KYLE HACKETT


 


                


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EDUCATION
2013        MFA in Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting               

2011        BFA in Fine Art, University of Delaware, Ronald E. McNair Scholar

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024       Guest Artist Corner, The James E. Lewis Museum of Art (JELMA), Baltimore, MD 
2023       Circular Narratives, Vinegar Projects Gallery, Birmingham, AL

                Return to Self & the Constructed Image, Beverley Street Studio School Gallery, Staunton, VA

2022       Forward Facing, Inward Out, Mount St. Mary’s University, Emmitsburg, MD  
2020       Spirits Rejoice, Sumner Hall Museum, Chestertown, MD  
2019       Rate of Contingency, Baltimore City Hall Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2018       New Negation, Rehoboth Arts League, Ventures Gallery, Rehoboth, DE
                Negation, Goya Contemporary Gallery, Baltimore, MD
                Interior Series: Revisited Through Othello, American University Studio Theatre, Washington, DC
2016       Constructed Image, Yellow Door Studios Gallery, Leonardtown, MD
                Forward Restraint, The Waddell Gallery, NOVA, Sterling, VA
2014       Reconciliation, Hamilton Street Club Exhibit A Gallery, Baltimore, MD
                Progress, Downtown Cultural Arts Center, Baltimore, MD
2013       MFA Thesis Exhibition, MICA Studio Center, Sheila & Richard Riggs Gallery, Baltimore, MD


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024       Into Action 2024, Resolution Studios, during Democratic National Convention, Chicago, IL

                Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award Exhibition 2024, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK 

                Revisit/Reimagine: The Civil Rights Era in Maryland & Parallels of Today, Banneker Douglass Museum, Annapolis, MD 

                4th Biennial Maryland Regional Juried Exhibition (BMRE), University of Maryland, Adelphi, MD

2023       Prisma Art Prize 2nd Edition Exhibition, Fondamenta Gallery, Rome, Italy
                ArtFields Collective Competition Exhibition, Lake City, SC

                Marquee Ball Exhibition, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD
                Merging Perspectives, Chestertown RiverArts Gallery, Chestertown, MD

                Permanent installation (curated by Tappan Collective) Capital One Airport Lounge, Washington Dulles Airport, VA 

2022       Under The African Sun, Ethan Cohen Gallery at The Kube Art Center, Beacon, NY
                Revelations, Visionary Art Collective online exhibition, based in Brooklyn, NY  
                Face, Ubique Gallery online exhibition, based in New York, NY 
                Legacy Day Exhibition, Chestertown RiverArts Arts Alive, Chestertown, MD

2021       Biafarin Awards 2021 International Group Exhibition, Ontario, Canada
                Envisioning, Transformer Gallery at Katzen Rotunda, American University, Washington, DC
                Small Works | Big Cause Virtual Exhibition, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD
                JMU Faculty Fall Exhibition, Duke Hall Gallery at JMU, Harrisonburg, VA
                Embody (curated by Krista Scenna) Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
                Pandemic Highlights, New Image Gallery at JMU, Harrisonburg, VA
                Distinct, Williams Art Gallery, Mount St. Mary’s University, Emmitsburg, MD

2020       Intersections, Artists Equity Association, Union Square Gallery, New York, NY
                Collective Disquiet (curated by Roya Amigh) MUSA Collective, Boston, MA
                I Am My Best Work (curated by Shazzi Thomas & Perri Nerri) The Painting Center, New York, NY
                Goya Contemporary Gallery at IFPDA Fine Art Print Fair Online, New York, NY
                New American Paintings Alumni Show: All Dressed Up with Nowhere to Go, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA
                It’s Pandemonium, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD

2019       Goya Contemporary at Art Miami, Art Miami Fair 2019, Miami, FL
                4th Biennial Maryland Regional Juried Exhibition, University of Maryland, Adelphi, MD
                African American Revolutionary War Maritime History Art Exhibition, Chestertown Marina, Chestertown, MD
                Collective Punishment (curated by Roya Amigh) MUSA Collective, Boston, MA
                About Face: Portraits in Paint/Clay (curated by Patricia Spergel/Shazzi Thomas) The Painting Center, New York, NY
                National Annual Juried Exhibition (juried by Lori Bookstein) Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY
                Synergy, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities, Washington, DC​​
                Marquee Ball Exhibition, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD
                Transformer Gallery: 16th Annual Art Auction, Corcoran School of Art & Design, Washington, DC
                Flight School, AU Faculty Exhibition, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Baltimore, MD

