Education:

2006 September – present Waichulis Studio apprenticeship program, Mocanaqua, PA
2004 September -- 2006 April Studio Incamminati full time study, Philadelphia, PA
2003 September –2004 June Angel Academy of Art full time study, Philadelphia, PA
1999 – 2002 University of Illinois BFA painting, Champaign, IL
1997 –1999 Parkland College AA in Fine Arts, Champaign, IL

Workshops and Honors Courses:

2007 May 9th Annual Portrait Society of America Conference, Washington, DC
2006 June Watt’s Atelier Workshop with Jeff Watts, San Diego, CA
2006 June Gnomon Academy Workshop, Gnomon Academy, Los Angeles, CA
2006 May Massive Black Workshop, Toronto, CA
2006 Winter Jon DeMartin Workshop, Philadelphia, P|A
2005 Fall Michael Grimaldi Workshop, Philadelphia, PA
2005 Winter Tony Ryder Workshop, Philadelphia, PA
2004 Fall Robert Liberace Workshop, Philadelphia, PA

Education:

2006 September – present Waichulis Studio apprenticeship program, Mocanaqua, PA
2004 September -- 2006 April Studio Incamminati full time study, Philadelphia, PA
2003 September –2004 June Angel Academy of Art full time study, Philadelphia, PA
1999 – 2002 University of Illinois BFA painting, Champaign, IL
1997 –1999 Parkland College AA in Fine Arts, Champaign, IL

Awards and Scholarships:

2007 2nd Place Award, Still Life, The Artist’s Magazine Competition
2007 Finalist in Portraiture, The Artist’s Magazine Competition
2007 Portrait Society of America Competition Honor’s Award
2005 Studio Incamminati Scholarship
2002 Bronze Tablet Honors (Top 3% of graduating class)
2002 University of Illinois Dean of Students Art Loan Award
2002 Illini Union Gallery Award
2001 U of I Art Scholarship Grant
2001 Japan Student Exchange Study Award
1998 Parkland College Art Purchase Award
1997-2002 Dean’s List
1997-1999 Pell Grant

Selected Exhibitions:

2007 Sept San Marino Gallery, Waichulis Studio Exhibition, Pasadena, CA
2007 August Kyung-Hee University Art Gathering 2007 Exhibition, Seoul, Korea
2007 July Salmagundi Club 30th Annual Juried Exhibition, New York, NY
2007 May 9th Annual Art of the Portrait Exhibition, Washington, DC
2005 Dec Red Cross Benefit and Auction of Central New Jersey, Princeton, NJ
2005 Nov Studio Incamminati Contributor’s Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
2005 Oct Philadelphia Open Studio Tours, Philadelphia, PA
2003 May John Michael Angel Student Show, Florence, Italy
2003 April Boneyard Creek Art Walk, Champaign, IL
2002 July-Aug Solo Artist Exhibition, Café Kopi, Champaign, IL
2002 July-Aug Solo Artist Exhibition, The Great Impasta, Champaign, IL
2002 June-Sept Solo Artist Exhibition, U of I Office of the Dean of Students, Champaign, IL
2002 June-July Two Person Show, “Relocating the Ordinary” Illini Union Gallery, Champaign, IL