EDUCATION
2016-2018
MFA , Maryland Institute College of Art
The LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting
Baltimore, MD
2008
BFA: Concentration in Painting and Drawing
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL
2006
Summer Intensive Program
International School of Painting and Drawing
Montecastello, Italy
2004
High School Diploma
The Shipley School
Bryn Mawr, PA
2003
Pre-College program
Rhode Island School of Design
Providence, RI
2002
Pre-college program
Oxford University
Oxford, UK
AWARDS
2022
Fulbright Scholarship to Nepal
2018
Windy Mowing Travel Grant
2016-2018
Hoffberger Foundation Fellowship
Maryland Institute College of Art
2007
National Endowment of the Arts
Fantasy Foundation Fund Grant
Arts Education Intensive - Themes of interiority;
Rembrandt and Shakespeare Study throughout London, Stratford-upon-Avon, Amsterdam, Paris, Giverny
2004-2008
Achievement Enhancement Award and Merit Scholarship
SAIC
2001
Eagle Scout, BSA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
Painting the Sky. Painting the Earth
The Patan Museum
Lalitpur, Nepal
2018
Ah La La Ho
Last Projects
Los Angeles, CA
2016
From the Desert
Mothership Gallery
Woodstock, NY
2015
Drawings from Nepal
Mothership Gallery
Woodstock, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
Speaking Color
Harmony Hall Arts Center
Fort Washington, MD
2019
Rainbow Of Chaos
St Charles Project
Baltimore, Maryland
2018
MICA MFA Thesis Show
MICA
Baltimore, MD
2018
Peter & Taraneh
Mothership Gallery
Woodstock, NY
2017
LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting Fall Show
MICA
Baltimore, MD
2016
Bridging Realms: Contemporary Tibetan Art
Tibet House
New York City, NY
2016
Bridging Realms: Contemporary Tibetan Art
Robert Morris University
Chicago, IL
2015
California Fantasy
New Image Art
West Hollywood, CA
2015
Dark Paradise
Last Projects
Los Angeles, CA
2015
Modern Arcana
Tarot Society
Brooklyn, NY
2015
Utopia
One of Us Gallery
Los Angeles, CA
2015
Art for Happiness
Gallery Shoshinkan
Nagano, Japan
2015
Small Art Show
Studio 34
Queens, NY
2014
Ecomyth
Last Projects
Los Angeles, CA
2014
The Shipley School Alumni Show
Artists' House
Philadelphia, PA
2013
Triskaidekaphobia
Parade Ground Gallery
New York City, NY
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2019
Windy Mowing
Halifax, VT
2018
Byrdcliffe Artist Guild
Woodstock, NY
2018
Windy Mowing
Halifax, VT
2018
Chinquapin Center for the Arts
Grants Pass, Oregon
2018
North Street Collective
Willits, CA
2016
Soaring Gardens
Laceyville, PA
2016
The Wormfarm Institute
Reedsburg, WI
2015
ArtHub
Kingman, AZ
2014
Space 118
Mumbai, India
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