EDUCATION
2023 MFA, Studio Art, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL
2019 ART21 Educators Institute, Columbia University, New York City NY
2018 BFA, Art & Visual Culture Ed, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ
2016 Associates of Arts- Art & Design, Pima Community College, Tucson AZ
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2024 Adjunct Faculty, Pima Community College, Tucson AZ
Adjunct Faculty, Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design, Denver CO
2022- Present Visual Arts Educator, Tucson Magnet High School, Tucson AZ
2018-2022 Visual Arts Educator, Marana High School, Marana AZ
2016-2018 Teaching Artist, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson AZ
2010-2012 Founder, Tucson Fashion Week, Tucson AZ
2009-2015 Founder/Fashion Designer, Candystrike Clothing, Tucson AZ
2006-2014 Arts Program Manager, Skrappy’s Youth Collective, Tucson AZ
COLLECTIVES
2021 Southwest Black Arts Collective, Co-Founder, New Mexico & Arizona
2023 The Projects, Co-Founder, Tucson AZ
AWARDS & GRANTS
2024 WESTAF BIPOC Artist Award, Southwest Region, National
stART: New Works Grant, Arts Foundation of Southern Arizona, Tucson AZ
Night Bloom Artist Grant, MOCA Tucson, Tucson AZ
2019 ART21 ART Educators Grant, ART21, New York City NY
NAEA Conference Grant, NAEA, Boston MAS
2016 Best Fashion Design, Tucson Weekly, Tucson AZ
2012 People’s Choice Fashion Award, Scottsdale Fashion Week,Scottsdale AZ
EXHIBITIONS
2024 Reclaiming Hope: Afrofuturist Visions, Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe,AZ
(Be)loved, Haywood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM
You’ve Made This House Your Home: Iteration 3, Solo Exhibition, Sanitary Tortilla Factory, Albuquerque NM
2023 Covenant, The Projects, Solo Installation, Tucson, AZ
Entanglement, Bohem Gallery, San Marcos CA
MFA Thesis Exhibition, SAIC Galleries, Chicago IL
You’ve Made This House Your Home, Solo Exhibition, Snakebite Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Bad Religion, &Gallery, Tucson AZ
2022 Collective Visions, Visionary Art Collective, Brooklyn NY
2020 Picturing 2020: A Community Reflects, University of Arizona Museum of Art,Tucson AZ
LORE, &Gallery, Tucson AZ
2018 & 2019 Black Renaissance, 191 Toole, Tucson AZ
2018 These Walls, &Gallery, Tucson AZ
2016 Black Creatives Showcase, AZStar, Various Locations, Tucson AZ
2014 Teenage Jezebel John Waters Festival, The Loft, Tucson AZ
2011,2012,2013 Tucson Fashion Week, Various Locations, Tucson AZ
2010 Scottsdale Fashion Week, Scottsdale AZ
2008 Radical Mod, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale AZ
WORKSHOPS & SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
2024 Connecting with Teens Docent Workshop, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
Youth Covenant Project Workshops, The Projects, Tucson, AZ
2023 Southwest Contemporary Medium + Support: Artist Panel, Tucson Museum of Contemporary Art, TucsonAZ
No More Boring Artist Talks: Entanglement, San Marcos, CA
Southwest Art: Contemporary Conversations, Community Curator/ Panelist,Tucson AZ
2022 Contemporary Sculpture & Assemblage Workshop, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson AZ
10th Annual Emerging Conversation Symposium, Keynote, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ
2021 COMC:The Future Is Now: Imagining the 'As Yet' National Art Educators Association Committee on Multiethnic Concerns
Youth Workshop Collaboration with Patrick Martinez and Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson AZ
Contemporary Art Education, Art21 & Davis Publications
2020 Why the Westernized Canon No Longer Serves Our Students (And Probably Never Did) University of
Arizona Museum of Art
Ethnic, Gender, Transborder Studies and Sociology Annual Summit Pima Community College
Teaching Art for Social Justice, University of Arkansas School of Art
PUBLICATIONS
The Artist as Archivist, Teaching with Contemporary Art, Art21.org, 2023
Unveiling the Power of Persona and Alter Ego in the High School Art Room Teaching with Contemporary Art, Art21.org, 2023
Southwest: Contemporary Conversations, exhibition catalog, Tucson Museum of Art, 2023
Patrick Martinez: Look What You Created, exhibition catalog, Tucson Museum of Art, 2021