EDUCATION

2014MFA, Visual Arts University of California, San Diego, CA
2011Post Baccalaureate Certificate, Fine Arts, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
2009BA, Studio Art, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
BA, Art History, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
2008Summer Travel­ Study, Rhode Island School of Design, Rome, Italy

EXHIBITIONS

*Collaboration with musician, Curt Miller

Solo

2014The Sky Calls to Us* Visual Arts Gallery, UCSD, La Jolla, CA
2013Repeat After Me II* San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
2D Sound* Experimental Drawing Studio, La Jolla, CA
Drawing Emotion Experimental Drawing Studio, La Jolla, CA
Repeat After Me* Commons Gallery, UCSD, La Jolla, CA
2012defigure! Defigure. Commons Gallery, UCSD, La Jolla, CA
2011Reality Television Shapiro Campus Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

Group

2017…Fine* FPAC’s Atlantic Wharf Gallery, Boston, MA
2016Translations Emergent Art Space, Rabindranath Tagore Centre, Kolkata, India
2015Convergence* Ship in the Woods, Cabrillo National Monument, San Diego, CA
Response* Space4Art, San Diego, CA
Via Negativa* South Bay Contemporary, San Pedro, CA
Widening the Cycle Suffolk University, Boston, MA
Soul and the Pawn Shop Sediment Arts, Richmond, VA
Transduction* Canvas Gallery, San Diego, CA
2014Translations Emergent Art Space, Online Exhibit, http://emergentartspace.org/
GLAMFA* Cal State Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
Mux Demux* Commonwealth & Council, Los Angeles, CA
Elective Affinities University Art Gallery, La Jolla, CA
2013GLAMFA 2013 Cal State Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
Kinoptovision* Visual Arts Performance Space, UCSD, La Jolla, CA
Dual Experimental Drawing Studio, La Jolla, CA
Wicking Structural and Material Engineering Building, La Jolla, CA
2012Hyperstudio Helmuth Project, San Diego, CA
New Institutions Visual Arts Gallery, UCSD, La Jolla, CA
2011Taste Lincoln Arts Project, Waltham, MA
Chain Letter Samson Projects, Boston, MA
Floors and Ceilings Women’s Studies Research Center, Waltham, MA
The Cave Project Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
Prospect II Dreitzer Gallery, Waltham, MA
Small Works Lincoln Arts Project, Waltham, MA
2010Unhinged Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
Prospect II Dreitzer Gallery, Waltham, MA

PERFORMANCE/SET DESIGN

**Collaboration with Rachel Beetz, flutist
***with Leslie Ann Leytham, singer

2014Script-Rescript II** Flux Aeterna, San Diego, CA
Script-Rescript** Conrad Prebys Music Theatre, La Jolla, CA
2013Sextuor: L’Origine des Espèces*** Space 4 Art, San Diego, CA
La Perfezione di uno Spirito Sottile** La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla, CA

CURATORIAL

2014Graphic Score: Drawing in Musical Practice
Experimental Drawing Studio, La Jolla, CA

EXPERIENCE

2016-presentCollections Care Specialist
Cambridge Arts Council, Cambridge, MA
2016-presentAssistant Program Coordinator
Southeastern Mass. Arts Collaborative (SMARTS), Attleboro, MA
2017Teaching Artist
Brandeis Festival of the Arts, Waltham, MA
2017Program Coordinator
Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA
2016Gallery Attendant and Community Liaison
Rosebud: A Satellite Gallery of the Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA
2015-2016Book Preservation Manager
Geisel Library, UCSD, La Jolla, CA
2014Artistic Director
Flux Aeterna, San Diego, CA
2013-2014Managing Director
Experimental Drawing Studio, La Jolla, CA
2011-2014Managing Preservation Assistant
Geisel Library, UCSD, La Jolla, CA
2011-2013Teaching Assistant: Intro to Digital Photography, Intro to 2D Art
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
2011-2012Departmental Representative, Grad Students Assoc.
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
2010-2011Conservation Technician
Brandeis University Library, Waltham, MA
2010-2011Conservation Technician
Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA
2005-2011Preservation Assistant
Brandeis University Library, Waltham, MA
2009-2011Teaching Assistant: Woodblock Printmaking, 3D Design, Beginning Printmaking, Etching
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
2010Conservation Assistant
Cambridge Arts Council, Cambridge, MA
2009Painting Instructor
Girls Inc., Taunton, MA
2009Conservation Assistant
Rika Smith McNally and Assoc., Framingham, MA

AWARDS

2014UCSD Travel Grant to Bauhaus University with Experimental Drawing Studio
2013UCSD Project Travel Grant for Summer Study
San Diego Museum of Art Summer Break 2013 Project Grant
Russell Foundation Grant
UCSD Graduate Student Project Grant
2012UCSD Graduate Student Project Grant
2011UCSD Graduate Student Award
Leonard Bernstein Festival of Creative Arts Project Grant
2009Deborah Josepha Cohen Memorial Award in Painting
Brandeis Alumni and Friends Scholarship

TEXTS

2015Emergency Index
2014Will Bowen, The La Jolla Light. “UCSD Visual Artists Open Their Doors for Special Exhibit,” March 20.
2014The LIFESTYLE, “Artist Feature: Nichole Speciale,” April 24.