Education                                                                                                        

Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

MFA, Painting, Drawing, and Printmaking, May 2019

University of Georgia, Athens, GA

BFA, Studio Art with concentration in printmaking, May 2012

Minor, Japanese Language and Literature, May 2012

Solo and Two Person Exhibitions

2020

Home is Where the Art Is Artist Feature, Molly and Friends Gallery, Online

2019

Living Hysterically, Welch School of Art & Design, University of Georgia, Atlanta, GA

2017

Infringed, CenterForm with Twin Radius, Atlanta, GA

GoldSmack, Eyedrum Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2016

Love/d & Sex/ed, Mammal Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Surviving, Overcoming, Recovering, Darrin-Mchone Art Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA

2015

Four Letter Word: Porn Rag, LadyFest Atlanta, Atlanta, GA

Can you tell me about it?, Rialto Center for the Arts, Atlanta, GA

2014

Reconsolidation, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Let Some Things Go, The 9 Ace Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Two Houses, The Chastain Arts Center, Atlanta, GA

2013

The work of Jessica Caldas, Emory Center for Ethics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Falling In…, Beep Beep Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2012

You are here…, The Cube Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Object and Experience, The Xchange Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2011

Atlanta Printmakers Studio Emerging Artist Exhibition, Portal Gallery, Atlanta, GA

 

Group Exhibitions     

2020

B20: Wiregrass Biennial, Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, AL

Celebrating Georgia Artists of Hispanic/Latinx Origin, MOCA GA, Atlanta, GA

2019

Transcend, The Creatives Project, Atlanta, GA

Losing Control: Guns, Government, and Group-Think, Athens Institute of Contemporary Art in Georgia, Athens, GA

From the Artist’s Collection, MINT Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Of Origins and Belonging, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA

If I told you…, Medium Arts, Atlanta, GA

Notions of Saintly Flesh, Living Melody Collective at Tempus Projects, Tampa, FL

2018
Re: Program, Aqua Art Miami, Miami, FL

Nova, The Creatives Project, Atlanta, GA

Economy of a Woman’s Touch: In Conversation with Ghada Amer, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

Selfie, Still Point Arts, Alpharetta, GA

Posed, Facet Gallery, Atlanta, GA

The Chastain Experiment, Chastain Arts Center, Atlanta, GA

Monster Drawing Rally, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA

An exploration of her ritual, Wish Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2018

Pulp Reality, Notch 8 Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Leap Year Retrospective, Facet Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Beyond Words, Curated by Hope Cohn, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA

RAW, The Art Gallery at Indiana University, Kokomo, Indiana

2017

Let's Be Friends, Hi-Lo Press, Atlanta, GA

STAND: A Visual Dialogue on Justice, Curated by Charmaine Harrison at Auburn Avenue Research Library, Atlanta, GA

Chute, Curated by Doppler Projects at Blue Mark Studios, Atlanta, GA

2016

Personal Politics REDUX: Artist as Witness, Memory Keeper & Social Conscience, The University of West Georgia, GA

Creative Loafing's Best of ATL Party, The Georgia Freight Depot, Atlanta, GA

Continuous Cities, Hi Lo Press, Atlanta, GA

Personal Politics: Artist as Witness, Memory Keeper & Social Conscience, The Hudgens Center, Duluth, GA

I FUCKING LXXX YOU TOO, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2015

It’s not us, it’s you, Beep Beep Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Ladies First: The Variety Show, Downtown Players Club, Atlanta, GA

The Drawing Experiment, Chastain Arts Center, Atlanta, GA

Leap Year(s), The Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences, Dalton, GA

Freedom Expressions, Hartsfield International Airport, Atlanta, GA

Playbook, Space:Eight, St. Augustine, FL

PLASTIQUE, Emerging Artists Awards Winners, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2014

Beyond the Vernacular, Mammal Gallery, Atlanta, GA

We are all statistics: Sitting or Standing, Vida Voce, MINT Gallery, Atlanta, GA

hymHouse, Eyedrum Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2013-2014 Walthall Artists Exhibition, Present by the Zuckerman Museum, Gallery 72, Atlanta, GA

Women's Work, The Xchange Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Fractured Yet Rising, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL

2013

2012-2013 Leap Year Artists Exhibition, Atlanta, GA

Monster Drawing Rally, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA

Inferno, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Keyholders Exhibition, Decatur Arts Alliance, Decatur, GA

Providence Art Club All Media Juried Exhibition, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI

2011

Atlanta Printmaker’s Studio Group Show, Portal Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Post Card Pin Up Show, Mint Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Alchemy, Beep Beep Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Yeah Big! Tiny Pop Up Print Club, Stumptown Printers, Portland, OR

Wholly Georgia, Mint Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Annual Juried Print Show, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

2010

BFA Exit Printmaking, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, GA

 

