EDUCATION
2023, MFA Candidate - Visual Arts; University of California San Diego (full scholarship)
2016, BFA - Photography, Video and Imaging; University of Arizona
EMPLOYMENT
2020-present
University of California San Diego
Instructional Assistant - TA
San Diego, CA
2017-2020
Raya Labs
Photographic Retoucher, Web Designer, & Assistant to the Creative Director
Los Angeles, CA
Mild West Productions
On Set Photographer
Tucson, AZ
2017
Performing Arts Workshops
Photography Teacher
Los Angeles, CA
Boathouse Gallery
Gallery Intern
Tucson, AZ
2016
Chroma New York
Retouching Intern
New York City, NY
Between Two Rivers, Artist: Sama Alshaibi
Photographer's Assistant
Tucson, AZ
University of Arizona, School of Art
Internship
Tucson, AZ
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
2019 - DOC LA Rising Star Award - Parajanov-Vartanov Institute; Los Angeles, CA
2016 - Creative Achievement Award - University of Arizona School of Art; Tucson, AZ
EXHIBITIONS, SCREENINGS, AND EVENTS
2021
UCSD Open Studios Video Screening, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA (online screening)
2020
Dramas de Otro Mundo Video Screening, UV Estudios por Colección de Fortabat, Buenos Aires, Argentina (online screening)
Happy New Year, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA (online screening)
2019
DOC LA Film Festival, Raleigh Studios, Los Angeles, CA (juried, award recipient)
St. Louis International Film Festival, Plaza Frontenac Theater, St. Louis, MO (juried, Academy Award qualifying)
2017
What Keeps You Up At Night?, The Arts at CIIS, California Institute of Integral Studies (juried, traveling exhibition); San Francisco, CA
Define Femme, Open Mind Art Space; Los Angeles, CA
Videohouse I, Deslave Gallery; Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
By Now We Are There, MOCA Tucson, Tucson, AZ; Visual Arts Research Lab, Tucson, AZ (symposium and live performance)
My Big Boat Show, Boathouse Gallery; Tucson, AZ
Mining Memory, La Cocina (artist talk); Tucson, AZ
Resist, Conrad Wilde Gallery; Tucson, AZ
2016
Articulate, Boathouse Gallery; Tucson, AZ
473🔥, Lionel Rombach Gallery (two-person exhibition); Tucson, AZ
Sweet Spot, Court Tree Collective (juried); New York City, NY
Poser: and Other Suggestions, Studio Space on Third; Tucson, AZ
Vicissitude, Boathouse Gallery; Tucson, AZ
University of Arizona BFA Show, Union Gallery; Tucson, AZ
Subtext, Pretext, Context, Lionel Rombach Gallery (juried); Tucson, AZ
Play, Todd Walker Gallery (solo exhibition); Tucson, AZ
2015
In/Imperfect Balance, Todd Walker Gallery; Tucson, AZ
Likeness, Todd Walker Gallery; Tucson, AZ
Mixed Media Art Installation Exhibition, Steinfeld Warehouse; Tucson, AZ
The Man From Angel Valley Short Film Screening, Center For Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