BIOGRAPHY
2025
Exhibitions & Awards
Selected for NJ Council of the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship (Sculpture)
Personal Achievements
Selected to be Ambassador for Govee
Selected to be an LG Educator
Photographs of Bald Eagles Featured in Advertiser News
Published in the article: "Bald Eagles Are No Longer Endangered in New Jersey, but Not Everyone's Celebrating"
2024
Exhibitions & Awards
Still Life – 2024 Exhibition
Artisan Stanley (10/30/24 - 12/30/24)
Creative Minds – 2024 Exhibition
Food Chain (8/21/24 - 10/21/24)
Gallerium Art Prize – 2024
Chief (8/14/24 - 10/14/24) Won Second Place
Food Story – 2024 Exhibition
Food Chain (8/3/24 - 10/3/24) Won First Place
Personal Achievements
Graduated Summa Cum Laude (12/14/24)
Received Master of Education (M.Ed.) in Curriculum Design and Technology (12/24)
2020
Personal Achievements
Coached Undefeated Season –Junior Varsity Boys Soccer (8/20-10/20)
Opened Etsy Shop – Bottles & Bits (7/20-Present)
2019
Personal Achievements
Junior Varsity Boys Soccer Coach – Vernon Township, NJ (6/19-Present)
Junior Varsity Boys Tennis Coach – Vernon Township, NJ (3/19-Present)
Divisional Champions - Boys Tennis (3/19-6/19)
2017
Exhibitions & Awards
Here/Now Exhibition
Pixel Portraits (4/17/17 - 5/1/17)
Ben Shahn Court Gallery, William Paterson University
Personal Achievements
Art Educator – Vernon Township, NJ (9/1/17-Present)
Graduated Summa Cum Laude (5/19/17)
Art Educator – East Hanover, NJ (1/17-6/17)
2016
Exhibitions & Awards
Thesis Exhibition
Future of Furniture (12/8/16)
Power Arts Gallery, William Paterson University
Personal Achievements
Received Bachelor of Fine Art (BFA) in Sculpture and Furniture Design (12/16)
Received Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Secondary Education (12/16)
Awarded Legacy Scholar Award – William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ (4/21/16)
2015
Exhibitions & Awards
Profiles of the Future Exhibition
Plaster Swan (4/13/15 - 5/15/15) –Second Place
Ben Shahn Court Gallery, William Paterson University
Personal Achievements
Shark Tank Pitch Contest – Finalist
Hexacomb Shelving – Selected as one of five finalists for the "Shark Tank" Pitch Contest hosted by Daymond John at the Golden Nugget Casino, Atlantic City, NJ (10/9/15)
Featured on Refinery29
Hexacomb Shelving
Included in "12 Incredible Kickstarter Projects Your Apartment Needed Yesterday" (7/8/15)
Successful Kickstarter Campaign
Hexacomb Shelving (7/2/15 - 8/3/15)
Business Concept Competition – First Place
Hexacomb Shelving
Costakos College of Business, William Paterson University (4/24/15)
2014
Exhibitions & Awards
Profiles of the Future Exhibition
Bonsai Band Saw Box (3/31/14 - 5/30/14)
Ben Shahn Court Gallery, William Paterson University