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   I am truly inspired by every aspect of the amazing world that we live in, and I strive to relish every person I meet and every occurence I have the privilege of witnessing. I hope to be seen, first, as a son of God, and everything else, including being an artist, is marginal. Art is however a beautiful gift that I have been given to share with the world.

Education

    • BA, University of Pennsylvania, Fine arts Major/Religious Studies Minor. 2009
    • Yale Norfolk Summer School of Music and Art: Norfolk, Connecticut. 2008 Visual Arts Participant 
    • Study Abroad at the Institute for American Universities in Aix-en-Provence, France in conjunction with the Maryland Institute College of Art. Summer 2005
    • Graduated from the Carver Center for the Arts and Technology in Towson, Maryland. 2005
    • The Marie Walsh Sharpe Summer Seminar in Colorado Springs, CO. Summer 2004
Awards/Honors
    • 2008 Yale Norfolk Summer School of Music and Art Fellowship Award Winner/Participant  
    • 2007 Columbia Scholastic Press Association Collegiate Circle Recipient
    • 1st Place Portfolio of Work
    • 1st Place Editorial Cartoon
    • 1st Place Sports Cartoon
    • 2nd Place Comic Cartoon
    • 3rd Place Editorial Cartoon
    • 2005 United States Presidential Scholar
    • 2005 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Portfolio Gold Award- Visual Arts
    • 2005 Arts Recognition and Talent Search Level 1 Award winner-Visual Arts

Exhibitions

    • Yale University Summer School of Music and Art Visual Arts showcase, 2008
    • United States Presidential Scholars in the Arts Visual Arts, Photography, and Writing Exhibition, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC, June 2005
    • Scholastics Art & Writing Awards Exhibition, Diane von Furstenberg Gallery New York, NY June 2005
    • Carver Center for the Arts and Technology Senior Exhibition, Towson, MD, May 2005
    • Arts Recognition and Talent Search ARTS Week, Visual Arts, Photography, and Writing Exhibition at The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Miami, FL January 2005
    • Scholastics Art & Writing Awards Exhibition, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2004