EDUCATION

2022 MFA, Playwriting, Certificate in Women and Gender Studies, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL                                                                                      

2012  MA Theatre Education for Colleges and Communities, New York University, NYC, NY

2009  BFA Fine Art, Minors in Art History and English, University of Kansas,  Lawrence, KS

2008  Year-long Study Abroad at the University of Aberystwyth, Aberystwyth, Wales

2007  Study Abroad at Lithuanian National Drama Theatre, Vilnius, Lithuania

SOLO SHOWS

2022 Flight, Artspace 304, Carbondale, IL

2021 [Un]Masked, University Museum at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL 

2019  Face to Face, Lumberyard Art Center, Baldwin City, KS

2015  A Personification, Bushwick Open Studios, Fair Weather Bushwick, NYC, NY

2-3 PERSON SHOWS

2015  Novel Spaces, Brooklyn Fireproof, NYC, NY

2012  Transformations: Holding On/Letting Go, Bushwick Open Studios, Diana H. Jones Center,  NYC, NY 

GROUP SHOWS

2022 Darwin Art Week Exhibition, 3rd Place, Art Alley Gallery, SIU Student Center, Carbondale, IL

2021 Love at the Glove 2021, The  Glove Factory, Carbondale, IL 

2018  This is a Distraction, The Parlor, NYC, NY

2016  Portraits of Women: Icons and Feminists, Diana Kane Gallery, NYC, NY

2015  The Bead Project Exhibition, Agnes Varis Art Center, NYC, NY

2015  Last Dance at the Old Gem: NYC Salon Showcase, Arts@Renaissance, NYC, NY

2015  Lilac Art Series, Lilac Preservation Project, Museum Ship,  NYC, NY 

2015  The Moral Injury Project, 914 Works, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

2015  A Weekend at the Old Gem: NYC Salon Showcase, Arts@Renaissance, NYC, NY

FELLOWSHIPS

2018  Black Earth Institute Fellowship, Finalist, Black Earth, WI

RESIDENCIES

2019-2022 Salina Art Center, Salina, KS

2021 Steelville Arts Council, Steelville, MO

2019 Bethany Arts Community, Ossining, NY

2019 Onelove Nola, New Orleans, LA

2019 Newnan ArtRez, Newnan, GA

2019 Escape to Create, Seaside, FL

2018 The Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY

2018 Surel’s Place, Boise, ID

2018 Paul ArtSpace, St. Louis, MI

2018-2019 Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, KS

2015 The Bead Project, UrbanGlass, Brooklyn, NY

2014  Letter Press Publishing Seminar for Emerging Writers, The Center for Book Arts, New York, NY

2014  Daruma Eco-Farm, Bang Phra, Thailand

2014  Enigmata Treehouse and Ecolodge,  Camiguin, Philippines

2014  The League Residency at Vyt, Sparkill, NY, Ruth Katzman Scholarship

COLLABORATIVE INSTALLATION  PROJECTS

2016 The Enchanted Realm of Renee Magritte, Exquisite Corpse Company, Governors Island, NYC, NY

2015 Secession 2015, Exquisite Corpse Company Governors Island, NYC, NY

2013 Odd.A.See, Exquisite Corpse Company, Arts@Rennissance, NYC, NY

2012  The Cave, Frontrunner Gallery, Manhattan, NY

PERFORMANCE ART

2014  Curiouser and Curiouser,  Dixon Place,  NYC, NY 

2013  Potion Collective Featured Artist, The Brooklyn Fireproof,  NYC, NY 

2013  Hybrid: A Performance Showcase, Brooklyn Fireproof, NYC, NY

2013  Bindlestiff Open Variety Show, Dixon Place, NYC, NY

2012  And Your Very Flesh Shall Be a Great Poem, Arch Production & Design, Brooklyn, NY

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

2021  “The Birds Are Watching Us.” Issue 4: Outbreak, Some Scripts Magazine

2021  “A Collaboration.” Sandstorm:  University of Texas of the Permian Basin Annual Art and Literary Publication

2021  “A Collaboration.” Poor Yorick: The Poet’s Mask, Western Connecticut State University

2016  “Saints.” Meat for Tea:  The Valley Review, Vol. 10, Issue 2

2016  “A Collaboration.” The Healing Muse: A Journal of Literary & Visual Arts, Vol. 16, No. 1

2015  “A Personification.” The Healing Muse: A Journal of Literary & Visual Arts, Vol. 15, No. 1

2015  “A Personification.” Sheephead Review:  Journal of Art & Literature at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay. Spring.

2015  “A Personification.” Qwerty 33/34: University of New Brunswick Literary Magazine

2015  “Curiouser and Curiouser.” Mosaic: Art and Literary Journal, University of California at Riverside, Ed. 54 

2015  “Curiouser and Curiouser.” 14Hills: The San Francisco State University Review

2015  “Curiouser and Curiouser.” Bluestockings Magazine, Brown University

2015  “A Personification.” Meat for Tea:  The Valley Review, Vol. 9, Issue 1

2015  “A Personification.” pacificREVIEW:  A West Coast Arts Review Annual, Vivarium Issue, San Diego State University

2015  “Personification: Masks by Lavinia Roberts.” Interview.  District Lit

PUPPET DESIGN

2018  Toto puppet for The Wizard of Oz, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS

2016  The Enchanted Realm of Renee Magritte, Exquisite Corpse Company, Governors Island, NYC, NY

2016  Giant Nativity Puppet Commission, Trinity Church Wall Street, NYC, NY

2015  We Live by Revelation:  The Struggle of Art and Faith, The Sheen Center, NYC, NY

2014  Puppets and Poets Lab, The Bushwick Starr,  NYC, NY 

2012  Yikes!, New York University, NYC, NY