Education

• 2006 Master of Fine Arts - Painting & Printmaking - East Tennessee State University
• 1998 Bachelor of Fine Arts - Printmaking - Virginia Intermont College

Teaching Experience

• • Fall 2015 – present
  • Associate Professor of Painting
  • Tennessee Technological University
    Cookeville, TN
  
  

  • Courses:

    All levels of Painting, Figure Studies, upper level Drawing, and Printmaking

  • Service:

    Course and Curriculum Development, Advising, Recruitment, Committee Service
• • Fall 2008 – Spring 2014
  • Art Program Coordinator - Assistant Professor
  • Virginia Intermont College
    Bristol, VA
  
  

  • Courses:

    Painting, Printmaking, Foundations, Graphic Design, Art History & Theory

  • Service:

    Course and Curriculum Development, Dept. Assessment, Recruitment, Committee Service
• • Fall 2014 – Spring 2015
  • Adjunct Faculty
  • Virginia Highlands Community College
    Abingdon, VA

  • Courses:

    Drawing, Painting, 2D Design, 3D Design, Art History
• • Fall 2010 & Fall 2014 – Spring 2015
  • Adjunct Faculty
  • Emory & Henry College
    Emory, VA

  • Courses:

    Graphic Design, Visual Arts Computing, Web Design
• • Spring 2006 – Summer 2008
  • Adjunct Faculty
  • Northeast State Technical Community College
    Blountville, TN

  • Courses:

    Foundations — 2D Design, Color Theory, Drawing, Art Survey, Intro. to Visual Art, and Humanities
• • Fall 1999 – Fall 2000 & Spring 2008
  • Adjunct Faculty
  • Southwest Virginia Community College
    Richlands, VA

  • Courses:

    Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Art History
• • Fall 2001 – Fall 2007
  • Adjunct Faculty / Instructor of Record
  • East Tennessee State University
    Johnson City, TN

  • Courses:

    Foundations and Graphic Design including a Design Workshop course operating as an agency providing services to non-profits

  • Service:

    Design/Programming of department website, Research of student retention
• • Fall 2005 – Spring 2006
  • Adjunct Faculty
  • Virginia Intermont College
    Bristol, VA

  • Courses:

    Web Design, Digital Imaging

Professional Experience

• • October 2005 – August 2008
  • Web Developer
  • Integritive,Inc.
    Asheville,NC

  • Responsibilities:

    User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) design and programming
• • August 2004 – May 2005
  • Office of Information Technology
  • East Tennessee State University
    Johnson City, TN

  • Responsibilities:

    Installation and support of multimedia classroom hardware and software
• • June 2002 – August 2004
  • Manager of Web Development
  • Image 1 Wireless
    Bristol, TN

  • Responsibilities:

    Design and implementation of public website, intranet, B2B extranets, and multimedia
• • August 2000 – December 2002
  • Contract Web Developer
  • The Positive Image
    Bristol, VA

  • Responsibilities:

    Design and implementation of websites with deep content and rich multimedia
• • February 2000 – August 2000
  • Director of Design & Development
  • Planet Media
    Abingdon, VA

  • Responsibilities:

    Design and programming of websites and web applications
• • January 1995 – December 1999
  • ArtWear
    Richlands, VA
  • Illustrator

  • Responsibilities:

