Awards, Exhibitions, & Competitions

my poster in the background (5th from the front) at the 12th Seoul International Poster Triennale at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul, South Korea in 2024

View my CV .pdf linked on the about page for more information and hyperlinks to catalogs, etc. 

Awards:

  • Protection of Human Rights: Womens Rights Award 2024
    My poster A Lesbian Journey was awarded the Protection of Human Rights: Womens Rights Award by the exhibition juror, Meaghan Dee at the 2024 FL3TCH3R Exhibit on Socially & Politically Engaged Art.

  • Bronze award, 2024 Poster Stellars International Design Competition 2024
    My poster Onward was awarded Bronze in the Time Travel-themed category by an international juried process. 567 posters were submitted to the competition from 35 countries, and 98 posters were awarded.

  • Gold award, 2024 UDA International Design Competition 2024
    My poster The Future is Queer was awarded Gold by an international juried process in the UDA (United Designs Alliance) international poster design competition.

  • Rose Gold award, Poster For___. International Design Competition 2024
    My poster Unban Queer Culture was awarded Rose Gold by an international juried process in the 2024 Poster For___. International Design Competition.

  • Bronze award, Poster For___. International Design Competition 2024
    My poster Korean Coffee Culture was awarded Bronze by an international juried process in the 2024 Poster For___. International Design Competition.

Exhibitions & Competitions:

  • M(other)ing Exhibtion | Blacksburg, VA 2025
    My poster A Lesbian Journey was selected to be exhibited at the Perspective Gallery at Virginia Tech as part of the M(other)ing exhibtion.

  • 2024 Peru Bienal Exhibition: Culture | Arts | Design | Lima, Peru 2024
    My poster Queer is the Future was selected by an international juried process to be in the 2024 Peru Bienal Exhibition. The jury selected 560 works out of 22,256 applications in various application categories in the 2024 edition.

  • 6th Emirates International Poster Festival Exhibition | Dubai, UAE 2024
    My poster IVF AI was selected by an international juried process to be exhibited in the 6th EIPF exhibition, which was themed “AI Futures: Creativity Meets Technology” at the Cultural and Scientific Association (NADWA), Al Rasheed Rd, Al Mamzar, Dubai.

  • 2024 Ecuador Poster Bienal International Exhibition | Quito, Ecuador 2024
    My poster The Future is Queer was selected by an international juried process to be exhibited in the Ecuador Poster Bienal exhibition which took place at the Centro Cultural Metropolitano and Museo Muñoz Mariño in Quito, Ecuador and other cities. The jury selected 495 posters out of 10,186 submissions from almost 80 countries.

  • 2024 Annual International FL3TCH3R Exhibit | Johnson City, TN 2024
    My poster design, a digital collage, A Lesbian Journey was selected for the 2024 FL3TCH3R juried exhibition at the Reece Museum. The juror selected approx. 99 works by 79 artists out of 249 artworks submitted from different parts of the world.

  • Design for Democracy Exhibition | Charlotte, NC 2024
    My poster was selected through a juried process to be included in the regional AIGA Get Out the Vote Posters exhibition at Queens University in the in the Gambrell Center for the Arts and Civic Engagement.

  • Generations Exhibition | Charlotte, NC 2024
    My poster design Never Over will be part of the exhibition celebrating current and past faculty and alumni of UNC Charlotte.

  • Poster Stellars Time~Travel 2024 Exhibition | Philadelphia, PA 2024
    My poster: Onwards was selected by an international juried process for exhibition at the Tyler School of Art & Architecture at Temple University for the 2024 Poster Stellars juried international poster competition.

  • 12th Seoul International Poster Triennale 2024 Exhibition | Seoul, South Korea & Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 2024
    My poster The Future is Queer was selected by an international juried process to be exhibited in the following two exhibitions for the 12th Seoul International Poster Triennale: 1) at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza in the Dullegil Exhibition Hall in South Korea and 2) at The Art Gallery of the Union of Mongolian Artists in Mongolia. The theme of the exhibition was “Flow.” The exhibitions featured 330 designers from 41 countries.

