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EDUCATION

SELECTED SHOWS
2016 - present

PROFESIONAL EXPERIENCE

RESIDENCIES + FELLOWSHIPS

PROJECTS

LECTURES

PUBLICATIONS
(Visual Art)

PUBLICATIONS
(Written Work)

University of California Santa Barbara - BA Studio Art

2014 - 2018

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Sotheby's Institute of Art London - Certificate Art Marketing

2016

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University of North Carolina School of the Arts - High School Diploma with focus on Visual Art

2014

Honey Hunters - Solo Show - Siddhartha Gallery - Babermahal, Kathmandu, Nepal

2023

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Women in Action - Group Show - Davu Gallery - Kathmandu Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal

2023

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Reefer Madness - Group Show - Future Shock Records - Portland, OR

2022

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Power Positions: a Dismantling of Phallacies - Group Show - Elisabeth Jones Art Center - Portland, OR

2022

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Think With Your Art - Group Show - Future Shock Records - Portland, OR

2022

 

Tits, Pits, and Naughty Bits - Group Show - Leicester, UK

2021

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Daydreams - Solo Show - Just Bob PDX - Portland, OR

2021

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Global Arts Festival - Group Mural Exhibition - Elisabeth Jones Art Center 

2021

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Part I: the Era of Seclusion - Group Exhibition - Visionary Projects - New York, NY

2020

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The View From Here - Group Exhibition - Elisabeth Jones Art Center 

2020

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Man's Relationship with the Wild - Collaborative Show - Elisabeth Jones Art Center

2019

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Neighborhood Associations Rock - Collaborative Show - Elisabeth Jones Art Center

2019

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No Place Like Home - Group Show -Elisabeth Jones Art Center

2018

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Encyclical: Honoring Humanity's Relationship with Earth - Collaborative Show - Elisabeth Jones Art Center

2018

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Barely Gone - Group Show - Glass Box Gallery - Santa Barbara, CA

2018

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UCSB Undergraduate Exhibition - Group Show - ADA Museum - Santa Barbara, CA

2015, 2016, 2017, & 2018

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Reel Loud Film Festival - Group Show - Campbell Hall (UCSB) - Santa Barbara, CA

2018

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Jones - Solo Show - Glass Box Gallery - Santa Barbara, CA

2016

Visual Arts Juror - Yolk Literary - Montreal, Canada

2023 - Present

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Audio Editor - Sauce Podcast - Los Angeles, USA

2021

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Curator - Bugs Aplenty Virtual Exhibition

2021

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Art Director - Elisabeth Jones Art Center

2020-2021

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Project Coordinator - Elisabeth Jones Art Center

2020

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Contract Painter - Elisabeth Jones Art Center - Portland, USA

2018-2021

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Editor and Guest Reporter - League of Women Voters PDX Newsletter - Portland, USA

2018-2019

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Studio Assistant - Tom Pazderka - Santa Barbara, USA

2017

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Exhibition Design Intern - ADA Museum - Santa Barbara, USA

2015-2016

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Assistant Painter - Stars and Candy Wrappers with Stephen Westfall - ADA Museum - Santa Barbara, USA

2015

NES Artist Residency - Skagastrond, Iceland

December 2023

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Space A - Kathmandu, Nepal

March 2023 - April 2023

 

Duplex AIR - Lisboa, Portugal

September 2022 - October 2022

 

Art Vallarta - Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

June 2021 - December 2021

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Huerto Roma Verde - Mexico City, Mexico

September 2021

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Penland School of Craft - Kenan Fellowship - Penland, North Carolina

July 2015

Mural - Lao Hostel - Mendoza, Argentina

2022

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Poster Campaign - Drops Candies - Oregon, USA

2021

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Mural - Yo Yo Yogi - Portland, Oregon

2021

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International Mural x Mail - Elisabeth Jones Art Center - Portland, Oregon

2020-2021

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URCA Grant Recipient - Santa Barbara, CA

2017-2018

Guest Lecturer and Instructor - Kathmandu University School of Art and Design

2023

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Privacy and Feminism - Power Positions Symposium

2022

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Artist Talk: Intimate Gospels - Elisabeth Jones Art Center

2022

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Female Painters and the Self - Elisabeth Jones Art Center

2020

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Art Dose Talks: Essie Somma - Art Dose Magazine

2020

Bloom  - Visual Art - Untitled Magazine 10th Anniversary Rebel Issue by The Untitled Space

2022

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Woman Up (Digital Collage) - Visual Art - Daydreamer by Urban Ivy

2022

 

Solo: Collage, Identity, and Personal Growth - Article - Rag Tag Magazine 

2021

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Selected Works - Visual Art - Paper Bag Journal No. 13

2021

Freelance columnist  - Perspective Words - Social Justice and Mindfulness Blog

2023 (Ongoing)

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Freelance columnist  - Body Artifact - Tattoo Design and Trends Blog 

2022

 

Solo: Collage, Identity, and Personal Growth - Article - Rag Tag Magazine 

2021

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