Education
2011 - 2014 MFA Metal Design, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
1999 - 2004 BFA Studio Art, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Selected Work Experience
2021- Present Jewelry Maker/Metalsmith, The Vintage Pearl, Tulsa, OK
2018 - 2021 Metals Studio Supervisor/Studio Ambassador, ahha Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
2017 Adjunct Professor, Jewelry and Metals, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
2015-2016 Gallery Attendant, The Kranzberg Arts Center, St Louis, MO
2014-2016 Instructor, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
2013 Instructor of Record, Metal Design Survey, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
2011- 2014 Graduate Assistant, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
2008- 2011 Receptionist, Coating Robotic Technical Systems Inc., Tulsa OK
2004- 2005 Staff member and Instructor, Multi Arts Center, Stillwater, OK
2003-2004 Studio Monitor, Metals studio, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
2001 Staff member and Instructor, Waterworks Art Studio, Tulsa, OK
Exhibitions
2023 Handcrafted, Maria V Howard Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC
2022 Unknown Nature of Being, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ
Handcrafted, Maria V Howard Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC
2021 State of Craft, 108 Contemporary, Tulsa, OK
Earrings Galore, Heidi Lowe Gallery, Rehoboth Beach, DE
ArtNow 2021, Oklahoma Contemporary Art Center, OKC, OK
Materials Hard and Soft, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX
2020 Wear Contemporary Jewelry 2020, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC
Ware/Wear: Drinking Vessel + Earring Show, Pocosin Arts, Columbia, NC
Jurors: Mark Arnold, Taehyun Bang, Zachery Lechtenberg
2019 The State of Craft 2019, 108 Contemporary, Tulsa, OK
Flaunt: a showcase of contemporary earrings, The Smithery, Columbus, OH
Untamed, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA
From Nature: Contemporary Artists and Organic Materials, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
2018 Cold Connections Exhibition, Waynesburg University, Waynesburg, PA
VisionMakers 2018, 108 Contemporary, Tulsa, OK
Artist-in-Residence 10 Year Anniversary Exhibition, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
Juried Art Show, Maria V. Howard Arts Center, Rocky Mount., NC
Earrings Galore, Heidi Lowe Gallery, Rehoboth Beach, DE
Ware/Wear, Pocosin Arts, Columbia, NC
Jurors: Kat Cole and Doug Peltzman
2017 Hot Tea!: An Exhibition of Art Teapots, Wood Symphony, Los Angeles, CA
Annual Faculty Exhibition, Grey Gallery, Stillwater, OK
OSU President Burns Hargis House, Stillwater, OK
Ripples from Stillwater, Modella Gallery, Stillwater, OK
41st Annual Juried Exhibition, Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO
Juror: Benjamin M. Hickey
Makers: Craft Alliance Center of Art + Design Resident Artists Exhibition, Meeting Place Gallery, Lambert St. Louis
International Airport, MO
Collective Voices, Burrough’s Wellcome Gallery, Greenville, NC
2016 This is a Brooch, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
Flora...and Some Fauna, Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD
Material Girls, Brockway Center for Arts and Technology, Brockway, PA
Creative Voice, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC
Interpretations: 15th Biennial Teapot Exhibition, Craft Alliance Center of Art and Design, St. Louis, MO
Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood, Maria V. Howard Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC
Juror: Kimberly Winkle
2015 Missouri 50 Exhibition, Sedalia, MO
Artist in Residence Exhibition, Craft Alliance, St Louis, MO
Faculty Exhibition, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
2014 Alumni and Current Student Show for NASAD, The Gray Gallery, Greenville, NC
Elemental, Solo show, Art Room, Greenville, NC
Chroma: Jewelry in Color Invitational, The College of the Albermarle, Monteo, NC
2 Cubed, The Overland Gallery, Kinston, NC
2013 Keep It in The Can, Equinox Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Rebel 56, Pitt County Arts Council at Emerge, Greenville, NC
Annual Joyner Graduate Juried Exhibition, East Carolina University Joyner Library, Greenville, NC
Showcase, Pullen Arts Center, Raleigh, NC
Caffeine and Sawblades, Art Avenue, Greenville, NC