    Created illustrations and typography for wearables

Academic & Professional Service

• • 2024-present
  • Committee Service
  • Honors Council
  • TTU
• • 2019-present
  • Faculty Co-sponsor
  • Visual Art Society Student Club
  • TTU
• • 2023-present
  • Committee Member
  • SAC&D Ad Hoc Committee - Tenure & Promotion Guidelines
  • TTU
• • 2022-present
  • Committee Member
  • Center Stage Policy Oversight Committee
  • TTU
• • 2022-present
  • Advisory Committee Member
  • Women's Center Art Gallery
  • TTU
• • 2018-present
  • Committee Service
  • Non-Instructional Faculty Assignment Committee
  • TTU
• • 2017-present
  • Committee Service
  • University Art Committee
  • TTU
• • 2024
  • Committee Service
  • Graphic Design Faculty Search
• • 2023
  • Committee Service
  • Graphic Design Visiting Instructor Search
• • 2020
  • Committee Service
  • Art History Faculty Search
• • 2020
  • Committee Service
  • Foundations Faculty Search
• • 2020
  • Committee Service
  • Design Faculty Search
• • 2019-2022
  • Committee Service
  • Student Affairs
• • 2019
  • Committee Chair
  • Design Faculty Search
• • 2018
  • Committee Service
  • Prior Learning Assessment
  • TTU
• • 2018
  • Committee Service
  • Clay Faculty Search
  • TTU
• • 2017
  • Committee Service
  • Art Education Faculty Search
  • TTU
• • 2016
  • Committee Service
  • CAEP
  • TTU
• • 2012
  • Focus Group
  • Technology in Teaching
  • VIC
• • 2012-2014
  • Committee Service
  • Academic Policies
  • VIC
• • 2012
  • Committee Service
  • Math Faculty Search
  • VIC
• • 2011
  • Committee Service
  • Library Director Search
  • VIC
• • 2011
  • Committee Service
  • Quality Enhancement Program
  • VIC
• • 2010-13
  • Committee Service
  • Long Range Planning
  • VIC
• • 2009-12
  • Committee Chair
  • Library, Learning Resources
  • VIC
• • 2009
  • Committee Chair
  • Web Presence
  • VIC
• • 2008
  • Committee Service
  • Alumni Support
  • VIC

Exhibitions

since 2000

Solo

• • 2024 - present
  • Ellipsis Interrupted
  • Asia School of Business in collaboration with Massachusettes Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management
  • Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• • 2025
  • Ellipsis Interrupted
  • Carthage Junction Depot
  • Carthage, TN
• • 2016
  • Solo show – two locations
  • Reinhardt University
  • Waleska, GA
• • 2014
  • TenYear Review
  • Hayes Building
  • Bristol, VA
• • 2012
  • Just Finished Work
  • Wm. King Museum
  • Abingdon, VA
• • 2008
  • ATOM
  • Virginia Intermont College
  • Bristol, VA
• • 2007
  • ATOM
  • Appalachian Arts Center
  • Richlands, VA
• • 2007
  • Solo show
  • Basler Library - NSTCC
  • Blountville, TN
• • 2006
  • And This Our Measure
  • Reece Museum
  • Johnson City, TN
• • 2006
  • ATOM
  • Slocumb Galleries
  • Johnson City, TN
• • 2006
  • ATOM
  • Millennium Centre
  • Johnson City, TN
• • 1999
  • The Reluctant Recluse
  • SVCC
  • Richlands, VA
• • 1996
  • Figuratively Speaking
  • SVCC
  • Richlands, VA

