Education
2025
Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University - Master of Fine Arts: Fibers and Material Studies - with Certification to Teach in Higher Education
2019
University of Nevada, Reno - Bachelor of Fine Arts: Printmaking
Organizations
Laika Press - Founding Member, Workshop Teacher in Printmaking and Bookbinding
The Holland Project - Workshop Teacher in Printmaking and Soft-Sculpture
Nevada Museum of Art - Workshop Teacher in Printmaking and Bookbinding
Tyler School of Art and Architecture - Exhibitions Team
Solo Exhibitions
2025
our breath and the trembling of leaves - Temple Contemporary, Philadelphia PA
2022
Plucked - Washoe County Library, North Valleys NV
2021
Petals From Daisies - Window Mine, Reno NV
2019
To the Fairest - The University of Nevada, Reno
Group Exhibitions
2025
To Hear To View (Upcoming) - Exhibition curated by Anthony Elms, Ice Box Project Space, Philadelphia PA
All the Small Things - Tyler Art on the Road Micro Gallery, Philadelphia PA
2024
The Sublime is MEOW - Big Ramp, Philadelphia PA
In Flux - Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Philadelphia PA
Fuzzy Forms - Philadelphia Fringe Festival - Stella Elkins Gallery, Philadelphia PA
Expectations of Growth - Morgan Paper Conservatory, Cleveland OH
Material Matters - Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Philadelphia PA
Small Favors - The Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA
2023
Clocking in for Unpaid Labor - Orland Park Library, Orland Park IL
2022
Marginalia: Unearthing Private Moments - BFree Studio, La Jolla CA
Biggest Little Kisses - baitball art fair #02 - Palazzo San Giuseppe, Polignano a Mare, Italy
2021
All In - The Holland Project Gallery, Reno NV
The Burrito Show - Ferino Gallery, Reno NV
Fresh Prints - Laika Press, Reno NV
Crushes - Virtual Exhibition curated by Miquela Davis
2020
#postmarked - Virtual Exhibition by Crafting the Future and the Penland School of Craft
Tiny Print: Unconditional - Virtual Exhibition curated by H. Simon
2019
Sun Shadows - McKinley Arts & Culture Center, Reno NV
Speak of the Devil - The Micro Gallery, Reno NV
Book and Publication Arts at Black Rock Press - McNamara Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno
Off the Press: Tahoe/Reno Area Printmakers - Haldan Gallery, South Lake Tahoe CA
Curated Exhibitions
2025
Merián Soto: Keep It Moving - Stella Elkins Gallery, Philadelphia PA
Awards & Grants
2024
Charlotte W. Newcombe and Matthew Hollander Endowed Scholarship
2023
Graduate Teaching Academic Internship - Tyler School of Art and Architecture
2019
Partial Scholarship - Risograph - The Penland School of Craft
College of Liberal Arts Dean's Award - Outstanding Graduate in the School of the Arts
Inaugural Trachok Arts Internship in collaboration with the Sierra Arts Foundation
Undergraduate Research Travel Award - Fine Arts
August and Emma Frisch Holmes Art Memorial Endowment
Publications & Press
2024
A Year in Philly, Community diary project by Philadelphians, "April 3" by Ally Messer
2023
Sixty Inches From Center "Elbow Grease: Clocking In For Unpaid Labor" by Elaine Luther
2022
Monopol Magazine "BAITBALL PROJECT 02" by Noemi Weber, presented by Mouches Volantes
Daily Lazy "Baitball#02 at Palazzo San Giuseppe / Polignano a Mare"
2019
Rogue Nevada, Girl NV "Interview with Ally Messer"
Nevada Silver & Blue Magazine, Internship Spotlight
Panels & Lectures
2024
Accessing Archives: Transtemporal Connections, Transformative Practices, "Spiraling: Our Shared Connection" - Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present (ASAP) Annual Conference, CUNY Graduate Center, New York NY
Fibers and Material Studies MFA Candidacy Annual Artist Talk Series - Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Philadelphia PA
2023
Fibers and Material Studies MFA Candidacy Annual Artist Talk Series - Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Philadelphia PA