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​EDUCATION

2018     

Master of Fine Arts | Northern Illinois University | Printmaking | Museum Studies Certificate Helen Merritt Art Endowment |Tuition Waiver Scholarship | Dean’s List | DeKalb, IL

 

2015        

Bachelor of Arts | Northeastern Illinois University |Printmaking | Magna Cum Laude | Alpha Chi |Dean's List | Chicago, IL

EXHIBITIONS

2025

(Upcoming) NIU Art + Design Faculty Exhibition  | NIU Art Museum  | DeKalb, IL 

(Upcoming) Two Person Exhibition with Lauren Iacoponi  | Purple Window Gallery  | Chicago, IL 

2024

(Upcoming) Pantone Chalk Violet | Beco Gallery | Kansas City, KS

 

(Upcoming) Thirst Trap | Bridgeport Art Center | Chicago, IL

 

Useful Life | Interactive Durational Performance | The Lawn | Chicago, IL 

Barely Here | Yes Project Space | Chicago, IL 

 

Transforming Antidotes | Two Person Exhibition | Coop Gallery | Nashville, TN

Shift Change | Pacific Northwest Quilt and Fiber Art Museum | LaConner, WA

Continuous Span | Hyde Park Art Center | Chicago, IL

UnBirthday  Party | Craft Alliance | St. Louis, MI

Full & Fragmented Affections | Yes Project Space | Chicago, IL 

2023

Threads of Echoes | The Plan | Chicago, IL 

 

Tendril Bearer | Terrain Biennial | Chicago, IL

The Remaining, Mourn | NIU Art Museum | DeKalb, IL

 

Petrified Wastage | Three Person Exhibition | Heaven Gallery | Chicago, IL 

 

Time's Witness with Arden Cone | Upstairs Art Space | Tryon, NC

REVIVƎЯ | Solo Exhibition | Lillstreet Art Center | Chicago, IL 

For Those Who Toil with Michael Chambers | Purple Window Gallery | Chicago, IL 

2022

Provisions: Labor and Luxury | Charles Allis Art Museum | Milwaukee, WI

 

Excavated Ephemera | Solo Exhibition | Arrowhead Room Gallery | Waubonsee Community College | 

Sugar Grove, IL

 

Misfit Muses | Solo Exhibition |  Belong Gallery | Chicago, IL 

 

Mini Muses | The Robin | The Martin | Chicago, IL 

Preserved | Milcon Gallery | Boston, MA

 

ReMix | Aurora Public Arts Commission, David L Pierce Art and History Museum | Aurora, IL 

Sustain | Quilt Alliance | Virtual 

Generations: Feminist Biennial | Woman Made Gallery | Chicago, IL

Fracture: Data, Diagrams and the Material World | Curatorial | Northeastern Illinois University Fine Art Center Gallery | Chicago, IL

Uncommon Prints x Common Matices | Woman Made Gallery | Chicago, IL

 

Art of Surface | Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art | Grayslake, IL

 

International Juried Print Biennial | PSAD Art Gallery | 2nd Place Juror Award | Paducah, KY

 

EAC Faculty Exhibition | Evanston Art Center | Evanston, IL

 

​2021 

LOCUS IX | The Martin  | Chicago, IL

For the Living, To the Dead | Parlour and Ramp Gallery | Chicago, IL

Threads that Bind | Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition | Brooklyn, NY

COTTON: RAW MATERIAL & PRECIOUS METAPHOR | R482 | Brooklyn, NY

Simulacra| Sulfur Studios | Savannah, GA

 

Terrain Biennial | Chicago, IL

Connect: Collect | Resonator Institute | Norman, OK

 

Out of Place, Out of Bounds | Artworks Center for Contemporary Art | Loveland, CO

 

2nd Biennial Fiber Arts National Juried Exhibition | Bower Center for the Arts  | Bedford, VA

 

​Gleanings | Solo Exhibition | Little Broken Things | Chicago, IL

 

Life Inside - Still | In collaboration with Michael Chambers | Roman Susan Gallery | Chicago, IL 

 

Connection | Dispatch Gallery | Chicago, IL, International

 

Movement | Grammar of Grief Handbook | Missoula, MT

2020

Impossibility of Standing Still | Solo Exhibition | Parlour and Ramp | Chicago, IL

 

An Archive of Gestures | Solo Exhibition | SXU Gallery | Chicago, IL

Relic, Remedy and Ritual  | Curated by Lauren Ike | Heaven Gallery | Chicago, IL

 

Process and Material | Curated by Yoonshin Park | Woman Made Gallery | Chicago, IL

Touch | Studio Oh! Gallery | Chicago, IL 

Life Inside | In collaboration with Michael Chambers | Purple Window Gallery | Chicago, IL 

