CV
Education
2016 MFA - UNC Chapel Hill
2011 BFA - UNC Asheville
2008 Buddhist Studies - Thamasaat University, Bangkok, Thailand
Selected Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2019 Wading in the Muck Together - Studio 15, Durham, NC
2018 Processing Process - Feurtado Gallery, White Plains, NY
2016 to shape, of thought - UNC Asheville, Asheville, NC
The Silence We Speak - The Carrack Modern Art, Durham, NC
vital (futile) - John and June Allcott Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
2011 Connective Threads - Highsmith Union Gallery, Asheville, NC
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 North Carolina Artists Exhibition - CAM Raleigh, Raleigh, NC
2019 Coined in the South - The Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
Lines of Thought - CICA Museum, South Korea
Contemporary South - Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC
2018 Black and White - Core Art Space, Denver, CO
Fresh - ArtSpace, Raleigh, NC
2017 Mixtape - The Carrack Modern Art, Durham, NC
The Lived Body - Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC
Radeo Flyer - DAC Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016 ma(t)ter-realism - John and June Allcott Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
Radeo Flyer - various public locations, Los Angeles, CA + Manhattan, NY
Finding Solitude - Cabarrus County Arts Council, Concord, NC
Depth Perception - Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC
the beginning of everything. - Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC
2015 Interactive Lines - Cabarrus County Arts Council, Concord, NC
Drawing Discourse - S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, Asheville, NC
2013 Heartworks - NC Stage Company, Asheville, NC
2012 A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing - Flood Gallery, Asheville, NC
Art Front Members Exhibition - Highsmith Union Gallery, Asheville, NC
2011 44th Annual Juried Student Exhibition - S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, Asheville, NC
Art Front Members Exhibition - Highsmith Union Gallery, Asheville, NC
Professional Experience
2020 Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art - University of North Carolina at Asheville
2019 Adjunct Instructor of Art and Art History - AB Tech Community College, Asheville, NC
2018 Art Teacher - Durham Academy Upper School, Durham, NC
2016 Co-founder - subverbal collective
Art Instructor - Acton Academy, Durham, NC
Art Instructor - The ArtsCenter, Carrboro, NC
Drawing Instructor - Sawtooth School for Visual Arts, Winston-Salem, NC
Instructor/Teaching Fellow - UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
2015 Instructor/Teaching Fellow - UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Gallery Assistant, John and June Allcott Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
Woodshop Assistant, UNC Chapel Hill Art Lab, Chapel Hill, NC
2014 Studio Assistant/Shipping and Purchasing, Jonas Gerard Fine Art, Asheville, NC
Grants, Awards & Residencies
2016 Top Prize for Outstanding MFA Work - Juried by Eric Shiner, Director of The Andy Warhol Museum
2014 Gullkistan Residency - Laugavartn, Iceland
2013 Recipient of the Regional Artist Project Grant - Toe River Arts Council, NC
2012 Distinction in Art - UNC Asheville
Distinction as an Undergraduate Research Scholar - UNC Asheville
2010 Recipient of the Guadalupe Chavarria Art Scholarship
Artist Talks, Workshops, Special Projects
2019 Community as Creator: Seeing Sound - Arcana, Durham, NC
2018 Visiting Artist Lecture, Artist Talk with Subverbal Collective - Lenoir-Rhyne University, NC
2017 Art After Dark, Workshop Leader - Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC
Mixtape, Artist Talk - The Carrack Modern Art, Durham, NC
Mixtape, Co-curator - The Carrack Modern Art, Durham, NC
The Lived Body, Co-curator - The Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC
2016 A Closer Look, Artist Talk - Cabarrus County Arts Council, Concord, NC
The Silence We Speak, Artist Talk - The Carrack Modern Art, Durham, NC
Monster Drawing Rally, Invited Participant - North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
Press and Publications
2020 Q&A With Brow Collective - The Middle Ground, feature: January 3rd
2017 Best of 2017: Favorite Exhibitions in the South And Beyond - BURNAWAY, feature: December 20
Don't You Lie To Me - podcast feature, episode 8
2016 Snapshots: Erin Canady's "The Silence We Speak" - ArtsNow NC, Oct. 4