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Artist CV

Education

2020-2024

BFA
ASU

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting and Drawing), Arizona State University, Tempe

(GPA: 4.0/4.0)

Exhibitions

10/2025 Critique Group Exhibition, (Group Show), Arizona Artist Guild, Phoenix, Arizona

06/2025 SCBWI-AZ Illustrator Gallery Show, (Group Show), Park Central, Phoenix, Arizona

04/2025 AAG Spring Exhibition (Juried Group Show,) Arizona Artist Guild, Phoenix, Arizona

10/2024 Critique Group Exhibition, (Group Show), Arizona Artist Guild, Phoenix, Arizona

09/2024 Light of Day, (Juried Group Show), Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, Arizona

04/2024 A Mile Through My Eyes, (Group Show), ASU Tempe, Arizona

02/2024 Time and Change, (Group Show), ASU West, Phoenix, Arizona

11/2023 Time and Change, (Group Show), ASU Tempe, Arizona

11/2023  Metamorphosis, (Group Show), Taproot Therapy, Tempe, Arizona

03/2023  In the Moment,  (Group Show), ASU Tempe, Arizona

04/2022 The Alien Within, (Group Show), ASU Tempe, Arizona

03/2021  Manifestations: 3D Explorations, (Group Show), ASU Tempe, Arizona

Awards

2024 Moeur Award, Arizona State University

commissions

Publications

03/2025 Commissioned collaborative mural for Grey Box Collective's office space at Phoenix Center for the Arts (multiple canvases), Phoenix, Arizona, March 2025

 

02/2025 Commissioned illustrations for Grey Box Collective's "Understanding Otherness" coloring book, Phoenix, Arizona, February 2025 

 

11/2024 Commissioned illustrations for Grey Box Collective's "PAUSE..." coloring book, Phoenix, Arizona, November 2024 

07/2024 Commissioned Mural, Phoenix Modern, Phoenix, Arizona, July 2024

ASU Library, “Libguides: Creative Cartography: Time and Change.” Library Guides, Arizona State University, 21 Nov. 2023, libguides.asu.edu/c.php?g=411724&p=10046215. 

 

Bradley, Shi. “ASU Art Students Share Snippets of Their Life at ‘in the Moment’ Exhibit.” The Arizona State Press, Arizona State Press, 22 Mar. 2023, www.statepress.com/article/2023/03/in-the-moment-gallery. 

Dow, Michael. "Nurse Florence, What Are the Different Ways That Protein is Used by the Body?" Lulu.com, 2024.

 

​Dow, Michael. “Nurse Florence, What is Batten Disease or Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis?” Lulu.com, 2025

 

Dow, Michael. "Nurse Florence, What is Celiac Disease?" Lulu.com, 2025.

Murphy, Marilyn. “ASU Library, School of Art Collab Celebrates 10 Years with New Student Exhibition.” ASU Library, School of Art Collab Celebrates 10 Years with New Student Exhibition | ASU News, 13 Nov. 2023, news.asu.edu/20231113-creative-cartography-celebrates-10-years-new-student-exhibition.

Woodward, Avery, editor. “Canyon Voices Issue 28.” Issuu, Arizona State University, 29 Nov. 2023, https://issuu.com/asucanyonvoices/docs/canyon_voices_issue28.

work experience

07/2025 - Present Basis Phoenix South, Phoenix, Arizona - Subject Expert Teacher

06/2024 -12/2025 ​Dow Creative Enterprises, Phoenix, Arizona - Freelance Illustrator

08/2021 - 07/2025 Juniper Public Library, Phoenix, Arizona - Library Page

09/2024 - 04/2025 Grey Box Collective, Phoenix, Arizona - Digital Communication and Project Assistant Intern

11/2020 - 05/2021 Michaels, Tempe, Arizona - Sales Associate

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

04/24 - Present Member of Arizona Artists Guild, 18411 N 7th Ave, Phoenix, Arizona, 85023

01/24 - Present Member of the Society of Children’s Books Writers and Illustrators (Arizona)

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