About

Artist Bio

In 2004, I received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a concentration in ceramics and sculpture at California State University Fullerton.  Soon after, I moved to attend the University of Texas at Austin and received an MFA in ceramics in 2008.  I began teaching at various institutions and colleges such as Concordia University Texas, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, and Temple College. In 2015, I earned a second MFA in Fibers from Savannah College of Art and Design.  The next year and a half I spent immersed within Austin’s thriving music and film industry.  My current endeavors include returning to education, creating art, and travel.

Artist Statement

My work examines a bicultural sensibility though its inventive aesthetic of ‘making do’ with what you have. I explore history, spirituality, display, and abundance though floral and mass cultural imagery that brings forth a sense of the memorial. The development of worlds, imagery, and pattern is an ongoing process of collecting, arranging, and refinement. The mixing of materials and processes engage a curiosity of how to make sense of accumulation, collage, and infinite possibilities. 

Education

2015        Savannah College of Art and Design — MFA Fibers

2008       University of Texas at Austin — MFA Ceramics

2005       California State University Fullerton — BFA Ceramics/Sculpture

Selected Experience

2015-16    Supervising Producer, Stageside Productions/ACL Live at the Moody Theater,  

                 Austin, TX

2014-15    Graduate Mentor, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

2013         Adjunct Art Instructor, Temple College, Temple, TX 

2012         Adjunct Art Instructor, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton, TX

2011          Continuing Education Instructor, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

                 Advanced Young Artist Mentor, The Contemporary, Austin, TX

2009-10   Adjunct Art Instructor, Concordia University Texas, Austin, TX

                 Ceramics Technician/Instructor, Dougherty Arts Center, Austin, TX

2005-08  Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

Selected Exhibitions / Productions

2016         Other Voices Austin, Arlyn Studios, Austin, TX

                 Austin PRIDE: 4th Annual WERK Fashion Show, ACL Live at the Moody

                 Theater, Austin, TX

2015         Outlaw: Celebrating The Music of Waylon Jennings, ACL Live at the Moody

                 Theater, Austin, TX

                  Pan Dulce, Sulfer Studios, Savannah, GA

2013          NCECA: Earth/Energy, Box 13 Gallery, Houston, TX, Juried Exhibition

2011           Advanced Young Artists, Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX

2009         Texas Biennial, Mexican American Cultural Center,  Austin, TX, Curated By

                  Michael Duncan

2012          Peoples’s Gallery Exhibition at City Hall, Austin, TX, Juried Exhibition

2008         XIII, University of Texas Visual Arts Center, Austin, TX