Associates in Fine Arts
Bristol Community College, 2017
Summa Cum Laude
Bachelors in Fine Arts, Painting
University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth 2019
Summa Cum Laude
Masters in Fine Arts, Painting Candidate
Rhode Island School of Design
Business Accelerator Program Certificate
Entrepreneurship For All, South Coast, 2019
Curriculum Vitae
2020 Art exhibitions
March 5-April 3, You Are Here, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Feb 13-March 3, The Body Language 2020, The Room of Contemporary Art Space,
Venice Italy
Feb 13-March 3, The Body Language 2020, Palazzo Ca' Zanardi,
Venice Italy
Feb 15-Feb 29, Love Hurts, Shockboxx Gallery
Hermosa Beach, California
Feb 29 - Apr 5, Osceola Art Juried Exhibition, Osceola Arts
Kissimmee, Florida
2020 Art exhibitions
March 5-April 3, You Are Here, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Feb 13-March 3, The Body Language 2020, The Room of Contemporary Art Space,
Venice Italy
Feb 13-March 3, The Body Language 2020, Palazzo Ca' Zanardi,
Venice Italy
Feb 15-Feb 29, Love Hurts, Shockboxx Gallery
Hermosa Beach, California
Feb 29 - Apr 5, Osceola Art Juried Exhibition, Osceola Arts
Kissimmee, Florida
2019 Art exhibitions
Gender Bending Fashion, Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston, Massachusetts (Curated by Michelle Tolini Finamore)
BFA Senior Exhibition, CVPA Campus Gallery, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth,
Dartmouth, Massachusetts
Providence Art Club National Open Juried Exhibition, June 22 – July 19 Providence Art Club,
Providence, Rhode Island. (Curated by Helena Gomez)
Best in Show
Modern Male,July 5 – July 23 Bowersock Fine Art Gallery
Provincetown, Massachusetts. (Curated by Steve Bowersock)
2018 Art exhibitions
Conversations, Exhibition of CVPA Students and Faculty Pairs, CVPA Campus
Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA
Solo Exhibition: Aggao Nac Cagayan, SM Mall Tuguegarao City, Philippines
5th All Media Juried Exhibition, Grimshaw Gudewicz Gallery, Bristol Community
College, Fall River, MA. (Curated by Kathrine Lovell)
Portrait of Frederick Douglass, UMass Dartmouth Frederick Douglass
Community House, UMass Dartmouth, Dartmouth. MA
Portrait of Frederick Douglass, New Bedford National Historic Park, MA
2017 -2016-2015 Art Exhibition
Public Hanging, Gallery X, New Bedford, MA
BCC Art and Design Juried Exhibition, Grimshaw Gudewicz Gallery, Bristol Community College, Fall River, MA
Invitation: Featured Artist at Onset Street Painting Festival, Onset Massachusetts.
2016 Public Hanging, Gallery X, New Bedford, MA
Black and White, Gallery X, New Bedford, MA
Clothing Optional/Figure X-posed, Gallery X, New Bedford, MA
BCC Art and Design Juried Exhibition, Grimshaw Gudewicz Gallery, Bristol Community College, Fall River, MA
2015 BCC Art and Design Juried Exhibition, Grimshaw Gudewicz Gallery, Bristol Community College, Fall River, MA
education
2019 BFA in Painting, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA
Business Accelerator Cohort, Entrepreneur for All, New Bedford, MA
(Expected Commencement, September 2019)
2017 Associates in Fine Arts, Bristol Community College, Fall River, MA
awards/Grants/Scholarships
2019 Best in Show, National Juried Exhibition, Providence Art Club
Charles j. Hoff Scholarship, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Swain Alumni Scholarship, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Ayuko Ito Scholarship, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
David and Alfreda Myserson Scholarship, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Canto Art Scholarship, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
2018 Summer Research Grant, UMass Dartmouth Office of Undergraduate Research,
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA
Stipend for Continuing Education Workshop with Vincent Desiderio, November
3-4, New York Academy of Arts, New York, NY
2017 Bristol Community College Curriculum Award, Bristol Community College
Ron Lister Professor Emeritus Fine Art Award, Bristol Community College
J. Robert Mello Art Scholarship, Bristol Community College
John Stobart Art Award,
BCC Art and Design Award: Fine Arts, Bristol Community College
BCC Alumni Association Scholarship, Bristol Community College
Philip La France Scholarship, Bristol Community College
Christopher M. Cordeiro Memorial Scholarship, Bristol Community College
2016 Virginia Elizabeth (Zepp) Lash Memorial Scholarship, Bristol Community College
BCC Art and Design Award: Fine Arts, Bristol Community College
John Stobart Art Award
First Place, 3rd Onset Street Painting Festival, Onset, Massachusetts
2015 Bristol Community College Art and Design Award Foundation, Bristol Community College
First Place, 2nd Onset Street Painting Festival, Onset, Massachusetts
Lectures/workshops/artist Talk
2018 Workshop, Linao National High School, Cagayan, Philippines, July 11-12
Workshop, Cagayan National High School, Cagayan, Philippines July 17
Artist Talk, Cultural Forum, Linao National High School, Philippines, July 18
Workshop, San Isidro Elementary School, Bohol, Philippines, July 23
2017 Artist Talk, Bristol Community College, Fall River. MA. October 24
Lecture, University of St. Louis Tuguegarao, Philippines, March 28
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