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Education

2018 Master of Fine Art: Studio Art, Magna Cum Laude, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

2014 Bachelor of Fine Art: Painting, Magna Cum Laude, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

Professional Experience

Personal Artist Assistant | Tallahassee, FL

Technical Aid and Art Handler for Katherine Chudy

August 2018-Present

Madhouse Press | Las Cruces, NM

Letterpress Printmaking Consultant and Assistant

May 2017-Present

New Mexico State University | Las Cruces, NM

Instructor Of Record: Printmaking I, Drawing I, and Painting I

January 2015 - December 2017

Co Instructor Intermediate Printmaking

August - December 2016

Assistant To Safety Officer, Chemical Safety Manager, Facilities Technician

January 2016 - May 2018

Printmaking and Painting Technician

August 2014 - May 2018

Awards/Honors

2018 Friends of the UAG Award, New Mexico State University, NM

2017 La Posta de Mesilla Art Appreciation, New Mexico State University, NM

2016 Monuments to Main Street Plein Air Competition: 2nd Place Professional Category, Las Cruces, NM

Ken Barrick Memorial Endowed Scholarship, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

2015 Mary Lawbaugh Purchase Award, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

Mas Art, Art Appreciation Award, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

2014 Electrical Box Project, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

2013 La Posta de Mesilla Art Appreciation, New Mexico State University, NM

Janet J. Swenson Memorial Scholarship, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

Trekell Painting Contest: 3rd Place, Trekell Fine Art Supplies, Hisperia CA

2010 Wanda and Willy F. Martin Scholarship, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

Exhibitions

2022 Crusty, (Group), Art Obscura, Las Cruces, NM

Relief Conspiracy Pop-Up, (Group), Madison, WI

All About Love, (Juried), Working Method Contemporary, Tallahassee, FL

Art in the Time of Covid, (Juried), Online Exhibition,

Itty Bitty Print Exchange, (Group), Arts West, Athens, OH

2021 Itty Bitty Print Exchange, (Group), Imagine Butte Resource Center, Butte, MT

Printmakers Show, (Group), Gallery 915, Las Cruces, NM

Sticky, (Group), Art Obscura, Las Cruces, NM

Despite Darkness, (Group), Art Obscura, Las Cruces, NM

2020 in a Nutshell, (Group), Art Obscura, Las Cruces, NM

Relief Conspiracy, (Group), The Harlow, Hallowell, ME

2020 Proof, (Group), Light Art Space, Silver City, NM

Symbiotic, (Collaborative), Art Obscura, Las Cruces, NM

“69” Third International Erotic Print Exchange (Group), Belleartes, Cáceres,

Spain

2019 Impress 2 Express: A PrintQuake in the Desert Southwest (Juried), Las Cruces Museum of

Art, Las Cruces, NM

Impress 2 Express Overflow (Group), Desert Peak Architects, Las Cruces, NM

Black and White Ramble (Group), Mas Art, Las Cruces, NM

Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition (Group), Awagami Hall of Awa

Japanese Handmade Paper Museum, Tokushima

Rise: Iowa Print Exchange Exhibition (Group), Gallery 181, College of Design, Iowa State University,

Ames, IA

Posted: 9INHANDPRESS Print Exchange Exhibition (Group), Frontline Arts, Branchburg, NJ

2018 Dead Matter Press Print Exchange Show (Group), 2 Stroke Coffee, Portland, OR

Print is Dead (Group), Dakota Arts, Bellingham, WA

Print Matter(s) (Group), Washington State University Gallery 3, Washington State University,

Pullman, WA

Here and Now (Juried), Las Cruces Museum of Art, Las Cruces, NM,

Juror: Joy Miller, Curator at the Las Cruces Museum of Art

NMSU Juried Student Show (Juried), University Art Gallery, New Mexico State University,

Las Cruces, NM, Juror: Cathy Lee Crane, Border Art Resident (BAR) 2018

Tiny Show: Mini Chaotic (Group), Art Obscura Gallery, Las Cruces, NM

Vices (Group), Dive Bar Gallery, Las Vegas, NV

Not Only, But Also: Graduate Thesis Exhibition (Group), University Art Gallery,

New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

Celebration of Obsolescence (Juried), Rocky Mountain Printmaking Alliance,

Washington State University Gallery 3, Washington State University, Pullman, WA

2017 Lost Landscapes (Solo), Youngers Gallery, Northeastern Junior College, Sterling, CO

Darkness (Group), The Alleyway Gallery, Portland, OR

Practical Magic (Group), Dead Matter Press Gallery, Portland, OR

New Acquisitions (Group), University Art Gallery, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

Tiny Show: Las Cruces (Group), Art Obscura Gallery, Las Cruces, NM

Dead Matter Press Exchange Party (Group), Dead Matter Press Gallery, Portland, OR

NMSU Juried Student Show (Juried), University Art Gallery, New Mexico State University,

Las Cruces, NM, Juror: Steve Randall, Border Art Resident (BAR) 2017

Monochaotic II (Group), Art Obscura, Las Cruces, NM

2016 Infinity (Group), New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

NeoMagic (Juried), Zuhl Museum, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM,

Jurors: Marissa Sage, Director of University Art Gallery and Tiffany Santos, Director of

Zuhl Museum

Maximum Weight Capacity (Group), New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

NMSU Juried Student Show (Juried), University Art Gallery, New Mexico State University,

Las Cruces, NM, Juror: Alejandro Almanza Pereda, Border Art Resident (BAR) 2016

Print, Printed, Printing IV (Group), Burris Hall Gallery, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM

