Permanent Collections-
SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
The Renwick, Washington, DC
National Gallery of Victoria Melbourne, AU
Carnegie Museum of Art-Pittsburgh, PA
Museum of Fine Arts- Houston, Houston, TX
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Kohler Company, Sheboygan, WI
John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
Racine Art Museum Racine, WI
Honolulu Museum of Art- Honolulu, HI
University of Arkansas- Little Rock, Little Rock, AK
Capital One, Richmond, VA
Education-
2012
MFA & MA Art - University of Wisconsin - Madison, WI
2008
BFA Jewelry/ Metal Arts with High Distinction - California College of the Arts - Oakland, CA
Fellowships, Residencies, and Grants-
2024
Adjunct Faculty Grant, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2020
Virginia A. Groot Foundation- Third Place Winner Lake Forest, IL
Artist Relief Grant, Chicago, IL
Virginia Museum of Fine Art Artist Relief Grant, Richmond, VA
Virginia Arts Commission Grant, Virginia Arts Commission, Richmond, VA
2019
Burke Prize Finalist, Museum of Art and Design, New York City, NY
Open Studio Residency, Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, ME
2018
Arts/Industry Kohler Residency, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
2014-17
Artist in Resident, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
2016
North Carolina Arts Fellowship, Durham, NC
2015
American Craft Council Emerging Voices Award, Minneapolis, MN Interview
2014
Peter S. Reed Foundation Grant, New York, NY
2013
Fountainhead Fellow, Dept. of Craft/Material Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2012
Artist in Resident- 12 Month Residency, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
2009
University Fellowship- University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions-
2027
Home, Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA (August)
2024
Sediment, Alma’s, Richmond, VA
2023
Commune, Capital One Town Center, Richmond, VA
2020
Ghosts, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
Gain, Gather, Grow, Ornamentum Gallery, Hudson, NY
2019
Dustings, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
2018
Dust, Form and Concept, Sante Fe, NM
2017
Give, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
Forms and Functions, 21C-Durham, NC
Given, Doane University, Crete, Nebraska
2016
Lost Cause, Ornamentum Gallery, Hudson, NY
2014
Fountainhead Fellow Exhibit, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
2013
Presence of Absence, Brooklyn Metal Works, Brooklyn, NY
Mitosis of Memory, Overture Gallery, Madison, WI
2012
Still- Master of Fine Art Exhibition, Lofts Gallery, Madison, WI
2008
Refined, BFA Exhibition, North Gallery, Oakland, CA
Selected Exhibitions-
2025
Design/Miami, Represented by Ornamentum Gallery, Miami, FL (December)
Objects USA: 2020, Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA (February)
Objects USA: 2020, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA (October)
The Dazzle of Darkness, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
2024
National Gallery of Victoria Triennial, NGV, Melbourne, AU
Design/Miami, Represented by Ornamentum Gallery, Miami, FL
Homo Faber 2024: Journey of Life Biennial, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, Italy
Coined in the South: 2024 Biennale, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
Design Miami/Los Angeles, Represented by Ornamentum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Steinbeisser Dinner, Frieze Art Fair, London, UK
The Weight of Wonder, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC
Fog Fair, Represented by Ornamentum Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Studio Practice: Material Transformations, Arkansas Museum of Fine Art, Little Rock, AK
Tradition Interrupted, Baker Museum, Naples, FL
Tradition Interrupted, Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA
Tradition Interrupted, Marion Art Gallery, SUNY: Fredonia, Fredonia, NY
2023
Design/Miami, Represented by Ornamentum Gallery, Miami, FL
Cheongju International Craft Biennale 2023, South Korea
Refresh, Hodges and Taylor, Charlotte, NC
Farm to Table, Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC
Tradition Interrupted, OSU Museum of Art, Stillwater, OK (April)
2022
Public Display in the British Silver Collection, Museum of Fine Arts-Boston, Boston, MA
Overdose, Design Museum Holon, Holon, Isreal
Design/Miami, Represented by Ornamentum Gallery, Miami, FL
Salon Art and Design, Represented by Ornamentum Gallery, New York City, NY
Tradition Interrupted, Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum, Saginaw Valley State University, Saginaw, MI
