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EDUCATION
2022 – Present MFA candidate in Printmaking, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
2020 - 2022 MA in Ceramics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
2019 Post-Bac, University of Texas at Tyler, Texas
2016 – 2019 BFA, University of Texas at Tyler, Texas
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Collecting Color: exploring intimacy with place, Visual Arts Building, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2022 Lush juried planter & vase exhibition, Westobou at Bedford Greenhouses in Augusta, GA
2021 Playground Exhibition, Wildfire Ceramic Studio, Missoula, MT
2021 NCECA Juried Student Exhibition in conjunction with NCECA 55th Annual Conference (Jurors Jessika Edgar and Malcolm Mobutu Smith), DAAP Galleries, Cincinnati, Ohio & Virtually
2020 NCECA Juried Student Exhibition in conjunction with NCECA 54th Annual Conference (Jurors Virginia Scotchie and Salvador Jiménez-Flores), artspace, Richmond, VA & Virtually
2019 Visual Thinking: Drawing Exhibition (Jurors Dr. Angela Brew PhD, Dr. Michelle Fava PhD, Dr. Andrea Kantrowitz EdD MFA, Emma Vilina Falt MFA, Emily Sheehan MFA) Indiana University Southeast Ronald Barr Gallery, New Albany, Indiana
2019 Paperworks 2019 National Juried Art Competition (Juror Hillary Reder), B. J. Spoke Gallery, Huntington, NY
2019 University of Texas at Tyler Juried Student Exhibition (Juror Kate Borcherding), Meadows Gallery, Tyler, TX
2019 Flat Rate Contemporary 2 (Panel of Jurors), online exhibition, flatratecontemporary.com
2019 ART 214 juried exhibition (Jurors Susan Lecky, Nychelle Grant, Lucas Martell, Arthur Peña) (Curator Du Chau), Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
2019 NCECA Juried Student Exhibition in conjunction with NCECA 53rd Annual Conference (Jurors Linda Nguyen Lopez and Steven Young Lee), Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
2019 Clay Matters, First Annual National Ceramic Art Competition (Juror Beth Ann Gerstein), Epperson Gallery, Crockett, CA
2019 College Showcase (Panel of Jurors) , Gallery Main Street, Tyler, TX
2019 Inconsistency (Jurors Katy Larsen and Mandie Ebarb), ETX Creatives, Tyler, TX
2018 Hey Lady Issue 9 Release Exhibition (Juror Regina Schilling), Las Cruxes, Austin, TX
2018 UT Tyler Juried Student Exhibition (Juror Sherry Owens), University of Texas at Tyler, TX
2018 The Contemporary Print 2018, PrintAustin (Juror Dr. Paul Laidler), Flatbed Press, O2 Gallery, Austin, TX
2017 UT Tyler Juried Student Exhibition (Juror Barbara Frey), University of Texas at Tyler, TX
2016 HEY LADY Art Show (Juror Regina Schilling), Ghost Gallery, Seattle, WA
INVITED & CURATED EXHIBITIONS
2022 Color Calamity with Jamin Shepherd, Smol Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2021 Holiday at Belger Crane Yard, Belger Crane Yard Studios Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2020 Reverberation (with Tyler Lotz, Michael Fujita, Peter Christian Johnson)(curator Brett Binford) Eutectic Gallery, Portland, OR
2020 Form (Curated by Emily Wicks) a concurrent exhibition of NCECA 54th Annual Conference, Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA
2019 Pocket Object (Curator Noel Morical), Traveling exhibition Summer 2019; Chicago Athletic Association, Chicago, IL; Forage Modern Workshop, Minneapolis, MN; Anytime Dept., Cincinnati, OH; Mass Gallery, Austin, TX
2019 TERRA INCOGNITA (Curator Lila Allen), Plant Seven, High Point, NC
2019 GIFC Worldwide (Curator Charlie Roberts, 0-0 LA), traveling exhibition throughout 2019; Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA; Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL; http://0-0la.com/got-it-for-cheap
2019 Music & Arts Collaboration (Curator Kaia Magnusen), UC Gallery, University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX
2019 Continuum (Curator Kaia Magnusen), Lowman Student Gallery, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX
2018 CHAOS: Ro2's Sixth Annual Small Works Spectacular (Invited by Jordan Roth), Ro2Art Gallery, Dallas, TX
2018 The Indigo Show (curators Holly Bobisuthi & Laurel Barickman), Recspec Gallery, Austin, TX
2018 Confluence (Curator Kaia Magnusen), Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX
2017 See & Hear: New Music Inspired by Visual Art (Invited by Kaia Magnusen), University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX
