Bio/Resume

Bio

  • In my journey as a Mosaic Artist, I’ve dedicated my work to transforming walls and public spaces into vibrant reflections of community and connection. Through color, light and movement, I strive to create art that inspires, uplifts and celebrates the shared spirit of those who gather near it.
  • My inspiration flows from nature, water, the moon and stars, hearts, light and whimsical imagery—brought to life through the swirling designs of stained glass, mirror and luminous tile that shimmer with movement and reflection.
  • My art has carried me across Ohio and beyond—to New Orleans, Portland, Colorado, Mexico, France and Cuba—always guided by my purpose to turn every day spaces into wonder and beauty and connection. The mosaics I create are intended to weave light, reflection and connection—durable and lasting celebrations of color and spirit.

Professional Mosaic Artist specializing in Large-Scale, Public Art

ARTIST COMMISSIONS and ASSISTED WORKS

  • 2025

    • TeachArtsOhio Instructor, Ohio Arts Council: “Mosaic Waves”, 18” x 20’ mosaic wall installation, “Mosaic Waves Painting”, 6’ x 30’ painted wall with mosaic accents, Genoa Middle School, Westerville, Ohio (Aug-May 2026)
    • Visiting Artist: YWCA Kid’s Place, Family Mosaic Workshop, Minerva France Elementary School, Columbus, Ohio (Nov)
    • Artist Collaboration: “The Porch Project: Southern Blooms” with Lori Hogan, Two 19” x 21” mosaics, Arabi, Louisiana (July)
    • Visiting Artist: Kid’s Place Summer Camp Program, McVay Elementary, Westerville, Ohio (June)
    • Summer Camp Instructor: Stress Less Camp, Holland Theatre and The American Exchange Project, Logan County History Center, Bellefontaine, Ohio (June)
    • Visiting Artist: Kid’s Place YWCA Afterschool Program, Annehurst Elementary, Westerville, Ohio (May)
    • Public Art Commission: “High Point Bubbles”, High Point Car Wash, 10 Stained Glass Bubbles (4’, 3’, 2’), Bellefontaine, Ohio (Feb-May)
    • TeachArtsOhio Instructor: “Sunny Day to Starlit Night”, 10’ x 6’, Annehurst Elementary School, Westerville, Ohio (Feb-May)
    • Project Assistant: “Nourish”, 5’ mandala, exterior installation, Beanlandia in Bywater, New Orleans, Louisiana (March-April)
    • Guest Speaker: “Creating the Fostoria Parkette Mosaic Mural”, Fostoria Garden Club, Fostoria, Ohio (March)
    • Artist-in-Residence, Ohio Department of Natural Resources & Ohio Arts Council: “Arts in the Parks”, Hueston Woods State Park Lodge, 6 large-scale mosaic installations, College Corner, Ohio (Dec 2024-March 2025)

  • 2024

    • Artist-in-Residence: Grange Insurance Audubon Center, Columbus, Ohio (Sept-Oct)
    • TeachArtsOhio Instructor: “Mindfulness Murals”, Genoa Middle School, 8 interior installations, 56 stepping stones exterior, Westerville, Ohio (Aug-Feb 2025)
    • Artist Collaboration: “Summer Garden Sculpture” with Lori Hogan, 4’ x 3’ x 3’, Arabi, Louisiana (July-August)
    • Project Assistant: “Carroll County Inclusion Park”, Sherri Warner Hunter Art Studio, Bell Buckle, Tennessee (May-June)
    • Visiting Artist: “Water: from Light to Night”, 5’ x 3.5’, wall mosaic, Riffe Gallery, Columbus, Ohio (May)
    • Visiting Artist: “For the Love of Children”, 2’ x 2’ heart wall mosaic, Sanderson Preschool, Lancaster, Ohio (May)
    • Visiting Artist: “Uptown Stars”, 8 mosaic stars, exterior wall, 4-week Workshop, Licking County, Ohio (March)

