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EDUCATION

CURATION & MANAGEMENT

EXHIBITIONS

2017

Professional Educator License (Illinois) Endorsement in Visual Arts

2016 - 2017

EdTPA & ILTS 145 Visual Arts

2015 - 2017

THE SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO - Masters of Art in Teaching

2011 - 2015

MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF THE ARTS - Bachelors of Fine Arts

2008 - 2015

Studied under Ryan Shultz – (See : RyanShultz.com)

EXHIBITIONS

CURATION & MANAGEMENT

EXHIBITIONS

2020

Touch, A Virtual Exhibition

Woman Made Gallery - Chicago

Oil Painting

2020

Astral Undertones presents

Marco Shuttle/ Aaron J/ Jason Patrick/ Mindbridge

Elastic Arts, Chicago

Paintings and Video Installation Art

2020

Astral Undertones

Residents Night

Arbella, Chicago

Oil Paintings

2019

Astral Undertones presents Lindsey Herbert / JX-216

The Garage - Side Room, Chicago

Paintings and Installation Art

2019

Astral Undertones presents Patrick Russel / Archivist,

The Garage - Side Room, Chicago

Oil Paintings

2019

Nomadic Breed, Creative Cloud Vol. 3

Uptown Cafe & Gallery - Chicago, Illinois

Oil Paintings

2017

From Stardust : Solo Exhibition

Independent Gallery - Chicago, Illinois

Oil Paintings

2015

Chicago’s New Realists: Group Exhibition & Publication of Poets and Artists Magazine

33 Contemporary Gallery : Fine Contemporary Art Gallery - Chicago, Illinois

Oil Painting

2015

L’appel du vide : Solo Exhibition

Gallery 416 : Fox Building - Baltimore, Maryland

Paintings, Video and Sculpture

2015

Swap, YTB Issue 8 : Group Exhibition

The Annex – Baltimore, Maryland

Interactive Video Projection Piece

2014

Pattern x Print All Over Me, YTB Issue 7 : Group Exhibition

The Bahamas : The Copy Cat - Baltimore, Maryland

Sculptural Painting

2014

BokBulBok, Like You Know It All : Group Exhibition

Gallery 175 – Seoul, South Korea

Video and Sculpture Installation Piece

2013

300 Exhibition : Group Exhibition

Brown Center - Baltimore, Maryland

Video Installation and Sculpture Piece

2013

TINY, YTB Issue 6 : Group Exhibition

The Lil’ Gallery : The Copy Cat - Baltimore, Maryland

Video Installation

CURATION & MANAGEMENT

2024 - Present

Owner

Rae's Atelier de Vie LLC

2019-Present

Art Director

Poko Loko - Glenview

2019 - Present

Art Director

Astral Undertones Events

Chicago

2017

Director and Curator

The Voice of Art : Student Art Show

Independent Gallery - Pilsen, Chicago

2011 - 2015

Co-Producer, Managing Editor and Production Assistant

Why the Beef (YTB) : Collaborative Zine and 8 Biannual Exhibitions MICA/RISD

Community Involvement

CURATION & MANAGEMENT

2017 - 2019

Enlace : After School Mixed Media Art Teacher

Cardenas Elementary School – Chicago, Illinois

Mixed Media Visual Art / 4th-8th Grade

2017 - 2019

Plays Chicago Fire : Soccer Coach

Cardenas Elementary School – Chicago, Illinois

Soccer Coach / 3rd-5th Grade

2017

Clean & Green

Educating Families and Collecting Trash with students

Mary Lyon’s Elementary School - Chicago, Illinois

2015

Curating and Hosting Art Workshops for displaced students during riots, protests and enforced curfew in Baltimore, Maryland

2011

Finishing Building Primary School, Painting Classrooms & Engagement with Elementary and Primary School Students and their Teachers in Mailisita (Tanzania)

2009

Building Primary School for AIDS Orphans & Engagement with Elementary Students and Teachers in Mailisita (Tanzania)

Teaching Experience

Community Involvement

Teaching Experience

2019

Art Instructor

One River School – Evanston, Illinois

Art Instructor for classes and camps

2017 - 2019

Full-Time Visual Art Teacher

Castellanos Middle School/Cardenas Elementary School (School Merged)

Visual Art/ 4th – 8th Grade

2017

Student Teacher

Mary Lyons Elementary – Chicago, Illinois

Visual Art / K-8th Grade

March - May 2017

2017

Student Teacher

Benito Juarez Community Academy – Chicago, Illinois

Art 1, Studio and Advanced Placement Visual Arts / 9-12th Grade

January-March 2017

2012 - 2016

Part-Time Art Teacher

Poko Loko Nursery School

Visual Art / Pre K-Kindergarten