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EDUCATION
2014-2013 Affiliate to Humboldt University and Berlin University of the Arts for J. William Fulbright Research Grant, Berlin, Germany
2010 Master of Fine Arts, Studio Art, University of Texas at Austin, Sculpture and Ceramics
2006 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, Sculpture + Extended Media with a minor in Crafts (Ceramics)
2006 Bachelor of Arts, World Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University
2003 Summer Study Abroad in Perugia, Italy, University of Perugia
2003 Fall Semester Study Abroad in Cortona, Italy, University of Georgia
2001 Summer Study Abroad in Marburg, Germany at the Marburger Sommerakademie (for art)
EXHIBITION History
2025 Museum of Contemporary Art, Arlington, VA (Solo Exhibition)
2024 Surface and Undercurrents, Dare Arts, Manteo, NC
2023 Sea Marks, Explorations from the High Arctic to the Outer Banks, College of the Albemarle, Manteo NC (Solo Exhibition)
2022 OEPS, SteM Zwijgershoek / Mercatormuseum, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
2022 River Cube Project, Museum of the Albemarle, Elizabeth City, NC (Solo Exhibition)
2021 Fulbright 75 Virtual Art Exhibit, https://www.fulbrightart.com
2020 Escapes and Revelations, SECCA (Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art), Winston-Salem, NC
2019 Explorations, Gregg Museum, Raleigh, NC (Solo Exhibition)
2018 Mainframe, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
2018 Ocean Bottom Seismometers, Museum of the Albemarle, Elizabeth City, NC (Solo Exhibition)
2017 Ocean Bottom Seismometers, Artfields, Lake City, SC and College of the Albemarle, Manteo, NC
2017 Installed, The Peanut Factory, Edenton, NC
2015 Making Waves, Design, Art, Science and Humanities Symposium, College of the Albemarle, Roanoke Island, NC
2014 Shock Metamorphism, Thaersaal, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany (Solo Exhibition)
2014 Shock Metamorphism, Alte Schranne, Nördlingen, Germany (Solo Exhibition)
2014 Anonyme Zeichner/Anonymous Drawings, Pavillon am Milchhoff, Berlin, Germany
2014 Exchange, Staycation Museum, Berlin, Germany
2011 E.A.S.T, Ultralab, Austin, Texas
2010 E.A.S.T, Artpost, Austin, Texas
2010 Masters Thesis Exhibition, Creative Research Laboratory, Austin, Texas
2009 Half & Half, Creative Research Laboratory, Austin, Texas
2009 Open House, Marburger Sommerakademie (for art), Marburg, Germany
2008 Halls and Walls, UT Fine Arts Building, Austin, Texas
2007 FAB Gallery, Doty Fine Arts Building, Austin, Texas
2006 The Human Condition, Seminar on Taking Care and Dying Well, Carl Howie Center for Science, Art
and Theology, Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia
2006 The Human Condition, Student Art Space in the VCU Commons, Richmond, Virginia
2006 VCU School of the Arts, Fine Arts Building, Richmond, Virginia
2006 Disrobed, Gallery 5, Richmond, Virginia
2005 The Human War Path, Gallery 5, Richmond, Virginia
2005 RVA Magazine and Gallery 5, Grand Opening, Richmond, Virginia
2004 M and N, Flat International, Richmond, Virginia
2003 Cortona Studies Abroad Students and Faculty, Palazzo Casali, Cortona, Italy
2002 Religion and Art, Religious Studies Department, Richmond, Virginia
2001 Open House, Marburger Sommerakademie (for art), Marburg Germany
GRANTS, AWARDS and RESIDENCIES
2025 The Arctic Circle, Artist and Scientist Residency Program, International territory of Svalbard
2023 The Arctic Circle, Artist and Scientist Residency Program, International territory of Svalbard
2023 ProMair International Artist Residency, Akureyri, Iceland
2022-2023 North Carolina Artist Support Grant, NC
2020-2021 North Carolina Artist Support Grant, NC
2019 Sculpture Space, Artist in Residence Program, Utica, NY
2018-2019 North Carolina Arts Council Artist Fellowship, NC
2018 Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Emergency Grant, NY, NY
2017 Innovation Project Grant Award, College of the Albemarle, Elizabeth City, NC
2017 Anderson Ranch, Artist in Residence Program, CO (could not attend because of teaching conflict)
2016 Vermont Studio Center, Artist in Residence Program, Johnson VT
2013-2014 J. William Fulbright Research Grant, Sculpture and Installation Art, Nördlingen and Berlin, Germany
2011 Shrimp Boat Projects Resident, could not attend because of boat malfunction, Galveston, Texas
2009-2010 University of Texas at Austin, Marshall F. Wells Scholarship and Fellowship Endowment in
the College of Fine Arts
2008-2009 University of Texas at Austin, David Deming Endowed Scholarship in Studio Art
2007-2008 University of Texas at Austin, Irving and Jeannette Goodfriend Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Art
2007-2008 Harriet F. Batts Art Scholarship and Loan Fund,
2007-2008 Dean's Associates, Georgia B. Lucas Foundation Fund
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS and ARTIST TALKS
2022 Artist Panel Discussion on The Art of the State with Author Liza Roberts, Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC
2021 Artist Talk, Courthouse Speaker Series, Manteo, NC
2020 Artist Talk, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2020 Artist Talk, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2019 Artist Talk, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
2019 Artist Talk, Explorations; Science Sculptures, Artist Talk, Gregg Museum of Art and Design, Raleigh, NC
2015 Making Waves, Design, Art, Science and Humanities Symposium, Coastal Studies Institute, Wanchese, NC
2009 38th Southwest Conference on Asian Studies, University of Texas at Austin, The Absent Signifier in
Early Buddhist Art and Similarities to Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Literalist Art, panel on Buddhism in Art and Imagery
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
2022 The Art of the State: Creating, Collecting, and Celebrating the Visual Arts in North Carolina, UNC Press,
Liza Roberts
2020 Escapes and Revelations, Exhibition Catalog, SECCA (Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art), Winston-Salem, NC
2019 Explorations: Science Sculptures, Christina Lorena Weisner, Exhibition Catalog, Gregg Museum, Raleigh, NC