Commissions and Public Art Projects

2019

Wild Tired Body (Zanahoria), Wild Child, Oakland California

On the Santa Fe, Headwaters, High Springs, FL

With Care: Partnership with Care, Emory Center for Ethics, Atlanta, GA

2018

Hope for Georgia Bus, Atlanta, GA

Living the Legacy II, National Center for Civil and Human Rights, Atlanta, GA

Forward Warrior 2018, Atlanta, GA

In Solidarity, Living Walls, Atlanta, GA

2017

#3everyday: Where do we go from here..., Various Public Locations, Atlanta, GA

Signs of Solidarity: Voter Edition, Atlanta, GA

Forward Warrior 2017, Atlanta, GA

2016

#3everyday: Shrouded, Various Public Locations, Atlanta, GA

Forward Warrior 2016, Atlanta GA

We are all Statistics: #every107seconds, Atlanta, GA

2015

#3everyday: Preparing to leave, Various Public Locations, Atlanta, GA

Disappeared, Part II and Chronostasis, Downtown Players Club, Atlanta, GA

Disappeared, Roots Week, Alternate Roots, Asheville, NC

We are all Statistics: #every107seconds, Atlanta, GA

Reflect, The Arthur Blank Foundation, Atlanta, GA

Lore at Sound & Vision, The Goat Farm Arts Center & the Atlanta Film Festival, Atlanta, GA

2014

We are all Statistics: Surviving Violence, Newcastle, Australia

We are all Statistics: Children of Harrisonburg, The Collins Center, Harrisonburg, Virginia

Mass Transit Muse, Scenography, 7 Stages Theater, Atlanta, GA

2013

Elevate 2013-Mass Transit Muse, 5D Storytelling, Atlanta, GA

Beltline Projects 2013-Mass Transit Muse, 5D Storytelling, Atlanta, GA

75 Blue Doors Public Art Project, WonderRoot and The Boys and Girls Club, Atlanta, GA

WonderRoot CSA, WonderRoot, Atlanta, GA

2012

Elevate 2012-BoMF Project, Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs, Atlanta, GA

 

Residencies and Fellowships

2020 Artist in Residence, Vermont Studio Center, Burlington, VT

2019 Artist in Residence, Tempus Projects, Tampa, FL

2018 Air Air Resident, Air Air, Atlanta, GA

2017-2019Artist in Residence, The Creatives Project, Atlanta, GA

2016 Arts Leader of Metro Atlanta, Atlanta Regional Commission, Atlanta, GA

2015 Hatch Pilot Artist, C4 Atlanta, Atlanta, GA

2015 Returning AIR, Old Furnace Arts Residency, Harrisonburg, VA

2014 Artist in Residence, The Backyard Bus, Newcastle, Australia

2014 Artist In Residence, Blue Mountain Center, New York

2014 Artist in Residence, Old Furnace Arts Residency, Harrisonburg, VA

2013-2014 Walthall Fellow, WonderRoot, Atlanta, GA

2013 Hambidge Fellow, Hambidge Arts Center, GA

2012-2013 Leap Year Artist in Residence, MINT Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2011 Emerging Artist in Residence, Atlanta Printmakers Studio, Atlanta, GA

 

Awards

2018 Luminary Award Nominee, Leadership in the Arts, ArtsAtl, Atlanta, GA

2017-2018 Laura Patricia Calle Grant Recipient, Living Walls, Atlanta, GA

Best of ATL 2016, Best Series to Spark Important Conversation and Reader's Pick Best Performance Artist, Creative Loafing, Atlanta, GA

Area Distinction Award, Georgia State University, College of the Arts and Science, Atlanta, GA

Best of ATL 2015, Best Artist Asking Tough Questions, Creative Loafing, Atlanta, GA

2015 Joan Mitchell Visual Arts Scholar, Alternate Roots, Atlanta, GA

2014 Emerging Artist Award Finalist, Forward Arts Foundation, Atlanta, GA

2014 Emerging Artist Award-Visual Arts, Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs, Atlanta, GA

 

Lectures/Workshops

2015 Youth Arts Leaders Gender Workshop, Office on Children and Youth, Harrisonburg, VA

2014 Visiting Artist, TAFE, Newcastle, Australia

2014 Survivors Stories: Create your story Workshop, The Collins Center, Harrisonburg, VA

2014 Visiting Artist Lecture, Summer Justice Institute, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, VA

2013 InvestMINT Workshop, MINT Gallery, Atlanta, GA

 

Community and Board Service

2016-2017, Georgia Women's Policy Institute Fellow, YWCA Atlanta

2015-Present, C4 Atlanta Board Member, Fundraising Committee and Advocacy Committee

2011-2014, Atlanta Printmakers Event Planning Committee