EDUCATION

Maryland Institute College of Art

BFA Fibers, Summa Cum Laude

(2023)

FELLOWSHIPS,
RESIDENCIES,
RESEARCH GRANTS,

Young Artist in Residence,
Salem Art Works, NY
(2024)

Fabricademy, WAAG Futurelab, Amsterdam, NL
(2023-2024)

Windgate Lamar Fellow
Center for Craft, Asheville, NC
(2023-2024)

SCIART, Researcher
UMBC, Baltimore, MD
(2023)

Mother Nacre, Research Team
Biodesign Winning Team
MOMA, NY
(2023)

Hopkins Extreme Material Institute
Schulman Labs, Artist in Residence
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
(2022)

SCHOLARSHIPS,
AWARDS

Windgate-Lamar, Center for craft fellowship
(2023)

BioDesign Challenge, winning Team “Mother Nacre”
(2023)

SCIART, Research internship
(2023)

HEMI Summer Project Grant
(2022)

Lenore G. Tawney Foundation Scholarship
(2023)

Kuhlman Fiber Arts Scholarship (2021-2023)

Louise N. Myerberg Family Scholarship Academic Honors Scholarship
(2018 - 2023)

Creative Visions Award
(2018 - 2023)

Presidential Scholarship
(2018-2023)

R. Jenkins Bristor FA Fund
(2018 - 2023)

Arnell Lewis Land Art Scholar
(2018 - 2023)

Thalheimer Endowed Scholarship
(2018 - 2023)

MICA Grant
(2018)

Academic Scholarship MICA
(2018 - 2023)

Thalheimer Endowed Scholarship
(2018 - 2023)

Oxbow Artist FunForLife Program
(2018)

Penland, Kenan Fellow
(2018)

EXHIBITIONS

Notes on Girlhood
Visarts, Kaplan Gallery
Rockville MD
(2026)

Quantum Jazz
Outdoor Gallery,
Kingston NY
(2026)

1066 Studio Show
Brooklyn, NY
(2026)

Machine Yearning
NYC Resistor,
Brooklyn NY
(2026)

Mend - Electronics Fair
Ulises Gallery,
Philidelphia PA
(2026)

MICA Staff Exhibition
Riggs & Leidy Gallery
Baltimore MD
(2026)

Radiant Fibers
Clive Davis Gallery,
Brooklyn NY
(2025)

Kite Show
Rockaway Beach NY
(2024)

Artist in Residence Show
Salem Art Works,
Salem NY
(2024)

If Birds Could Fly
Mount Royal Station,
Baltimore MD
(2024)

Academy Final Exhibition
WAAG Futurelab,
Amsterdam NL
(2024)

Biodesign Finalist Show
MoMA / Parsons
New York NY
(2023)

Perennials
Mount Royal Station,
Baltimore MD
(2023)

Woven Pixel
Middendorf Gallery,
Baltimore MD
(2023)

Invention of an Ecosystem
Gateway Gallery, Solo Show
Baltimore MD
(2023)

Something Big
Middendorf Gallery, Baltimore MD
(2022)

We Are Everywhere
Fox 2 Gallery,
Baltimore MD
(2022)

Artist Research Summit
Hopkins EMI
Baltimore MD
(2022)

Montgomery
Montgomery Park,
Baltimore MD
(2021)

Sentiments
Main O Gallery,
Baltimore MD
(2020)

EXPIRIENCE

Digital Tools Technician
Parsons - The New School
(2026 - Current)

Vistiting Artist/ Workshop
“Robotics for Artists”
CCBC, Catonsville MD

Visiting Artist/ Workshop
“Looms and Computers”
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore MD
(2025)

Fibers Research Technician,
MICA, Baltimore MD
(2024 - 2026)

Part Time Associate
3D Design Department
CCBC Essex + Catonsville MD
(2024 - 2026)

Studio Assistant
Annet Couwenberg,
Baltimore MD
(2025 - 2026)

Studio Assistant
Liz Ensz, Baltimore MD
(2024)

3D Printing Teacher
Openworks, Baltimore MD
(2024 - 2025)

Digital Fabrication Technician,
MICA, Baltimore MD
(2022 - 2023)

EHS Studio Monitor,
MICA, Baltimore MD
(2020 - 2023)

Art Teacher,
The Painting Workshop, Baltimore MD
(2020 - 2022)

Private Art Tutor,
Baltimore MD
(2020 - 2023)

House Intern,
Elsewhere Residency, Greensboro NC
(2019)

Art Teacher,
Mosaic Center, Baltimore MD
(2019)

Last Updated 24.10.31

ABOUT

SELECTED WORKS

EXPLODED POV

MACHINE FOR WISHING

CARRIER PIGEON

SYMPATHY OF THINGS

MACHINE MADE TO BREATHE

A DIGITAL BLESSING

LOVE LETTER

INVENTION OF AN ECOSYSTEM

INFINITE LUCK

ANYTHING U WANT

RESEARCH

WIND INSTRUMENT

OPEN SOURCE JACQUARD LOOM

NO LONGER A GIRL, JUST LEDS

MOTHER NACRE

HORMONAL ECONOMY

HUMAN SEMIOTICS

HYDROGEL DESALINATION

MATERIAL STUDIES

RESEARCH

INVESTIGATING HYDROGEL DESALINATION OF EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE OBJECTS USING NMR MOUSE SPECTROSCOPY

RILEY COX'; MOLLIE CROSSMAN²; GARRETT HILL²; MAGGIE WANG²; DR. MARGARET G. MACDONALD³

2023

Soluble salts within limestone objects are a major challenge for the Cultural Heritage field. Fluctuations in humidity during storage cause salts to dissolve, migrate, and recrystallize leading to loss of structural stability of the object. While full submersion into water is traditionally used, fragile objects require the use of a poultice.' Egyptian limestone objects in the collection of the Walters Art Museum require desalination with an agarose hydrogel poultice. Prior to the desalination, the surface is secured with an organic polymer consolidant to preserve structural integrity, but the effect of this consolidant on the treatment is unknown.

This project monitors and evaluates the efficacy of a 3% agarose hydrogel for desalination with and without a consolidant using a Profile NMR-MOUSE spectrometer. This portable, non-invasive analytical technique affords in-situ depth profile and relaxometry measurements of the salt water and hydrogel, affording real-time observation of the egress of salt water from stone to gel.2 T,' (spin-spin) relaxation times decrease with decreasing salinity and T, rates measured over the course of the treatment allows direct observation of the salinity changes in the stone. Additionally, objects at the Walters were also analyzed for salt content.

RESEARCH POSTER