Education
MFA, DAAP (College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning), University of Cincinnati
2013
BFA, Summa Cum Laude, Northern Kentucky University
2010
Solo Exhibitions
Interfaces, Helen S. Smith Gallery, Green River College, Auburn, WA
2026
Infrastructure, Esvelt Gallery, Columbia Basin College, Pasco, WA
2024
Sound Waves Set Off A Starry Accompaniment, Enclave Contemporary, Shenzhen, China
2023
Pictorial Redux, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY
2022
Archeolatry, Spokane Falls Community College, Spokane, WA
2022
Cntrl + A, Bolivar Gallery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
2022
Hypercombines, Chase Gallery, Spokane, WA
2020
Hypercombines, Artworks, Loveland, CO
2019
Pudicae Sacerdotes Naturæ, FrontierSpace Gallery, Missoula, MT
2019
Arcane Wilderness, Mantle Art Space, San Antonio, TX
2019
Empirical Evidence, The Gallery at the Kenneth J Minnaert Center for the Arts, Olympia, WA
2017
Archive Memory, Alexander Brest Gallery, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL
2016
Tekhnē, Nan Boynton Memorial Gallery, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2016
A Curious Inventory, Childlaw Gallery, The Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2015
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
Posthumans, Three-Person Exhibition, with Sarah Barnett, Reza Safavi, Terrain Gallery, Spokane, WA
Your Collection: Faculty Remix, Invitational Exhibition, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Pullman, WA
2023
Terrain 13, Juried Exhibition, Terrain, Spokane, WA
Shenzhen Contemporary Art Fair, curator Enclave Contemproary, Shenzhen Contemporary Art Fair, Shenzhen, China
Counting the Seconds Between Lightning and Thunder, Invitational Exhibition, curator Eve Biddle, Bowie Zunino, Jeff Barnett-Winsby, Will Hutnick, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
Beijing International Contemporary Art Fair, Beijing International Contemporary Art Fair, Beijing, China
ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair, ART021, Shanghai, China
2022
Lost and Found Show, Juried Exhibition, Juror: Jessica Straus, The Umbrella Arts Center, Concord, MA
Abstract Art with New Media, Juried Exhibition, Juror: Independent & Image Art Space, Independent & Image Art Space, Chongqing, China
2021
emerging.poetic, Invitational Exhibition, curator Jodi McCoy, Brick City Gallery, Springfield, MO
2020
Making a Better Painting: Thinking Through Practice, Invitational Exhibition, Hoffman Gallery, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR
2019
Artworks Secret, Artworks, Cincinnati, OH
Gestalt Projects Circular Cluster, bG Gallery / LA Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
Collectors Choice, Juried Exhibition, Juror: Kristine Schomaker, Studio Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA
Double Vision, Two-Person Exhibition, with Mana Mehrabian, GEM Center for the Arts, Boise, ID
2018
Self-ish, Three-Person Exhibition, with Doug Gast, Io Palmer, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Pullman, WA
Regional Faculty Exhibition, Lewis & Clark State College Center for Art & History, Lewiston, ID
Consilience of Art & Science, Juried Exhibition, Juror: Jiaya Young, Helen Donis-Keller, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
Terrain 11, Juried Exhibition, Terrain, Spokane, WA
CICA International Juried Experimental Film & Video Exhibition, Juried Exhibition, CICA Museum, Gimpo-si, South Korea
Stowe Show, Invitational Exhibition, curator Chris Reeves, Pique Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Unwalking the West Exhibition, Invitational Exhibition, curator Ka'ila Farrell-Smith, Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA), Portland, OR
2017
The Video Show, Juried Exhibition, Juror: Lydia Grey, Kelly Oliver, Darren McManus, Ann Tsubota, Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg, NJ
Yellow, Two-Person Exhibition, with Jiemei Lin, Beigou Art Garage, Biegou Village, China
Meditations on Fifty Objects, Two-Person Exhibition, with Jiemei Lin, Brickyard Gallery, Beigou, China
Terrain 10, Juried Exhibition, Terrain, Spokane, WA
Chimera, Juried Exhibition, 22 North Gallery, Ypsilanti, MI
2016
Interdisciplinary Juried Exhibition, Juried Exhibition, Juror: Heather Balchunas, Dan Dez, Sean Hiltz, Anna Schindelar, Washington Street Art Center, Boston, MA
Flesh & Blood, Juried Exhibition, Juror: Conrad Meyers, Aggregate Space Gallery, Oakland, CA
CICA International New Media Exhibition, Juried Exhibition, CICA Museum, Gimpo-si, South Korea
Consilience of Art & Science, Juried Exhibition, Juror: Sharon Bladholm, Shih-Wen Young, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
The Big Reveal, Invitational Exhibition, curator William Kipschner, The Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Currents New Media New Mexico Trail, Juried Exhibition, curator Sara Woodbury, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM
Glitch, Juried Exhibition, curator Peripheral Forms, Portland Community Media Center, Portland, OR
Telepresence, Two-Person Exhibition, with Xun Fan, Sishu Gallery, Beijing, China
Fresh American Art, Invitational Exhibition, curator Anastasiya Yatsuk, Instead Gallery / Art Me, St. Petersburg, Russia
2015
A Curious Inventory, Swedish International Film Festival, Stockholm, Sweden
Northern Kentucky University Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY
Washington State University Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition, WSU Museum of Art, Pullman, WA
solgonda.com, Juried Exhibition, Currents New Media Festival, Santa Fe, NM
/'fu/ – Croatia Glitch Art Expo, Juried Exhibition, Siva Galerija (AKC), Zagreb, Croatia
Momento/Memento, Reverse Space Gallery, New York, NY
2014
Box Paintings/Puzzle Pieces, Invitational Exhibition, 21c Museum Hotel, Cincinnati, OH
Displaced 1, Harvest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Abracadabra, Juried Exhibition, Joshua Tree Art Gallery, Joshua Tree, CA
LOOP, Two-Person Exhibition, curator Bill Slone, 1305 Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Shanghainati, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
Food as Art: Autumn Equinox, Invitational Exhibition, curator Catherine Richards, Anh Tran, Niehoff Urban Studio Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Totem, Invitational Exhibition, curator Corrina Mehiel, Greg Swiger, Boom Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2013
Snap to Grid, Juried Exhibition, Los Angeles Center for Digital Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Selected Press
Studio Practice
Community Work
Academic Appointments
Associate Professor of Painting/Intermedia, Washington State University
2015–Present · Painting Area Coordinator · Drawing in Italy study abroad program (2025)
Lecturer, Painting Area Coordinator, Northern Kentucky University
2014–2015 · Courses: Painting I, II, III; Drawing I; Art Club Faculty Advisor
Adjunct Instructor
2012–2014
- Miami University Hamilton: Digital Imaging, Drawing I & II
- Northern Kentucky University: Foundations 2D, Foundations 3D, Time-Based Media, Drawing
- University of Cincinnati (Instructor of Record): Internet Art
Grants & Recognition
SECAC Fellowship
2025
Research Enhancement Award, Washington State University
2024
Hopper Prize Finalist
2022
Community Engaged Scholar, Washington State University
2020
Covid-19 Community Challenge Grant, WSU Center for Arts and Humanities
2020
GAP Grant, Artist Trust, Seattle
2019
Innovate Artist Grant
2019
Interdisciplinary Research and Innovation Seed Grant, WSU College of Arts & Sciences
2019
Arts & Humanities Fellowship, Washington State University
2019
New Faculty Seed Grant, Washington State University
2019
Conferences & Symposia
Presenter: "The Space Between: Painting/New Media Hybrids," SECAC Conference, Cincinnati
2025
Presenter: "AI-Image Generation and Painting," FATE Conference, Denver
2023
Presenter and Panelist: "Vital Matter: Landscape in the Anthropocene," Making a Better Painting Symposium, Lewis and Clark College
2020
Presenter: "Overlapping Spectra: Art and Science Collaboration on the Palouse," WSU Entrepreneurial Faculty Ambassadors Pub Talk
2019
Panelist: "Fail Again, Fail Better," Artist Trust, Spokane
2018
Session Chair: "Circle of Influence: Between Control and Concern," FATE Conference
2017
Event Co-organizer: "Leverage: Shifting Forces in the Classroom," FATE Regional Event, University of Idaho
2016
Session Co-Chair: "Artist/Designer: Hybrid and Forbidden Identities," Mid-America College Art Association Conference
2016
Arts Leadership & Service
University Leadership
Interim Director, Pollart Center for Arts & Humanities, Washington State University
2026–present
Associate Director, Pollart Center for Arts & Humanities, Washington State University
2025–2026
Leader, Arts and Humanities Working Group, WSU Office of Research and Academic Partnerships
2025–present
Community Leadership
Founder & Director, Pullman Arts Foundation, Pullman, WA
2020–2025 · 2023 WSU President's Award for Leadership; 2023 Downtown Pullman Association Community Partner of the Year
Prior Leadership
Curator, Near*By Curatorial Collective, Cincinnati, OH
2014–2016 · Developed experimental exhibitions activating unconventional spaces; built partnerships with Contemporary Arts Center, Wave Pool Gallery, Rhinegeist Brewery
Founder & Director, Boom Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2014–2015 · Founded and directed a contemporary art gallery showcasing experimental work
Project Manager, Artworks Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2013–2014 · Led major public art initiatives including Tom Wesselmann's "Still Life #60" (coordinated with artist's estate and Cincinnati Art Museum) and Kentucky Natural History Mural (2,000+ sq. ft.)