EDUCATION
2015 – 17 MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2008 – 11 BFA, School of Visual Arts, New York, New York
2006 – 08 University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
EXHIBITIONS
2023
“Get Together” group exhibition, Reyes Finn Gallery, Detroit, MI
“BULK Salon” group exhibition, BULK Space, Detroit, MI
2022
“Homebody” group exhibition, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
“Salon Redux” group exhibition, David Klein Gallery, Detroit, MI
2021
“Mise en Abyme” solo exhibition, Playground Detroit, Detroit, MI
SCOPE Art Fair, Playground Detroit, Miami, FL
“Speculative Histories” group exhibition, Saarinen House, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2020
“Show Us Some Love” group exhibition, Dubois Basement, Detroit, MI
2019
“Look Again” four-person exhibition, White Brick Gallery, Ferndale, MI
2018
“Ice Palace” group exhibition, Tessellate Gallery, Pontiac, MI
“Small Works” group exhibition, Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH
“95th All-Media Exhibition” group exhibition, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
2017
“Suspended States” group exhibition, Tessellate Gallery, Pontiac, MI
“Emergence 17” four-person exhibition, Ford Gallery, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
Graduate Degree Exhibition, Cranbrook Academy of Art
“Walking with Serpents” group exhibition, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art
“Live, Laugh, Love” group exhibition, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art
“Melted City” group exhibition, Blanc Gallery, Quezon City, Philippines
2016
“Drive Thru” group exhibition, Cranbrook Academy of Art
“Welcome to the Thunderdome” group exhibition, Cranbrook Academy of Art
“Melted City” group exhibition, Blanc Gallery, Quezon City, Philippines
2015
“Lifestyle Brands” group exhibition, Gowanus Pop Up, NYC
“A Festival of Sorts” group exhibition, Brooklyn Fire Proof
NYC SPRING/BREAK Art Fair, NYC
“Melted City” group exhibition, Blanc Gallery, Quezon City, Philippines
2014
“Hrönir: Un-Lost Things” group exhibition, Brooklyn Fire Proof, NYC
“Everyday Special” group exhibition, Gowanus Pop Up, NYC
“Future Memory” group exhibition, Mayson Gallery, NYC
2013
“A Little More to the Left” three-person exhibition, Associated Gallery, NYC
“The Pond, the Mirror, and the Kaleidoscope” group exhibition, Visual Arts Gallery, NYC
“My Generation” group exhibition, Mayson Gallery, NYC
“Single Fare 3” group exhibition, RH Gallery, NYC
2012
“One Hundred Dollars” group exhibition, LittleField Gallery, NYC
2011
Alexander House: Center for Art & History, Port Edwards, WI
“International Exhibition of Contemporary Works on Paper” group exhibition, NYCoo Gallery, NYC
2010
“Emerge to Be Seen” group exhibition, Westside Gallery, School of Visual Arts, NYC
“No Title” group exhibition, School of Visual Arts, NYC
“Myths Transformed” group exhibition, Visual Arts Gallery, NYC
2007
“Toast” group exhibition, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
RESIDENCIES, HONORS AND PUBLICATIONS
2023 // SEEN Magazine Detroit feature
2022 // New American Paintings Issue 161
2021 // ACRE Artist Residency
2020 // Playground Detroit 20/20 Emerging Artist Fellowship
2019 // Vermont Studio Center Fellowship Residency
2016 // Cranbrook Academy of Art Mary Denison Award
2015 // Cranbrook Academy of Art Marvin and Betty Danto Family Foundation Award
2014 // Wondereur Artist to Watch
2012 // Carrier Pigeon Magazine Volume II Issue 3
2011 // The Alumni Society of SVA Merit Award
2010 // School of Visual Arts Department Scholarship: Gilbert Stone Award
2008 – 11 // Chairman’s Merit Award, School of Visual Arts
2007 // UROP Undergraduate Research Assistant Grant for Fine Arts Department, University of Colorado
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2022 RF Curatorial x MdW Assembly, video reels co-curated with Finn Schult
2021 RF Curatorial x Blueprint Residency, residency series in Detroit, collaboration between Finn Schult, Jordan Knecht and Rachel Pontious
2020 “Performance // Proxy II” exhibition series, The Neon Heater Gallery, Findlay, OH, Co-curated with Finn Schult
2019 “Performance // Proxy” exhibition series, Oloman Next Door Gallery, Hamtramck, MI, Co-curated with Finn Schult
2018 “SPACE SPACE SPACE” collaboratively organized nontraditional conference on alternative pedagogies
2017 “Walking with Serpents” Forum Gallery exhibition and zine, Curated/designed in collaboration with Genevieve DeLeon and Lydia Enriquez
2015 “Lifestyle Brands” Gowanus Pop Up, NYC, Co-curated with Nora Normile
2010 Apprenticeship with Bread and Puppet Theater, Glover, VT, Collaborative performances
TEACHING HISTORY
2022 – present // Adjunct Faculty, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI: Painting 1, Painting 2, Contemporary Drawing
2020 – 2022 // Adjunct Faculty, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI: Drawing 1/Thinking by Drawing
2018 – 2022 // Adjunct Faculty, Oakland Community College, Royal Oak, MI: Drawing 1, Design 1, Introduction to Figure Drawing, Advanced Figure Drawing
VISITING ARTIST LECTURE/PRESENTATIONS/CRITIQUES
2022 // Guest Lecturer, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, Feb. 9
2021 // Guest Lecturer, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, Apr. 12
2020 // Guest Lecturer, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, Apr. 6
2019 // Final reviews guest critic, Lawrence Tech University, Southfield, MI, Dec. 11-13
2018 // Critiques, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN, Nov. 19
2015 // Presentation and critiques, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, Jan. 20
2014 // Artist Talk, Brooklyn Art Library Sessions at the Wythe Hotel, Brooklyn, NY, Aug. 29
2013 // Lecture, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY, Oct. 23
2013 // Presentation and critiques, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, Jan. 22