Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 What Lies Beneath, Jo Mueller Reserve Gallery, Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO
2025 Beasts of the Imagination, Fort Smith Regional Art Museum, Fort Smith, AR
2025 What Dreams May Come, Cragin Gallery, Missouri Southern State University, Joplin, MO
2024 Upon Closer Inspection, Jo Mueller Reserve Gallery, Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO
2024 The Art of Breastfeeding, Betty T. Ferguson Recreational Complex, Miami Gardens, FL
2024 In The Pink, ArtCentral, Carthage, MO
2023 Good Things Come In Small Packages, Jo Mueller Reserve Gallery, Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO
2023 Southern Discomfort, Gary Moeller Gallery of Fine Arts, Rogers State University, Claremore, OK
2022 The Eyes Have It, Joplin Post Art Library, Joplin, MO
2022 Paint the Ozarks Plein Air Paint-Out, Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO
2022 Period Art Pop-Up Gallery, Lululemon Experiential Store & Boston City Hall, Boston, MA
2022 Verdant, ArtCentral, Carthage, MO
2021 Light in the Darkness, Cragin Gallery, Missouri Southern State University, Joplin, MO
2021 Art Crawl, TOAST, Pittsburg, KS
2021 Kaleidoscope, ArtCentral, Carthage, MO
2020 Out of Confinement - Joplin Regional Artists' Coalition (Online due to COVID-19)
2020, 2016 Bourbon County Arts Council Fine Arts Exhibit, Ft. Scott, KS
2020 Heart and Soul, ArtCentral, Carthage, MO
2020 January Group Show, Jones Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2019 Arterior Motives, Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO
2019 Art and Soul, Eclectic Soul Studio, Pittsburg, KS
2019 12x12 Community Showcase, InterUrban ArtHouse, Overland Park, KS
2018 Art Educators Exhibit, Chanute Art Gallery, Chanute, KS
2017 Art on the Creeks, Village on the Creeks, Rogers, AR
2017 A Womb with a View, Inner Space, Jersey City, NJ
2017 Time Travel, Gold Coast Railroad Museum, Miami, FL
2016 Menstruartivismo, San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico
2015 Art in the Library, Pittsburg Public Library, Pittsburg, KS
2015 Summer Artwalk, The Finishing Touch, Pittsburg, KS
2012 Inspiring Voices, Harry Krug Gallery, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS
2010 Negative Space, Porter Hall, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS
2008 The Art of Strange Behavior, The Little Room, Pittsburg, KS
Three-Person Exhibitions
2025 Fluid Forms and Etched Expressions, ArtCentral, Carthage, MO (Jordan Murdock Thomas and Kendle Durden)
2023 Planting Seeds, Memorial Auditorium, Pittsburg, KS (Rolanda Root and Rebecca Lomshek)
2021 The Art of Transformation, Maple Uncommon, Columbus, KS (Nancy Wildwood and Kelsey King)
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Paths, Urban Art Gallery, Joplin, MO
2022 Prayer to the Earth, Urban Art Gallery and Joplin Avenue Coffee Co., Joplin, MO
2021 Natural Inclinations, Urban Art Gallery and Joplin Avenue Coffee Co., Joplin, MO
2020 Luna, P.E.O. Foundation Gallery, Cottey College, Nevada, MO
2019 Eclectic Soul Studio, Pittsburg, KS
2018 Box at Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
2015 Root Coffeehouse, Pittsburg, KS
2013 Club 609, Joplin, MO
Publications
2023 Hwang, Dr. Helen Hye-Sook and Benigni, Helen: Celebrating Intercosmic Kinship of the Goddess, Mago Books 2023
2023 Hwang, Dr. Helen Hye-Sook: Mago Almanac, Menstruators' Planner with Monthly Wheels (13 Month 28 Day Calendar), Year 7 (for 2024), Mago Books 2023
2023 Bailey, Arlene, Daly, Pat, Smith, Sharon, and Hendren, Trista: Women's Sovereignty and Body Autonomy Beyond Roe V. Wade, The Girl God 2023
2022 Hendren, Trista, Aldred, Louise, and Daly, Pat: Re-Membering with Goddess: Healing the Patriarchal Perpetuation of Trauma, A Girl God Anthology, The Girl God 2022
2021 We'Moon Astrological Datebook: The Magical Dark, Mother Tongue Ink 2020
2020 We'Moon Astrological Datebook: Wake Up Call, Mother Tongue Ink 2019
2019 Quarrie, Dr. Deanne, Hirsch, Dr. Christine Courtade, and Hwang, Dr. Helen Hye-Sook: She Rises: What... Goddess Feminism, Activism, and Spirituality? Volume III, Mago Books 2019
2019 Martin, Hannah, Snakeroot Zine
2019 We'Moon Astrological Datebook: Fanning the Flame, Mother Tongue Ink 2018
2018 We'Moon Astrological Datebook: La Luna, Mother Tongue Ink 2017
2017 Lunch Ticket Literary and Art Journal, Issue 11: Summer/Fall 2017