2018       Goya Contemporary at Art Miami, Art Miami Fair 2018, Miami, FL

                Talent 2018, Ethan Cohen New York, New York, NY

​                Face Forward, Carroll Square Gallery, Washington, DC

                Bodynobody, 'sindikit, Area 405, Baltimore, MD

​                Chain Reaction, The Painting Center, New York, NY

​                Art on the Vine, Agora Culture, Martha’s Vineyard, Edgartown, MA   ​

​                Transformer Gallery: 15th Annual Art Auction, Corcoran School of Art & Design, Washington, DC

                30 under 30, (juried by Chrissie Iles: curator at The Whitney Museum) Viridian Gallery, New York, NY

                We Got This, (curated by Deirdre Darden) DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities, Washington, DC
                UD Alumni Exhibition, Delaware Contemporary Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
                Marquee Ball Exhibition, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD
                Alchemical Vessels, Smith Center for Healing and the Arts, Washington, DC
2017       Regional Juried Exhibition, Chris White Gallery, Wilmington, DE
                Transformer Gallery: 14th Annual Art Auction & Benefit Party, American University, Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC
                Marquee Ball Exhibition, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD
                So What We Have Learned Black Visual Cultures @ UD, University Museums, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
2016       Faculty & Staff Exhibition, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
                Regional Exhibition, Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series (Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation) The Painted Bride, Philadelphia, PA
                7th Regional Juried Biennial (juried by George Ciscle), Rehoboth Arts League, Rehoboth, DE
                In My Likeness, (curated by Laura Amussen) Goucher College, Baltimore, MD
                A Visionary’s Eye: Glimpse into Carol Trawick’s Private Collection, Glenn Echo Park, MD
                Marquee Ball Exhibition, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD
                Typecast (juried by Jarvis DuBois) Hillyer Artspace, Washington, DC
2015       Under 500 2015, Maryland Art Place (MAP), Baltimore, MD
                Faculty & Staff Exhibition, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
                Face to Face, Ethan Cohen New York Gallery, New York, NY
                Post Contemporary Grand Opening Exhibition, Troy, NY
                Strange Paradise (juried by Steven Harvey) First Street Gallery, New York, NY
2014       The Alchemy of Art, Equal Medium Inc, Baltimore, MD
                Bethesda Painting Awards, Gallery B, Bethesda, MD
                Unsung, Downtown Cultural Arts Center, Baltimore, MD
2013       Select Fair, Torus Collective New York, Miami Art Fair, Miami, FL
                Sharper Image Part II, Ethan Cohen New York Gallery at artSTRAND, Provincetown, MA
                Sunset for the Arts, Bel Air, MD
                Academy 2013, Connersmith Gallery, Washington, DC
                Sharper Image, Ethan Cohen New York Gallery, New York, NY
2012       Hoffberger School of Painting Fall Exhibition, Sheila and Richard Riggs Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD
                Mask-Ulinity Juried Exhibition, MICA Brown Center, Baltimore, MD
                MICA First Year MFA Student Exhibition, Sheila and Richard Riggs Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD
2011       Mysteries of the Young Black Male Identity, MICA Place, Baltimore, MD
                Studio 33 Open House Exhibition, MICA, Baltimore, MD
                Hoffberger School of Painting Fall Exhibition, MICA Fox Building, Baltimore, MD
                Veneration Portraits, Public Collection in YWCA Garden, Wilmington, DE
                Final BFA Senior Exhibition, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
                Juried Undergraduate Show, Delaware College of Art and Design (DCAD) Wilmington, DE
                AP Studio Art Past and Present Exhibition, Chestertown, MD
                Art in the Garden Show, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
2010       Summer Scholars Undergraduate Research Show, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
                Juried Undergraduate Art Show, Delaware College of Art and Design (DCAD) Wilmington, DE
2009       Amnesty Juried Art Show, University of Delaware, Newark, DE

HONORS / AWARDS / RESIDENCIES

2024       Finalist, Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award Exhibition 2024, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK

​​                Mellon Faculty Research Award, College of Arts & Sciences, American University, Washington, DC

