Artist Statement

   I am interested in cognition and the brain. The human brain is a complex and highly plastic command center. It is capable of producing endless amounts of worry and fear but also of generating invention, expression, and connection. In a similar fashion, painting presents those challenges but is also capable of communicating powerful visual information. It is this duality that keeps me interested in painting.

   My art is an accounting of the visible world as much as it is an accounting of the invisible world. My work is influenced by emotions, relationships and human nature.

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Education

2025 MFA, University of Wisconsin Madison

2017 BFA, Brigham Young University, Provo, Ut

2013 AA, Snow College, Ephraim, Utah 

Awards

2021 Honorable Mention. 46th Annual BDAC statewide Competition. Bountiful Davis Art Center.

2020 Honorable Mention. 96th Annual Spring Salon Fall Edition. Springville Museum of Art.

2016 Olena & George K. Lewis Scholarship 

2016 Boshard Open Studio Scholarship 2014 Mary L. Wheatley Visual Arts          

                Scholarship 

2014 Best Of Show. BYU Student Show. Curator Jared Steffenson 

2014 2nd Place Vera Hinckley Mayhew Show 

2013 1st Place Drawing And Sculpture Categories. Artists in Residence 

                Works In Progress.  Curator Kelly Brooks 

2013 Department of Art, 2-D Talent Award 

2009 Jurors Choice Award. Artists in Residence Works In Progress. Juror 

                Jason Lanegan.

Publication

2019 New American Paintings #144

2016        New American Paintings #126

Solo Exhibitions

2022 Push And Pull. Finch Lane Gallery. Salt Lake City, UT

 2021 Cursed for Your Sake. Utah Arts and Museums. Digital Exhibition

2020  Recent Paintings. Third Space Studios. Provo, Ut.

 2018  Pioneer Book. Provo, UT.

 2016 Cognitive Defusion. Gallery 303. Provo, UT.

 2015 Painting and Sculpture. Gallery 286. Provo, UT.

Group Exhibitions

2021 Juried. 100 Dollar Show. Springville Museum of Art. Springville UT

2021 Juried, 46th Annual BDAC Statewide Competition, Bountiful Davis Art Center. Bountiful, UT

2020 Juried, 96th Annual Spring Salon Fall Edition, Springville Museum of Art. Springville UT

2019 Juried, 95th Annual Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT

2017   Existing in Space, Boxcar Gallery, Provo, UT

2017   The Great Good Place, Alice Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT.

2016 Juried, Annual Student Show, BYU. B.F. Larsen Gallery. Provo, UT. 

2015 Islands. Gallery 303. Provo, UT. 

2015 Basic Stuff. Gallery Gallery. Provo, UT. 

2015 Juried, Annual Student Show, BYU. B.F. Larsen Gallery. Provo, UT. 2015        Proximity. Gallery 286. Provo, UT. 

2014 Running Parallel. Gallery 303. Provo, UT. 

2014 Raw Materials. B.F. Larsen Gallery. Provo, UT. 

2014 Juried, Annual Student Show, BYU. B.F. Larsen Gallery. Provo, UT. 

2014 Juried, Vera Hinckley Mayhew Visual Arts Competition. B.F. Larsen 

                Gallery. Provo, UT. 

2013 Juried, Artists In Residence Works In Progress. Snow College Art 

                Gallery. Ephraim, UT. 

2013 I Hate Monotypes. Annex Gallery. Ephraim, UT. 

2012 7 Paintings By 7 Artists. Altspace Gallery. Ephraim, UT. 

2009 Lost And Found. Altspace Gallery. Ephraim, UT. 

2009 Juried, Artists In Residence Works In Progress. Snow College Art 

                Gallery. Ephraim, UT. 

2008   Healthy And Safe. Altspace Gallery. Ephraim, UT.