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EDUCATION

 

Master of Fine Arts, Painting + Drawing, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 2022

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Graduate Certificate, Visual Arts Management, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 2022

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Bachelor of Fine Arts, Studio Art, and Psychology, Minor: Art History, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 2016

 

Associate of Arts, Liberal Arts, Tallahassee Community College, Tallahassee, FL, 2013

 

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE: INSTRUCTOR OF RECORD

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ART 2710: Painting, Color, Form, Context, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, Spring 2022

Introduction to painting on a two-dimensional surface using wet and dry color media. Explored recent developments in realism and abstraction, structure and composition, color, flat pattern, modeling and light, paint handling, and texture. Media may include oil paint, acrylic paint, watercolor, airbrush, pen, ink, paper, canvas, panel, or other surfaces.

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ART 2720: Painting: Alternative, Digital, Temporal Modes, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, Fall 2021

Introduction to alternative painting and drawing media and modes. Students learned an array of flexible and expressive possibilities opening new dynamic, creative directions. Integration of evolving new media platforms and artistic self-expression. Students used art-making strategies in various forms, including mixed media, experimental art materials, installation, creating and manipulating images in digital formats, and time-based media.

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ART 1200: Description + Drawing, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, Fall 2021

This course introduces drawing and other descriptive processes as an expansive practice and a means for developing perceptual and conceptual thinking skills. Various methods of image-making, three-dimensional modeling, and data-mapping are used as tools for observation and expression. Through broad, hands-on exposure to materials and methods, students develop expressive, communicative, and analytical capabilities.

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ART 3900: Studio Art Topics: Digital Painting, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, Summer 2021

This course combines digital painting and hybrid processes, with an emphasis on narrative painting and digital storytelling. Students will learn current tools and techniques as well as the histories, traditions, and experimental uses of digital painting. Students are challenged to develop and explicate a conceptual framework related to digital artwork and the effective use of digital and hybrid tools to advance independent research and practice.

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ART 1210: Image + Design, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, Spring 2021

This course explores the production and design of representational, abstract, and symbolic images. Students are introduced to lens-based, digital, and analog processes for creating imagery, explorations of various techniques and technologies, as well as applications of color theory. Through the study of image systems and cultural contexts, students develop skills for various modes of image-making in art and design, an understanding of their expressive potentials, and the role of interpretation and critical analysis of images within a contemporary context.

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ART 2720: Painting: Alternative, Digital, Temporal Modes, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, Fall 2020

Introduction to alternative painting and drawing media and modes. Students learned an array of flexible and expressive possibilities opening new dynamic, creative directions. Integration of evolving new media platforms and artistic self-expression. Students used art-making strategies in various forms, including mixed media, experimental art materials, installation, creating and manipulating images in digital formats, and time-based media.

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE: TEACHING ASSISTANT

 

ART 1200: Description + Drawing, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, Assisted Mark Reamy, Fall 2021

This course introduces drawing and other descriptive processes as an expansive practice and a means for developing perceptual and conceptual thinking skills. Various methods of image-making, three-dimensional modeling, and data-mapping are used as tools for observation and expression. Through broad, hands-on exposure to materials and methods, students develop expressive, communicative, and analytical capabilities.

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ART 1120: Art and Hip Hop, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, Assisted John Sabraw, Summer 2021

Hip Hop culture has profoundly influenced art since the 1970s. Hip hop has given voice to new art forms and new approaches to existing artistic practices. Its underlying concepts have been adapted worldwide into art unique to diverse geographic and cultural locales. Art and Hip Hop will explore this phenomenon within the context of traditional and contemporary art; polyculturalism and multiculturalism; activism and politics; and gender and race.

 

ART 2710: Painting, Color, Form, Context, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, Assisted Paige Greely, Spring 2020

Introduction to painting on a two-dimensional surface using wet and dry color media. Explored recent developments in realism and abstraction, structure and composition, color, flat pattern, modeling and light, paint handling, and texture. Media may include oil paint, acrylic paint, watercolor, airbrush, pen, ink, paper, canvas, panel, or other surfaces.