  • 2023

    • Public Art Commission: Fostoria Learning Center, Restoration Project, 8 mosaic panels, 8’ x 4’ each, Fostoria, Ohio (March-July)
    • TeachArtsOhio Instructor: “Mosaic Art Garden”, 130 stepping stones, Genoa Middle School, Westerville, Ohio (May)
    • Project Assistant: 8 Mosaic Mirror panels, 8’ x 4’ each, True Mosaic Studios, Portland, Oregon (April-May)
    • Senior Project Consultant: Mosaic Wall Installation, 20’ x 30’, Benjamin Logan High School, Bellefontaine, Ohio (Feb-May)
    • Art Ambassador: Cultural Exchange trip to Havana, Cuba (March)
    • Public Art Commission: “Don Juan Murals”, 10 Mosaic Mural Wall Installations, Don Juan Mexican Restaurant, Michigan (February)

  • 2022

    • Project Assistant: “Origins”, 5’ mandala, Hacienda Mosaico, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (Nov)
    • Public Art Commission: “Icaria”, 8’ x 10’, Promedica Medical Spa, Toledo, Ohio (Oct)
    • Public Art Commission & Instruction: “Enriching Minds-Building Futures”, Knowlton Library, Bellefontaine, Ohio (Oct)
    • TeachArtsOhio Instructor: “Tiny Stars Light the Universe”, Mosaic Mural, Jasper Elementary, Piketon, Ohio (May)
    • Visiting Instructor: “Making Mandalas: Adult Class”, Civic Garden Center, Cincinnati, Ohio (May)
    • Public Art Commission: “Peace, Love and Healing”, James Wexner Medical Center, 4’ x 8’ (April)
    • Project Assistant: “Supra Sun Mural”, Hacienda Mosaico, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (Feb)

  • 2021

    • Assisted Work: “Emergence”, Hacienda Mosaico, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (Nov)
    • TeachArtsOhio Instructor: “Fostoria Parkette Landscape Mural”, Fostoria, Ohio (Jan-May)
    • TeachArtsOhio Instructor: “Kindness” Series, 3 Mosaic Murals, Heritage Middle School, Westerville, Ohio (Jan-May)
    • TeachArtsOhio Instructor: “Helping Each Other” Series, 3 Mosaic Murals, Genoa Middle School, Westerville, Ohio (Jan-May)
    • Visiting Artist: “Abstract Color Palette”, Batesville Primary School, Indiana (March)

  • 2020

    • Private Commission: “Cantina”, 3’ x 2’, New Orleans (Nov)
    • Visiting Artist: “Fostoria Parkette Landscape Mural Kick-Off”, Fostoria Learning Center, Ohio (Oct)
    • Presenter: “How to Make your Art Residency Work in COVID”, Southern Ohio Arts Education Summit (Aug)
    • Visiting Artist: “Only One You”, Mosaic Mural Wall Installation, 6’ x 5’, Batesville Intermediate School, Indiana (Feb)

  • 2019

    • TeachArtsOhio Instructor: “Hanby Mosaic Village”, 18’ x 7’ Mosaic Mural, Hanby Elementary School (Aug 2019-Jan 2020)
    • TeachArtsOhio Instructor: “Sea Turtles & 7 Continents”, Mosaic Wall Installation, Emerson Elementary (Aug 2019-Jan 2020)
    • Visiting Artist: Loco Arts “Peace Poles”, Benjamin Logan Elementary School (Sept)
    • Assisted Work: “Seeds of Life”, Niwot Market, Colorado (Aug 2019)
    • Public Art Commission: “Water Life at The Point”, Otterbein University (July)
    • TeachArtsOhio Instructor: “Ohio Hills”, Mosaic Mural, Bucyrus High School, Ohio (May)
    • Visiting Artist: “Family Fun Days”, Hanby Elementary & Emerson Elementary (March)
    • TeachArtsOhio Instructor: “Imagine!”, Garfield Elementary (March)
    • Visiting Artist: “Wings: We Fly”, Batesville Primary School, Indiana (Feb)
    • TeachArtsOhio Instructor: “I Read, I Grow”, Bucyrus Secondary School & Preschool, Ohio (Aug 2018-May 2019)
    • TeachArtsOhio Instructor: “STREAM Center Collaboration Signs”, Benjamin Logan Middle School, Bellefontaine, Ohio (Aug 2018-May 2019)

