Education
2024 MFA in Studio Art, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
2019 BFA in Art with an emphasis in Print & Narrative Forms (Honors + Dean’s List), University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Teaching Experience
2023 Instructor, Foundations in Art, NMSU, Las Cruces, NM
2023 Instructor, Orientation in Art, Online, NMSU, Las Cruces, NM
2022 Instructor, Introduction to Painting, NMSU, Las Cruces, NM
2019 Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Printmaking, UWM, Milwaukee, WI
Work Experience
2024-Present Knoxville Gallery Coordinator, The Arrowmont Gallery, Knoxville, TN
2024 Sculpture Graduate Assistant, NMSU, Las Cruces, NM
2022-24 Wood Shop Graduate Assistant, NMSU, Las Cruces, NM
2022-24 Safety Technician Assistant, NMSU, Las Cruces, NM
2023 Department Summer Work Study, NMSU, Las Cruces, NM
2021-22 Jewelry and Metalsmithing Graduate Assistant, NMSU, Las Cruces, NM
2021 Photography Graduate Assistant, NMSU, Las Cruces, NM
2019-21 Theaster Gates Studio Graphic Design & Printmaking Work Study, Chicago, IL
2018-19 Print & Narrative Forms Area Work Study, UWM, Milwaukee, WI
Scholarships + Awards
2024 College of Arts and Sciences MFA Medallion of Recognition
2021-24 NMSU Graduate Success Scholarship, Las Cruces, NM
2023 Michael Serafino Excellence in Ceramics Award, Las Cruces, NM
2023 NMSU College of Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Travel Grant, Las Cruces, NM
2022 NMSU A&S Dean’s Award, Las Cruces, NM
2015-19 UWM Dean’s Honor List, Milwaukee, WI
2019 Arrowmont-University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Matching Scholarship, Gatlinburg, TN
Juried Group Exhibitions
2024
TEXT-TURE 2024, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (CICA), Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
2024 Midwest Regional Exhibition, Artlink Contemporary Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN
2023
Familiar Fragments: Everyday Objects as Art, La Mecha Contemporary, El Paso, TX
A Sense of Place, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA
Art Rodeo, Doña Ana Village Plaza, Doña Ana, NM
University Art Museum Juried Student Show 2023, University Art Museum, LasCruces, NM
2022
University Art Museum Juried Student Show 2022, University Art Museum, Las Cruces, NM
Sweet Rituals and Strange Memories, Casa Otro Residency, Las Cruces, NM
2019
BFA/BA Exhibition, INOVA Kenilworth Square East Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
FIBER//FORM IV Exhibition, Kenilworth Square East 3rd Fl. Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
NEWaukee; The Collage, The Magnet Factory, Milwaukee, WI
Crossing Over Juried Exhibition, UWM Union Art Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2018
Wisconsin Radical Jewelry Makeover Juried Exhibition, UWM Union Art Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
UWM Contemporary Object Sale & Exhibition, Kenilworth Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2016 First Year Program Juried Exhibition, UWM Union Art Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Invitational Group Exhibitions
2025 Introduction to the Brown House Collective, Brown House, Knoxville, TN
2024 Making as Knowing · When I was Here, Thinking of There, MFA Thesis Exhibition, University Art Museum, Las Cruces, NM
2023
Call it Art: Graduate Seminar Experimental Works, Serafino Collab Space at NMSU, Las Cruces, NM
Graduate Student Pop-Up at NMSU Department of Art Open Studios, Serafino Collab Space at NMSU, Las Cruces, NM
Free Food Pop-Up, Wells Hall at NMSU, Las Cruces, NM
Papercut Zine Show, Las Cruces, NM
2022
Congruent Forms, Lunáticus Galerie, Truth or Consequences, NM
High Fibers, Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
Graduate Student Pop-Up at NMSU Department of Art Open Studios, Serafino Collab Space at NMSU, Las Cruces, NM
Please Love Me, Cruces Creatives, Las Cruces, NM
2019