 

ART 2720: Painting: Alternative, Digital Temporal Modes, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, Assisted Paige Greely Fall 2019

Introduction to alternative painting and drawing media and modes. Students learned an array of flexible and expressive possibilities opening new dynamic, creative directions. Integration of evolving new media platforms and artistic self-expression. Students used art-making strategies in various forms, including mixed media, experimental art materials, installation, creating and manipulating images in digital formats, and time-based media.

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OTHER TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 

Prevention Specialist: Art, Directions for Youth and Families, Columbus, Ohio, 2017 - 2019​

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Visual Arts Instructor, Thomasville Center for the Arts, Thomasville, Georgia, 2017​

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Visiting Visual Arts Instructor, Scholars Academy, Thomasville, Georgia, 2017​

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Studio Assistant, Pyramid Studios, Tallahassee, Florida, 2015​

 

 

AWARDS, GRANTS, AND SCHOLARSHIPS

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• Finalist, Fifth Edition Boynes Emerging Artist Award

• Finalist, Miami University Young Painters Competition, William and Dorthy Yeck Award, Juried by José Carlos Diaz, Chief Curator, The Andy Warhol Museum, 2022

• Nominee, The Dedalus Foundation Master of Fine Arts Fellowship, 2022

• Ohio CARES Relief Fund HEERF Grant, Ohio University, Fall 2021

• Artist of the Month, Envision Arts, September 2021

• Studio Break Student Competition Winner, Juried by Kendra Bulgrin, August 2021

• Graduate Teaching Assistantship Full Appointment, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 2021 - 2022

• Merit Award, Nature, Art Room Contemporary Online Gallery, 2021

• Finalist Certificate, Artist of the Month, Circle Foundation for the Arts, February/March 2021

• Honors Tutorial College Apprenticeship, research assistance awarded, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, Spring 2021

• Original Works Grant, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, Fall 2020

• Honorable Mention, Art Ideal Magazine Contest, Circle Foundation for the Arts, 2020

• Certificate of Exhibition, Artist of the Month, Thought Art Magazine, 2020

• Finalist Award, Circle Quarterly Art Review, Circle Foundation for the Arts, 2020

• Third Place, Nature, Art Room Contemporary Online Gallery, 2020

• Honorable Mention, CFA Artist of the Year Competition, Circle Foundation for the Arts, 2020

• Most Innovative Use of Material Award, Ohio Paint | Print | Photo, The Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, Ohio, 2019

• Scholarship Project Winner, The Steadman Foundation, 2019

• Graduate Teaching Assistantship Half Appointment, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 2019 - 2021

• Graduate Recruitment Scholarship, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 2019 - 2022

• Honorable Mention, Spotlight Contemporary Art Magazine, Circle Foundation for the Arts, 2019

• Finalist Award, CFA Artist of the Year Competition, Circle Foundation for the Arts, 2019

• Greater Columbus Arts Council Resource Grant, Columbus, Ohio, 2018

• First Place, Emerging Artist, Accessible Expressions Ohio 2018, Columbus, Ohio

• First Place, Creative Tallahassee, City Hall Art Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida, 2017

• Honorable Mention, COCA’s 30 Under 30, City Hall Art Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida, 2015

• Experiential Learning Certificate, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 2015

• Honorable Mention, Photofest, Artport Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida, 2012

• New York City Field Study Scholarship, Tallahassee Community College, Tallahassee, Florida, Spring 2012

• Florida Bright Futures Scholarship, 2011 - 2016

• Honorable Mention, Photofest, Artport Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida, 2011

• Scholarship Winner, Mahaska Whitley Portfolio Competition, Lemoyne Center for Visual Arts, Tallahassee, Florida, 2011

• Honorable Mention in Art, Best and Brightest Scholarship, Tallahassee, Florida, 2011