  • 2018

    • Presenter: “Mosaic Making Collaboration”, Quest: Chart Your Journey, Ohio Arts Educator Conference, Sandusky, Ohio (Nov)
    • Public Art Commission: “Don Juan Murals”, 9 Mosaic Wall Installations, Michigan (Aug)
    • Public Art Commission & Instructor: Loco Arts “Lake Mac-O-Chee at Sunset”, Mosaic Exterior Wall, 6’ x 4’, YWCA Camp Wilson, Bellefontaine, Ohio (Aug)
    • Public Art Commission & Instructor: “Movement and Motion”, The Point at Otterbein, Westerville, Ohio (July)
    • Art Judge: Westerville Arts Festival, Westerville Arts Council, Westerville, Ohio (March)
    • TeachArtsOhio Instructor: “School Spirit”, Concrete Benches & Stained Glass Spheres, Benjamin Logan Middle School (Aug 2017-May 2018)
    • TeachArtsOhio Instructor: “Ohio Hills”, Mosaic Mural Wall Creation, Bucyrus High School, Ohio (Aug 2017-May 2018)
    • TeachArtsOhio Instructor: “Spirit Warrior”, Mosaic Mural Wall Installation, Bucyrus Elementary, Ohio (Aug 2017-May 2018)

  • 2017

    • Visiting Artist: Individual Mosaic Projects, Senior Citizen’s Programming, Sojourner Truth Neighborhood Center, New Orleans (June-July)
    • Artist-in-Residence: True Mosaics Studio, Bywater, New Orleans (June-September)
    • TeachArtsOhio Instructor: “Chief”, Mosaic Mural Wall Installation, Bucyrus Secondary School, Ohio (Aug 2016-May 2017)
    • TeachArtsOhio Instructor: “The 7 Habits Tree”, Mosaic Mural Wall Installation, Bucyrus Elementary, Ohio (Aug 2016-May 2017)
    • TeachArtsOhio Instructor: “Growth in Spring”, Exterior Wall Installation, Benjamin Logan Middle School, Ohio (Jan-May)

  • 2016

    • Visiting Artist: “Steps to Freedom”, Mosaic Mural Exterior Panels, 2 - 12’ x 2’, Sojourner Truth Neighborhood Center, New Orleans (July-Aug)
    • Mosaic Instructor: “Mirror Garden: Glass Mosaics”, New Orleans School of Art and Craft, Bywater, New Orleans (July-Aug)
    • Artist-in-Residence: True Mosaics Studio, Bywater New Orleans (July-Aug)
    • Art Judge: Art-A-Paloosa, Mid-Ohio Educational Center, Ontario, Ohio (May)
    • Mural Teams Interviewer: Artworks, Cincinnati, Ohio (April)
    • Mosaic Donation: “Lotus Flower” for Hospital St. Michel, Jacmel, Haiti, Global Mosaic Project (March)

  • 2015

    • Assisted Work: “Lotus Fantasy Bench”, Universal Garden Park, 4’x6’x3’, New Orleans (Oct)
    • Public Art Commission: “Bark Park Rock”, Brooksedge Dog Park, 4’ x 4’, Westerville, Ohio (Sept)
    • Mosaic Donation: “I am a Hero”, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio (Aug)
    • Mosaic Donation: “Urban Eyes”, Global Mosaic Project (March)

  • 2014

    • Public Art Commission: “Hearts and Flowers”, Mosaic Mural, Mac Worthington Studios, Columbus, Ohio (Aug)
    • Mosaic Donation: “Love in the Mirror”, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio (Aug)
    • Public Art Commission: “Butterflies and Flowers”, Mosaic Wall Installations, Flutterby Ceramics, Pickerington, Ohio (May)
    • Assisted Work: “Butterfly Garden Mural”, Langston Hughes Academy, New Orleans (April)

  • 2013

    • Assisted Work: “Six of Disks”, The Green Project, New Orleans (Sept)

  • EXHIBITIONS AND SHOWS

    • Featured Artist: “Community Coffee”, The Enchanted Bean, Fostoria, Ohio (July 2022)
    • Featured Artist: “Colorful Whimsy”, James Cancer Wexner Center, Columbus, Ohio (Apr-May 2022)
    • Featured Artist: Skully’s Music-Diner, Columbus, Ohio (Aug 2016)
    • “Meet the Artist”: Treehive Cafe, Powell, Ohio (Apr & Jun 2016)
    • Mosaic Artworks: Crimson and Clover Hair Salon, Westerville, Ohio (Mar-Apr 2016)
    • Featured Artist: Vicki Murphy Mosaics Art Show, COSI Restaurant, Bexley, Ohio (Nov 2014-Apr 2015)
    • Featured Artist: Vicki Murphy Mosaics Art Show, Java Central Coffee Shop, Westerville, Ohio (Sept 2013)

  • EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

    • “Destination Arts Integration”, Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, Ohio (May 2025)
    • CODAWorx Summit, Cincinnati, Ohio (Oct 2024)
    • “Hand Brain Conscious Creativity”, True Creative Community, Laurel True (Jul-Aug 2024)
    • “Destination Arts Integration”, Ohio Art Council, Toledo, Ohio (May 2024)
    • “Celebration of Colors”, Mosaic Adventure, Esprit Mosaique, Avignon, France (Jun-Jul 2022)
    • “Conscious Creativity”, True Creative Community (Jun 2020-Dec 2022)
    • “Creating 3D Sculptures for Mosaics”, Marsha Rafter Studio (Mar 2021)
    • “Concrete Camp: Carving for the Garden”, Sherri Warner Hunter Art Studio (May-Jun 2018)
    • “Teaching Artist Preparation”, Center for Arts-Inspired Learning, McConnell Arts Center (Apr 2018)
    • “Mosaicking Sculptural Forms”, True Mosaics Studio, New Orleans (Oct 2015)
    • “Creating Sculptural Forms with Brent Sumner”, True Mosaics Studio, New Orleans (Oct 2015)
    • “Dreaming Your New Year: Vision, Affirmation and Manifestation”, New Orleans (Jan 2015)
    • “Stained Glass Fundamentals”, Franklin Art Studios, Columbus, Ohio (Apr 2014)
    • Mosaic Stepping Stones, DeMonye’s Greenhouse, Columbus, Ohio (Jun 2008)

  • PRESS

    • Stress Less! Campers Delve into Creative Arts in Supportive Environment, Bellefontaine Examiner (Jul 2025)
    • Mosaic Making with Vicki Murphy, Ohio Magazine (Dec 2024)
    • Jasper Elementary Art Classes Create Mural, The Pike County News Watchman (Jun 2022)
    • Residents get chance to Make their Mark Downtown, Review Times (May 2021)
    • Art Tells a Story, Live Interview with Donna Collins, Ohio Arts Council Executive Director (Apr 2020)
    • Mosaic Memories, Bellefontaine Examiner (May 2018)
    • Mosaic Art Adds Color and Character, Crawford County Now (Apr 2018)
    • Benjamin Logan Middle School Evening with the Arts, Public & Radio Interview (May 2017)
    • Bucyrus Celebrates Achievements of Teach Ohio Program, Crawford County Now (Apr 2017)
    • School Board Honors the Arts, Telegraph-Forum (Mar 2017)
    • Arts are in Focus at Bucyrus City Schools, Crawford County Now (Dec 2016)
    • City within a Park: More than Puppy Playtime, Westerville Parks and Recreation (Sept 2015)

Artist Commissions and Assisted Works

2025

  • TeachArtsOhio Instructor, Ohio Arts Council: “Mosaic Waves”, 18” x 20’ mosaic wall installation, “Mosaic Waves Painting”, 6’ x 30’ painted wall with mosaic accents, Genoa Middle School, Westerville, Ohio (Aug-May 2026)
  • Visiting Artist: YWCA Kid’s Place, Family Mosaic Workshop, Minerva France Elementary, School, Columbus, Ohio (Nov)
  • Artist Collaboration: “The Porch Project: Southern Blooms” with Lori Hogan, Mosaic Artist, Two 19” x 21” mosaics, exterior installation, Arabi, Louisiana (July)
  • Visiting Artist: Kid’s Place Summer Camp Program, McVay Elementary, Westerville, Ohio (June)
  • Summer Camp Instructor: Stress Less Camp, Holland Theatre and The American Exchange Project, Logan County History Center, Bellefontaine, Ohio, (June)
  • Visiting Artist: Kid’s Place YWCA Afterschool Program, Annehurst Elementary, Westerville, Ohio (May)
  • Public Art Commission: “High Point Bubbles”, High Point Car Wash, 10 Stained Glass Bubbles (sizes 4’, 3’, 2’), exterior installation, Bellefontaine, Ohio (Feb-May)
  • TeachArtsOhio Instructor, Ohio Arts Council: “Sunny Day to Starlit Night”, 10’ x 6’, Annehurst Elementary School, Westerville, Ohio (Feb-May)
  • Project Assistant: “Nourish”, 5’ mandala, exterior installation, Beanlandia in Bywater, Design and Project Facilitation by Laurel True, True Mosaics Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana (March-April)
  • Guest Speaker: “Creating the Fostoria Parkette Mosaic Mural”, Fostoria Garden Club, Fostoria, Ohio (March)
  • Artist-in-Residence, Ohio Department of Natural Resources and Ohio Arts Council Collaboration: “Arts in the Parks”, Hueston Woods State Park Lodge, 6 large-scale mosaic installations, College Corner, Ohio (Dec 2024-March 2025)

2024

  • Artist-in-Residence: Grange Insurance Audubon Center, Columbus, Ohio (Sept-Oct)
  • TeachArtsOhio Instructor, Ohio Arts Council: “Mindfulness Murals”, Genoa Middle School, 8 interior large-scale installations, and 56 stepping stones exterior doorway installations, Genoa Middle School, Westerville, Ohio (Aug-Feb 2025)
  • Artist Collaboration: “Summer Garden Sculpture” with Lori Hogan, Mosaic Artist, 4’ x 3’ x 3’, Arabi, Louisiana (July-August)
  • Project Assistant: “Carroll County Inclusion Park”, Sherri Warner Hunter Art Studio, Bell Buckle, Tennessee (May-June)
  • Visiting Artist: “Water: from Light to Night”, 5’ x 3.5’, wall mosaic, Riffe Gallery, Ohio Art Council Staff Team Building Project, Columbus, Ohio (May)
  • Visiting Artist: “For the Love of Children”, 2’ x 2’ heart, wall mosaic gift for Sanderson Preschool, Early Head Start Staff Team Building Project, Fairfield County Community Action, Lancaster, Ohio (May)
  • Visiting Artist: “Uptown Stars”, 8 mosaic stars, exterior wall, 4 week Workshop, Licking County Juvenile Probation Program in Partnership with Arts Educator Jennifer Davis and Loco Arts, Bellefontaine, Ohio (March)

2023

  • Public Art Commission: Fostoria Learning Center, Restoration Project, 8 mosaic panels, 8’ x 4’ each, Fostoria, Ohio (March-July)
  • TeachArtsOhio Instructor, Ohio Arts Council: “Mosaic Art Garden”, 130 stepping stones, Genoa Middle School, Westerville, Ohio (May)
  • Project Assistant: 8 Mosaic Mirror panels, 8’ x 4’ each, True Mosaic Studios, Portland, Oregon (April-May)
  • TeachArtsOhio Instructor, Ohio Arts Council, Senior Project Consultant: Mosaic Wall Installation, 20’ x 30’, Benjamin Logan High School, Bellefontaine, Ohio (February-May)
  • Art Ambassador: Cultural Exchange trip to Havana, Cuba with Michael Reese, Artway, Inc. (March)
  • Public Art Commission: “Don Juan Murals”, 10 Mosaic Mural Wall Installations, Don Juan Mexican Restaurant, West Bloomfield Twp, Michigan (February)

2022

  • Project Assistant: “Origins”, 5’ mandala, exterior installation, Hacienda Mosaico, Design and Project Facilitation by Laurel True, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (November)
  • Public Art Commission, “Icaria”, 8’ x 10’, Promedica Medical Spa, Toledo, Ohio (October)
  • Public Art Commission and Instruction, “Enriching Minds-Building Futures”, interior mosaic installations, Knowlton Library, Bellefontaine, Ohio (October)
  • TeachArtsOhio Instructor, Ohio Arts Council: “Working Together: Tiny Stars Light the Universe”, Mosaic Mural Installation, 10’ x 6’. Jasper Elementary School, Piketon, Ohio (May)
  • Visiting Instructor, “Making Mandalas: Adult Class”, The Civic Garden Center, Cincinnati, Ohio (May)
  • Public Art Commission: “Peace, Love and Healing”, The James Wexner Medical Center, 4’ x 8’, Adolescent and Young Adult Respite Room (April)
  • Project Assistant: “Supra Sun Mural”, Hacienda Mosaico, 5’ mandala, exterior installation, Design and Project Facilitation by Laurel True, True Mosaics Studio, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (February)

