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Education
2016
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland OR
Professional Experience
2021-2023
Freelance Artist, Lidiar LCC, Dallas TX
2015-2020
Co-Founder, Night Time Science, Beaverton OR
2015-2016
Stop Motion Animator, Bent Image Lab, Portland OR
Public Relations Tech, PNCA Animated Arts, Portland OR
Internship, Dynamic Horizons Ltd, Portland OR
2014
Juror, Northwest Animation Festival, Portland OR
Art Coordinator/Teaching Intern, Northwest Noggin, Portland OR
Photography Assistant, Chris Rentzel Photography, Portland OR
Performer, Kathryn Andrews, Portland OR
Character Animation Consultant, Dreamlabs Project, Portland OR
2013
Gallery Assistant, Feldman Gallery, Portland OR
Production Assistant, Deville Cohen, Portland OR
Video Director, Lawrence Acting Group, Portland OR
2012
Gallery Assistant, Disjecta, Portland OR
Event Assistant, PICA TBA Fest 2012, Portland OR
Project Assistant, Ben Buswell Public Art Installation at PCC Rock Creek, Portland OR
2011
Muralist, Sol Republic, Wilsonville OR
Exhibitions
2020
Luxury Gulag, Zidell Yards Drivethrough Show, Portland OR
2018
MULTI-PLAY, Babycastles Gallery, New York NY
2017
NTS Post Inaugural Release, Brassworks Gallery, Portland OR
2016
Bionicle Show, Elevator Gallery, Portland OR
PNCA BFA Thesis Exhibition, Portland OR
2015
PNCA Juried Undergraduate Exhibition, Portland OR
Group Show, PNCA Grand Opening, Portland OR
2014
Group Show, Halprin Experience, Design Week Portland, Portland OR
Solo Exhibition,Tenants Higgins Gallery, Portland OR
Installation, 2014 PNCA GALA
Installation, Northwest Animation Festival, Portland OR
Juried Exhibition, Dana Gallery, Missoula MT
2013
Solo Exhibition,Emergence Nisus Gallery, Portland OR
Student Exhibition, Helzer Gallery, Portland OR
2012
Juried Exhibition, AR Gallery, Beaverton OR
Jurors – Joseph Mann, Mark Andres
2012
Juried Exhibition, Helzer Gallery, Portland OR
Juror – Daniel Duford
2011
Juried Exhibition, Helzer Gallery, Portland OR
Juror – Tom Prochaska
Curatorial Experience
2017
Curator, NTS Post Inaugural Release, Brassworks Gallery, Portland OR
2015
Extra Credit: PNCA Students mine the museum, Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland OR
PNCA Grand Opening, Animated Arts, Portland OR
2014
PNCA Animated Arts Big Show Blast Off #Xtreme, Glyph Cafe, Portland OR
2x2, PNCA Group Exhibition, Portland OR
Awards
2020
Regional Arts & Culture Council Catalyst Grant
2018
1st Place Portland Zine Symposium Monster Pageant, Portland OR
2014
New Voices in Animated Arts Award, PNCA, Portland OR
Honorable Mention, Carrie Life Drawing Competition, Portland OR
First Place, Attack of the Flix #21, Portland OR
2012
First Place, Attack of the Flix #02, Portland OR
2010
Audience Choice Award, Video Gong Show, Portland OR
Best Digital Art Award, NWOC 2010, Sherwood OR
2009
Grand Prize, Tualatin Riverkeepers Street2Stream PSA Contest, Portland OR
Best Picture, Capital Center Film Fest, Beaverton OR
Reviews and Articles
Whitworth, Joni. Luxury Gulag, Future Prairie Radio, Podcast Interview, October 2020:
https://soundcloud.com/futureprairie/luxurygulag
Lewis, Will. Attack of the Flix , Scartheatre, February 2012: https://scartheatre.wordpress.com/2012/02/22/attack-of-the-flix-002/