EDUCATION
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Boston, MA
Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art, 2010
SCHOOL OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Boston, MA
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Studio Art, 2006
ANTIOCH COLLEGE, Yellow Springs, OH
OXFORD UNIVERSITY, Oxford, England (study abroad)
KYOTO SEIKA UNIVERSITY, Kyoto, Japan (study abroad)
Bachelor of Arts in Language, Literature and Culture, 2003
SELECTED ARTIST EXHIBITIONS
Traces: Imprints on the Natural World. Arts Letters & Numbers, Averill Park, NY. 2017
Art on the Marquee: Round 21. Boston Cyberarts and the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, Boston Convention Center. Boston, MA. 2017
Mujeres 2017. La Galería at Villa Victoria Center for the Arts, Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción. Boston, MA. 2017
Apple Pie: An American Art Show. Goodyear Arts. Charlotte, NC. 2017
A Group Thing. The Thomas Young Gallery, Boston, MA. 2016 – 2017
Out of the Woods: Fairy Tales Re-imagined. The Nave Gallery, Nave Annex, Somerville, MA. 2016
Artist Statement. Czong Institute of Contemporary Art. Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea. 2016
Lightworks 2016: New Media Festival. We Must Create, Nelson House, Grimsby, United Kingdom. 2016
Art on the Marquee: Round 18. Collaboration with sculptor Nathalie Miebach. Boston Cyberarts and the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, Boston Convention Center. Boston, MA. 2016
Threads: Pride Alliance of Columbus Juried Art Exhibition. Pop-Up Gallery. Columbus, IN. 2016
Emerging Latino Artists 2016. La Galería at Villa Victoria Center for the Arts, Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción. Boston, MA. 2016
Art on the Marquee: Round 16. Boston Cyberarts and the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, Boston Convention Center. Boston, MA. 2015 – 2016
Out of the Office. The Karen Aqua Gallery, Cambridge, MA. 2015
L’éclair: Coming Soon #7. Maverick Marketplace. Boston, MA. 2014
Scidentity. The MALE Center. Boston, MA. 2014
A3: Antioch, Art, Alumni: Juried Exhibition. Uptown Arts Center, Preston Bradley Center. Chicago, IL. 2012
Like Life, Only Shorter: Independent Film Series. The Jam Factory. Manchester, NH. 2012
Identity Element: Works from the New Axiom Group. Axiom Gallery: Center for New and Experimental Media. Jamaica Plain, MA. 2011
NewFilmmakers New York: Spring Fest 2010. Courthouse Theater, Anthology Film Archive. New York, NY. 2010
The Best of Student Filmmaking. The Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA. 2010
10th Annual Reality Bytes Independent Student Film Festival. Northern Illinois University. DeKalb, IL. 2010
MFA Thesis Exhibition. Koppleman Gallery, Aidekman Arts Center, Tufts University. Boston, MA. 2009 – 2010
The Mind is A Beautiful Beast. OKW Gallery and Medicine Wheel Gallery. Boston, MA. 2009
Electric Shadows Film Festival. Axiom Gallery: Center for New and Experimental Media. Jamaica Plain, MA. 2008
Axiom & Non-Event Presents: A Live Experimental Sound and Video Performance. Axiom Gallery: Center for New and Experimental Media. Jamaica Plain, MA. 2008
Freefall Video Performance Festival. The Squealing Pig. Boston, MA. 2008
SMFA Film Annual. The Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA. 2008
MEZCLA: Six Emerging Latino Artists. New England Gallery of Latin American Art. Boston, MA. 2008
SunDeis Film Festival. Brandeis University. Waltham, MA. 2008
Authorship/Context. Bag Gallery, School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA. 2008
I Was Just Looking for a Pot of Gold. Weems Center, School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA. 2008
Midnight Blooming. GASP Gallery. Brookline, MA. 2007
Untitled Document. Media Lab, School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA. 2007
Close Proximity. Mission Hill Gallery, School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA. 2006
Student Annual Video Show. Weems Center, School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Boston. 2006
Alternative Perspectives. Noyes Gallery, Antioch College. Yellow Springs, OH. 2002
HONORS AND AWARDS
Salon 2017 Exhibition Publication Fellowship, Peripheral Vision Arts, Dallas, TX, 2017
Artist-in-Residence, The Dorchester Art Project, Boston, MA, upcoming 2017
Artist-in-Residence, The Wassaic Project, Wassaic NY, upcoming 2017
Archie D. and Bertha H. Walker Scholarship, Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, 2017
Artist-in-Residence Fellowship, Arts Letters & Numbers, Averill Park NY, 2017
Assets for Artists Matched Savings Grant Award, Assets for Artists, 2017
Public Art Commission, Art on the Marquee, One Girl’s Fantasy, Boston Cyberarts and the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, 2017
Juror, Massachusetts Cultural Council 2017 Sculpture, Installation, New Genres Fellowship, 2016
Artist-in-Residence, The Studios at Mass MoCA, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, 2016
Public Art Commission, Art on the Marquee, Unknown Refuge, a collaboration with sculptor Nathalie Miebach, curated round, Boston Cyberarts/Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, 2016
Finalist, Chaco Cultural National Historical Park Artist in Residence Award, National Parks Arts Foundation, 2016
Juror, Community Supported Art Program, Cambridge Arts Council, 2016
Public Art Commission, Art on the Marquee, A Poem for Lonesome George, Boston Cyberarts/Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, 2015 – 2016
Documentary Production Commission, Community Arts Initiative Project, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, with Raul Gonzalez III, 2011
Princess Grace Award Nomination, The Princess Grace Foundation, 2010
Documentary Production Commission, Community Arts Initiative Project, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, with Caleb Neelon, 2010
Dean’s Award & Grant, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2009
Graduate Teaching Fellowship, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2009
Sir Henry Herbert Bartlett Travel Scholarship, The Bartlett, 2009
Graduate Teaching Assistant Fellowship, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2007 – 2009
RMS Scholarship for Academic Excellence, Forest City Education Foundation, 2007 – 2009
Graduate Student Grant, Tufts University, Medford, 2006 – 2009
Best Actress Award, SunDeis Film Festival, Brandeis University, 2008
Best Film Nomination, SunDeis Film Festival, Brandeis University, 2008
Active Citizenship Fellowship Grant, Tufts University Tish College of Civic Life, 2007
Curriculum Committee Student Representative, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, 2007 – 2008
Nelson Urban Scholarship, Antioch College, 1998 – 2002
Ohio Foundation Scholarship, The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges, 1998 – 2002
Horace Mann Scholarship, Antioch College, 1998 – 2002
Michener-Pillard Scholarship, The Michnener Institute, 1998 – 2002
SELECTED CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2nd Annual HorrorFest – International Film Festival. The Bartos Theater, The Massachusetts Institute of Technology List Visual Arts Center. Cambridge, MA. 2016
You Think It’s _____, but It’s Really _____. Midway Gallery at Midway Artists Studios. Boston, MA. 2016
Geotagging Cambridge: Street Photography in the Digital Age. The Karen Aqua Gallery. Cambridge, MA. 2015
HorrorFest – International Film Festival. Cambridge Community Television. Cambridge, MA. 2015
Scidentity. Boston LGBTQIA Artist Alliance Gallery, The MALE Center. Boston, MA. 2014
Reclamation. Boston LGBTQIA Artist Alliance Gallery, The MALE Center. Boston, MA. 2014
Play. Boston LGBTQIA Artist Alliance Gallery, The MALE Center. Boston, MA. 2014
Vivere. Boston LGBTQIA Artist Alliance Gallery, The MALE Center. Boston, MA. 2013
Pattern Recognition. Axiom Gallery: Center for New and Experimental Media. Jamaica Plain, MA. 2011
ARTIST COLLECTIVES
BOSTON LGBTQIA ARTIST ALLIANCE (BLAA), Boston, MA. 2013 – now
