CV

Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, Dec 2014, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL

Solo Exhibitions 

Florida Naturally Wild, June 3rd - August 26th 2023, at the Kampong National Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL
 
Plant Portraits: Weeds to Wildflowers, October 23rd - December 31st 2023 at the Boca Raton Downtown Library, Boca Raton FL
 
Weeds to Wildflowers, April 7th - April 23rd 2022 at the Brockway Memorial Library, Miami Shores FL
 
Mutualism, April 16th - July 4th 2022 at the Biscayne Bay National Park, Homestead FL
 
Relationships In Nature, July 1 - August 23 2019 at Boca Raton Downtown Library, Boca Raton FL
 
Selected Group Exhibitions

Portrait of a Pollinator, March 14th - May 7th 2023 with the Tropical Botanic Artists Collective at Flamingo Gardens, Davie FL
 
Our Planet, Our Future, March 22 - May 16 2020 at the Miramar Cultural Center, Miramar FL
 
Art For The Earth: Artists On Climate Change, October 17 2019 at The Frank Gallery, Pembroke Pines FL
 
Pushing the Pull, November 24 – December 10 2018 at ISProjects, Ft. Lauderdale FL
 
Strata: First Glimpse, September 20 – October 2018 at The Blueprint Gallery at The Milagro Center, Delray Beach, FL 
 
Birding: Reflections On Our Fine Feathered Friends, September 14 2018, at the Tauny de lesseps Gallery at Palm Beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach, FL
 
The Birds, August 12 - October 1 2017, at the Art and Science Gallery, Austin, TX
 
Opposing Futures, April 29-June 24 2017, at FAT Village, Ft. Lauderdale FL
 
Meet The Beetles, September 24 - October 22 2016, at the Art and Science Gallery, Austin, TX.
 
The New American Patriot: Art in the Public Interest, July 1 - July 11 2016, at The Box Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
 
Call To Install ( The Mending Tree, a collaborative installation by the Viridis Art Collective), June 3 - July 30 2016, at Palm Beach Cultural Council, West Palm Beach, FL
 
The Mending Tree, May 15 2016, a collaborative installation by Viridis Art Collective, Cypress Creek Natural Area, Jupiter, FL
 
Nature Preserved exhibiting with the Viridis Art Collective November 13 to January 2 2015, at the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, Lake Worth FL
 
Annual Juried Student Exhibition March 20th to April 3rd 2015, group show at the Ritter Art Gallery FAU, Boca Raton FL 
 
Endangered by Art for Apes, Dec 3rd to 6th 2014, Jurors: Carolyn Benesh, Thom Collins, Joel Sartore, at the Miami Club Rum Gallery, Miami FL.

Selected projects and commissions

Birds at Play: Palm Beach County Native Species, 2023-2024, mural and art installation in the Mandel Library, a temporary public work commissioned by the City of West Palm Beach’s ArtLife Public Art program: 9 Artists 9 Spaces
 
Who Lives In The Everglades? coloring book, 2023, 20 illustrations of animals, commissioned by The Everglades Foundation as a free downloadable resource for Florida teachers
 
Field Guide to Wild Plants field guide, 2022, 17 illustrations of common native plants that host butterflies, commissioned by Bound by Beauty for a free downloadable resource.  
 
Where Birds Can Be Birds film, 2022, a map illustration of Tampa Bay, commissioned by Into Nature Films.
 
Create Your Own Wildlife Sanctuary guide, 2021,  illustrations of Florida native plant pairings, commissioned by Bound by Beauty for a free downloadable resource.
 
Dreaming of The Everglades film, 2021, 3 map illustrations of Florida representing the historic, modern, and potential future Everglades, commissioned by Into Nature Films. 
 
Upper Garden trail signs, 2021, 4 illustrations of native plants and animals, commissioned by Pinecrest Gardens for use on trail signs.
 
Teaching

STEAM Instructor at The Milagro Center of Delray July 2018 - May 2021, Delray Beach, FL
 
STEAM Instructor at the Boys and Girls Club of Boca Raton June 2016 - June 2018, Boca Raton, FL
 
Art Enrichment Teacher at Imagination Station Preschool September 2013 - April 2019, Pompano Beach, FL
 
Art Teacher at Coral Springs Museum of Art, June 2011 - August 2015, Coral Springs, FL
 
Workshops, presentations and grants

Art In The Garden Workshop, UF/IFAS Urban Horticulture Broward, November 5th 2022, Davie FL
 
Botanical Watercolors Workshop, Norton Museum of Art, July 15 2021, West Palm beach FL
 
Zines for Pines Workshop, with ISProjects October 5th 2019 at the Art and Cultural Center of Fort Lauderdale FL. 
 
Erased Drawings, A Conservation Experience, Presentation, Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Conference, July 14 2019, Washington DC. 
 
Natural Illustration in Watercolor, Workshop, Glades road branch library, May 11 2019, Boca Raton FL. 
 
Viridis Artists: Artistic Investigations and Our Environment, Presentation, 2015, Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, Lake Worth, Fl 
 
Viridis Artists: Process and Making, Presentation, 2015, Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, Lake Worth, FL
Friedland Project Grant, 2015, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL