Education

  2026 MFA Candidate, Painting, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

  2021          BFA, Painting, Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN


Select Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions,(*) Group Exhibitions and Publications 

  2026         Natural Intelligence, Tangent Art Gallery, Bloomington, IN

Real Love Baby 3, Garfield Park Art Center, Indianapolis, IN

            Rewilding: Contemporary Art and the Natural World, Fishers Art Gallery, Fishers, IN

Midwest Regional Exhibition, Artlink Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN 

  2025         Mudhouse Artist Residency 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Microscope Gallery, NY, NY

            Barr Gallery Invitational Exhibition, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN

 Calliope*, John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN

            A View from the Easel, Hyperallergic, March, 2025

            Close Looking, FAR Center for Contemporary Arts, Bloomington, IN

                   ΕΚΘΕΣΗ ΤΕΧΝΗΣ, Mudhouse Residency Exhibition, Agios Ioannis, Crete

            Smallworks 2025, ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, OH

Eco/nduit: The Body as Landscape, Tangent Art Gallery, Bloomington, IN

NSAL Visual Arts Exhibition, FAR Center for Contemporary Arts, Bloomington, IN


   2024        Lilly Memorial Art Competition, Permanent Collection of IU Health, Bloomington, IN

Yearning, Backspace Gallery, Bloomington, IN

2nd Year MFA Show, Tangent Art Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

Winghaven Artist in Residence Exhibition, ACRES Land Trust, Angola, IN

Zollner School of Engineering, Permanent Collection of Indiana Tech, Fort Wayne, IN

Art From the Heartland, Indy Art Center, Indianapolis, IN

NSAL Visual Arts  Exhibition, FAR Center for Contemporary Arts, Bloomington, IN

Backspace Gallery, Backspace Gallery, Bloomington, IN


   2023        Zollner School of Engineering, Permanent Collection of Indiana Tech, Fort Wayne, IN

7x7 Show, Graci Gallery, Marquette, MI

Conference Hall Mural, Fort Wayne Urban League, Fort Wayne, IN

Gallery Exhibition, Bloomington Arts & Humanities Council, Bloomington, IN

Welcome to Our Haus, Bobblehaus Gallery, NY, NY


   2022        The Nocturne, Artlink Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN

NYAA Summer Residency Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, Tribeca, NY

Muralist, Open Walls Project, Indiana Arts Commission, Fort Wayne, IN

Muralist, OPS Building Mural, Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, IN

Muralist, Wells Street Corridor, Fort Wayne, IN

Artlink Regional Exhibition, Artlink Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN


   2021        Daylily Estates, Permanent Collection, Columbia City, IN

Bridget O’Brien*, Creative Women of the World Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN

Bridget O’Brien*, Paintings, Dash-In Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN

Grand Opening Exhibition, The Garden Gallery and Events Space, Fort Wayne, IN

BFA Thesis Exhibition, Purdue University, Fort Wayne, IN

Grand Opening Showcase, Bread & Circus Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN

Conservation Conversation, Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN

WBOI: Current State Exhibition, WBOI, Fort Wayne, IN

First Presbyterian Juried Exhibition, First Presbyterian Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN

Local Spotlight Show, Wunderkammer Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN

Residencies

   2025         Artist in Residence, Mudhouse Residency, Agios Ioannis, Crete

   2024         Artist in Residence, ACRES Winghaven 200-Year Project, ACRES, Angola, IN

 

Fellowships, Awards, and Scholarships

2026           Best in Show, Rewilding: Contemporary Art and the Natural World, Fishers Art Gallery, Indianapolis, IN

2025           IU Innovates Fellowship, Experiential Learning Scholarship, OVPIA Scholarship, Indiana University; Grant Recipient, Grant-in-Aid, Indiana University; Della Fricke Art Scholarship, Indiana University

2024           Della Fricke Art Scholarship, Mary Jane McIntire Endowed Scholarship, Indiana University; IU Health Purchase Award, Eskenazi Hospital 

2023           Full Fellowship, Painting in the Present, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO

2022           Grant Recipient, On-Ramp Creative Entrepreneurship Program, Indiana Arts Commission, IN

2021           Full Fellowship, Summer Post-Baccalaureate Program, New York Academy of Art, Tribeca, NY

2020           First Place in Painting, Annual Showcase (Juried, group), Garrett Museum of Art, Garrett, IN

2019-17      Annual Scholarship, Auer Scholarship, Purdue University, Fort Wayne, IN

2019-17     Study Abroad Fellowships, Independent Study in Painting, Seoul, RoK; Takachiho, Miyazaki, Japan