Education
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Bachelor of Fine Art:s Concentration - Painting and Art Education• Shepherd University• Shepherdstown, WV
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Master of Arts in Fine Arts: Concentration - Painting and Drawing • Academy of Art University• San Fransisco CA
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Experience
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Art, Communitcations, & Program Director • Silver Spring, MD• 2022-Current • Silver Spring, MD
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Visual Arts Specialist • Baltimore, MD • 2021-2022• Port Discovery Children's Museum
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Private Art Instructor •Osaka, Japan • 2017 - 2020 • Self Employed
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Private Art Instructor • Washington DC Metro Area • 2008 - 2017 • Self Employed
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Art Director • Leesburg, VA • 2013-2015 • The Art Station
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Art Tutor • McLean, VA • 2010-2011 • College Nannies, and Tutors
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Camp Art Leader • Fairfax, VA • 2009 • RecPAC Fairfax County Park Authority
Exhibitions
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Our Creative Community Exhibition •Tamar Hendel Gallery • Silver Spring. MD • January 2025• Group Exhibition • All Media • Curator: Clayton Evans
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Fall/Winter Juried All-Media Exhibition • Tamar Hendel Gallery • Silver Spring. MD • January 2024 • Group Exhibition • All Media • Curator: Clayton Evans
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Head to The Sky: Black Legacies and Futures • Tamar Hendel Gallery • Silver Spring. MD • February 2023 • Group Exhibition • All Media • Curator: Angelica Credle
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Fall/Winter Juried All-Media Exhibition • Tamar Hendel Gallery • Silver Spring. MD • December 2022 • Group Exhibition • All Media • Curator: Allie Berg
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Capstone Shepherd University Senior Class • Frederick The Frederick News Post • Frederick MD • April 2016 Group Exhibition • All Media
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Art Market • Center for Contemporary Art Shepherd University Art Market • Shepherdstown WV • December 2015 • Group Exhibition • All Media • Curator: Sonya Evenisko
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Ideo-Logical • Phase 2 Gallery • Shepherdstown, WV • December 2014 • Group Exhibition • All Media • Curator: Dr. Christopher Coltrin
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Art Market • Center for Contemporary Art Shepherd University Art Market • Shepherdstown WV • December 2014 • Group Exhibition • All Media • Curator: Sonya Evenisko
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Art Market • Center for Contemporary Art Shepherd University Art Market • Shepherdstown WV • December 2013• Group Exhibition • All Media • Curator: Sonya Evenisko
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Artful August • Village at Leesburg • Leesburg, VA • August 2013 • Juried Art Show • Jurors: Lenny Campello, Jack Devine. Claudia Rousseau, Ph. D
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Visual Literacy • Shepherd University Book Store • Shepherdstown WV 2013• Collaborative Scholarship Painting• Curator: David Modler
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Hall Art Show• Northern Virginia Community College • Annandale, VA • March 2009 • Competitive Exhibition• Curator: Todd Messegee
Press
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Shepherd University Contemporary Art and Theater • 2015 • Image of Pomegranate mixed media drawing from Indulgences • Link: Art and Program Director: CREATE Arts Center, 2021 - Present
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Artful August • Village at Leesburg • Leesburg, VA • August 2013 • Juried Art Showhttps://loreleistudios.com/artful-august-in-the-villiage-at-leesburg/
Client Work
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DC Cherry Blossom Commission ( Digital Painting) • Anne Family • Christiansburg, Virginia • 2018
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6 Portrait Commission • Chin Haymaya Japanese Culture Group • Washington DC • 2016
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Wedding Commission: Buddha Tapestry Painting • Chanchokpaong Family • Boulder Colorado • 2015
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Double Portrait Painting Commission • Biggs Family • Alexandria VA • 2015
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Press
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Shepherd University Contemporary Art and Theater • 2015 • Image of Pomegranate mixed media drawing from Indulgences • Link: http://shepherdarttheatre.org/studentwork/studio/pp1/2015-pp1-studio/