AXIOM GALLERY FOR NEW AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDIA, Jamaica Plain, MA. 2010 – 2012
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
SISTERS UNCHAINED, Boston, MA. 2017
Arts Workshop Instructor
LESLEY UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, MA. 2017
Artist Mentor, Master of Fine Arts Program
CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY TELEVISION, Cambridge, MA. 2013 – 2017
Media & Technology Education Coordinator
SCHOOL OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Boston, MA. 2011 – 2012
Adjunct Faculty
- Graduate Seminar and Critique Courses: “The Artist as a Cultural Worker” I & II
SCHOOL OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Boston, MA. 2009
Graduate Teaching Fellow
- “Critical Mass: A Group Critique for Socially Engaged Artists”
SCHOOL OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Boston, MA. 2004 – 2009
Teaching Assistant
- 8 Photographers & 4 Photographers Seminars, with Bonnie Donohue
- Video Production I & II, with Kurt Ralske
- Video I, with Michelle Handleman
- Graduate Film Seminar “Myself, Yourself: The Diary Film”, with Jane Gillooly
- Graduate Seminar “Context”, with S.A. Bachman
- Photography Foundations & Intro to Black and White Photography, with David Mussina
SCHOOL OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Boston, MA. 2008
Student Mentor, Pre-College Summer Studio Program
SOMERVILLE COMMUNITY ACCESS TELEVISION, Somerville, MA. 2007
Video Production Instructor, Youth Program
PORT DISCOVERY CHILDREN’S MUSEUM, Baltimore, MD. 2001
Program Associate in the Arts
SHIMACHI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Kyoto, Japan. 1999
English and American Culture Teacher
USA MARTIAL ARTS TRAINING CENTERS, Buckhannon, WV. 1993 – 1998
Assistant Martial Arts Instructor
RECENT PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS
“Confronting Earth’s Trauma”, The Center for Sustainable Practice in the Arts (website), Allison Maria Rodriguez, July 3, 2017
“Confronting Earth’s Trauma”, Artists & Climate Change: Building Earth Connections (website), Allison Maria Rodriguez, June 29, 2017
“It’s Art, It’s Queer. It’s Here to Stay: Inclusivity (finally) hits Boston’s Art Scene”, DigBoston, Heather Kapplow, June 7, 2017
“IBA and Villa Victoria Present Mujeres”, The Boston Sun, Joe Prezioso, March 17, 2017
“Artist Statement #1”, print and kindle editions, CICA Press, January 2017
“Welcome, Boston Artists”, (artist profile) The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, assetsforartists.org, January 2, 2017
“Art at the Intersection”, The Metro Boston, Jake Taber, (curatorial work interview), August 11, 2016
“Art Exhibition Highlights Diversity of LGBTQIA People with Disabilities in Boston ”, The Rainbow Times, Luke Sherman, (curatorial work interview), August 4, 2016
“The Week Ahead: Galleries”, The Boston Globe, Cate McQuaid, July 20, 2016
“Gallery Girls: Art on the Marquee to Feature Women Artists”, Caught in Southie: South Boston’s Neighborhood Magazine, Mairead Mcgonagle, June 27, 2016
“George Fifield of Boston Cyberarts on Bringing Art to a Marquee”, The Boston Globe, Corlyn Voorhees, May 26, 2016
“Boston Cyberarts to Premiere Five New Works by Women Artists for “Art on the Marquee”, The Evolving Critic, Anulfo Baez, May 4, 2016
“Five New Works by Women Artists at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center”, Yareah Magazine: Arts Section, May 3, 2016
ADDITIONAL ARTS EXPERIENCE
LAVANA PRODUCTIONS, Boston, MA. 2017 – now
Project Manager
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, Boston, MA. 2010 – 2013
Administrator for the Humanities Center’s Artists and Practitioners in Residence Program
POWDERHOUSE PRODUCTIONS, Somerville, MA. 2009
Production & Editing Internship
THINK AGAIN, ARTIST COLLABORATIVE, Jamaica Plain, MA. 2006 – 2008
Project Manager
SCHOOL OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Boston, MA. 2005 – 2007
Video Production Student Technical Support
RITZ CAMERA, Brookline, MA. 2004 – 2005
Lab Technician