 

Faculty Exhibition | Evanston Art Center | Evanston, IL

Who's Afraid of Red | Studio Oh! Gallery | Chicago, IL 

 

Dirty Fingernails IV, Juried Exhibition | Foundry Art Center | St. Charles, MO

2019                                           

Shadow | Terrain Exhibitions Biennial |Various Locations | Chicago, IL

 

Chicago Printmaker’s Guild 10th Anniversary Exhibition | Fine Art Center Gallery at Northeastern Illinois University | Chicago, IL

 

Plant Show | Ground Level Platform | Chicago, IL

 

In View | The Art Center Highland Park | Highland Park, IL 

 

To Be of Use | MicroSpace | Highland Park, IL           

 

2018                     

Bad Editions (Third Edition) | Curated by Rafael E. Vera | Arrowhead Room Gallery at

Waubonsee Community College|  Sugar Grove, IL

Nitty-Gritty |  MFA Exhibition | ARC Gallery |  Chicago, IL

       

Topographical Anatomy of the Domestic | Solo Thesis Exhibition | 214 Gallery |DeKalb, IL

Impromptu | Invitational Group Exhibition | Rubberneck Gallery | Chicago, IL
 

The Frost Bound Fast the Tears Between Them | Rubberneck Gallery | Chicago, IL

 

2017       

Social Graces |Invitational Exhibition | Kishwaukee Community College Gallery | Malta, IL

Print Triennial (Curatorial) | Jack Olson Gallery | DeKalb, IL

Cryptic Language | Two Person Exhibition | Women’s Center Art Gallery |DeKalb, IL

Winter Convocation | Invitational Group Exhibition | Egyptian Theater | DeKalb, IL

The Long Walk Home | Union Street Gallery | Chicago Heights, IL

Vis a Vis | 214 Gallery | DeKalb, IL

 

2016        

Fine Prints for a Fine Space | Small Prints Exhibition | Backspace Gallery |DeKalb, IL

The Trace of an Echo | Two Person Exhibition | Northeastern Illinois University Fine Art Center Gallery| Chicago, IL

Bad Editions | Invitational Group Exhibition | Loyola University Ralph Arnold Gallery | Chicago, IL

Heatstroke | Group Exhibition | 215 4th Street Gallery | DeKalb, IL

Pike School of Art Open Studio | Residency Open Studio | Pike School of Art |McComb, MS

7:1 | Invitational Group Exhibition | Backspace Gallery | DeKalb, IL

IN::LINE | Curated Group Show | Sulfur Studios | Savannah, GA

One Night Stand | Single Night Exhibition | 215 Gallery | DeKalb, IL

 

2015  

Confluence | MFA First Year Exhibition | 215 Gallery | DeKalb, IL

 

President’s Home | Juried Art Exhibition | Northern Illinois University | DeKalb, IL

NEIU Art Alumni Exhibition | Northeastern Illinois University Fine Art Center Gallery |Chicago, IL

Baseline | Juried Group Exhibition | ARC Gallery | Chicago, IL

Weight/Wait | Solo Exhibition | Northeastern Illinois University Gallery 217 |Chicago, IL

Homebodies | Solo Exhibition |Roman Susan Gallery | Chicago, IL

All Shapes, One Size | Group Exhibition | Layne Jackson Gallery | Chicago, IL

 

Annual Juried Exhibition | Juror Matt Irie | Northeastern Illinois University | Chicago, IL

 

2014       

In the Image of Forgetting | Two Person Exhibition | Northeastern Illinois University, Gallery 217 | Chicago, IL

showPOD | Solo Exhibition | Chicago Arts District | Chicago, IL

…and then I woke up | Group Exhibition| Northeastern Illinois University |Chicago, IL

Artravaganza | Group Exhibition | Northeastern Illinois University | Chicago, IL

 

2013 

Place | Print Exchange Exhibition | North Branch Projects | Chicago, IL

Found | Group Exhibition | Northeastern Illinois University, Gallery 217 | Chicago, IL

2012      

Winter Comfort | Group Exhibition | Roman Susan Gallery | Chicago, IL

 

Inspired By… | Juried Group Exhibition | Woman Made Gallery | Chicago, IL

 

Small Stories | Group Exhibition |Urban Alchemist Design Collective |Brooklyn, NY

 

Performing Negotiations (Curatorial)| North Branch Projects | Chicago, IL

 

2010     

Intangibles | Group Exhibition | School of the Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL

RESIDENCIES

2024        

ACRE, Steuben, WI

Ragdale Residency, Lake Forest, IL

 