2017 Fall Selected Works: Current UT Tyler Studio Art Exhibition (Invited by Michelle Taff), University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX
2017 CAMEO Emerging Artist (Invited by Merrie Wright), San Jacinto College, Houston, TX
2017 Selected Ceramic Student Works (Invited by Gary Hatcher), University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX
2017 Selected Works: Current UT Tyler Studio Art Exhibition (Invited by Michelle Taff), University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX
2016 SXSW, Uncle Billy’s, Austin, TX
2016 Tic Tail (Invited by Anna Decilveo), 90 Orchard Street, New York, NY 10002s
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Kiss Pressure, Iowa Print Group, Ana Mendieta Gallery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2022 Whispers in the Weeds, Butterfly Gallery, Iowa City, IA
2022 Fresh Pressed: Contemporary Printmaking at the University of Iowa, Mule Barn at Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, NE
2022 Growing Seeds: Virtual Clay Collective, in conjunction with NCECA 56th Annual Conference, in person and online exhibition, Sacramento, CA
2022 Think Pink!, Public Space One, Iowa City, Iowa
2021 The Hallow Beckons at Eve, Visual Arts Building Second Floor Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa
2021 Same Sky, ASG Collective, Lake Street Gallery, Shreveport, Louisiana
2021 Children of The Clay, Levitt Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa
2020 Distances, ASG Collective, online exhibition with ETX Creatives
2019 Connecting Methods, ASG Collective, The Foundry, Tyler, TX
2019 Connections, ASG Collective, Lake Street Gallery, Shreveport, LA
2019 Dimensions, ASG Collective, Minicine, Shreveport, LA
2019 Liminal Coherence BFA Thesis Exhibition, Meadows Gallery, University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX
2019 27th Annual NCECA Cup Exhibition and Sale as part of Claytopia, NCECA 53rd Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN
2019 Components, ASG Collective, ETX Creatives, Tyler, TX
2018 26th Annual NCECA Cup Exhibition and Sale as part of Crosscurrents: Clay and Culture, NCECA's 52nd annual conference, Pittsburgh, PA
2017 UT Tyler Land Art Works, Faulkner Park, Tyler, TX
2016 Documented Connections (with Jessica Sanders and Jerid Watson), University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX
2016 Student Exhibition, Kilgore College, Kilgore, TX
2016 Art Symposium, University of Texas at Tyler, TX
2008 Jupiter House, Denton, TX
2007 Student Art Exhibition, St. Philips College, San Antonio, TX
2006 Student Art Exhibition, St. Philips College, San Antonio, TX
2006 Student Art Exhibition, Collin College, Plano, TX
PERFORMANCES
2022 hand quilting performance, Sculpture & Intermedia open house, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
AWARDS AND HONORS
2019 2nd place, University of Texas at Tyler Juried Student Exhibition (Juror Kate Borcherding), Meadows Gallery, Tyler, TX
2019 NCECA Undergraduate Award for Excellence 1st Place, NCECA Juried Student Exhibition in conjunction with NCECA 53rd Annual Conference (Jurors Linda Nguyen Lopez and Steven Young Lee), Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
2019 Honorable Mention, Clay Matters, First Annual National Ceramic Art Competition (Juror Beth Ann Gerstein), Epperson Gallery, Crockett, CA
2017 Best in Show, UT Tyler Juried Student Exhibition (Juror Barbara Frey), UT Tyler, TX
ACADEMIC AWARDS AND HONORS
2022 Iowa Foil Print/“Frogman” Scholarship
2022 Virginia A. Myers Scholarship
2022 Mauricio Lasansky Memorial Scholarship
2022 Iowa Print Group Scholarship
2019 UT Tyler Jack & Dorothy Fay White XVI Scholarship
2019 Spring UT Tyler President's Honor Roll
2018 Spring, Summer, Fall UT Tyler President's Honor Roll
2018 UT Tyler Art Talent Scholarship
2018 Christopher Lyon Memorial Scholarship, East Texas Communities Foundation
2018 Art Excellence Scholarship, East Texas Communities Foundation
2017 Spring, Summer, Fall UT Tyler President's Honor Roll
2017 UT Tyler Will McDonald Memorial Scholarship
2017 UT Tyler Jack & Dorothy Fay White Scholarship
2017 UT Tyler Friends of the Arts Scholarship
2017 UT Tyler Watson W. and Emma Wise Endowed Scholarship
2017 UT Tyler Harry Loyd & Jean Wilkinson Academic Endowed Scholarship in Fine Arts
