Exhibitions, Performances, and Happenings
2024
Winter Market. Waldorf Fair with Spring River School at Eat your Yard Jax. Jacksonville, FL
9a and 9b Plant Dyes. Lecture. Ixia Chapter Florida Native Plant Society. Garden Club of Jax. Jacksonville, FL
2019-2023
Dyeing with Plant Spirits. Virtual Spirit Weavers Workshop
Andean Directional Chakana Meditation + Curating Yoga Village. Spirit Weavers Gathering. Spirit Weavers Gathering Cave Junction, OR
Artist Vendor. Mercado Sagrado, Malibu, CA
2015-2018
Andean Directional Chakana Meditation + Curating Yoga Village. Spirit Weavers Gathering. Spirit Weavers Gathering Cave Junction, OR
Artist Vendor. Mercado Sagrado, Malibu, CA
2014
Midwestern Voices and Visions Exhibition. Museum of Contemporary Art of Detroit. Detroit, MI
How You Made Mama A Magical Mystical Miracle! Book release. Otherwild. Los Angeles. CA
Artist Vendor. Mercado Sagrado. Topanga, CA
Yoga Directional Meditation. Spirit Weavers Gathering. Joshua Tree, CA
2013
Yoga. Spirit Weavers Gathering. Murietta, CA
Love Lounge Tent Installation. El Cosmico Marfa Film Festival. Marfa, TX
Random Ceremonies. The Sacred Door. Venice, CA
2012
Have I been here before? La Esquina. Kansas City Missouri
POP! Trading Post. UMKC Gallery of Art. Kansas City, MO
Elemental Communion. The Windhorse. Kansas City, MO
POP! Street Dance: Workout to Waters! Kansas City, MO
2012 Kansas City Flat Files. H&R Block Artspace. Kansas City, MO
Nakatani Gong Orchestra. FOKL. Kansas City, KS
Energetic Ceremony, Messengers of Light, and the Power of Intention. Mattie Rhodes Gallery. Kansas City, MO
2011
Body Bundles: Astral Messengers! Carlson Gallery. North Park University. Chicago, IL
From, To, After. President's Gallery. Harold Washington College. Chicago, IL
Weaving Healing Waters. Fill in The Blank Gallery. Chicago, IL
Corazon. Mattie Rhodes Gallery. Kansas City, MO
2010
Kansa Citta Pueblita. Project Space. Kansas City, Missouri
Andean Highlands: Before the thread hits the loom. Speak. Kansas City, Missouri
2010 Kansas City Flat Files. H&R Block Artspace. Kansas City, Missouri
Every Body Has Communities! Paragraph/Project Space. Kansas City, Missouri
Awards and Residencies
2020
Actos de confianza micro-grant. National Association of Latino Arts and Culture
2019
NFA Artists Grant. National Association of Latino Arts and Culture
2018
Emergency Grant. Joan Mitchell Foundation
Emergency Grant. Adolf and Ester Gottlieb Foundation
Emergency Grant. Carolyn Blasoe Foundation
2017
Emergency Grant. Craft Emergency Relief Fund
2013
Ox bow school of Art Fall residency. Saugatuck, MI
2012
Midwest Voices and Visions Award. Alliance of Artist Communities and The Joyce Foundation.
Rocket Grant Recipient. Charlotte Street Foundation, Spencer Museum, and The Andy Warhol Foundation..
2011
Visiting Artist. Harold Washington College.
2007
Urban Culture Project. Bonfils Studio Residency
Lectures + Discussions + Teaching
2011-2013
Adjunct professor. Foundation drawing + 2D design. University of Missouri Kansas City
2012
10.12 Smell and Tell Round Table Discussion 2. Grand Arts. Kansas City, MO
2011
12.1 Conscious Folk, Pop, and Sensory Awareness: Intention and Vibrations from the Soul!
Harold Washington College. Chicago, IL
Education
2008
Yoga Alliance 200 RYT (Registered Yoga Teacher) Certification
2006
North Park University. Bachelor of Fine Arts. Chicago, IL
Concentration on Painting, Drawing, and Art History.
2004
University of Georgia Studies Abroad. Cortona, Italy
Intensive courses in Oil Painting, Book and Paper making, Italian Culture, Italian Language, and Central Italian Art History.
