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EXHIBITIONS
2011

  • 80WSE Presents. 80WSE Gallery, New York University, New York, NY
  • Selected for the Renwick Gallery’s 40 Under 40 Exhibition,  2012, Smithsonian American Art Museum
  • (e) Merge. International Art Fair. Washington, DC
  • Sondheim Semi-finalist Show. Maryland Institute College of Art,  Baltimore, MD
  • Exposed. The Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD
  • Successions.  In/Flux Gallery, Baltimore, MD

2010 

  • Sondheim Semi-finalist Show.  Maryland Institute College of Art,  Baltimore, MD
  •  Hammer and Thread.  Area 405, Baltimore, MD
  • Forum of Forty Champions. Minstallation Gallery, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD

2009    

  • Uncommissioned Memorials.  Solo Exhibition, Irvine Contemporary, Washington, DC
  • MANIFEST HOPE:DC.  Inaugural show, Georgetown, Washington, DC

2008

  • Habitat.  Rosenberg Gallery, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD
  • Introductions4.  Irvine Contemporary, Washington, DC
  • Artscape Festival.  Outdoor Sculpture Show, Baltimore, MD
  • Punctuation.  Maryland Institute College of Art MFA Thesis Show, Baltimore, MD
  • Sculpture and Illustration, Glenelg Country School. Annual Speaker Series. Ellicott City, MD

2007

  • Rinehart School of Sculpture Fall Show. Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

2006

  • Rinehart School of Sculpture Fall Show, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

 

AWARDS AND HONORS

2010

  •  Semi-Finalist for the Janet & Walter Prize Award, Baltimore

2009

  • Semi-Finalist for the Janet & Walter Prize Award, Baltimore

2008

  • Residency at the Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
  • Provided though grants from the Vermont Studio Center and Maryland Institute College of Art
  • Graduate Studies Program
  • Toby Devan Lewis Fellowship – Honorable Mention
  • Office of Graduate Studies, Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore, MD
  • Juror: Valerie Fletcher, Senior Curator, Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC

2007

  • The William M. Phillips Scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
  • Outstanding Figurative Sculpture, student award

2006

  • Nominee, the Jack Kent Cooke Fellowship, Syracuse University
  • Graduate Student Grant Application

2003

  • Bruce E. Arnold Memorial Award, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NC
  •  Outstanding Illustration, student award

 2003

  • Founders Scholar,  Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

2002

  • National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Syracuse University Chapter
  •  Study Abroad Grant, Department of International Programs Abroad at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

1999

  •  College of Performing Arts Scholarship, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

 

EDUCATION

2008

  • MFA Rinehart School of Sculpture, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

2003

  • BFA, Illustration, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, Magna Cum Laude

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

2008-present

  • OWNER/EMPLOYEE
    Atlantic Custom Carving, LLC, Founder and owner
  • STONE CARVER
    Hilgartner Natural Stone, Baltimore, MD, Resident sculptor and carver

 2011

  • INSTRUCTOR
    Adjunct professor for Intro to Graphic Design/Illustration at MICA, Fall semester
  • INSTRUCTOR
    Adjunct professor for Intro to Illustration at MICA, Spring semester

 2010

  • INSTRUCTOR
    Adjunct professor for Illustration I at MICA, Fall semester

2008

  • INSTRUCTOR
    Adjunct professor for Introduction to Stone Carving at MICA, Summer semester
  •  INSTRUCTOR
    Teaching Internship for Advanced Photoshop Techniques at MICA, Spring semester
  •  ADVISOR
    Studio Writing Project advisor for graduating seniors MICA, Spring semester
  • Manassas Granite & Marble Inc; Carving & Restoration. Manassas, VA.
    Fabrication of Stone Commissions including: indoor/outdoor furnishings, on-site restoration, custom sculpture and modeling

2007

  • INSTRUCTOR
    Teaching Internship for Illustration I at MICA, Fall semester
  • ADVISOR,
    Studio Writing Project advisor for graduating seniors at the MICA, Fall semester
  • INSTRUCTOR
    Adjunct professor for Introduction to Stone Carving at the MICA, Summer semester
  • INSTRUCTOR
    Teaching internship for Figure Sculpture class at MICA, Spring semester

2006

  •  INSTRUCTOR
    Teaching internship for Sculptural Forms class at MICA, Fall semester

2005

  • INSTRUCTOR
    Round Top Center for the Arts. Damariscotta, Maine., Stone Carving Workshop

 

COLLECTIONS 

Erik Smith – Washington, DC
Christopher Boutlier and Aaron M. Flynn – Washington, DC
Kate Nicholson – Washington, DC
Myra and Stephen Kurzbard – Arlington, VA
Dr. Mildred Wang – Arlington, VA
Dr. Subir Jossan – Manassas, VA

 

SELECTED STONEWORK

Bethesda Naval Hospital, Bethesda, MD. Carving of granite stars
Phillips Collection, Washington, DC.  supervision and execution of carving for building restoration
Johns Hopkins University, Gilman Hall Capital Campaign donor plaque, Baltimore, MD. carving
The Mivkvah of Greater Washington, DC. cornerstone carving
Baltimore City Hall, window surrounds. Baltimore, MD. carving
Polo Ralph Lauren, Co., spiral stone staircase. Greenwich, CT. Layout, fabrication. carving
William Donald Schaefer Memorial base, Baltimore Inner Harbor, MD, carving
Loyola University, new entrance sign. Baltimore, MD. carving
American Trial Lawyers Association, Hall of Fame Plaque. carving
Iwo Jima Memorial, Quantico, VA. carving and restoration
National Museum of the Marine Corps, Quantico, VA. carving
Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge entrance sign, VA and MA sides. carving
National Holocaust Museum, Washington, D.C. carving
Duke University, Perkins Library, Durham, NC. carving
Kennedy Center for the Arts, Washington, D.C. carving
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. carving and restoration
National Constitution Center, Philadelphia, PA. carving
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. carving and restoration
Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. carving and restoration