• Award of Excellence, The Florida Art Education Association, 2010

• Mayor's Award, Winter Festival Art Exhibition, City Hall Art Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida, 2009

 

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

2022    A Place to Call Our Own, Trisolini Gallery, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio

2021    Todd Jones, Envision Arts, Artist of the Month Virtual Solo Exhibition

2020    Todd Jones, Thought Art Magazine, Artist of the Month Virtual Solo Exhibition

2019    Self-Reflection, City Center Gallery, Urban Arts Space, Columbus, Ohio

            Todd Jones, Athens Uncorked, Athens, Ohio

            Todd Jones, First Commonwealth, Columbus, Ohio

2018    Introspection, Wild Goose Creative, Columbus, Ohio

2016    Artist Collective: Todd Jones, Grassroots, Thomasville, Georgia

 

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

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2022    OH + 5, The Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, Ohio

            Miami University Young Painters Competition, Hiestand Galleries, Oxford, Ohio

2021    Majestic National, Majestic Gallery, Nelsonville, Ohio

           Comfort Riddle, Wavelength Space, Chattanooga, Tennessee

            Nature, Art Room Contemporary Online Gallery

            Wild Art Columbus, Wild Goose Creative, Columbus, Ohio
2020    Wild Art Columbus, Gravity, Columbus, Ohio

            Silver Lining, Ohio University Art Gallery, Athens, Ohio

            Majestic National, Majestic Gallery, Nelsonville, Ohio

            Nature, Art Room Contemporary Online Gallery

            Bissextile, Weld House, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio

            Precipice, Trisolini Gallery, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio

2019    Small Works Exhibition, ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, Ohio

            Twist-Ties, Weld House, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio

            Majestic National, Majestic Gallery, Nelsonville, Ohio

            Ohio Paint | Print | Photo, The Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, Ohio

            Home, ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, Ohio

            Wild Art Columbus, Wild Goose Creative, Columbus, Ohio

2018    The Imploring Surface, The Stella Elkins Tyler Galleries, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

            Wild Art Columbus, Wild Goose Creative, Columbus, Ohio

            20th Annual Spring Open Exhibition, Pump House Center for the Arts, Chillicothe, Ohio

            Accessible Expressions Ohio 2018 (Traveling Exhibition)

2017    Small Works Exhibition, ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, Ohio

            Thumb Box, Franklin Park Conservatory, Columbus, Ohio

            Majestic National, Majestic Gallery, Nelsonville, Ohio

            Grow Up, Wild Goose Creative, Columbus, Ohio
            Fall Juried Exhibition, Carnegie Gallery, Columbus, Ohio

            Tallahassee International, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, Florida

            Due South, Studio 209, Thomasville, Georgia

            Creative Tallahassee, City Hall Art Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida

2016    Synthesis, Working Method Contemporary Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida

            Made In Florida (BFA Thesis Show), Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, Florida

            Photofest, Artport Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida

            Chromotherapy, Foster-Tanner Fine Arts Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida

            28th Art in Gadsden: Regional Exhibition of Fine Art, Gadsden Arts Center & Museum, Quincy, Florida

            A Certain Lack Of Composure, FSU's Oglesby Union Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida

            Creative Tallahassee, City Hall Art Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida

            PAINT, Working Method Contemporary Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida

2015    And Then There Was, Phyllis Strauss Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida

            COCA’s 30 Under 30, City Hall Art Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida

            A Series Of Aqueous Events, William Johnston Building Gallery FSU, Tallahassee, Florida

2014    INTERMISSION: Art MFA and BFA Exhibition, Phyllis Strauss Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida

            You Are Here, The Plant, Tallahassee, Florida

2013    Creative Tallahassee, City Hall Art Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida

2012    Photofest, Artport Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida

            Annual Juried Student Art Exhibit, Tallahassee Community College Fine Art Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida

2011    Photofest, Artport Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida

            Art and Addiction, Tallahassee Community College Fine Art Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida

            24th Annual Mahaska Whitley Portfolio Competition, Lemoyne Center for Visual Arts, Tallahassee, Florida

2010    23rd Annual Mahaska Whitley Portfolio Competition, Lemoyne Center for Visual Arts, Tallahassee, Florida

2009    Winter Festival Art Exhibition, City Hall Art Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida

 

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

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• “Meet Todd Jones.” Interview, Voyage Magazine, VoyageOhio, January 2022

• Envision Arts Magazine, Vol. 7. P 85-88. December 2021

• Circle Quarterly Art Review Magazine, issue 6, P 10 -11. Circle Foundation for the Arts, May 2021

• Thought Art Magazine, issue 3, Cover Artist and P 84-89. November 2020

• Under The Bridge, Installation, P 56. Autumn 2020

• “Todd Jones.” Thought Art Magazine's Artist of the Month Virtual Solo Exhibition, thoughtartmagazine.com, October - November 2020

• PIKCHUR Magazine, issue 8, P 134-136. 2020

• “Interview with Todd Jones May 2020 Resident.” Mineral House Media, mineralhousemedia.com

• Art Hole Magazine, P 9-10. June 2020

• “Artist Todd Jones.” Erika Hess, I Like Your Work, February 14, 2020

• Under The Bridge, Painting, P 31. Winter 2020

• Art Reveal Magazine, issue 51, P 38-43. December 2019

• Create! Magazine, issue 18, Art Miami Edition, P 146-147. 2019

• “Three Dimensional Forms Inspired By Natural Elements by Todd Jones.” Create! Magazine, November 20, 2019

• “Artist Puts His Creative Journey on Display at Urban Arts Space.” The Lantern, August 30, 2019

• “Meet Todd Jones.” Interview, Voyage Magazine, VoyageMIA, August 15, 2019

• Contemporary Badass Magazine, P 13. July 2019

• CreativPaper Magazine Issue 14 vol. 3, P 36-39. June 2019

• “Featured Artist - Todd Jones.” Artist Portfolio Magazine, June 11, 2019

• A5 Magazine Issue 23, P 9-10. February 2019

• Average Art Issue 30, P 15-16. January 2019

• CreativPaper Magazine Issue 11, P 44-47. September 2018

• Circle Foundation for the Arts. Spotlight Magazine Issue 7, P 35. June 2018

• Average Art Issue 21, P 9-10. April 2018

• CreativPaper Magazine Issue 6, P 41-45. October 2017

• Contemporary Art Curator Magazine, September 2, 2017

• Todd Jones, Artist A Day, https://www.artistaday.com/?p=71266, 2017

• Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts. The 32nd Annual Tallahassee International 2017 Juried Competition, P 13. August 2017

• The Open Studio Press. Studio Visit Magazine vol. 37, P 92. July 2017

• Florida State University. Six Magazine vol. 7, P 8-9. April 2017

• Florida State University. The Kudzu Review, Cover, P 5, 54. November 2016

• Clear Creek Press. Made In Florida, P 6-7. November 2016

• COCA Connection: Photofest 2016. Interview by Jade Bulecza. ABC 27 WTXL. November 17, 2016

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INTERVIEWS

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• Studio Break Podcast, March 2022 (Upcoming)

• “Meet Todd Jones.” Interview, Voyage Magazine, VoyageOhio, January 2022

• Circle Foundation for the Arts, Artist of the Month February/March Contest Finalist Interview, March 2021

• Kate Hooray Osmond, Interview, CRISIS Art Residency Project, crisisresidency.org, Instagram Live, January 27, 2021

• Courtney Kessel, Interview, Ohio University Art Gallery, Instagram Live, Athens, Ohio, November 20, 2020

• Mineral House Media, Interview, “Interview with Todd Jones May 2020 Resident.” mineralhousemedia.com

• Art Reveal Magazine, Interview, issue 51, P 38-43. December 2019,

• “Meet Todd Jones.” Interview, Voyage Magazine, VoyageMIA, August 15, 2019

• CreativPaper Magazine, Interview, Issue 14 vol. 3, P 36-39. June 2019,

• Jade Bulecza, Interview, COCA Connection: Photofest 2016, ABC 27 WTXL, Tallahassee, FL, November 17, 2016.