2016 Fall UT Tyler President's Honor Roll
2016 UT Tyler Presidential Scholarship
ACADEMIC SERVICE
2019 Gallery Assistant “34th International Annual Exhibition” UT Tyler
2017 – 2019 Assistant to the Art and Art History Department UT Tyler
2017 Assistant to Visiting Artist Barbara Frey UT Tyler
2017 Gallery Assistant “32nd International Annual Exhibition” UT Tyler
WORK EXPERIENCE
2022- 2023 Instructor of Record, Elements of Printmaking, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
2020-2022 Instructor of Record, Ceramics Hand building, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
2020 Art Shipping handler at Eutectic gallery, Portland, Oregon
2019 Installation Manager at The Gallery at The Foundry
COLLECTIVES
2019 ASG Collective with Jessica Sanders, Joanna Gifford and Willow Lanchester
SELECTED PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
2019 Visual Thinking: Drawing Exhibition, exhibition catalog, featured on thinkingthroughdrawing.org
2019 2019 NCECA Juried Student Exhibition, exhibition catalog
2019 COMPONENTS Zine Vol. 2, ASG Collective, ETX Creatives
2019 IN-CON-SIST-EN-CY Zine Vol. 1, ETX Creatives
2018 Hey Lady Issue 9: Karen Dalton, Juried by Regina Shilling
2018 “Inside the Artist’s Studio: On View this Summer Texas Contemporary Artists on View in East Texas” EGuide Magazine by Derrick White
2018 The Contemporary Print, exhibition catalog, Print Austin
2016 “Musing with Ceramicist Lilah Shepherd” Issue #02 Selvia Beat by Magdalena Antuña
2016 Titten zine, Lilah Shepherd
2016 Planters, Boobs and a Lava Lamp zine, Lilah Shepherd
2016 Faces Zine, Lilah Shepherd
2016 “Couch?” Dang Dens album art
2016 HEY LADY Issue 3: Candy Darling zine, Regina Shilling
2016 Sweet Hearts Zine, Lilah Shepherd
2016 Hey Lady issue 5: Sister Rosetta Tharpe zine, Regina Shilling
2013 The Sketchbook Project Mobile Library, Thomas Thorspecken analogartistdigitalworld.com
2013 The Sketchbook Project Vol. IV Create & Capture book
WORKSHOPS
2022 Sashiko Stitching and Mending workshop, Stanley Museum of Art
2022 Foraging Walk workshop for exhibition “Collecting Color: exploring intimacy with place”
2022 Natural Dye Bath workshop for exhibition “Collecting Color: exploring intimacy with place”
2022 Dye Lake Pigment Workshop for exhibition “Collecting Color: exploring intimacy with place”
2021 Arts Share UI Reach Ceramic Workshop, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
2017 Ceramics class kindergarten – 1st grade at Promise Academy, Tyler, TX
2016 Ceramics demonstration “High School day” at UT Tyler, Tyler, TX
2016 Ceramic Pipe Workshop with Lilah Shepherd at Sister Coffee, Austin, TX
2016 Marbled Ceramic Jewelry Making with Lilah Shepherd at Hotel San José, Austin, TX
2016 Urban Outfitters DIY: Ceramics with Lilah Shepherd, at Space 24 Twenty, Austin, TX
2016 Urban Outfitters DIY: Ceramics with Lilah Shepherd, at Space 24 Twenty, Austin, TX
EVENTS
2018 Small Business Saturday Pop Up, Ridiculously Good Brands and Threads, Tyler, TX
2018 Studio Art & Art History Association Fine Art Sale, UT Tyler, TX
2017 Studio Art & Art History Association Fine Art Sale, UT Tyler, TX
2017 Art Walk Longview, Silver Grizzly Espresso, Longview, TX
2017 Summer Pop Up (curated by Jacqueline Davis), Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA
2016 Feliz, 913 Collective, Austin, TX
2016 Craft(her), Boss Babes, Austin, TX
2016 SXSW Pop Up, Catchtilly, Austin, TX
2016 Urban Outfitters Yard Sale, Space24Twenty, Austin, TX
2015 Winter Pop Up, Catchtilly, Austin, TX
CORPORATE REPRESENTATION
2018 – 2019 Ridiculously Good Brands & Threads, Tyler, TX 75702
2017 Rosewood Clothing Co., 16 West Broad St, Richmond, VA 23220
2016 – 2019 Merge Tofino, 305-B Campbell St, PBOX 371, Tofino, BC V0R2Z0, Canada
2016 The Mall, 916 Springdale Rd, Austin, TX 78702
2016 – 2017 Ten Over Six, 1511 Commerce St. Dallas, TX 75201
2016 – 2017 Ten Over Six, 8425 Melrose Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90069
2016 – 2017 Individual Medley, 3176 Glendale Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90039
2015 – 2018 Mass Gallery, 507 Calles Street, Suite 108, Austin, TX 78702
2015 – 2018 Friends and Neighbors, 2614 E. Cesar Chavez, Austin, TX 78702
2015 – 2017 Catchtilly, 1200 E. 11th Street #104, Austin, TX, 78702
2015 – 2016 Urban Outfitters Space 24 Twenty, 2420 Guadalupe St, Austin, TX 78705