Artist Resume
EDUCATION
2021 BA in Studio Art and Psychology, Hope College, Holland, MI
2024 The Wedding Painter’s Blueprint, class led by acclaimed wedding painter, Stephanie Gaffney
AWARDS
2021 Herman Miller Art Award, Hope College Department of Art and Art History
2020 Margaret Feldman Kruizenga Scholarship, Hope College Department of Art and Art History
2020 Opus Literary and Art Magazine (Student Art and Creative Writing Biannual Publication, Featured Artwork), Editor’s Choice
2018 Selected Artist’s Assistant to 2018 Borgeson Artist in Residence, Caleb Kortokrax, Hope College, Holland, MI
2017 The Legacy Scholarship, Hope College, Holland, MI
EXHIBITION RECORD
2024 Sweet Tooth, Vision Gallery, Chandler, Arizona (Group Exhibition)
2022 In Still, Cats Eye Winery, Ottawa, Illinois (Solo Exhibition)
2022 Emptiness, Exhibizone, Ontario, Canada (Virtual Exhibition)
2021 Art Show, De Pree Art Gallery, Hope College, Holland, MI (Juror: De Pree Art Center Faculty)
2020 Fresh Looks, Eastern Michigan University School of Art and Design, Ypsilanti, MI (Virtual Exhibition Due to COVID-19) (Juror: School of Art and Design Faculty)
2020 Hope College Annual Juried Student Show, De Pree Art Gallery, Hope College, Holland, MI (Juror: Shannon Stratton, Executive Director at Ox-Bow School of Arts, Saugatuck, MI)
2019 Hope College Annual Juried Student Show, De Pree Art Gallery, Hope College, Holland, MI (Juror: Kekeli Sumah, curatorial fellow at the Driehaus Museum in Chicago, Chicago, IL)
2017 Hope College Annual Juried Student Show, De Pree Art Gallery, Hope College, Holland, MI (Juror: Malcolm Mobutu Smith, Associate Professor of ceramic art at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana)
RELATED EXPERIENCE
2022-23 Marketing Assistant, Chandler Center for the Arts, Chandler, AZ
2021 Gallery Assistant, Jeff Blandford Gallery, Saugatuck, MI
2019-21 Gallery Design Intern, De Pree Art Gallery Department of Art and Art History, Hope College, Holland, MI
2019-20 Graphic Design Co-Chair, Student Activities Committee (Student Life Offices), Hope College, Holland, MI
2020 Research Assistant (Department of Psychology: Benjamin Meagher, Assistant Professor in Psychology), Hope College, Holland, MI
2019 Graphic Designer, Karla’s Place, Holland, MI
2018 Artist’s Assistant for oil painter Caleb Kortokrax, Hope College, Holland, MI
COMMISSIONS
2021 Tree of Life Juice, Tree of Life Juice Mural #2, wall paint (co-designed, co-painted) Tree of Life Juice, Saugatuck, MI
2020 Tree of Life Juice, Tree of Life Juice Mural, wall paint (co-designed, co-painted) Tree of Life Juice, Saugatuck, MI
2019 Dunne Hall, Notre Dame University, Moms of Dunne, illustrator design on blue tee shirt, South Bend, IN
ARTIST INTERVIEWS
2024 Megan Marks, “Inspiring Stories Series,” Voyage Phoenix Magazine, August 18, 2024 (interview granted, online publication)
2024 AZ Weddings by Amy, “AZ Weddings By Amy interviews WeddingPainterAZ,” Youtube, August 5, 2024 (video interview granted)
2021 Molly Douma, “Art from a Distance,” The Anchor, February 5, 2021 (print publication and online publication)
2020 Michaela Stock, “Artists All Around,” Revue Magazine, September 2020 Edition (interview granted)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2022-23 Exhibizone, Emptiness 2022 Catalogue, Winter 2022 (Artwork Featured)
2021 Hope College, Opus Magazine, Spring 2021 (Artworks Featured)
2020 Hope College, Opus Magazine, Fall 2020 (Artworks Featured)
2017 Hope College, Opus Magazine, Fall 2017 (Artwork Featured)