Art Director | Artist | Mentor

Cat is an award winning artist and current Art Director on Magic the Gathering: Universes Beyond - the world renown tabletop competitive and trading card game.

Cat worked for 8 years as a professional in the higher education sector with a focus on teaching fantasy illustration for table-top, trading card games, and video game focused art careers at Virginia Commonwealth University.

As a fine artist, Cat has exhibited work at galleries and museums, received nationally recognized fellowships and awards, and has juried, curated, promoted, and hung both solo and group shows.

Outside of teaching and creating, you can find Cat doing certified dog training, mentoring artists, hanging in twitch streaming and speed-running communities, and speaking at gaming industry events.

Notable hobbies include: cuddling her two Devon Rex cats, pond building, gaming, fashion, diving, traveling and designing creative spaces.

Exhibitions:

  • 2021/22/23 — IX Arts (IlluXcon) – tabling and workshops on Figure & Ideation - Reading, PA

  • 2019 — IlluXcon 12 – tabling and workshops on Figure Drawing - Reading, PA

  • 2019 — Backdoor Gallery – solo gallery show – Fredericksburg, VA

  • 2017 — IlluXcon 10 Fantastic Art Exhibition - Reading, PA

  • 2016 — Backdoor Gallery - solo gallery show - Fredericksburg, VA

  • 2016-Present Backdoor Gallery – 12 separate & continuing group shows - Fredericksburg, VA

  • 2015 — Virginia Museum of Fine Art Exhibition - 6-mo solo gallery show - Richmond, VA

  • 2015 — Gallery 5 - Richmond, VA

  • 2014 — Henry Street Gallery - Richmond, VA

  • Art Director at Wizards of the Coast on MTG: Universes Beyond.

  • Over eight years experience in University teaching Science Fiction and Fantasy illustration.

  • Background in Academic constructive figure drawing technique and utilizing figure in narrative imagery.

  • Previous IGDA Central Virginia chapter founding volunteer and Co-Chair board member.

  • Founder of IX Arts event/VCU partnership.

  • Connecting indie games studios, YouTube and Twitch content creators with student artists.

  • Skilled in Adobe Photoshop, Painting, Fine Art, Advertising, and Adobe Creative Suite.

  • Strong business development professional with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) focused in Communication Arts and Illustration from Virginia Commonwealth University.