Image by Bryce Perala.
About Me
I am a fine artist based out of the Detroit area. I received my Bachelor of Fine Arts with an emphasis in Photography in 2019. Although my home is in Detroit, I find myself traveling more often than not. In the past couple of years, I have enjoyed backpacking throughout Ecuador, Thailand, and Europe. It is during my travels that I have expanded my practice from conceptual portraits to documentary work. While traveling, I find inspiration in offbeat ways of living, differences in experience, and alternative lifestyles from what I know. In addition to capturing my adventures with my lense, I also have a blog https://theanxiouswanderer.com where I share stories and advice about traveling with anxiety.
Solo Exhibitions
2020 The Vine, Fourth Coast Café, Kalamazoo, MI
2019 Breaking the Jar, DeVries Student Gallery, Richmond Center for Visual Arts, Gwen Frostic School of Art, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Group Exhibitions
2019 City Art Connections, Eclectic Gallery, Battle Creek, MI
2019 Michigan Emerging Graduate Artists (MEGA), Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
2019 WMU Annual Frostic School of Art Student Exhibition, Albertine Monroe-Brown Gallery, Richmond Center for Visual Arts, Gwen Frostic School of Art, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
2018 Medium: MWSPE, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
2018 Book Arts in Italy, Kalamazoo Book Arts Center, Kalamazoo, MI
2018 Diekema-Hamann: Art Hop, Kalamazoo, MI
2017 The Michiana Annual Art Competition, Box Factory for the Arts, St. Joseph, MI
Awards and Recognition
2018 John M. Carney Enrichment Awards, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
2018 Book Arts in Italy Grant, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Technical Skills
Alternative Processing: Gum Arabic Print, Brown Van Dyke, Cyanotype
Traditional Photography: film processing, 35 mm, medium format, and silver gelatin print
Digital Imaging: Adobe Photoshop, Digital SLR
Lighting Studio Basics
Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint