Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION:
M.F.A, Curatorial Studies, University of Kentucky (Candidate), Expected Completion Date: May 2027
BA, History of Art, University of Utah, 2022
BS, Anthropology, University of Utah, 2022
GRANTS/CERTIFICATES/AWARDS:
Coca-Cola Exhibition Sponsorship, Coca-Cola Office of Sustainability and University of Kentucky Office Sustainability Partnership, 2026.
Graduate Student Research Travel Grant, University of Kentucky School of Art and Visual Studies, 2025-2026.
Internship of the Year Award, University of Utah Certificate of Achievement, April 2022.
Foundations of Interpretation Certificate, Indiana University Certificate of Completion. March 2022.
Individual Student Travel Grant, University of Utah College of Fine Arts, November 2021.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Art Curator – Graduate Research Assistant, Gatton Student Center, Lexington, Kentucky, August 2024 – Present
Curatorial Intern, William S. Webb Anthropology Museum, 1020 Export St. Lexington, KY 40506. January 2026 – May 2026.
Curatorial Intern, 2nd Story, Lexington, Kentucky, June 2025 – October 2025
Gallery Intern, Bolivar Art Gallery, Lexington, Kentucky, January 2025 – May 2025
Education, Research, and Curation Intern, University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, Kentucky, August 2024 – May 2025
Substitute Teacher, Murray City School District, Murray, Utah, August 2023 – June 2024
Freelance Copywriter, Lightning Media Partners, New York City, New York (Remote), March 2023 – July 2023
Co-curator, Press Release Writer, and Archivist, Office Space Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah (Operations Suspended), January 2021 – December 2022
Seasonal Cashier for Special Events, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 2019 – January 2020
EXHIBITIONS:
2026
Side by Side, Gatton Student Center, 160 Avenue of Champions, Lexington, KY 40508. May 4, 2026 – August 18, 2026.
Glacial Futures, Bolivar Art Gallery, 236 Bolivar Street, Lexington, KY 40506. January 22nd – February 20th, 2026.
Spring 2026 Student Art Juried Showcase, Gatton Student Center, 160 Avenue of Champions, Lexington, KY 40508. January, 13, 2026 – April, 27th, 2026.
2025
Historic Ceramic Exhibit (Ceramics I), Gatton Student Center, 160 Avenue of Champions, Lexington, KY 40508. November, 2025 – February, 2026.
Agnes Denes: Fragmentation, University of Kentucky Art Museum, 405 Rose St. Lexington, KY 40508. September 9th, 2025 – February, 7th, 2026. Agnes Denes: Fragmentations | College of Fine Arts
Patterns, University of Kentucky Art Museum, 405 Rose St. Lexington, KY 40508. September 9th, 2025 – February 7th, 2026.
Fall 2025 Student Art Juried Showcase, Gatton Student Center, 160 Avenue of Champions, Lexington, KY 40508. August 5th, 2025 – December, 7th, 2025.
Summer 2025 Permanent Collection Show, Gatton Student Center, 160 Avenue of Champions, Lexington, KY 40508. May 8th, 2025 – August 2nd, 2025.
From Past to Present: A History of UK’s Student Center, Gatton Student Center, 160 Avenue of Champions, Lexington, KY 40508. March 24th, 2025 – Present.
First Year MFA Show, Bolivar Art Gallery, 236 Bolivar Street, Lexington, KY 40506. March 10th – 21st, 2025.
SCRAP (Sculpture Club) Show, Bolivar Art Gallery, 236 Bolivar Street, Lexington, KY 40506. February 26th – March 6th, 2025.
Spring 2025 Student Art Juried Showcase, Gatton Student Center, 160 Avenue of Champions, Lexington, KY 40508. January 15th, 2025 – May, 7th, 2025.
2024
Narrative Visions, Gatton Student Center, 160 Ave of Champions, Lexington, Kentucky 40508. November 26th – December, 6th 2024.
Threads of Home, Bolivar Art Gallery, 236 Bolivar Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40506. October 22nd – 31st, 2024.
Fall 2024 Student Art Juried Showcase, Gatton Student Center, 160 Ave of Champions, Lexington, KY 40508. September 9th – December 2nd, 2024.
2022
Desert Thresholds, Art Fair 14CBooth C18, Office Space Gallery. Jersey City Armory, 678 Montgomery Street, Jersey City, NJ 07306. November 10th – 13th, 2022.
Catalog: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NaZdHsPCYhwoZ0MBJ0udY9yiVEorygXlkr2DBLpHLF8/edit?usp=sharing
Seating Arrangement, Clair Kahmbu Solo show at Office Space Gallery, 350 East 400 South, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84111. April 15th – May 29th, 2022
Please Touch with Gentle Hands and Open Hearts, Becca Van K. Solo Show at Office Space Gallery, 350 East 400 South, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111. February 4th – March 31st, 2022
Viewing Distance, Evan Hume Solo Show at Office Space Gallery, 350 East 400 South, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111. November 1st, 2021 – January 31st, 2022
2021
Feminist Archive and Practice, Art Fair 14C Booth D6, Office Space Gallery. Glass Gallery, Mana Contemporary Arts, 10 Senate Place, Jersey City, New Jersey 07306. November 11th – 14th, 2021.
Catalog: https://docs.google.com/document/d/130v3jsIAKmw0EwlpC_ZxgIyZmSV8cBo13bGwtypAtS4/edit?usp=sharing
La Oficina (The Office) Part 1, Marissa Bernotti Solo Show at Office Space Gallery, 169 S. Main Street, Salt Lake City, 84111. August 1st – December 31st, 2021
Identity and Duplicity, Office Space Collective Group Collective Show at Office Space Gallery, 169 S. Main Street, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84111. July 1st – October 31st, 2021
Doors and Windows, Chunbum Park Solo Show at Office Space Gallery, 169 S. Main Street, Salt Lake City, 84111. April 2nd – October 2nd, 2021
PERMANENT INSTALLATIONS:
2025
Permanent Collection Artwork Displays, Gatton Student Center, 160 Ave of Champions, Lexington, Kentucky 40508. May, 2025 – Present (Ongoing Project)
Establishment of Permanent Art Collection and Artwork Storage Solution, Gatton Student Center, 160 Ave of Champions, Lexington, Kentucky 40508. October 1st, 2024 – February 11th, 2025.
ARTS PROGRAMMING AND PARTNERSHIPS:
2026
University of Kentucky Art Trail, in partnership with: College of Design, School of Art and Visual Studies, Gatton Student Center, UK Art Museum, UK Health Care, UK Student Success, April 16th, 2026.
2025
Paint the Town Blue (Homecoming Tradition), Alumni Association, Student Organizations, and Gatton Student Center, 160 Ave of Champions, Lexington Kentucky, 40508. October 13th – 19th, 2026.
Photovoice Project, University of Kentucky College of Public Health, LEX Arts, and Gatton Student Center, 160 Ave of Champions, Lexington, Kentucky 40508. February 6th – February 28th, 2025.
Black History Month Celebration Artwork Banner. Gatton Student Center and MLK Center, 160 Ave of Champions, Lexington, Kentucky 40508. February 3rd – February 28th, 2025.
PUBLICATIONS/WRITING:
CATALOGS:
2026
Exhibition Catalog, Glacial Futures, Bryce Chatwin, Amy Hoagland, Blake Burton.
2022
Catalog Essay and Interviews for Art Fair 14C: Desert Thresholds
Office Space Gallery, Art Fair 14C Booth C18. Jersey City Armory, 678 Montgomery Street, Jersey City, NJ 07306. November 10th – 13th, 2022. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NaZdHsPCYhwoZ0MBJ0udY9yiVEorygXlkr2DBLpHLF8/edit?usp=sharing
2021
Catalog Essay for Art Fair 14C: Female Praxis: Techniques of Art Making by Contemporary Women Artists
Office Space Gallery, Feminist Archive and Practice, Art Fair 14C, November 11th – 14th, 2021. 10 Senate Place, Jersey City, New Jersey 07360.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/130v3jsIAKmw0EwlpC_ZxgIyZmSV8cBo13bGwtypAtS4/edit?usp=sharing
BOOK/ZINE CONTRIBUTIONS:
2024
A View From The Basement “Creating Meaningful Collaborative Worlds” pgs. 34 -38. Art & Visual Studies Building, 236 Bolivar Street, Lexington, KY 40506. Published: December 9th, 2024.
Murray Park Centennial – A Hundred Years of Fun, “Boys and Girls Club or Girls and Boys Club” pgs. 131-133. Murray City, Utah, Office of Parks and Recreation. 296 E Murray Park Ave, Salt Lake City, UT 84107. Published: June 15th, 2024.
PRESS RELEASES:
2022
Theater in the Round, Julia Medyńska, Solo Show Press Release, Office Space Gallery, 350 East 400 South, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111. September 17th – November 5th, 2022. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y0cr6qIMznO623LSDAhMUgfriXR-TSK5_48-6U9BqM0/edit?usp=sharing
Seating Arrangement, Clare Kambhu, Solo Show Press Release, Office Space Gallery, 350 East 400 South, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111. June 10th – August 27th, 2022.
Please Touch with Gentle Hands and Open Hearts, Becca Van K., Solo Show Press Release, Office Space Gallery, 350 East 400 South, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111. February 9th – May 29th, 2022.
2021
La Oficina Part 1, Marisa Bernotti, Solo Show Press Release, Office Space Gallery, 169 S. Main Street, Salt Lake City, 84111, August 1st – December 31st 2021
Identity and Duplicity, Office Space Collective Group Show Press Release, Office Space Gallery, 169 S. Main Street, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84111, July 1st – October 31st, 2021.
Panopticon Punks, Barstool BYU and Office Space Collective Press Release, Virtual Exhibition, May 1st – June 30th, 2021
Doors and Windows, Chunbum Park, Solo Show Press Release, Office Space Gallery, April 2nd – October 2nd, 2021. 169 S. Main Street, Salt Lake City, 84111.
ASSOCIATIONS:
Member of the Association of College Unions (ACUI), February, 2025 – Present
ACUI is the professional home to thousands of campus community builders around the world. Primarily focused on the work of those within the college unions and student activities field, the Association strives to provide an inclusive, welcoming community for all those who choose to belong.
Member of the National Art Education Association (NAEA), November, 2024 – Present
The National Art Education Association (NAEA) is the leading professional membership organization exclusively for visual arts, design, and media arts education professionals. NAEA champions creative growth and innovation by equitably advancing the tools and resources for a high-quality visual arts, design, and media arts education throughout diverse populations and communities of practice.
Curator on Artfare, 2021 – March 17th, 2023 (Platform Shut Down)
Artfare is an online platform for artists, curators, and galleries to upload digital exhibitions or collections of artworks that are sold directly through the platform to collectors. The platform also allows for collaboration between Artfare members, providing workshops and other relevant opportunities for the artists, curators, and galleries that are a part of their community.
Member of the University of Utah Photo Club, 2021 – 2022
The photo club is an organization that shares their passion for photography by joining together to have monthly meetings to talk about photographic strategies and processes. The club invites guest lecturers and is advised by a professor in the Art and Art History department.
Member of the Art History Student Association at The University of Utah, 2020-2022
A student-run group whose mission is to encourage students on campus to
engage more with the arts. The Association invites guest speakers and artists for talks about research, exhibitions, and artists’ practices happening in the local community and broader regional community. The Association also plans trips to local museums, lectures, and plays/concerts with the mission of expanding access to the arts across the entire university campus.
VOLUNTEERING:
Juror for Resiliency Rooted Exhibition, Bolivar Art Gallery, 236 Bolivar Street, Lexington, KY 40506. April 15th – April 25th, 2025.
Juror for Apexart International Open Call 2025, Online, March 2025.
Juror for the National Art Honor Society (NAHS) 2025 Juried Exhibition, February 11th – 17th, 2025. Exhibit Dates: March 11-August 31, 2025.
Arts and Health Alliance of Central Kentucky Committee Member, Lexington, Kentucky. January 2025 – June 2025.
Murray City History Advisory Board Member, Murray City, Utah, August 2023 – August, 2024.
Docent, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, Utah, September 11th, 2023 – August 1st, 2024.
LANGUAGES:
French: Intermediate Listener, Beginning Speaker, Advanced Reading and Writing.
German: Beginner Listener, Novice Speaker, Beginning Reading and Writing