EDUCATION

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2018.    M.F.A in Photography and Integrated Media, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA 

2014.    B.F.A in Photography, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI

2012.    Associates in Arts, Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL​​​

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE​

 

2026 (upcoming)  

• Part-time Faculty, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL

  • (Photographic Image Manipulation, Photography Seminar) ​

2025

• Interim Instructor Coordinator Photography Lab Manager, Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL

  • (July 2025 - December 2025)​

2023 - Present 

• Adjunct Faculty, Waubonsee Community College, Sugar Grove, IL

  • (Photography I - Darkroom, Beginning Digital Photography, and History of Photography)

2022 - Present 

• Adjunct Faculty, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL

  • (Foundations of Digital Photography, Tools & Techniques in Digital Photography, Photographic Color, Composition, & Concept, Introduction to Video for Photographers)​

• Lead Preparator & Curator, Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL

  • (September 2022 – December 2024)  ​

• Lead Collection Archivist, Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL

  • (September 2022 – December 2024)​​

• Adjunct Faculty, Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL

  • (Digital Photography I, Digital Photography II, Darkroom I, Darkroom II)​

2019 

• Assistant Photography Lab Manager, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA

  • (October 2019- September 2021)​​

• Adjunct Faculty, Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL

  • (Digital Photography II, Spring 2019)​

• Part-time Faculty, Judson University, Elgin, IL

  • (Advanced Photography, Studio Photography, Spring 2019)

​2018 

• Part-time Faculty, Lesley University College of Art & Design, Cambridge, MA

  • (Intro to Black-and-White Photography [instructor of record], Spring 2018)  ​

• Curator, MFA Photography Thesis Exhibition, Lunder Arts Center, Cambridge, MA ​

• Gallery & Exhibitions Intern, Lunder Arts Center, Cambridge, MA

2017  

• Teaching Assistant, Lesley University College of Art & Design, Cambridge, MA  

  • (Visual Books, Spring 2017)

• Gallery & Exhibitions Intern, Lunder Arts Center, Cambridge, MA

2015 

• Assistant Gallery Director, Morpho Gallery, Chicago, IL 

2014  

• Permanent Collections Intern, DeVos Art Museum, Marquette, MI

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EXHIBITIONS

 

2025

• Art & Design Faculty Exhibition, Group Show, Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL

2024

• Staff & Faculty Show, Group Show, Waubonsee Community College, Sugar Grove, IL

2023 

• Alternatives - Image As Object, Ohio University Art Galleries, Juried Show, Athens, OH

• Community College Student and Faculty Invitational Exhibition, Annette and Jerry Johns Art Gallery, Group Show, Dekalb, IL 

• Revisiting the Family Album: Stories that Bind Us, Center for Fine Art Photography, Juried Show, Online

2022

• Concerted Negotiations, Lunder Arts Center, Group Show, Cambridge, MA​

2020 

• Beyond the Frame: Image in Action, Group, Mémoire de l'Avenir Gallery, Paris, France​

2018 

• Metamorphosis, Darkroom Gallery, Juried, Essex Junction, VT

• MFA in Photography & Integrated Media Thesis Show, Lunder Arts Center, Cambridge, MA

2016  

• Chicago Artist Month, Morpho Gallery, Juried, Chicago, IL

• Genus, Rocking Horse Restaurant, Solo Exhibition, Chicago, IL

• Latent Memory, John R. Grady Gallery of Photographic Art, Solo Exhibition, Elgin, IL    

• Skyway Art Competition, Safety Kleen Gallery, Juried, Elgin, IL

• 11th Annual Emerging Artist Exhibition, Morpho Gallery, Open, Chicago, IL

2015  

• 10th Annual Photography Exhibition, Morpho Gallery, Open, Chicago, IL

2014 

• Amalgamate, 2014 Senior Exhibition, DeVos Art Museum, Marquette, MI

• St. Louis Artists' Guild Regional Summer Exhibition, St. Louis Artist Guild, Juried, St. Louis, MO

2011  

• Skyway Art Competition, Robert F. DeCaprio Art Gallery, Juried, Palos Hills, IL

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CURATIONS

 

• John Grady Revisiting the Future, Safety-Kleen Gallery, Elgin, IL

  • November 2024 - January 2025

 

• MFA Thesis Show, Lunder Arts Center, Roberts & Raizes Gallery, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA

  • September 2017 - April 2018

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• MFA Thesis Show, Lunder Arts Center, Roberts & Raizes Gallery, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA

  • September 2016 - April 2017

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• Larger Than Fiction, DeVos Art Museum, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI

  • May 2014 - August 2014

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FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS

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Candice Inc, Katherine Sifers, Tim Arroyo, Digital Photography: Foundation of Creative Practice. In preparation. Expected 2026.  

• Lead author for Chapters 3 (“Visual Literacy”) and Chapter 8 (“Exporting, Printing, & Sharing”)

 

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WORKSHOPS

 

2025     Professional Practices Workshop: Framing, Hanging, Lighting, and Packing Works of Art, 

  Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL (November)

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LECTURES & ARTIST VISITS​​

 

2024     Guest Artist, Bachelor of Fine Arts Thesis Review, Jdson University, Elgin IL (December)

2025     Guest Artist, Bachelor of Fine Arts Thesis Critique, Judson University, Elgin, IL (April)

2022     Guest Artist, Masters of Fine Art Thesis Review, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA (April)

 

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CONFERENCES & SYMPOSIUMS

 

2020     World Philosophy Day, 19th International Encounters on New Philosophical Practices, Paris, Frace

 

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RESIDENCIES​

 

2021     Atelier 11 - Inaugural Photography Residency, L'AiR Arts, Paris, France​

2020     Beyond the Frame: Image in Action, L'AiR Arts, Paris, France

 

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GRANTS / AWARDS / FELLOWSHIPS

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2018     Teaching Fellowship, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA​​​

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