2021

  • Assisted Work: “Emergence”, Hacienda Mosaico, 5’ mandala, exterior installation, Design and Project Facilitation by Laurel True, True Mosaics Studio, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (November)
  • TeachArtsOhio Instructor, Ohio Arts Council and Fostoria Chamber of Commerce Collaborative: “Fostoria Parkette Landscape Mural”, 12’ x 8’ Exterior Wall, North and Main Streets, Fostoria, Ohio (January-May 2021)
  • TeachArtsOhio Instructor, Ohio Arts Council: “Kindness” Series, 3 Mosaic Mural Wall Installations, 5’ x 3’ each, Heritage Middle School, Westerville, Ohio (January-May 2021)
  • TeachArtsOhio Instructor, Ohio Arts Council: “Helping Each Other” Series, 3 Mosaic Mural Wall Installation, 5’ x 3’ each, Genoa Middle School, Westerville, Ohio (January-May 2021)
  • Visiting Artist: “Abstract Color Palette”, Collaboration with Artist Laura Gilland, 10’ x 3’, Batesville Primary School, Batesville, Indiana (March)

2020

  • Private Commission: “Cantina”, 3’ x 2’, New Orleans (November)
  • Visiting Artist: “Fostoria Parkette Landscape Mural Kick-Off”, Fostoria Learning Center, Fostoria, Ohio (October)
  • Presenter: “How to Make your Art Residency Work in the Time of COVID” with Jennifer Davis, Southern Ohio Arts Education Summit, Online, (August)
  • Visiting Artist: “Only One You”, Mosaic Mural Wall Installation, 6’ x 5’, and Butterfly Garden Globe, Batesville Intermediate School, Batesville, Indiana (February)

2019

  • TeachArtsOhio Instructor, Ohio Arts Council: “Hanby Mosaic Village”, Mosaic Mural Wall Installation, 18’ x 7’, and “Science and Math Medallion”, Mosaic Wall Installation, 6’ x 6’ Hanby Elementary School, (August 2019-Jan 2020)
  • TeachArtsOhio Instructor, Ohio Arts Council: “Sea Turtles and the 7 Continents”, Mosaic Wall Installation, 6’ x 5’, and “Sea Turtles on World Map”, 3’ Circle, Mosaic Wall Installation, Emerson Elementary School, (August 2019-Jan 2020)
  • Visiting Artist: Loco Arts “Peace Poles”, Three 4’ Concrete Structures, Benjamin Logan Elementary School (Sept)
  • Assisted Work: “Seeds of Life”, Niwot Market, 6’ mandala, exterior installation, Design and Project Facilitation by Laurel True, True Mosaics Studio, Niwot, Colorado, Project in partnership with True Mosaics Studio and Global Mosaic Project (August 2019)
  • Public Art Commission and Instructor: “Water Life at The Point”, 4 Panels, The Point, Otterbein University (July)
  • TeachArtsOhio Instructor, Ohio Arts Council: “Ohio Hills”, Mosaic Mural Wall Installation, 12’ x 8, Bucyrus High School, Bucyrus City Schools (May)
  • Visiting Artist: “Family Fun Days”, Community Mosaics, Hanby Elementary School and Emerson Elementary School, Westerville, Ohio (March)
  • TeachArtsOhio Instructor, Ohio Arts Council: “Imagine!”, Mosaic Mural Wall Installation, 10’ x 3’, Garfield Elementary School, Marion City Schools (March)
  • Visiting Artist: “Wings: We Fly”, Mosaic Mural Wall Installation, 12’ x 5’, Batesville Primary School, Batesville, Indiana (February)
  • TeachArtsOhio Instructor, Ohio Arts Council: “I Read, I Grow”, Bucyrus Secondary School, Mosaic Mural Wall Installation, 10’ x 3’, Bucyrus Elementary School, Preschool Entry Mosaics, 8’ x 6’, Bucyrus Preschool (August 2018-May 2019)
  • TeachArtsOhio Instructor, Ohio Arts Council: “STREAM Center Collaboration Signs”, 8 - 5’ x 3’ Wall Installations, 400 Ceramic Gears Wall Installations, Benjamin Logan Middle School, Bellefontaine, Ohio (August 2018-May 2019)

