Education

2025          MFA (candidate) in Studio Art, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

                  (expected graduation: May 2025)

2020          Bachelor of Fine Arts, Studio Art, Concentration: Painting, Drawing, and Printmaking                                 University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida

 

Awards/Residencies/Grants

2024           Institut für Alles Mögliche, June 2024, Berlin, Germany

                   SECAC Gulnar Bosch Travel Award, SECAC 2024, Atlanta Georgia

                   Congress of Graduate Students Presentation Grant, Congress of Graduate Students, 

                   Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida

                   Third Place, Thom Collective Exhibition, Thomasville Art Center, Thomasville, Georgia

                   UROP Mentor Research Grant, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida

                   College of Fine Arts Student Research and Career Preparation Awards Grant, Spring 

                   2024, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida

 

2023           Mary Ola Miller Reynolds Award, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida

                   College of Fine Arts Student Research and Career Preparation Awards Grant Fall 2023,                            Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida

                   First Place, Nature Inspires Art Contest, The Nature Conservancy, Blowing Rocks 

                   Preserve, Hobe Sound, Florida

                   College of Visual Arts, Theatre and Dance General Development Scholarship, Florida 

                   State University, Tallahassee, Florida

                   Excellence in the Visual Arts Award, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida

 

2022           Best of Show in the Emerging Artist Category, Ocala Arts Festival, Ocala, Florida

 

2020            Outstanding Graduate in Fine Art Award, Class of 2020, University of North 

                    Florida, Jacksonville, Florida

                   Artist in Residence at Emma Love Elementary, Fernandina Beach, Florida

                   Artist in Residence at Elephant Butte Reserve, Truth or Consequences, New Mexico

                   Honorable Mention at Abstraction and the Surreal, Word Revolt Gallery, Atlantic Beach,                            Florida 

                   Honorable Mention at Pre[serve] 2020, Lufrano Gallery, Jacksonville, Florida

 

2019           Radius Workshops Study Abroad Scholarship ($4,000), Jacksonville, Florida

 

Solo Exhibitions

2024           Membranes/Membranen, Das Institut für Alles Mögliche, Berlin, Germany

 

2023           Open, Wallspace at Grassroots Coffee, Thomasville, Georgia

 

Group Exhibitions

2024           Little Things 2024, Swan Couch House, Atlanta, Georgia

                   Stay Curious, Omi Gallery, London, England

                   Pattern Recognition, Share Art Gallery, Jacksonville, Florida

                   Her Temple, LeMoyne Arts, Tallahassee, Florida

                   Nature Inspires, Lighthouse Art Center, The Nature Conservancy, Hope Sound, Florida

                   Good Vibrations, ARTS Southeast+ Sulfur Studios, Savannah, Georgia

                   Thom Collective Exhibition, Thomasville Art Center, Thomasville, Georgia

                   Pensecola Museum of Art Members Show, Pensecola Museum of Art, Pensecola, 

                   Florida

                   And Justice for All, Women Writing for (a) Change, Florida State College, Jacksonville, 

                   Florida

                   Flora and Fauna, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, Florida

                   Escapism, Florida Emerging Art, Online Exhibition, Florida

                   My Job is Art, Working Method Contemporary Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida

                   Continuous Cycles, Working Method Contemporary Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida

 

2023           Excellence in the Visual Arts Exhibition, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida

                   Haunted, Working Method Contemporary Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida

                   Level 2, Working Method Contemporary Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida

                   Abstracto: Land of Dreams, featuring: Leslie Anderson, Lemoyne Arts, Tallahassee, 

                   Florida

                   Thom Collective Exhibition, Thomasville Center for the Arts, Thomasville, Georgia

                   Eden Altered, featuring: Linda Hall & Dimelza Broche, Lemoyne Arts, Tallahassee, 

                   Florida

                   Rivers and Oceans, Florida State College, Jacksonville, Florida

                   Rites & Passages, Working Methods Contemporary Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida

 

2022           Between the Lines, William Johnston Gallery, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 

                   Florida

                   Fifty: An Alumni Exhibition, MOCA Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida

                   Aqua Art Miami, Miami Beach, Florida

                   Some Things I’ll Never Forget, Working Methods Contemporary Gallery, Tallahassee, 

                   Florida

                   Size Matters, Working Methods Contemporary Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida

                   55th Annual Ocala Arts Festival, Emerging Artists Program, Ocala, Florida

                   Gallery 621 Member Showcase, Tallahassee, Florida

                   A New Renaissance: Featuring Jason John & Amy Bennion, Lemoyne Arts, 

                   Tallahassee, Florida

                   OPA Online Showcase Spring 2022, Oil Painters of America, Crystal Lake, Illinois

                   Stories I Tell Myself, Visionary Art Collective, Brooklyn, New York

                   Gasparilla Festival of the Arts, Emerging Artists Program, Julian B. Lane Riverfront 

                   Park, Tampa, Florida

                   Pre[serve] 2022, Lufrano Gallery, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida

 

2021

                   Art on BRiC Walls: A Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca 

                   Raton, Florida

                   Rivers, Women Writing for (a) Change, Jacksonville, Florida 

                   Escalante Canyon Art Festival, Escalante, Utah

                   Oil Painters of America Convention 2021, Hilton Sante Fe Historic Plaza Hotel, Santa 

                   Fe, New Mexico

                   Empowered, Rivre Gallerie, St. Petersburg, Florida

                   Inside Out City, A Public Art Project, Jacksonville, Florida

                   Untethered Thoughts, Word Revolt Gallery, Atlantic Beach, Florida

                   Imagination Squared10, MOCA Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida

                   Branches, Women Writing for (a) Change, Jacksonville, Florida

                   Genesis 2021, CoCurate 244, Leepa-Ratnew Museum of Art, St. Petersburg College, St. 

                   Petersburg, Florida

                   Techno Gala: Art & Technology, Word Revolt Gallery, Atlantic Beach, Florida

                   Stand, Art Fluent, Online Exhibition, Chicago, Illinois

 

2020           Every Color Has a Story, Flagler County Art League, Palm Coast, Florida

                   University of North Florida Senior Exhibition, University of North Florida Gallery, 

                   Jacksonville, Florida (Lead the installation and curated the exhibition)

                   Onward and Upward, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, Florida

                   Abstraction and the Surreal, Word Revolt Gallery, Atlantic Beach, Florida

                   Pre[serve] 2020, The Lufrano Intercultural Gallery, University of NorthFlorida, 

                   Jacksonville, Florida

                   Fabulous Fauna, Word Revolt Gallery, Word Revolt Gallery, Atlantic Beach, 

                   Florida

                   Humanly Possible: Figures & Portraits, St. Augustine Art Association Gallery, St. 

                   Augustine, Florida

                   2020 Art and Design Juried Student Annual Exhibition, UNF Gallery of Art, 

                   University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida

                   “W.A.V.E.”- Women Artists, Haskell Art Gallery, Jacksonville International Airport,                                       Jacksonville, Florida

 

2019            Clay & Ink, Figure 8 Studio, Jacksonville, Florida

                   FemArts: Women in Abstract Art, Fem Arts Gallery, Jacksonville, Florida

                   Italy as a Studio Sketchbook Exhibition, University of North Florida, Thomas G. 

                   Carpenter Library, Jacksonville, Florida

                   2019 Florida Wild, St. Augustine Art Association Gallery, St. Augustine, Florida

                   CO2, Word Revolt Gallery, Atlantic Beach, Florida

                   Radius Workshop’s Croatia Pop-up Exhibition, Istria, Croatia

                   Printed Collaborators, Thomas G. Carpenter Library, University of North Florida, 

                   Jacksonville, Florida

                   Miniature Marvels, St. Augustine Art Association Gallery, St. Augustine, Florida

                   UNF Painting and Drawing Guild Juried Exhibition 2019, Word Revolt Gallery, 

                   Atlantic Beach, Florida

                   Pre[serve] 2019, The Lufrano Intercultural Gallery, University of North Florida, 

                   Jacksonville, Florida

                   2019 Art and Design Juried Student Annual Exhibition, UNF Gallery of Art, 

                   University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida 

 

