EDUCATION

2015-2017 | Core Fellowship | Penland School of Crafts | Penland, NC

2013 | BFA in Furniture Design + Woodworking | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | Magna Cum Laude

2008-2009 | University of Central Arkansas

2005-2007 | Memphis College of Art

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022 | WITNESS | Gallery 2052 | Chicago, IL | Solo show

2022 | Getting Ready | Ombre Gallery | Cincinnati, OH | Solo show

EXHIBITIONS

2024 | Dream Machine | UrbanGlass for NYCJW | Brooklyn, NY | Invitational

2024 | [queerphoria] vol. 4: connection | UrbanGlass for NYCJW | Brooklyn, NY | Invitational

2024 | Scrumptious | SNAG @ Pratt Institute for NYCJW | Brooklyn, NY | Invitational

2024 | Earrings Galore | NYCJW, Heidi Lowe Gallery, ZONAMACO, Munich Jewelry Week | New York, NY; Lewes, DE; Mexico City, Mexico; Munich, Germany | Traveling invitational

2024 | Studio Time + Studio Practice | Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts | Little Rock, AR | Group Show

2024 | Delta Triennial | Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts | Little Rock, AR | Invitational

2024 | W.O.W: Wood Invitational | Blue Spiral 1 | Asheville, NC | Invitational

2024 | Ear Candy | Alma’s Gallery | Richmond, VA | Invitational

2023 | Life, Death, Love | Art-Collide | Online invitational

2023 | Truth or Dare | AdornAxis | NYCJW | Online and in-person invitational

2023 | Earrings Galore | NYCJW, Heidi Lowe Gallery, Iker Ortiz Jewelry Store, SNAG | New York, NY; Lewes, DE; Mexico City, Mexico, San Diego, CA | Traveling invitational

2023 | 14th Annual Jewelry Invitational | River Gallery | Rocky River, OH | Invitational

2023 | Artfields | Jones-Carter Gallery | Lake City, SC | Invitational

2023 | Telling Tales | Wharton Esherick Museum | Paoli, PA | Online invitational

2022 | MOOD | Art Fluent | Online exhibition | Invitational

2022 | Earrings Galore | Heidi Lowe Gallery, Ombre Gallery, + Pistachios Contemporary Art Jewelry Gallery | Lewes, DE; Cincinnati, OH; Chicago, IL | Invitational

2022 | 13th Annual Jewelry Invitational | River Gallery | Rocky River, OH | Invitational

2022 | The One and the Many | Baltimore Jewelry Center | Baltimore, MD | Invitational

2022 | Mad for Hoops | Gallery 2052 | Chicago, IL | Invitational

2021 | Wood + Body: Expressions of Contemporary Jewelry | Museum for Art in Wood | Philadelphia, PA | Invitational

2021 | CANDY SHOP | Penland Gallery | Penland, NC | Invitational

2020 | allturnatives Form + Spirit - 25 Years of the Windgate ITE Residency Program | Museum for Art in Wood | Philadelphia, PA | Collection

2020 | American Contemporary Craft | LHUCA | Lubbock, TX | Invitational

2020 | Objects from the UA Little Rock Permanent Collection | Windgate Center of Art + Design | Little Rock, AR | Collection

2019 | BLING: Jewelry Invitational | Blue Spiral 1 | Asheville, NC | Invitational

2019 | North Carolina Artists Exhibition | Contemporary Art Museum Raleigh | Raleigh, NC | Invitational

2018 | Craft Forms 2018 | Wayne Art Center | Wayne, PA | Invitational

2018 | allturnatives Form + Spirit 2018 | Center for Art in Wood | Philadelphia, PA | Windgate International residency show

2017 | Fuel for the Fire | Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County | Fayetteville, NC | Invitational

2016 | NINE: Core Fellowship Exhibition | Penland School of Crafts | Penland, NC | Core Fellow group show

2016 | Obsessed | Marcia Wood Gallery | Atlanta, GA | Invitational

2016 | Maker Moxie: The Impact of the Craft School Experience | Peters Valley Gallery | Layton, NJ | Invitational

2016 | At Work: Penland School of Crafts | Earlham College | Richmond, IN | Invitational

2015 | Girl Talk | Thea Foundation | North Little Rock, AR | Two-person show

2015 | Personal Effects | Penland School of Crafts | Penland, NC | Core Fellow group show

2015 | Pop-up Studio Craft Marketplace | Asheville Art Museum | Asheville, NC | Invitational

2015 | 20 Cubed: Small Sculpture | Southwest University of Visual Art | Albuquerque, NM | Invitational

2015 | The Penland Experience | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | Little Rock, AR | Invitational

2014 | Fine Contemporary Craft of the Southwestern US | Artspace | Raleigh, NC | Invitational

2014 | Design Week Birmingham | Alabama Center for Architecture | Birmingham, AL | Pop up shop invitational

2013 | Equinox | Cox Creative Center | Little Rock, AR | Invitational

2013 | Emerging Artist Pop-Up | Thea Foundation | North Little Rock, AR | Solo invitational

