RESIDENCIES & AWARDS

2021
1st Place Award Winner, “All Media 2021,” Irvine Fine Arts Center
Space in the Gap Resident, Mission Viejo, CA
2020
Helen B. Dooley Art Fellowship, 2020
Albert B. Friedman Grant from Claremont Graduate University
2019
Travel and Material Grant from CGU
2018-2020
J&D Lincoln Ceramic Fellowship
Departmental Fellowship from CGU
2018-2019
Blaisdell Art Fellowship
2010-2014
Dean’s Academic Scholarship

EXHIBITIONS

2022
Reverence, Elephant Art Space, Los Angeles, CA (solo)

2021
Drawn to Paper, Brea Art Gallery, Brea, CA
Being Present, Biola University, La Mirada, CA
All Media 2021, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
NOMAD, Torrence Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Soft Artifacts, Kaleidescope, Mission Viejo, CA

2020
Made in California, Brea Art Gallery, Brea, CA
Hail Mother, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
GLAMFA, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
Perceive Me, California State University Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

2019
New Bodies/New Spaces, Silverlake Conservation Center, Los Angeles, CA
Everything All at Once, Chaffey Community Museum of Art, Ontario, CA
Seeking Dimensions, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
Artist Statement, Great Park Gallery, Irvine, CA
Femella, Golden West College, Huntington Beach, CA
SoCal MFA, Millard Sheets Art Center, Pomona, CA

2018
Here ‘Tll Sunday, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
Fresh Take, Claremont City Hall, Claremont, CA
The Art of the Self, Golden West College, Huntington Beach, CA
Salvage: Marine, Terrestrial, Astral, Art Exchange, Long Beach, CA

2017
Mothership, Coachella Desert, Coachella, CA
Wonder Woman, Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center, Long Beach, CA
Pow Wow!, MADE by Millworks, Long Beach, CA
Art & Design, Edison Penthouse, Long Beach, CA

2016
Suspended Disbelief, MADE by Millworks, Long Beach, CA
#Instafamous, LA Space Camp, Los Angeles, CA
Introduction, MADE by Millworks, Long Beach, CA

2015
Young and Restless, Display Gallery, Anaheim, CA
Gallery Tally, Chapman University, Orange, CA

2014
Party with Purpose, Harvest Craft Fundraiser, Brea, CA
The Quickening, Earl & Virginia Green Art Gallery, La Mirada, CA
Gallery Tally, For Your Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Complexity is What Happens With You Have A Soul, Los Angeles, CA

2012
Supernumerary Rainbow, NYCAMS Gallery, New York City, New York

PRESS

Liz Goldner, "Artist Statement Elucidates the Range of Contemporary Art Today," Irvine Weekly, October 2019
Sarah Abrams, "Meet Sydney Walters," Voyage LA, May 2018

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

2021
"How to be an Artist AND a Mother,"Art and Cake, May 12, 2021.
"Cindy Sherman at Spruth Maters LA,"Art and Cake, May 7, 2021.
"'New Iconography: Artists Raising Children' at The Landing,"Art and Cake, May 2, 2021.
"Clubhouse App: Have You Been Invited?"Art and Cake, April 28, 2021.
"John David O'Brien at Roswell Space," Art and Cake, April 23, 2021.
"Kate Barbee at Kohn Gallery," Art and Cake, March 24, 2021.
"Cammie Staros and Michael Stamm at Shulamit Nazarian,"Art and Cake, March 16, 2021.
"Thin as Thorns at Honor Fraser," Art and Cake, March 10, 2021.
"myselves at Kohn Gallery,"Art and Cake, Oct. 6, 2020.

2020
"myselves at Kohn Gallery,"Art and Cake, Oct. 6, 2020.
"Drive-by-Art in Los Angeles," Art and Cake, June 4, 2020.
”Carole Silverstein at Gallery 169,” Art and Cake, March 25, 2020.
”The Magical Realm of St. Broxville Wood at Cal Poly Pomona,” Art and Cake, March 1, 2020.
”Sichong Xie at Elephant Art Space,” Art and Cake, Feb. 4, 2020.
"Kyla Hansen at Five Car Garage Gallery," Art and Cake, Feb. 1, 2020.
"Heriberto Luna at Muckenthaler Cultural Center," Art and Cake, Jan 13, 2020.

2019
"Annie Lapin at Shulamit Nazarian," Art and Cake, Dec. 16, 2019.
"Gilbert & George at Spruth Magers," Art and Cake, Dec. 9, 2019.
"Alicia Piller at Lowell Ryan Projects," Art and Cake, Nov. 9, 2019.
"Robin F. Williams at Various Small Fires," Art and Cake, Oct. 15, 2019.
"Pamela Smith Hudson, April Bey and Michi Meko at Chimento Contemporary," Art and Cake, Oct. 12.
"The 2019 Venice Biennale," Art and Cake, July 8, 2019.
"Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power 1963-1983 at the Broad," Art and Cake, July 4, 2019.
"Charles White's Forces of Liberation Are As Relevant As Ever,"
Art and Cake, June 2, 2019.
"Marthe Aponte at Metro Gallery," Art and Cake, May 19, 2019.
"The Great Parks Art Book Collections Tells You Everything You Need To Know About the O.C. Art Scene," Irvine Weekly, April 19, 2019.
"'Art of Competition' Captures the Spectacle of Sport," Irvine Weekly, April 8, 2019.
"Cathy Akers: A Utopia for Some at Pitzer College Art Galleries," Art and Cake, April 4, 2019.

2018
"Artist Influencer: Max Presneill," Art and Cake, Sep. 6, 2018.
"Masters of Their Craft: Elijah Pierce and Leroy Almon Exhibit at The Good Luck Gallery," Art and Cake, July 10, 2018.
"Art Influencer: Astri Swendsrud," Art and Cake, June 30, 2018.
"April Bey at Band of Vices," Art and Cake, June 6, 2018.
"'The Eye Sees Not Itself' at Nicodim," Art and Cake, June 4, 2018.
"Six Artists Define Success," Art and Cake, May 25, 2018.
"Dark Light is a Masterpiece of Political Relevance," Art and Cake, April 9, 2018.
"Black at Loft at Liz's: An Expansion of an Abstract Arena," Art and Cake, March 26, 2018.
A Conversation with Yasmine Kasem on Grace and Innovation Amidst Ignorance," Art and Cake, March 18, 2018.
"Experiencing Light, Gisela Colon's New Work at Diane Rosenstein Gallery," Art and Cake, Feb. 11, 2018.
"'Salvage' at Art Exchange, Long Beach," Art and Cake, Feb 7, 2018.
"Radiant Space Presents Laurie Shapiro's 'Before You Were Born,'" Art and Cake, Jan 24, 2018.

2017
"Dispatches From the Front Lines, Merion Estes at CB1 Gallery," Art and Cake, Dec. 28, 2017
"Man Up! Masculinity in Question," Art and Cake, Dec 3, 2017.
"CACtTUS, an Avant-garde Haven for Long Beach Artists," Art and Cake, Oct. 11, 2017.

PANELS & LECTURES

2021
Visiting artist at Biola University

2020
Lecture at Claremont Graduate University for Biola University Students
Lecture at CGU for Pitzer College Students

2019
Lecture at CGU for Biola University Students

2018
Visiting artist at Biola University

2017
Panel member at Biola University

2014
Lecture at Laguna College of Art and Design