Juried

• • 2019
  • Nuance: Craftsmanship, Imagination and Innovation
  • Peters Valley School of Craft
  • Layton, NJ
  • jurors: Maegen Black, Director, Canadian Crafts Federation and Sin-ying Ho, Ceramist, Assistant Professor, Queens College, City University of New York
• • 2018
  • 13^th Annual
  • Axis Gallery
  • Sacramento, CA
  • juror: Lucía Sanromán,Director of Visual Arts, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
• • 2018
  • 55^th Annual
  • Masur Museum of Art
  • Monroe, LA
  • juror: Joel Parsons, Director, Clough-Hanson Gallery at Rhodes College
• • 2018
  • 14^th Annual Magnitude 7
  • Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center
  • Cincinnati, OH
• • 2018
  • Small Works Show
  • Vanessa Lacy Gallery
  • Kansas City, MO
• • 2018
  • 33^rd Annual Tallahassee International
  • FSU Museum of Fine Arts
  • Tallahassee, FL
• • 2018
  • Circular
  • Gestalt Gallery
  • Santa Monica, CA
• • 2018
  • Clearly Human III
  • St. Louis Artists' Guild
  • St. Louis, MO
  • juror: Mike Behle
• • 2018
  • Southworks
  • Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation
  • Watkinsville, GA
  • Merit Award
  • juror: Faythe Levine, Asst. Curator - John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
• • 2018
  • National Juried Exhibition
  • Arts & Culture Alliance
  • Knoxville, TN
  • juror: Jeffrey Morton
• • 2018
  • Brutal Beauty
  • Lexington Art League
  • Lexington, KY
• • 2017
  • upcycle.17
  • East Hawai‘i Cultural Center
  • Hilo, Hawai‘i
  • juror: Mariana Acosta Contreras
• • 2017
  • Laugh, Smirk, Snicker
  • Southwest University of Visual Arts
  • Tucson, AZ
• • 2017
  • Larkin Arts National
  • Harrisonburg, VA
  • juror: Jon McMillan
• • 2017
  • From These Hills
  • William King Museum of Art
  • Abingdon, VA
  • juror: Courtney A. McNeil, Chief Curator - Telfair Museums, Savannah, GA
• • 2017
  • Painting National 2017
  • Univ. of Southern Mississippi
  • Hattiesburg, MS
  • juror: Peter Van Dyck
• • 2017
  • Real People 2017
  • Old Courthouse Figurative League
  • Woodstock, IL
  • jurors:Francine Gourgechon, Chehalis Hegner
• • 2017
  • Scratching the Surface
  • Verum Ultimum Gallery
  • Portland, OR
• • 2017
  • Tell Me a Story
  • Foundry Art Center
  • St. Charles, MO
  • Honorable Mention
  • juror: Jason Bly
• • 2017
  • Positive/Negative 32
  • Slocumb Galleries
  • Johnson City, TN
  • juror: Dr. Anja Foerschner, Getty Research Institute
• • 2017
  • National Juried Exhibition
  • Arts & Culture Alliance
  • Knoxville, TN
  • juror: Dorothy Habel
• • 2016
  • Small Works
  • Main Street Arts
  • Clifton Springs, NY
  • juror: Bleu Cease - Executive Director/Curator of Rochester Contemporary Art Center
• • 2013
  • Juried Show
  • Jonesborough, TN
  • Second Place
  • juror: Stephen Wicks - curator of the Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
• • 2013
  • Dogwood Arts
  • Knoxville, TN
  • juror: David Reyes, curator of the Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL
• • 2012
  • Dogwood Arts
  • Knoxville, TN
  • juror: Terri Jordan, curator - Customs House Museum, Clarksville, TN
• • 2009
  • From These Hills
  William King Museum of Art
  • juror: Ray Kass, founder of Mountain Lake Workshop
• • 2009
  • Real People
  • Old Courthouse
  • Woodstock, IL
  • juror: William A. Schneider
• • 2009
  • Positive/Negative 24
  • Slocumb Galleries
  • Johnson City, TN
  • juror: Pradip Malde
• • 2008
  • 5^th Annual
  • Park Gables
  • Harrisonburg, VA
  • jurors: William Bennett, Jerry Coulter, James Crable
• • 2008
  • Appalachian Art Show
  • Kingsport, TN
  • juror: Hank Foreman Director and Chief Curator of the Turchin Center for Visual Arts
• • 2007
  • Coming of Age
  • Douglasville, GA
  • juror: Bill Eiland - Director of the Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA
• • 2007
  • In the Flesh
  • Torpedo Factory
  • Alexandria, VA
  • Honorable Mention
  • Tim Doud - American University
• • 2007
  • Passages
  • FCCA
  • Fredericksburg, VA
  • juror: David Tanner - Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Richmond, VA
• • 2007
  • Halpert Biennial
  • Turchin Center
  • Boone, NC
  • juror: Terry Suhre Director of Gallery 210, University of Missouri
• • 2005
  • JC Area Arts Council Show
  • First Award
  • Johnson City, TN
• • 2002
  • Juried Art Show
  • Renaissance Center
  • Kingsport, TN
• • 1998
  • Virginia Highlands
  • Arts Depot
  • Abingdon, VA
• • 1989
  • Tazewell County Art Show

