Education:
2017 MFA, Drawing, Kent State University, Read my MFA Thesis
2003 BFA, Drawing major, Printmaking minor, Cleveland Institute of Art
Professional Experience
2018 Juror BAYarts Annual Juried Exhibition (co-juror, Bellamy Printz)
Spring 2016 – Fall 2017 Teaching Assistant, Drawing, Kent State University
Public Collections:
Awards:
2019: Artist Merit Grant from the Vermont Studio Center for a month long residency (cancelled due to COVID)
2015: Graduate Teaching Assistantship from Kent State University
2015: Summer Residency at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA from the Ohio Arts Council
2015: Individual Excellence Award from the Ohio Arts Council
2015: 2nd place in ARTneo juried exhibition Cleveland Creates
Solo Exhibitions:
UPCOMING: 2025
Show title TBD
William Busta Projects
July 2024
Dual Civilizations
KINK Contemporary
2023
Rafts
BAYarts – January 2023
2022
Supply Chain
Sally Otto Gallery – November 2022
2019
Studies for Simple Machines
Kent State Trumbull, Link Gallery
2015
FAWC/OAC Residency Solo Exhibition
Gatherings – exhibition brochure
William Busta Gallery
2013
Off the Studio Floor
Juried Exhibitions:
2017
Works on Paper
Minot State University, Minot, North Dakota
2016
7th Annual Drawing Discourse
juried by Edgar Jerins
University of North Carolina Asheville
2015
juried by Jo Farb Hernández
Erie Art Museum
“[re]define”
juried by William Busta & Liz Maugans
Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory
Cleveland Creates
juried by Helen Forbes Fields, Loren Naji & Christina Vassallo
ARTneo
2014
juried by Sergei Isupov
Erie Art Museum
2013
jurors Bruce Checefsky & Robert Thurmer
Morgan Conservatory
4th Annual May Show
jurors Liz Maugans & Matt Dibble
2012
52 Weeks 52 Works: 2012 Calendar, 10th Anniversary Edition
featured artist
Academy Graphic Communication, Inc.
Invitational & Group Exhibits:
2021
What Even Is?: Joint show with Jennifer Masely
Troppus Projects Gallery
2019
Invitational Show: A Day in the Life at Yards Project
2017
Invitational Show: SPACES Annual Benefit
2016
Locus of Transition: Joint show with Laila Voss
juror’s award from the 2015 Cleveland Creates exhibition
ARTneo
Invitational Show: Twenty Seven
e11even 2 Gallery
Live Drawing Benefit: Monster Drawing Rally
SPACES Gallery
2015
Invitational Show: Works on Paper
curated by Lauren Davies
2731 Prospect Gallery
Invitational Show: Juntos
curated by Dante Rodriguez
Museum of Hispanic & Latino Cultures
Invitational Cleveland Artists’ Lonely Art Club Show
e11even 2 Gallery
Live Drawing Benefit: Monster Drawing Rally
SPACES Gallery
2014
Invitational Show: 19
curated by Dana Depew
Invitational Silent Auction: Optical Delusions: The Last Days on the Viaduct
curated by Per Knutås, Christopher Lynn, Alex Tapie and Christina Vassallo
Home: Individual & Collaborative Works of Jason K. Milburn and Dexter Davis
Y3CAN Benefit
Invitational Live Drawing Benefit: Monster Drawing Rally
Invitational MONOTHON
Cleveland Museum of Art Staff Show
curated by CMA Director, David Franklin
Cleveland Museum of Art
Y2CAN Benefit
Annual Members’ Show
Invitational Show: 100 x 100 Zygote Press Annual Benefit
2013
Cleveland Museum of Art Staff Show, CMA Cafe
curated by CMA Director, David Franklin
Cleveland Museum of Art
2012
Cleveland Museum of Art Staff Show
Cleveland Museum of Art