Off the Wall, African Art Room, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Prints Charming, Art Avenue, Greenville, NC
2012 Annual Joyner Graduate Juried Exhibition, East Carolina University Joyner Library, Greenville, NC
Rebel 55, Pitt County Arts Council at Emerge, Greenville, NC
Amalgamation, Art Avenue, Greenville, NC
Preyed Upon Invitational, Art Avenue, Greenville, NC
Tiny Art Show, Pitt County Arts Council at Emerge, Greenville, NC
Adroit II, Mendenhall Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, Juror: Randy Long
2011 Greenville Museum of Art Juried Exhibition, Greenville Museum of Art Greenville, NC
Annual Joyner Graduate Juried Exhibition, East Carolina University Joyner Library, Greenville, NC
Awards and Grants
2022 Juror’s Award, The Unknown Nature of Being, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ
2021 Professional Basics Grant, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Oklahoma City, OK
3rd Place Juror Award, Materials Hard and Soft, The Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX
2020 Juror’s Choice Award, Ware/Wear, Pocosin Arts, Columbia, NC
2016 2nd Place Handcrafted, Maria V. Howard Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC
2013 Hannah Graduate Scholarship, East Carolina University
2nd Place Award in Wood Design, Rebel 56, Emerge Gallery
2012 Dean’s Merit Award, Annual Joyner Graduate Exhibition, ECU
1st Place Award in Printmaking, Rebel 55, Emerge Gallery
2nd Place Award in Wood Design, Rebel 55, Emerge Gallery
Taeylor Art Supply Award, East Carolina University
Student Award, Adroit II, East Carolina University
2011-2013 Graduate Scholar Award, East Carolina University
2011 Dean’s Merit Award, Annual Joyner Graduate Exhibition, ECU
2008 2nd Place Award, Arts and Heritage Festival, Stillwater, OK
2002 First Place Purchase Award, Juried Student Art Exhibition, OSU
1999-2004 Dean’s Honor Roll, Oklahoma State University
1999-2002 President’s Honor Roll, Oklahoma State University
Gallery Representation
Starworks, Star, NC
108 Contemporary, Tulsa, OK
Penland Gallery, Penland, NC
Collections
2016 The Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
2015 Private Collection, Houston, Texas
2013 Private Collection, South Carolina
2002 Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Professional Activities
2023 Pentaculum 2023, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2022 Tulsa County Fair, Art Presenter, Tulsa, OK
2016 Artist-in-Residence, Eureka Springs School of the Arts, Eureka Springs, AR
Artist-in-Residence, Missouri State Fair, Sedalia, MO
2015 Meet the Maker, Artist talk, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
2014-2015 Artist-in-Residence, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
2014 Technology Committee Leader East Carolina University 4th Annual Material Topics Metals Symposium
Studio Assistant to Kat Cole, Found and Fabricated workshop, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
2013 Studio Assistant to Mi-Sook Hur, Watercolor enameling workshop, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Studio Assistant to Mi-Sook Hur, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
2013-2014 Vice President, Visual Arts Forum, ECU
2012-2013 President, Visual Arts Forum, ECU
2011-2013 Secretary, Metals Guild, ECU
2012-2013 Workshop Committee Leader, ECU Annual Material Topics Symposium
2005 Curator, Emerging Artists In Ceramics Exhibition, Multi Arts Center, Stillwater, OK
Publications
2019 Society of North American Goldsmiths Jewelry and Metalsmithing Survey Vol. 3 pg. 19
2018 Society of North American Goldsmiths Jewelry and Metalsmithing Survey Vol. 2 pg. 185
Western North Carolina Magazine, October 2018
2016 Creative Voice: An artistic Study in Limitation, Sarah Tector, pg. 42
2015 Debra D. Bass, “Made in St Louis: Artist takes rough objects and turns them into beautiful jewelry,” St Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, MO, January 16th, 2015
2014 Elemental by Audrey Peck
Behind the Brooch: A Closer Look at Backs, Catches, and Pin Stems, Lorena Angulo, Schiffer Publishing, pg. 56
Rebel 56 Exhibition Catalogue
2013 Rebel 55 Exhibition Catalogue
Off the Wall Exhibition Catalogue
Keep it in the Can Exhibition Catalogue
Skills
Microsoft Word, Excel, Photoshop, Illustrator, beginning to advanced metalsmithing techniques, machinery use and maintenance. Printer maintenance, beginning to advanced printmaking techniques, exhibition installation and deinstallation.
