EDUCATION
2009 Master of Fine Art, Painting, San Francisco Art Institute
2001 Master of Education, University of California, Santa Cruz
1999 Bachelor of Fine Arts, California College of the Arts
1996 Study abroad in Dijon, France, Colby College
EXHIBITIONS | Solo/two person
2019 Solo Exhibition: Seeing Through, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Solo Exhibition: INTERVENTIONS, Silence is Accurate: The Yard: Williamsburg, NY
2017 Solo Exhibition: STAIR GAZING: STAR BURSTS, Visual Art Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
2016 Solo Exhibition: New Paintings: Rhia Hurt, Andre Zarre Fine Arts, Chelsea, NY
2014 Two Person Exhibition with Elizabeth Riley Dungeon Beach, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Solo Exhibition: New Collage Works MIDOMA Gallery, New York, NY
EXHIBITIONS | Group
2019 ART ON PAPER, Art Fair, with Three Walls, NY
2018 Blurring Boundaries: The Women Of AAA, 1936–present, CLARA M. EAGLE GALLERY, Murray State University and Murray, Kentucky EWING GALLERY, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Tennessee
2018 ART ON PAPER, Art Fair, with Three Walls, NY
2018 The Affordable Art Fair and REVEAL Art Fair with Ground Floor Gallery, NY
2017-2018 Tiger Strikes Asteroid Flat Files: Year Five, Group Exhibition, TSA/NY, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Assembly Desired, Group Exhibition, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Breaking Ground, Group Exhibition, Slate Headquarters Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Baseline, EllGallery & Trestle Project Space, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Self-Organized– Aesthetic Politics if The Artist Run, Guest Spot at the Reinstitute and Transmitter Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2015 Stratum, Northeastern University 360 Gallery, Boston, MA
2015 No Sleep Till Berlin Rhombus Space, Josty, Berlin
2015 Confluence 10787 Gallery, Chico, CA
2013 FOUR Peter Marcelle Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
2012 LREI Art Auction Saatchi + Saatchi Gallery, New York, NY
2012 The Figure Now BAG Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Small Works 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Metwest Students Urban Legend, Oakland, CA
2010 Magic Window Verge Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2009 The Matchbook Show Soap Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 Master’s Thesis Exhibition: Vernissage San Francisco Art Institute, Herbst Pavillion, San Francisco, CA
2008 Things Come Together San Francisco Art Institute, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007 Mirabile Visu (Wonderful to Behold) Cain Schulte Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007 Semblance to What I Had in Mind San Francisco Art Institute, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006 Untitled San Francisco Art Institute, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006 La Femme Group Show White Studio NYC, Brooklyn, NY
2004 Two Halves, One Whole: Exploring Gender Archetypes SOMARTS, San Francisco, CA
AWARDS / COMMISSIONS / RESIDENCIES
2021 Wall Painting Installation, Private Collector, Hamptons, NY
2020 Wall Painting Installation, Private Collector, London, England
2018 DNA Residency, Provincetown, MA
2002 Gateway School, Mural, Santa Cruz CA
2001 The Big Sur Land Trust, Memorial Portrait, Big Sur CA
2000 Governor’s Teacher Fellowship, CA
1999 Graduated CCA with Distinction, Oakland, CA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2020 - present Advisory Board Member & Founder, Brooklyn Art Space & Trestle Gallery (founded 2012)
2010-2020 Executive Director & Founder, Brooklyn Art Space & Trestle Gallery (founded 2012)
2010-2011 Instructor, Art, Brooklyn Academy, Curriculum Development
2008-2010 Instructor, Core Subjects, Metwest High School, Oakland, CA
2007-2008 Instructor, Art, Crossroads School, New York, NY
2007 Teaching Assistant, Painting (Connie Goldman), San Francisco Art Institute, CA
2006 Teaching Assistant, Drawing (Matt Borusso), San Francisco Art Institute, CA
2006 Gallery Intern, Steven Wolf Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
2001-2004 Instructor, Art and English, Watsonville High School, CA