EDUCATION
2017
Master of Fine Art, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2009
First Class Honours, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Australia
2007
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Australia
2004
Diploma of Visual Arts, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia
AWARDS, GRANTS & RESIDENCIES
2023
Emergency Grant, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, USA.
Individual Artist Grant, New York State Council on the Arts, NY, USA
New Work Grant, Queens Arts Fund, NY, USA
Mentor, New York Foundation for the Arts, Immigrant Artist Program, NYC, USA
2022
Commission, New York Botanical Gardens, NYC, USA
AIM Fellow, Bronx Museum, NYC, USA
Artist-In-Residence, 4Heads, Governors Island, NY, USA
Grant, The Mayer Foundation, NYC, USA
2021
Artist-in-Residence, 4 Heads, Governors Island, NYC
2020
Artist-in-Residence, Bethany Arts Community, Ossining, NY
2019
Grant, Professional Development, Illinois Arts Council Agency (IACA)
Grant, Individual Artists Program (IAP), City of Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events (DCASE)
Artist-in-Residence, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ
2018
2018/2019 Hot Pick Artist, Smack Melon, Brooklyn, NY
Artist-in-Residence, Process Park, Artslant & Chashama, Pine Plains, NY
Artist-in-Residence, Crosstown Arts Center, Memphis, TN
Artist-in-Residence, MASS MOCA, North Adams, MA
Grant, Illinois Arts Council Agency (IACA) Individual Artist Support Project Grant
Grant, Individual Artists Program (IAP), City of Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events (DCASE)
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
Convulsive Beauty, Curated by Lisa Freiman, Bucknell University's Samek Art Museum, PA
2020
Three Workers, Bethany Arts Community, Ossining, NY
2019
Because the flowers wont last, Ignition Projects, Chicago, IL
Seedbed, as part of the Bubble Creek Performance Art Assembly, DfbrL8r, Chicago, IL
Push, Squash, Knead, Drawing Room, The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2018
Dis-rupted, 430 Gallery, Crosstown Art Center, Memphis, TN
Monster, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Bronx Calling: The Sixth AiM Biennale, The Bronx Museum, NYC, USA
2023
more is never enough Curated by Triton Mobley, Field Projects, NYC, USA
Sugar Rush, Online Exhibition Curated by Morgan Laurens, Not Real Art
2022
Lonely ROCKS Season 1 (Self Portraits), Untitled Art Fair, Miami Beach, FL, USA
Around The Table: Stories Of The Food We Love, New York Botanical Gardens, NYC, USA
Portal House, 4Heads, Governors Island, NYC, USA
2019
[re]action: Visual Art Exhibition of Bubbly Creek Performance Art Assembly, DfbrL8r, Chicago, IL
At A Distance #3, Wedge Projects, Chicago, IL
Nibble, Ignition Projects, Chicago, IL
2018
Homebound, Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN
Circumambulation, Curated by Ann Meisenger, ACRE Projects, Chicago, IL
If you have two legs, borrow another pair and run, HERE Arts, NYC, NY
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2019
Moving_Image_00:06, curated with Kioto Aoki, Dfbrl8r Gallery, Chicago, IL
Moving_Image_00:05, curated with Rana Siegel, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL
2018
Moving_Image_00:04, curated with Erika Raeberg, ACRE Projects, Chicago, IL
If you have two legs, borrow another pair and run, Co-Curated with Sarah Skaggs, HERE Arts, New York, NY
Moving_Image_00:03, curated with Jose Santiago Perez, Lithium Gallery, Chicago, IL
2017
Moving_Image_00:00, Founder & Director, Bi Annual Festival, Various Venues, Chicago, IL
Moving_Image_00:02, curated with Jessica Pierotti, Latitude, Chicago, IL
Bearing: object, body & space, curated by Santina Amato, Lindsay Hutchens & Michelle Murphy, Leroy Neiman Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
Moving_Image_00:01, curated with Michelle Murphy, Latitude, Chicago, IL
SCREENINGS
2021
ArtFem.TV Online
2019
MOCA Tucson, AZ, USA
The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
SELECTED ONE DAY EVENTS & PUBLIC ARTIST TALKS
2023
Flowers Will Die, Live Performance at the Bronx Museum, NYC
2021
Convulsive Beauty Artist Talk With Curator Lisa Freiman, Samek Art Museum, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA,
2020
Artist Talk, Bethany Arts Community, Ossining, NY
2019
Equal Parts Rite, A collaborative performance with Alberto Aguliar, Curated by Nazafarin Lotfi, Private Residence, Tucson, AZ
We Series, Curated by Deidre Huckaby and Lia Kohl, Elastic Arts, Chicago, IL
Artist Talk, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Artist Talk, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ
Panelist, At A Distance #3, Wedge Projects, Chicago, IL
2018
Artist Lecture, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
Artist Talk, Artist-in-Residence, Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN
Artist In Conversation With Jeremy Biles, Monster, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL
Artist Talk, Field/Work Residency Program, Chicago Artist Coalition, Chicago, IL
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2023
Interview by Morgan Laurens at Not Real Art
Art Breath: Stories In Art, Artist Feature written by Nuor Saleh
2021
Politics of The Kitchen, written by Barbara Curei and Lindsay Lochman, Lenscratch,Chicago,IL
2020
Sixty Inches From The Center, Intimate Justice, Interview by Nicole Lane, Chicago, IL
2019
Review: Defiant Reticence in Santina Amato’s Dis-rupted By Lisa Williamson, Number: Inc. Magazine, Memphis, TN
2018
Review: Monster by Janet Cheung, Chicago Artist Writers, Chicago, IL
SELECTED PRINTED MATTER
2023
2020
Emergency Index, Vol 9 Published by Ugly Duckling Press
CREATE Magazine, Essay by Christina Nafzgier
2019
Emergency Index, Vol 8 Published by Ugly Duckling Press
COLLECTIONS
Samek Art Museum, Lewisville, PA, USA
The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL, USA
Joan Flasch Artist Book Collection Chicago, IL, USA
Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Australia