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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 





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  • Home
  • Necklaces
  • Shoebox lids
  • Printmaking
  • Past Work
    • never duplicated
    • ode to sisterhood
    • something about sis..
    • sista, sista
    • the shop
    • 2017-2020
    • 2017-2015 >
      • abritary assoicates
      • 2016
      • 2015
      • printmaking 2015-2017
  • about
    • Bio + Statement
    • cv
    • contact
  • shop Jill's Room