Group

• • 2023
  • Faculty Show
  • TTU Appalachian Center for Craft
  • Smithville, TN
• • 2021
  • Faculty Show
  • TTU Joan Derryberry Gallery
  • Cookeville, TN
• • 2019
  • Taut Twine & Tin Cans
  • Elizabeth Punches Studio and Gallery
  • Galveston, TX
• • 2018
  • Invitational Two-Person Show
  • Ellen Von Dehsen Elmes Art Gallery
  • Richlands, VA
• • 2019
  • Faculty Show
  • TTU Appalachian Center for Craft
  • Smithville, TN
• • 2018
  • Spectrum Gestalt 5
  • Gestalt Gallery
  • Santa Monica, CA
• • 2017
  • Faculty Show
  • TTU Joan Derryberry Gallery
  • Cookeville, TN
• • 2015
  • Faculty Show
  • TTU Appalachian Center for Craft
  • Smithville, TN
• • 2015
  • Mapping the Cosmos Invitational
  • Wm. King Museum
  • Abingdon, VA
• • 2014
  • Exploration, discovery
  • Slocumb Galleries
  • Johnson City, TN
• • 2014
  • Group Show
  • D'Art House
  • Abingdon, VA
• • 2013
  • Faculty Show
  • VIC
  • Bristol, VA
• • 2013
  • At the Moment
  • Slocumb Galleries
  • Johnson City, TN
• • 2013
  • No Limits
  • Appalachian Art Center
  • Richlands, VA
• • 2012
  • Benefit Auction - LittleCityRollerGirls
  • Nelson FineArt
  • Johnson City, TN
• • 2012
  • Faculty Show
  • VIC
  • Bristol, VA
• • 2011
  • Welcome Back, to the Future
  • VIC
  • Bristol, VA
• • 2011
  • Blend
  • The 1912 Gallery
  • Emory, VA
• • 2010
  • Reunion
  • Slocumb & Tipton Galleries
  • Johnson City, TN
• • 2005
  • Mute
  • Reece Museum
  • Johnson City, TN
• • 2003
  • Student Exhibition
  • Slocumb Galleries
  • Johnson City, TN
• • 2001
  • Graduate Honors
  • Reece Museum
  • Johnson City, TN
• • 2001
  • Group Exhibition
  • Welcome Center
  • Jonesborough, TN
• • 2000
  • Lil’ Inky Pictures
  • Penland School
  • Spruce Pine, NC
• • 1999
  • Group Show
  • Bristol Art Guild
  • Bristol, VA
• • 1998
  • The Reluctant Recluse - BFA exhibition
  • VIC
  • Bristol, VA
• • 1988
  • Art & Soul Christmas Gala
  • Shuff's Gallery
  • Richlands, VA
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Honors & Residencies

