Education
2017-2020
California State University-Long Beach -- Master's of Fine Arts in Jewelry & Metalsmithing, Long Beach, CA
2012-2017
Grand Valley State University -- Bachelor's of Fine Arts in Jewelry & Metalsmithing, Allendale, MI
Exhibitions
2025
Iconic Visions -- The LINE Hotel, Los Angeles, CA
Beyond The Frame -- Loiter Galleries, Long Beach, CA
2024
Material Recover -- Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
2023
Shared Past, Divergent Futures -- Emerge Gallery, Greenville, NC
2020
More Than A Movement -- MCLA Gallery 51, North Adams, CT
Words from a Sistah -- MFA Thesis Exhibition, Virtual Exhibition
Something about sis -- Atl Summit Conference, Palm Springs, CA
2019
SOCAL MFA 5th Annual Juried Student Art Show -- Pomona Fairfax, Pomona, CA
BASIS -- Abstruce Gallery, Huntington Beach, CA
2018
Sista, Sista -- East Gatov Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2017
Michigan Collegiate Art Exhibition -- Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, MI
Arbitrary Associates -- BFA Thesis Exhibition, Padnos Gallery, Allendale, MI
Grand Valley State University 5th Annual Juried Student Art Show -- Padnos Gallery, Allendale, MI
2016
Formed Forge Fabricate -- University Museum, Carbondale, IL
2015
Framing the Experience -- Art Prize, Grand Rapids, MI
Grants & Awards
2020
Distinguished Achievement in Creative Activity Award -- California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
2019
J. Fred Woell Scholarship -- Deer Isle, ME
2017
Faculty Purchase Award -- Fifth Annual Juried Student Art Show, Allendale, MI
Professional Experience
2023-2025
Part-Time Professor Intro to Jewelry & Metalsmithing, Fabrication, and Casting -- El Camino College, Torrance, CA
2021 - 2025
Adjunct Professor Intro to Jewelry & Metalsmithing -- California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
2021 - Present
Fiber Art Teacher -- Exceptional Children's Foundation, San Pedro, CA
2019-2020
Artist Assistant -- Kentruah Davis, Los Angeles, CA
2019-2020
Visiting Artist Coordinator - California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
Graduate Teaching Assistant -- California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
Artist in Their Own Words - Brittany Ransom Spring 2020
Artist in Their Own Words - Katie Grinnan Fall 2019
Intro to Jewelry & Metalsmithing - Susanna Ali Spring 2018
2018-2019
Studio Technician at CSU Long Beach Metals Department, Long Beach, CA
Commissions
Padnos Distinguished Artist-In-Resident Award -- Sliver Pendant for Nayda Collazo-Llorens
Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI
Collections
Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
Workshops
2019
Haystack Mountain School Of Crafts -- Enameling Course with Tanya Crane. Deer Isle, ME