statement & exhibitions
Curious about my personal history, I create and explore photographs, text, and other imagery connected to my genealogy. I accumulate and subtract to explore what is present and what is past in my life but is often unrecognized. Stories from our pasts are often neglected; we fail to observe the connections of current experiences and memories that can lead to a stronger self-awareness by overlaying the past upon the present. Making photographs that transform into objects, I am recalling my past and absorbing my sources in a distinctive way through my camera, conversation, and physical assembly. The art objects I create transcend the individual photograph to allude to my source, my past as overlaid upon the present.
EXHIBITIONS
2017
FotoFinish, Literacy through Photography FotoFest International, Art Car Museum, Houston, Texas, Summer 2017
One Thread, The Landing Theatre, Houston, Texas, Spring 2017
2016
One Thread, Film Aid, Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya, September 2016
Houston Bay Area Juried Exhibition, University of Houston Clear Lake Art Gallery, Houston, Texas, Summer 2016
Juror: Daniel Fuller, Curator of the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center
Juror, 14th Houston Area Community College Student Exhibition, University of Houston Clear Lake, Houston, Texas, Fall 2016
FotoFinish, Literacy through Photography FotoFest International, Silver Street Studios, Houston, Texas, May 2016
2015
FotoFinish, Literacy through Photography FotoFest International, Spring Street Studios, Houston, Texas, May 2015
Dearth, Curator and Artist, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, Texas, May and June 2015
2014
PictureThis!, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, Texas, November through January 2014
Echoes of Veracity, Invitational, Full Circle Photography Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, March 2014
SOURCE, Solo Invitational Exhibition, MKT Bar, Houston, TX , February 2014
FotoFence, Literacy Through Photography, FotoFest International, Winter Street Studios, May 2014
2013
Fertile Imagination: Art & Agriculture, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, New York, August 2013
Sight Line: A Photography and Poetry Collaboration, Texas Tech University Satellite Gallery, Lubbock, Texas, June 2013
SOURCE, Solo Invitational MFA Thesis Exhibition, Texas Tech University Satellite Gallery, Lubbock, Texas, May 2013
Rising Eyes of Texas Rockport Center of the Arts, Rockport, Texas, March 2013
Juror: Dennis Nance, Exhibitions & Programming Director, Lawndale Art Center
MFA Candidates Invitational Show, South Plains College, Levelland, Texas, February 2013
International, In Between Studio and Gallery, Invitational Group Exhibition, Slaton, TX, February 2013
Louisiana Purchase, National Biennial Juried Exhibition, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana, January 2013
Juror: Dr. Paul Manoguerra, Chief Curator of American Art at the Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia
Harbinger Finalist Exhibition, Texas Tech University, January 2013
2012
4th Annual Lubbock Nativity Exhibit, Lubbock, Texas December 2012
Funded Summer Research Exhibition, Texas Tech University Satellite Gallery, September 2012
Shifting, Solo Invitational Exhibition, Home Mercantile, Nazareth, TX January, May 2012
In Between Studio and Gallery, Invitational Group Exhibition, Slaton, TX, April 2012
Curator of Exploring the Future of Agriculture Through Photography Youth Exhibitions, Various Locations, Summer 2012
2011
Harbinger Finalist Exhibition, Texas Tech University, November 2011
Print Club Gallery Show, Lubbock, Texas, Tornado Gallery, November 2011
Texas Tech University MFA Group Show, Laredo, Texas, Fall 2011
Annual MFA Exhibition 2011, Texas Tech University School of Art-Landmark Arts, Lubbock, Texas
Group Show 2011: Works by Rebecca J. Hopp, Juanita Exiga, and Tom Turner, Stay True, Lubbock, Texas
Texas Tech Artists Group Exhibition, Starbucks Coffee, Lubbock, Texas
One Cube One Foot Exhibition, Texas Association of Schools of Art, Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, 3rd Place
Juror: Heyd Fontenot, Director of UTD CentralTrak
Illuminance 2011, Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, TX
Juror: Jill Einfeld, Professor at the Parsons School of Design in New York City, New York
Small Engine, Exhibition with David Collins, WaterSpace South, Slaton, TX
A Mention of Home, WaterSpace South, Slaton, TX
Windows Into Rural Life, Solo Invitational Exhibition, Home Mercantile, Nazareth, TX
Bring It, Ernest G. Welch School of Art + Design Gallery, Invitational Collaboration Exhibition, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
The Best of 2010: DeSoto County Camera Club Photographic Invitational Exhibition, DeSoto Arts Council, Hernando, MS
2010
Negative Slope, Invitational MFA Exhibition, Lone Star College -North Harris, Houston, TX
MFA Candidate Group Show Texas Tech University School of Art-Landmark Arts, Lubbock, TX
Lurks Beyond, Solo Exhibition, Baker Donelson, Memphis, TN
Lurks Beyond, Solo Invitational Exhibition, LaVelle Walker Architecture, Memphis, TN
The Best of 2009: DeSoto County Camera Club Photographic Exhibition, Tunica RiverPark, Tunica, MS
The Best of 2009: DeSoto County Camera Club Photographic Exhibition, DeSoto Arts Council, Hernando, MS
2008
“Snap to It!”, Peabody Place, Memphis, TN
2007
Downtown, Solo Invitational Exhibition, Private Suite AutoZone Park, Memphis, TN (also corporate collection)
2004
Journalism Club Photography Show, 1st Place Still Life Image, Student Union, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD