Education
2010 MFA, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2007 BFA, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
2006 Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw
2024 Tamarind Institute
Exhibitions
2025   
Frail, Brittle, Ever-Threatening,(two-person show) Lewandowski Gallery, Winthrop   University, SC   
Shadow Landscapes, Solo Show, Central Piedmont Community College Gallery, Charlotte, NC  
Longing for Elsewhere, Solo Show, Upstate, University of South Carolina Gallery,   Spartanburg, SC     
2024    
Too Hot to Handle, SOCO, Charlotte NC   
Nutrient Rich Small Works 5, Goodyear Arts, Charlotte, NC   
Contemporary Printmaking, Southern Arts Society, Kings Mountain, NC   
Apocalypse Now and Then, McColl Center, Charlotte, NC   
Art Faculty Exhibition, Jeanne Rauch Gallery, Gaston College, Dallas, NC   
Toricho Art Festival, Fujisawa-City, Kanagawa, Japan      
2023  
 Echoes: Artists Respond to Carolina Shout, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC   
Artfields, Lakecity, SC   
First Impressions, Cain Center for the Arts, Cornelius, NC   
Doomsday and Night III, Goodyear Arts, Charlotte, NC      
2022  
A Collective Introspective Art Exhibit, The Betty Ray McCain Art Gallery, Raleigh, NC   
2022 North Carolina Artists Exhibition, Raleigh Fine Arts Society, Raleigh, NC  
Toricho Art Festival, Fujisawa-City, Kanagawa, Japan   Nutrient Rich Small Works 3, Goodyear Arts, Charlotte, NC      
2021    
It Takes a Village, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
Toricho Art Festival, Fujisawa-City, Kanagawa, Japan  
 67th Annual Juried Exhibition, Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC   
Nutrient Rich Small Works 2, Goodyear Arts, Charlotte, NC   
Natural View, Bliss Gallery, Belmont, NC      
2020    
Digital Art Screenings at Davidson College, Davidson, NC    
Nutrient Rich Small Works, Goodyear Arts, Charlotte, NC      
2019    
Jewels, Gatewood Gallery, UNCG, Greensboro, NC   
Premonitions, Waterworks Visual Arts Center, Salisbury, NC  
Peach Pie, Goodyear Arts, Charlotte, NC   
Experimental Everything, Unrequited Leisure, Nashville, TN   
Wheeling Art Dealing, mobile art gallery, Miami, FL   
Collective Introspective, Goodyear Arts, Charlotte, NC      
2018    
Residency Showcase, Goodyear Arts, Charlotte, NC   
I Hear the Rain, Rauch Gallery, Gaston College, Dallas, NC   
Odyssey, MET Contemporary, Rock Hill, NC      
2017    
Lenin Lives, Van Every / Smith Gallery, Davidson College   
Wet Paint, Goodyear Arts, Charlotte, NC   
Digital Body, The 3rd International Exhibition on New Media Art, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (CICA), South Korea   
Chaos, Confusion, or Community, Goodyear Arts, Charlotte, NC   
Futurism, C3Lab, Charlotte NC      
2016    
80x80, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC   
DADA an art exhibit, C3Lab, Charlotte NC   
Art Faculty Exhibit, Rauch Gallery, Gaston College, Dallas, NC   
Presence, The Artistry, Greenville, SC   
Homegrown, Cornelius Arts Center, Cornelius, NC      
2015    
50th Anniversary Art Exhibit, Rauch Gallery, Gaston College, Dallas, NC   
Printed Matter, NY, NY. Artist book accepted for distribution      
2013    
Parts and Labor, Rauch Gallery, Gaston College, Dallas, NC 
UNCC Short Film Festival, (Best Experimental Short Award)   
Multiplicity: 2013 Biennial Alumni Exhibition, University of North Carolina at Charlotte,   Charlotte, NC      
2012    
Antipode Transportation System, Temple Gallery, Philadelphia, PA   
BANG, Power Plant Productions, Philadelphia, PA     
2010   
 ___Tension: New Works on The Rise, Christina Ray, New York City, NY  
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC   
The Merger, Spare Room, Greensboro, NC      
2009    
Short Film Festival, UNC Charlotte, NC   
Candidates for the degree Master of Fine Arts, Gatewood Gallery, UNCG, Greensboro, NC   
Second Year MFA Group Show, Elliot Center Gallery, UNCG, Greensboro, NC      
2008    
Group Show, Elliot Center Gallery, UNCG, Greensboro, NC   
Corradi Magazine, UNCG, Greensboro, NC, Juried Student Art, Poetry, and Literature magazine   
Publications
2022 
Gaston College Professor Liliya Shows Students New Avenues for Art, The Gaston Gazette   
2020
Welcoming Week 2020: Stories of Humanity From Our Immigrant Neighbors, Queen City Nerve   
2017 
Roman Utkin is Assistant Professor of Russian Studies at Davidson College, Jordan Center   Blog, NYU   
Digital Body, The 3rd International Exhibition on New Media Art, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (CICA), South Korea   
Carolina Art Crush, Happening CLT Blog Interview    
Artist Talks and Presentations      
2024  
Panel discussion, Echoes: Artists Respond to Carolina Shout, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC  
Guest Critic, Graduate Seminar, Winthrop University  
2022    
Visiting Artist Lecture and Guest Critic, School of the Arts Utah Valley University, UT 
International Women's Day Panelist, Gaston College, NC   
2021    
Zoom Artist talk at Gaston County Art Guild, Belmont, NC   
2018    
Artist talk, Residency Showcase, Goodyear Arts, Charlotte, NC       
Artist talk, I Hear the Rain, Jeanne Rauch Gallery, Gaston College, Dallas, NC       
Artist Talk: MET Contemporary, Rock Hill, NC   
2017  
Panel Discussion: Lenin Lives, moderated by Roman Utkin, Davidson College, Davidson, NC   
Presentation: Why have there been no great women artist? Professional Development Speaker, Gaston College, Dallas, NC   
2014  
Senior Seminar guest with David Sackett, Instructor: Susan Brenner, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC   
2013 
Panel discussion, Multiplicity: 2013 Biennial Alumni Exhibition, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC   
2010   
MFA Artist Talk, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC   
2009    
Research Presentation: Maya Deren, Mashes of the Afternoon, UNCG      
Curatorial      
2018-Present Gallery Coordinator, Jeanne Rauch Gallery and Lena Sue Beam Gallery, Dallas, NC   
2024    
Contemporary Printmaking, group exhibition, Southern Arts Society, Kings Mountain, NC 
2023    
Dreamscape, group exhibition, Gaston County Museum of Art and History, Dallas, NC   
Advisory committee member for Niche Knits Exhibition at Gaston County Museum, Dallas, NC  
2022  
Everything is a Self Portrait, group exhibition, Gaston County Museum of Art and History, Dallas, NC         
Affiliations      
2019-Present Goodyear Arts Collective, member      
Residencies      
2018    Goodyear Arts, Charlotte, NC   
2010    Vermont Studio Center     
Mentorship      
2023-Present  Portfolio & Resume Instructor, Gaston College 
2023   Residency Mentor, Ju-Ian Shen, Goodyear Arts   
2023    Residency Mentor, Stephanie Sutton, Goodyear Arts   
2021    Residency Mentor, Wabwila Mugala, Goodyear Arts  


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