, OH
2023 S.O.S Art Show
Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Curated by Kirsten Bengtson-Lykoudis
2023 Young Painters Competition
Hiestand Galleries, Oxford, OH
Juried by John Yau
2022 Golden Ticket
Clifton Cultural Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
Awarded Honorable Mention
2022 Deeply Held, Deeply Rooted
1628 ltd., Cincinnati, OH
Ed Dixon Gallery, Dayton, OH
2022 P.A.R. Projects Art Exhibition
P.A.R Projects Studios, Cincinnati, OH
2022 S.O.S Art Show
Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2022 Regulated Garbage
Featured on Artsy
ShockBoxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA
2022 Sustainability Summit
Green Umbrella, Cincinnati, OH
2022 New Woman
Annex Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2022 Artlink Regional Art Exhibition
Artlink Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN
2021 43rd Annual Whitewater Valley Art Competition
Indiana University East, Richmond, IN
Awarded Honorable Mention
2021 We’re Doing It All Wrong
Edward Dixon Gallery, Dayton, OH
Awarded Second Place
2021 30 under 30
Viridian Artists Inc., New York, NY
2021 Bugs Aplenty
Elizabeth Jones Art Center, Portland, OR
2021 Out of the Darkness
Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park and Museum, Hamilton, OH
2021 Evendale Fine Art Show
Evendale Cultural Arts Center, Evendale, OH
2021 Stand
Art Fluent, Online
2021 Drip
Off Ludlow Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2021 SOS Retrospective
Kennedy Heights Art Center, OH
2020 Art in the Time of Corona
S.O.S., Online, Cincinnati, OH
2020 Golden Ticket
Clifton Cultural Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
Awarded Third Place
2020 Climate Change
Oxford Community Arts Center, Oxford, OH
2020 Sea Change
Pendleton Arts Center, Studio 405, Cincinnati, OH
2019 Golden Ticket
Clifton Cultural Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
Awarded Second Place
2019 S.O.S Art Show
Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2019 Kentucky Wildlife
Living Arts and Science Center, Lexington, KY
2019 Years of Chaos: What’s Killing Us?
Kore Gallery, Louisville, KY
Awarded Best in Show
2019 Truths and Consequences
Fred Parker Giles Gallery at Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY
Bibliography
2024 Immersion Alley Press
LinkNKY, Local 12, NKY Tribune
2024 Journal News: Keepsake Exhibition
2024 Kentucky Living’s Beautify the Bluegrass Awards
2024 Perennial Press
WCPO, LinkNKY, CityBeat, WEKU Radio
2024 Movers and Makers Cincinnati, April
2023 Voyage Ohio Magazine, December
2023 Not Real Art, May
2023 CityBeat Eco-Issue, April
2022 Trash Talk Press
WVXU, CityBeat, Local 12, Movers and Makers
Central Oregon Community College, October 2019
2019 Integrity Arts and Culture Grant Winner
Integrity Arts and Culture, June 2019
Professional experience
2023 - 2024 Lead artist for the interactive mural “Immersion Alley’s Wenzel House” in Covington, Kentucky
2022 - 2023 Curator for the Midwest Regional Sustainability Summit
2023 Botanical Dye Workshop at Baker Hunt Art and Cultural Center
2022 Botanical Dye Workshop at the Cincinnati Art Museum
2022 Guest panelist in The Clifton Cultural Arts Center Sunset Salon: Art as Activism
2020 Completed mural at BikeWise bike shop, Oxford, OH
2017 Curator for DIY Gallery, Perennial: Small Space
625 Madison Avenue, Covington, KY
2017 Curator for DIY Exhibition, Perennial
18 East 5th Street, Covington, KY
2016 Curator for DIY Exhibition, Kalopsia
39 West Pike Street, Covington, KY