About the Artist:
Her work reconnects us with the physical elements of the stage and costume, creating a unique and captivating experience for the viewer. She is an artist who captures movement through the use of non-traditional painting materials such as wood stains and fabric dyes.
-Synkroniciti Magazine 2020
Statement:
Through memory and documentation of movement captured by imbalanced parallels of the performer and the audience.
We can experience this memory through gesture and abstraction. The movement becomes captured through non-traditional painting materials such as wood stains and fabric dyes which reconnect us with the physical elements of the “stage” and “costume”.
The act of becoming transforms through the interactions of the physical nature of dance and the documentary aspects of an artist. The various levels of inclusion of the body become present through the illusion of peeling, staining, and bruising, layered through various materials that disappeared from the audience’s view when experiencing a ballet.
How do we document a “stage” through painting?
What is left behind?
BIO:
I come from a background of utilizing dance and art as a way of communicating. From a very young age I decided that art was going to be my path.
After 12+ years of classical ballet it was time to decide where I wanted to go to college. Art was always my outlet, drawing animals, landscapes, my family members, whatever inspired me. I loved drawing and painting in both oil and acrylic. I always had art supplies around waiting to be used.
In 2008 I moved to Lubbock, TX to start my undergraduate career in Studio Art at Texas Tech University. At this time I was still deciding where my professional career as an artist would take me. I fell in love with my professors and knew that college level teaching was my calling.
Then, in 2012 after completing my BFA in Studio Art, I continued on with my masters at Texas Tech University and in 2015, graduated with my MFA in Painting and a secondary in Printmaking.
In 2017 I accepted an artist in residence at CASP, Charles Adams Studio Project. Here I would spend the next 6 years inviting my audience to experience my process and expand on what it meant to be a performance artist. I now found a way to bridge the gap between my ballet background and my current position as a painter. This was also the year I welcomed my son, Luke into the world and my life as an artist changed immediately with the new wonderful title as "mother".
For my thesis exhibition I collaborated with Flatlands Dance Theatre, this was the beginning of my collaborative artistic career. After graduation I taught at both Texas Tech and Lubbock Christian University as a part time Studio Instructor. I then accepted a position at South Plains College where I spent 7 years as an Assistant Professor of Fine Arts & Gallery Director. Here I would teach Painting, Design, Art History and Art Appreciation courses. I was also able to curate and install 20 plus exhibitions during my time as Gallery Director. In 2024 I decided to resign from South Plains College and continue my academic career teaching at Texas Tech University where I now teach foundational Drawing Studio courses.
From here I would carve out more time balancing my research and my academic commitments. I was introduced to Dr. Alice Anne Light from the music department at Texas Tech in 2021 and have been on a collaborative journey with her through opera and live performance of Cecil Price Walden, traveling to Ole Miss University, Kansas City, and University of North Florida. I have also worked alongside Flatlands Dance Theatre in multiple opportunities all while showcasing my paintings in various galleries and alternative spaces locally and nationally. In 2023 I was invited by the curator of the Center for Contemporary Art in Abilene, TX to have my first solo exhibition which displayed over 30 original new works of art and included a live performance during my opening collaborating with the Abilene Ballet Theatre.
I'm always interested in collaborating so please reach out!
Work:
2024- Present, Adjunct Faculty of Drawing, Texas Tech University
2017-2024 Assistant Professor of Fine Arts, South Plains College- Levelland TX
Fine Arts Gallery Director, South Plains College- Levelland TX
2016-2017 Adjunct Instructor of Drawing & Design, Lubbock Christian University
2015-2016 Adjunct Instructor of Drawing, Texas Tech University
2012-2015 GPTI Drawing & Painting, Texas Tech University
Education:
MFA-Painting, Texas Tech University- Lubbock, TX 2015
BFA- Studio Art, Texas Tech University- Lubbock, TX 2012
Publications:
2025Novum Artis Issue 007
2020 Synkroniciti, Vol. 2, No. 4 "Hidden"
2019 & 2017 American Artwork Edition 14 & 15
2016 Studio Visit Magazine Vol. 34
LBKHAUS Gallery & Performance Venue 2024-2025
Solo Exhibitions:
2025 Body, Action, Space, Time, Energy, Charles Adams Gallery, Lubbock, TX
2023. Imbalanced Parallels, Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, TX
2020. Choreographic Sequences, LHUCA, Lubbock, TX
2019 physical articulation, Lubbock Christian University, Lubbock, TX
2018 sequential gestures, Christine Dewitt Art Gallery SPC, Levelland, TX
2017 restraint, Clamplight Gallery & Studio, San Antonio, TX
2016 concealed/fragmented/redefined, Garden & Arts Center, Lubbock, TX
2015 ballerina: standard of beauty, Texas Tech University’s School of Art Satellite Gallery, Lubbock, TX
2015 the mark, Peachtree Gallery, Lubbock, TX
2015 the choreography of painting, CASP 5 & J Gallery, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Lubbock, TX
Performances/Collaborations:
2025 Dance Tech collaboration with TTU Theatre & Dance department (visual elements/scenic design)
2024 "Lubbock Lights" collaboration with Flatlands Dance Theatre (installation)
2024, Light overcomes Darkness, Lubbock Christian University
2024, hours, artist in residence, Northern Florida University
2023, hours, artist in residence, Kansas City Music Hall/ Pembroke School of the Arts
2022 hours, artist in residence, Ole' Miss University
2022 hours, a collaborative performance with composer Cecil Price Walden & Vocal Professor Alice Anne Light, Hemmle Recital Hall, Texas Tech University
2012 DECA Dance, Firehouse Theatre LHUCA, Lubbock TX Flatlands Dance Theatre Collaboration
2018 “The Happening” SPC Theatre/Live Painting Collaborative Performance, SPC Theatre
Group Exhibitions:
2025 Art Educator Showcase, The Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene TX
2025 TTU School of Art Group Faculty Exhibition, Texas Tech University
2024 Regional Art Faculty Exhibition, WTAM Gallery, Canyon TX
2024 Members Group Exhibition, Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, TX
2022 There's no "I" in Cactus, Texas Tech University Museum, Lubbock TX
2022 CCAN Juried Exhibition
Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene TX
2021: Motherly: an intersection of motherhood and the creative practice, Texas Tech University School of Art Satelite Gallery, Lubbock TX
2021 All Abstract, 311 Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina
2021 Women in Art, Reflections: Nuu Muse Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
2020 CCAN Exhibition, Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, Texas
2020 Abstract Only! 10th Anniversary Exhibition at Wailoa Center in Hilo, Hawaii
Collaborative Performance, Lubbock, TX
2019 CLIP: An International Exhibition of Works on Paper, 5 & J Gallery, Lubbock, TX
2019 Artspace111: 6thAnnual Regional Juried Exhibition, Artspace Gallery, Dallas, TX
2019 Collectors Choice 2019, Studio Channel Islands Gallery, Camarillo, CA
2018 Texas & Neighbors, Irving Art Center, Dallas TX
2018 resonate & render, LHUCA Gallery Firehouse Theatre, Lubbock, TX
2017 document, Lubbock Christian University, Lubbock, TX
2016 passage, Texas Tech School of Art Satellite Gallery, Lubbock, TX
2016 lines & light“an evening of performance & visual arts”, LHUCA Gallery Firehouse Theatre, Lubbock, TX
2015 your move: dance photography, Art House Productions Gallery, New Jersey, NJ
2015 abstracts, ArtSpace Gallery, Round Rock, TX
2015 ink this: curation of prints, Texas Tech University South Gallery, Lubbock, TX