2023       Selected Artist, ArtFields Competition, Lake City, SC

2022       Selected Artist, ArtFields Competition, Lake City, SC

2021       Finalist, 11th Biennial Alexander Rutsch Award for Painting 2021, Pelham, NY

                New American Paintings, South: Issue #154, Curated by Molly Boarati, Assistant Curator at Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University 

                (Newsstand Dates: June 2021/July 2021)

2020       Finalist, Prisma ArtPrize 5th Edition, Rome, Italy
                DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Individual Artist Fellowship Award, Washington, DC 
                DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Art Bank Collection Grant, Washington, DC 

2019       Honorable Mention, Art Olympia International Open Art Competition, Tokyo, Japan
                MICA Adjunct Faculty Professional Development Research Grant, Baltimore, MD

                Mayoral Salute from Mayor of Baltimore City for Solo Exhibition: Rate of Contingency, Baltimore City Hall Gallery, Baltimore, MD

                BP Portrait Award: Semifinalist, National Portrait Gallery, London, GB
2018       New American Paintings, South: Issue #136, Curated by Katie Pfohl, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, New Orleans Museum of Art 
                (Newsstand Dates: June 2018/July 2018)

                Mellon Faculty Research Award, College of Arts & Sciences, American University, Washington, DC

                Art Graduate of Distinction, Kent County High School Class of 2007: An Evening with the Arts, Chestertown, MD
2017       Mellon Faculty Research Grant, College of Arts & Sciences, American University, Washington, DC

                Artist House Resident Artist and Critic, St. Mary's College, St. Mary's, MD
2016       BP Portrait Award: Semifinalist, National Portrait Gallery, London, GB
                Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series Regional Exhibition: Finalist (Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation) Philadelphia, PA
                Best in Show Award, 7th Regional Juried Biennial, Rehoboth Arts League, Rehoboth, DE
2015       Dave Bown Projects - 11th Semiannual Competition, Honorable Mention

                (Curators: Katherine Pill: Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Ron Platt: Grand Rapids Art Museum, Kelly Shindler: Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis)
                Ruth Katzman Scholarship, The League Residency at VYT, Nyack, NY
2014       Ten Memorable Paintings from 2014, The Huffington Post

                Contemporary Artists Center Residency, Woodside, Troy, NY

                Resident Artist, Downtown Cultural Art Center, Baltimore, MD
                Best in Show Award, Bethesda Painting Awards, Bethesda, MD
                Unsung Artist Award, Downtown Cultural Arts Center, Baltimore, MD
2013       Vermont Studio Center (two sessions), Civil Society Institute Fellowship and Artist Grant, Johnson, VT
                Toby Devon Lewis Fellowship Finalist, MICA, Baltimore, MD
                Alumni Student Leadership and Sidney Lake Award Nominee, MICA, Baltimore, MD
2011       Roberta Polevoy and Hoffberger Scholarship, MICA, Baltimore, MD
                Best Exhibition in Show Award, Final BFA Show, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
                Distinction of Academic Excellence, Office of Equality and Inclusion, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
                Honorable Mention, Juried Undergraduate Art Show, University of Delaware, Newark, DE

                Honorable Mention, My Art Contest.com Portraits III
2010       Calloway Fine Art Scholarship, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
                Excellence in Scholarship/Research, National McNair Scholars Conference, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
2007       Art Show Senior Purchase Award, Kent County High School, Permanent Library Collection, Worton, MD



GALLERY REPRESENTATION 

Goya Contemporary Gallery, Baltimore, MD 



SELECTED PUBLIC & PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Ethan Cohen Gallery, New York, NY
Wangechi Mutu Studio, Brooklyn, NY 

Tappan Collective at Dulles Airport, Capital One Lounge, Dulles, VA
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Art Bank Collection, Washington, DC

The Trawick Foundation, Bethesda, MD
University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, MD
Donald Hinkle-Brown, The Reinvestment Fund, Philadelphia, PA
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
Special Collections, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
University Museums, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Collecteurs, The Museum of Private Collections

