CV
EDUCATION
2023
- BFA Painting, Western Washington University (WWU)
- Honors College, WWU
- Minor in Creative Writing, WWU
- Illustration Certificate
EXPERIENCE
2023
- Visitor Services Coordinator, ARTS at King Street Station, Office of Arts and Culture, Seattle WA
- Family Programs Intern, Seattle Art Museum, WA
- Guest Speaker for Elementary Gallery Tour, Western Gallery, Bellingham, WA
- Woodshop Monitor, WWU, Bellingham, WA
- Teaching Assistant, WWU, WA
EXHIBITIONS
2025
- What If You Stay, (Solo Exhibition) Chase Gallery, Spokane, WA (Upcoming)
- Environmental Ties II, Magnuson Park Space Gallery, Seattle, WA
2024
- Weird Earth, Base Camp Studios, Seattle, WA
- Environmental Ties, Magnuson Park Space Gallery, Seattle, WA
- Terrible Two’s, Base Camp Studios, Seattle, WA
- Earthly : Unearthly, two person show, Fruitsuper, Seattle, WA
- Heavenly Bodies, Slip Gallery, Seattle, WA
2023
- Surge, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA
- Summer Juried Exhibit, Jansen Art Center, Lynden, WA
- At This Juncture, Western Gallery, Bellingham, WA
- In Orbit, Viking Union, Bellingham, WA
- It Remains To Be Seen, B Gallery, Bellingham, WA
2022
- Open Studio, Bellingham, WA
- Open Studio, Auvillar, France
- Study Abroad Group Show, B Gallery, Bellingham, WA
- Group show, Gallery on Third and Main, Ferndale, WA
- Scholarship Recipient Show, Edmonds Arts Festival, WA
- Melding The Frame, Group show, Digital
- Scholarship Recipient Show, Edmonds Arts Festival, WA
2021
- Scholarship Recipient Show, Edmonds Arts Festival, WA
2020
- Scholarship Recipient Show, Edmonds Arts Festival, WA
2019
- Body in Nature, Group show, B Gallery, , Bellingham, WA
2018
- Teen Community Art Show, Group show, Seattle Art Museum, WA
RESIDENCIES
2025
- Vashon Island Artist Residency, WA
2024
- PrideFest Artist Residency: Rockland Woods, Bremerton, WA
2022
- Study Abroad Artist Residency, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Auvillar, France
AWARDS
2024
- Cultural Producers Recovery Fund, 4Culture, Seattle WA
2023
- Outstanding Graduate, WWU, Bellingham WA
- Oscar Edwin Olson Arts Scholarship, WWU, Bellingham WA
- Research and Creative Opportunities Grant, WWU, WA
2022
- Bennerstrom Prize, WWU, Bellingham WA
- J Ruth Kelsey Scholarship, WWU, Bellingham WA
- Edmonds Arts Festival Scholarship, Edmonds Arts Association, WA
- Research and Creative Opportunities Grant, WWU, WA
2021
- Westhoff Jeopardy Award, WWU, Bellingham WA
- J Ruth Kelsey Scholarship, WWU, Bellingham WA
- Edmonds Arts Festival Scholarship, Edmonds Arts Association, WA
2020
- Oscar Edwin Olson Arts Scholarship, WWU, Bellingham WA
- Edmonds Arts Festival Scholarship, Edmonds Arts Association, WA
2019
- Oscar Edwin Olson Arts Scholarship, WWU, Bellingham WA
- Edmonds Arts Festival Scholarship, Edmonds Arts Association, WA
2018
- Edmonds Arts Festival Scholarship, Edmonds Arts Association, WA
PUBLICATIONS
PRESS & TALKS
2025
- Space 101.1 Interview, Seattle
2024
- Terrible Two’s Talk, Basecamp Studios, Seattle, 2024
2023
- My Edmonds News “Applications now open for 2024 Edmonds Arts Festival Foundation scholarship program”
- WWU College of Fine and Performing Arts News “Grad Tesla Kawakami, Professors Cara Jaye and Sasha Petrenko Featured In Surge 2023 At Museum of Northwest Art”
- La Conner Weekly “‘Surge’ intersects art and science; opens at MoNA Saturday”
- Redefine Magazine “Evocative Paintings For Apocalyptic Times”
- Artist Talk, Western Gallery, Bellingham, 2023