EDUCATION
Master of
Fine Arts in Painting + Drawing, Ohio University, Athens,
Ohio, 2017
(Studied with John Sabraw, Julie Dummermuth,
Robert Peppers)
Bachelor of
Arts in Studio Arts, University of Missouri, Kansas
City, 2014
(Studied with Barry Anderson, Ricky Allman,
Craig Subler)
AWARDS AND
HONORS
· Graduate
Student Travel Award, College of Fine Arts, Ohio University, 2015
· Travel
Award, School of Art + Design, 2015
· Graduate
Recruitment Scholarship, 2014 to 2017
· Graduate
Assistantship, 2014 to 2017
· Student
Art Exhibition Award, University of Missouri Kansas City, 2013
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE (Instructor-of-Record/Adjunct)
Drawing I,
University of Missouri – Kansas City, Spring/Summer 2019, Fall/Spring 2018
This course
focuses on developing skills and techniques of observational drawing. No
previous drawing experience required.
Two-Dimensional
Design, University of Missouri – Kansas City, Fall, 2019, Spring
2018, Fall 2017
The principles of
visual thinking with emphasis on color theory and perception of form and space.
Three-Dimensional
Design, University of Missouri – Kansas City, Summer 2018
Painting I,
University of Missouri – Kansas City, Fall 2017, 2018, 2019
Exploration of the
visual language in paint with continued emphasis on color and design.
Introduction
to Drawing, Ohio University, Summer 2016
This course develops fundamental skills and
techniques in drawing with emphasis on creative expression, perception, and
composition. Students will gain experience and direct knowledge from hands-on
exploration in a variety of drawing media.
Introduction
to Drawing, Ohio
University, Spring 2016
Introduction
to Painting, Ohio
University, Fall 2015
This course develops fundamental skills and
techniques in painting with emphasis on creative expression, perception, and
composition. Designed for the non-art student in the general university seeking
an appreciation and heightened understanding of art and art practices.
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE (Teaching Assistant)
Foundations:
Description, (assisted Vincent Caranchini), 2016
Description builds skills in drawing, image making,
three-dimensional modeling, and data mapping in the consideration of and making
of art and design. This is a cross-disciplinary studio art foundations course
emphasizing how similar concerns and principles can be applied to a variety of
forms, materials, and traditions. Students will gain experience and direct
knowledge from hands-on exploration through a variety of ways of thinking about
and applying description.
Foundations:
Image, (assisted Rajorshi Ghosh), 2015
This course explores the making of still, moving,
informational, and anthropological investigations of images, image systems, and
cultural contexts. This is a cross-disciplinary studio art foundations course
emphasizing how similar concerns and principles can be applied to a variety of
forms, materials, and traditions.
Foundations:
Structure, (assisted Lori Esposito), 2014
This course explores
structure as it can be applied to physical, organizational, conceptual,
spatial, contextual, and fixed as well as plastic approaches in the consideration
of and making of art and design. This is a cross-disciplinary studio art
foundations course emphasizing how similar concerns and principles can be
applied to a variety of forms, materials, and traditions.
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE (Online Facilitator
for John Sabraw)
Art and Hip
Hop, Spring 2017
Hip
Hop culture has profoundly influenced art since the 1970s. Hip Hop has given
voice to new art forms and new approaches to existing artistic practices. Its
underlying concepts have been adapted worldwide into art unique to diverse
geographic and cultural locales. Art and Hip Hop will explore this phenomenon
within the context of traditional and contemporary art; polyculturalism and
multiculturalism; activism and politics; and gender and race.
Art and Hip Hop, Spring 2016
TEACHING EXPERIENCE (Private Tutor)
Watercolor and Drawing, (ages 8 & 11), Athens, Ohio, 2016 to 2017
Private
weekly meetings. Personally designed lesson plans with the children’s artistic
goals in mind.