2013 | Furniture Exhibition 2013 | studioMAIN | Little Rock, AR | Invitational

2013 | UALR BFA Thesis Show | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | Little Rock, AR | Thesis exhibition

2013 | UALR Student Competitive | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | Little Rock, AR | Group show

2013 | Ovolution | Alternative space | Little, AR | Group show

2013 | UALR Scholarship Exhibition | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | Little Rock, AR | Group show

2012 | Quality + Quantity: a Conversation on Modern Furniture | studioMain | Little Rock, AR | Invitational

2012 | UALR Student Competitive | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | Little Rock, AR | Group show

AWARDS, HONORS + LECTURES

2024 | Jentel Artist Residency | Jentel Arts | Banner, Wyoming

2023 | Bad Habits and Good Practices: A Conversation with Morgan Hill | The Furniture Society Conference FS23 | New Orleans, LA

2023 | NC Arts Council Artist Support Grant Award | North Carolina Arts Council

2022 | Chrysalis Award for Emerging Artists | James Renwick Alliance for Craft

2019 | Pentaculum Invitational | Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts | Gatlinburg, TN

2018 | Windgate ITE International Residency | Museum for Art in Wood | Philadelphia, PA

2015-2017 | Core Fellowship | Penland School of Crafts | Penland, NC

2014 | Dr. Judith Temple Scholarship | Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts | Gatlinburg, TN

2014 | Work Study Grant | Haystack Mountain School of Crafts | Deer Isle, ME

2014 | Summer Scholarship | Anderson Ranch Arts Center | Snowmass Village, CO

2014 | Work/Study Scholarship | Penland School of Crafts | Penland, NC

2013 | Work/Study Scholarship | Penland School of Crafts | Penland, NC

2013 | First place | Equinox | University of Arkansas at Little Rock

2012 | First place | Friends of the Arts 6x6 Exhibition | University of Arkansas at Little Rock

2011-2013 | Chancellor’s List | University of Arkansas at Little Rock

2012-2013 | Joan R. Taylor Scholarship | University of Arkansas at Little Rock

2005-2007 | Dean’s List | Memphis College of Art

EMPLOYMENT + EXPERIENCE

2021 - Current | Full-time studio artist | Treats Studios | Co-owner

2018-2021 | Sales + Visitor Information Coordinator | Penland Gallery | Sales manager, tour coordinator, assistant to director

2018 | Turning Demo | Tom Shields | Penland School of Crafts | Demonstrated wood turning for students and assisted in their projects

2017 | Wood Studio Coordinator | Penland School of Crafts | Coordinator for wood shop for Doug Sigler and Terry Hunt's furniture course

2017 | Wood Studio Assistant | Barbara Cooper | Haystack School of Crafts | Assist teaching in wood sculpture

2017 | Artist Assistant | Annie Evelyn | Assist in building furniture in wood and upholstery

2015-2016 | Entertainment Coordinator | Penland School of Crafts | Plan and manage events

2013-2015 | Creative Director | ESSE Purse Museum Store | Sell hand-crafted personal items, merchandising, docent of the museum, product development, social media relations, advertising, display artist, photographer, curating, etc.

2013-2014 | Retail Associate/Merchandiser | Box Turtle | Sell hand-crafted jewelry and home goods and merchandise goods

2011- 2013 | Artist Assistant | Mia Hall | Assist in building furniture and sculpture in wood and concrete

2012 | Internship | Anthropologie | Built visual window and store displays for the Little Rock store

PUBLICATIONS

2025 | “SNAG Superlatives: Class Clown (Best Use of Humor)” | SNAG | WE ARE SNAG Anthology Ed. 4 | *Winner

2024 | “Blue Ridge Mountain Makers” | American Trails | Issue 16

2023 | “An Interview with 2022 Chrysalis Awardee Morgan Hill” | James Renwick Alliance for Craft Craft Quarterly | Summer 2023

2023 | “Morgan Hill” | New South Finds | March 2023

2020 | “Maker Spotlight: Morgan Hill” | American Craft | August/September 2020

2019 | Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG) | 2019 Jewelry and Metalsmithing Survey

2017 | "Purpose Driven Arsonista" | UPPERCASE | Issue 33

2016 | “You Might Be A Treehugger If…”| UPPERCASE | Issue 30

2016 | “Influenced by Opposition” | UPPERCASE | Issue 30

2014 | “Crafting a Career” | Sync | June 2014

2014 | “Arkansas in the Making: Morgan Hill Creative” | At Home in Arkansas | June 2014

2013 | “Taxidermy as Art” | KARK 4 | September 10, 2013

2013 | “Crafty Types” | Arkansas Democrat Gazette | May 19, 2013

2011 | “Totally Ingrained” | Arkansas Democrat Gazette | December 31, 2011

COLLECTIONS

Fleur Bresler, Rockville, MD

Museum for Art in Wood, Philadelphia, PA

Windgate Center of Art + Design, Little Rock, AR