Bio | CV

EDUCATION

2023     Master of Fine Arts candidate, Towson University (Baltimore, MD)

2019     Master in Business Administration, University of Baltimore (Baltimore, MD)

2009     Bachelor of Fine Arts, Summa Cum Laude, Maryland Institute College of Art (Baltimore, MD) Major: Painting; Minor: Art History

2009     The Nerdrum School (Stavern, Norway) Studied under Odd Nerdrum           

2007     International School of Painting Drawing and Sculpture (Montecastello di Vibio, Italy)

2006     Highschool Diploma, The Baltimore School for the Arts, Salutatorian (Baltimore, MD)

2005     MICA Summer Study Abroad Program (Aix-en-Provence, France)            

AWARDS

2019     Individual Artist Award, Maryland State Arts Council

2017     Award of Excellence, 10th Annual Juried Exhibition, Towson Arts Collective

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019     Alchemy of Art (Baltimore, MD)

2015     Baltimore County Public Library (Parkville, MD)

2015     Charmed Life Art Gallery & Tattoo Studio (Baltimore, MD)

2014     Local Scenes, TruAx Custom Frames (Baltimore, MD)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2020    From Fur to Feathers X, Schuler School on Fine Arts (Baltimore, MD)

2019     Zip 21214: art/work/home, Hamilton Gallery/ Artscape Gallery Network (Baltimore, MD)

2018     Towson Arts Collective presents: Cornucopia, Hereford Library (Hereford, MD) Juror: Peggy Hoffman

Finding Sanctuary, Hamilton Gallery/Artscape Gallery Network (Baltimore, MD)

Faithfully Rendered, MAXgallery (Baltimore, MD)

2017     Vantage, Hamilton Gallery/Artscape Gallery Network (Baltimore, MD)

Contemporary Realities, Mud and Metal (Baltimore, MD)

10th Annual Juried Exhibition, Towson Arts Collective (Towson, MD) Awards Judge: Gerald Ross

Mark S. Sanders & Grace Sweeney, The Arthouse, (Baltimore, MD)

2016     From Fur to Feathers VII, Schuler School of Fine Arts (Baltimore, MD) Juror: Grace Kim

Unobstructed, Hamilton Gallery/Artscape Gallery Network (Baltimore, MD)

2015     Reflections on Color, Hamilton Gallery/Artscape Gallery Network (Baltimore, MD)

Grace Sweeney & Ned Epps, TruAx Custom Frames (Baltimore, MD)

2014     Women of All Ages, Towson Arts Collective (Towson, MD)

2010     Keenan Derby & Grace Doyle, Towson Framing Gallery (Baltimore, MD)

MICA 2010 Commencement Exhibition, MICA (Baltimore, MD)

2009     The Art of Illustration, Towson Arts Collective (Towson, MD) Jurors: Warren Linn and James Warhola

2nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Towson Arts Collective (Towson, MD) Juror: Doreen Bolger

Local’s Show, Definition Gallery (Baltimore, MD) Jurors: Daniel Fountain and Kim Suter

2006     Baltimore School for the Arts Commencement Exhibition, Eubie Blake Center (Baltimore, MD)