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  Education:

MFA (with distinction), University of New Mexico, Spring 2009

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Summa Cum Laude), University of 
Michigan School of Art and Design, Spring 2005

History of Art Minor, University of Michigan, Spring 2005

Selected Exhibitions:
2010
Art Prize.  Grand Rapids Public Museum, Grand Rapids, MI 
Studio Visit Magazine, Vol. 10. Juried Exhibition in Print, Published by the Open Studios Press, Boston, MA 
Collect: Inside 8.  Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2009
12 x 12.  The Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM

Glow. Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

Invade/Evade. Solo Exhibition, Bright Rain Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

Alumni Show 2009: University of Michigan School of Art & Design. Work Gallery and John Paul Slusser gallery, Ann Arbor, MI

Crossing: Look Both Ways. The Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM, Jurors: Richard Levy, Viviette Hunt, Janet Dees, Patrick Nagatani, and Federico Vigil

Bittersweet : the 15th Annual Juried Graduate Exhibition. Laura Addison, Juror. Jonson Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

Self Diagnosis. Solo exhibition, Jonson Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

2008

INSIDE the INSIDE. Two-person exhibition with Lea Anderson,The Petting Zoo Art Space, Albuquerque, NM

All Fresh and Organic. John Somers Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

Jessica Kennedy: New Paintings. Solo exhibition,
Bright Rain Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

Into this Waterless Land. Jason Reed, Juror. North
Fourth Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

Splash : the 14th Annual Juried Graduate Exhibition. Suzanne Sbarge, Juror. UNM Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM

2007

Judicial Notice II. Bernalillo County Metropolitan Courthouse, Albuquerque, NM. July 2007 through July 2008

In the Cut. Donkey Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

Showcase Showdown. John Somers Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

Out of the Underground: the 13th Annual Juried Graduate Exhibition.  Laura Heon, Juror. 516 Arts and Jonson Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

2006

At First Sight. Jonson Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

2005

Award Winners: Over the Summer. WORK Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI

Sequence. Palmer Commons Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI

2005 All Student Exhibition. WORK Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI

Show Love. 555 Gallery, Detroit, MI

Awards:

Earickson Trust: University of New Mexico Office of
Graduate Studies, September 2008

Barbara Harper Endowed Scholarship: University of New
Mexico Department of Art and Art History, September 2008

Harry Nadler Fellowship: University of New Mexico
Department of Art and Art History, September 2007

McCluney Memorial Senior Award: University of Michigan, 2005

University Honors: University of Michigan, December 2002,
April 2004, December 2004

Dean’s List: University of Michigan, April 2002, December 2002

Professional Experience:
Adjunct Faculty, The Art Center Design College: Intermediate Drawing, Figurative Drawing and Two-Dimensional Design: Summer 2010 - present.
Adjunct Faculty, University of New Mexico Department of Art and Art History:  Introductory and Intermediate Painting: Fall 2010 - Spring 2010.

Teaching Assistant (Instructor of record), University of New Mexico Department of Art and Art History: Two-Dimensional Design and Introductory Painting: Fall 2006 – Spring 2009.

Instructor, The Harwood Art Center: Introduction to Drawing, Introduction to Acrylic Painting, Introduction to Oil Painting: Fall 2009 - present.