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Based in San Diego, CA


Education

BA, Studio Art and Cognitive Science, Pomona College; Claremont, CA, 2024

    Pomona College Scholar, First-Generation Low-Income (FLI) Scholar, Questbridge Scholar


Awards and Residencies

2025    Penland School of Craft, Scholarship, Intro to Bad Printmaking with Amos Paul Kennedy Jr., Asheville, NC

2024    Matthew Klopfleisch Memorial Prize in Art, Pomona College; Claremont, CA

2023-2024    Humanities Studio Undergraduate Fellowship, Pomona College; Claremont, CA

2023    La Ceiba Gráfica, Printmaking Residency; La Orduña, Veracruz, Mexico

2023    Perdita Sheirich Junior Art Prize Award, Rembrandt Club

2023    Best Social Media Reporting (Design), California California College Media Association

2022    Library Undergraduate Research Award, Honnold Mudd Library; Claremont, CA


Exhibitions

2025    In Full Expression, Sprague Gallery; Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA

2024    Pearl Diver, Chan Gallery; Claremont, CA

2023    Everything, including the kitchen sink, Chan Gallery; Claremont, CA

2023    Appearance of the Body, Sprague Gallery; Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA

2023    I write a message in the sky, Spit Gallery; Claremont, CA

2023    Sun Break, Chan Gallery; Claremont, CA

2023    Captured Vision: Optics in Early Modern European Art, Student Showcase, Benton Museum of Art; Claremont, CA


Community Work

2023    Creative Direction, “The Claremont Issue”, The Student Life Newspaper; Claremont, CA (Creative Direction)

2023    Curatorial Talk, ArtStART, Claremont, CA

2022    Collaborative Student Mural, Nicolet Middle School; Banning, CA

2022    After-school iPhonetography Club, Oakmont Elementary School; Claremont, CA


Publications

My Siren/My Mermaid, “Intertextuality,” Art Block Zine, DSTL Arts, Fall 2023

Louis Choris and Scientific Illustration: Visualizing Colonialism in New California,” Scholarship@Claremont Database, April 11, 2022


Bibliography

Andrew Alonzo, “Rembrandt Club recognizes Pomona College student artists,” Claremont Courier, October 5, 2023
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