Born 1989, Clarksdale, MS; Eagle Scout
living and painting and teaching in Hattiesburg, MS
Education
2015 MFA: Studio Art American University
2012 BFA: Drawing & Painting The University of Southern Mississippi
Solo Exhibitions
2026 A Small Moment of Amazement, Adah Rose Gallery, Kensington, MD
2025 Play Ball!, Jones College, Ellisville, MS
2024 Of Homage or of Hope, Adah Rose Gallery
2022 The Beauty of Solitude, Adah Rose Gallery
2021 Late Greats, Phyllis Downey Gallery, University Baptist Church, Hattiesburg, MS
2018 Source Material, Thomas University
2017 Supernatural, Superserious, Almost Circle Gallery, Biloxi, MS
2013 Recent Paintings, New York Studio School
Group Exhibitions
2025 Still Life! / Nature Morte, Adah Rose Gallery
AUTOCAT, AUTOMAT Collective; Philadelphia, PA
2024 Art and Design Faculty Show, Museum of Art, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
2023 The Sky Turned to Blue with a Remarkable Beauty and Clarity, Adah Rose Gallery, Kensington, MD
Good Sports, Auxier Kline, New York, NY
2022 Art and Design Faculty Show, Museum of Art, University of Southern Mississippi
2021 Powers at Play: Sirena LaBurn & Nathan Mullins, The Art Studio, Inc., Beaumont, TX
2020 2020 Biennial Art + Design Faculty Show, University of Southern Mississippi
2019 Amor Fati, Wagner College Gallery, New York, NY
National Juried Painting Exhibition, Museum of Art, University of Southern Mississippi
2018 Hide and Seek, Vivid Space SD Gallery, San Diego, CA
2017 Anomalous Gallery Opening, Anomalous Gallery, Savannah, GA
Carte Blanche, Adah Rose Gallery
2016 Berlin and Back, Goethe-Institut, Washington, DC
Carte Blanche, Adah Rose Gallery
2015 Constructed Identity, Vilnius Academy of Arts, Vilnius, Lithuania
Carte Blanche, Adah Rose Gallery
Blueprint, Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC
5th Annual Juried Exhibition, Gallery 110, Seattle, WA
2014 Hanging on the Line, Union Market, Washington, DC
Transformer 11th Annual Silent Auction, Katzen Arts Center
Micro Machines, Katzen Arts Center
Champion Divers, Katzen Arts Center
2012 Senior Exhibition in Drawing and Painting, Museum of Art, University of Southern Mississippi
Mississippi Collegiate Art Competition, Jackson State University
2011 Hattiesburg Arts Council Emerging Artists Exhibition, Hattiesburg Cultural Center, Hattiesburg, MS
Mostra, Palazzo Vagnotti, Cortona, Italy
2010 Drawings from 8 West 8th Street, Cook Library, University of Southern Mississippi
Curatorial & Organizing
2024 Painting & Poetry, Phyllis Downey Gallery, University Baptist Church, Hattiesburg, MS
2023 Grant Panelist, Mississippi Arts Commission Artist Fellowship - Painting & Mixed Media
2021 Mythopoeia, curator, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2014-16 Board of Directors, Community Outreach Coordinator. Mississippi Modern, Inc.
2015 STILL!, curator, Gallery 252, Katzen Arts Center
2014 Micro Machines, curator, Katzen Arts Center
2013 Student Exhibition, co-curator, New York Studio School
Grants, Fellowships, Awards, and Residencies
2026 Vermont Studio Center Partial Fellowship, May 18 – June 5, 2026
FY26 Individual Artist Mini-Grant, Mississippi Arts Commission
2025 Casa Uno Residency; Atenas, Costa Rica
2022 FY22 Individual Artist Mini-Grant, Mississippi Arts Commission
2015 Graduate Student Research Award, American University, Washington, DC
Helene M. Herzbrun Art Scholarship, American University
2014 MFA Studio Berlin, GlogauAIR Artist in Residence Program, American University, Berlin, Germany
Patricia Moore Segnan Award to support travel, American University
Helene M. Herzbrun Award, American University
2013 Babs Van Swearingen Award, American University
2011 Studies Abroad Program in Cortona, Italy, University of Georgia, Cortona, Italy
Teaching
2022-26 Assistant Teaching Professor, Drawing I & II, Design I, Three-Dimensional Design, Painting I & II,
The University of Southern Mississippi
2021-22 Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor, Drawing I & II, Figure Drawing I, Painting I & II,
The University of Southern Mississippi
2018-21 Instructor, Introduction to Art, Southern Regional Technical College
2020 Instructor, Design I, Printmaking I & IV, The University of Southern Mississippi
2015-18 Instructor, Color & Composition, Drawing I, Life Studio, Painting I & II, and
Intro to Art, Savannah State University
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