Awards | Grants | Scholarships
2024 Cindy and Jizhong Zhou Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Award, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
2024 L.G. Hill Biology Excellence Fund Fellowship, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
2023 Presidential International Travel Fellowship Scholarship, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
2023 The Lois Pfiester Women in Science Scholarship, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
2023 A Kenneth & Joy Harwell Scholarship, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
2021 THRIVE! Grant, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Oklahoma City, OK
2021 Community/Artist Partnership Grant, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Oklahoma City, OK
2021 O. Gail Poole Travel Award, Norman Arts Council, Norman, OK
2015 The Angus Kent Lamar Award of Excellence, USAO, Chickasha, Ok
2015 Professional Basics Grant, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Oklahoma City, Ok
Gallery Shows | Festivals | On Display
2024
OVAC’s 12x12 Art Fundraiser, OKC Farmers Public Market, Oklahoma City, OK
Biophilia, Mainsite Contemporary Art Gallery, Norman, OK
2023
OVAC’s 12x12 Art Fundraiser, Lively Beerworks, Oklahoma City, OK
Holiday Gift Gallery, Norman Firehouse Art Center, Norman, OK
2022
Oklahoma Festival of the Arts, Bicentennial Park, Oklahoma City, OK
OVAC’s 12x12 Art Fundraiser, Lively Beerworks, Oklahoma City, OK
Momentum, TAP Architecture, Oklahoma City, OK
2021
Legends Art Sale, Legends Restaurant in Norman, OK
Norman 2nd Friday Art Walk - Meet and Greet with Mayor Breea Clark, Shevaun Williams and Associates in Norman, OK
Festival of Freaks, Oklahoma City
Momentum, Mainsite Contemporary Art Gallery in Norman, Oklahoma
Momentum, Living Arts of Tulsa in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Group Exhibition, DNA Galleries in OKC, Oklahoma
ONE Event - Avant Garde - Mainsite Contemporary Art Gallery in Norman, OK
2020-2022
24 Works on Paper - Traveling exhibition, locations are as follows:
August 31 – September 18, 2020 SWOSU Art Gallery, Weatherford, OK
October 5 – November 13, 2020 The Wigwam Gallery, Altus, OK
December 7 – February 26, 2021 Forest Heritage Center Museum, Broken Bow, OK
March 15 – April 23, 2021 McArts Gallery of Fine Art, McAlester, OK
May 3 – June 11, 2021 Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid, OK
July 1 – July 31, 2021 TAC Gallery, Tulsa, OK
August 9 – October 1, 2021 Spider Gallery, Tahlequah, OK
October 11 – November 12, 2021 SEOSU Centre Arts Gallery, Durant, OK
December 2 – January 22, 2022 Tulsa World | Lorton Family Gallery,
Gaylord Pickens Museum, home of the Oklahoma Hall of Fame, Oklahoma City, OKJanuary 13, 2022 Reception from 5pm-7pm at the Oklahoma Hall of Fame, free and open to the public
2020
DNA Galleries, Plaza District, Oklahoma City, OK
Magoo’s Attic, Plaza District, Oklahoma City, OK
Slowmentum, Dead People’s Stuff, Oklahoma City, OK
ONE Auction, Mainsite, Norman, OK
The Moon Sushi, Historic Downtown Norman, OK
2018
Duo Show, Studio Ink, Norman, OK
June 2nd Friday Art Walk, Studio Ink, Norman, OK
Silent Auction, Mainsite, Norman, OK
Waving Wheat Bakery, Historic Downtown, Norman, OK
Full Moon Sushi, Historic Downtown, Norman, OK
2017
Waving Wheat Bakery, Historic Downtown, Norman, OK
Full Moon Sushi, Historic Downtown, Norman, OK
2016
Artists 4 Learning, Mabee Gerrer Museum, Shawnee, Ok
USAO Alumni Show, USAO, Chickasha, Ok
The Wine Event of Norman, Shevaun Williams and Associates, Norman, Ok
2015
Fuse, USAO, Chickasha, Ok
Momentum OKC, Oklahoma, Ok
2014
From Authors to Artists Regional Art Exhibition, Mabee Gerrer Museum, Shawnee, Ok
BFA Senior Exhibition, USAO, Chickasha, Ok
Spring Show, USAO, Chickasha, Ok
Public Works and Projects
2022 Wildlife Infographics Signage, Wildcare Foundation, Noble, OK
2021 - 2022 This is Place - community pollinator and food garden art exhibit space, Little Axe Community Center, Norman, OK
2021 Site-specific Wildlife Habitat Signage installed June 2021, Norman Central Library, Norman, OK
2014 Coffee cup and book stacks mixed media painting, Nash Library, Chickasha, OK
Published Works
2019 OKC Ballet La Sylphide, Promotional Materials, Background Painting
2018 OKC Ballet Little Mermaid, Promotional Materials, Background Painting
2017 OKC Ballet Swan Lake Promotional Materials, Background Painting
2016 Splurge Magazine, Cover and Spread Background Painting
Commercial Commissions
2023 Oklahoma Today, Oklahoma City, OK
2022 Norman Ballet Company, Norman, OK
2021 Norman Ballet Company, Norman, OK
2020 Invertabrate Studies Institute, Oklahoma City, OK
2017 Background Painting for OKC Ballet La Sylphide campaign, Shevaun Williams & Associates, Norman, Ok
2017 Background Painting for Sopia and Camilla promotional materials, Shevaun Williams & Associates, Norman, Ok
2016 Background Painting for OKC Ballet Swan Lake campaign, Shevaun Williams & Associates, Norman, Ok
2016 Background Painting for OKC Ballet Little Mermaid campaign, Shevaun Williams & Associates, Norman, Ok
2014 Acrylic/Mixed Media Painting, Nash Library, Chickasha, Ok
Scientific Illustrations
2024 Heterotheca canescens (leaf, stem with leaves, and flower), Doctoral Thesis, Norman, OK
Digital Work Commissions
2020 MOE MUST GO! children’s book illustrations, Sentinal, OK
2020 COVID-19 safety guidelines poster, Norman, OK
2017 Business logo design, Norman, OK
2017 T-shirt designs, Norman, OK
Private Commissions
2020 Goats and Local Flora Exterior Mural, Flowermound, TX
2020 Vegetables, Peacock and Sun Exterior Mural, Flowermound, TX
2020 Octopus and Flora Acrylic Painting, Seabrook, TX
2020 Scientifically Accurate Illustrated Cannabis Mixed Media Painting, Newalla, OK
2020 Anatomical Ink Drawings, Tulsa, OK
2020 American Black Bear and Sun God Mixed Media Painting, Tulsa, OK
2019 How many plants does a bee visit in a day? Ink drawing, Choctaw, OK
2019 Acrylic Painting, Norman, OK
2018 Acrylic Painting, Newalla, OK
2017 Oil Painting, Norman, OK
2016 Mixed Media Painting, Newalla, OK
2014 Acrylic Painting, Oklahoma City, OK
2013 Mural Painting, Shawnee, OK
2012 Oil Painting, Newalla, OK
2012 Oil Painting, Norman, OK
Biography
Expected Summer of 2024 MS in Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
2019 Certificate in Nature, Science and Culture Illustration, University of Newcastle
2014 Bachelors of Fine Art in Art with an emphasis in Painting, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, Chickasha, Ok
Currently lives and works in Norman, Oklahoma
Currently booked for freelance and private commissions. Happy to answer inquiries!