EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts, Jewelry/ Metals, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 2011. Kathleen Browne
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Jewelry/ Metals, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 2007. Rob Jackson, Mary Hallam Pearse
Associate of Arts, Pensacola State College, Pensacola, FL, 2003. Doug Reiser
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
HOME SWEET HOME Ombre Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, 2018
HOMESICK Alice Floriano Gallery, Porto Alegre, Brazil 2018
LUCENT Ombre Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, 2017
HOLOGEMS Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2016
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
Borrow/Copy/Steal with Anna Talbot and Isabelle Busnell, New York Jewelry Week
2018
Schmuck, Internationale Handwerksmesse, Munich, Germany
Knockoff Exhibition, curated by Kerianne Quick and Jess Tolbert, Exhibited during NY Jewelry Week.
Bijoux, Jewelry Fair, Norton Museum, West Palm Beach, Florida
SFMOMA, Jewelry Fair, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, Ca
2017
Duality of Presence, super+Centercourt Gallery, Munich, Germany during Munich Jewelry Week, SNAG Conference New Orleans, La
Sparkle Plenty, Quirk Gallery, Richmond, Va
2016
Funny Business, Facere Gallery, Seattle, WA 98101
Gateway Drugs, presented during “Beyond Bling” at the LACMA, Hotel Wilshire, La and Velvet da Vinci Gallery, SF, Ca
2015
Reflect, Heidi Lowe Gallery, Rehoboth Beach, DE
Lost and Found: Featuring Nikki Couppee and Kim Alsbrooks, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
From Minimal to Bling, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
LOOT MAD ABOUT JEWELRY, Museum of Art and Design. New York City, NY
6, Group Exhibition, Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Co:Operation Garnish, Collaboration with Satomi Kawai, SNAG, Boston, MA, Velvet da Vinci Gallery, S.F. Equinox Gallery, San Antonio, TX, Brooklyn Metalworks, Brooklyn, NY,
2014
PLATFORMA ‘Wear it Loud’ Invitational Exhibition coinciding with Fashion Week, R/R Gallery, NYC, NY
Gem Specification, Invitational two-person Exhibition, Heidi Lowe Gallery, Rehoboth Beach, DE
The Earrings Show 2, Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Earrings Galore, Traveling exhibition Heidi Lowe Gallery, Rehoboth Beach, DE
2013
SIERAAD: INTERNATIONAL JEWELRY FAIR, Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sparkle 8, Invitational Exhibition, Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA
Cominelli Foundation Award, Cisano di San Felice del Benaco, Italy
COATED: Innovative Jewelry and Nail Exhibition, The Studio, Brooklyn, NY
Earrings Galore, Heidi Lowe Gallery, Rehoboth Beach, DE
2012
Craftforms, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Fresh, Invitational Exhibition, Oddfellows Gallery, Mendocino, CA
2011
Alchemy, The Enamelist Society, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
LUXSTEEL, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Kent State University, Kent, OH
State of Flux. Society of North American Goldsmiths Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Seattle, WA
Fluxation, Juried Student Work Digital Presentation, SNAG Conference, Seattle, WA
2010
Freshly Hatched, Master of Fine Arts Graduate Student Exhibition, Kent State University at Stark, Stark, OH
Extremities Body Exhibition. SNAG Conference, The Jung Center, Houston, TX
2009
The Enamel Experience: International Badge Show, Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, Birmingham, UK, Loupe Gallery, NJ, Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, XOXO
Gallery, London, U.K., Kent State University, Kent, OH
Revolution, Juried Student Work Digital Presentation, SNAG Conference, Philadelphia, PA
Surfacing, International Student Juried Exhibition, The Enamelist Society, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
2008
Third Annual Intercollegiate Metals Exhibition, Herberger College of the Arts, A.S.U.,Tempe AZ
Surge, Juried Student Exhibition, SNAG Conference, Savannah Georgia, S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, Savannah, GA
Cresting, Juried Student Work Digital Exhibition, SNAG Conference, Savannah, GA
Schools Out Exhibition, City Art Gallery, Columbia, SC
Publications/ Works Cited, Reviewed or Reproduced
ALLURE Magazine, ”Haute Right Now”, Collaboration with Romance was Born during Paris Fashion Week, September, 2018
Art Jewelry Forum, “Wearability and the Power of Small Art”, December, 2018
Art Jewelry Forum, Interview of HOLOGEMS solo show by Adrian Dalton, 2016
Jute Magazine, Fashion Image, 2016
Lapidary Journal, ‘Artisan Jewelers Who Love Plastic,’ December, 2015
W Magazine, ‘Nine Necklaces to Love,’ October, 2015
Artnet , ‘10 Breathtaking Baubles From the MAD “LOOT” Exhibition,’ October, 2015
Metalsmith, ‘Material Complexity,’ March, 2014
Australian Financial Review Magazine, May, 2014
Modern Magazine, ‘At R/R A New Name A New Venture,’ November, 2014
American Craft, ‘Brilliance,’ October, 2013
DailyCandy, ‘Relish These Relics,’ January, 2013
StyleBlazer, ‘SB’s Gotta Have It,’ February, 2013
VOGUE Brasil, ‘Acessorios Neon,’ September, 2012
500 Enameled Objects, Lark Books, Sarah Perkins, Juror, Spring, 2009.
Radio/ Television
Work featured in Verizon Wireless commercial, courtesy of Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA, 2013
Professional Experience
Rapid Fire Speaker, SNAG Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2017
Visiting Artist/Guest Speaker, Jewelry/Metals Department, California State Long Beach, 2017
Visiting Artist/Guest Speaker, Jewelry/Metals Department, Long Beach Community College, 2017
Elizabeth Turrell enameling workshop assistant, Penland School of Crafts, Asheville, NC 2016
Gallery Administration, Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2014-present
Enamel Workshop Instructor, The Crucible, Oakland, CA, 2014- 2016 (Intro Enamling, Cloisonne Enameling)
Enamel Workshop Instructor, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA, 2012-2015
Artist in Residence, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, Ca 2011-2012
Adjunct Professor, Introduction to Jewelry/Metals, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 2010-2011
Enameling Professor, Intro. Enameling/ Adv. Enameling, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH, 2010
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Instructor of Record for: Intro Jewelry/ Metals, Intro Enameling, Adv. Enameling, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 2009-2010
Scholarships and Awards
Honorable Mention, The Enamelist Society, Alchemy Exhibition, 2011
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Kent State University, Kent Ohio, Full Scholarship, 2008-2011
CURO (Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities) Symposium Exhibition, Student Learning Center Rotunda, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 2007