EDUCATION

2008 Master of Fine Arts, University of Houston, TX

2005 Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of North Texas, Denton, TX

AWARDS

2008 Roswell Artist Residency Program, Roswell, NM

Dedalus Foundation Nominee

2007 Friends of the Arts Program Scholarship

2006 Marit Smith Faris Fellowship, University of Houston, Houston, TX

2005 Presidential Graduate Fellowship, University of Houston, Houston, TX

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2007 Contemporary Art Museum Houston, guest lecturer, Houston, TX

2005-2008 Teaching Instructor, painting and drawing, University of Houston, Houston, TX

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009 What You Do To Me, McClain Gallery, Houston, TX

Stop Looking at Me, Roswell Artist in Residency Program Exhibition, Roswell, NM

Texas Biennial, Big Medium, Austin, TX

In the Dark, McClain Gallery, Houston, TX

2008 Surface, Projects Gallery, University of Houston, Houston, TX

2007 Kelli Vance: Interiors, Joan Wich & Co. Gallery, Houston, TX

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009 A Room of Her Own, McClain Gallery, Houston, TX

2008 MFA Masters Thesis Exhibition, Blaffer Gallery, Houston, TX

Points of Convergence, College Art Association Exhibition, The Gallery at University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX

2007 The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX, Juror: Rita Gonzalez: Assistant Curator, Special Exhibitions, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA

2006 Group Show, Joan Wich & Co. Gallery, Houston, TX

The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX, Juror: Dominic Molon: Pamela Alper Associate Curator for the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL

2005 Juried Union Gallery Show, Union Gallery, Denton, TX

2004 Two Man Show , Lightwell Gallery, Denton, TX