Tradition Interrupted, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
Nature Morte, University of North Carolina-Charlotte, NC
2021
Design/Miami, on display with Ornamentum Gallery, Miami, FL
Salon Art & Design Fair, on display with Ornamentum Gallery, New York, NY
Objects USA 2020, R & Company Gallery, New York City, NY
Materials Redefined, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY
Crafted Identities, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State University, MS
2020
Design/Miami (Chosen as one of the top ten Contemporary Pieces at the fair), on display with Ornamentum Gallery, Miami, FL
Extraordinaire/extraordinary, Musee de Design et D’arts Appliques Contemporains, Laussane, CHE
Not So Common Objects, Winthrop University Gallery, Rock Hill, SC
2019
Burke Prize Exhibition, Museum of Art and Design, New York City, NY
Design/Miami, on Display with Ornamentum Gallery, Miami, Florida
Mending: Craft and Community, Museum of Fine Arts: Houston, TX
Steinbeisser’s Experimental Gastronomy, Brooklyn, NY
Tradition Interrupted, Bedford Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Appetites and Objects, Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD
2018
NCAC Arts Fellowship Exhibition Cameron Art Museum,
Wilmington, NC Curated by Bob Unchester
Design/Miami, on Display with Ornamentum Gallery, Miami, Florida
Reliant Objects, Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR Curated by Courtney Kemp and Lyndsay Rice
Dustings, American Craft Council, Minneapolis, MN
Sparkle Plenty, Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA
Yuma Art Center Exhibition, Yuma Art Center, Yuma, AZ
2017
The Good Making of Good Things: Craft Horizons, Center for Craft, Creativity, and Design, Asheville, NC, Elizabeth Essner, Lily Kane, and Meaghan Roddy
The Craft School Experience: Outcomes and Revelations Craft in America, Los Angeles, CA Curated by Emily Zaiden
Pursuing Excellence, Blue Spiral One, Asheville, NC. Invited by Michael Manes
Duality of Presence, Munich, Germany. Curated by Kerriane Quick and Jessica Tolbert
2016
Go For Baroque, Racine Art Museum, WI Invitation by Lena Vigna
3 x 3, Blue Spiral, Asheville, NC Invitation by Jordan Ahlers
Maximum Craft, Signature Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2015
Cheongju International Craft Biennale 2015, Cheongju Tobacco Processing Plant, South Korea, Curated by Hyeyoung Cho (September 2015)
Engendered, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI, Curated by Niki Johnson
Dining and Discourse, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX Invitational by Kathryn Hall
Haystack/Components, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA, Invitational Ellen Weiske and Claire Sanford
2014
Metamorphosis: the Transformation of Everyday Objects, Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco, CA, Curated by David Cole
Press: Artist and Machine, Kentucky Museum of Arts and Craft, Louisville, KY
Table, Invitational by Caroline Wright, Visual Arts Center, Richmond, VA
Anywhere But Now, Invitational by Margaret Lindaur, Wilton House Museum, Richmond, VA
Refined VIII: Maker’s Choice, Juried by Cindi Strauss, Stephen F. Austin Art Gallery, Nacogdoches, TX
Look Again, Invitational by Hoss Haley, Asheville Area Arts Council, Asheville, NC
2013
In-Residence Show, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
2012
Reflection: 100 Years of Jewelry/Metal Arts at California College of the Arts, Juried by Marilyn da Silva and Curtis Arima, Oliver Gallery, Oakland, CA
2011
Gather- Master of Art Exhibition, Old Kroger Building, Madison, WI
Connect- Georgetown Art & Cultural Center, Seattle, WA
Retrospectives- Third Year Review Show, Lofts Gallery, Madison, WI
2009
Love Show, Shibumi Gallery, Oakland, CA
2008
CCA Baccalaureate Exhibition, Oliver Gallery, Oakland, CA
2007
Best of Junior Review, Oliver Gallery, CCA, Oakland, CA
360 Degrees. Co-Curated Ring show, South Gallery, Oakland, CA
2004
Epicenter, Oliver Gallery, Oakland, CA
Professional Experience-
2024
Adjunct Professor, Old Dominion University
Adjunct Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University
Adjunct Professor, University of Georgia, Cortona, Italy
2023
Adjunct Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2020-21
Adjunct Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2017 - 18
Adjunct Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2016
Winter Session Instructor, Found, Rhode Island School of Design, RI
2015
Fall Concentration Instructor, Found, Penland, NC
2013
