Education
MFA 2009 Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Studio Art: Printmaking, Drawing, Mixed Media, Installation
BFA 2002 Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas
Fine Art: Drawing
Professional Experience
2008 – Present
Owner
Black Box Press Studio, Little Rock, AR
2008 - 2012
Lecturer
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Department of Art and Design
2007 - 2008
Printmaking Shop Technician
Purdue University, Department of Visual and Performing Arts
2006 - 2008
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Purdue University, Department of Visual and Performing Arts
2004 - 2006
Independent Artist
2002 - 2003
Exhibition and Education Coordinator
Awards
2010
Telly Award, Educational and Cultural categories, Bronze Statue, New York City, NY
2007
Bruce J. and Sharon Goodman Merit Award, Louisville. KY
2006
Brown-Forman Corporation Purchase Award, Louisville, KY
2006
Delta Phi Delta Scholarship, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
2006
Mellen-Oberst Family Merit Award, Louisville, KY
2011
In My Mother’s House, Russell Fine Arts Gallery, Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, Arkansas
2010
She Who is Brown, David W. Mullins Library, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, Fayetteville, Arkansas
2009
To Know My Mother’s Name, Purdue Black Cultural Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
2008
Midnight Brings a Revelation, Shrine of the Black Madonna, Houston, Texas
2003
Something Was Lost in Translation, The Community Artist Collective, Houston, Texas
2001
All Gawd’s Chill’n Got Run’n Shoes, Robert J. Terry Gallery, Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas
1998
Out of the Blackness, Gallery of Distinctive Art, Houston, Texas
Solo Exhibitions
Select Group Exhibitions
2011
The Roux, Houston Museum of African American Culture, May 2011, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, August 2011
2010
Every Tree Counts, Oxbow Press, Reno Nevada
Faculty Exhibition, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
2009
Portraits, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas, 2 person show
Arts in the Art, Winthrop Rockefeller Institute of the University of Arkansas System, Morrilton, Arkansas
UALR Art Faculty Biennial Exhibition, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas
2008
Houston Collects, Museum Fine Arts, Houston,Texas
Re-Interpreting The Middle East, 2008 Southern Graphics Conference, Virginia Commonwealth University
Technature, Metropolitan State College, Denver, Colorado
Beyond Surface, Heritage Hjemkomst Interpretive Center, Heritage Hall, North Dakota State University, North Dakota
Traveling to: Department of Fine Art, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India
Print Zero Exchange #5, Roennebaeksholm Arts and Culture Centre, Naestved, Denmark
Speaking Volumes: Transforming Hate, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana
2007
Private Collection: Art and Design Exhibition Vol. I, Shine of the Black Madonna Cultural Center, Houston, Texas
13 Annual African American Art Exhibition, Louisville, Kentucky
Visual Transparencies, University of California, Davis, California
A Half Mile From Home, Touch Gallery, Bemidji State University, Bemidji, Minnesota
International Art Exhibition, Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat, Bangalore, India
A Gathering of Printmakers: 53 Artist from Across the United States and Abroad, C.N. Gorman Museum, University of California at Davis
2006
Pages and Voices, East and West Galleries, Patti and Rusty Rueff Galleries, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Spring Open House Exhibition, Historical School 30, Indianapolis, Indiana
Impressit, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Minnetonka, Minnesota
Faces of Women, Las Vegas Arts Council, Las Vegas, New Mexico
12 Annual African American Art Exhibition, Louisville, Kentucky
New, East Gallery, Patti and Rusty Rueff Galleries, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Westwood Biannual Exhibition, Westwood House, Purdue University
2005
Open House Exhibition, Historical School 30, Indianapolis, Indiana