EDUCATION
2010 MFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Painting, with Honors
2005 BFA, University of Florida, Summa Cum Laude
EXHIBITIONS (SOLO/TWO PERSON SHOWS*)
2018 Nothing But a Vague Fever (solo*), Deanna Evans Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Strangely Familiar, Cody Gallery, Arlington, VA
2018 Here/Now, Spring Break Art Fair, New York, NY
2017 Agency, Meta Meta Meta, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Try to Smoke It, Tamour Grahne Gallery, New York, NY
2017 *Meridian Atlas, two-person show with Claudia Pena Salinas, Present Company, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Painting Reassembled, three-person show with Katie Bell and Joseph Montgomery, Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY
2015 Untitled Art Fair, Present Company Booth, Miami Florida
2014 Fruit and vegetable stand grisailles, Den Haag, Netherlands
2013 *For the First Citizens of the Moon, Providence College, Providence, RI
2013 Thanks, Lu Magnus, NY
2013 That Summer Feeling, Sweatshop Studios, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Bodywerk, various massage parlors, China Town, NY
2013 Half Life, Ridgewood, Ny
2013 Fruit Stand, Queens Plaza, Queens, NY
2013 Mystics and Storytellers, ACNY, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Ciudad Saudade Reverse Space, Brooklyn, NY
2013 New York, I Love You Sometimes, Classic Six Gallery, New York, NY
2012 Your face is a Landscape, Field Projects, Chelsea, NY
2012 Faculty Show, Kingsborough community college, Brooklyn, NY
2011 *Afterimage, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
2011 Faculty Show, Kingsborough community college, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Artfest, Pleasant View Farm, Sharron Springs, NY
2010 Thesis Exhibition, Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, RI
2010 Whatever Forever, Black Sheep Projects, Providence, RI
2010 Totemic, Gelman Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2010 20 Painters, Fletcher Space, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2009 CRIT 4, Spencertown Academy, Spencertown, NY
2009 Boston Young Contemporaries, Boston University Gallery, Boston, MA
2009 Dwelling Places, Sol Koffler Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2009 Graduate Painting, Sol Koffler Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2007 *New Paintings, Dead End Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2005 *Lumin Wakoa, The Waiting Room Gallery, Gainesville, FL
FELLOWSHIPS, RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS
2018-19 Sharpe Walentas Studio Program Recipient, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Adjunct Professional Development Grant, CUNY, New York, NY
2010/11 VCUarts Fountainhead Fellowship, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2010 Dedalus Foundation MFA Fellowship, New York, NY
2009 Award of Excellence, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2006 Printmaking Residency, M.A.I.C., Andros, Bahamas
2003/4 University Scholar under Sergio Vega, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
TEACHING/LECTURING EXPERIENCE
2016 Visiting Artist Lecture, Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY
2013-present Adjunct professor, Queensborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY
2011-present Adjunct professor, Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Visiting Artist Lecture, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2010/11 Adjunct Faculty, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2010 Instructor of Record, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2008/10 Teaching Assistantships, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2018 Maake Magazine, curated by Holly Coulis
2018 Hyperalergic, https://hyperallergic.com/431185/spring-break-2018/
2017 Gorky’s Granddaughter, http://www.gorkysgranddaughter.com/2017/02/claudia-pena-salinas-and-lumin-wakoa-at.html