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Education

Master’s of Fine Art in Media Art
University of California, Los Angeles | Department of Design Media Arts
Los Angeles, CA
2027

Bachelor’s of Science in Multidisciplinary Design
University of Utah | College of Architecture and Planning
Salt Lake City, UT
2022

Associate of Science in Architecture
Salt Lake Community Collage | School of Arts, Communication, and Media
Salt Lake City, UT
2018

Selected Exhibitions
and Performances

Pure Immediacy
Experimental Digital Arts
Los Angeles, CA
solo-show 2026

Assembly
Glorya Kaufman Dance Theater
Choreographed by Milka Djordjevich
Los Angeles, CA
performer2025

Tripwire
Bendix Art Building
Los Angeles, CA
co-curator 2025

Saliva Bar
Bodily Autonomy Exhibition by Lauren Lee McCarthy
Gray Area Festival
San Fransisco, CA
performer2024

CA+P Exhibition
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
exhibited artist2023

Experiments in Networked Performance
School for Poetic Computation + Culture Hub
New York City, NY
performing artist 2022

Embodied Ecologies Exhibition (group show)
Art Access
Salt Lake City, UT
exhibited artist 2022

Three Creeks Confluence (public art)
Salt Lake Arts Council
Salt Lake City, UT
permanently installed artist2021

Teaching and
Research

Tangible Media
Graduate Teaching Assistant
UCLA Department of Design Media Arts
2027

Fabrication & Materials
Graduate Teaching Assistant
UCLA Department of Design Media Arts
2027, 2026

Sonic Media
Graduate Teaching Assistant
UCLA Department of Design Media Arts
2027, 2025

2D Image
Instructor
UCLA Design Media Arts Summer Institute

Intro to Design Thinking
Associate Instructor
UofU Division of Multidisciplinary Design and Office for Undergraduate Studies
2023-2024

Design Research Assistant
Professor Steven Chodoriwsky
UofU College of Architecture and Planning
2021-2022

Summer Design Studio
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
UofU Division of Multidisciplinary Design
2021

Community
Engagement

Artist Talk, Unmediation
Invited by Dan Bustillo
UCLA Department of Gender Studies, Transgender Film and Media Studies
Los Angeles, CA
2026

Artist Talk, Inter-active
School for Poetic Computation, Interrogating Computational Approaches to Art
remote
Invited by Omayeli Arenyeka
2025

Workshop, Sketching with Movement
UCLA Department of Design Media Arts, Coding for the Arts
Los Angeles, CA
Invited by Lauren Lee McCarthy
2024

801 Salon Series
Volunteer Event Organizer
Multidisciplinary arts salon hosting pop-up exhibits and performances.
2024
Salt Lake City, UT

Community Events Volunteer
Spy Hop
Digital media arts center offering programs for students from ages 9-19 in film, music, audio and design.
Salt Lake City, UT
2018-2022

Panelist, Fine/Folk Series
Art Access
Salt Lake City, UT
2022

Panelist, Black Creative Experience
AIGA Salt Lake City + Medium Gallery
Salt Lake City, UT
2022

Student Representative, Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Council
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
2021

Scholarships, Grants, Awards

DMA Root Fund Scholarship
UCLA Department of Design Media Arts
$7,000
2026-2027

Clifton Webb Scholarship of the Arts
UCLA School of Arts & Architecture
$2100
2026-2027

Graduate Opportunity Program Award
UCLA Division of Graduate Education
Nominated by Department of Design Media Arts
$25,000
2024-2025

Product Design Award [Excellence & Rigor in Design Process]
UofU Division of Multidisciplinary Design
2022

Studio Award [Excellence & Rigor in Design Process]
UofU Division of Multidisciplinary Design
2021

Salt Lake City Arts Council
Public Art Program Grant
$1000
2021

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