Education:

Bachelor of Fine Arts with a focus in Painting, Arizona State 2018 (GPA: 3.54 Cum Laude Honors)

 

Business Owned Collections: 
2022     Brightside Studios, Phoenix AZ
2021     Valley Coffee Company, Phoenix AZ 

Artist Residency:
2024    May, Potenza, Baran & Gillespie (MPBG) & Philip C. Wilson, Central Arts Plaza, Phoenix AZ

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Juried Solo Exhibitions:
2022       Laura Artusio, Wright Mier, Tom O’Connell, Hedda Neelsen ‘The Flaming Twilight Hour’, Central Gallery

                at Burton Barr Central Library of Phoenix Public Library, Phoenix AZ

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Juried Group Exhibitions:

2022     Phoenix Artlink, Flinn Foundation Cycle 2 Art Exhibition, Flinn Foundation, Phoenix, AZ

2021    Phoenix Artlink, Artlink 21st Annual Juried Exhibition, FOUND:RE Phoenix Hotel, Phoenix, AZ

2021     Sean McGarry, The Capsule Collection: Realism Exhibition, 9 the Gallery, Phoenix, AZ

2018-2019     Grant Vetter, Winter Juried BFA Exhibition, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, AZ

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Group Exhibitions:

2022     Grant Vetter, PHX ART NOW IV, Mesa Community College Art Gallery, Mesa, AZ

2022     Randy Slack, 22nd Annual Chaos Theory, Legendy City Studios, Phoenix AZ

2022     April Howland, For the Love of Arizona Exhibition, Howland Studios Gallery, Phoenix, AZ

2021     Randy Slack, 21st Annual Chaos Theory, Legend City Studios, Phoenix AZ

2021     Audrey Galat, FOUND:RE Contemporary: Xscape: Landscapes, Cityscapes and
             Mindscapes, FOUND: RE Phoenix Hotel, Phoenix AZ. 

2020     Phoenix Artlink & Grant Vetter, Salon Forty Eight Exhibition, Mood Room Gallery, Phoenix, AZ 

2018     Grant Vetter, EIGHT: A BFA Painting Exhibition, Gallery 100, Tempe, AZ

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Solo Showcases: 
2021    Melanie Nicole, Featured Artist of February, Cartel Coffee Lab, Tempe, AZ

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Group Showcases:

2019     Charley Kassabian, RAW Phoenix presents: IMPACT, The Pressroom, Phoenix, AZ

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Publications:

2023     Phoenix Art Museum, Phx Artist Spotlight: Armida Kielty: In Her Own Words, Phoenix, AZ

2019     Voyage Phoenix, Thought Provokers: Celebrating Artists & Creatives, “Meet Armida Kielty” Phoenix, AZ

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Freelance Experience: 

2018- 2024     Multiple Personalized/ Professional Oil Painting Commissions completed for commissioners

                         located in New York, California, Indiana & Arizona

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Pandemic Postponed/ Canceled Events:

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Public Mural Art Installation:
2020     Jessica Palomo, AZ Fallen K9s Project, Herberger Institute School of Art, Tempe, AZ