2017 Hwang, Dr. Helen Hye-Sook and Beavis, Dr. Mary Ann: Celebrating Seasons of the Goddess: The Chorus in Poetry, Art, and Ritual, Mago Books 2017
2017 We'Moon Astrological Datebook: StarDust, Mother Tongue Ink 2016
2017 We'Moon on the Wall Calendar: StarDust, Mother Tongue Ink 2016
2017 The Girl God Wall Calendar, The Girl God 2016
2017 The Mago Work Calendar, Mago Books 2016
2017 Return To Mago E*Magazine, ongoing contributor
2017 Foresman, Ailie, Reclaiming The Body
2016 Hwang, Dr. Helen Hye-Sook, Beavis, Mary Ann, and Shaw, Nicole: She Rises: How Goddess Feminism, Activism, and Spirituality? Volume II, Mago Books 2016
2016 Hendren, Trista and Daly, Pat: Single Mothers Speak on Patriarchy, A Girl God Anthology, The Girl God 2016
2016 Hermansson, Casie: A Study of Film Adaptations of James Barrie's Story Peter Pan, The Edwin Mellen Press 2016
2016 Evans-Lombe, Marianne: "Women and Madness", Sisterspeak, Issue #5, July 2016
2016 Evans-Lombe, Marianne: "Mothered", Sisterspeak, Issue #4, April 2016
2016 Evans-Lombe, Marianne: "Vaginas", Sisterspeak, Issue #3, January 2016
2013 National Organization For Women, Southeast Kansas Chapter, SEK SOS
2012 Juxtapoz Magazine online edition, November 2012
Honors/Awards
2024 Upon Closer Inspection, Spiva Center for the Arts, Best Adherence to Theme
2023 Good Things Come In Small Packages, Spiva Center for the Arts, 1st Place
2021 Joplin Regional Artists Coalition Plein Air Competition, Joplin, MO, 1st Place
2021 Neosho Arts Council Plein Air Painting Competition & Exhibition, Neosho, MO, 2nd Place
2020 Bourbon County Arts Council, Ft. Scott, KS, Best of Show 2D
2020 Bourbon County Arts Council, Ft. Scott, KS, 1st Place Mixed Media
2019 Arterior Motives, Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO, 1st Place
2011 Bourbon County Arts Council, Ft. Scott, KS, 1st Place Mixed Media
2006 Bourbon County Arts Council, Ft. Scott, KS, 1st Place Watercolor
2006 Thomas Hart Benton Art Show, Neosho, MO, 2nd Place Emerging Artist
Press
2021 Show Me the Ozarks Magazine, The Creative Edge, "Exploration of the Sacred", July 2021
Memberships/Affiliations
2020 ArtCentral
2019-Present Joplin Regional Arts Coalition
2019-2020 Spiva Center for the Arts
2016-2017 Co-op Member, ArtForms Gallery
Markets
2021-2025 Urban Art Gallery, Joplin, MO
2017-2019 Glitter Box, New Orleans, LA
2016-2020 Root Coffeehouse, Pittsburg, KS
2016-2017 ArtForms Gallery, Pittsburg, KS
Events
2023, 2024, 2025 Pittsburg Artwalk, Downtown Pittsburg, KS
2023 Holiday Art Market, Frisco Center, Pittsburg, KS
2021-2025 Art & Soul, Eclectic Soul Studio, Pittsburg, KS
2019 Magical Makers Faire, Kansas City, MO
2016 NAEA Artisans Gallery, NAEA Convention, Chicago, IL
Miscellaneous
2025 Featured Artist, Sullivan Book Arts, Pittsburg, KS
2024 TOAST Breadwinner's Series, TOAST, Pittsburg, KS
2023 Live Wedding Painter, Klesner-Schroeder Wedding, Warrensburg, MO
2023 Juror, "Student Showcase", Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS
2023 Pittsburg Art Council's Second Saturday "The Craft of Art" Panel, TOAST, Pittsburg, KS
2022 Artwork on the set of the Hulu film Sex Appeal
2021 Live Painter at Rejuvenation 2021 Festival, La Cygne, KS
2019 Artwork on the set of the HBO series Mrs. Fletcher, Season 1, Episode 4: "Parents' Weekend"
2018 Contributed to the illustration project No Estamos Todas
2018 The Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Album artwork for the band Amanita
2017 Art Direction and Art Editor for the band In'ere
2017, 2019 Taught Greenbush Visual Arts Academy Summer Camp, Greenbush Educational Service Center
Professional Development
2025 KCAI Educators ArtLab, Fiber/Textile Fabrication: Felting with Marie Bannerot McInerney
2024 KCAI Educators ArtLab, Painting: Painting as Grounding with Julie Farstad
2023 KCAI Educators ArtLab, Printmaking: Hand-Pulled Prints: To Digital and Back with Miguel Rivera
2022 KCAI Educators ArtLab, Illustration: The Six-Word Memoir with John Ferry
KCAI Educators ArtLab is an immersive program for art educators at Kansas City Art Institute, offering studio access, critique, and faculty-led instruction.
2017-2020 Continuing education studio workshops taken at Kansas City Art Institute:
Observational Watercolor and Gouache
Contemporary Mixed Media
New Painting
Alternative Sculpture
En Plein Air
Soft Sculpture
Guerilla Graphic Design
Collage and Mixed Media
Education
2010 Pittsburg State University, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting
