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EDUCATION
2023 Masters of Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2017 Bachelors of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL
SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2026 Mirror Mirror, MJ Lounsberry and Braden Skelton, ro art services, New York, NY
2024 Proven Lollygaggers, ro art services, Chicago, IL
Happyology, ro art services, Online
2021 Sun Spill, Kaylie Kaitschuck and MJ Lounsberry, Baby Blue Gallery, Chicago, IL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 The Edge of Expression, Research House for Asian Art, Chicago, IL
Overhang 2, ro art services, New York, NY
Master Class: Inside the Last American Museum School with SAIC Painting Alumni, Secrist | Beach, Chicago, IL
2024 Overhang, ro art services, Chicago, IL
2023 Women on the Verge, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Last Call, Color Club, Chicago, IL
MFA Thesis Exhibition, SAIC Galleries, Chicago, IL
2022 Tiny Apartment Show, 308 Gallery, Chicago, IL
The Pamphlet Show, Patient Info, Chicago, IL
2020 Art in Place, CNL Projects, Terrain Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
Still Relevant, Happy Gallery, Chicago, IL
2017 School of the Art Institute BFA Thesis Exhibition, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL
CURATORIAL
2026 Traces of Devotion, Julius Caesar, Chicago, IL
PUBLICATIONS / PRESS
2024 Sketchbook Collection, Volume I: 1–3, ro art services. Foreword by Michelle Grabner.
‘Top V’ , Bad at Sports, The Visualist, November, 2024
AWARDS
2022–23 Joseph L. and Emily K. Gidwitz Scholarship, SAIC
2022–23 LeRoy Nieman Scholarship, SAIC
2021–22 Leon W. Guggenheim Scholarship, SAIC
2014–17 Honors Merit Scholarship, SAIC
WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY