EDUCATIONMFA Silversmithing and Design with a Minor in Sculpture, Winthrop University, 2005, 3.95 on a 4.0 scale GPABFA Jewelry and Metals, Winthrop University, 2002, 3.50 on a 4.0 scale GPA, Cum Laude Honors Graduate SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2018 Schoonhoven Silver Award 2018, The Netherlands Silver Museum in Schoonhoven, December-November 2019 Interwoven: The Art of Indigo and Silver, City Gallery, Charleston, SC, August 25-October 7, 2018, Curator: Brandy Culp FEI World Equestrian Games with Julie Keyes Art Gallery, September 2018, Tryon, NC 2017 New York Silver, Then and Now, Museum of the City of New York, June 28, 2017–June 2018, Curator: Jeannine Falino Unconventional Departures, Winthrop University Jewelry/Metals Department Exhibition, Winthrop University Galleries, February 21-March 4, 2017 2015 An Eye for Opulence: Charleston through the Lens of the Rivers Collection, The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL, November 21, 2015–January 10, 2016, Curator: Brandy Culp Hollowware, Metal Museum, Memphis, TN, July 31-November 15, 2015 Carolina Makers, SC State Museum, Columbia, SC, April 18, 2015–February 7, 2016, Curator: Paul Matheny 2014 Garden & Gun Magazine Jubilee, Charleston, SC, December 2014 Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Philadelphia, PA, Nov. 5-9, 2014 Reorientation, Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, SC, July 7-August 2, 2014, Curator: Stacy Huggins 2013 Garden & Gun Magazine Jubilee, Charleston, SC, December 6-8, 2013 2012 Architectural Digest Home Design Show, New York City, March 22-25, 2012 Museum of the City of New York, Gallery Store, New York City, 2012-2013 Gibbes Museum of Art, Gallery Store, Charleston, SC, 2012 – 2014 Re-orientation 5, Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, SC, Dec. 6-Jan.12, 2013, Juror: Jon Swindler 2011 Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Philadelphia, PA, Nov. 10-13, 2011 American Craft Council Show, Baltimore, MD, Feb. 22-27, 20112010 Setting the Mood: The Artful Table, National Juried Exhibition, Craft Alliance Delmar Loop Gallery, St. Louis, MO, May 21-July 11, 2010, Juror: Bruce Hoffman, Director of Snyderman-Works Gallery in Philadelphia, PA2009 Poetry in Silver, Schoonhoven Silver Award 2009 presented by Silver Art Foundation, exhibition tour included The Water Tower in Schoonhoven, The Netherlands, Design Museum Gent, Belgium, and The International Design Museum Munich, Germany Re-orientation, Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, SC, March 27-April 19, 2009, Juror: Tom StanleyUnfolding, Eye Level Art exhibit invitational based on history of fashion, Charleston, SC, March 2009The Infinite Teapot, Ohio Craft Museum Invitational, Feb. 1-March 29, 2009Solo Exhibition at Tennessee Tech University, Appalachian Center for Craft, Jan. 6-Feb.10, 2009 2008 Represented by Blue Spiral 1 Gallery, Asheville, NC, 2008-2009Re>Visit:1, Alumni Exhibition Invitational, Winthrop University Galleries, Nov. 10, 2008-Jan. 22, 2009The Art Institute of Charleston Gallery, Two Artist Exhibition with Kat Hastie, Sponsored by Spoleto Festival USA and Margo Kaufman Gallery 2007 Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC, Founder’s Circle GalaCraft Forms 2007, 13th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA Juror: Mark Leach, Curator for Mint Museum of Craft + DesignMesa Contemporary Arts’ 29th Annual Contemporary Crafts Exhibition, Mesa, AZ, Juror: Michael Monroe, Executive Director and Curator of Bellevue Arts Museum in Bellevue, WashingtonSoutheastern Invitational Craft Exhibition, Curated by Mark Leach, Curator for Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Bascom-Louise Art Gallery, Highlands, NC, Materials: Hard and Soft, Greater Denton Arts Council, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, TX, Juror: Paula Owen, President and CEO of the Southwest School of Art & Craft located in San Antonio, TX 2006 The Expression of the Functional Object, Solo Exhibition, City Gallery at Dock Street Theatre, Charleston, SCReinterpreting the Vessel, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, ILMaterials: Hard and Soft, Greater Denton Arts Council, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, TX,Juror: Llyod E. Herman, former Director of Smithsonian Renwick Gallery in Washington, DCReorientation, Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, SC2006 Craft Gallery at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, Long Beach Island, NJ 2005 Craft Forms 2005, 11th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA, Juror: David Revere McFadden, Chief Curator of Museum of Arts and Design NYCraft USA ’05 National Craft Triennial, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT, Juror: Gail M. Brown Spotlight 2005, American Craft Council Southeast Region Annual Juried Exhibition,The Center for Craft, Creativity, and Design, Hendersonville, NC, Juror: David Revere McFadden,Chief Curator of Museum of Arts and Design NYMFA Thesis Exhibition, Winthrop University Gallery, Rock Hill, SC1st Annual Southeastern Sculpture Competition, Aiken County Historical Museum, Aiken, SC2004 Interpretation: making art under the influence, Gallery 5, Rock Hill, SCMFA Works in Progress, Edmund D. Lewandowski Gallery, Winthrop University Art After Hours Featured Artist, Rabold Gallery, Aiken, SC, Solo Exhibition 2003 Autobiography: the artist’s own image, Gallery 5, Rock Hill, SC Annual Student Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Winthrop University Space Revisions: New Works for a New Space, Sumter County Cultural Center, Sumter, SC MFA Works in Progress, Edmund D. Lewandowski Gallery, Winthrop University 2002 Issue, Hart-Witzen Gallery, Charlotte, NC <![if !supportLists]>2001 <![endif]>Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, Winthrop University GalleryArt Ware, The Mill, Rock Hill, SC<![if !supportLists]>2000 <![endif]>Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, Winthrop University Gallery AWARDS Daughters of the American Revolution, American Heritage Contest, National Third Place in Crafts: Jewelry and Metalwork category, 2017 Samuel Gaillard Stoney Conservation Craftsmanship Award, Historic Charleston Foundation, 2014 Faculty Leadership Award, Art Institute of Charleston, 2014 Made in the South Award, Home category, Garden & Gun Magazine, 2012 The Eric Berg Prize for Excellence in Metal at the 35th Annual Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, 2011 The Rio Grande Jewelry and Silversmithing Award for Craft USA ’05, 2005 Ken Hartwell Award for Silversmithing, 2002 Certificate of Achievement for Jewelry and Metals, 2002 Queenie Award for Silversmithing, 2001 Winthrop Alumni Scholar, 1998-2002 South Carolina Star Scholar, 1998-2002 COLLABORATIONSConstantin Boym for the Museum of the City of New York, 2017Draper James, Southern lifestyle company by Reese Witherspoon, 2015 JUROR INVITATIONALS Rio Grande Saul Bell Design Award Judge, 2017 SC Palmetto Hands Fine Craft Competition and Exhibition, North Charleston Arts Festival, 2016 GRANTS & SPONSORSHIPS Rio Grande Sponsor for exhibition Interwoven: The Art of Indigo and Silver, 2018 Lowcountry Quarterly Arts Grant Program for exhibition Interwoven: The Art of Indigo and Silver, 2018 SELECTED LECTURES Winthrop University, Fine Arts Alumni Presentation Series, January 2017 Luxury Simplified, “A Sterling Opportunity” presentation with Brandy Culp, Peter Bocquet House in Charleston, SC, November 2, 2016 Society of North American Goldsmiths SNAG NeXt Conference, SNAGspark Lecture "Bridging Art and Fashion", Asheville, NC, May 2016 South Carolina Silver Society, SC State Museum, Columbia, SC, November 2015 Gibbes Museum of Art Women’s Council of the Carolina Art Association, Charleston, SC, May 2012 PUBLICATIONS 2018 Charleston Magazine, “Forging Ahead” by Maura Hogan, September 2018 issue Charleston City Paper, “All that Glitters” by Chase Quinn, August 15, 2018 Charleston Magazine, “Best Bet” section feature on the on the exhibition Interwoven: The Art of Indigo and Silver, August 2018 issue American Craft, “Shows to See” section feature on the exhibition Interwoven: The Art of Indigo and Silver, Volume 78, Number 4, August/September 2018 issue Silver Magazine, “Market Monitor & Events” section feature on the exhibition Interwoven: The Art of Indigo and Silver, Volume L, Number 4, July/August 2018 issue Hyperallergic, “Artists and Designers Tell New Stories of Old Silver” by Sarah Archer, February 22, 2018 Metalsmith, “Twenty-first Century Silver: Not Your Grandmother’s Tea Set” by Jeannine Falino, Volume 38 No. 1, February 2018 Antiques & Fine Art, “A Dialogue in New York Silver, Then and Now” by Sara Spink and Jeannine Falino, 18th Anniversary issue, 2018 2017 The Magazine Antiques, “Polished Performances” by Marisa Bartolucci, September/October 2017 issue 2016 Bella Magazine, “Silver Belle” by Lily Baumil, December 2016 issue Southern Home, “Southern Hospitality” by Margaret Zainey Roux, Holiday 2016 issue Metalsmith, “Southern Silver” by Andrea DiNoto, Volume 36 - Number 3, 2016 Lily Magazine, “Silver with Sublime Lines!”, Spring 2016 Issue 2015 Wildsam Field Guides Charleston Edition, Contributor, Wildsam Press 2015 Forbes, "12 Decadent Host and Hostess Gifts", by Vivienne Decker, July 24, 2015 Women’s Wear Daily, “Song of the South” by Rosemary Freitelberg, May 6, 2015 issue The Post & Courier, “Reese Witherspoon recruits Charleston businesswoman for new fashion