2011 - 2014 MFA Metal Design, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
1999 - 2004 BFA Studio Art, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Selected Work Experience
2021- Present Jewelry Maker/Metalsmith, The Vintage Pearl, Tulsa, OK
2018 - 2021 Metals Studio Supervisor/Studio Ambassador, ahha Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
2017 Adjunct Professor, Jewelry and Metals, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
2015-2016 Gallery Attendant, The Kranzberg Arts Center, St Louis, MO
2014-2016 Instructor, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
2013 Instructor of Record, Metal Design Survey, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
2011- 2014 Graduate Assistant, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
2008- 2011 Receptionist, Coating Robotic Technical Systems Inc., Tulsa OK
2004- 2005 Staff member and Instructor, Multi Arts Center, Stillwater, OK
2003-2004 Studio Monitor, Metals studio, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
2001 Staff member and Instructor, Waterworks Art Studio, Tulsa, OK
Exhibitions
2023 Handcrafted, Maria V Howard Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC
2022 Unknown Nature of Being, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ
Handcrafted, Maria V Howard Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC
2021 State of Craft, 108 Contemporary, Tulsa, OK
Earrings Galore, Heidi Lowe Gallery, Rehoboth Beach, DE
ArtNow 2021, Oklahoma Contemporary Art Center, OKC, OK
Materials Hard and Soft, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX
2020 Wear Contemporary Jewelry 2020, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC
Ware/Wear: Drinking Vessel + Earring Show, Pocosin Arts, Columbia, NC
Jurors: Mark Arnold, Taehyun Bang, Zachery Lechtenberg
2019 The State of Craft 2019, 108 Contemporary, Tulsa, OK
Flaunt: a showcase of contemporary earrings, The Smithery, Columbus, OH
Untamed, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA
From Nature: Contemporary Artists and Organic Materials, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
2018 Cold Connections Exhibition, Waynesburg University, Waynesburg, PA
VisionMakers 2018, 108 Contemporary, Tulsa, OK
Artist-in-Residence 10 Year Anniversary Exhibition, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
Juried Art Show, Maria V. Howard Arts Center, Rocky Mount., NC
Earrings Galore, Heidi Lowe Gallery, Rehoboth Beach, DE
Ware/Wear, Pocosin Arts, Columbia, NC
Jurors: Kat Cole and Doug Peltzman
2017 Hot Tea!: An Exhibition of Art Teapots, Wood Symphony, Los Angeles, CA
Annual Faculty Exhibition, Grey Gallery, Stillwater, OK
OSU President Burns Hargis House, Stillwater, OK
Ripples from Stillwater, Modella Gallery, Stillwater, OK
41st Annual Juried Exhibition, Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO
Juror: Benjamin M. Hickey
Makers: Craft Alliance Center of Art + Design Resident Artists Exhibition, Meeting Place Gallery, Lambert St. Louis
International Airport, MO
Collective Voices, Burrough’s Wellcome Gallery, Greenville, NC
2016 This is a Brooch, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
Flora...and Some Fauna, Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD
Material Girls, Brockway Center for Arts and Technology, Brockway, PA
Creative Voice, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC
Interpretations: 15th Biennial Teapot Exhibition, Craft Alliance Center of Art and Design, St. Louis, MO
Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood, Maria V. Howard Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC
Juror: Kimberly Winkle
2015 Missouri 50 Exhibition, Sedalia, MO
Artist in Residence Exhibition, Craft Alliance, St Louis, MO
Faculty Exhibition, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
2014 Alumni and Current Student Show for NASAD, The Gray Gallery, Greenville, NC
Elemental, Solo show, Art Room, Greenville, NC
Chroma: Jewelry in Color Invitational, The College of the Albermarle, Monteo, NC
2 Cubed, The Overland Gallery, Kinston, NC
2013 Keep It in The Can, Equinox Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Rebel 56, Pitt County Arts Council at Emerge, Greenville, NC
Annual Joyner Graduate Juried Exhibition, East Carolina University Joyner Library, Greenville, NC
Showcase, Pullen Arts Center, Raleigh, NC
Caffeine and Sawblades, Art Avenue, Greenville, NC
