Interdisciplinary Artist and Art Instructor

EDUCATION

2017-18  Masters of Art, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA

2012 BS Art Education, Minor Studio Art, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2014-2023        High School Art Teacher, Mercer Area School District, Mercer, PA

2023-present  Middle and Senior School Art Teacher, Sewickley Academy, Sewickley, PA

AWARDS AND PUBLICATIONS

2023       First Place People’s Choice, And Beyond: An Otherworldly Exhibition, You Are Here Gallery, Jeanette, PA

2023      Exposure”, March 2023 Issue, Ceramics Monthly 

2021       Agnes and James Kinard Scholarship, Touchstone Center for Crafts

2020      “The World We Made”, Barbara Klein, Carnegie Magazines

2020      “Meet Stephanie Martin”, Carnegie Magazines

2020      “Best of Culture This Month in Pittsburgh”, Sean Collier, Karen Dacko, Lauren Davidson, Pittsburgh Magazine  

2019      Eye Contact Magazine Voyage Edition”, Seton Hill University 

2019      Distinctive art and its creators”, Heidi Warren, The Herald

2018       Ruth and Harold Chenven Foundation Grant

ARTIST TALKS

2021 Carnegie Museum of Art Zoom Artist Talk for Counterpressures Exhibition

2020 Carnegie Museum of Art Counterpressures Panel Conversation

2019 Six x Ate: West Casey Droege Cultural Productions 

2018 107th Associated Artist of Pittsburgh Exhibition Artist Talk at Westmoreland Museum of Art 

RESIDENCIES 

2021  Resist it! Residency, Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA     

2019 Spruce Art Residency, Indiana, PA

2019 The Kipaipai Residency, Joshua Tree, CA 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2023 Chuffed Up, Boxheart Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

Invited Nicole Capozzi 

2023 Associated Artists of Pittsburgh’s 113 x 113, AAP Exhibition Space, Pittsburgh, PA

Curators: Associated Artists of Pittsburgh’s Exhibition Committee  

2023 Commence, Tomayko Foundation, Pittsburgh, PA 

Curator: Nina Friedman 

2023 And Beyond: An Otherworldly Exhibition, You Are Here Gallery, Jeanette, PA 

Invited Natalie Condrac

2023 LightWeight, Boxheart Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

Invited Joshua Hogan

2022 Art of the State 2022, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA 

Jurors: Sheila Cuellar Shaffer, Michele Carlson, and Roland Graf

Award Juror: Cynthia Haveson Veloric

2022      Three Rivers Arts Festival Juried Visual Arts Exhibition, SPACE Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

Jurors: Rachel Saul Rearick, Njaimeh Njie, Kilolo Luckett, and Brendan Dugan

2021 Push and Pull, Sculpture X, Associated Artist of Pittsburgh Exhibition Space, Pittsburgh, PA

Curators: Grace Chin 

2020 Counterpressures: Forum 83, Forum Gallery, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA

Curators: Hannah Turpin

2019 Associated Artists of Pittsburgh’s 107th Annual Exhibition, Cantilever Gallery and the Arts Center,   

Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, PA

Juror: Juana Williams

2019 Transform: A Solo Exhibition, Spruce Art Residency Gallery, Indiana, PA

2019 AAP Presents Barely Breathing The Emerging Curator Exhibition, FrameHouse & Jask Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

Curator: Vania Evangelique

2019 Three Rivers Arts Festival Juried Art Exhibition, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh, PA

Jurors: Laylah Amatulla Barrayn, Shikeith Cathey, Jeffrey Jarzynka, Imin Yeh

2019 Morphology Solo Exhibition, Unsmoke Systems Artspace, Braddock, PA

2019 30 Under 30 Exhibition, Viridian Artists Inc Gallery, New York City, NY

Curator: Donna Gustafson

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Associated Artists of Pittsburgh (AAP)

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