2005 - 2007

Schuylkill Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2003 - 2006

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA (P.A.F.A.)

2002 - 2004

Apprenticeship in sculpture with Jean Bartoli, Washington, DC

2001 - 2002

Université de Paris, Sorbonne I, IV, Paris, France

1999 - 2003

Georgetown University, BA Magna Cum Laude, Washington, DC

2008

Mary Butler Trust Award, P.A. Fellowship Academy of Fine Arts

2007

Bronze portrait commission, private collection, Paris, France

2006

Elisabeth Gordon Chandler Award in Figure Modeling, National Sculpture Society (NSS)

2005

Walter and Michael Lantz Prize in Figure Modeling, NSS

Edward Fenno Hoffman Prize for striving to uplift the human spirit by means of sculpture, NSS

NSS Academic Scholarship

Perez and Mary Epstein Prize for Figurative Sculpture, P.A.F.A., Philadelphia, PA

2004

Stimson Prize in Figurative Sculpture, P.A.F.A., Philadelphia, PA

1999

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Medal for Excellence in Fine Arts, New York, NY

2008

110th Annual Invitational Exhibition of the Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

2007

Group exhibitions, Artists' House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Group exhibitions, Riverbank Arts, Stockton, NJ

Solo exhibition, Artists' House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2006

Group exhibitions, Mooreart Gallery, Moorestown, NJ

Invitational exhibitions, Tagliareni-Anderson Fine Arts Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2005

Two-person exhibition, Tagliareni-Anderson Fine Arts Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2003 - 2005

Juried and group exhibitions, P.A.F.A. Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2003 - 2004

Juried exhibitions, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA

2002

Group exhibition, Atelier Poussin, Paris, France

2006 - present

Freelance moldmaker and bronze caster, Philadelphia, PA

2004 - 2006

Bronze caster, Ward Elicker Bronze Casting Foundry, Philadelphia, PA

2003 - 2005

Wood/metal shop and foundry monitor at P.A.F.A., Philadelphia, PA