Education
2020
Bachelors of Fine Arts
Institute of American Indian Arts
2013-2016
Formal Apprenticeship
Protege of Alvin Amason and Perry Eaton
Professional Experience
January 2021- Present
Cook Inlet Tribal Council
Fab Lab Instructor
Fall 2023
University of Alaska Anchorage Adjunct Professor
Inupiat and Yup’'ik Drum Making class
March 2023
University of Alaska Anchorage
Annual Student Art Show Guest Juror and Lecturer
2018
Walt Disney Imagineering
Placemaking Intern
Character facade, theme painting, cement sculpting
2016
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Upward Bound Alaska Native Culture Teacher
2014—2015
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Upward Bound Alaska Native Art Teacher
Residencies
March 2024
Institute of American Indian Arts
Artist In Residence
Fall/Winter 2023
Anchorage Museum
Virtual Artist In Residence
Awards, Grants, & Fellowships
2022
Native Arts and Cultures Foundation
LIFT Grant Awardee
Art Matters
Artist2Artist Awardee
Workshop’s and Lectures
December 2023
Anchorage Museum
Social Media Live Stream Presentation/ Q&A
November 2023
Anchorage Museum
In Person Carving Demonstration
Knik Tribal Council Culture Night
Guest lecturer
October 2023
Kawerak Family Night
Guest Lecturer
June 2023
Community Event
Facilitator & Host of Commencing Dialog: Supernal Connection Mask Traditions
March 2023
University of Alaska Anchorage
Alaska Native Art History Guest Lecturer
November 2019
Institute of American Indian Arts
Bachelor Fine Arts Thesis Presentation
April 2016
Alaska Native Studies Conference
Guest Lecturer
May 2015
Anchorage Museum
Spotlight Lecture Series
March 2015
Arctic Winter Games
Nuuk, Greenland
Guest lecturer, performer, and workshops
Exhibitions & Shows
2023
University of Alaska Anchorage Arc Gallery Solo Show, Supernal Enlivened
2022
Orenda Gallery Group Show, Bois Sculpté, bois dansant, Art amerindien et masques du Grand Nord
2020
Museum of Contemporary Native Arts Group Show, Resistance Through Existence
2019
Institute of American Indian Arts Bachelor of Fine Arts Group Exhibition, Thirteen
2018
Institute of American Indian Arts Group Exhibition, ‘Almost There…’
2017
Work created for national E-portfolio project with University of Alaska Anchorage and Digication
2016
Traveling Exhibit (Retrospective), Living Alaska: A Decade of Collecting Contemporary Art for Alaska Museums
University of Alaska Anchorage Green and Gold Gala
Theater Performance, Seagull
Alaska Native Studies Conference
Theater Performance, Seagull
2014
Alaska Native Arts Foundation Group Exhibition, Paths of the Past