2023

Bridge Program Fall 2023 Cohort, Chicago, IL

Awakenings Cohort, Chicago, IL 

2022

Terrain Exhibitions Residency, Terrain Exhibitions, Springfield, IL

Lillstreet Artist in Residence, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, IL

Featured Artist of the Month, May 2022,  Milcon Gallery,  Boston, MA

2020

WARP Residency, The Weaving Mill, Chicago, IL 

2016        

Studio Artist Residency, Pike School of Art, Summit MS

 

2015        

Anette Storefront Residency, ROMAN SUSAN GALLERY, Chicago, IL

 

LECTURE/PRESENTATION

2024        

(Upcoming) To Stitch is to Hold NSNG Presentation and Workshop, Northbrook, IL

(Upcoming) Object as Muse and Material, Artist Talk with Nirmal Raja hosted by Watrous Gallery, Madison, WI

Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop, College of DuPage, Glen Ellen, IL

 

2023

Art & Labor Lecture, Charles Allis Art Museum,  Milwaukee, WI

 

Talking About Your Work, Dispatch Online Workshop

Artist Talk, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL 

Northern Illinois University, Curator Talk, DeKalb, IL 

Lillstreet Art Center, Resident Feature, Chicago, IL 

2022

Curators Talk, Northeastern Illinois University Fine Art Center Gallery, Chicago, IL

Artist Talk, Waubonsee Community College, Sugar Grove, IL

2021

Northern Illinois University, Visiting Artist Talk, DeKalb, IL

2020

St. Xavier University Art Gallery, Artist Talk, Chicago, IL 

Heaven Gallery, Artist Talk, Chicago, IL 

 

Woman Made Gallery, Artist Talk, Chicago, IL 

 

2018        

Waubonsee Community College Arrowhead Room Gallery, Artist Talk, Sugar Grove, IL

 

2016        

Northeastern Illinois University, Artist Talk, Chicago, IL

 

PRESS

2024

Fiber Arts Now New Curator’s Plans on Display at the Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum | February 2024

Kimmy Not Kim Podcast | Snuggling Up to Failure | February 2024

Nashville Scene | Crawl Space: Textiles and Flower-Inspired Art at February’s First Saturday | February 2024

2023

I Like Your Work | Studio Visit Artist | August 2023

 

Lover’s Eye Press Podcast | Featured Artist Millicent Kennedy  | April 2023

Comp Magazine | Ephemera, Labor & Stories About People | March 2023

Sixty Inches from Center | Workin’ 9 to 5  | March 2023

Bad at Sports | Top V. Weekend Picks | 2/3-2/5 | February 2023

2022      

Due to the Current Situation Podcast | Gallery Bop Around | August 2022

 

Bad at Sports | Top V. Weekend Picks | 8/5-8/7 | August 2022

May Artist Interview | Milcon Gallery | May 2022

2021

Artforum | Must See Chicago | Life Inside - Still | January 2021

2020

Sixty Inches from Center |Hello Neighbor | May 2020 |

 

Sixty Inches from Center |Relic, Ritual and Remedy |August 2020 |

 

2016         

Bad at Sports | Top V. Weekend Picks | 10/13-10/19 |

MidAmerica Print Counsel | Bad Editions

PUBLICATIONS

2023

Lover's Eye Press, October 2023

Magazine TM, June 2023

2021

Grammar of Grief Handbook, January 2021

Occult Studies: Vol 2 Revolution, Snake Hair Press, October 2021 

2020

WARP Residency Publication, October 2020

 

2017        

Interview with Rafael E. Vera, Evanstonartcenter.org, August, 15, 2017

Interview with Bonnie Peterson, Evanstonartcenter.org, July, 20, 2017

Home Is Where I Am, Evanstonartcenter.org, June, 20, 2017

 

2015      

 Juried Art Exhibition, Arts & Life, The Independent, April 14, 2015

Alumni Work: Millicent Kennedy, Pheonix Quarterly 2nd Edition, April 17, 2015

Priceless Pennies, Online Illustration Publications, August-November 2015

 

2013      

Three Times of Tension, self published in collaboration with Mackenzie Wilson

August 10, 2013

 

2010        

First 2010, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, May 2010

AWARDS and GRANTS

2023

Illinois Creative Recovery Grant | IL Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity

2021

Juror’s Award | 2nd Biennial Fiber Arts National Juried Exhibition  | Bower Center for the Arts  | Bedford, VA

2017- 18    

Helen Merritt Art Endowment Scholarship | Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL

 

2015-18  

Tuition Waiver Scholarship | Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL

 

2015        

Juror’s Award | Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL

2014        

Special Skills Scholarship | Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL

2009        

Presidential Fellowship Scholarship Award | School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL


 

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