EDUCATION

2024 MFA in Fiber and Material Studies, Tyler School of Art and Architecture

2022 BFA in Sculpture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2022 BS in Natural Resources / Environmental Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024 We Have Never Been Strangers, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Temple Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024 How Long Does It Take For A Peacock To Die?, Atelier Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2023 DREAMTOPIA, Stella Elkins Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2023 message received, Temple Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA

2022 FASHION FOR BANK ROBBERS, MaximiliansForum, Munich, Germany

2022 BFA Thesis Exhibition, Krannert Art Museum, Urbana IL

2018 Exigent, Ivy House Studios and Gallery, Champaign, IL

AWARDS

2024 Project Completion Grant, Tyler School of Art and Architecture

2023 Dean’s Grant for Student Research, Tyler School of Art and Architecture

2021 James R. and Dorothy E. Shipley Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2021 Florence M. House Scholarship, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2019, 2020 Conrad Fenwick Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

EXPERIENCE

2024 Studio Assistant to Nick Cave, Chicago, IL

2024 Studio Assistant to Lucia Monge, Amherst, MA

2024 Visiting Artist and Critic, Symbiotic Sculptures Course, Amherst College, Amherst MA

2023 Instructor of Exploring Bioplastics Workshop, Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Philadelphia, PA

2023 Teaching Assistant for Figurative Futures (a course in experimental garment-making), Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Philadelphia, PA

PRESS

2024 LVL 3 Artist of the Week : Brendan O’Shaughnessy

2023 Brendan O’Shaughnessy: Flies, sardines, & other mixed media, Textile Artist