2015 Monochaotic (Group), Art Obscura Gallery, Las Cruces, NM

Making Sense (Group), Art Obscura Gallery, Las Cruces, NM

Project Postcard: 2015 (Group), University Art Gallery, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

NMSU Faculty and Graduate Show (Group), Red Dot Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

Beyond the Border (Group), Holtzman MFA Art Gallery, Towson University, Towson, MD

Tiny Show: The Coaster Show (Group), Art Obscura Gallery, Las Cruces, NM

WEAD Members and Friends (Group), West End Art Depot., Las Cruces, NM

NMSU Open House 2015 (Group), New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

Tiny Show: Body (Group), Art Obscura Gallery, Las Cruces, NM

Id, Bird, Sand, and Youth (Group), New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

2014 Tiny Show: Cult Movies (Group), Art Obscura Gallery, Las Cruces, NM

Relinquish (Solo), Art Obscura Gallery, Las Cruces, NM

Mas Art Anniversary Show (Group), Mas Art Gallery, Las Cruces, NM

Boondoggle (Group), West End Art Depot, Las Cruces, NM

2014 Spring BFA Exhibition (Group), New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

Advanced Printmaking Work (Group), Williams Hall Alcove Gallery, New Mexico State University,

Las Cruces, NM

NMSU Department of Art Open House (Group), New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

Print, Printed, Printing III (Group), Burris Hall Gallery, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM

2013 Intermediate Printmaking Work (Group), Williams Hall Alcove Gallery, New Mexico State University,

Las Cruces, NM

October Ramble (Solo), Mas Art Gallery, Las Cruces, NM

Project Postcard: 2013 (Group), New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

NMSU Juried Student Show (Juried), New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

Juror: Grant Billingsley, former Border Art Resident (BAR)

2012 NMSU Juried Student Show (Juried), New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

Jurors: Darius Himes and David Chickey, co-founders of Radius Books, Santa Fe, NM

Print Exchanges

2022 Crusty: Uncomfortable Print Exchange, Las Cruces, NM and Tallahassee, FL

2021 Itty Bitty, Fiona Avocado, Athens, OH

Sticky: Uncomfortable Print Exchange, Las Cruces, NM and Tallahassee, FL

Relief Conspiracy, Scott Mimzy, ME

Remarque Print Exchange, Remarque Print Shop, Albuquerque, NM

Print Alliance Zine Exchange, Kent, OH

Print Austin Trade Portfolio, Austin, TX

2020 Proof, Southwest Print Fiesta, Silver City, NM

Moist: Uncomfortable Print Exchange, Las Cruces, NM

Fluffle: A Tiny Bunny Print Exchange, Seattle, WA

COVID-19 Portfolio Exchange, Susanna Harris, Powell, OH

9 IN HAND PRESS Print Exchange 2020, Dave DiMarchi, New Hope, PA

Hearts Desire, Dead Matter Press, Portland, OR

Print Austin Trade Portfolio, Print Austin, Austin, TX

69 Print Exchange, Cáceres, Spain

2019 Wheel of Fortune, Dead Matter Press, Portland, OR

9 IN HAND PRESS Print Exchange 2019, Dave DiMarchi of 9 IN HAND PRESS, New Hope, PA

13, Dead Matter Press, Portland, OR

Rise: 19th Annual Postcard Print Exchange, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

CHROMA Vol 1: Orange, Sarah Ellis and Todd Herzberg, Murray, KY

Zines, Dead Matter Press, Portland, OR

2018 Mysteries, Dead Matter Press, Portland, OR

Demons, Dead Matter Press, Portland, OR

Vices, Dead Matter Press, Portland, OR

Celebration of Obsolescence, Runaway Press, Bellingham, WA

2017 Darkness, Dead Matter Press, Portland, OR

Practical Magic, Dead Matter Press, Portland, OR

Folk Tale, Dead Matter Press, Portland, OR

Rituals, Dead Matter Press, Portland OR

9INHANDPRESS Print Exchange 2017, Dave DiMarchi of 9INHANDPRESS, New Hope, PA

2016 Paranormal, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

Fables, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

2015 Games and Play, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

Grimm Fairy Tales, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

2014 Do Not Print, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

Roadside Picnic/The Stalker, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

2013 Invisible Cities, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

Open Exchange, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

Collaborative Projects

2014 Expansive Painting, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM (in collaboration with Nathan Green)

Bibliography

Rebecca McLaren, “Issue 15: Memory Vol 1”, Polemical Zine, Online Publication, March 1, 2021. https://issuu.com/mclarenrebecca/docs/memory1

Museum label for Angela Piehl. Pretty Vacant Fetish. New Mexico, University Art Gallery, "Curatory: Viewpoints"

exhibition, December 2-18, 2015.

Alexia Severson, “Pop-up art show explores the five senses”, Las Cruces Sun-News, December 4, 2015.

Alexia Severson, “Dualities,” Las Cruces Sun News, September 4, 2015

Alexia Severson, “Meet your Neighbor: Joshua Flores”, Las Cruces Sun-News, July 31, 2015

Lauren Goldstein and Carmen Gimenez Smith. “Din Magazine Issue 6”, Online Publication, May 7, 2015.

http://www.issue6.dinmagazine.org

Emily C. Kelley, “Electrical box project has NMSU art students charged up”, Las Cruces Sun-News, May 9, 2014.

Shaless Robinson, “Students showcase their final work at exhibition”, The Round Up, April 22, 2014