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, OK

January 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!