Resident, Skopelos Foundation for the Arts, Skopelos, Greece
2025
John Kurtich Scholarship Foundation
2025
Semi-Finalist, Blow-Up Chicago International Arthouse Film Awards, Textpop, Chicago, IL
2025
Gold Medal Winner, UK Animation & Music Video Festival, Textpop, London, UK
2025
Nominee, Best Animation, KinoDrome International Motion Picture & Screenplay Festival, Textpop, Cleveland, OH
2024
Winner, Best Animation, Experimental Dance & Music Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
2024
Winner, Gold Award, $n@¢K/t!m£ series, Connecticut Art Director Club Awards, New Haven, CT
2024
Judge, EMMY Awards, The New York Chapter of The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Ohio Valley Region, Categories: Motion & VFX, Sports Openers
2024
Winner, Best Animation, Experimental Dance & Music Film Festival, Toronto, CA
2024
Women in Art Emerging Artist Prize 2024, Long List, London, UK.
2024
Best in Show, Photography, $n@¢K/t!m£ (i said hi). The Hal Prize
2023
Gold Award, Integrated Branding Program, Stamford Data Science Initiative. Connecticut Art Director Club Awards. Mildale, CT
2022
Best VFX and Colour- International Documentary, Class of 2032. Hollywood NorthFilmAwards. Toronto, Canada
2019
Womenwhodraw.com, Featured Artist. Online database
2018
Official Selection, The Trouble. Frack Festival. Oklahoma City, OK
2017
Directors Choice- Third Prize, Mysterieuse. 27th Annual Black Maria Film & Video Festival. New York, NY
2008
AWARDS & HONORS
SELECTED EXIBHITION
The Art of Language Exhibition, The Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut, Danbury, CT
2024
GUI/GOOEY, Plexus Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2024
KinoDrome Film Festival, Cleveland, OH
2024
MvVO AD ART Show, New York, NY
2024
Experimental, Dance & Music Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
2024
ArtX Gallery @ the GenAI Summit, Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco
2024
Moments, HMVC Gallery New York, NY
2024
Data Dreams, Immersive Exhibit. eARTh Space Gallery Hoxton, London, UK
2024
Variations 2024. Marblehead Art Association Gallery. Marblehead, MA
2024
Women in Art. Las Laguna Gallery. Los Angeles, CA
2024
Portraits, Gallery Omnibus, Dresden, Germany
2024
The Hal Prize, The Peninsula School of Art, WI
2023
Color, Gallery Omnibus, Dresden, Germany
2023
Made in the USA, Expressions of Freedom. TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023
William Benton Museum of Art
2022
Connecticut Art Director Club Awards. Mildale, CT
2022
William Benton Museum of Art
2020
Hollywood North Film Awards, Toronto, Canada
2019
Amazon Prime Streaming, International
2018
Connecticut Film Festival, Bethel Cinemas, Bethel, CT
2018
The Learning Futures Network & Fogarty & EDfutures, Curtin University, Bentley, Australia
2018
Boston Children's Hospital Lobby, Boston, MA
2017
Frack Festival, Oklahoma City, OK
2016
Amazon Prime Streaming, International
2014
Marblehead Festival of the Arts, Marblehead, MA
2013
The Short List, PBS, National Syndication
2008
27th Annual Black Maria Film & Video Festival. New York, NY
2008
Boston Cinema Census, Boston, MA
2008
Annual Boston Underground Film Festival, Boston, MA
2008
Seattle International Film Festival, Seattle, WA
2007
The Gene Siskel Film Center
2007
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