About me

I am an artist and educator based in Portland, Maine. I received my BFA in painting at the New Hampshire Institute of Art, and have since gone onto exhibit my work around the US and Canada. My work uses traditional portraiture as a means to discuss queer identity and neurodivergence.

Previously, I was an adjunct instructor at Lasell University as well as the Exhibitions Director at Gallery 263 in Cambridge, MA.

In 2023 I was diagnosed with a rare and large spinal cord tumor that required an incredibly invasive surgeries in order to prevent the eventual paralyzation the tumor would cause. After over a year of rehabilitation I am beginning to paint once again with a new appreciation for life.

I always land on my feet.

Bragging about myself

My work has been exhibited around the United States and Canada for the last decade and I am represented by 13FOREST Gallery in Arlington, MA.

Recognitions include being listed as one of NH Magazine’s “Important Women of 2017” and being honored as a “Champion of Pride” (2021) by The Advocate for my activism surrounding trans and intersex youth. I was profiled in A BIG IMPORTANT ART BOOK: NOW WITH WOMEN by The Jealous Curator, and have been featured in publications like Teen Vogue, The Verge, VICE, TIME, and created the cover of an edition of POLITCO Europe.

My most recent work has been as a background painter on the critically acclaimed game Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure by Furniture & Mattress LLC.

Hire Me

I am available for freelance and contract work in

  • Oil, Acrylic & Gouache Paintings - Portraits, Pets, Editorial Illustration

  • Pixel Art - Backgrounds, Sprites & Light Animation, GB Studio development

  • Course, Workshops, Lectures - Foundations of 2d Art & Principles of Design, painting skills of all experience levels, expressive painting techniques, figure and portrait drawing, social issues in art (LGBT art, NFTs, AI art, etc.)


Solo Exhibitions

2020
Closer, 13FOREST Gallery, Arlington MA

2019
Cowboy Take Me Away, Mantle Art Space, San Antonio TX

2016
Trans-Pose, McGowan Fine Art, Concord NH

2014
Identity Online, Rats 9, Montreal QB


Group Exhibitions

2022
Game Boy Camera Gallery 2022, Scratching Post Studio, Virtual
SAAM ARCADE 2022, The Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC
The Zium Gallery, The Zium Society, Virtual

2019
It’s a Little Personal, Gallery 1832, Cambridge MA
Plenty, 13FOREST Gallery, Arlington MA
Schools of Thought, New Art Center, Newton MA
13FOREST at 444, Gallery 444, Provincetown MA
POST-IT 15, Robot Gallery 2, Los Angeles CA
2019 Creative Showcase, Lasell University, Newton MA
3,2,1, 27HAUS Gallery, Stoughton MA

2018
POST-IT 14, Robot Gallery 2, Los Angeles CA
OURSELVES, University of Rhode Island, Providence NH
We Used To Have Parties, Kelley Stelling Contemporary, Manchester NH
13FOREST at 444, Gallery 444, Provincetown MA
LIKENESS, Clark University, Worcester, MA
People, Places, Things: Recent Acquisitions, UNH Museum of Art, Dunham NH
13WOMEN, 13FOREST Gallery, Arlington MA
Representing Feminism, Lamont Gallery, Exeter NH

2017
Plenty, 13FOREST Gallery, Arlington MA
Inertia, McGowan Fine Art, Concord NH
Gender Unbound Art Festival, Austin TX
Right Side Out, Able Baker Contemporary, Portland ME
TDOV, University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA
Teenaged, FPAC Gallery, Boston MA

2016
Art & Bloom, McGowan Fine Art, Concord NH
Trans//Draw, Gallery 263, Cambridge MA
You think It's ____ But It’s Really ____, Midway Gallery, Boston MA
Gender Unbound Art Festival, Austin TX
The Other, Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville FL
3rd Annual Self Portrait Show, Verge Gallery, Manchester NH

2015
Who Might I Be?, Nave Gallery Annex, Somerville MA
Small Works Exhibition, Shirt Factory Gallery, Glen Falls NY
2nd Annual Figure/Portrait Competition, NHIA, Manchester NH
We’re Here: A Queer Exhibition, Verge Gallery, Manchester NH

2014
Minis on Main, 30 Main, Peterborough NH
2nd Annual Self Portrait Show, Verge Gallery, Manchester NH
Queer, Linus Gallery, Online Exhibition
1st Annual Figure/Portrait Competition, NHIA, Manchester NH
12th Annual Minumental Exhibition, NHIA, Manchester NH
Art PM, Buoy Gallery, Kittery ME 

2013
11th Annual Minumental Exhibition, NHIA, Manchester NH
Exploring Gender, Eye Student Gallery, Manchester NH
SOLD: Pop Up Exhibition, Elm St, Manchester NH
Reflections: Self Portrait Show, NHIA, Manchester NH
Annual Student Exhibition, NHIA, Manchester NH
Magnitude 7, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati OH


Press & Publications

2022
POLITICO Europe (cover), Print
POLITICO, Online
VICE, Online
The Verge, Online

2021
TIME, Online

2019
Teen Vogue, Online
TIME, Online
Nylon Magazine, Online
Boston Hassle, Online

2018
A Big Important Art Book (Now With Women!), The Jealous Curator, Print

2017
Ignota Magazine, Online
NH Magazine, Online/Print
Yes! Magazine, Online

2016
Everyday Feminism, Online
Big Red & Shiny, Online
The Jealous Curator, Online
Huffington Post, Online
Concord Monitor, Print
The Hippo, Print

2015
Vision Problems, Textbook
Explore, Create, Repeat, Online
Dazed Digital, Online
The Offing, Online
Supersonic Art, Online
Feministing, Online
Mineral Magazine, Online
Empath Lit, Online
Ayris Magazine, Print

2014
Artful Undress, TradioV
Ayris Magazine, Print
One to Watch, Saatchi Art Magazine, Online


Education

2011-2015
New Hampshire Institute of Art, BFA


Representation

2017-NOW
13FOREST, Arlington MA

2015-2018
McGowan Fine Art, Concord NH

TEACHING
2018-NOW Adjunct Professor, Lasell University, Newton MA
2018-2020 Adjunct Faculty, Community Education, New Art Center, Newton MA
2017-2018 Adjunct Faculty, Community Education, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester NH

SPEAKING
2021
JAAM intersex panel, Harvard Medical School, Virtual
Intersex Panel, Fenway Health Conference, Virtual

2019
Portrait of an Artist, 13FOREST Gallery
Exhibiting Artist Panel, Lamont Gallery
Exhibiting Artist Talk, Clark University
Alumni Talk & Panel, New Hampshire Institute of Art

2016
Femmescapes 2 Release Party, NYC
TDOV Event, University of Virginia
Gender Unbound Art Festival, Austin TX
Artist Talk, Museum of Contemporary Art of Jacksonville FL
Artist Talk, University of North Florida

Teaching & Speaking