Honors and Awards:
2011
– Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Graduate Fellowship
– Radford University Art Society Scholarship
2010
– Radford University Art Society Scholarship
2007
– CNU Art Dept’s Outstanding Senior in Studio Art
2006
– CNU Honor’s Program research grant
– Helen Alexick Art Scholarship
2005
– Inducted into Kappa Pi International Honorary Art Fraternity, Zeta Alpha Tau chapter
– Inducted into the Alpha Chi National Honor Society, Virginia Zeta chapter
– Ernie Anglin Art Scholarship
– CNU Fine Arts Society Award
Select Exhibitions:
2018
– Dark Age (solo), Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center, Frederick MD
– A New Naturalism (solo), Staunton-Augusta Art Center, Staunton VA
– National Juried Art Exhibition, Academy Center for the Arts, Lynchburg VA
AWARD: JUROR’S CHOICE AWARD
– Beyond the Physical (solo), Glade Church, Blacksburg VA
– National Juried Art Exhibition, The Bower Center for the Arts, Bedford VA
– Black & White (online), Fusion Art, Palm Springs CA
– 33rd Annual Showcase of the Arts, The Jefferson Center Gallery, Roanoke VA
– Driven to Abstraction (two-person invitational), Glencoe Museum, Radford VA
– Radford City Fine Arts Show (juried), Radford University Art Museum on Tyler, Radford VA
2017
– 40 Under 40 (juried), Shenandoah Valley Art Center, Waynesboro VA
AWARD: FIRST PLACE
– Dark Age (solo), Lansdell Hall – Bluefield College, Bluefield WV
– 32nd Annual Positive/Negative National Juried Art Exhibit, Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City TN
– Art Speaks on the Bay (juried), Bay School Community Arts Center, Mathews VA
– 15th Annual New Works Exhibit, Floyd Center for the Arts, Floyd VA
2016
– 2016 Annual National Juried Exhibition, Bower Center for the Arts, Bedford VA
AWARD: FIRST PLACE
– 31st Annual Showcase of the Arts, Jefferson Center Gallery, Roanoke VA
AWARD: FIRST PLACE IN ACRYLIC
– Paper in Particular (juried), Sidney Larson Gallery- Columbia College, Columbia MO
– National Juried Exhibit, Delaplaine Visual Arts Center, Frederick MD
– 23rd National Juried Show, Art Institute & Gallery, Salisbury MD
– Pinnacle (juried), Foster-Tanner Fine Arts Gallery- Florida A&M University, Tallahassee FL
– On the Wall (juried), Emerge Gallery, Greenville NC
– artKudos International Juried Art Competition & Exhibition, artkudos.com
– Transmutation (invitational, 3 person), Linda Matney Gallery, Williamsburg VA
– Selfless (invitational, 2 person), Fleda A Ring Gallery, Roanoke VA
– 8th Annual Juried Show, Riverviews Craddock-Terry Gallery, Lynchburg VA
– Edna Curry/Johh Bower 2nd Annual Exhibition, Bower Center for the Arts, Bedford VA
– Abstract Expressionism (juried, online), Linus Art Gallery, Pasadena CA
– The CNU Exhibit (invitational), Liz Moore & Associates, Newport News VA
– Kinetic (invitational), XYZ Gallery, Blacksburg VA
2015
– Dark Age (solo), Walker Fine Arts Center- Patrick Henry Community College, Martinsville VA
– Water Ways (juried), Lynchburg Art Club, Lynchburg VA
AWARD: BEST IN SHOW
– 7th Annual Juried Art Show, Riverviews Craddock-Terry Gallery, Lynchburg VA
AWARD: FIRST PLACE
– Whet Your Palette – Art Through the Eras (juried), The Artful Lawyer Gallery, Blacksburg VA
AWARD: FIRST PLACE
– New River Art 2015 Biennial, Fine Arts Center of the New River Valley, Pulaski VA
AWARD: NADINE ALLEN MEMORIAL FUND AWARD (TOP AWARD)
– Edna Curry/John Bower Exhibition, Bower Center for the Arts, Bedford VA
AWARD: SECOND PLACE
– 16th Annual Juried Show, The Nelson Gallery, Lexington VA
AWARD: SHENANDOAH FRAMING AWARD
– Collecting for the 21st Century, Northern Arizona University Art Museum, Flagstaff AZ
– Bought, Bartered, and Gifted: Highlights from the Viel Alumni Collection, Ferguson Center for the Arts, Newport News VA
– 4th Annual Juried Exhibition, Marshall University’s Visual Arts Center, Huntington WV
– Distillations III (juried), K12/Tejas Gallery, Dayton OH
– The Dogwood Arts Regional Fine Art Exhibition (juried), Emporium Center, Knoxville TN
– The Fl3tch3r Exhibit: Social and Politically Engaged Art (juried), The Reese Museum, Johnson City TN
– Radius 250 (juried), Artspace Gallery, Richmond VA
– Conjunction, Perspective Gallery, Blacksburg VA
– Transitory Identifications (invitational), Linda Matney Gallery, Williamsburg VA
– New Works (juried), Jacksonville Center for the Arts, Floyd VA
– 2015 National Juried Exhibition, The Bower Center for the Arts, Bedford VA
