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