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Born in Lancaster County, PA; currently resides in Philadelphia.
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Selected Exhibitions
2023 CFEVA: 40 Years of Fellowship, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
2021 GCPL Photo Annual, juried by Maria Kelly (High Museum of Art), Gwinnett County Public Library, Duluth, GA
Up Against A Wall, Awbury Arboretum, Philadelphia, PA
2018 A Photographic Survey of Philadelphia, 990 Spring Garden Gallery Space, Philadelphia, PA
CFEVA (Center for Emerging Visual Artists) continuing commissioned exhibition, FMC Tower, Philadelphia, PA
2017 CFEVA (Center for Emerging Visual Artists) commissioned exhibition, FMC Tower, Philadelphia, PA
Photo Review 2017 Competition, Flora Online Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
Everyday Philadelphia, Indie Photo Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Space, Griffin Museum of Photography, Camera Commons, Dover, NH
2016 Space, Griffin Museum of Photography, Lafayette City Center Passageway Gallery, Boston, MA
Members Show, juried by Tim Wride (Norton Museum of Art), Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO
The Photo Re-Imagined, New Hope Arts Center, New Hope, PA
Open Juried Exhibition, juried by Paula Tognarelli (Griffin Museum), Vermont Center for Photography, Brattleboro, VT
2015 Photo Review Best of Show, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
*Tracing Like Fingers/Stages of Persuasion, (Two Person show with Justin Nolan), Schneider Gallery, Chicago, IL
6th Annual Contemporary Photography Competition, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA
Photography 34, juried by Stephen Perloff (The Photo Review), Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
Photo LA (with Off the Clock 2014 APA show), Los Angeles, CA
2014 2014 Winter Solstice Show, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
2014 National Competition, juried by Ariel Meyerovitz, Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY
Lens 2014 International Juried Competition, Perspective Gallery, Evanston, IL
The National, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
Off the Clock 2014, APA LA Chapter Member Show, juried by Britt Salvesen (LACMA), Los Angeles, CA
Fellowships and Residencies
2022 CFEVA (Center for Emerging Visual Artists) Visual Artist Fellowship Finalist, Philadelphia, PA
Grants, Awards and Acknowledgements
2022 Illuminate the Arts Grant, Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy
2021 Illuminate the Arts Grant, Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy
2017 PDN's 30, Nominee
2015 Photo Review Best of Show, Tenth Place
2014 Lens, Perspective Gallery, Second Runner Up
2014 National Competition, Soho Photo Gallery, Honorable Mention
Publications
2019 MANIFEST INPHA 6, published by Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center
2017 Home & Away, group zine by Same Coin Press
2016 Na h-Eileanan, published by Wilbureditions
MANIFEST INPHA 4, published by Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center
2015 Issue 103, On Landscape Magazine
Issue 74, Fraction Magazine
2013 Cities, F-Stop Magazine Issue #61
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