Mefore Aday
2003 Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
2006 Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
2017 Auspicious Arts Online Incubator Academy, Melbourne, Australia
Education
Exhibitions
2022
Comfort Food, Blanchet House on the Ledge, Portland, OR
2021
Get Back, The Remains Gallery, The Dalles, OR
2020
I am, Therefore, I Think, The Goodfoot Lounge, Portland, OR
2019
Bring Out Your Dead, The Goodfoot Lounge, Portland, OR
Stu Stu Studio, Alberta Art Studios, Portland, OR (Resident Artist Exhibit)
At Least I Tried, Tarwater Tavern White Salmon, WA (Solo Exhibition)
Yin Yang Show, The Remains Gallery Hood River, OR (Invitational)
The Heart's Desire, Kiawanda Community Center, Pacific City, OR
2018
Young Voices, The Emerging Artist Show, CCA Hood River,OR (Invitational)
The Icons III, The Remains Gallery Hood River, OR (Invitational)
Daily Conversations, Art-A-Day, CCA Hood River, OR (invitational)
Best of the Gorge, CCA, Hood River, OR (juried by Ardis DeFreece)
The Remains Reopening, The Remains, Hood River, OR (invitational)
The Heart's Desire, Kiawanda Community Center, Pacific City, OR
2017
Art Salon, THRU Media, Portland, OR (invitational)
Holiday Artisan Show, Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR
Solo Exhibition, Inaugural Art Exhibition, THRU Media, Portland, OR
Art & Wine Fusion, Rheingarten Park, White Salmon, WA
Carnal Love, Aniche Cellars, Hood River, OR
Heart & Soul, Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR (curated by Charlene Rivers)
2016
Alberta Studios Holiday Show, Portland, OR
Forces of Nature, Aniche Cellars, Hood River, OR
The Icon Show, The Remains, Hood River, OR
Dia De Los Muertos, Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR (curated by Kim Lindemyer)
Art of the Feast, Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR (invitational)
Wild Waters and Undammed Stories, Smith River, CA
Emerging Artist Show, Hood River, OR (juried by Laurie Balmuth)
Mixed Nuts, The Remains, Hood River, OR
Pack It Up, Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR (invitational)
Earth, Wind and Fire, Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR (curated by Rene Westbrook)
2015 Oddville Festival of the Strange, American Steel Studios, Oakland, CA
2013 I am, Therefore I Think, The Goodfoot, Portland, OR
2010 The Heart's Desire, Community Art Fundraiser, Pacific City, OR
2008 Solo Exhibition, Welcoming Extinction, The Filthy, Lincoln City, OR
2005 Horn Island 21 Exhibition, MCA Gallery, Memphis, TN
2003 North Mississippi High School Art Competition, NEMCC Gallery, Booneville, MS
Benefit Auctions
2017 Artopia, Big Bend Cares, Tallahassee, FL
2016 Standing Rock Silent Auction, White Salmon, WA
2016 Artopia, Big Bend Cares, Tallahassee, FL
2015 The Heart's Desire, Community Arts Fundraiser, Pacific City, OR
2010 The Heart's Desire, Community Arts Fundraiser, Pacific City, OR
Awards
2016 Best in Show, Artopia, Tallahassee, FL
2004 Special Merit Scholarship, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
2003 Best in Show, North Mississippi High School Art Competition, NEMCC Gallery, Booneville, MS
Teaching
2019 Community Art Project, Ceramics Art Instructor, Slug Soup Program, Cloverdale, OR
2018 Summer Arts Program, Children's Mixed Media Installation, CCA, Hood River, OR
Community Art Project, 3rd Grade Art Instructor, Slug Soup Program, Cloverdale, OR
Free & Fearless, Drawing Instructor, Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR
2017 Senior & the Arts Pilot Program, Painting Instructor, Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR
2017 Private Drawing/Painting Instructor, Children's Art Mentor, White Salmon, WA
2016 Community Art Project, Ceramics Art Instructor, Slug Soup Program, Cloverdale, OR
2004 Maddie Singer's Special Effects Make-Up Academy, Teaching Assistant, Memphis, TN
Professional Experience
2015-19 Mefore Aday, Sole-Proprietorship, White Salmon, WA
2017 Columbia Center for the Arts, Gallery Associate, Hood River, OR
2016 Bingen Art Collective, Bingen, WA Studio Manager/Teacher
2006-07 J. Joseph Studio, Portland, OR Studio Manager/ Mold Maker
2004-05 Maddie Singer's Silicone Anaplastology, Studio Assistant, Memphis, TN
Volunteering
2017 White Salmon Arts Council, Board Member, White Salmon, WA
2016 Columbia Center for the Arts, Gallery Associate, Hood River, OR
2016 Hood River Art Literacy Program, Ceramic Teaching Assistant to Pamela Springer, Odell, OR
Residencies/Workshops
2018 Summer Arts, Resident Teaching Instructor, Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR
2018 Free & Fearless, Resident Drawing Instructor, Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR
2016 Bingen Art Collective, Resident Artist and Teacher, Bingen, WA
2006 Harvesting Raw Materials and Noborigama Kiln Building Workshop, Richard Hotchkiss, Grass Valley, CA
2005 Barrier Gulf Island Residency, Horn Island, MS
Bibliography
The Remains Gallery, studio visit blog post with photograph, Hood River, OR, May 17, 2020.
The Enterprise, mural announcement with photograph, White Salmon, WA, July 13, 2017. 7.
THRU Media, "The First Weirdo I Met in Oregon", Portland, OR, February 27, 2017.
The Memphis Flyer, "They Came, They Saw", Review by Carole Knowles, September 1, 2005.