My work as an artist is drawn from my neurodivergence and how that influences my life. I have done a whole costume and painting series on clowns spanning many years, as I connected to them in a way that expressed my gender and neurodivergence and the intersectionality between those identities. At this point in my artistic journey, I am further exploring my identity as a genderfluid lesbian, and how I connect with other people in my queer community as an autistic person. I use bright colors, primarily pink, and soft textures to explore these themes through fibrous sculpture and painting, as well as costume and fashion design.
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2023 Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts
Fibers • Drawing & Painting
2023 Bachelor of Arts, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee College of Letters and Science
Art History
Awards
2022 Dick Blick Juried Show Second Place Award, Blick Art Materials, Milwaukee, WI
Commissions
2023 April Biggs, Pink House Studio, Milwaukee, WI, “Sick Girl” Costumes
Group Exhibition Work
2024 Deteriorating Femininity and Beauty: A Love Letter to Kinderwhore - Dire Need Zine, Zao MKE Church, Milwaukee, WI
2023 Black & White - NAdiaNA Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2023 Enchanted: An Homage to Rock City’s Fairyland Caverns - Studio 59, Hammondville, AL
2023 BA/BFA Spring Exhibition - Kenilworth Square East Gallery, UW-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
2023 Spring Celebration Show - The Tavern Club, Cudahy Art Coalition, Chicago, IL
2023 Future Tense - The Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery, Surface Design Association, Lincoln, NE
2023 Fiber // Form - Kenilworth Square East Gallery, UW-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
2023 Seven Deadly Sins - Backspace Gallery, Accrete Art Collective, Bloomington, IN
2022 Woven Images - Kenilworth Square East Gallery, UW-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
2022 Sophomore/Junior Scholarship Showcase - Art Center Gallery, UW-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
2022 Dick Blick Juried Show - Blick Art Materials, Blick Art Materials Co, Milwaukee, WI
2019 First Year Experience - Union Art Gallery, UW-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Publications
DSTL Arts, Aurtistic Zine, “Rest,” no. 5, October 2023. 24-27.
Directory Zine 1, August 3, 2023. 18-19.
Filthy Glo Zine, no. 4, March 21, 2023. 10.
The Purposeful Mayonnaise 2, no. 5, February 15, 2023. 58.
Inner Life Creations, “Ready Enough” Practice, no. 17, February 3, 2023. 14.
“Space,” The Sour Collective, no. 16, February 6, 2023.
Meditating Cat Zine, no. 6, January 31, 2023. 30.
Crab Apple Literary 1, no. 1, January 20, 2023. 13-14.
“Pink Moth: Autumn 2022,” Pink Moth, January 7, 2023.
Xomik Buk, “Don’t Get Your Kid a Pet For Christmas,” December 29, 2022. 10.
