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Education:

2013-2017Maryland Institute College of Art: Interdisciplinary Sculpture 2009-2013 Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach, FL June-July 2012_ Maryland Institute College of Art Pre-College Program (Drawing and Painting the Figure, Emphasis on Fibers)

Workshop/Experience: 2013: _ April-May: Re-Designing the Brochure of the Petrified Creatures Museum of Natural History _ April 14: James Rosenquist Lecture _ April 10-13: Naomi Fischer Social Political Workshop _ April 12: Daniel Arshman Metaphysical Relationships to the Body Workshop _ Jan: Aramis Gutierrez Social Political Art Workshop

2012: _ Dec: Creator of the Dreyfoos Art Review _ Oct: Kara Rooney Writing for Artists Workshop

Awards/Achievements: 2013: _ U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts Semi-Finalist _ Scholastics Regional Visual Arts Silver Key Winner _ Scholastics Regional Printmaking Gold Key Winner _ National YoungArts Foundation Level II Award Finalist in Visual Arts 2012: _ Regional Scholastic Gold Key in Printmaking _ Regional Scholastic Gold Keys in Painting and Printmaking

Exhibition Record:

_ Solo: 2012: _ Oct-Nov: Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts Visual Arts Senior Student Space (501 S. Sapodilla Ave., WPB, FL)

_ Selected Group Exhibitions: 2013: _ April 17: Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts: Visual Arts Showcase (WPB, FL) _ April 17: Bas Fischer Invitational: YoungArts Miami Finalists Exhibition (Miami, FL) _ March 9: Meyer Hall Front Lobby Gallery Space: Guys and Dolls Benefit Showcase (WPB, FL) _ Jan 10: Miami Art Museum: YoungArts Visual Arts Finalists Exhibition (Miami Beach, FL)

2012: _ South Florida Water Management District Local Artist Show (WPB, FL) _ July: Maryland Institute College of Art Pre-College Show (Baltimore, MD)

Curatorial: 2012: _ Dec 6: Dreyfoos Figure Drawing Club Annual Show

Work Experience/Community Service Volunteering: _ Aug 2012-Present: Dreyfoos Figure Drawing Club Co-President Organizing and supervising the weekly meetings of students at the Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, finding weekly models, and the organization of bi-annual exhibitions of student work _ Aug 2012-Present: Nature Lab Society President and Student Director/Representative of the Ryan Toth Nature Lab _ July – Aug 2012: Mural Painting Intern at the Petrified Creatures Museum of Natural History (Richfield Springs, NY)

John Mayer, Jack Johnson, All Time Low, Fall Out Boy, Louis Armstrong, Mac Miller, The Goo Goo Dolls, and Debussy.

Marina Abromovic Matthew Barney Joseph Bueys Richard Serra Robert Rauschenberg Janine Antoni