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EDUCATION |
Royal Academy of Arts (London, UK) |
Expected July 2016 | ||
| School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, IL) Bachelor of Fine Arts |
Jan.2008 | — | May.2011 | |
| EXHIBITIONS | Fine Arts Building, Studio 920 (Chicago, IL) Limbo—new work (Solo) |
May.2012 | ||
| NEXT: The Invitational Exhibition of Emerging Art (Chicago, IL) Represented by the Nicole Villeneuve Gallery at the Merchandise Mart |
Apr.2011 | — | May.2011 | |
| Manifest Exhibitions (Chicago, IL) Small(er) Works Show |
Apr.2011 | — | May.2011 | |
| Sullivan Galleries (Chicago, IL) School of the Art Institute's Spring 2011 Undergraduate Exhibition |
Mar.2011 | — | Apr.2011 | |
| Betty Rymer Gallery (Chicago, IL) Creativity in the Workspace |
Oct.2010 | — | Apr.2011 | |
| Betty Rymer Gallery (Chicago, IL) SPILL |
Aug.2010 | — | Oct.2010 | |
| AWARDS AND HONORS |
Royal Academy of Arts Starr Fellowship Resident Artist |
Oct.2012 | — | Jun.2013 |
| Nippon Steel U.S.A., Inc. / SAIC Presidential Award School of the Art Institute Presidential Awards Competition; Nippon 18 |
Dec.2010 | — | Nov.2011 | |
| Advanced Painting Studio Accepted as a second-year student into Art Institute’s upper-division program |
Jan.2009 | — | May.2011 | |
| New Society Presidential Merit Scholarship School of the Art Institute of Chicago, annually renewable scholarship |
Jan.2009 | — | May.2011 | |
| Capital Pride Hero Presented for leadership in the Washington, D.C. gay and lesbian community |
Jun.2006 | |||
| Junior Achievement Youth Entrepreneur of The Year Third runner-up; by The Nat'l Capital Area, Inc., and Ernest and Young |
Mar.2006 | |||
| Future Gay Hero Named by The Advocate, national gay and lesbian news magazine |
Aug.2005 | |||
| CORPORATE AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS |
Mrs. Shirley Massey and Dr. Walter E. Massey President of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
2011 | ||
| ACADEMIC POSITIONS | Anchorage Museum (Anchorage, AK) Introduction to Painting Materials, Instructor |
March.2012 | ||
| OTHER | Illinois Maternal and Child Health Coalition Associate Board Member |
May.2010 | — | May.2011 |
| Windy City Media Group Contributing writer for Chicago's Windy City Times |
Sep.2007 | — | Present | |
| The Advocate Columnist for the online edition of the largest gay and lesbian news magazine |
Mar.2006 | — | Oct.2007 | |
| Equality Fauquier/Culpeper Founding executive director of local gay and lesbian advocacy organization |
Jun.2005 | — | Jun.2007 | |