Key Collection of African-American Art 

VISITING ARTIST / SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

2024      STABLE Arts Open Forum Discussion Artist Facilitator, Washington, DC

2023      Visiting Artist Talk and MFA Critiques, University of Alabama School of Art, Tuscaloosa, AL 

               Artist Gallery Talk, Return to Self & the Constructed Image, Beverley Street Studio School Gallery, Staunton, VA
               Artist Talk: Circular Narratives and The Return--Exhibition Programming, River Arts Gallery, Chestertown, MD 

2022      Visiting Artist Talk and MFA Critiques, Hoffberger School of Painting, MICA, Baltimore, MD
               Southeastern College Art Conference (SECAC) Research Presenter, Session: Recent Representations: Self, Memory & Race;

               Topic: Return to Self & the Constructed Image, Baltimore, MD
               Visiting Artist Talk and MFA Studio Visits and Critiques, American University, Washington, DC 
               Visiting Artist Talk and MFA Studio Visits, Columbia University School of Visual Art, New York, NY
               De-mystifying the Grant Panel Process, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities, Washington, DC
               Centering the Arts Podcast, with Daniel Robinson & Ginny Soenksen, Madison Art Collection, JMU
               Creative Careers Week Panelist, Entrepreneurship, Creativity, and Innovation Panel, James Madison University, VA
2021      Artist Talk: Kyle Hackett, Washington DC Culture & History, with Robert Kellerman, Webinar Series 
               Guest Critic: BFA Architecture Mid-Semester, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
               Embody Group Exhibition Virtual Artist Talk, Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
               Virtual Salon Artist Talk & Discussion, River Arts Gallery, Chestertown, MD
               Artist Talk, Undergraduate Studio Research Seminar Class, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
               Reader & Collaborator, Reparations | A Call-Out, Webinar Series in collaboration with Ed Ingebretsen and Washington, DC Culture & History;

               monthly readings of primary texts pairings on restorative justice.
               Professional Practices Discussion with BFA seniors St. Mary’s College MD, St. Mary’s, MD
               Artist Interview with Beth Hinderliter, AAAD Online Conference, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
               Artist Talk, Graduate Class: Research Practices, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
2020       Visiting Talk, Graduate Class: Artist Journey & Professional Practices, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
               Artist Interview with Roya Amigh, Collective Disquiet, MUSA Collective, Boston, MA
               Discussion Panelist, I Am My Best Work, (moderated by Philemona Williamson) The Painting Center, New York, NY 
               Professional Practices Workshop with MFA students American University, Washington, DC
               Visiting artist talk and BFA painting studio visits Towson University, Towson, MD
               Visiting artist talk and BA senior studio visits, Washington College, Chestertown, MD 
               Henry Highland Garnet Symposium, Artist Talk: Process, Practice, Provisionally, Sumner Hall Museum, Chestertown, MD

2019      ​Artist Talk, African American Art History, Prof. Nika Elder’s Class, American University, Washington, DC
               Artist Salon Talk, The Garfield Theater, Chestertown, MD
               Guest Speaker, African American Revolutionary War Maritime History Art Exhibition, Chestertown Marina, Chestertown, MD

               Commencement Speaker, Kent County High School (KCHS), Worton, MD

​               Juror Speaker, 2019 Bethesda Painting Awards, Bethesda, MD

               Guest Speaker, Creation to Curation: UD Alumni Event, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC 

​               Artist Talk, Rate of Contingency (moderated by Sarah Stefana Smith) Baltimore City Hall Gallery, Baltimore, MD

               Artist Talk, The Artist in the Studio, American Art History Class, American University, Washington, DC 
2018        Discussion Panelist, Face Forward, Carroll Square Gallery, Washington, DC 

               Gallery Talk, New Negation, Rehoboth Arts League, Ventures Gallery, Rehoboth, DE

               Visiting Artist Lecture, Visual Arts Chautauqua Institution (VACI), Chautauqua, NY

​               Gallery Talk, Goya Contemporary Gallery Solo Exhibition: Negation, MICA senior class

​               Discussion Panelist, We Got This, (curated by Deirdre Darden) DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities, Washington, DC

​               Panel Discussion with Chrissie Iles: (curator of The Whitney Museum) Viridian Gallery, New York, NY

2017      Convocation Speaker, Graduation Ceremony, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
               Visiting Critic/Lecturer, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St. Mary’s MD
               Visiting Artist Lecture, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
2016      Visiting Critic/Lecturer, Advanced Painting, Towson University, Towson, MD
               Visiting Artist/Guest Speaker, St. John's College High School, Art Night Washington, DC
2015      Guest Speaker, 2015 Bethesda Paintings Awards, Bethesda, MD
               Discussion Panelist, Stephen Towns: Co-Patriot Exhibition, Gallery CA, Baltimore, MD
               Discussion Panelist, MICA Graduate School Orientation, Baltimore, MD
               Alumni Speaker, MICA Office of Diversity and Intercultural Development, Baltimore, MD
2013      Visiting Artist Talk, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
               Discussion Panelist, Courageous Conversations (Issues of Social Justice, Privilege & Masculinity), MICA, Baltimore, MD
2012      Alumni Representative, McNair Scholars on Capitol Hill, DE Senate, Washington, DC
               Graduate Speaker and Host, MICA Annual Scholarship Reception, Baltimore, MD
               Alumni Discussion Panelist, McNair Scholars Program, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
2011      Discussion Panelist, Mysteries of the Young Black Male Identity, MICA, Baltimore, MD
               Visiting Artist and Speaker, Upper Chesapeake Summer Center for Arts, Washington College, Chestertown, MD
               Speaker, SSSP Senior Reflections Male Representative, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
               Artist Assistant: Melvin Edwards’s Presentation, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
2010      Guest Speaker, Advanced Placement Studio Art, Kent County High School, Worton, MD


PRESS / BIBLIOGRAPHY 

2024      Exhibition Catalogue: Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award Exhibition 2024, National Portrait Gallery

               Solo Exhibition Review: Deconstruction, reconstruction, and other "Circular Narratives" at Vinegar 
               Ripple Arts Review-Journal, by Sumlin Pate, University of Alabama
               Aesthetica Magazine Directory, June/July 2024 issue (Issue 119) United Kingdom
               Interview/Feature, The Changemaker Project, Kent County Middle School, Chestertown, MD
               Artist Interview on Revisit Reimagine Exhibition, with Andrew Jacobson, Balmore Art Journal
               Artist Review Catalog: Gateways: African-American Art from the Key Collection, Written by Dr. Adrienne Childs
               Foundwork Artist Online Catalog Featuring 10 Artworks

2023      Artist Catalog, Prisma Art Prize 2nd Year Catalog, published by II VARCO, Rome, Italy 
               Aesthetica Magazine Directory, Issue 114, August-September, United Kingdom
               Solo Exhibition Review: Return To Self & the Constructed Image, Stages of Pages: Meaning Of Academic Robes 
               Highlighted By Local Professor, Daily News Record, Shenandoah Valley, VA. Written by Alexandria Searls, executive 
               director of the Lewis & Clark Exploratory Center
               Solo Exhibition Review: Return To Self & the Constructed Image, Beware of The Scribes, Daily News Record Shenandoah Valley, VA. Written by Tom Reynolds   
               Foundwork Artist Online Catalog Featuring 10 Artworks 

2022      Aesthetica Magazine Artists Directory, Issue 108, August-September, United Kingdom

2021      Studio Visit Magazine: Issue 49 & 50, Curated by Dominic Molon, Curator of Contemporary Art at the RISD Museum of Art
               Circle Arts Foundation: Circle Quarterly Art Review Magazine 7

               New American Paintings, South: Issue #154, Curated by Molly Boarati, Assistant Curator at Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University 

