HONORS
2007 Undergraduate Exhibition, Rock Hill, SC, Merit Award
2006 Pendleton Spring Jubilee, Pendleton, SC, Best of Show Pendleton Spring Jubilee, Pendleton, SC, First Place
2005 Images Art Festival, New Smyrna Beach, FL, Purchase Award Pendleton Spring Jubilee, Pendleton, SC, Second Place
2004 Strictly Functional National Exhibition, Lancaster, PA, Purchase Award – Ceramic Monthly Permanent Collection Red Sky Teapot Extravaganza, Charlotte, NC, Altered & Assembled Award Pendleton
Spring Jubilee, Pendleton, SC, Second Place
2003 Carolina Pottery Festival, Shelby, NC, First Place
2002 Atalaya Art Festival, Murrills Inlet, SC, Honorable Mention
1999 Jubilee Harvest of the Arts, Rock Hill, SC, Honorable Mention
CURATION/JURY
2013 Greenwood Art Guild Annual Exhibition, Greenwood, SC
2012 Scholastic Art Exhibition, Lander University, Greenwood, SC
2008 Creativity Community Collaboration, Gallery 80808 Columbia, SC
PUBLICATIONS
2002 500 Teapots, Lark Books, Asheville, NC
COLLECTIONS
2004 Ceramic Monthly Permanent Collection
COMMISSIONS
2005 Brattonsville-Museum of York County, McConnells, SC
2003 Perry Sessions Design, Inc., Charlotte, NC
2000 Leslie Advertising, Greenville, SC
1999 Leslie Advertising, Greenville, SC
CV
EDUCATION
MFA - Winthrop University, 2011
Sculpture/Drawing
BFA - Winthrop University, 2008
Ceramics
Gaston College, 1999
Ceramics
BS - Winthrop University, 1991
Biology
EXPERIENCE
Lander University, Assistant Professor 2011- Present
Winthrop University Department of Fine Arts, Graduate Assistant, 2008 - 2011
Barefoot Pottery, McConnells, SC. Self- employed Ceramic Artist, 1998 - 2008
Arts in Education, Chester, SC. Two-week program, 2004
Catawba Clay, Fort Mill, SC. Ceramics instructor for adult classes, 2003
EXHIBITIONS
2013 Independent Study, Art Center, Greenwood, SC Intersection, Monsanto Gallery, Greenwood, SC
Peach Belt Athletic Conference Exhibition,Columbus, GA
2012 SECAC Annual Juried Exhibition, Greensboro, NC
Frenzy, York County Center for the Arts, Rock Hill, SC Peach Belt Athletic Conference Exhibition, Columbus, GA
2011 Metaphor, Winthrop University Gallery, Rock Hill, SC Passe-Present-Futur, Gallery Up, Rock Hill, SC
2010 Story Line, Loading Dock Gallery, Rock Hill, SC
Creativity Community Collaboration, Gallery 80808, Columbia, SC
Graduate Works in Progress, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
YC Magazine Exhibition, York County Center for the Arts, Rock Hill, SC
2009 Rock-Paper-Scissors, Winthrop University, Loading Dock Gallery, Charlotte Country Day School, Rock Hill SC, and Charlotte, NC
Graduate Works in Progress, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
2008 Undergraduate Exhibition, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
2007 Foundation Exhibition, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
Painting and Printmaking Exhibition, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
Circle of Eight Exhibition, NCECA, Columbus, OH
Undergraduate Exhibition, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
2005 Carolina Clay Guild Exhibit, Charlotte Douglas Airport, Charlotte, NC
National Teapot Show VI, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmore, NC
2004 Strictly Functional National Exhibition, Market House Craft Center, Lancaster, PA
Red Sky Teapot Extravaganza, Red Sky Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2003 Hand Crafted, Rocky Mount Art Center, Rock Mount, NC
2001 SC NCECA Student Exhibition, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
SC Clay 2001, NCECA, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
2000 Difference in Dirt, Museum of York County, Rock Hill, SC
1999 Jubilee Harvest of the Arts, Rock Hill Arts Council, Rock Hill, SC