Education
MFA, Painting and Drawing, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame IN, 2017
BFA, Painting, Ball State University, Muncie IN, 2014
Selected Exhibitions
2026 Earnest Attempts, 2-person exhibition with Kaylan Buteyn, James May Gallery, Milwaukee WI
SPLAT!, Indy Art Center, Indianapolis IN
Fragmented, Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts, Fond du Lac WI
2025 Compartmentalize, Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood CO
Perspectives, 40 West Arts, Lakewood CO
Radical Optimism, Center for the Arts Evergreen, Evergreen CO
Frequency, The Works Membership, online
Works on Paper, LBIF Arts + Sciences, Loveladies NJ
2021 Cabin Fever, Real Tinsel, Milwaukee WI
2019 site-specific mural, Logan Square Improv, Chicago IL
Custom Melodies, Real Tinsel, Milwaukee WI
MARNmentors, Redline Milwaukee, Milwaukee WI
2018 site-specific mural, Logan Square Improv, Chicago IL
Art of the Heartland, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis IN
iMOCA at Axis Architecture, Indianapolis IN
2017 Elements, iMOCA at Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis IN
Southside Art League Abstract Exhibition, Indianapolis IN
The Art of Valor, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend IN
Incremental Adjustments: MFA Thesis Exhibition, Snite Museum of Art, South Bend IN
MFA: NOW, Ruddell Gallery, Spearfish, SD
BAC Competition Exhibition, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago IL
(solo) Laura Lemna, Colfax Campus Gallery, South Bend IN
Annual MFA Show, Solarium Gallery, Notre Dame IN
2016 10 Years of the Nepal Fair Trade Project, AAHD Gallery, Notre Dame IN
Other Faces, AAHD Gallery, Notre Dame IN
Annual MFA Show, Solarium Gallery, Notre Dame IN
2015 Media Matters, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles MO
Annual MFA Show, Solarium Gallery, Notre Dame IN
2014 New Faces, ISIS Gallery, Notre Dame IN
Interpreted Spaces, Union City Arts Festival, Union City IN
To Each Their Home: BFA Thesis Exhibition, Atrium Gallery, Muncie IN
Paperchaser, Gallery 308, Muncie IN
79th Annual Student Art Show, Atrium Gallery, Muncie IN
Teaching
2018 Associate Lecturer, Intro to 2D Concepts
Peck School of the Arts, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
2015-17 Instructor of Record, Drawing I
Department of Art, Art History, and Design, University of Notre Dame
2014-15 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Painting I and Drawing I
Department of Art, Art History, and Design, University of Notre Dame
2011 Teaching Assistant, Honors History
Honors College, Ball State University
Residencies, Grants and Awards
2025 Artist Residency, Kinhouse, Fort Wayne, IN
2017 Artist Residency, Taleamor Park, LaPorte IN
Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award, ND Kaneb Center for Teaching
Solarium Gallery Outstanding Artist in Show Award
2016 Grad Student Research Award, ND Institute of Scholarship in the Liberal Arts
International Service-Learning Stipend Award, ND Center for Social Concerns
Solarium Gallery Juried Award
2015 ND Center for Social Concerns CGI-Haiti Graduate Seminar Stipend Award
ND Department of Art, Art History & Design MFA Tuition and Stipend Award
2014 BSU Art Department Outstanding Senior in Painting Award
BSU Art Department Scholarship Recipient
BSU History Departmental Award
Professional Experience
2022-24 Visual Merchandising Specialist, IKEA, Centennial CO
2020-22 Communication and Interior Design Coworker, IKEA, Centennial CO
2018-20 Communication and Interior Design Coworker, IKEA, Oak Creek WI
2018 MARNmentors program, Milwaukee Artist Resource Network
2017 Instructor, Staff Art Day, University of Notre Dame
2016 Design Intern, The Association of Craft Producers, Kathmandu, Nepal
Instructor, High School Art Day, AAHD Department of Notre Dame
Campus Crossroads Committee member, University of Notre Dame
Master Class with Michelle Grabner, Indianapolis Museum of Art
2015 ND Center for Social Concerns CGI Program, Leogane, Haiti
Guest critic, Snite Museum of Art, High School Summer Art Camp
Guest instructor, Snite Museum of Art, Figure Drawing
Instructor, High School Art Day, AAHD Department of Notre Dame
2014 David Owsley Museum of Art Docent Program