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COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS​

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• Packed, In collaboration with Nicki Crock, Ohio Arts Council Biennial Exhibition, Riffe Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, 2021

• Hematite Dorodango, In collaboration with John Sabraw and Kiana Ziegler, Reclamation, Recovering Our Relationship with Place, Gregory Allicar Museum of Art, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, 2021

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COMMISSIONS

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• Gravity Uplifts, partnership with Gravity and Create Columbus Commission, Wild Goose Creative, Columbus, Ohio, 2020

• Mural, Ohio Avenue Youth Center, Directions for Youth and Families, Columbus, Ohio, 2019

• Joseluis Guajardo, Columbus, Ohio, 2019

• Maria Del Risco, Miami, Florida, 2017

• Ashley Ivey-Jackson, Thomasville, Georgia, 2017

• Lorraine Meynell, Sullivan, Maine, 2019

 

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CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE

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• Breaking Ground, co-curated by Hannah Guerin, Wild Goose Creative, Columbus, Ohio, 2020

• Bissextile, Weld House, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 2020

• Precipice, Trisolini Gallery, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 2020

• H.C. Martin, Historical Figures and Cultural Masters, Thomasville Center for the Arts, Thomasville, Georgia, 2016

 

 

LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS, AND CRITIQUES

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• Virtual Studio Visit, Scribble Art Workshop, New York City, New York, 2020

• First Year Artist Lecture, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, Fall 2019

• Artist Lecture, Wild Goose Creative, Columbus, Ohio, 2018

• Undergraduate Critique, The State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, New York, Spring 2018

• Artist Lecture, Scholars Academy, Thomasville, Georgia, 2017

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ARTIST RESIDENCIES

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• Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts and Sciences, Rabun Gap, Georgia, May 2022

• CRISIS Artist Residency Project, crisisresidency.org, May - December 2020

• Mineral House Media Digital Residency, May 2020

• Summer Painting and Sculpture Intensive, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 2018

• Artist Teaching Residency, Studio 209, Thomasville, Georgia, January - June 2017

• Summer Seminar, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia, June 2009

 
 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

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Director, Painting + Drawing Mentorship Program, School of Art + Design, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, August 2021 - Present

 

Curriculum Developer, School of Art + Design, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, May - June 2021

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Artist Assistant to John Sabraw, Athens, Ohio, May - August 2021

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Gallery Assistant, Ohio University Art Galleries, Athens, Ohio, May 2021

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Mentor, Honors Tutorial College, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, January - Present

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Mentor, Painting + Drawing Undergraduate Mentorship Program, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 2019 - Present​

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Woodshop Monitor, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 2019 - 2020​

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Gallery Assistant, Wild Goose Creative, Columbus, Ohio, 2018 - 2019​

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Exhibition Intern, Thomasville Center for the Arts, Thomasville, Georgia, 2016​

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Graphic Designer, Cuneo Creative Consultants, Tallahassee, Florida, 2010 - 2014​

 

 

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

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• Circle Foundation for the Arts, Lyon, France, 2020 - Present    

• Wild Goose Creative, Columbus, Ohio, 2018 - Present   

• Ohio Art League, Columbus, Ohio, 2017 - Present    

• ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, 2017 - 2021       

• Thomasville Artist Collective, Thomasville, Georgia, 2016

• Art Student League, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 2015 - 2016  

• Phi Sigma Theta National Honor Society, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 2015 - 2017       

• Council on Culture & Arts (COCA), Tallahassee, Florida, 2011 - 2017