EDUCATION
2007 M.A., Creative Writing, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
2006 B.F.A., summa cum laude, Painting, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
2005 Early Renaissance Studies, Lorenzo de'Medici Academy, Florence, Italy
publications
2010 Amy Inspired, a novel
2007 Feeling for Bones, a novel
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 Untitled Installation, MAHEC Family Medicine Center, Asheville, North Carolina
2012 Specimens, The McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, Virginia
2011 Milieu Intérieur, Chroma Projects Art Laboratory, Charlottesville, Virginia
Selected Group EXHIBITIONS
2025 Still Life Invitational, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, North Carolina
2022 Winter Show, The Greenhill Art Center, Greensboro, North Carolina
2019 SWEET, The Greenhill Art Center, Greensboro, North Carolina
Who’s Afraid of Red? Asheville Area Arts Council, Asheville, North Carolina
2016 Winter Show, The Greenhill Art Center, Greensboro, North Carolina
2015 Art Biologic, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY
Asheville Percussion Festival, The Odyssey School, Asheville, North Carolina
Alumni Show, The McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, Virginia
2011 Third Annual Regional Juried Art Show, Riverviews Art Space, Lynchburg, Virginia
2010 New Members Show, The McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, Virginia
2009 Bethesda Foundation Art Project, Bethesda Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio
Annual Cultivate Beauty Exhibition, The 930 Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky
2008 The Human Form in Contemporary Art, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
Annual Cultivate Beauty Exhibition, The 930 Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky
2007 Transforming Culture, VAM Gallery, Austin, Texas
2005 Reunion Exhibit of Works in Oil, Middletown Art Center, Middletown, Ohio
Allotropy: Art & Music Showcase, Primary Colors, Indianapolis, Indiana
Emerging Artist Exhibition, The Mockbee Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
2003 Whitewater Valley Annual Art Competition, Indiana University East, Richmond, Indiana
2001 Regional Ohio Governor's Youth Award Exhibition, James A. Rhodes Office State Tower, Columbus, Ohio
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
2012 “Inspirational Fiction and The Promiscuous Reader,” presented at The Festival of Faith and Writing, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan
“The Writer as Reader,” panel discussion with Kevin Brockmeier and Carey Wallace, The Festival of Faith and Writing, Calvin College
2011 “Pinpointing Genres,” panel discussion, The Virginia Festival of the Book, Charlottesville, Virginia
2007 Panel discussion and book signing with author Martha Moody, Books by the Bank, Cincinnati, Ohio
Exhibitor Author, The NYC Book Expo, New York City, New York
Feeling for Bones reading and book signing, Bachelor Hall, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Graydon Head and Ritchey, Cincinnati, Ohio
Siemens Family Law, Asheville, North Carolina