– Art Speaks on the Bay (juried), Bay School Community Arts Center, Mathews VA
2014
– New Artist Unit 21 (invitational), National Art Center, Tokyo Japan
– Neoteric Abstraction (juried), The Limner Gallery, Hudson NY
– Mid-Atlantic New Painting 2014 (juried), Ridderhof Martin Gallery- University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg VA
– Painting in the World: Reflections on Politics, Violence, and Reconciliation (juried), Northern Arizona University Art Museum, Flagstaff AZ
– 40 Under 40 Juried Art Competition, Alamance Arts Council, Graham NC
– Concerning the Spiritual in Art (juried), Lynchburg Art Club & Gallery, Lynchburg VA
AWARD: “PORTIUNCULA AWARD” (one of three given)
– Strokes of Genius (juried), The Circle Gallery, Annapolis MD
AWARD: “JUROR’S CHOICE AWARD” (one of three given)
– 25th Annual N.E.W. Show (juried), Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh NC
– The Fl3tch3r Exhibit: Social and Politically Engaged Art (juried), The Reese Museum, Johnson City TN
– 15th Annual Juried Show, Nelson Gallery, Lexington VA
– Five Years of the Gallery at Glencoe (invitational) The Glencoe Museum, Radford VA
– Whet Your Palette – Side by Side (invitational), The Artful Lawyer, Blacksburg VA
2013
– New Waves (juried), Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach VA
AWARD: BEST IN SHOW
– Diametric Visions: Emerging Artists (juried), The Limner Gallery, Hudson NY
AWARD: 2 PAGE SPREAD IN DIRECT ART MAGAZINE
– 2013 Jax Juried Exhibition, Jacksonville Center for the Arts, Floyd VA
AWARD: FIRST PLACE
– Vox IX (juried), Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia PA
– Contemporary Expressionism – The Creative Spirit (juried), Lyceum Gallery, San Diego CA
– 2013 Mid Atlantic Juried Exhibition, Hoyt Center for the Arts, New Castle PA
– 2013 Biennial Exhibition (juried), Olin Hall Gallery, Roanoke VA
– New Voice: Young Innovations, Jacksonville Center for the Arts, Floyd Va
– A Painter and a Potter (invitational), The Grainery, Rocky Mount VA
2012
– A New Naturalism (solo), The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond VA
– Mudluscious (juried), The New Jersey Arts Incubator, West Orange NJ
– New Actions in Painting (juried), Garage 4141 Gallery, San Diego CA
– Isolation (juried, online exhibition), Caladan Gallery, Cambridge MA
– KY7 Biennial (juried), Loudoun House Gallery, Lexington KY
– Feast on This (juried), The Nelson Gallery, Lexington VA
– 10th Annual Juried Show, Jacksonville Center for the Arts, Floyd VA
– Oppositional Forms (solo online exhibition), Caladan Gallery, Cambridge MA
– A New Naturalism, The Falk Gallery, Newport News VA
– Menagerie 2012 (group exhibition), Fine Arts Center of the New River Valley, Pulaski VA
2011
– RU Annual Juried student Show, Radford VA
AWARD: GRADUATE AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
– Radford University Fall MFA Show (solo), Radford University Art Museum at the Covington Center, Radford VA
– Recent Works (solo), Jessie Peterman Memorial Library, Floyd VA
– ArtCNU Alumni Exhibition, Newport News VA (invitational exhibit)
– Graduate Art Student Association Exhibit, (invitational) The Glencoe Museum, Radford VA
– Group show at The Underground Gallery, (invitational) Roanoke VA
2010
– Peninsula Fine Arts Center 2010 Biennial, Newport News VA (Juried by Richard Hunt, artist)
AWARD: BEST IN SHOW
– WVTF 2010 Juried Art Show, Roanoke VA
AWARDS: PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD & HONORABLE MENTION
– Renewal – The Warehouse, Norfolk, VA (Juried)
2009
– An Evening with Shaun Whiteside, (solo) Phoebus Art Gallery, Hampton VA
– Spirit, The Warehouse, Norfolk VA (Juried)
– Halls of Art III, the Hampton Roads Convention Center’s Third Art Exhibit, Hampton Roads Convention Center, Hampton VA
– Renewal – Creation:Resurrection, The Warehouse, Norfolk VA
AWARD: 2ND PLACE
– The Dog Show, The Falk Gallery, Newport News VA (invitational exhibit)
2008
– Halls of Art, the Hampton Roads Convention Center’s Second Art Exhibit, Hampton Roads Convention Center, Hampton VA
– Small Works – Miniatures by Hampton Roads Artists, The Charles H. Taylor Art Center, Hampton VA (invitational exhibit)
– Walls of Art, Hampton Roads Convention Center, Hampton VA
– Renewal – Creation:Resurrection, The Warehouse, Norfolk VA
AWARD: 2ND PLACE
2007
– New Works, (solo) Ferguson Hall Gallery, Christopher Newport University, Newport News VA