Ordinary objects contain a wealth of both symbolic and physical potential. By showcasing their natural and cultural backgrounds, I have begun to appreciate their value. For example, my work with salt draws from the history of things like being payment for Roman soldiers, or the cultural superstition of throwing salt over your shoulder. Such simple ideas that are often overlooked can deeply impact our idea of such a common material. Through installations, performances, sculptures, and more, I explore the materials’ properties and create connections between their tangible and invisible qualities. Most of my materials come from humble beginnings, giving a greater wealth of possibilities they can become. Salt, for example, comes straight from the earth. I cannot think of a more humble beginning, while it still has so much power when we look at its history and present uses in our society. Drawing from materials like this that fascinate me from past experiences and memories, I give them new life in the fine-art context. This new context, being seen as art rather than just an object, elevates it in our minds and gives us more to think about when we reencounter these materials in our daily lives. These mundane materials are then elevated by recognition of their place in the world.
MFA in Studio Art from BYU.
April 2022.
BA in Art from BYU-Idaho with an emphasis in Printmaking.
December 2018.
Dish Vision, March 2022
Orem Public Library, Orem, Utah
Group show with graduate students of Brigham Young University's MFA program.
Boxed, February 2022
Gallery 303, Harris Fine Art Center, BYU, Provo, Utah
Group show with graduate students of Brigham Young University's MFA program with other invited university faculty and artists.
Home, January 2022
B.F. Larsen Gallery, Harris Fine Art Center, BYU, Provo, Utah
Solo thesis show for the completion of a Studio Art MFA.
MCLA-BYU Riverworks, October 2021
The Hoosic River Watershed Association, North Adams, Massachusetts
Group works with students at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and Brigham Young University.
Textures & Patterns, June 2021
Art Room Gallery Online
Online International Group show.
Pure, Preserved, Precious, June-July 2020
Gallery 303, Harris Fine Art Center, BYU, Provo, Utah
Solo show involving the interactive art installation Pure, Preserved, Precious with display of ideation and creation methods.
Onyx II, June 2020
Envision Arts
Online International Group show.
Black & White, May 2020
Art Room Gallery Online
Online International Group show.
Gather | Place, November-December 2019
Gallery 303, Harris Fine Art Center, BYU, Provo, Utah
Group show with graduate students of Brigham Young University's MFA program.
Cerebral Chaos, December 2018
Rexburg, Idaho
Art show organized by Victoria Jensen and Magda Ramirez with local music and performance art alongside hanging gallery.
Visual Mixtape, December 2018
Rexburg, Idaho
Curated by artist group Weak Minded Masses and the advanced sculpture class of BYU-Idaho.
Student Art Show, June - July 2018
BYU-Idaho
Show curated by the full-time faculty of BYU-Idaho art department.
Teaching Fellow, August 2020 - Present, BYU
Teaching undergraduate non-art major students basic drawing and printmaking skills while introducing students to contemporary artists and their work.
Guest Speaker, December 2020, BYU
Artist talk for the visiting artist lecture series of the Department of Art at Brigham Young University (Provo, UT).
Printmaking Studio Assistant, January - December 2018, BYU-Idaho
Organization and cleaning of Intaglio studio.
Teaching/Guiding students in their work.
Coordination of studio resources with campus faculty.
Merit Award, May 2020
Awarded for Study No. 1 in Light in "Black & White" Art Room Gallery Online group show.
Printmaking Merit Award, June 2018
Awarded for A Verdadeiro Mentira in the BYU-Idaho student art show.
Printmaking Honorable Mention, June 2018
Awarded for Untitled Expression No. 1 in the BYU-Idaho student art show.
Bad Habits
BYU Print Exchange
Fall 2021
Sacred
BYU-Idaho Print Exchange
Fall 2018
Unearthly Dreams
BYU-Idaho Print Exchange
Spring 2018
Non Est Magis Mortem Dulce
BYU-Idaho Print Exchange
Winter 2018
Surreal Reality
BYU-Idaho Print Exchange
Fall 2017
I Am
BYU-Idaho Print Exchange
Winter 2017