EDUCATION
MFA Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC, 2012
BFA Fiber and Materials Studies, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH, 2003
RESIDENCY / AWARDS / GRANTS
2023 Changing Climate Residency, Santa Fe Art Institute, NM
2020 Juror’s Award, NC Artists Exhibition, CAM Raleigh, NC
Artist Support Grant, Dare County Arts Council, Manteo, NC
2015, 2016 Named “Most Inspirational Teacher” by Chancellor’s List Students, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
2015 First Year Experience Advocate Award finalist, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
2011 Graduate School Research Grant, Museum of Fine Art’s Artist Book collection, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
2010 First Year Tuition Waiver, Western North Carolina, Cullowhee, NC
2006 David and Pat Nevin Full Work Study Scholarship, Craft and Social Conscience Special Session, Penland School of the Crafts, Penland, NC
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Stack Collapse / Systems Forming, Livlab Watershed Project Space, Sylva, NC
2021 Stopgap In Situ, The Peanut Factory, Edenton, NC
2016 HB 589 + Hush, Campus Gate Gallery, Young Harris College, Young Harris, GA
Hush, The Cube at the Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC
2015 In / Skin / Between, The Slocumb Gallery, Eastern Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
2012 Leisure Time for Everyone, Fine Art Museum, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
2010 Nora Hartlaub at FW, FW Gallery, Asheville, NC
2005 Procreation and Passing, Miller-White Gallery, Cleveland, OH
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Conditional Surroundings, Tipton Gallery, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
2021 Recycle, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, New York, NY, (juried by John Cloud Kaiser, Director of Education at Materials for the Arts, NYC Dept. of
Cultural Affairs)
Art America Now, Slocumb Gallery, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN (Curated by Mike Calway-Fagan, Director of Exhibitions, Stoveworks,
Chattanooga, TN)
RFAS NC Artists Exhibition: A Virtual Retrospective – New Work by 2018-2020 Juried Artists (online)
2020 NC Artist’s Exhibition, Contemporary Art Museum, Raleigh, NC (Curated by Nat Trotman, Curator of Performance and Media, Guggenheim Museum, NY, NY)
Truth To Power 8, Power Plant Gallery, Duke University, Durham, NC (Curated by Angel Dozier and Cornelio Campos)
Corona Portrait Project, Online Exhibition (Curated by Benjamin C. Mefford, Editor, Sculpture NorthWest, Bellingham, Washington)
2019 Climate, (SCENE) Metrospace, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (catalog)
2018 Illuminate, Target Gallery, Torpedo Art Factory, Alexandria, VA (Curated by Emily Smith, Executive Director, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA)
Creative Workforce, Bank of the Arts, New Bern, NC
2017 Artfields, The ROB, Lake City, SC
2016 Southern Draw, 474 Gallery, Asheville, NC
2015 Terrain Biennial, Asheville, NC
Kid Stuff, Halt Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Faculty Biennial, Fine Art Museum, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
2013 The Book as Art: 21st Century Meets Tradition, The Decatur Arts Alliance and The Art Institute of Atlanta-Decatur, Decatur, GA
The Dividers, The Piano Room, Presented by The Media Arts Project, Asheville, NC
2011 Slump!, Unconventional gallery space, Sylva, NC
2010 LEAF Fall Festival, Black Mountain, NC
2009 Bee-Cause, The West End, Asheville, NC
2008 Art in The Park, Asheville, NC
2006 Beating Out the Land of Milk and Honey, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Heritage Suites, Down Creek Gallery, Ocracoke, NC (two person show with Steve Mangus)
2003 Towering, 1300 Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Weirdo, Asterisk Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2002 Cut, Cleveland Performance Art Festival, Cleveland, OH
CURATORIAL / JUROR EXPERIENCE
2019 OBX ART TRUCK, Manteo, NC, Director, Manteo, NC
New World Festival of the Arts, Manteo, NC, Judge
2017, 2018 X2, Arts of the Albemarle, Elizabeth City, NC, Co-curator with Christina Weisner
2016 - 2020 Estuaries Magazine, Elizabeth City, NC, Juror for visual works
2015 Southern Draw, Gallery 474, Asheville, NC, Co-curator with Ron Laboray
2011 Disposable, The Desoto, Asheville, NC, Co-Curator with Scott Hubener
2010 Paper Project, Gallery 130, Cullowhee, NC, Curator
PRESENTATIONS / VISITING ARTIST
2020 Livlab Charette Visiting Artist, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
The Insurmountable Thing, Virtual Artist Talk, CAM Raleigh, NC
Rural Revolution and the OBX ART TRUCK, CAA Conference, Chicago, IL
Making in the Brink, Artist Talk, Rollins College, Orlando, FL
2016 Hush, Artist Talk, Young Harris College, Young Harris, GA
2015 Visiting Artist, Eastern Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
PUBLICATIONS
NC Artists Exhibition, Catalog, March 8th, 2020
Hannah White, Rolling Wonder: OBX ART TRUCK Brings Urban Art to Rural Communities, Milepost Outer Banks Magazine, Summer edition 8.2, 2019
Climate, Catalog, Michigan State University Press, Fall, 2018
Rena Lindstrom, State of the Arts: The 2nd Terrain Biennial Comes to Asheville, Mountain Xpress, August 19, 2015
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Instructor
Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC (2021)
· Taught 3-D Design, Introductory Drawing.
Adjunct Instructor
College of the Albemarle, Elizabeth City, NC
· Taught 3-D Design, Drawing I & II, Painting I & II, and Art Appreciation courses.
Adjunct Professor
Elizabeth City State University, Elizabeth City, NC (2016 – 2019)
· Taught Drawing I and II, Art Appreciation, Art History Survey I, Imaging 333.
Adjunct Instructor
Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC (2013 – 2016)
· Taught Introductory Drawing, Figure Drawing, Introductory Printmaking, Introduction to the Visual Arts and Art History Survey I.
Instructor of Merit / Research Assistant
Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC (2010 – 2012)
· Taught 3-D Design and Integral Arts (team taught class between Music, Theater and Art Departments).
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT / ASSOCIATIONS
Title IX Training, College of the Albemarle, Elizabeth City, NC
Community College Foundations Summit, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC (2016)
Active Shooter Training and Crisis Management, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
FATE – Foundations in Art: Theory and Education
CAA – College Art Association
SERVICE
2022 - Leadership Team Member, Hope For Horses, Asheville, NC
2019 - 2020 Advisory Board member, Dare County Minority Coalition, Manteo, NC
2015 Search committee member for Endowed Professor and Graduate School Coordinator, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
2013 Search committee member for Director of The Fine Arts Museum, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC