Education
2025 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ceramics, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2023 Associates of Fine Arts, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS
2023 Associates of Liberal Arts, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park,
KS
Honors and Awards
2024 President’s Honorable Mention List, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2023 Merit Award Scholarship, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2023 Honorable Mention, League for Innovation in the Community College, Johnson County Community
College, Overland Park, KS
2022 Dean’s List, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS
2019-2020 Honor Roll, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS
Professional Experience
2025-present Studio Intern/Assistant, Leon Jones, The Studios Inc, Kansas City, MO
-Assisted with the production and firing of ceramic and plaster casted components
that were included in a large scale installation
-Assisted with repairing ceramic components, fabricating large tables and chairs, and latex
and enamel painting ceramic and plaster casted components
2024-present Glazeroom Research Assistant, Ceramics Department, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
-Maintained stock of underglazes, glazes
-Created test tiles of new glazes, lusters, and washes for communal use
-Extensive glaze testing that included: adding oxide colorants to existing base glaze,
changing opacifiers, testing which opacifier (and percentage of) worked best with each colorant
through line blends
-Created plaster press molds of 3D printed test tile prototypes for departmental use
-Created test tile library for communal use of entire low fire glaze palette on a red earthenware
and white stoneware clay body
2023-2024 Clay, Glaze and Plaster Rooms Assistant, Ceramics Department, Kansas City Art Institute,
Kansas City, MO
-Ensured all shared spaces, equipment, surfaces, and materials in the clay, glaze and plaster
rooms were kept orderly and clean
Exhibitions
2025 Scratching the Surface, Stern Ceramics Building, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2025 Annual BFA Exhibition, Emily & Todd Voth Artspace, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Convos Around the Dinner Table, Vulpes Bastille, Kansas City, MO
Releasing Form, KCAI Gallery, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2024 Burning Down the House, Stern Ceramics Building, Kansas City Art Institute
Kansas City, MO
Baby I Left My Heart in the Hot Box, Stern Ceramics Building, Kansas City Art Institute,
Kansas City, MO
2023 Slicing, Dicing, Pinching, Poking, Stern Ceramics Building, Kansas City Art Institute,
Kansas City, MO
Summer Student Exhibition, Fine Arts and Design Building, Johnson County Community
College, Johnson County, KS
League for Innovation in the Community College, Fine Arts and Design Building, Johnson
County Community College, Johnson County, KS
2022 Summer Student Exhibition, Fine Arts and Design Building, Johnson County Community
College, Johnson County, KS
Skills
Carpentry, clay & glaze formulation, handling and using overglaze enamel and luster, using and making iron-based decals, repairing and retouching ceramic work, plaster mold making, silicone mold making, ceramic shell lost wax bronze and aluminum casting, electric and gas kiln firing, blaauw kiln programming and firing, slip casting, copper/steel/silver/brass/nickel fabrication, M.I.G. welding, plasma cutting, oxy-acetylene cutting/bending, lumber lamination and carving, investment casting, throwing/pottery wheel, compressed air pressurized extruding, extruding, extensive knowledge in operating dremels/angle-grinders/flex shaft dremels, digital modeling and fabrication skills including 3D printing and cnc milling operations