Education

• 2020: M.F.A. in Intermedia: University of  Maine, Orono, Maine
• 2017: B.F.A. in Studio Art with Book Arts Minor: University of Southern Maine, Gorham, Maine
• 2009: B.A. in Art & Entrepreneurial Studies: University of Southern Maine, Gorham, Maine

Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions

• 2020: Filtering the Cyan(otype) Sea: Rachel Church & Melissa Bardsley: ProjectEmmersive, Biddeford, Maine
• 2011: Finding Place: Running With Scissors Studios & Gallery, Portland, Maine
• 2009: Pattern and Path: Part II: Hope.Gate.Way., Portland, Maine
• 2008: Pattern and Path: Chebeague Island Library, Chebeague, Maine
• 2006: New Works in Printmaking: United States Post Office, Vienna, Maine

Group Exhibitions

• 2021: Boundless Possibilities 2: USM Book Arts: Portland Public Library, Portland, Maine (Moved online due to COVID-19) 
• 2021: Untitled, 2020: Art from Maine in a ______ Time: Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine
• 2020: 2020VISION: Past, Present, and Future: Creative Portland, Portland, Maine (through April 2021 – Moved online due to COVID-19)
• 2020: Apogee: the space between research & creation: University of Maine, Orono, Maine (Moved online due to COVID-19)
• 2020: Algae Society: Bioart Design Lab Present: ENTANGLEMENTS: Biology and Geology School, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
• 2019: Algae Society: Bioart Design Lab Present: entanglements: 2019 UN Climate Change Conference COP 25, Madrid, Spain (through January 2020)
• 2019: Algae Society: Bioart Design Lab Present: Drift & Migrate: Fluir Y Migrar: Sala de Exposiciones, Facultad de Bellas Artes, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
• 2019: In The Studio As In Life, University of Maine MFA Exhibition: Danforth Gallery, Augusta, Maine
• 2018: Domesti(city): Cospace, Bangor, Maine
• 2018: Recollections: A Shared Memory Art Experience: USM Art Gallery, Gorham, Maine
• 2017: dissolution: a performative and participatory installation: AP/PE Space, University of Maine, Orono, Maine
• 2017: 2017 BFA & BA Exhibition: USM Art Gallery, Gorham, Maine
• 2016: Bound Together III: USM Book Arts: Portland Public Library, Portland, Maine
• 2016: Print Power! Vol.2: The William Morris Hunt Memorial Library, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts 
• 2016: USM Student Juried Show: USM Art Gallery, Gorham, Maine
• 2015: USM Student Juried Show: USM Art Gallery, Gorham, Maine
• 2014: Makers Meal: Running with Scissors Studios and Gallery, Portland, Maine
• 2011: Group Show: Running with Scissors Studios and Gallery, Portland, Maine
• 2009: First Impressions: UNE Gallery, Portland, Maine
• 2008: USM Student Juried Show: USM Art Gallery, Gorham, Maine
• 2008: Engine House Press Group Show: New Era Gallery, Vinalhaven, Maine
• 2007: USM Student Juried Show: USM Art Gallery, Gorham, Maine

Awards/RESIDENCIES

• 2021: IMFA Fall Research Grant Recipient: University of Maine, Orono, Maine
• 2020: IMFA Spring Research Grant Recipient: University of Maine, Orono, Maine
• 2020: UMSS Award Recipient for Graduate Art: UMaine Student Symposium, Orono, Maine (Moved online due to COVID-19)
• 2019: IMFA Fall Research Grant Recipient: University of Maine, Orono, Maine
• 2019: UMSS Award Recipient for Graduate Art: #youronlinebaggage — A Socially Engaged, Graduate Art Endeavor, a collaboration with Anna Martin and Arturo Camacho: UMaine Student Symposium, Bangor, Maine
• 2019: IMFA Spring Research Grant Recipient: University of Maine, Orono, Maine
• 2018: Artist-in-Residence: Baxter State Park, Millinocket, Maine
• 2018: UMSS Award Recipient for Graduate Art: UMaine Student Symposium, Bangor, Maine
• 2018: IMFA Spring Research Grant Recipient: University of Maine, Orono, Maine
• 2009: Kate Mahoney Memorial Scholarship: Peregrine Press, Portland, Maine
• 2008: Card Design Winner: USM Student Juried Show: USM Art Gallery, Gorham, Maine
• 2007: President’s Purchase Award: USM Student Juried Show: USM Art Gallery, Gorham, Maine

PUBLICATIONS

• 2019: “Cyanotype Impressions of the Atlantic Ocean in Maine”: Spire: The Maine Journal of Conservation and Sustainability, 2019 Issue: Orono, Maine

collections

• Artist Book Collection: Intermedia Program, University of Maine, Orono, Maine
• Teaching Portfolio: Printmaking Department, University of Maine, Orono, Maine

Other Experience

• 2020: Instructor: Print, Fold, Cut! Workshop: Kate Cheney Chappell ’83 Center for Book Arts, Portland, Maine
• 2019: Certificate Recipient: Graduate Teaching Academy, University of Maine Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning and University of Maine Graduate School, Orono, Maine
• 2019: Visiting Artist: Honors Art 3 Class, Bangor High School: Bangor, Maine
• 2017: Presenter: Family Fun Literacy Day: Windham Raymond Adult Education, Windham, Maine
• 2018: Instructor: Single Page Folded Books Workshop: Summer Book Arts, University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine
• 2017 – 2018: Printmaking Workshop Instructor: Still Life Studio, Portland, Maine
• 2017: Teaching Assistant: Pop-Up Book Workshop: Maine Crafts Association Haystack Workshop Weekend, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine
• 2016: Teaching Assistant: EYE 120 “An EYE for the Arts”: University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine
• 2015 – 2016: Printmaking Workshop Instructor: Engine: Propelling the Creative Community, Biddeford, Maine
• 2009 -2011: Board Member: SPIRAL Arts, Inc., Portland, Maine
• 2009 -2011: Volunteer Art Exhibit Coordinator: Hope.Gate.Way., Portland, Maine
• 2009: Instructor:  “Printing without the Press” Workshop: Dragonfly Farm, Gorham, Maine
• 2008 – 2009: Americorps Service Leader: Community Art Initiative at USM, Portland, Maine
• 2008: Instructor: Relief Printing Workshop: STRIVE, South Portland, Maine
• 2008: Intern: Engine House Press, Vinalhaven, Maine