2018

  • Presenter: “Mosaic Making Collaboration”, with Jennifer Davis, Quest: Chart Your Journey, Ohio Arts Educator Professional Development Conference, Sandusky, Ohio (November)
  • Public Art Commission: “Don Juan Murals”, 9 Mosaic Mural Wall Installations, Don Juan Mexican Restaurant, Waterford Township, Michigan (August)
  • Public Art Commission and Instructor: Loco Arts “Lake Mac-O-Chee at Sunset: Celebrating 100 Years”, Mosaic Exterior Wall Installation, 6’ x 4’, YWCA Camp Wilson, Bellefontaine, Ohio (August)
  • Public Art Commission and Instructor: “Movement and Motion”, The Point at Otterbein, Westerville, Ohio (July)
  • Art Judge: Westerville Arts Festival, Westerville Arts Council, Westerville, Ohio (March)
  • TeachArtsOhio Instructor, Ohio Arts Council: “School Spirit”, Concrete Benches and Stained Glass Spheres, exterior installations, Benjamin Logan Middle School, Bellefontaine, Ohio (August 2017-May 2018)
  • TeachArtsOhio Instructor, Ohio Arts Council: “Ohio Hills”, Mosaic Mural Wall Creation, 12’ x 8’, exterior installation, Bucyrus High School, Bucyrus, Ohio (August 2017-May 2018)
  • TeachArtsOhio Instructor, Ohio Arts Council: “Spirit Warrior”, Mosaic Mural Wall Installation, 5’ x 6’, Bucyrus Elementary School, Bucyrus, Ohio (August 2017-May 2018)

2017

  • Visiting Artist: Individual Mosaic Projects, Senior Citizen’s Programming, Sojourner Truth Neighborhood Center, New Orleans, Louisiana (June-July)
  • Artist-in-Residence: True Mosaics Studio, Bywater, New Orleans, Louisiana (June-September)
  • TeachArtsOhio Instructor, Ohio Arts Council: “Chief”, Mosaic Mural Wall Installation, 16’ x 9’, Bucyrus Secondary School, Bucyrus, Ohio (August 2016-May 2017)
  • TeachArtsOhio Instructor, Ohio Arts Council: “The 7 Habits Tree”, Mosaic Mural Wall Installation, 15’ x 9’, Bucyrus Elementary School, Bucyrus, Ohio (August 2016-May 2017)
  • TeachArtsOhio Instructor, Ohio Arts Council: “Growth in Spring”, Exterior Wall Installation, 20’ x 12’, and “Art Palette Entry”, Mosaic Mural Wall Installation, 6’ x 4’, Benjamin Logan Middle School, Bellefontaine, Ohio (January-May)

2016

  • Visiting Artist: “Steps to Freedom”, Mosaic Mural Exterior Panels Installations, 2 - 12’ x 2’, Senior Citizen’s Community Project, Sojourner Truth Neighborhood Center, New Orleans, Louisiana (July-August)
  • Mosaic Instructor: “Mirror Garden: Glass Mosaics”, New Orleans School of Art and Craft in Bywater, New Orleans, Louisiana (July-August)
  • Artist-in-Residence: True Mosaics Studio, Bywater New Orleans, Louisiana (July-August)
  • Art Judge: Art-A-Paloosa, Mid-Ohio Educational Center, Ontario, Ohio (May)
  • Mural Teams Interviewer: Artworks, Cincinnati, Ohio (April)
  • Mosaic Donation: “Lotus Flower” for Hospital St. Michel in Jacmel, Haiti, Mosaic Healing Garden, Art Creation for Children, Global Mosaic Project (March)

2015

  • Assisted Work: “Lotus Fantasy Bench”, Universal Garden Park, 4’ x’ 6’ x’ 3’, exterior installation, Design and Project Facilitation by Laurel True, True Mosaics Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana (October)
  • Public Art Commission: “Bark Park Rock”, Brooksedge Dog Park, 4’ x 4’, exterior installation, Westerville Parks and Recreation, Westerville, Ohio (September)
  • Mosaic Donation: “I am a Hero”, benefitting Nationwide Children’s Hospital Pediatric Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio (August)
  • Mosaic Donation: “Urban Eyes”, Global Mosaic Project (March)

