EDUCATION
Appalachian State University — Boone, NC
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Graphic Design
August 2021 – May 2025
University of Roehampton — London, UK
Study Abroad
January 2024 – June 2024
Penland School of Craft — Spruce Pine, NC
Creating Artists’ Books
August 2023
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Design is a connective force. It connects us to our environment, culture, identity, and politics. It can subvert or reaffirm, disrupt or soften, create or deconstruct. It puts us in conversation with the world. At its core, it connects us to each other.
I am driven by a design that pushes us together and towards messy collaboration, generative discourse, and forward action.
Through my work, I seek to challenge dominant power structures, build community networks, and create opportunities for collective liberation. I am excited by participatory and collaborative models of creation, both in and outside of formal design spaces. My commitment to engaged design is deeply rooted in social organizing, histories of direct action and community care, and art as a catalyst for change.
As we struggle towards an uncertain future, I hope that my work can serve to build relationships across time, boundaries, and borders.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024 Asheville Zine Fest, Center for Craft
2024 Richmond Zine Fest, Richmond Public Library
2023 {Re}HAPPENING, Black Mountain College
2023 Artifact [Bold], Highpoint University
2022 Art + Design Expo, Smith Gallery
2021 Uncommon Market, Foundy Street
2020 National Scholastic Art and Writing Exhibitions, Carnegie Hall and virtual traveling exhibition
2019 Interkonnections, co-curator and exhibitor, University of North Carolina at Asheville
2019 National Scholastic Art and Writing Exhibitions, traveling exhibition at Pratt Institute and at galleries across the United States
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