Education
2016 MFA, Transmedia Design, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2013 BFA with Honors, Photography, Webster University, St. Louis, MO
Teaching Experience
2023-present Assistant Professor of Studio Art & Chair of Studio Art Program, Columbia College, Columbia, SC
2019-2023 Assistant Professor of Art - Digital Media, South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC
2018-19 Adjunct Instructor, Lindenwood University, St. Charles, MO
2017-18 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Webster University, St. Louis, MO
2014-16 Graduate Teaching Associate, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2013-14 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Awards/Grants/Residencies
2023 Visiting Artist Lecture, Webster University, St. Louis, MO
Exhibition Gallery Talk, University of Dallas, Dallas, TX
2021 Creative Practices Award, South Carolina State University, Orangeburg SC
2019 Visiting Artist Lecture, Dickinson University, Dickinson, ND
2018 Arts Unfold Residency, Toronto, Canada
Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
2016 Artist in Residence, Quartier21/Museumsquartier, Vienna, Austria
Visiting Artist Lecture, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan
International Travel Award, Santo Foundation, St. Louis, MO
Graduate Student Senate Travel Award, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2015 Graduate Student Senate Travel Award, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Dorothy Dille Materials Grant, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2014 Lecture/Panel Discussion, Premier Étage, Webster University, St. Louis, MO
Chancellors Travel Award, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
International Travel Scholar Award, Santo Foundation, St. Louis, MO
Jurors Award, Expo 67, Ewing Gallery, Knoxville, TN
2013 John Hilgert Memorial Award, Webster University, St. Louis MO
Selected Exhibitions
2024 Bounding Box, Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, KY (two-person – forthcoming)
2023 Plate Spinner, Goodall Gallery, Columbia College, Columbia, SC (solo exhibition)
Jalousie Window, Cecille R. Hunt Gallery, Webster University, St. Louis, MO (solo exhibition)
Palace Gardens, Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Dallas, TX (two-person exhibition)
2022 Over Time curated by Tom Wixo, Curve Line Space, Los Angeles, CA
Yardwork, Tiger Strikes Asteroid GVL, Greenville, SC
ArtFields, Lake City, SC
2021 Spending Time, Kimmel Gallery, Midland University, Fremont, NE (solo exhibition)
Small Sculptures, Sharp Projects, Copenhagen, Denmark
Faculty Exhibition, FAB Gallery, South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC
Hot Dreams, Joshua Tree, CA
2019 The Next Best Thing, FAB Gallery, South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC (solo exhibition)
The Funny Show curated by Chloe Simmons, Art Lofts Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Text as Visual Language, COCA, St. Louis, MO
2018 Black Ice curated by Natalie Petrosky, H Space Gallery, Cleveland, OH
What, me worry?, PLAQUE at G-CADD, Granite City, IL (solo exhibition)
BE SOMEBODY!! curated by Anna Wehrwein, Serial Box Projects, Columbia, MO
2017 Webster University Faculty Exhibition, Arcade Contemporary Art Projects, St. Louis, MO
Summer Screening, H Space Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Kosmikomiks curated by Lucia Gregorová Stach, Tranzit, Bratislava, Slovakia
Web Biennial 2017, Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum, Istanbul,Turkey
2016 Martin Lang still telling us about himself, Ewing Gallery, Knoxville, TN (solo exhibition)
International Experimental Film & Video Exhibition, CICA Museum, Gyonggi-do, Korea
Always Already Here Vol. 2, Gallery Protocol, Gainesville, FL
Orange 4, The Fridge, Washington, DC
Flesh and Blood, Aggregate Space Gallery, Oakland, CA
2015 Huff and Puff and Lay Down curated by Thomas Wharton, Fluorescent Gallery, Knoxville, TN
40 at 100, Hunt Gallery, Webster University, St. Louis, MO
Always All Ready Here Vol. 1, Ortega y Gasset Projects Booth, ARTSCAPE, Baltimore, MD
So Hot Right Now, Step Gallery, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ
I don’t get it, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN
Failure ---> Progression, Des Lee Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Expo 68 (Juror Phong Bui), Ewing Gallery, Knoxville, TN
Orange III, Unix Gallery, New York, NY
2014 Lazy Susan, 17th Street Studios, Knoxville, TN
Friday, Next Friday, Friday After Next, Etc., Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN (solo exhibition)
On Second Thought, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN
Premier Étage, Hunt Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Close History, Stern Studio, Vienna, Austria (two-person exhibition)
Forever Untitled (names sake), Bruno David Gallery Media Room, St. Louis, MO
Expo 67 (Jurors Pamela Jordan and John Pearson), Ewing Gallery, Knoxville, TN
The World We Love In, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN
Orange II, Co Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL
2013 Handheld Media Arts Festival, Downtown West Cinema, Knoxville, TN
Following Too Closely, Fifty09 Gallery, St. Louis, MO (solo exhibition)
Please Read Carefully, Art Lofts Gallery, Madison, WI
Repent, Fifty09 Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Close Proximity, A1 Lab Arts, Knoxville, TN
16/16, Downtown Gallery, Knoxville, TN
Level, 3407 California, St. Louis, MO
Press & Publications
2023 Elsa Feltl, Palace Gardens: A conceptual exhibition on memory and time, The Cor Chronicle, March 1, 2023, https://thecorchronicle.com/2023/03/01/palace-gardens-a-conceptual-exhibition-on-memory-and-time/
2022 Bryn Evans, My Friend Sparksburg, Burnaway, February 18, 2022, burnaway.org/daily/my-friend-sparksburg
2019 Friend of The Artist, Volume 8, print/digital publication, www.friendoftheartist.com
2018 Marina May, Material Boy, Silver Space Stl, February 2, 2018, https://silverspacestl.com/material-boy
2017 Living the Dream: The Morning After Art School, John Watson & Brian Horner, Kendall Hunt Publishing, 2017
2016 Sarah Burke, Life on Video, East Bay Express, January 13, 2016, www.eastbayexpress.com
2014 Jessica Lund, LazySusan curated by April Bachtel at 17th Street Studios. Number:Inc, Number:81, Winter 2015, www.numberinc.org
Curatorial
2023 Wild Bunch, Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA
2021-present My Friend Sparksburg, Columbia, SC. (founder / gallery director / curator)
Jacob Rhoads: Fold, Flag, My Friend Sparksburg, Columbia, SC
Brittany Boynton: Heart from a Rose, My Friend Sparksburg, Columbia, SC
Brendan Loper: Fall-down Flag, My Friend Sparksburg, Columbia, SC
Marina Shaltout: The Manicure, My Friend Sparksburg, Columbia, SC
Kevin Kao: Orientated, My Friend Sparksburg, Columbia, SC
Krysta Sa: Water Cellar, My Friend Sparksburg, Columbia, SC
Peter Cotroneo: Devilman From Memory, My Friend Sparksburg, Columbia, SC
Thomas Wharton: Red Eye, My Friend Sparksburg, Columbia, SC
Tate Foley: Duo Vultus, My Friend Sparksburg, Columbia, SC
Natalie Petrosky: Nothing Underneath, My Friend Sparksburg, Columbia, SC
Conor Murphy: Flag Poles, My Friend Sparksburg, Columbia, SC
Eric Cagley: Always already dead, My Friend Sparksburg, Columbia, SC
2019 Tom Lang: Scratching, Hunt Gallery, St. Louis, MO
see and wait, Arcade Contemporary Art Projects, St. Louis, MO
2018 Look out, look back, INSURANCE at G-CADD, Granite City, IL
2011 Defining Spaces, Fluc, Vienna, Austria