EDUCATION
NYU (in collaboration with Rolling Stone) - Certificate Modern Journalism - 2024
University of California Santa Barbara - BA Studio Art - 2018
Sotheby's Institute of Art London - Certificate Art Marketing - 2016
University of North Carolina School of the Arts - High School Diploma with focus on Visual Art - 2014
SELECTED SHOWS | 2016 - present
Hooked on Phonics - Solo Show - Swellsa' Brewing - Kill Devil Hills, NC - 2024
What Killed the Cat - Solo Show - Treasure Hill Artist Village - Taipei, Taiwan - 2024
ReBORN - Group Show - Teduh House - Petaling Jaya, Malaysia - 2024
North American Aurora - Group Show - Bjarmanes - Skagaströnd, Iceland - 2023
Honey Hunters - Solo Show - Siddhartha Gallery - Babermahal, Kathmandu, Nepal - 2023
Women in Action - Group Show - Davu Gallery - Kathmandu Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal - 2023
Reefer Madness - Group Show - Future Shock Records - Portland, OR - 2022
Power Positions: a Dismantling of Phallacies - Group Show - Elisabeth Jones Art Center - Portland, OR - 2022
Think With Your Art - Group Show - Future Shock Records - Portland, OR - 2022
Tits, Pits, and Naughty Bits - Group Show - Leicester, UK - 2021
Daydreams - Solo Show - Just Bob PDX - Portland, OR - 2021
Global Arts Festival - Group Mural Exhibition - Elisabeth Jones Art Center - Portland, OR - 2021
Part I: the Era of Seclusion - Group Exhibition - Visionary Projects - New York, NY - 2020
The View From Here - Group Exhibition - Elisabeth Jones Art Center - Portland, OR - 2020
Man's Relationship with the Wild - Collaborative Show - Elisabeth Jones Art Center - Portland, OR - 2019
Neighborhood Associations Rock - Collaborative Show - Elisabeth Jones Art Center - Portland, OR - 2019
No Place Like Home - Group Show -Elisabeth Jones Art Center - Portland, OR - 2018
Encyclical: Honoring Humanity's Relationship with Earth - Collaborative Show - Elisabeth Jones Art Center - Portland, OR - 2018
Barely Gone - Group Show - Glass Box Gallery - Santa Barbara, CA- 2018
UCSB Undergraduate Exhibition - Group Show - ADA Museum - Santa Barbara, CA - 2015, 2016, 2017, & 2018
Reel Loud Film Festival - Group Show - Campbell Hall (UCSB) - Santa Barbara, CA - 2018
Jones - Solo Show - Glass Box Gallery - Santa Barbara, CA - 2016
PROFESIONAL EXPERIENCE
Visual Arts Juror - Yolk Literary - Montreal, Canada - 2023 - Present
Audio Editor - Sauce Podcast - Los Angeles, USA - 2021
Curator - Bugs Aplenty Virtual Exhibition - 2021
Art Director - Elisabeth Jones Art Center - 2020-2021
Project Coordinator - Elisabeth Jones Art Center - 2020
Contract Painter - Elisabeth Jones Art Center - Portland, USA - 2018-2021
Editor and Guest Reporter - League of Women Voters PDX Newsletter - Portland, USA - 2018-2019
Studio Assistant - Tom Pazderka - Santa Barbara, USA - 2017
Exhibition Design Intern - ADA Museum - Santa Barbara, USA - 2015-2016
Assistant Painter - Stars and Candy Wrappers with Stephen Westfall - ADA Museum - Santa Barbara, USA - 2015
RESIDENCIES + FELLOWSHIPS
Rimbun Dahan - Sungai Buloh, Malaysia - March 2024
NES Artist Residency - Skagastrond, Iceland - December 2023
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
Huerto Roma Verde - Mexico City, Mexico - September 2021
Penland School of Craft - Kenan Fellowship - Penland, North Carolina - July 2015
PROJECTS + GRANTS
Jewelry Collaboration - Mother Sierra - 2023
Mural - Lao Hostel - Mendoza, Argentina - 2022
Poster Campaign - Drops Candies - Oregon, USA - 2021
Mural - Yo Yo Yogi - Portland, Oregon - 2021
International Mural x Mail - Elisabeth Jones Art Center - Portland, Oregon - 2020-2021
URCA Grant Recipient - Santa Barbara, CA - 2017-2018
LECTURES
Guest Lecturer and Instructor - Kathmandu University School of Art and Design - 2023
Privacy and Feminism - Power Positions Symposium - 2022
Artist Talk: Intimate Gospels - Elisabeth Jones Art Center - 2022
Female Painters and the Self - Elisabeth Jones Art Center - 2020
Art Dose Talks: Essie Somma - Art Dose Magazine - 2020
PUBLICATIONS(Visual Art)
Bloom - Visual Art - Untitled Magazine 10th Anniversary Rebel Issue by The Untitled Space - 2022
Woman Up (Digital Collage) - Visual Art - Daydreamer by Urban Ivy - 2022
Solo: Collage, Identity, and Personal Growth - Article - Rag Tag Magazine - 2021
Selected Works - Visual Art - Paper Bag Journal No. 13 - 2021
PUBLICATIONS(Written Work)
Freelance columnist - Gotham Art News - Online Arts News - 2023 (Ongoing)
Freelance columnist - Perspective Words - Social Justice and Mindfulness - 2023 (Ongoing)
Freelance columnist - Body Artifact - Tattoo Design and Trends - 2022
Solo: Collage, Identity, and Personal Growth - Article - Rag Tag Magazine - 2021