PRINTMAKER// ILLUSTRATOR// painter
Education
// May 2016
New Mexico State University
B.A. Studio Art with focus on printmaking
Workshops and Other Education
// 2014
Attended Print, Printed, Printing
biennial printmaking conference in Las Vegas, NM
Seminars and workshops by artists/teachers including Melanie Yazzie, Frol Boundin, and others
// 2013
Attended workshop at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Village, CO
Matrix of Monoprint with Debora Oden
// 2012
Attended Print, Printed, Printing
biennial printmaking conference in Las Vegas, NM
Seminars and workshops by artists/teachers including Michael Barnes, Cerese Vaden, Yoshiko Shimano and others
Professional Experience
// July 2017 - Present
Working at Nakatomi Inc. in Austin, TX
Handle various elements of production in a flat stock screen print shop including running manual and automatic presses, pantone color mixing, cutting down prints with automatic paper cutter, and preparation, burning, and reclaiming of screens for print
// June 2016 - June 2017
Worked at Proper Printshop in El Paso, TX
Involved in all elements of print production for textiles, as well as flat stock. Customer service, shipping, webstore management, photography, design, and business administration.
// May - August 2015
Worked at Nakatomi Inc. in Austin, TX
Handled various elements of production in a flat stock screen print shop including running manual and automatic presses, numbering prints, pantone color mixing, cutting down prints with automatic paper cutter, digital color separations, and preparation, burning, and reclaiming of screens for print
Skills
// Adobe Illustrator
//Adobe Photoshop
//Procreate
// Pantone color mixing
// screenprinting
// relief printing
Exhibitions
solo
// 2016
Sacred//Profane
Art Obscura in Las Cruces, NM
group
//2023
Kite Abomination
Museum of Human Achievement
//2023
Realms of Fungi
ArtUs Co.
//2021
HOLY GHOSTS
Recspec Gallery in Austin, TX
//2020
All Boats Rise Together
Recspec Gallery in Austin, TX
//2019
Demons & Devils
Recspec Gallery in Austin, TX
//2018
Demonstrate I
G Spot Gallery in Houston, TX
// 2014
Parallel Drift
Art Obscura in Las Cruces, NM
// 2013
Inkorporated: An Art Exhibition
Corbett Center Student Union Art Gallery in Las Cruces, NM
// 2016/2013/2011/2010
Annual Juried Student Show
NMSU University Art Gallery in Las Cruces, NM
Awards
// 2013
Excellence in Printmaking Award
Annual Juried Student Show
NMSU University Art Gallery
Las Cruces, NM
// 2010
Juror Award Certificate
Annual Juried Student Show
NMSU University Art Gallery
Las Cruces, NM
Juried by Ray Parish