               (Newsstand Dates: June 2021/July 2021)
2020      Painter’s on Painting Journal, Kyle Hackett on Du Bois’ Double Consciousness and the Freedom in Portraiture
               Hackett: Art Marks A Specific Point In Time, Kent County News, Chestertown, MD
               Black History Month at Sumner Hall, The Chestertown Spy, Chestertown, MD
               Artist Talk: Visiting Artist Kyle Hackett, Art, and Art History, Washington College, Chestertown, MD
2019      Hackett Encourages Representation in Art and History, Kent County News, Chestertown, MD
               Local Artist’s Work on Display at Marina for Downrigging, The Chestertown Spy, Chestertown, MD
               Collective Punishment at Musa Collective, The Boston Globe, Boston, MA
               Collective Identity, Artscope Magazine, July/Aug 2019 Review by Elizbeth Michelman, Boston, MA
               Collective Punishment, Art Reveal Contemporary Art Online Magazine
               University Newsletter, April 2019 Publication, University of Delaware
               Hackett is Class of 2019 Commencement Speaker, Kent County News, Chestertown, MD
2018      New American Paintings, South: Issue #136, Curated by Katie Pfohl, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, New Orleans Museum of Art 
               (Newsstand Dates: June 2018/July 2018) 
               The Chautauquan Daily: VACI Lecture: Hackett to Discuss Self-Reflection, Chautauqua, NY 
               Still Pond Native, Hackett, Opens Exhibition in Baltimore, Kent County News, Chestertown, MD
               AmLit Literary Magazine, American University, Washington, DC
               Artist Video Interview: Opening Othello, Studio Theatre, American University, Washington, DC
2017      AmLit Literary Magazine, American University, Washington, DC
2016      Review of Rehoboth Art League's 7th Juried Exhibition, Delaware Arts Info
               Self Depiction in Black and White, Bmore Art
               Selfie's of Significance, Bmore Art
               FreshPaintMagazine, International Issue 13, June (curated by Rebecca Wilson, Chief Curator of Saatchi Art)
               Empathy, Humanism and Liberalism, The Huffington Post
2015      Benefactor, University of Delaware Diamonds Society
               John Brown Photo Chronology, STQRY, African American Museum and Library of Oakland, CA
               Meaning of Life, Interview, Excellence Reporter
2014      Ten Memorable Paintings from 2014, The Huffington Post
               Featured Artist: Baltimore LED Art Billboard
               The Baltimore City Paper, Conflicts of Interest (solo show review)
               Bethesda Painting Awards, The Washington Post
               Some Highlights Make a Strong Showing..., Gazette.Net
2013      UD/Art Alumni Brochure
               Academy 2013 at Connersmith, Washington City Paper
               Black Contemporary Art Tumblr Blog
               LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting, Alumni Profile/Interview
               MICA Juxtapositions Magazine/April-May
               MICA Juxtapositions Magazine/January-March featured artist
2012      MICA Annual Report, Graduate Student Artist Profile/Interview: Thriving
2011      A Portrait of Identity II published, May issue, Artist Portfolio Magazine
2010      Deconstruction Magazine, University of Delaware

RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 

2023-present      Full-Time Faculty, Assistant Professor in Studio Art, American University, Washington, DC 
2020-2023           Full-Time Faculty, Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA

2019-2020           Adjunct Faculty, Drawing: First-Year Experience, MICA, Baltimore, MD
                              Adjunct Faculty, Professorial Lecturer in Studio Art, American University, Washington, DC
2017-2019           Full-Time Faculty, Professorial Lecturer in Studio Art, American University, Washington, DC

2022                     Juror, Rockingham County State Fair Regional Art Exhibition, Rockingham, VA
2021                     Juror Panelist, DC Art Bank Grant, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities, Washington, DC
                              Juror and Curator, Food for Thought, Group Exhibition, Maryland Federation of the Arts, Annapolis, MD

​2020                     Juror, 100 Proof Annual Juried Group Exhibition, Washington College, Chestertown, MD
2019                     Juror, Interlude Artist Residency, Hudson Valley, NY
                              Juror, Bethesda Painting Awards, Bethesda, MD  
2018 summer     Visiting Faculty Artist, Visual Arts Chautauqua Institution (VACI) Chautauqua, NY
2017 spring         Visiting Professor of Art, Saint Mary’s College of Maryland, Saint Mary’s, MD

2017                     Curator, African American Art Exhibition with IB Art students (Robert E. Steele’s Private Collection) Archbishop Carroll High School, Washington, DC
2015-2017           Visual Art Instructor, Archbishop Carroll High School, Washington, DC
2015 & 2016        Visual Art Summer Instructor, CASA Program, Sheridan Middle School, Washington, DC
2015 spring         Full-Time Visual Art Instructor, Saint John’s College High School, Washington, DC               
2015 fall               Adjunct Faculty, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
2011-2013           Graduate Teaching Internship, MICA, Baltimore, MD

2012-2013           Graduate Program Assistant, Hoffberger School of Painting, MICA, Baltimore, MD
2011-2012           Graduate Gallery Manager, Hoffberger School of Painting, MICA, Baltimore, MD

2011-2013           Art Director, Dark Matter Films LLC, Baltimore, MD