Education
2001-2003 Master of Fine Art, degree candidate, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, RI
1996-2001 Bachelor of Fine Art, Murray State University, Murray, KY
1997 Summer Study Abroad, Murray Keys Program, Florence, Italy
Exhibitions and Art Related Experience
2019
Architectural Digest Show, New York, NY
2018
Architectural Digest Show, New York, NY
2016
Blanc de Blanc, Jamestown Art Center, RI
2014
unTethered, Meditech Cooperation, Canton, MA
RISCA Fellowship in Three Dimensional Art
Selfies and Friends; Contemporary Portraiture, Cade Tompkins Projects, Providence, RI
Adjunct Professor, RISD, Providence RI
2013
I’m All In, solo exhibition, AS220 Project Gallery, Providence, RI
Adjunct Professor, RISD, Providence RI
2011
Next Art Fair, Cade Tompkins Projects, Chicago IL
2010
Seeing Through Line, 1 Sims Ave. Providence RI
RISD Furniture Design Triennial, Providence, RI
Guest Critique, RISD Furniture Design
2009
Pink is the New Black, Cade Tompkins Projects, Providence RI
You Ain’t Gonna Get Me, AS220 Project Space, Providence, RI
Guest Critique, RISD Foundations
2008
Interpreting the Vernacular Landscape, Bruce Gallery, Edinboro, PA
Guest Critique, RISD Furniture Design
2007
Established Ben Watkins Studio, Providence, RI
Submission Show, Sarah Bowen Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Guest lecturer and critic, RISD
2006
Work By Studio Fellows, Messler Gallery, Rockland, ME
Build Boston Residential Design Show, Boston, MA
Box Elder Studios Group Show, RISD Works, Providence, RI
2005
Selected Contemporary Work, James Hall (curator), Providence, RI
Providence Fine Furnishing Show
Guest lecturer and critic, RISD
2004
Instructor, Continuing Education, Furniture Making, RISD
Established Box Elder Studios, Providence, RI
Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, Artist in Residence, Rockland ME
2003
Instructor, Continuing Education, Furniture Making, RISD
Meredith Gallery, RISD group show, Baltimore, MD
RISD MFA Show
The Providence Art Club, 1st place in exhibition
2002
Sol Kolfer Gallery Furniture Graduate Group Exhibition, Providence, RI
2001
Assisted at Penland School of Arts and Crafts, Penland, NC
Clara C. Eagle Gallery BFA Solo Show, Murray, KY
2000
Attended Peter’s Valley, Peter’s Valley, NJ
Attended Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, CO
1999
Attended Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, CO
Attended Arrowmont, Gatlinburg, TN