Exhibitions and Awards
Exhibitions
Buffalo State University Spring 2025 Student Exhibition - Czurles-Nelson Gallery
Breathing In and Out (2024), Forget Me Not Tapestry (2024)
Slovak Textile Artists Association TXT 23rd Annual Mini Textile Exhibition - Galéria Umelka & ÚĽUV Design Studio - 2024
Burst (2024)
Buffalo State University 27th Annual Student Art Sale at the Burchfield Penney Art Center -2024
Sold needle felted and wet felted small art pieces
Buffalo State University Fall 2024 Student Exhibition - Czurles-Nelson Gallery
An Urn for the Earth (2024)
Hallwalls 50th Annual Members Exhibition
Thinking with the Heart (2020)
Live on Five 2024 - Buffalo Arts Studio
Pouring Out (#1-3) (2024); displayed in gallery March 22-April 12; sold at auction with proceeds benefiting Buffalo Arts Studio
Runway 2024 - True Delusion - Buffalo State University Sports Arena - 3rd Place Fiber Arts
Cicada Shawl and Dress (2024) - modeled by Julia Anderson; Luna Moth Cape and Dress (2024) - modeled by Sydney Monroe; won 3rd Place in Fiber Arts category
Buffalo State University Spring 2024 Student Exhibition - Czurles-Nelson Gallery
Obsession and Destruction (We Never Learn) (2023), Cicada Shawl (2024), Luna Moth Cape (2024)
Buffalo State University 26th Annual Student Art Sale at the Burchfield Penney Art Center
Sold uterus and rainbow needle felted pins; Sold shibori and burnout velvet scarves
Buffalo State University Fall 2023 Student Exhibition - Czurles-Nelson Gallery
New Beginnings (2023), Woven Spring Scarf (2023), Water Ripples Scarf (2023)
Buffalo State University Fall 2022 Student Exhibition - Czurles-Nelson Gallery
Out of the Darkness (2022)
2022 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards - Regional Portfolio Gold Key Recipient
Melancholic (2021), Surrounded by Shadows (2021), Thinking with the Heart (2020), Reaching Out (2021), Morphed Reality (2021), Warmth (2021)
2021 Albright-Knox Teens Future Curators Exhibition - Buffalo Center for Arts and Technology
Thinking with the Heart (2020)
2021 Albright-Knox Teens Future Curators Exhibition - Buffalo Book Arts Center
Fractures (2020)
Private Art Commissions
Personal commission for a small business owner in Williamsville; oil on canvas board
Designed program mockups for a concert; pencil, ink, marker
WISP Williamsville South Art and Literary Magazine Cover - 2021 and 2022
The Descent to Earth (2020); Melancholic (2021)
Congressional Art Competition 2019 (NY-26) - Larkin at Exchange Building
Untitled (2019) Portrait in charcoal pencil
SUNY Buffalo State High School Invitational (2019)
Oliver (2019)
Awards
Dr. Margaret E. Bacon Best in Studio Award - May 2025
Award accompanied by Across the Visual Arts: Dean’s Creative Associate’s Award exhibition in the Czurles-Nelson Gallery, opening August 25
R. Steven Janke Memorial Award - May 2025
Allowed me to further my research on medieval tapestry weaving techniques from the 14th-16th centuries through funding travel to meet with members of The Metropolitan Museum of Art Ratti Textile Center
Nancy Belfer Fiber Design Scholarship - May 2025
Financial assistance for independent creative work in fiber arts
Dorothy Zautner Buley Weaving Fellowship - May 2024
Supported research and creation of a project focused on late Medieval tapestry weaving and the development of tapestry techniques in 14th-16th century Flanders and the Southern Netherlands
Scholastic Art and Writing Awards 2022 - Regional Portfolio Gold Key Recipient
Melancholic (2021), Surrounded by Shadows (2021), Thinking with the Heart (2020), Reaching Out (2021), Morphed Reality (2021), Warmth (2021)