Upcoming Exhibitions
Somehow Desire
Painting/Printmaking MFA Thesis Exhibition (Group 1)
January 17 - 27, 2026
Green Hall Gallery, New Haven, CT
Public reception: Friday, January 23rd from 6–8PM


Selected Exhibitions
Time Again
September, 2025
Green Hall Gallery, New Haven, CT

The 11th Hour
May 2025
32 Edgewood Gallery, New Haven, CT

Getty PST Embodied Pacific: Three Lives Exhibition
September 2024 - December 2024
Gallery QI, Qualcomm Institute, La Jolla, CA

The Last Group Show
November 2023 - December 2023
Bread & Salt Gallery, San Diego, CA

SD Practice
July - September 2021
SDAI, San Diego, CA 

+/- An Exhibition on Negative Space 
September 2019
Lux Art Institute, Encinitas, CA


Public Collections
Civic Art Collection 2021
City of San Diego, San Diego, CA


Education
MFA Candidate ‘26
Yale School of Art
Painting/Printmaking

University of California, San Diego
2017 – 2019
Bachelor of Visual Arts

Grossmont College
2012 – 2017
Associate of Digital Art / Studio Art / Humanities


Fellowships & Awards
AICAD Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship
Nominee, 2026 - 2027

Robert Schoelkoph Traveling Fellowship 2025


Panels & Speaking
On Critique: with Anoka Faruqee, Professor, Painting/Printmaking, Associate Dean, Maria De Los Angeles, Critic, Assistant Director of Graduate Studies, Painting/Printmaking, Sam Contis, Senior Critic, Photography, lead faculty of Interdepartmental Group Critique, Sandra Burns, Senior Critic, Assistant Director of Graduate Studies, Sculpture, Leslie Dick, Senior Critic, Interdisciplinary, Kimberly Heard, Class of ‘26 Student Representative, Painting/Printmaking, Camille Gwise, Class of ‘26 Student Representative, Graphic Design, Christopher Postlewaite, Class of ‘26 Student Representative, Photography, Cameron Downey, Class of ‘26 Student Representative, Sculpture
Yale School of Art

Artist Lecture
Affect Theory, FA 2025
Yale School of Art


Employment / Workshops
Asst. Instructor, SP 2026
Basic Drawing
Yale School of Art

Teaching Asst., FA 2025
Basic Drawing
Yale School of Art

Optical Color Workshop, FA 2025
Yale School of Art

Interdepartmental Office Asst., SP 2025
Office of the Dean
Yale School of Art 


Elected Roles
Visiting Artist Student Representative
2025 - 2026

Painting Dept. Student Representative
2025 - 2026


Contributions
Whitney Biennial 2022: Quiet As It's Kept

Danielle Dean
April - Oct 2022
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY



















Related Projects
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© Kimberly R. Heard 
Getty PST Embodied Pacific: Three Lives Exhibition, September 2024 - December 2024,   Gallery QI, Qualcomm Institute     SD Practice, July - September 2021, San Diego Art Institute, CA,     Art of Soul!, September 2019 – February 2020 NAAMCC, OH,     +/- An Exhibition on Negative Space, September 2019, Lux Art Institute, Encinitas, CA     |    Solo Exhibitions: SNITCH, April 2019    |   Contributions: Quiet As It’s Kept, Whitney Biennial 2022
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