CIRRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION

2019-2021 M.A. in Teaching,

North Park University, Chicago, IL

2007-2012 B.F.A. in Painting and Drawing, Art History Minor,

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

October, 17, 2020 CPS Student Teaching Summit

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

March 2022–Present Health Information Technician Float,

Memorial Hospital of Carbondale, Carbondale, IL

October 2020-May 2021 Student Teacher, Art I, Grades 7-12,

Marine Leadership Academy, Chicago, IL

September 2019-November 2019 Student Worker,

North Park University, Chicago, IL

April 2018-May 2019 Substitute Teacher,

Regional Office of Education #30, Jackson County, IL

November 2013-November 2014 Sales Associate,

J.C. Penney, University Mall, Carbondale, IL

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

2019 Theatre Set Painter,

Carbondale Community High School, Carbondale, IL

2011-2012 Volunteer, Children's Summer Art Program,

University Museum, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

AWARDS/ACHIEVEMENTS:

2015 Award of Excellence in exhibition “Art St. Louis XXXI, The Exhibition”, Art St. Louis,
juried by Porter Arneill

2012 One of 12 finalists for the Rickert-Ziebold Trust Award competition

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2012 Grassroots Undergraduate Magazine, edited by Crystal McDaniels, Kat Mannel,
Jessica Suchon. One painting titled, Self-Reflection, p. 54, and one painting titled,
Bunny, p. 55.
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (SIUC) and the Department of English, 2012.

2012 Connie Farhang. SAMDAVISstudios. January 27, 2012.

2012 Award of Excellence in exhibition “Memory”, Art St. Louis, juried by Patty Heyda and
Winifred Newman

2011 Dark Highlands Presents Fairy Tales, Fables, and Folklore, published by Createspace.
One painting titled Self-Reflection, published in hard copy and online.
www.darkhighlands.com

2011 Grassroots Undergraduate Magazine, edited by Crystal McDaniels, Kat Mannel,

Jessica Suchon. One painting titled, Landscape in Color, p. 100, and one etching
titled, Stranger in a Daze, p. 20. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (SIUC) and
the Department of English, 2011.

2007-2011 Dean’s List, 9 semesters, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

2009 Gold Key International Honor Society, SIUC Chapter, Carbondale

2009 13th annual Multi-Ethnic Student Academic Excellence Award, Southern Illinois
University (SIUC), Carbondale

2008 Alpha Lamda Delta Honor Society, SIUC Chapter, Carbondale

2007 Scholastic Awards for Young Artists and Writers: Art Gold Key Award

2006 Scholastic Awards for Young Artists and Writers: Scholastic Art American Visions
Award

EXHIBITIONS:

2019 Locality, group show, Corridor Gallery, Carbondale Civic Center, Carbondale, IL

2019 Pollinators: Through the Artist’s Eye Exhibit, group show, Artspace 304,
Carbondale Community Arts, Carbondale, IL

2016 130 – All Media Exhibition, juried group show, St. Louis Artists’
Guild, Clayton, MO

2016 Creatures, juried group show, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

2015 Art St. Louis XXXI The Exhibition, juried group show, Art St.
Louis, St. Louis, MO

2014-2015 The Figure, Gallery 3342, SIUC, Carbondale, IL

2014 Untitled: works by Connie Farhang and Hattie Philips,

Cristaudo’s Café and Bakery, Carbondale, IL

2012 Landscape, The Beehive Hair Studio and Fine Art Boutique, West Frankfort, IL
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2012 Rickert-Ziebold Trust Award competition, candidate show, Surplus Gallery at the
Glove Factory, Carbondale, IL

2012 The Duet, thesis show, Art Alley, SIUC, Carbondale, IL, solo

2012 Face Off, Art Alley, SIUC, Carbondale, IL

2012 New Works: featuring Hattie Philips, Emily Elliot, and Connie Farhang, Vergette
Gallery, SIUC, Carbondale, IL

2012 Memory, juried group show, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

2011 (____) reminders, AD 400B class show, Art Alley, Southern Illinois University, (SIUC)
Carbondale, IL

2011 Night of the Living Doug, Douglass Art Place, Murphysboro, IL

2011 Reflections, Vergette Gallery, SIUC, Carbondale IL, solo

2011 33rd Annual Purchase Award, candidate show, Art Alley, SIUC, Carbondale IL

2011 SIUC Student Art Show, Carbondale Community Arts for Southern Illinois University’s
Chancellor, Varsity Center for the Arts, Carbondale, IL

2011 Watercolors on Fire, Ed Shay’s Watercolor Class AD 301b, Vergette Gallery, SIUC,
Carbondale, IL

2011 Love at the Glove, Surplus Gallery at the Glove Factory, Carbondale, IL

2010 Annual Undergraduate Art Show, Art Alley, SIUC Student Center, Carbondale, IL

2010 Night of the Living Doug: an Exhibition of Horrific Art, Douglass Art Place,
Murphysboro, IL

2009, 2010 Plein-Air Painting, class exhibition, Surplus Gallery at the Glove Factory, Carbondale,
IL