Off the Wall, African Art Room, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Prints Charming, Art Avenue, Greenville, NC
2012 Annual Joyner Graduate Juried Exhibition, East Carolina University Joyner Library, Greenville, NC
Rebel 55, Pitt County Arts Council at Emerge, Greenville, NC
Amalgamation, Art Avenue, Greenville, NC
Preyed Upon Invitational, Art Avenue, Greenville, NC
Tiny Art Show, Pitt County Arts Council at Emerge, Greenville, NC
Adroit II, Mendenhall Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, Juror: Randy Long
2011 Greenville Museum of Art Juried Exhibition, Greenville Museum of Art Greenville, NC
Annual Joyner Graduate Juried Exhibition, East Carolina University Joyner Library, Greenville, NC
Awards and Grants
2022 Juror’s Award, The Unknown Nature of Being, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ
2021 Professional Basics Grant, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Oklahoma City, OK
3rd Place Juror Award, Materials Hard and Soft, The Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX
2020 Juror’s Choice Award, Ware/Wear, Pocosin Arts, Columbia, NC
2016 2nd Place Handcrafted, Maria V. Howard Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC
2013 Hannah Graduate Scholarship, East Carolina University
2nd Place Award in Wood Design, Rebel 56, Emerge Gallery
2012 Dean’s Merit Award, Annual Joyner Graduate Exhibition, ECU
1st Place Award in Printmaking, Rebel 55, Emerge Gallery
2nd Place Award in Wood Design, Rebel 55, Emerge Gallery
Taeylor Art Supply Award, East Carolina University
Student Award, Adroit II, East Carolina University
2011-2013 Graduate Scholar Award, East Carolina University
2011 Dean’s Merit Award, Annual Joyner Graduate Exhibition, ECU
2008 2nd Place Award, Arts and Heritage Festival, Stillwater, OK
2002 First Place Purchase Award, Juried Student Art Exhibition, OSU
1999-2004 Dean’s Honor Roll, Oklahoma State University
1999-2002 President’s Honor Roll, Oklahoma State University
Gallery Representation
Starworks, Star, NC
108 Contemporary, Tulsa, OK
Penland Gallery, Penland, NC
Collections
2016 The Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
2015 Private Collection, Houston, Texas
2013 Private Collection, South Carolina
2002 Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Professional Activities
2023 Pentaculum 2023, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2022 Tulsa County Fair, Art Presenter, Tulsa, OK
2016 Artist-in-Residence, Eureka Springs School of the Arts, Eureka Springs, AR
Artist-in-Residence, Missouri State Fair, Sedalia, MO
2015 Meet the Maker, Artist talk, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
2014-2015 Artist-in-Residence, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
2014 Technology Committee Leader East Carolina University 4th Annual Material Topics Metals Symposium
Studio Assistant to Kat Cole, Found and Fabricated workshop, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
2013 Studio Assistant to Mi-Sook Hur, Watercolor enameling workshop, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Studio Assistant to Mi-Sook Hur, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
2013-2014 Vice President, Visual Arts Forum, ECU
2012-2013 President, Visual Arts Forum, ECU
2011-2013 Secretary, Metals Guild, ECU
2012-2013 Workshop Committee Leader, ECU Annual Material Topics Symposium
2005 Curator, Emerging Artists In Ceramics Exhibition, Multi Arts Center, Stillwater, OK
Publications
2019 Society of North American Goldsmiths Jewelry and Metalsmithing Survey Vol. 3 pg. 19
2018 Society of North American Goldsmiths Jewelry and Metalsmithing Survey Vol. 2 pg. 185
Western North Carolina Magazine, October 2018
2016 Creative Voice: An artistic Study in Limitation, Sarah Tector, pg. 42
2015 Debra D. Bass, “Made in St Louis: Artist takes rough objects and turns them into beautiful jewelry,” St Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, MO, January 16th, 2015
2014 Elemental by Audrey Peck
Behind the Brooch: A Closer Look at Backs, Catches, and Pin Stems, Lorena Angulo, Schiffer Publishing, pg. 56
Rebel 56 Exhibition Catalogue
2013 Rebel 55 Exhibition Catalogue
Off the Wall Exhibition Catalogue
Keep it in the Can Exhibition Catalogue
Skills
Microsoft Word, Excel, Photoshop, Illustrator, beginning to advanced metalsmithing techniques, machinery use and maintenance. Printer maintenance, beginning to advanced printmaking techniques, exhibition installation and deinstallation.
