Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts, German Studies (minor), Cornell University, Class of 2027
Berlin Consortium for German Studies, Freie Universität Berlin with Cornell University and Columbia University, August- December 2025
Selected Exhibitions
Again and Again, Experimental Gallery Ithaca, NY 2026
Tolo: Past, Present, and Future of Africans in Space, Pam Miller Downtown Arts Center Lexington, KY, 2025
Artists in Residence Gallery Show, Levee Collective Lexington, KY 2024
Group Exhibitions
Ctrl + Alt + Delete, Tjaden Gallery, Ithaca, NY, 2026
I See You, The Ink Shop, Ithaca, NY, 2026
A Book is a Conversation With a Stranger in the Future, Bibliowicz Family Gallery, Ithaca, NY, 2026
Exposed and Impressed, The Ink Shop, Ithaca, NY, 2026
Members Show, The Ink Shop, Ithaca, NY, 2025
I See You, The Ink Shop, Ithaca, NY, 2025
I See You, The Ink Shop, Ithaca, NY, 2024
Lauren Pickard ’90 Emerging Artist Series, Willard Straight Hall, Ithaca, NY, 2024
Dewey Decimal System, John Hartell Gallery, Ithaca, NY, 2024
A Gathering of Sisters, Christ Church Cathedral, Lexington, KY, 2024
THEN X NOW, Bibliowicz Family Gallery, 2023
Some of the Bluegrass is Black, Pam Miller Downtown Arts Center, Lexington, KY, 2021
Relevant Experience
Studio and Administrative Intern, Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, New York, NY, Present (Summer 2026)
Intern, Ink Shop Printmaking Center, Ithaca, NY, Summer 2025
Intern, Cornell Image Text MFA, Ithaca, NY, Summer 2025
Volunteer, Ithaca Murals, Ithaca, NY, Summer 2025
Artist in Residence, Levee Collective, Lexington, KY, Summer 2024
Intern, Lex Arts, Lexington, KY, Summer 2024
Kentucky Governor’s School for the Arts, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, Summer 2022
Voulenteer, Art House Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 2021-2022
Awards and Grants
Kip Brady Prize for Excellence in Printmaking, Cornell Department of Art, 2026
Edith Adams and Walter King Stone Memorial Prize, Cornell Department of Art, 2026
Creative Research Grant, Cornell Department of Art, 2026
Kip Brady Prize for Excellence in Printmaking, Cornell Department of Art, 2025
Creative Research Grant, Cornell Department of Art, 2025
Young Adult Legacy Artist in Residence, Levee Collective, 2024
Mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan Scholarship, Bluegrass Indo-American Civic Society (BIACS), 2023
Kentucky Governor’s School for the Arts Scholarship Winning Artist, The Carnegie, Covington, KY, 2022
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Grant Commission Artist, The MET/East End, Lexington, KY, 2022
Young Black Voices Winner, The Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning, 2020
Hosted Workshops
Stamp Printmaking, Free Science Workshop, May 2026
Stamp Printmaking, Beverly J. Martin Elementary School, May 2026
Screen Printing, Black AAP, Cornell University, May 2025
Book Binding, Levee Collective, July 2024
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