Awards

2015-16	Visual Arts Residency Fellowship, Fine Arts Work Center (FAWC), Provincetown, MA (October 1- April 30) (Jurors:  Ellen Altfest, Jennifer Bornstein, and Barkley Hendricks)
2015	1st Prize 2015 National Juried Art Competition, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
2014	Best in Painting Award, Warden Family Foundation, 59th Annual Boardwalk Art Show,  and Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA. (Jurors: Shannon Timms, ArtForum Magazine. Jeffrey Allison, Exhibitions Manager, Virginia Museum of Fine Art. Brigitte Martin, Editor of Crafthaus, Professional Artist and Award-winning Author.)
2013	Bronze Award, Telfair Museums, 19th Annual Telfair Art Fair, and Telfair Museums, Savannah, GA. (Juror: Boo McLoughlin, Executive Director of the Craft Alliance in St. Louis, MO.)
2013	First Place Award, Savannah College of Art & Design,  B.F.A. Awards 2012-13, Savannah, GA. SCAD (Juror: Michael Rich, Professor of Art, Roger Williams University, Bristol RI.)
2012	Best in Show: Expression Award, Savannah College of Art and Design, Drawing Works. Savannah, Ga. SCAD (Juror: Nova Benway, at the Drawing center in New York, NY.)
2011	Talent of the Year Award, LICC, London International Creative Competition, Rich Mix Theater, London, UK. (Jurors: Barbara Polla, Owner and Director of Analix Forever Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland. Ben Tomlinson, Director, Alma Enterprises Gallery, London, United Kingdom.  Hossein Farmani, Curator, Los Angeles, New York, United States.  Jesper Thomsen, Director of Mews 42 gallery, London, United Kingdom, chairman of the LICC jury committee.)
2008	Distinguished Honors/Portfolio Scholarship ($72,000), SCAD, Savannah, GA.
2006	First place Congressional District Art Competition Scholarship ($20,000), Congressional Institute, Hammond, LA.