  • Poster For___. Exhibition | Qingdao and Beijing, China & King of Prussia, PA 2024
    Two of my poster designs, Unban Queer Culture and Korean Coffee Culture, were selected by an international juried process and exhibited at the Mountain and Sea Art Center in the Qingdao Haitian Mall in China, at the Baolong Art District in Beijing, and at the Jedidiah Gallery & Design Store in PA.

  • Oripeau Exhibition | Nantes, France 2024
    My poster design, a digital collage, Fotos de Fotos was 1 of 50 works accepted by Oripeau out of about 200 submissions to the February 2024 Open Call to be exhibited as an urban poster in Nantes, France. 

  • Fight for Kindness Poster Gallery 2024 (TypeCampus) | online 2024
    My poster design Altruistic is part of the online poster gallery by TypeCampus.

  • International Biennial Poster Design Terras Gauda Exhibition | Vigo, Spain 2024
    My poster design for Terras Gauda was exhibited at the Maritime Station of Vigo.

  • Artifact [BOLD] 2024 Exhibition | High Point, NC 2024
    My poster design Golden was selected for the juried exhibition Artifact [BOLD] 2024 and exhibited at the Sechrest Art Gallery in High Point, NC. 

  • Reimagine Mariupol Exhibition | Kyiv, Ukraine 2024
    My poster design Bloom was selected by an international jury and exhibited in the Kyiv History Museum in Ukraine. The selected posters have also been included in the catalog of the 12th International Triennial “4th Block” and the collection of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine. The exhibition had a 32% acceptance rate. 

  • IFPSC Together: Immigration & Integration Exhibition | Barcelona, Spain 2024
    My poster design Golden was selected by an international jury and exhibited in Barcelona, Spain at IED Barcelona as part of the 2024 International Fine Arts, Printing and Sustainability Conference (IFPSC). 

  • IFPSC Theme: Free Speech Exhibition | online 2024
    My poster design Mariposa was selected by an international jury and exhibited in a virtual gallery space. 

  • Intercontinental Bienal’s Crossing Continents Exhibition | Bogotá, Colombia; Buenos Aires, Argentina; & Brasília, Brazil 2023–2024
    My poster design Never Over was one of 625 artworks selected out of 19,543 applications in various categories to the international juried exhibition to be displayed in museums in Colombia (2023, Edgar Negret Museum), Argentina (2024, MARQ. Museum of Architecture and Design), and Brazil (2024).
     
  • AIGA Design Conference | Seattle, WA 2022
    My poster: Reconstructing Ephemeral Experiences with Design Artifacts was exhibited at the AIGA national conference and at other venues following the inaugural exhibition. This work was part of the AIGA Design Educators Community Design + Writing Fellowship’s group exhibition of visual essay posters.

  • Depth of Fields 2021
    two prints selected for exhibition in the Reece Museum | Johnson City, TN


  • UT Faculty Showcase 2021
    four collages, Scarfone/Hartley Gallery | Tampa, FL


  • Affinity to Water: Mapping Tides, Forest, Estuary, and Shell Middens 2018
    digital photography collage, 4Most Gallery | Gainesville, FL


  • UT Faculty Showcase 2018
    letterpress pressure print, Scarfone/Hartley Gallery | Tampa, FL


  • MFA Thesis Candidates Exhibition I 2018
    Spero: Retirees + Refugees, University Galleries | Gainesville, FL


  • Forced to Hate: North Korea’s Education System Campaign 2017–2018
    30 posters displayed at multiple public events in subway stations and around Gwanghwamun Plaza | Seoul, South Korea


  • Good Things Come in Small Packages 2016
    package design collaboration with ceramicist | Wuhan University, China


  • BFA Graphic Design Group Exhibition 2013
    Breakdown screenprinting exhibition, Slocumb Galleries | Johnson City, TN