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EDUCATION
Maryland Institute College of Art


BFA Fibers, Summa Cum Laude

(2023)



FELLOWSHIPS,
RESIDENCIES, 
RESEARCH GRANTS, 
Young Artist in Residence, 
Salem Art Works, NY
(2024)


Fabricademy, WAAG Futurelab, Amsterdam, NL
(2023-2024)


Windgate Lamar Fellow
Center for Craft, Asheville, NC
(2023-2024)


SCIART, Researcher
UMBC, Baltimore, MD
(2023)


Mother Nacre, Research Team
Biodesign Winning Team
MOMA, NY
(2023) 


Hopkins Extreme Material Institute
Schulman Labs, Artist in Residence
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
(2022) 



SCHOLARSHIPS, 
AWARDS
Windgate-Lamar, Center for craft fellowship 
(2023)


BioDesign Challenge, winning Team “Mother Nacre” 
(2023)


SCIART, Research internship 
(2023)


HEMI Summer Project Grant 
(2022)

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Lenore G. Tawney Foundation Scholarship 
(2023)
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Kuhlman Fiber Arts Scholarship (2021-2023)

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Louise N. Myerberg Family Scholarship Academic Honors Scholarship 
(2018 - 2023)


Creative Visions Award 
(2018 - 2023) 

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Presidential Scholarship 
(2018-2023)


R. Jenkins Bristor FA Fund 
(2018 - 2023) 

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Arnell Lewis Land Art Scholar
(2018 - 2023) 

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Thalheimer Endowed Scholarship 
(2018 - 2023) 


MICA Grant 
(2018) 

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Academic Scholarship MICA
(2018 - 2023) 


Thalheimer Endowed Scholarship 
(2018 - 2023) 

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Oxbow Artist FunForLife Program 
(2018)


Penland, Kenan Fellow
(2018)




EXHIBITIONSNotes on Girlhood
Visarts, Kaplan Gallery
Rockville MD
(2026)

Quantum Jazz
Outdoor Gallery, 
Kingston NY
(2026) 


1066 Studio Show
Brooklyn, NY
(2026)


Machine Yearning 
NYC Resistor, 
Brooklyn NY
(2026)


Mend - Electronics Fair
Ulises Gallery, 
Philidelphia PA
(2026)


MICA Staff Exhibition 
Riggs & Leidy Gallery 
Baltimore MD
(2026)


Radiant Fibers 
Clive Davis Gallery, 
Brooklyn NY
(2025)


Kite Show 
Rockaway Beach NY
(2024)


Artist in Residence Show
Salem Art Works, 
Salem NY
(2024)


If Birds Could Fly 
Mount Royal Station,
Baltimore MD
(2024) 


Academy Final Exhibition 
WAAG Futurelab, 
Amsterdam NL
(2024) 

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Biodesign Finalist Show
MoMA / Parsons
New York NY 
(2023)


Perennials  
Mount Royal Station,
Baltimore MD
(2023) 


Woven Pixel  
Middendorf Gallery, 
Baltimore MD
(2023) 


Invention of an Ecosystem  
Gateway Gallery, Solo Show 
Baltimore MD
(2023) 


Something Big 
Middendorf Gallery, Baltimore MD
(2022) 


We Are Everywhere 
Fox 2 Gallery,
Baltimore MD
(2022) 

Artist Research Summit
Hopkins EMI 
Baltimore MD  
(2022) 


Montgomery  
Montgomery Park,
Baltimore MD 
(2021) 


Sentiments 
Main O Gallery, 
Baltimore MD
(2020) 




EXPIRIENCEDigital Tools Technician
Parsons - The New School
(2026 - Current)


Vistiting Artist/ Workshop
“Robotics for Artists”
CCBC, Catonsville MD


Visiting Artist/ Workshop 
“Looms and Computers”
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore MD
(2025)


Fibers Research Technician, 
MICA, Baltimore MD
(2024 - 2026)


Part Time Associate
3D Design Department 
CCBC Essex + Catonsville MD
(2024 - 2026) 


Studio Assistant 
Annet Couwenberg,
Baltimore MD
(2025 - 2026)


Studio Assistant 
Liz Ensz, Baltimore MD
(2024)


3D Printing Teacher
Openworks, Baltimore MD
(2024 - 2025)


Digital Fabrication Technician, 
MICA, Baltimore MD
(2022 - 2023)


EHS Studio Monitor, 
MICA, Baltimore MD
(2020 - 2023)


Art Teacher, 
The Painting Workshop, Baltimore MD
(2020 - 2022)


Private Art Tutor, 
Baltimore MD
(2020 - 2023)


House Intern, 
Elsewhere Residency, Greensboro NC
(2019)


Art Teacher, 
Mosaic Center, Baltimore MD
(2019)








Last Updated 24.10.31

RESEARCH









MOTHER NACRE, 
BACTERIALLY DERIVED MOTHER OF PEARL

BIO DESIGN WINNING TEAM 

MADDIE OLSEN, FINN YENCKEN, SARAH BECKER, LILY XIAO, ORIN NOEL, RILEY COX, STARLING WOLFRUM
2023

    Thinking about materials we preserve, especially as heirlooms, the pearl came up over and over. It is at once a token of generational love and a symbol of craft tradition, but also a visceral reminder that extraction (of earth, labor, and currency) is the core of the “precious materials” industry. Mother Nacre’s approach to bacterial nacre looks at the oyster as a role model for handling our most valued plastic, and uses bacteria to develop both a multi-layer coating and a bulk material that have properties of mollusk nacre
This process happens outside of an ocean; in collaboration with, not inside, an organism; and outside of industrial environments.

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