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Education


2021, Masters of Fine Art: Studio Art with focus in Peformative Writing and Art History, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2014, Bachelors of Fine Art: Studio Art with concentrations in Global Studies, Sculpture, and Photography, New York University, New York, NY


Selected Publications




  • 2025, Unfired Clay, Sophia Stopper’s Substack, Greater Philadelphia




  • 2021, Birds (abridged), in a car on a road going to a place, Chicago, IL


  • 2020, Shiver [Part One], Pen Street: City of Poems, Reading, PA

  • 2020, Red, Pen Street: City of Poems, Reading, PA

  • 2019, Abstract Oxygen, Headway Quarterly, US

Work Experience


2025-Present, Writer, Donnelly.Media, Greater Philadelphia, PA (Remote)

2025-Present, Writer, The Luna Collective, Greater Los Angeles, CA (Remote)

2020-Present, Editor-in-Chief and Co-Director, The Neighbors, Greater Philadelphia, PA (Remote)

2024-2025, Curator, The Amos Lemon Burkhart Foundation, Mohnton, PA 

2021-22, Curator, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL

2020-21, Graduate Curatorial Assistant, SAIC Galleries, Chicago, IL

2019-20, Curatorial Assistant, Roger Brown Study Collection, Chicago, IL
2018-2019, Exhibitions Coordinator, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA,

2017-18, VIsitor Experience Supervisor, GoggleWorks Center for the Art, Reading, PA

2015-16, Technical Specialist in Visual Art, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

2013-14, Ceramic Studio Monitor, New York University, New York, NY

2013-14, Assistant to the Director of Craft Arts, New York University, New York, NY

2013, Soft Sculpture Studio Monitor, New York University, New York, NY


Selected Teaching Experience


2019-2020, Teaching Assistant, Contemporary Practices, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2018, Instructor, Artist Books Workshop, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA

2016, Adjunct Instructor in Visual Art, Directed Study in Visual Poetry, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

2016, Instructor, Pop-Up Books Workshop, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

2016, Instructor, Erasure Poetry Workshop, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

2014-16, Mentor, BA Visual Art Capstone Seminar, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

2015, Teaching Assistant, Wood: Liberal Arts Studio Core, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

2015, Teaching Assistant, Architecture of the United Arab Emirates, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

2015, Instructor, Bookbinding Workshop, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

2015, Instructor, Mark-making Workshop, De Liceiras 18, Porto, Portugal

2015, Instructor, Figure Drawing Workshop Series, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

2014, Teaching Assistant, Nomads, Liberal Arts Studio Core, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

2014, Teaching Assistant, Experiments in Sculpture, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

2014, Instructor, Hand & Machine Sewing Workshop, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE


Selected Curated Exhibitions


2021, I decided to create a life that prioritizes healing, The Neighbors, Chicago, IL (Virtual)

2021, Odes to Skinny Dipping, The Neighbors, Chicago, IL

2021, Vibrant Mechanisms, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL

2020, Gross Grainy Textures, The Neighbors, Chicago, IL (Virtual)

2020, Kissing Booth, The Neighbors, Chicago, IL

2018, Bewitching the Dybbuks, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA

2018, Take Care, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA

2018, Holding Out For A Hero, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA

Selected Exhibiting Artist Experience


Solo Exhibitions


  • 2016, floral furnace, Kalerie s čupr uměním Saigon, Ostrava, Czech Republic

  • 2014, Night Light, NYUAD Project Space, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Selected Group Exhibitions


  • 2022, A T h i r t y O n e M i l l i o n F i v e H u n d r e d F i f t y S i x T h o u s a n d n i n e h u n d r e d F i f t y T w o S e c o n d s, No Nation Art Lab, Chicago, IL

  • 2019, Across Unbaptizmz in Lava Through The Pores Of444 Heads Birthing, No Nation Art Lab, Chicago, IL

  • 2019, REAL: the world as we see it, SAIC Sullivan Crit Space, Chicago, IL

  • 2019, NYU Art Alumni Show, The Commons, New York, NY

  • 2016, Last 10, Water Tower Art Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria

  • 2016, Break the Floor, Rabbithole, New York, NY

  • 2015, Why is the Universe so Large, Flat and Full of Structure?, De Liceiras 18, Porto, Portugal

  • 2015, Oasis, Soft Bread, Openings, De Liceiras 18, Porto, Portugal

  • 2014, Never Too Soon, The Commons, New York, NY

  • 2014, Berlin Becoming, Deutsches Haus, New York, NY

Performance


  • 2021, Odes to Skinny Dipping, The Neighbors, Chicago, IL

  • 2021, IMPACT Performance Festival, SAIC Galleries, Chicago, IL

  • 2021, Old Ways, New Tools Performance Festival, SAIC Performance Department, Chicago, IL

Residencies


  • 2021-2022, Resident Artist, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL

  • 2017-18, Studio Artist, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA

  • 2015, Artist-in-Residence, De Liceiras 18, Porto, Portugal

Awards


  • 2014-2015, Global Academic Fellowship, NYU Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

  • 2014, Student Excellence Award, New York University, New York, New York

  • 2014, Founders Day Award, New York University, New York, New York

  • 2010-14, Dean's List, New York University, New York, New York

  • 2010-14, Steinhardt Merit Scholarship, New York University, New York

Press


2016, Studium Artium Magazin, Floral Furnace: Julie Stopper and Sofia Mish, Ostrava, CZ

2014, Electra Street, Night Light, Abu Dhabi, UAE