Accomplishments
Over the last 12 years, I have had 20 gallery exhibitions, including “Balance for Better” with the Zimbabwe National Gallery, and eight solo exhibitions including “Elements of Nature Between Skyscrapers” with Art For Thought in Ginza, Tokyo. I was honored when the U.S. State Department’s Art in Embassies purchased three of my mixed media portraits for the U.S. Embassy in Harare. I have art in the collections of two Myanmar galleries and private collections in 11 countries. Since 2012 I have created and sold over 150 pieces of art and more than 1000 pieces of jewelry.
Education and Background
As a child in rural Ohio America, I always liked to draw. In 2008 I received a Bachelor of Arts in Art Education and in 2022 I completed my MBA. Though I occasionally teach workshops, I primarily create and show my own work. My husband and I have lived as expats since 2011, moving from Myanmar to Armenia, Zimbabwe, and now Japan since 2020. Moving our home to a new country every few years has greatly inspired the art I create. I am an ongoing student studying Sumi-e (Japanese ink painting) under Suiran Yamada and traditional Japanese metalsmithing at Aoyama Metalsmithing School.