Education:
2007-2009 School of Visual Arts - Master of Fine Arts, New York, NY
2000-2004 Massachusetts College of Art, Boston - Bachelor of Fine Arts with Distinction - Degree in Fashion Design with concentration in Costume Design/ Minor in Fine Arts Painting
Professional Experience:
2018 – 2019 Chaffey Community College, California – Associate Professor of Fashion Design – Advanced Patternmaking, Design Collection, Textiles, History of Fashion, Computer Aided Design, Advanced Construction
2016 - 2018 Parsons: The New School, New York – Part-time Faculty, School of Fashion - Thesis Advisor (Womenswear 2016/17, All Gender 2017/18), Textiles
2014- 2018 SUNY Westchester Community College, New York – Curriculum Chair of Fashion Design and Technology – Garment Construction, Apparel Design I and II, Fashion Design Technology, Textiles in the Global Marketplace, Fashion Illustration, History of 20th Century Fashion, Flat Patternmaking and Design
2012 - 2016 Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ – Global Village Living Learning Community: Douglass College - Program Coordinator and Lecturer - Women and Creativity
2013 - 2014 Montclair State University, Montclair NJ – Fashion Studies Program
Adjunct Faculty – Textile and Apparel Industry, Development of Fashion Products, Fashion Illustration
2014 – present Lorraine O’Grady Studio, New York, NY
Artist’s Assistant and costume fabricator
2010-2012 Mount Ida College, Newton MA – School of Design
Adjunct Faculty – Studio in Creative Fashion Design (Junior and Sophomore), Surface Design, Apparel Construction, Draping
2012 Eliot Street School, Jamaica Plain MA – Fibers Department
Program Coordinator and Instructor
2011 Newbury College, Boston, MA - Fashion Merchandising Department
Adjunct Professor – History of Costume,
2010 Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ, Douglass College
Lecturer – Sculpture – Women and Creativity
2009 School of Visual Arts, New York NY – Sculpture Department
Teaching Assistantship – Sculpture Foundation
2009 School of Visual Arts, New York NY – Art History Department
Teaching Assistantship – Surrealism
2006-2011 Simplicity Pattern Company – New York NY
Assistant Designer
2008 Christian Holstad Studio – Brooklyn NY
Artist’s Assistant
Lectures:
2017 TEDx WCC – Clothing and Altered States of Consciousness
2015 Olin College of Engineering - Visiting Artist Lecture - Investigating Normal
2015 Buffalo State University – Artist Lecture for scholarship recipients for the James P. Lombardo Sr. Award for Excellence in the Visual Arts.
2014 Rutgers University – Visiting artist keynote speaker, Knowledge and Power, Douglass College
2013 Rhode Island School of Design – Visiting Artist Lecture – Digital + Media and Industrial Design Department: Investigating Normal: Adaptive and Assistive Technologies
2012 Boston Center for the Arts - Artist in Residence Workshop Series, Boston MA
2012 Culture Push - Wearable Art Workshop, Fashion ReAction, New York NY
2011 Textile Arts Center, Visiting Artist – Lecture and Workshop, Brooklyn NY
Exhibitions:
Solo Shows:
2013 Vowels, Proof Gallery, The Distillery, Boston MA
2012 Suit Yourself, chashama 266– 266 W. 37th Street, New York NY
2011 Made With Love, The Textile Arts Center, Brooklyn NY
Made With Love, Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ
2010 Made With Love, The Shirey Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2009 Oddyknocky, Godine Family Gallery, Boston MA
2004 Superego, Brant Gallery, Boston, MA
Group Shows:
2019 Arts Letters and Numbers, Averill Park NY
2018 OUTTHERE, Filo Sofi Arts, New York NY
2018 Forms and Alterations, 808 Gallery, Boston University, Boston MA
2017 Hy-brid, Fine Arts Gallery, Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY
2016 Julie Spoke Softly Under Her Long, Skinny Nose, Field Projects, New York, NY
Chashama Gala,4 Times Square, New York NY
2015 Art Pow Wow Launch -Rivington Street, New York, NY
Psychic Love Connection, Dixon Place, New York NY
The Hour of the Wolf, Big Sky Works, Brooklyn NY
2014 Sixteen Sweet – Ivy Brown Gallery, New York NY
2014 Show #9 – The Parlour Bushwick, Brooklyn NY
Suits- Warehouse Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2013 High Fiber – Present Company, Brooklyn NY
Off the Wall, Danforth Art Museum, Framingham MA
Calamity and Ruin, Project 722, Brooklyn NY
2012 The Things Between, The Shirey, Brooklyn NY
Art on the Roof: Boston, MassChallenge Fundraising event, Boston MA
DUMBO Arts Festival, Brooklyn NY
Blank Land, Torrance Art Museum, Los Angelas, CA
2011 Flourish: Alumni Works on Paper, Bakalar and Paine Gallery, Boston MA
Wearable Art Show, Mobius Gallery, Boston MA
2010 Provocative Objects, Doran Gallery, Boston MA
FLUX Projects 2010 Festival, Castleberry Hill, Atlanta GA
Awards:
Artist in Residence: Santa Fe Art Institute; Labor Residency, Santa Fe NM 2020
Artist in Residence: Vermont Studio Center, Johnston VT 2019
Artist in Residence: Haystack Mountain School of Arts and Crafts, Deer Isle ME 2019
Artist in Residence: Arts Letters and Numbers, Averill Park NY 2019
Artist in Residence: Otis College of Art, Los Angeles CA 2018
Artist in Residence: I-Park Foundation, East Haddam CT 2018
Artist in Residence: Intercultural Odysseys, San Ramon, Costa Rica 2017
Artist in Residence Mass MOCA, North Adams MA 2017
The Slipper Room - Artist in Residence, New York, NY 2013
Boston Center for the Arts Studio Residency, Boston MA 2012
Mass MOCA Assets for Artists Grant, Midas Foundation, 2011
Quimby Colony Textile Arts Residency, Portland ME, TBA
Possible Futures Grant for FLUX projects, Atlanta GA, 2010
Franklin Furnace Fund Grant, 2010
Alumni Scholarship, School of Visual Arts, 2009
President's Scholarship, School of Visual Arts, 2008
Alfred Fiandaca Award, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, 2004
Special Skills and Knowledge: The following are areas of teaching experience and expertise:
Draping/Pattern Drafting and Garment Construction
Fashion Illustration and Computer Aided Design (Analog and Digital)
Textiles and Surface Design
History of Costume
Conceptual Creative Development and Creative Problem Solving and Artistic Process
Curriculum and Program Development & Student Advisement