EDUCATION
2018 | MFA Studio Art, University of California, Davis
2014 | BFA cum laude Studio Art, University of Alabama at Birmingham
SOLO/DUO EXHIBITIONS & SCREENINGS
2022 | Character Grotesque, Art Lab Gallery at UAB, Birmingham, AL
2021 | Hey, 1400 14th St S, Birmingham, AL
2019 | New Stranger, Cahaba Apartment 1, Birmingham, AL
2019 | The Loft Show (with Will Hamilton), MAKEbhm, Birmingham, AL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS & SCREENINGS
2024 | Pop Art Conference Exhibition, Art Lab Gallery at UAB, Birmingham, AL
2024 | Wild Beasts, Ground Floor Contemporary, Birmingham, AL
2024 | Margin Lines, Ground Floor Contemporary, Birmingham, AL
2023 | Fellowship Spotlight, Georgine Clarke Alabama Artists Gallery, Montgomery, AL
2023 | MAKE>FORWARD, Lowe Mill Arts Center, Huntsville, AL
2023 | The Begonia, Ground Floor Contemporary, Birmingham, AL
2023 | UAB Faculty Studios Open House, 2300 Studios, Birmingham, AL
2022 | Slow Lick, Ground Floor Contemporary, Birmingham, AL
2022 | Tide Pools, Ground Floor Contemporary, Birmingham, AL
2022 | Break My Heart, Wavelength Space, Chattanooga, TN
2022 | Empty Places : Abandoned Spaces, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2022 | The Sum of Our Parts, Samford University Art Gallery, Birmingham, AL
2021 | a deep well, Ground Floor Contemporary, Birmingham, AL
2021 | Work From Home, UAB Solar House, Birmingham, AL
2019 | SPECTACULAR NEVER THE SAME, Freedom House, Birmingham, AL
2019 | Vibes & Virtues (June), Carrigan’s Public House, Birmingham, AL
2019 | Street Videos, Magic City Art Connection, Birmingham, AL
2019 | For the Sake of Transparency, Magic City Art Connection, Birmingham, AL
2019 | Cahaba River Society Benefit, Aveda Institute, Birmingham, AL
2018 | Open Vinegar, VINEGAR, Birmingham, AL
2018 | Wild Within, Guest Projects, London, UK
2018 | Master’s Class: New Talent from Northern California and Nevada, JayJay Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2018 | Present Tense: MFA Thesis Exhibition, Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, Davis, CA
2018 | This Message Has No Content, Embark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2017 | Field Notes, Beatnik Studio, Sacramento, CA
2015 | Rites of Passage, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2014 | Alabama National Exhibition, Sella-Granata Gallery, Tuscaloosa, AL (Juror: Robert Sherer)
2014 | Bachelor of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, UAB, Birmingham, AL
2013 | Student Annual Juried Exhibition, UAB Visual Arts Gallery, Birmingham, AL (Juror: Trenton Doyle Hancock)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2022 | Shannon Thomason, Alabama State Council on the Arts awards fellowships to four UAB faculty and staff, UAB News, June 21, 2022 https://www.uab.edu/news/arts/item/12924-alabama-state-council-on-the-arts-awards-fellowships-to-four-uab-faculty-and-staff
2021 | Shannon Thomason, Artists at UAB give their perspective on the pandemic in “Work from Home,” UAB News, February 24, 2021
2020 | Manifest Exhibition Annual Season 11, Cincinnati, OH, 2020
2019 | POSTERIOR, VINEGAR publishing, Birmingham, AL
2019 | Jesse Chambers, “Vagabond” artists seek home, Iron City Ink, June 19, 2019,
https://ironcity.ink/faces/%E2%80%98vagabond%E2%80%99-artists-seek-home619/
2019 | DIY Index : VINEGAR in Birmingham, Alabama, BURNAWAY,
May 3, 2019, https://burnaway.org/diy-index-vinegar-birmingham/
2018 | Victoria Dalkey, JayJay showcases emerging artists at its Master’s Class show, Sacramento Bee,
August 3, 2018, https://www.sacbee.com/latest-news/article215749035.html
2018 | Many disciplines come together for one big graduate student show, Davis Enterprise,
May 25, 2018. page D1
2017 | Projects Arctic, La Wayaka Current, https://www.lawayakacurrent.com/residency-projects-arctic/
2014 | Denise Bosler, Creative Anarchy, HOW Books, Cincinnati, OH, 2014
2014 | Blackbird Archive, George Ferrandi - The Making of “The Prosthetics of Joy, Virginia Commonwealth University, Spring 2014, Vol. 13, No. 1. http://www.blackbird.vcu.edu/v13n1/gallery/ferrandi_g/making.shtml
2013 | AURA Literary Arts Review, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Spring/Summer 2013, Vol. 39, Issue 1.
2012 | AURA Literary Arts Review, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Fall/Winter 2012, Vol. 38, Issue 2.
2012 | AURA Literary Arts Review, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Spring/Summer 2012, Vol. 38, Issue 1.
AWARDS
2022 | Alabama State Council on the Arts Media/Photography Fellowship
2018 | Freemon Gadberry Award
2017 | Freemon Gadberry Award
2016 | Freemon Gadberry Award
2015 | 3 Local Gold, 1 Local Best of Show, 1 Regional Gold, American Advertising Awards
2014 | 2 Local Gold, 1 Local Silver, 1 Regional Silver, 1 National Silver American Advertising Awards
2013 | Edith-Frohock Memorial Art Scholarship, UAB, Birmingham, AL
2013 | Dean’s Leadership Scholarship, UAB, Birmingham, AL
2013 | UAB Digital Media Fellowship, UAB, Birmingham, AL
2011 - 14 | Dean’s List, University of Alabama at Birmingham
2012 | University Presidential Scholarship, UAB, Birmingham AL
RESIDENCIES
2017 | La Wayaka Arctic Residency, Sørøya Island, Norway
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2022 - Present | Assistant Professor of Digital Media & Graphic Design, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
2022 | Adjunct Professor, Birmingham Southern College, Birmingham, AL (2D Design)
2022 | Adjunct Professor, Samford University, Birmingham, AL (3D Design)
2020 | Adjunct Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL (4-D Art & Design Foundations)
2019 | Adjunct Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL (Intro to Digital Design)
2018 | Instructor of Record, University of California, Davis, CA (Beginning Photography)
2018 | Teaching Assistant, UC Davis, CA (Beginning Sculpture, Typography & Letterforms)
2017 | Teaching Assistant, UC Davis, CA (Printmaking, Beginning Sculpture, Intermediate Sculpture,
Typography & Letterforms, Typography in Motion)
2016 | Teaching Assistant, UC Davis, CA (Beginning Video Art)
LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS/WORKSHOPS/READINGS
2023 | Artist Presentation, Ground Floor Contemporary, Birmingham, AL
2022 | Artist Presentation, Ground Floor Contemporary, Birmingham, AL
2021 | Artist Presentation, Ground Floor Contemporary, Birmingham, AL
2019 | Poetry reading, SPECTACULAR NEVER THE SAME, Freedom House, Birmingham, AL
2019 | Artist Presentation, UAB course “Art on the Move”
2019 | Artist Presentation, Birmingham Museum of Art Collectors Circle, Birmingham, AL
2017 | Artist Presentation, Sørøya Grade School, Sørøya Island Norway
2017 | Beatnik Studios panel discussion during “Field Notes” exhibition
2015 | YoPro Hour Presentation, University of Alabama at Birmingham
2014 | Closing the Gap, American Advertising Federation September meeting, Birmingham, AL
2013 | Photoshop photo manipulation workshop, University of Alabama at Birmingham