EDUCATION
2020 MFA, Painting & Drawing, Printmaking (secondary emphasis), University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2019 MA, Painting & Drawing, Printmaking (secondary emphasis), University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
1993 MS in Education, Special Education, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
1991 BS in Education, Special Education, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
2014-17 Black Hawk College, Moline, IL (studio art courses)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2022-Present Art Instructor, Eastern Iowa Community Colleges, Bettendorf, IA
2018-20 Instructor of Record, Basic Drawing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2017-19 Instructor of Record, Elements of Art, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
1998-14 Special Education Teacher, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago, IL
1997-98 Special Education Teacher, Esperanza Community Services, Chicago, IL
1994-97 Special Education Teacher, Atlanta Public Schools, Atlanta, GA
1993-94 Special Education Teacher, Evanston Public Schools, Evanston, IL
WORK EXPERIENCE
2024 Visiting Studio Critic, Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, IA
2021 Panel member, Iowa Arts Council Resilience Grant Review Panel
Juror, Black Hawk College Student Art Exhibition, Moline, IL
2019-20 Graduate Research Assistant, Stanley Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA
2019 Juror, Scholastic Art and Writing Award, Belin-Blank Center, Iowa City, IA
2016-17 Teaching Assistant, Azubuike Center for the Arts, Davenport, IA
2015-16 Gallery Assistant, ArtSpace Gallery, Black Hawk College, Moline, IL
SCHOLARSHIPS / FELLOWSHIPS / RESIDENCIES
2021 Longform Residency, Oxbow School of Art & Artists’ Residency
2020 Artivism Fellowship, Broadway Advocacy Coalition
Conversations in Practice Virtual Residency, Oxbow School of Art & Artists’ Residency
Artist Relief Grant, United States Artists
2019 Margaret P. Park Scholarship, University of Iowa
Eve Drewelowe Scholarship, University of Iowa
Graduate Diversity Fellowship, University of Iowa
2018 Margaret P. Park Scholarship, University of Iowa
Graduate Diversity Fellowship, University of Iowa
2017 Emma McAllister Novel Scholarship, University of Iowa
2016 Jeanne Tamiseia Memorial Scholarship, Black Hawk College
Honorarium, Left Bank Art League Quad Cities
2015 Art Achievement Award, Black Hawk College
COLLECTIONS / SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Black Hawk College Art Collection, Moline, IL
2024 Come Celebrate With Me…, Luce Gallery, Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, IA
2023 Come Celebrate With Me…, Freeport Art Museum, Freeport, IL
2021 From Margin to Center, Weyland Art Gallery, Divine Word College, Epworth, IA
2020 Black Girl Dada/Calling in the Spirits, Levitt Gallery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Let the Circle be Unbroken, ArtSpace Gallery, Black Hawk College, Moline, IL
Pride and Prejudice, Legion Arts, Cedar Rapids, IA
Making a Way Out of No Way, Legion Arts, Cedar Rapids, IA
2018 From Margin to Center, Ana Mendieta Gallery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Artists of African Descent, Quad City Arts, Rock Island, IL
2022 Change is God, Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
2021 Biennial 31, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
Alumni Show, ArtSpace Gallery, Black Hawk College, Moline, IL
2020 Where Are We Now: Activism of the Everyday, Koehnline Museum of Art, Oakton Community College, Skokie, IL, (virtual exhibition)
Threads Laid Bare, Anderson Gallery, Drake University, Des Moines, IA
2017 Black Hawk College Student Art Exhibition, ArtSpace Gallery, Black Hawk College, Moline, IL (2nd place award)
Community College Art Faculty and Juried Student Invitational, Gallery 215, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
2016 Art Collective Showcase, ArtSpace Gallery, Black Hawk College, Moline, IL
College Invitational, Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA
I Witness: Activist Art and Social Movement Politics, Heuser Art Gallery, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
Black Hawk College Student Art Exhibition, ArtSpace Gallery, Black Hawk College, Moline, IL (1st place award)
2015 100 Years, 100 Cellos, Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA
College Invitational, Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA
PRESENTATIONS / PUBLICATIONS
2024 Visiting Artist Lecture, Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, IA
2023 Panel Member, “The View from Where We Stand: A Reflection by Black Women on Art and Activism at Tougaloo College Exhibit”, Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA
2021 New American Paintings, MFA Annual Print Exhibition, #153
Visiting Artist Lecture, Divine Word College, Epworth, IA
2020 Where Are We Now: Activism of the Everyday Exhibition Catalog
Threads Laid Bare Exhibition Catalog
Visiting Artist Lecture, Anderson Gallery, Drake University, Des Moines, IA
2017 Lecture, “An artist’s response to the exhibition Kara Walker: The Emancipation Approximation,” Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA
2016 Paper, “African Rock Art and Hip-Hop Graffiti,” Art Fusion, Black Hawk College, Spring edition 2016. 6-9. Print
2015 Poem and illustration, “Quiet”, Whale Heart: Journey into the Night, Ed. Maya Christina Gonzalez, Reflection Press: San Francisco, 2015. Print