ART EDUCATION

  • 1995-1997 Studied drawing and painting (Art School).
  • 2008 – Painting with Acrylics Workshop (Instructor, Fletcher Crossman), Charleston, SC.
  • 2011  Cyanotypes + creating digital negatives workshop, Charleston, SC.
  • 2012  Silver Gelatin film development and print making, private tutorial with Nancy Santos,Charleston, SC.
  • 2013  Introduction to Wet-Plate Collodion workshop, (Instructor, Ellen Susan), Savannah, GA.
  • 2017  Daguerreotype workshop, (becquerel process),  (Instructor, Mark Osterman). Rochester, NY .

EXHIBITIONS

  • 2017 – Silver & Light at Tara Vis Gallery, Charleston, SC  (Solo Exhibition)
  • 2016 – ALTERED NARRATIVES: 19th Century Techniques merge with 21st Century Visions, City Gallery at Waterfront Park, Charleston, SC (Group Exhibition)
  • 2015 –Piccolo Spoleto Juried Art Exhibition, City Gallery at Waterfront Park, Charleston, SC (Group Exhibition)
  • 2015 – Tension, Charleston Center for Photography Art Show at Old City Jail, Charleston, SC (Group Exhibition)
  • 2014 – Pathways: Photography Invitational, McMaster Gallery, Columbia, SC (Group Exhibition)
  • 2014 –Through The Lens, 10 Storehouse Row Gallery, North Charleston, SC (Group Exhibition)
  • 2013 – Louise Gilbert Art Gallery, Statesville, NC (Solo Exhibition)
  • 2012- 3rd Annual Re-nude Art Show, Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, SC (Group Exhibition)
  • 2011 – 2nd Annual Re-nude Art Show, Eye Level Art Gallery, Charleston, SC (Group Exhibition)
  • 2010 – 1st Re-Nude Art Show, Pop-up Gallery Space, Charleston, SC (Group Exhibition)
  • 2009 -Charleston Artists Guild Gallery, Charleston, SC (Group Exhibition)
  • 2006 – A Million Little Pictures, Art House Gallery, Atlanta, GA (Group Exhibition)
  • 2005 – Collaborative Art Show, during Piccolo Spoletto Arts Festival, Charleston, SC (Group Exhibition)
  • 2005 – Women’s Caucus for Art Members Show, Saul Alexander Gallery, Charleston, SC (Group Exhibition)
  • 1995 – (Art School) (painting) (Group Exhibition)

EXHIBITIONS CURATED

  • ALTERED NARRATIVES: 19th Century Techniques merge with 21st Century Visions, City Gallery at Waterfront Park, Charleston, SC (Group Exhibition)  (2016)
  • Through The Lens, 10 Storehouse Row Gallery, North Charleston, SC (2014)

GRANT AWARDS

  • Lowcountry Quarterly Arts Grant through the City of Charleston (2021)
  • Quarterly Project Support for Artists through the S.C. Arts Commission (2018)
  • Lowcountry Quarterly Arts Grant through the City of Charleston (2017)
  • Artists’ Ventures Initiative Grant through the S.C. Arts Commission (2015)
  • Lowcountry Quarterly Arts Grant through the City of Charleston (2013)

LECTURES / DEMONSTRATIONS / WORKSHOPS 

  • Center for Civil War Photography Seminar (“Images of War” Seminar in Charleston, SC) – Demonstration  (10/14/17)
  • Gilbert High School, Lexington County, SC – Demonstrations of wet-plate process (3/20/17)
  • 21st Century Photographers Group, Charleston, SC – Guest Speaker (12/14/16)
  • College of Charleston, Charleston, SC –  Talk about my art work & demonstration of wet-plate collodion process to FYE “Photography and Memories” class.(12/11/16)
  • College of Charleston, Charleston, SC –  Talk about my art work & demonstration of wet-plate collodion process to FYE “Photography and Memories” class. (4/28/16) 
  • Belton Standpipe Heritage and Arts Festival, Belton, SC – Speaker on history of photography and wet-plate process (10/1/15)
  • Savannah PUGS Photography Group, Savannah, GA -Demonstration of wet-plate collodion process (6/7/15)
  • 21st Century Photographers Group, Charleston, SC – Guest Speaker (12/10/14)
  • OPEN Arts Expo, College of Charleston, SC- Demonstrations of wet-plate collodion process (9/21/14)
  • DIY Festival, Charleston, SC – Lecture about DIY aspects of wet-plate collodion process (5/17/14)
  • World Wet-Plate Day (in my studio), Ladson, SC- Presentation & Demonstration to members of Female Photographers in Charleston (Photography Group) (5/3/14)
  • Fort Dorchester High School, N. Charleston, SC – Guest Speaker discussing wet-plate collodion process (4/3/14)
  • Workshop on Introduction to Studio Lighting (in my studio), Ladson, SC (4/30/14)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

PRINT:

  • Okra Magazine (feature article), Issue 18, 2022.
  • Folk Medicine of Southern Appalachia – 2021 (Book Cover Photo)
  • The Augusta Chronicle -2019 – Mentioned in article about the Aiken Wild West Fest. My self portrait was featured.
  • Civil War Times -2019 – Mentioned in Article about 155th Battle of Resaca (photo of me included)
  • Süddeutsche Zeitung, [German Newspaper], December 28, 2017(photos included)
  • Photopreneur Magazine (interview), December, 2017
  • Civil War News (mentioned in article and photos included), December, 2017
  • The Charleston City Paper (article), March 16, 2016
  • Aint-Bad Magazine Vol. 3 No. 2 Selfie , November, 2015
  • Charleston Weddings Magazine, (featured) Spring Issue, page 51 (2015)
  • The Charleston City Paper (Article) (12/10/14)
  • The HAND Magazine, Issue #7 (Jan, 2015)
  • The HAND Magazine, Issue #6 (Oct, 2014)
  • Fletcher Crossman: The Age of Endarkenment, by Nick Smith (photographs included) (Aug, 2009)
  • My commercial work appeared in advertisements in these magazines: Mt.Pleasant Magazine (Spring, 2012); Charleston Style & Design Magazine (Fall, 2010); SKIRT Magazine (Nov, 2008)

ONLINE:

  • Appeared in “Wanderlust” music video by Go Jenny Go (December, 2017)
  • John Banks’ Civil War blog (October, 2017)
  • Chuckography (03/20/16)
  • Carolina Arts (article), March 2016 Issue, page 11
  • MonoVisions Black and White Photography Magazine (Interview) November 29, 2015
  • Carolina Arts (article), September, 2014 Issue, page 39
  • Carolina Arts (article), May, 2014 Issue, page 11
  • Carolina Arts (article), November, 2013 Issue, page 30
  • The Mask Series (5/1/15)
  • Chuckography (12/14/14)
  • World Wet Plate Day (5/3/14)
  • Bastards First Plate Gallery (7/12/14)
  • A Camera A Week (3/13/13)
  • Photography, Design & Life (1/22/13)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • 2013 to present  – Wet plate collodion portraits
  • 2007 – 2012   Wedding and Portraits and some fashion photography (film and digital)
  • 2006 – 2007   Silver Shadows, LLC, Charleston, SC (Second Photographer – at Weddings)