Education

2018

MFA, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH

2015

BA Summa Cum Laude, West Virginia State University, Institute, WV


Professional Experience

2022-Current

Adjunct Professor, West Virginia State University, Institute, WV

Adjunct Instructor, BridgeValley CTC, Charleston, WV

2020

Juror, BridgeValley CTC Spring 2020 Art Competition, Charleston, WV

2019

Interim Assistant Director of Graduate Studies, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH

2018

Marketing Assistant, Twenty Brands, Columbus, OH

2017-2018

Artist Assistant to Molly Burke, Columbus, OH

2016

Gallery Attendant, Apartment Earth Gallery, Charleston, WV

2015

Workshop Assistant, Mark Licari: Drawing Out, Avampato Discovery Museum, Charleston, WV

2013 - 2015

Gallery Attendant/Assistant Framer, The Art Store, Charleston, WV


Select Exhibitions

2024

Small Works, Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH

Roy Presents: November with Jonah Criswell, Christina Navarro, Zena Segre, & Hannah Watters, Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH

From These Hills, WKMA, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA

2023

From These Hills, William King Museum of Art, Abingdon, VA

Tamarack Creative Entrepreneurship Exhibition, Taylor Books Annex Gallery, Charleston, WV

2023 Juried Exhibition, Beckley Art Center, Beckley, WV

Some Part of Me (Solo Exhibition), Della Brown Taylor Gallery, Institute, WV

New River Gorge Creative Community Exhibition, Love Hope Gallery, Fayetteville, WV

2022

The River: Juried Exhibition, Parkersburg Art Center, Parkersburg, WV

Annual Juried Exhibition, Beckley Art Center, Beckley, WV

2021

Small Works Exhibit, Beckley Art Center, Beckley WV

2020

2020 Juried Exhibition, Beckley Art Center, Beckley, WV

2019

Womxn Empowerment, The GRID, Montgomery, WV

2018

Collision:MFA Thesis Exhibition, Beeler Gallery, Columbus OH

Young Hearts 7, Sean Christopher Gallery, Columbus, OH

2017

Biennial Juried Exhibition, Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH

Unconventional, Dayton Society of Artists, Dayton, OH

Ohio State Fair, Cox Fine Art Center, Columbus, OH

Chroma, Byers Gallery, Columbus, OH

2016

Nothing More, Nothing Less, Acock Gallery, Columbus, OH

Earth Day Exhibition, Apartment Earth Gallery, Charleston, WV

2015

West Virginia State University’s Senior Exhibition, Della Brown Taylor Gallery, West Virginia State University, Institute, WV

Emerge, Robert C. Byrd Courthouse, Charleston, WV

Davis Fine Arts Gala, West Virginia State University, Institute, WV

Faculty Choice: West Virginia State University Black and Gold Gala, Marriott Hotel, Charleston, WV

2014

Girls Gone Wild, Bluegrass Kitchen, Charleston, WV

Sorrow and Rapture, West Virginia State University Capitol Theatre, Charleston, WV (Juror: Arif Khan, Director, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM)

Faculty Choice: West Virginia State University Black and Gold Gala, Marriott Hotel, Charleston, WV

2013

Faculty Choice: West Virginia State University Black and Gold Gala, Marriott Hotel, Charleston, WV

2012

Student Juried Exhibition, West Virginia State University Capitol Theatre Art Gallery, Charleston, WV


Residencies

2023

New River Gorge Creative Community Residency, Lafayette Flats, Fayetteville, WV


Fellowships

2023

Tamarack Foundation Creative Entrepreneurship Fellow, Charleston, WV


Permanent Collections

Della Brown Taylor Art Gallery, West Virginia State University, Institute, WV


Collaborative Projects

2017

Connect: SOFA Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL (in collaboration with MFA faculty and candidates, Columbus College of Art and Design)


Awards & Grants

2020

Second Place, Juried Exhibition, Beckley Art Center, Beckley, WV

2018

Best of Show, Young Hearts 7, Sean Christopher Gallery, Columbus, OH (Juror: Melissa Yes, Artist, Columbus, OH)

2015

Professional Development Grant for Artists and Artisans, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Charleston, WV

2014

Honorable Mention, Best of High School and College Photography, Photographer’s Forum


Publications

2023

Caryn S. Gresham, “More than making art”, Daily Mail WV, August 12th, 2023

“Tamarack Foundation selects 2023 Creative Entrepreneurship Fellows”, WV News, March 13th, 2023

“Nature, Art, and Friends”, https://susanfeller.com/, March 20th, 2023

2022

“2023 New River Gorge Creative Community recipients announced”, The Register Herald, December 28th, 2022

2020

Lauren McDermott, “The GRID has shown growth, looking to future”, The Register Herald, December 4, 2020

2016

Dawn Nolan, exhibition announcement with interview, “Young WV artists ‘Emerge’,” The Charleston Gazette, January 8th, 2016, 1D