Formal Education______________________________________________________________________________________
2005-2010 Appalachian State University: Boone, North Carolina
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Majored in Sculpture and Painting
Extended Education, Experiences & Apprenticeships________________________________________________
Summer 2015 LEAF Festival Community Arts Mandalaesque Project: Black Mountain, NC
Winter 2015 Woodpainting Workshop: Norbulingka Center for Preservation of Tibetan
Culture, Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, India
Summer 2014 Festival and Community Outreach Coordinator:
Green River Picklers, Asheville, North Carolina
2013 Curator, Artist: Mountain Nest Gallery Black Mountain, NC
Winter/Spring 2013 Muralist, Herbalist, Eco-Tour Guide and Spiritual Apprentice:
Villa Sumaya Retreat Center, Lake Atitlan, Santa Cruz, Guatemala
Summer 2012 Organic Farming Apprentice: Flying Cloud Farm Fairview, NC
Fall/Winter 2011 Rancho Mastatal Environmental Learning Community Mastatal, Costa Rica
Fall 2010 Timber Framing Apprentice: Deer Isle Homestead Deer Isle, Maine
August 2010 Technical Assistant & Studio supervisor for master woodcarver Chris Pye
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Deer Isle, Maine
Spring 2009 Assistant teacher for Carving and Construction ASU Boone, NC
Summer 2009 Independent Study in Welding and Metal Fabrication
Squash Blossom Farm, Santa Fe, La Bajada & White Rock, New Mexico
Summer 2009 CCCD International Artist Residency: Patrick Hall
The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design Marshall Studios, NC
Exhibitions/Collections_______________________________________________________________________________
2014 Exhibition: Lookout Brewing Company Black Mountain, NC
Summer 2014 Stage Designs & Live Paintings at 12 East Coast Festivals
Summer 2013 Featured Local Artist: Pisgah Brewing Company Swannanoa, NC
Winter 2012 Villa Sumaya Mural Exhibition: Lake Atitlan, Guatemala
December 2011 Building with Cob: Rocket Stoves Rancho Mastatal, Costa Rica
August 2011 The Deflowered Art Show Fat Cats, Tahoe City, CA
September 2011 The Deflowered Art Show The Auld Dubliner, Squaw Valley, CA
Summer 2011 Technical Assistants Showcase Haystack Mountain School, Deer Isle, ME
Winter 2010 The Creature: Solo Exhibition The Looking Glass Gallery, Boone, NC
Summer 2010 In Sunshine or Shadow: The Center for Craft, Creativity and Design, Asheville, NC
Summer 2010 The Lodges at Eaglesnest: Sculpture Exhibition Banner Elk, NC
Spring 2010 BFA Studio Senior Exhibition: Catherine J. Smith Gallery, Boone, NC
Spring 2010 Sculpture Exhibition: The First Annual Valle Squirm Valle Crucis, NC
Fall 2009 The University of North Carolina General Assembly Chapel Hill, NC
Summer 2009 Music on the Mountaintop: Site-specific Installations Boone, NC
Spring 2009 Art Expo: Catherine J. Smith Gallery Boone, NC
2008 Private Collection: The Mial Plantation at Walnut Hill Raleigh, NC
Awards/Publications__________________________________________________________________________________
2006-Ongoing Life Is Art Studios ongoing use of imagery around the country
September 6, 2014 Permaculture Magazine Publication by Scott Gallant: Rocket Stoves
Eco-Villages, Demonstration Sites, Education Centres, and Village Development
Spring 2013 Lake Atitlan Community Arts Newsletter: Mural Showcase Lake Atitlan, Guatemala
August 2010 Mary Beasom Bishop and Francis Summer Merritt Scholarship:
Haystack School of Craft, Deer Isle, Maine
December 2010 Vol. 1 Smash Visuals: Collaborative Video Painting, Digital Manipulation
February 1, 2010 The Appalachian: Student Incorporates Nature In Exhibit, Solo Exhibition
Casey Gahagan, Photographer & Phillip Wyatt, Reporter
Spring 2009 Appalachian State University Art Expo: Juror’s Choice Best Sculpture
Spring 2009 Appalachian State Universities Art Expo: 2nd place Best Painting
2007-2008 Jaroslav and Jarmelia Kabatnik Memorial Scholarship