Adjunct Instructor, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Adjunct Instructor, Houston Community College-Northline, Houston, TX
2012-13
Metals Instructor, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA, Summer Pre-College Program
Board Member and Committee Work-
2025
Beasties Curator, Dransfield Jewelry, Richmond, VA
2024
Craft and Design Show Jury, Visual Arts Center, Richmond, VA
2022-
Craft Emergency Relief Fund Board Member (Cerf+), Montpelier, VT
Chair, 2024-
Vice Chair, 2024
Grants and Strategic Planning Committee, Craft Emergency Relief Fund (Cerf+)
Get Ready Grant Committee Cycle 13
Get Ready Grant Committee Cycle 12
2018-9
Adorned Spaces Committee, Society of North American Goldsmiths
2016
Core Fellowship Review Committee, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC
2015
Artisphere Review Committee, Artisphere Art Festival, Greenville, SC
Resident Review Committee, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC
2014
Fountainhead Fellowship Review Committee, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Visiting Artist/ Lectures-
2025
Instructor, Intro to Metalworking, Visual Arts Center, Richmond, VA
2024
Visiting Critic, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Lecture, Renwick Craft Alliance, Washington, DC
Lecture, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
Instructor, Intro to Metalsmithing, Visual Arts Center, Richmond, VA
2023
Instructor, Intro to Metalsmithing, Visual Arts Center, Richmond, VA
Instructor, Containers, Visual Arts Center, Richmond, VA
Instructor, Marriage of Metal, Pocosin, Columbia, NC
Lecture and Workshop, East Carolina Symposium, Greenville, NC
Instructor, Containers, Metalwerx, Waltham, MA
2022
Instructor, Fabrication, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC (June)
2019
Lecturer, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
Ring in A Day, Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, ME
Lecturer, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
2018
Lecturer, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI
Lecturer, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
Lecturer, MINE: Symposium, University of Texas-El Paso, TX
Lecturer, Yuma Symposium, Yuma, AZ
2017
Instructor, Found, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Lecturer, SNAG Nexus: A Connection of Ideas, New Orleans, LA
Lecturer, Craft In America, Los Angeles, CA. Lecture
2016
Lecturer, SUNY- New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
Visiting Artist, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Lecturer, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, NC
2015
Instructor, Creative Side Jewelry Academy of Austin, Austin, TX, Beginning Jewelry Class
2014
Lecturer, Kentucky Museum of Arts and Crafts, Louisville, KY
2013
Lecturer, Bayou Bend Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Instructor, Creative Side Jewelry Academy of Austin, Austin, TX, Drafting for Metalsmiths
Instructor, Creative Side Jewelry Academy of Austin, Austin, TX, Beginning Jewelry Weekend Class
2012
Lecturer, Houston Metals Arts Guild Presentation of Resident Artist
Selected Publications-
2021
Artist Lecture/Interview, CraftNOW-Objects USA 2020, Video
Perceived Value Podcast, Interviewed by Sarah Rachel Brown, Podcast
2020
Architectural Digest, Germany: Kunst und Kulinarik: Die Initiative Steinbeisser feiert skurile Tischkultur by Mailin Sophie Zeisser
Sensa: Avantura Za Stolom, by Aurora Weiss
Gastonomija: kao eksperiment, by Aurora Weiss
2019
Mending: Craft and Community- Selections from Museum’s Collection, Web Article
2018
Video Interview for the Arts/Industry Residency for John Michael Kohler, Video
2017
Metalsmith Magazine: Exhibition in Print, Vol. 37 No. 4
2016
Bally, Boris, Imagine Peace Now, ISBN: 968-0-692-80506-0
Adamson, Glenn, Lost Causes, Ornamentum Gallery, Statement
Adair, Ahna, Jaydan Moore: Lost Causes, Art Jewelry Forum, Interview
CNN Style, Cool New Designs from Jelly, Dung, and Garbage, Images
2015
Metalsmith Magazine: Exhibition in Print, Vol. 35 No. 4
Price, Perry, Next Generation, Craft Magazine, Vol. 75 No. 3
Herriman, Kat, 5 Up-and-Comers You Should Find at Design Miami/ Basel, Artsy, Interview
Patrick, Emily, Memories in Metal, Citizen-Times December 28th, 2015
2014
Brown, Glen, Metalsmith Magazine: Anti-Trophy, Vol. 34 No. 1 2014
2013
PBS: Art Insight, Houston, TX, Interview
Wozny, Nancy, Culture Map: Houston, Ultimate Recycling: Artist turns silver trays into timeless sculptures- dents and all, Interview
Gallery Representation-
Ornamentum Gallery, Hudson, NY
Hodges Taylor, Charlotte, NC
Jouwstore, Netherlands