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EDUCATION

2026

·        B.F.A., Studio Sculpture Concentration, Candidate, May 2026, Art & Design Department Honors, Minor in Art History, Colorado Mesa University

ARTIST AWARDS AND ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS

2025

·        Team award – Student Cupola Contest, Fluidity Test and Production Test

National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art and Practices, SLOSS Furnaces

Birmingham, AL

·        Colorado Mesa University Literary Review, Spring 2025 edition, 1st place

Grand Junction, CO

·        Gean F Lipson Trust – Art, CMU Foundation Scholarship

EXHIBITIONS

2026

·        “Humanity Creating Reality” BFA exhibition (Scheduled)

The CMU 437CO Art Gallery, Grand Junction, CO

·        Student Showcase, Group Iron Pour exhibition (Scheduled)

Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction, CO

2025

·        “Art on the Corner” Juried Exhibition (2025-2026), Juror: Reven Marie Swanson

GJ Creates, Grand Junction, CO

·        Student Cupola Contest

National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art and Practices, SLOSS Furnaces, Birmingham, AL

2024

·        Jac Kephart CMU Student Juried Exhibition, Juror: Kieth Buswell

The Art Center of Western Colorado, Grand Junction, CO

2023

·        Jac Kephart CMU Student Juried Exhibition, Juror: Terry Shepherd

The Art Center of Western Colorado, Grand Junction, CO

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE AND SERVICE

2026

·        “Humanity Creating Reality” Senior Show exhibition install

The CMU 437CO Art Gallery, Grand Junction, CO

·        Teaching Assistant for Professor Araan Schmidt, Sculpture, ARTT 270 

Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction, CO

2025

·        Teaching Assistant for Professor Araan Schmidt, Sculpture, ARTT 270

Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction, CO

·        Artoberfest Campus-wide art event, Iron Pour – Cupola Crew

Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction, CO

·        Spring Iron Pour - Cupola Crew

Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction, CO

·        Tobias Flores, Large Mold Workshop assistant

National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art and Practices, SLOSS Furnaces, Birmingham, AL

·        “Cracked Earth” sculpture transportation and install crew

Austin Peay University, Clarksville, TN

2024

·        “Aesthetic Mutations”, Visiting Artist Joshua Almond assistant for exhibition install

The CMU 437CO Art Gallery, Grand Junction, CO

·        Artoberfest Campus-wide art event, Iron Pour – Cupola Crew

Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction, CO

·        Spring Iron Pour – Cupola Crew

Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction, CO

2023

·        Artoberfest Campus-wide art event, Iron Pour 

Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction, CO

WORKSHOPS/RESIDENCIES/DEMOS ATTENDED

2026

·        MARBLE/marble, stone carving symposium (scheduled)

Marble Institute of Colorado, Inc., Marble, CO

2025

·        MARBLE/marble, stone carving symposium

Marble Institute of Colorado, Inc., Marble, CO

·        Rebecca Hollett (Canadian Contemporary Society of Iron Arts) Workshop

“The Surface of Metals, Patinas You Can Create in Your Friend’s Backyard”

         NCCCIAP, SLOSS Furnaces, Birmingham, AL

2024

·        Mike Allen, Forging with Trip Hammer demonstration   

Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction, CO

·        Jim Miller, Glass Blowing demonstration, Grand Junction, CO

·        MARBLE/marble, stone carving symposium

Marble Institute of Colorado, Inc., Marble, CO

2023

·        MARBLE/marble, stone carving symposium

Marble Institute of Colorado, Inc., Marble, CO

INTERVIEWS/FEATURES

2026

·        Marin Anderson. “Art on the Corner: ‘Tearing Our Foundation’”, The Daily Sentinel,

February 16, 2026.

2025

·        Colorado Mesa University Literary Review, Spring 2025 edition, Cover

Grand Junction, CO

SKILLS

·        MIG/TIG welding

 ·        Plasma cutting

·        Acetylene torch

EMPLOYMENT

2001-2024

·        Safeway, Pricing Department Manager, Grand Junction, CO