MFA 2011 Glasgow School of Art
BFA 2008 Drawing and Painting, University of North Texas
Education
Awards
Named one of the top UK Art Graduates of 2011 by the Catlin Guide 2012
Shortlisted for the John Moores Contemporary Painting Prize, Liverpool in 2010 (selected by Gary Hume, Goshka Macuga, Ged Quinn, Sir Norman Rosenthal, and Alison Watt)
Won the Young Artist Award at the BP Portrait Competition 2010, National Portrait Gallery, London
Finalist in the Celeste Art Prize, New York 2010
Finalist for the Hunting Art Prize, Houston, 2010, 2012, 2015
Exhibitions
2017
Mystery Portrait Gala, The National Portrait Gallery, London
Bosch Bash Fundraiser, Women & Their Work Gallery, Austin, Texas
2016
Retablo Fundraiser, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas
Temporary collaborative sculpture in Complex 1, Pump Project, Austin, Texas
2015
I Only Know Plenty, grayDUCK Gallery, Austin, Texas (solo)
Artist-Run at The Satellite Show (in partnership with Art On Paper at Art Basel Miami), Pump Project and Tiger Strikes Asteroid Satellite Space, Miami, Florida
Art Bash, Art Alliance at the Belmont, Austin, Texas
2014
Contamination Pollination, Pump Project, Austin, Texas (solo)
Sehnsucht, Chalet Gallery, Glasgow (commissioned for Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art)
East, Pump Project, Austin, Texas
Mystery Portrait Gala, National Portrait Gallery, London
2013
East, Pump Project Satellite Space Gallery, Austin, Texas
New British 2013, Presented by Patch at Lloyds Club, London
Defcon, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh
2012
A Fresh Approach, Ruiz-Healy Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
Hunger and Desire, 107 Studios, San Antonio, Texas (two person show)
San Antonio Painters, Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas
Red Dot, Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas
Drip Dry, Southern Music Company, San Antonio, Texas
Fresh Nostalgia, Laura Moore Fine Art, McKinney, Texas (solo)
2011
Assembly: Elizabeth McDonald, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff (solo)
Chalet Prize, Chalet Gallery, Glasgow
Christmas Exhibition, Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow
Coax Me, Chalet Gallery, Glasgow
Split, MFA, Arratia Beer and Sommer & Kohl Gallery, Berlin
MFA Degree Show, Gluefactory, Glasgow
Chalet Artists, Collins Gallery, Glasgow
2010
Draft, Chalet Gallery, Glasgow
Celeste Art Prize Exhibition, Invisible Dog Gallery, New York
Salon Art Prize, Matt Roberts Art, London
John Moores Contemporary Painting Prize Exhibition, Liverpool
BP Portrait Award Exhibition, National Portrait Gallery, London
(toured to Lincoln, Aberdeen, and Cardiff)Hunting Prize Gala, Houston, Texas
Expo, 500x Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Two Young American Artists, The Gables, San Angelo, Texas (two person show)
Interim Show, Mackintosh Museum, Glasgow
The Chalet Invitational, Chalet Gallery, Glasgow (Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art)
Included in Books
The Catlin Guide 2012 released at the London Art Fair
500 Portraits, by Sandy Nairne, National Portrait Gallery, London 2011