1985            Born in Tampa, Florida

Education

2003 - 2008  BFA, Drawing and Painting
                    University of New Hampshire: Durham, NH

1990 - 2003  Portsmouth Public School District: Portsmouth, NH  

Extended Education and Workshops

June 2007    NECAP – Widening the Circle VI: “Joining Hands: Early Childhood                        Education and the Arts”

June 2006    NECAP - Widening the Circle V: “Artists and Youth: Working           
                   Together to Discover Something New”

Volunteer

2007 - 2008  The Art Gallery Guild of Volunteers: Docent and Ambassador

 
Membership

2008              New Hampshire Art Association

Fellowships, Internships, Grants and Awards

2008  Internship, Seacoast Science Center, "Art in Nature"

2007  Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, UNH

2007  Undergraduate Research Conference/ Naked Arts, UNH

2006-2007 The Art Gallery Fellowship, UNH

2004  Art Teaching Internship at New Market High School

2003  Visual Art and Music awards; Seacoast Spotlight Award

2003  Seacoast Artist Association, award to High School Senior, 2nd place

2002  NH Art All-State, student participant

Exhibitions

2008 “BFA Thesis Exhibition” – The Art Gallery, Durham, NH,   April 18- May 24

2008 “Artists of the Seacoast: Families First 2009 Calendar Exhibition,”
           Gallery 280, The Children's Museum, Portsmouth, NH,   April 3- May 11

2007 "Masks: Changing Faces," (Group show) Gallery 280, The Children's                         Museum, Portsmouth, NH,   Oct 30-Dec 31

2007 "Roots: An Installation of Drawings, Paintings and Prints," (Solo)
           Gallery 280, The Children's Museum, Portsmouth, NH,   Sept 19-Oct 30

Links/Press

http://www.unh.edu/inquiryjournal/08/features/griffin.html