Education
MFA 2011 Texas Christian University, Painting
BFA 2004 University of North Texas, Drawing and Painting, magna cum laude
Selected Exhibitions (*solo shows marked by asterisk)
2011 *I was never here: MFA Thesis Exhibition. University Art Gallery, Texas Christian University
The Hand That Feeds Me, 500X, Dallas, TX
26th Annual International Exhibition, Meadows Gallery, The University of Texas at Tyler
2010 Transmission, Fort Worth Contemporary Arts, Fort Worth, TX
Expo 2010, 500X, Dallas, TX
Art is the Preservation of the City, Fort Worth Community Art Center, Fort Worth, TX
2009 Three Women From Texas: Harmony Padgett, Lorrie McClanahan and Devon Nowlin, East Central
University Gallery, Ada, OK
Showdown, Gallery 414, Fort Worth, TX
Trinity Perspectives: Views of an Urban River, Fort Worth Community Art Center, Fort Worth, TX
PaintPresent, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY
2008 Citing Sources, James Lassen and Devon Nowlin, Gallery 414, Fort Worth, TX
Expo 08, 500X, Dallas, TX
2007 *Portraits and Patterns, FWCAC
2006 New Texas Talent, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
FWCAC Biennial, FWCAC. Invitational
*Small Works, Botanic Gardens Restaurant, Fort Worth, TX
2005 Figuring In . . . Texas Art, FWCAC
Awards and Scholarships
2010 University of Texas, Tyler, Purchase Award
2009 Graduate Assistantship, School of Art, Texas Christian University
2006 Semifinalist, Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, Smithsonian National
Portrait Gallery
2002 Cora Stafford Scholarship
1998 First Prize Award, Seventeenth Annual Congressional Art Competition
Public Art Commissions
2011 Clearfork Main St Bridge Conceptual Design. October 2009 – February 2010. Designed public art mural
for the west side abutment wall of the Clearfork Main St Bridge. Project scheduled to be completed
Summer 2012
2008 Chickering Road Curb Enhancement Mosaic. 6800-6900 block of Chickering Road, Fort Worth, TX.
Two mosaics installed October 16,2008. Commissioned by Fort Worth Public Art
Professional Activities
2011 Adjunct Faculty, TCU and TCC, Drawing and Design
2011 Artist/Instructor, Middle School Repeat Visit, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
2011 Graduate Assistant to Raychael Stine, Beginning Painting, Texas Christian University
2011/10 Painting Instructor, Texas Christian University’s Art Adventures Camp.
Oil painting class for grades 10-12
2010 Graduate Assistant to Linda Guy, Lithography, Texas Christian University
2010 Visiting Artist in Printmaking, East Central University, Ada, Oklahoma.
2008-09 Consultant:Tarrant County College Trinity River Campus’s permanent art collection
2008 Emerging Public Artist, Fort Worth Public Art
2006-09 Instructional Assistant, Tarrant County College Southeast
2006-09 Exhibition Advisory Panel, Fort Worth Community Art Center
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