line” by Warren Wise, May 7, 2015 issue Architectural Digest Daily AD, "Reese Witherspoon Launches a Southern-Inspired Lifestyle Brand" by Colleen Egan, May 12, 2015 issue Charleston Magazine, “Shine On!” in Style File/Buzz section, May 2015 issue Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “Silver Chic” by Linda Jerkins, Sunday, April 19, 2015 issue Eide, “Interior that Counts” by Meghan Jackson, Spring 2015 issue 2014 Traditional Home, “Silver Belles”, by Julia Szabo and Doris Athineos, October 2014, 25th Anniversary Issue Elle Décor, “Sterling Character”, September 2014, 25th Anniversary Issue Charleston City Paper, “Second Nature” by Allston McCrady, July 2014 issue Charleston Mercury, “Creative Women Who Design Successful Business Niches in Charleston” by Baron Christopher Hanson, May 2014 issue 2013 Charleston Weddings, “Silver Belles” by Molly Hutter, Spring 2013 Issue 2012 Garden & Gun, "Third Annual Made in the South Awards", by Vanessa Gregory, Elizabeth Hutchison and T. Edward Nickens, Dec 2012/Jan 2013 Issue Charleston Magazine, “Landmark Idea”, Dec 2012 Issue 2011 Travel + Leisure, “Return to Charleston” by Matt and Ted Lee, Photography by Peter Frank Edwards, May Issue Aiken Standard article Friday, March 25, 2011, “Art of Silversmithing” by Ashleey Williamson 2009 Art Aurea Magazine, “Poesie in Silber”, October 2009 Issue, Munich, Germany Design Diffusion Edizioni Magazine, “Poetry in Silver”, November Issue, Milan, Italy Financial Times, “Heavenly Metal” by Cordelia Jenkins, Nov. 28, 2009 Issue, London, England Charleston Weddings, Winter 2009 Issue, “Past Presence” by Jen Banowetz Charleston Magazine, December 2009 Issue, “Hallmark Ornaments” 2008 Charleston Weddings, Winter 2008 Issue, Aisle Style Profile “Precious Metal” by Ellie Somerville Winthrop Magazine, Fall 2008 Issue, feature by Monica Bennett Charleston Magazine, Cover of April Issue and Art Spread “Organic Matters” by Matthew Scott 2007 Southern Living “People and Places” October 2007 Issue by Pat Wilens Charleston Magazine March Design Issue Feature “By Their Own Design” by Colleen Troy Metalsmith, Review of exhibition “Reinterpreting the Vessel” at Perimeter Gallery in Chicago by Lynn Cool 2006 Carolina Arts article “”City of Charleston Features Works by Kaminer Haislip” December 2006 issue Charleston Magazine “Cultural Affairs” December Issue American Craft “Calendar” December/January Issue American Craft “Gallery” October/November Issue SNAG (Society of North American Goldsmiths) News “Members’ News” Sept./Oct., Volume 14 Number 42005 The State, article “Budding beauty” Aiken Standard article “Aiken Museum hosts Southeastern sculpture competition”2003 Aiken Standard article “Sculptural silversmith’s work inspired by birds”2002 Carolina Arts article “Hart-Witzen Gallery Features Works by Emerging Artists MEDIA2017 Aiken Kicks Off Night of 1000 Lights, News Channel 12 feature by Matt Kaufax, December 7, 2017 Handcrafted America, INSP tv show segment, October 27, 20172016 Made in the Carolinas: Kaminer Haislip, Time Warner Cable, Segment by Richard Green, March 25, 20162013 Artist Dealings Charleston Radio interview, Kinetic HiFi Radio, Charleston, SC, December 1, 2013<![if !supportLists]>2007 <![endif]>Lowcountry Live, ABC News 4 Charleston, Interview on tv show about silver designsCharleston Magazine TV, “By Their Own Design” studio visit and demonstration EXPERIENCERedux Contemporary Art Center Studio Renter, Charleston, SC, 2005-2017Jewelry Workshop Instructor, Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, SC, 2006-2017Part-Time Faculty, Foundations Instructor, Art Institute of Charleston, Charleston, SC, 2007-2014Arts Coordinator for City of North Charleston Cultural Arts Department, North Charleston, SC, 2005-2007The Silver Vault and The Brass and Silver Workshop, Charleston, SC, 2005Jewelry II and III Graduate Assistant Instructor, Winthrop University, 2004-2005Arts Express Instructor, Winthrop University, 2003-2005Mint Museum of Craft + Design Intern and Docent, Charlotte, NC, 2004-2005 ASSOCIATIONS Society of American Silversmiths (SAS) member 2000-American Crafts Council member 2000-Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG) member 1999-Daughters of the American Revolution member 2014-South Carolina Silver Society member 2015-Gibbes Museum and Society 1858 member 2005-Preservation Society of Charleston, SC member 2011-Historic Charleston Foundation Women Who Impact Preservation member 2013-2016Historic Charleston Foundation Young Advocate member 2011-2016Redux Contemporary Art Center Board of Directors, Charleston, SC 2007, 2008Emerging Arts Leaders of Charleston, SC affiliated with Americans for the Arts 2006-2007Graduate Representative at Winthrop University 2003/2004