• • 2024
  • Residency
  • Belfast Print Workshop
  • Belfast, Northern Ireland
  • grant funded
• • 2019
  • Individual Artist Fellowship
  • Cookeville Arts Council
  • Cookeville, TN
• • 2019
  • Blurring Boundaries: Electronics as Material Practice
  • Shakerag Workshops - Educator's Scholarship
  • Sewanee, TN
• • 2018
  • Post Digital Printmaking
  • Shakerag Workshops - Educator's Scholarship
  • Sewanee, TN
• • 2013
  • Dutch Art, Patrons, & Markets
  • Teaching Pre-Modern European Art in Context
  • Kress Foundation/Council of Independent Colleges
  • High Museum
  • Atlanta, GA
• • 2011
  • Teaching & Learning Institute
  • Appalachian College Association
  • Brevard College
  • Brevard, NC
• • 2002
  • Alumni Hall of Fame
  • Southwest Virginia Community College
  • Richlands, VA
• • 2000
  • Penland School Scholarship
  • Waterless Lithography - John Schulz, SMFA Boston
  • Spruce Pine, NC
• • 2000
  • Art Faculty Summit
  • Virginia CCS
  • Charlottesville, VA
• • 1991
  • Governor's School for Visual Art
  • Univ. of Richmond, Richmond, VA
• • 1989
  • Tazewell County Art Show
  • Best in Show, Most Promising Artist

Lectures, Presentations & Workshops

• • 2024
  • Meaning, Modernity and the Machine: Theories About Emotional Vectors in AI Generated Images as Art
  • International Society for Research on Emotion
  • Belfast, Northern Ireland
• • 2024
  • Lift Ground Workshop
  • Belfast Print Workshop
• • 2024
  • High School Art Intensive Workshop for Teachers - Intaglio Printmaking
  • Appalachian Center for Craft
  • Smithville, TN
• • 2023
  • Chemistry of Paints and Pigments - A Survey of Blues
  • American Chemical Society, Nashville Section
  • Grant Funded
• • 2022
  • Hispanic Heritage Printmaking Demo/Lecture
  • Appalachian Center for Craft
  • Smithville, TN
  • co-presented with Dr. Bevin Butler
• • 2018
  • Laser Workshop
  • TTU SAC&D
  • co-taught with Rachel Clark
• • 2018
  • High School Art Intensive
  • Appalachian Center for Craft
• • 2017
  • Electric Printmaking
  • Art Round Tennessee
• • 2013
  • Painting of the Dutch Golden Age
  • VIC Convocation Series
• • 2011
  • Painting Workshop Breakout Session
  • Renoir's Ladies
  • Presenter: Jeffrey Allison, Paul Mellon Collection Educator, Virginia Museum of Fine Art
  • Richmond, VA
• • 2009
  • Guest Artist
  • High Point Elementary School
  • Bristol, VA
• • 2005
  • Guest Artist
  • Brookside Elem. School
  • Kingsport, TN
• • 2001
  • Steamroller Woodcuts
  • ETSU
  • Johnson City, TN

• • 2018
  • Design Practicum
  • TTU SAC&D
• • 2013
  • BS Honors Committee
  • K. Hammond
  • Biology
  • VIC
• • 2009
  • BFA Honors Committee
  • S. Mullins
  • Painting
  • VIC
• • 2009-10
  • Advisor - VI Campus Crier, Student Newspaper
• • 2005
  • BFA Committee
  • B. Livesay
  • Graphic Design
  • ETSU
• • 2004
  • BFA Committee
  • A. Kniedler
  • Graphic Design
  • ETSU
• • 2004
  • BFA Committee
  • T. McClain
  • Graphic Design
  • ETSU

Exhibitions Juried

• • 2018
  • Jack Lunt Memorial Fine Arts Exhibition
  • The Downing Museum
  • Bowling Green, KY
• • 2013
  • Virginia School Board Association
  • Bristol, VA
• • 2012
  • Exploration Arts
  • Mountain Empire CC
  • Big Stone Gap, VA
• • 2009
  • Members Show
  • Kingsport Art Guild
  • Kingsport, TN
• • 2009
  • Student Art Show
  • Virginia High School
  • Bristol, VA
• • 2007
  • Echoes & Images
  • NSTCC
  • Blountville, TN

Bibliography

• • Mundane Magazine
  • issue #5
  • March 2019
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  • December 27, 2017
• • Interview
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• • Interview: From These Hills
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  • Emory, VA
  • February, 2016
• • Interview: Mapping the Cosmos
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  • Emory, VA
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