SOLO
EXHIBITIONS
· New Studio Show. Amy DeSitter
Painting & Drawing, Kansas City, Missouri, 2019
· It’s all in the mind, you know., MFA Thesis
Exhibition, Trisolini Gallery, Ohio
University, Athens, Ohio, 2017
· ArtsKC Regional Arts Council: Now Showing, Henderson
Engineers Inc., Lenexa, Kansas, 2013
· The Evolution of an Idea, Kiosk
Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, 2013
GROUP
EXHIBITIONS
· *not to scale, The Hown’s Den,
Buckhannon, West Virginia, 2016
· Walking Through Glue, University
of Montana, Missoula, Montana, 2016
· 200 Miles the Same, Doris
Ullman Gallery, Berea College, Kentucky,
2016
· Paint is Thicker than Water, Greer
Museum, Rio Grande, Ohio, 2016
· For the Love of Athens County, Arts West
Gallery, Athens, Ohio, 2016
· Tech, Science and Art. Linus
Galleries, Long Beach, California, 2016
· Members Small Works Exhibition, ROY G BIV
Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, 2015
· Ohio Art League Thumb Box Exhibition, ROY G BIV
Gallery, Columbus, Ohio,
2015
· Changeling, Majestic
Galleries, Nelsonville, Ohio, 2015
· TWO. Ohio University Gallery of
Art, Athens, Ohio, 2015
· What Am I Looking At?, Kiosk
Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, 2015
· Neoteric, Majestic Galleries,
Nelsonville, Ohio, 2015
· One, Trisolini Gallery, Athens, Ohio,
2015
· Members Small Works Exhibition, ROY G BIV
Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, 2014
· Student Exhibition, University
of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri,
2014
· Currents, Abstract, Kiosk
Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, 2013
· Student Exhibition, University
of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri , 2013
· Dossier Group Exhibition, University
of Missouri, Miller Nichols Library, Kansas City, Missouri,
2012
· KCXX October Showcase, Pop Up
Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, 2012
· Dia De Los Muertos Altar (in collaboration
with Hyperkewl Projects), Mattie Rhodes Art Gallery, Kansas City, Kansas,
2012
· Reliquary Walk, Hyperkewl
Projects, Kansas City, Missouri, 2012
· Small Paintings, Kiosk
Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, 2012
· Artist Trading Card Exhibition, Kiosk
Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri,
2012
· Student Exhibition, University
of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri,
2012
· Annual Exhibition, University
of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri, 2012
· PBR Exhibition, Scarlett
Garnet Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri,
2011
· Women NOW Silent Auction, Scarlett
Garnet Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri,
2011
LECTURES
· Gallery Talk, Trisolini
Gallery, Athens, Ohio 2017
· Artist Talk, Berea
College, Berea, Kentucky 2016
BIBLIOGRAPHY
· OU Student Artists Spotlighted at Majestic
Galleries,
WOUB Public Media, 27 January, 2015
· Dossier
Magazine, May, pp. , 2012
· Dossier
Magazine, December, pp. , 2012
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Graduate Studios
Coordinator, Ohio University, 2015 to 2016
Acted as a
liaison between the students and our faculty coordinator. Coordinated the semi-annual
clean up and open studios.
Art Camp Assistant, Dairy Barn Arts Center,
Athens, Ohio, Summer 2016
Assisted
the instructors with lesson plan execution.
Graduate
Recruitment Assistant, Ohio University, 2015-2016
Answered
the email account that is dedicated to recruitment. Organized and led personal
university tours for interested graduate applicants.
Gallery
Attendant, Studios Inc, 2012 to 2014
Attended
and assisted with all opening receptions and First Friday events. Kept tallies
of attendees. Gallery sat as needed.
Manager, Studio
House, University of Missouri, Kansas City, 2013
In
charge of ordering and inventorying house supplies. Reported any disrepairs or
studio concerns.
Painting
Instructor, Thirsty Palette, 2012 to 2013
Created
original works to be replicated by event attendees. Instructed beginning
painters on simple compositions in acrylic paint completed during a 2-hour
session. Designed as an evening entertainment activity
Gallery
Assistant, Gallery of Art, University of
Missouri, Kansas City, 2012 to 2013
Assisted
in the curation, receiving, installation, opening reception, deinstallation,
and shipping of exhibition artwork. Kept necessary signed paperwork organized.
Assisted in the designing and printing of the exhibition promotional materials.
Kept attendance tallies and assisted in day to day tasks as they arose.
VOLUNTEER
WORK
Kansas City Chalk
and Walk Festival www.kansascitychalkandwalk.org
The Chalk and
Walk Arts Educational Program is designed to fill the gap left by cuts to
arts programs in many schools. This program brings
artists into schools as part of the children’s (K-12) after/during school
activities. Local artists teach street painting workshops, provide education
and training in drawing, sketching, painting, art history, and will encourage
participants’ creativity.
· Solar
System (RIP Pluto), Chalk and Walk Festival, Crown Center 2018
· Alice in a
Gondola, Chalk and Walk Festival, Crown Center 2017
· Pinocchio,
Chalk and Walk Festival, Crown Center 2017
· Q-Bert
Invades Escher, Chalk and Walk Festival, Crown Center, 2015
· Team Map
Piece, Live KC, Bartle Hall, 2015
· Logo,
Sporting KC Professional Soccer, Sporting Park, 2014
· It’s a
Small World, Chalk and Walk Festival, Crown Center 2013
· Giant
Squid, Kansas City Chalk and Walk Festival, 2012
· KC Chalk
and Walk All Stars, Crossroads Business Association, 2012
· Dia de los
Muertos Skull, North East Homes Association, 2011
· Koi Fish,
Chalk and Walk Festival, 2011
· Chase Logo,
Kansas City Repertory Theater, 2011
· Alice Down
the Rabbit Hole, Chalk and Walk Festival, 2010
· Mandalas,
Chalk and Walk Festival, 2009
MEMBERSHIPS
· Ohio Art
League, 2014 to 2017
· ROY G BIV
Gallery, 2014 to 2017
· Majestic
Galleries, 2014 to 2016
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