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

Solo Exhibitions
2026
     Limitless — Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum, Long Beach, CA
2020
     Words from a Sistah -- MFA Thesis Exhibition, Virtual Exhibition
      Something about sis -- Atl Summit Conference, Palm Springs, CA

Group Exhibitions
2025
     Imagination As Resistance — Sovern, Los Angeles, CA
     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
2026- Present
Adjunct Professor —Saddleback College, Mission Vejilo, CA
    Art 171: Intro to Jewelry & Metalsmithing
    Art 172: Jewelry & Metalsmithing: Intermediate I 
    Art 174:Jewelry & Metalsmithing: Advance

2025- Present
Adjunct Professor— Long Beach City College, Long Beach, Ca
    Art 35: Beginning Jewelry

2023-2025
Adjunct Professor-- El Camino College, Torrance, CA
    Art 173: Intro to Jewelry & Metalsmithing
    Art 274: Jewelry & Metalsmithing - Fabrication
    Art 275: Jewelry & Metalsmithing - Casting

2022 - Present
Adjunct Professor -- California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
    Art 357A: Intro to Jewelry & Metalsmithing

2021 - Present 
Artist Mentor -- 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
Public Collection, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI

Workshops
2019
      Haystack Mountain School Of Crafts -- Enameling Course with Tanya Crane. Deer Isle, ME 

Publications
2025
      Brown, Kailyn "Girlfriends' celebrates its 25-year anniversary with a free art exhibit in L.A." www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2025-06-27/girlfriends-is-celebrating-25-years-with-an-art-exhibit-in-l-a-that-honors-black-women