Grants, Awards & Residencies:
2023
Nominee USA Artists Award
2021
Nominee Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award, Emerging Designer Category
2020
Nominee Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award, Emerging Designer Category
2019
Rational Dress Society, Lead Artist Partner for Philadelphia Area Creative, Residency, Haverford College, Haverford, PA
Bard Graduate Center, Residency, New York, NY
2018
Creative Economic Development Fund (CEDF) Grant, Center for Cultural Investigation (CCI) Los Angeles, CA
Nominee USA Artists in Design
Evanston Art Center, Artist in Residence, Evanston, IL
2017
Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs Individual Artist Project Grant, Chicago, IL
Graduate Research Fellowship Award, The SAIC Shapiro Center, Chicago, IL
2016
Creative Economic Development Fund (CEDF) Grant, Center for Cultural Investigation (CCI) Los Angeles, CA
Hyde Park Art Center, Artist Residency, April – June, Chicago, IL
2015
Persbo Studio, Artist in Residence, Månkarbo, Sweden
IASPIS International Cultural Exchange Grant, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, Stockholm, Sweden
2009
Rising Star Award, Fashion Group International, Chicago, IL
Best Chicago Designer 2009, Chicago Reader, Chicago, IL
2023
Nominee USA Artists Award
2021
Nominee Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award, Emerging Designer Category
2020
Nominee Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award, Emerging Designer Category
2019
Rational Dress Society, Lead Artist Partner for Philadelphia Area Creative, Residency, Haverford College, Haverford, PA
Bard Graduate Center, Residency, New York, NY
2018
Creative Economic Development Fund (CEDF) Grant, Center for Cultural Investigation (CCI) Los Angeles, CA
Nominee USA Artists in Design
Evanston Art Center, Artist in Residence, Evanston, IL
2017
Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs Individual Artist Project Grant, Chicago, IL
Graduate Research Fellowship Award, The SAIC Shapiro Center, Chicago, IL
2016
Creative Economic Development Fund (CEDF) Grant, Center for Cultural Investigation (CCI) Los Angeles, CA
Hyde Park Art Center, Artist Residency, April – June, Chicago, IL
2015
Persbo Studio, Artist in Residence, Månkarbo, Sweden
IASPIS International Cultural Exchange Grant, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, Stockholm, Sweden
2009
Rising Star Award, Fashion Group International, Chicago, IL
Best Chicago Designer 2009, Chicago Reader, Chicago, IL