2014

  • Public Art Commission: “Hearts and Flowers”, Mosaic Mural Wall Installation, 6’ x 4’, Mac Worthington Studios, Columbus, Ohio (August)
  • Mosaic Donation: “Love in the Mirror”, benefitting Nationwide Children’s Hospital Pediatric Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio (August)
  • Public Art Commission: “Butterflies and Flowers”, Mosaic Wall Installations, Two 3’ x 3’ mirror surrounds, Flutterby Ceramics, Pickerington, Ohio (May)
  • Public Art Commission: “Butterflies and Flowers”, Mosaic Wall Installations, Two 3’ x 3’ mirror surrounds, Flutterby Ceramics, Pickerington, Ohio (May)
  • Assisted Work: “Butterfly Garden Mural”, Langston Hughes Academy, 6’ x 10’, exterior installation, Design and Project Facilitation by Laurel True, True Mosaics Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana (April)

2013

  • Assisted Work:” Six of Disks”, The Green Project, Design and Project Facilitation by Laurel True, True Mosaics Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana (September)

Exhibitions And Show

  • Featured Artist: “Community Coffee”, The Enchanted Bean, Fostoria, Ohio (July 2022)
  • Featured Artist: “Colorful Whimsy”, The James Cancer Wexner Center Art Gallery, Columbus, Ohio (April and May, 2022)
  • Featured Artist: Skully’s Music-Diner, Columbus, Ohio (August 2016)
  • “Meet the Artist”: Treehive Cafe, Powell, Ohio (April and June 2016)
  • Mosaic Artworks: Crimson and Clover Hair Salon, Westerville, Ohio (March-April 2016)
  • Featured Artist: Vicki Murphy Mosaics Art Show, COSI Restaurant, Bexley, Ohio (November 2014-April 2015)
  • Featured Artist: Vicki Murphy Mosaics Art Show, Java Central Coffee Shop, Westerville, Ohio (September 2013)

Education And Professional Development

  • “Destination Arts Integration”, Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, Ohio (May 2025)
  • CODAWorx Summit, Cincinnati, Ohio (October 2024)
  • “Hand Brain Conscious Creativity”: Surrealist inspirations and Neuro Explorations”, True Creative Community, Laurel True, Instructor (July-August 2024)
  • “Destination Arts Integration”, Ohio Art Council, Toledo, Ohio (May 2024)
  • “Celebration of Colors” Mosaic Adventure and Workshop, Esprit Mosaique, Avignon, France (June-July 2022)
  • “Conscious Creativity”, True Creative Community, (June 2020-December 2022)
  • “Creating 3D Sculptures for Mosaics”, Marsha Rafter Studio, Mosaic Arts Online (March 2021)
  • “Concrete Camp: Carving for the Garden”, Sherri Warner Hunter Art Studio, Bell Buckle, Tennessee (May-June 2018)
  • “Teaching Artist Preparation” Teaching Artist Professional Development Series, Center for Arts-Inspired Learning, McConnell Arts Center, Worthington, Ohio (April 2018)
  • “Mosaicking Sculptural Forms”, True Mosaics Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana (October 2015)
  • “Creating Sculptural Forms with Brent Sumner”, True Mosaics Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana (October 2015)
  • “Dreaming Your New Year: Vision, Affirmation and Manifestation”, New Orleans, Louisiana (January 2015)
  • “Stained Glass Fundamentals”, Franklin Art Studios, Columbus, Ohio (April 2014)
  • Mosaic Stepping Stones, DeMonye’s Greenhouse, Columbus, Ohio (June 2008)

Press

  • Stress Less! Campers Delve into Creative Arts in Supportive Environment, Bellefontaine Examiner, (July 2025)
  • Mosaic Making with Vicki Murphy, Ohio Magazine (December 2024)
  • Jasper Elementary Art Classes Create Mural, The Pike County News Watchman (June 2022)
  • Residents get chance to Make their Mark Downtown, Review Times (May 2021)
  • Art Tells a Story, Let it Tell Yours, Live Interview with Donna Collins, Ohio Arts Council Executive Director (April 2020)
  • Mosaic Memories, Bellefontaine Examiner (May 2018)
  • Mosaic Art Adds Color and Character, Crawford County Now (April 2018)
  • Benjamin Logan Middle School Evening with the Arts, Public and Radio Interview (May 2017)
  • Bucyrus Celebrates Achievements of Teach Ohio Program, Crawford County Now (April 2017)
  • School Board Honors the Arts, Telegraph-Forum (March 2017)
  • Arts are in Focus at Bucyrus City Schools, Crawford County Now (December 2016)
  • City within a Park: More than Puppy Playtime, Westerville Parks and Recreation (September 2015)
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