Field Experience
Independent Photographer, Dallas/Fort Worth + Austin + Hungary 2018 - Present
Staff Photographer, the University of Texas at Arlington, 2021-Present
Grip/Lighting Assistant, Aggie Brooks Photography, 2021- 2023
Studio Assistant, Randy Gentry Photography, 2021-2024
FAA Part 107 Certified Drone Pilot, 2021-Present
Workshops Attended, Portfolio Reviews, and Education
2024 May Open Residency, Cow House Studios (upcoming May 2024)
2024 Hér og Nú (Here and Now) Artist in Residence, Seyðisfjörður, Iceland (upcoming May 2024)
2024 Hangar Artist in Residence, Lisbon, Portugal (upcoming September 2024)
2024 NPPA Mentorship Program, Virtual (ongoing)
2023 The Creative Body Process Workshop, Siân Davey, Abbie Trayler-Smith, and Ella Frears, Dartington, England, UK
2023 The Essentials - The Everyday Projects + Black Women Photographers + PhotoWings, 2023
2023 NPPA Women in Visual Journalism Annual Conference (WIVJ), Dallas, TX
2022 Portfolio Review, Kate Bubacz, The Wall Street Journal
2022 Workshop with Celeste Sloman, Santa Fe Workshops
2022 Women Photograph Workshop
2020 Icons Workshop with Cig Harvey
2016 Annual Portfolio Review Winner, Austin Community College Department of Professional Photography, Austin, TX
2016-2019 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Photography, College of Visual Art & Design, University of North Texas
Digital Programming and Curatorial Fellow, Arts Fort Worth, 2020-2021
Printing and Color Specialist Intern, Coupralux, 2019-2020
Student Photo Lab Technician, the University of North Texas, 2018-2019
Student Metadata Technician and Image Conservator, the University of North Texas, 2017-2018
Lectures and Presentations
2024 Rethinking Eastern Europe, Photobook Cafe, London, UK (upcoming)
2021 Ethics Behind Photographing Family and Subjective Memory, Fort Worth Art Dealers Association Fall Gallery Night, Artes De La Rosa Cultural Center, Fort Worth, TX
2021 Working as a Young Woman in the Field of Photography, Austin Community College, Austin, TX
2020 Artist Profile, Vast Magazine, Online
2020 Diary Entry: Erika Nina Suárez, Flip Media
2020 Család, Float Magazine
2019 Inspiring Stories, VoyageDallas Magazine
2017 Local Women in Art, The Dentonite
Select Online Features and Press
2024 Find Rangers, Issue 19, Print
2023 Meow Wolf Grapevine, Texas Observer
2023 Women's Digital Campaign, Nike
2023 Dallas/Fort Worth Billboard Campaign, University of Texas at Arlington
2023 Print Ad, Fort Worth Magazine
2023 Featured Print Ad, D Magazine
2023 Billboard Feature, PepsiCo
2023 Zone Mag Feature, Zone Magazine
2022 Our Stories, Photo Trouvée Magazine
2022 New UT Arlington program aims to help public health, KERA
2022 As Delta Variant Surges, Workers With Health Issues Face Tough Choices, Dr. Erin Carlson, The Wall Street Journal
2022 Best Public Health Expert 2021, Dallas Observer
2016 Heirs to the Sexual Revolution, New York Magazine
Grants and Awards
2024 MyMA January Grant, Honorable Mention
2022 Twenty Women Film Photographers You Need to Know in 2022, Analog Forever Magazine
2022 Top 10 Emerging Artists, Arts Fort Worth, TX
2021 Arch and Anne Giles Kimbrough Fund Grant Recipient, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
2020 Artist to Watch, Vast Magazine
2020 Artist Feature, Deep Red Press
Solo Exhibitions
2021 Don't Go Out Naked Foot, Artes de la Rosa Cultural Center for the Arts, Fort Worth, TX
2019 Család, University of North Texas Union Art Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Select Group Exhibitions
2024
2024 Rethinking Eastern Europe, Photobook Cafe, London, UK
2024 Distant Dialogues, Float Magazine, Online Exhibition
2022
Fish Stories, SP/N Gallery, Dallas, TX
2021
GCPL Photo Annual, Gwinnett County Public Library, juried by Maria L. Kelly (the High Museum of Art), Duluth, GA
REPRESENT Series Intersections, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
La Ofrenda, May Street Studio, Fort Worth, TX
Lubbock Arts Festival, Lubbock Arts Alliance, Lubbock, TX
Visions of Fatherhood, The Luupe
Altered Silence, PhotoXCollective
Soul Art Renewal: Pens & Lenses, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX
23rd Annual Rio Brazos Juried Exhibition, Dora Lee Langdon Center, curated by Diane Durant, Granbury, TX
Decay, Arch, Hanoi, Vietnam
Family, Loss, Memory, and Place, Esperanza Project Space
The Family Of, Peep Space NY, curated by Jeff Dietz, Tarrytown, NY
The Art of Instant Photography, Analog Film Photography Association, Sputnik Gallery, Orlando, FL
La Frontera, Humble Arts Foundation
2020
Autumn 2020 Show, The Curated Fridge
The 2020 Self-Quarantining Exhibition, Lenscratch
Joyce Elaine Grant Exhibition, Texas Woman’s University
2019
Art, Activism, and Attitude: Photography B.F.A. Exhibition, Greater Denton Arts Council
Family Reunion II, Art Tooth, Arts Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX
Six Angry Women. No B.F.A. Show., Lightwell Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2016
En Amorato, Due West, Daugherty Arts Center, Curated by Yuliya Lanina, Austin, TX
Travel and Languages Spoken
Native fluency in Hungarian - Traveled to Hosszúhetény, Hungary in 2023
Working-level fluency in Spanish -Traveled to Managua, Nicaragua in 2014
Working-level fluency in German
Basic-level fluency in Russian