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EDUCATION

2026                 MFA (pending), Art, Technology and Emerging Communication, Creative Practice, University of Texas Dallas, (spring 2027)

2023                 Botanical Illustration Certification from ECornell

2020                 Texas Master Gardener Certification from Texas A&M University, Dallas, Texas

20Th Century       BA, Art and Theatrical Design, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2025-2026          Teaching Associate, Design 1 Foundational Course (Instructor of Record providing lectures, syllabus, coaching and grading), University of Texas Dallas

2024-2025          Teaching Assistant, Time Based Media (Supported Professor, graded), University of Texas Dallas

2023-2024          Teaching Assistant, Design 1 Foundational Course (Supported Professor, graded), University of Texas Dallas

2022 – 2024        Assistant Plant Buyer and Sales Management Associate, Nicholson Hardie, Dallas, Texas

Prior to 2020       Creative Director/Arti Director/Writer: DDB Worldwide, TBWA, Tracey Locke, Freeman Exhibitions, and others.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025-2026          LabSynthe Emerging media in Lazaret Cave, Nice, France, Spring of Poets Video art

2026                 Dreams, Drama and Play: A Visual Dialogue Exhibition, Dallas, Texas Fall

2023                 American Society of Botanical Artists Annual Conference, Mobile, Alabama

CONFERENCES

2025                 Tree Numbers, RAW (Research, Art and Writing) Conference, Dallas, Texas

AWARDS

2026                 Louise Belsterling Botanical Library Bookmark Competition, Eugene McDermott Library, UTDallas, 1st place

COMMISIONS

2024                 UTDallas Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities and Technology Building, 3rd floor mural, Roots

TRAVEL/FOREIGN LANGUAGES

Fluent in Russian. Extensive travels around North America, Canada, Scotland, Russia, and Greece