Curriculum Vitae

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Education


2026 (in progress) - Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, Graduate Certificate in College Instruction

2023 - Bachelor of Arts in Art History, Minors in Southern Studies and Outdoor Adventure Education/Experiential Education, University of North Carolina Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina


Selected Exhibitions


2026     Forthcoming solo exhibition at Gadsden Museum of Art, Gadsden, Alabama.


2025    Forthcoming duo exhibition with Rebecca Pempek at 82Parris, Portland, ME

                 HILL BLOCKS VIEW - Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, Conn. 

                 Sovereign: Honoring Bodily Autonomy, McColl Center, Charlotte, NC (Curated by Meredith Connelly)

                The Space We Make - Alexey von Schlippe Gallery, Groton, Conn.


2024     For Carrying - Arena Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Conn.

                 These Things Can Be Complicated - Arena Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Conn.

                 Big Top - Dumbo Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY., (Curated by Sharon Butler)

                 Partial Company - Alexey von Schlippe Gallery, Groton, Conn., (Curated by Annie Schwartz)


2023    Think of a Door - Arena Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Conn. 

                She Waits. Seething. Blooming - Arena Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Conn.

                The Woman Who Wasn't Drowning. Solo exhibition at UNC Charlotte, Student Union Gallery.


2022     Nutrient Rich - Good Year Arts, Charlotte, NC 

                 Bodies of Work.  Eastern Shore Center for Art in Fairhope, AL. 


2021    On Being: Maiden, Mother, Crone.  The Walnut Gallery in Gadsden, AL

                Novant Student Show. UNCC student exhibition at the Novant Medical Center Charlotte, NC


2020     Tone.  Cabarrus Arts Council in Concord, NC (Curated by Laurie Schorr) 


2019    Women by Women. SE Center for Photography in Greenville, SC (Juried by Kat Keirman)

                Summer Blues. Goodyear Arts in Charlotte, North Carolina (Curated by Hamilton Ward)

                Light Factory Member Show, Charlotte, NC


2018     An Alternative Perspective. Group exhibition at C3 Lab Gallery located in Charlotte, NC

                 Light Factory Member Show, Charlotte, NC


Selected Special Projects and Awards


2025      Nominated for Edward Victor Gant Scholarship at UConn

                  Nominated for Outstanding Graduate/Teaching Assistant Award at UConn

                  Awarded UConn Graduate School Conference/Residency Participation Award

2024      Finalist for the Edward Victor Gant Scholarship at UConn

                  Nominated for Student Employee of the Year UConn 

2023      Graduated Summa Cum Laude at University of North Carolina Charlotte 

2022      Outstanding Art History Senior Award from UNCC Art and Art History Department

2021      Photography commissioned for Carolina Premium Beverage Distribution Center Charlotte Office

2019      Recipient of Charlotte's Art's and Science Council 2019 CSA Grant

2018      First place winner of The Light Factory's Member Show


Residencies


2025      Elf School of the Arts, Hayesville, NC 

2020      Hemlock House Residency, Western NC

2019      Winter Residency at Penland School of Craft, Spruce Pine, NC


Curatorial Work


2025      Curator for The Space We Make at Alexey von Schlippe Gallery, Groton, Conn.,


Guest Speaker/Presentations 


2025      Selected Participant, Graduate Student Research Symposium, UConn, Storrs, CT 

2024      Artist Talk, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT

                  Guest Lecture about Judy Chicago, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT

                  Panelist at Mooresville Arts Talk, Mooresville, NC

                  Guest Lecture for Two Sections of Politics of Reproduction Class at UConn 

2023      Artist Talk for Intermediate Photography at UConn 

2021      Featured Student Speaker at 10th Annual UNCC Art and Art History Symposium

                  Artist Conversation for On Being: Maiden, Mother, Crone

2020      Artist Talk, The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC

2019      Artist Talk at Charlotte's Art's and Science Council CSA Grant Reception 


Publications


2024      Lens Scratch - Sonja Langford: The Way of Being a Woman

                  Two Coats of Paint - "Big Top" DUMBO Open Studios

2023      Two Coats of Paint - Meet UConn's MFA Studio Art Class of 2026

                  Hyperallergic - Meet UConn’s MFA Studio Art Class of 2026

                  Niner Times - Humans of Charlotte Feature 

2022      Gulf Coast Media - Bodies of Work 

2021      Featured Photographer in NSEW Photography Magazine


Professional Experiences 


Graduate Assistant, CounterProof Press, University of Connecticut, 2024 – 2025

Graduate Assistant, Contemporary Art Galleries, University of Connecticut, 2024 – 2025

Teaching Assistant, Darkroom Photography and Intro to Digital Photography, 2023-2024

Graduate Assistant, Digital Arts Services Lab & Darkroom, University of Connecticut, 2023 – 2024

President, Society of Art Historians at UNCC 

Lab Assistant for UNC Charlotte Darkroom, Fall 2022

Teacher Assistant for Camera and Light (Large Format Darkroom Class), Fall 2022

Assisted photographer Sonia Handelman Meyer in archiving and documenting her personal collection and archives. 2021-2022

Gallery Assistant, Light Factory, Charlotte, North Carolina, 2019


Her work is also held in numerous private collections in the United States.