Print Media

2023           Keats' artwork to be displayed in Grassroots, The Thomasville Times- Enterprise, 

                   Thomasville, Georgia, November 6, 2023

                   (A) River Rising: And Justice For All Anthology, Women Writing for (a) Change, 

                   Oceans and Rivers Anthology, December 2023, Jacksonville, Florida

                   Six Magazine, June 2023, Florida State University College of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, Florida

                   Talon Review, Spring 2023, March 2023, Jacksonville, Florida

 

2022           St. Augustine Entertainer, December Issue, December 2022

                   Rivers Rising: Oceans and Rivers Anthology, Women Writing for (a) Change, Oceans and                          Rivers Anthology, December 2022, Jacksonville, Florida

                   Ocala Gazette, A fine day for the arts, 55th annual Ocala Arts Festival draws thousands to                        the downtown area., October 26, 2022, 

                   https://www.ocalagazette.com/a-fine-day-for-the-arts/

                   The Talon Review, Spring 2022, February 2022, Jacksonville, Florida

 

2021           RadX Magazine, Issue No. 5, Focus, March 2021, Jacksonville, Florida

 

2020           RadX Magazine, Issue No.2, Inspire, April 2020, Jacksonville, Florida

                   University of North Florida Digital Commons, Pre[serve] Art, Exhibition 2020, September

                   2020, Jacksonville, Florida

                   “First Friday Art Walk begins at 5 p.m,” The St. Augustine Record, October 2020, St.                                    Augustine, Florida

                   The Talon Review, Fall 2020, December 2020, Jacksonville, Florida

 

2019           University of North Florida Digital Commons, Pre[serve] Art Exhibition 2019, March 2019,                          Jacksonville, Florida

 

Teaching Experience

2024           Instructor of Beginning Painting at Florida State University, Fall 2024, Tallahassee,                                      Florida

 

2023           Instructor of 2D Design at Florida State University, Fall 2023-Spring 2024, Tallahassee, 

-2024          Florida

 

Related Experience

2024           Studio/Mural Assistant for Jiha Moon at the University of Iowa, Stanley Museum, 

                   Summer 2024, Iowa City, Iowa

 

2023           Undergraduate Research Opportunity (UROP) Mentor, Fall 2023-Spring 2024, Florida 

                   -2024 State University, Tallahassee, Florida

 

2023-          Volunteer at the Thomasville Center for the Arts, November 2023-Present

present       

 

2022-          Graduate Assistant at Florida State University, Assistant to Anne Stagg and Liz DiDonna

2024            Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida

 

2023            Communications Officer, Fall 2023, Graduate Assistants United/United Faculty of Florida,

                    Florida State, University, Tallahassee, Florida

                    Summer Camp Art Instructor, Lemoyne Art Center, Tallahassee, Florida

 

2020-           Gallery Director/Manager at Sweetwater Gallery, St. Augustine, Florida

2022

 

2019-           Elementary School Art Teacher at Emma Love Hardee Elementary School, Fernandina 

2020            Beach, Florida

 

2019            Intern at Art with a Heart, Wolfson’s Childrens Hospital, Jacksonville, Florida

 

Lectures/Artist Talks

2024            2024 SECAC Conference, Studio Art, MFA Candidates: Surveying the Variety Among 

                    Emerging Artists, Painting in the Expanded Field: A Cyborg Approach to Painting 

                    and Installation

                    Art and Environmental Activism, Environmental Service Program, Florida State University,                        Tallahassee, Florida

                    Open, December 1, 2023, Thomasville Center for the Arts, Thomasville, Georgia

 

2023            Rivers & Oceans Anthology Discussion/Art Talk, March 23, 2023, Florida State College,                            Jacksonville, Florida

 

Gallery Affiliation

2024             Florida Mining Gallery, Jacksonville, Florida