EDUCATION
2015 Master of Fine Arts, Creative Photography / School of Art + Art History, University of Florida
2011 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Photography /Kendall College of Art + Design of Ferris State University
2007 Bachelor of Art, Studio Art / Gwen Frostic School of Art, Western Michigan University
GROUP AND SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 Abstracting the Anthropocene / two-person exhibition with Megan Major / Riverside Arts Center / Ypsilanti, MI
2025 Photography Now / Juried by Whitney Bradshaw / Woman Made Gallery / Chicago, IL
2025 Lumiere: Photography Exhibition / group exhibition / juried by Brian Day / Playground Detroit / Detroit, MI
2025 The Are of Nature Exhibition / group exhibition / Orion Art Center / Lake Orion, MI
2025 Marks on the Land / group exhibition / curated by Anne Leighton Massoni, Executive Director of the Houston Center for Photography in Texas
2025 Lessons in Coping / invitational group exhibition / curated by Christopher Schneider and Tisch Mikhail Lewis / Hatch Art Gallery / Hamtramk, MI
2024 Detroit Lens: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow / invitational group exhibition / curated by Jeff Cancelosi / Detroit Artist Market / Detroit, MI
2024 Art of Bas Blue / juried group exhibition / Bas Blue with Wasserman Projects / Detroit, MI
2024 Aphrodisiac / juried group ex Voyeur Bordello / Detroit, MI
2024 Inaugural Exhibition / juried group show / Bloom Studio / Ypsilanti, MI
2024 25th International Open / juried group exhibition / Women Made Gallery / Chicago, IL
2024 Abstracted / juried group exhibition / Emerge Gallery / New York, NY
2024 Detroit Art Book Fair / exhibitor / Trinosophes / Detroit, MI
2023 Spring Salon Exhibition / juried group show / Detroit Contemporary / Detroit, MI
2018 Scarab Club Photography Exhibition / juried group show / Scarab Club / Detroit, MI
2018 Intersectionality / invitational group exhibition / curated by Richard Haden / MOCA North Miami, North Miami, FL
2016 Objective Material / solo exhibition / Lawton Gallery / Green Bay, WI
2016 Essentialize This! / invitational group exhibition / Viophilia Gallery / Miami, FL
2016 Something About Space / three-person show with Lydia Dildilian and Ye Su / 4MOST Gallery / Gainesville, FL
2015 Children of the Night / MFA photography exhibition / University Gallery / Gainesville FL
2014 UF School of Art + Art History Photographic Exhibition / juried show by Dina Mitrani / University Gallery / Gainesville, FL
2013 Roe VS. Wade / group exhibition / Center for Women’s Studies / Ustler Hall / Gainesville FL
2013 George Ate His Sandwich / invitational group exhibition / WARP Gallery / Gainesville, FL
2012 Art in the Contemporary World / juried group exhibition / 2nd runner up / The Doris Bardon Community Cultural Center / Gainesville FL
2011 A Performing Audience as part of Free Radical Show / juried group exhibition / curated by Brooke Wendt / Division Avenue for the Arts / Grand Rapids, MI
2011 Seventh Annual Arts in the House Initiative / juried exhibition / curated by Adam Dekraker / Michigan House of Representatives’ Anderson House Building / Lansing, MI
2011 Kendall Studio Excellence Award Exhibition / awarded student exhibition / Kendall Gallery / Grand Rapids, MI
2011 Media Ecology / BFA photography exhibition / Kendall Gallery / Grand Rapids, MI
2011 SMart Festival / juried exhibition / Open Concept Gallery / Grand Rapids, MI
2010 Kendall Photo Association Exhibition / Division Avenue Arts Collective / Grand Rapids, MI
2010 Site: Lab, site-specific group installation /curated by Paul Amenta / Lafonsee Gallery / Grand Rapids, MI
2010 Midwest Society for Photographic Education / juried student show / Richmond Center of the Visual Arts / Kalamazoo, MI
2010 ArtPrize / international artist competition / San Chez / Grand Rapids, MI
PUBLICATIONS
25 International Open / Woman Made Gallery / Karen M. Gutfruend / March 2024
Aeonian Magazine / Issue No 10 / Featured Photographer / February 2024
The Fourth Estate: Innovation, Transformation, Place / Lawton Gallery benefits student body with Objective Material exhibit/ Colleen McCluskey / February 2016
HONORS + AWARDS + FELLOWSHIPS
Artist Grant / Vermont Studio Center / 2016
Tuition Waiver and Graduate Fellowship / UF School of Art + Art History / 2012-15
Travel Grant / UF School of Art + Art History / 2014
Artist Workshop Scholarship / Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts / 2013
Studio Excellence Award of Photography, Kendall College of Art and Design, 2011
Academic Achievement Award and President’s List, Kendall College of Art and Design, 2011 Portfolio Scholarship, Kendall College of Art and Design, 2008-11