work experience
2025 - present: content developer - common sail investment group - grand rapids, mi
2024 - 2025 : creative design intern, project barfly, llc, grand rapids, mI
2024 - present: freelance illustration & design
volunteer work
2025: social media manager / graphic designer - veil collective - grand rapids, mi
education
2024: bachelors degree of fine arts - illustration kendall college of art and design of ferris state university, grand rapids, mi
2021: associates degree in applied arts - computer graphic animation, lansing community college, lansing, mi
residencies/fellowships/grants
2024: gordon art fellowship, pierce cedar creek institute, hastings, mi
awards
2025: juried venue award, alongside veil collective, artprize, grand rapids, mi
publications
2026: michigan nature magazine, spring 2026, tiny bug, big news & pool party , june 2026
2024: shoutout michigan!, local stories, june 2024
selected jury/group exhibitions
2025: big fish / little fish / resilient fish, hopcat, grand rapids, mi
2025: veil collective's "somewhere" staff showcase, hermitage at diamond, grand rapids, MI
2024: 95th michigan contemporary art exhibition, muskegon museum of art, muskegon, mi
2024: pleasant peninsula art + activism fair, 6th street bridge fish installation, grand rapids, mi
2024: end of summer celebration, pierce cedar creek institute, hastings, mi
2024: kcad senior showcase, kendall college of art and design, grand rapids, mi
2024: 38th annual regional exhibition, Lowellarts!, Lowell, Mi
2023: healing isn't linear, survivors art exhibit, ferris state university, big rapids, MI
art markets
2024: alchemy market, morning ritual coffee bar, grand rapids, mi
murals
2025: big fish / little fish / resilient fish - hopcat grand rapids, grand rapids, mi
2025: the clowder, hopcat east lansing, east lansing, mi
2024: spotted gar - pleasant peninsula art + activism fair, 6th street bridge fish installation, grand rapids, mi
2024: this is my moby dick, student work, grand rapids, mi