Work Experience
2023- Present University of California Santa Barbara, Makerspace Manager, Santa Barbara, CA
2021-23 University of Southern California, Iovine and Young Academy, Digital Fabrication Specialist, Los Angeles, CA
2020-21 Cover Label, Digital Production Specialist, Los Angeles, CA
2018-19 Innovation Hub, Fabrication Lab Intern, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
2018 Phyllis Straus Gallery Co-Director
2017-18 Master Craftsman Studio, Studio Artist Intern, Tallahassee, FL
2016 Parijat Academy, Summer Art Instructor, Guwahati, India
Technical Skills
Digital fabrication and rapid prototyping: 3d printing (FDM, SLS), CNC milling (2.5 and 3 axis), laser cutting (CO2, x/y cartesian and galvo), sewing (mechanical, computerized, embroidery, serger), vinyl plotter, 3d scanning, electronics prototyping (Arduino circuitry, soldering)
Design software: Adobe Creative Cloud (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop), Autodesk Fusion, Rhino 3d modeling, Blender 3d modeling
Design build: woodshop (table saw, drill press, router, bandsaw, a variety of handheld tools), metal shop (MIG welding, cold work), mold making
Education
2019 BFA in Sculpture, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
2019 BS in Environment & Society, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
2019 BFA Award, Florida State University, College of Fine Arts
2019 Florida State University Humanitarian of the Year Award, College of Fine Arts
2018 Fred and Debbie Tresca Global Scholars IDEA Grant
2018 Nominee for Atlantic Center for the Arts 28th Annual University Student Exhibition
2016 Phi Eta Sigma Honors Society
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019 What Once was Inner Space, FSU Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL
2018 Constellations of the Post-Digital, Phyllis Straus Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2018 Extrasensory, FSU Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL
2018 Weather Systems, Culture Club, Tallahassee, FL
2018 Directors Show, Phyllis Straus Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2017 Obscura, Phyllis Straus Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2017 Beauty and the Biotch, Oglesby Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2016 Feast of the Forest, King Life Sciences Building, Tallahassee, FL
2016 Yarn Bomb Public Art Walk, Thomasville, GA
2016 Reimagining the Longleaf Pine Forest, Bacchus Storefront, Thomasville, GA
2016 Marvin S Cone Art Alumni Show, Courthouse Cultural Center Gallery, Stuart, FL
Collaborative Projects
2019 Trumpet, Interactive sculpture created by team of 2 artists and 3 engineers
2018 FACT!, Collaborative art publication with 14 artists
2016 Collecting Text, Collaborative artist book with 13 artists
Related Experience
2016-17 Undergraduate Research Assistant to Visiting Artist Clint Sleeper, Tallahassee, FL