BFA/BA Exhibition, INOVA Kenilworth Square East Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Turning Pages: Social Justice in Book Art Exhibition, UWM Union Art Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2018 POP-UP Exhibition, Frank Juarez gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2016 UWM Print Club Exhibition, Enliven Hair Salon and Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Collaborative Projects
2024
Everything But The Work with Ashley Diane Saldana
Brown House Collective with Jaden Michael Lynch and Trisha Ram
(My Character) in Making as Knowing · When I was Here, Thinking of There, MFA Thesis Exhibition, University Art Museum, Las Cruces, NM
2023 Together: Conversations and Collaborations with Ashley Diane Saldana, La Mecha Contemporary, El Paso, TX
2022 Conditions of Control with Ashley Diane Saldana, CAV Gallery, Las Cruces, NM
Collections
2019
Wish Bone, Collaboration with Olivia Lorber, The David Barnett Gallery Collection, Milwaukee, WI
Broadside Collection of Prints, Collective Project, UWM Special Collections, Milwaukee, WI
2018
UWM Print Club Officers' Fundraising Linocut Project, UWM Print & Narrative Forms Collection, Milwaukee, WI
Apocalypse Collection of Prints, Collective Project, UWM Special Collections, Milwaukee, WI
Broadside Collection of Prints, Collective Project, UWM Special Collections, Milwaukee, WI
Public Commissions
2024 PDGA Worlds Championship Trophies, Lynchburg, VA
2020 Mural painting at La Taqueria Restaurant, Wisconsin Rapids, WI
2019 Social Caterpillar Album Work with Michael Lagerman, Confluence Records, Milwaukee, WI
Curating + Jurying
2024 Juror Panelist, Solo & Group Exhibition Proposals for 2025-26, The Emporium Center, Knoxville, TN
2022 Co-curator, Sweet Ritual and Strange Memories, Phase II, Casa Otro, Las Cruces, NM
Publications
2024
Meet Karly Jean Kainz, Canvas Rebel, Online publication
New Mexico Sun, NMSU Art Museum Showcases MFA Thesis Exhibition, Online Publication
2020 Artdose Magazine, Volume 30, Page 21, Online publication
Visiting Artist Lectures
2021 Lecturer, Sheboygan North High School Alum Online Artist Talks, Sheboygan, WI
2021 Lecturer, UWM Community Art Guest with Raoul Deal, Milwaukee, WI
Workshops
2024 Pots and Plants with University Art Museum, Las Cruces, NM
2023 Screen Printing Make-and-Take at NMSU Open Studios, Las Cruces, NM
2022 Cruces Creatives STEM Paper Making and Screen Printing Workshops, Las Cruces, NM
2019
UWM Studio Arts and Crafts Centre “The Basics of Paper Making," Milwaukee, WI
Print Club’s Steamroller Printmaking Event, Milwaukee’s Maker Faire, Milwaukee, WI
Paper Making at UWM Kenilworth Open Studios, Milwaukee, WI
Make-and-Take at MKE Zine Fest, Milwaukee, WI
Pulp N’ Gulp, Milwaukee, WI
2018
Otto’s Linoleum Block Printing Workshop, Milwaukee, WI
Print Club’s Steamroller Printmaking Event, Milwaukee’s Maker Faire, Milwaukee, WI
Print Club’s Live Printmaking Event, Firefly Art Fair, Milwaukee, WI
Make-and-Take at UWM Kenilworth Open Studios, Milwaukee, WI
Residencies
2022-23 Artist Member at Yours Truly, Milwaukee, WI
International Studies
2018 UWM Study Abroad to South Korea & Japan, Printmaking & Paper Studies
Committees
2021-24 Visiting Artist Lecture and Scholars Committee Member, NMSU, Las Cruces, NM
2023 Chemical Safety Selection Committee Member, NMSU, Las Cruces, NM
2018-19 Black & Gold Committee Member, UWM, Milwaukee, WI
Community Projects
2024
Everything But The Work with Ashley Diane Saldana
Brown House Collective with Jaden Michael Lynch and Trisha Ram
2022-23 NMSU Department of Art Open Studios, Coordinator and Marketing, Las Cruces, NM
2021 NMSU 39th Annual Jewelry Sale, Marketing and Branding, Las Cruces, NM
Professional Memberships
2022-23 Potters Guild of Las Cruces Member, Las Cruces, NM
2022-23 National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Member (NCECA)
2018-20 Southern Graphics Council International Member (SGCI)