Education
2014-2016
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI. MFA Jewelry and Metalsmithing.
2010-2014
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA. BFA Studio Art, Summa Cum Laude.
Awards
2024
Maryland State Arts Council Grants for Artists
2021
Society for North American Goldsmiths Educational Endowment Scholarship
2019
American Craft Council Emerging Voices Shortlist Artist
2016
Marzee International Graduate Prize 2016
2015
Tiffany & Co. Foundation Scholarship
RESIDENCIES
2026
Metals Winter Pentaculum Residency, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
2025
The Biophilium Species Artist Research Residency, Nova Scotia, Canada, Online
COLLECTIONS
Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C (upcoming)
RISD Museum, Providence, RI
ArtYard, Frenchtown, NJ
Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Solo Exhibitions
2025
Enshrined, Todd’s Inheritance Historic Site, Edgemere, MD
2024
Lifting the Veil, Gallery Loupe, Montclair, NJ
Group Exhibitions
2026
Faculty Biennial, Towson University, Towson, MD
2025-26
A Dream Outside My Body, Visual Arts Center of Richmond, VA
2025
In Collaboration, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
a Fair, XOXO Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Reverie & Alchemy: A Cabinet of Curiosities, Towson University, Towson, MD
Bows, Brooklyn Metal Works, Brooklyn, NY
2024
The Nature of Imperfection: Jewelry and Adornment, Society of Arts and Crafts, online, in-person TBD
Unfamiliars, JV Collective Munich Jewellery Week, Munich, Germany
2023
Faculty Biennial, Towson University, Towson, MD
2022-23
Gallery Loupe at The Jewelry Library, NYCJW, New York, NY
2021
Artifactual Remakes, Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD
Sisterhood: Bodies in Proximity, Emily Jockel and Luci Jockel, NYCJW at The Jewelry Library, New York, NY
Spark IV: A New World?, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD, USA
Homecoming, online exhibition by JV Collective, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2020
One World, online exhibition by Gallery Loupe, Montclair, NJ, USA
2019
The Procession- MJ Tyson and Luci Jockel, NYCJW at R & Company, New York, NY
Lonely Hearts Club, NYCJW, New York, NY
ACC Emerging Voices Award Exhibition, ACC Conference, Philadelphia, PA
2018
Here Today: We Are SNAG Membership Exhibition, Online Exhibition
Insects, Galeria Alice Floriano, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Bees, Galerie Handwerk, Munich, Germany
Explorations and Process: Makers of the Allegheny Metals Club, Adorned Spaces, SNAG Conference, Portland, OR
Life, Death, and Rebirth, University of the Arts Faculty & Staff Pop-Up Exhibition, Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Marzee at Frame, Schmuck 2018 Munich Fair, Munich, Germany
Oade Art Fair, Rotterdam, Netherlands
CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
2017
Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen, Netherlands
(in)animate, ArtYard, Frenchtown, NJ, USA
Making Matters, Peters Valley School of Craft Gallery, Layton, NJ, USA
2016
Allegheny Metals Club Exhibition, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Marzee International Graduate Show 2016, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, Netherlands
RISD Grad Show Exhibition, Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, RI, USA
Juried Visual Art Exhibition, Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Wildlife Trading and Conservation, Gallery 55 at Rhode Island School of Design, RISD, Providence RI, USA
Feast and Fathom: Jewelry and Metalsmithing Triennial Exhibition, Woods Gerry Gallery at RISD, Providence, RI, USA
Afterlife Exhibition, ECU Metals Symposium at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA
2015
Momentum, SNAG Juried Student Exhibition, Holliston, MA, USA
Fever Dream, Gelman Gallery at RISD, Providence, RI, USA
Mettle: Jewelry and Metalsmithing Biennial Graduate Show, Sol Koffler Gallery at RISD, Providence, RI, USA
Juried Visual Art Exhibition, Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
2014
B.F.A. Thesis Exhibition at IUP, Indiana, PA, USA
Diversity Student Art Gallery at IUP, Indiana, PA, USA
Beyond the Surface, Art Works in Johnstown, Johnstown, PA, USA
Publications
2025
Seek the Strange, Ripley’s Believe it or Not!, print
Instead of threads, CNN Arabic article, online
2024
The Magazine ANTIQUES, Tempting Providence by Jeannine Falino, print
The Nature of Imperfection: Jewelry and Adornment, Society of Arts and Crafts, online catalog
2023
Editorial Photo Call, Metalsmith Magazine
2022
Artifactual Remakes, Baltimore Jewelry Center and The Walters Museum, Baltimore, MD
2021
Material Matters: In The Studio With Luci Jockel, Future Heirloom, NYCJW, Online
An Art Exhibit Considering Our Collective Future, BmoreArt, Baltimore, MD
2020
The Queue, American Craft Council (ACC) Interview, Online
One World Exhibition Catalog, Montclair, NJ, USA
Metalsmith Magazine, SNAG, Eugene, OR, USA
2019
ACC Emerging Voices Artist Award Feature, American Craft Magazine Minneapolis, MN, USA
“Body Armor Exhibition Review”, Metalsmith Magazine, SNAG, Eugene, OR, USA
“Bare Bones Beauty” by Simone Solondz, Rhode Island School of Design Media, Providence, RI
2018
"New Brooches" by Nicolas Estrada
2017
"Repair and Renewal: Making Things Whole Again", Exhibition in Print, Metalsmith Magazine, SNAG
"Zoom: On Our Radar" by Brigitte Martin, American Craft Magazine, vol. 77 no. 02, pg. 10-11
2016
"Moving Foward: Graduate Class Notes", RISD XYZ, Winter 2016, pg. 95
IUP Magazine
Klimt02 Selected Graduate 2016
2015
The Round: Fall 2015 Issue XIII, Brown University
Tulane Review Literary Art Magazine, Tulane University
2014
New Growth Arts Review Magazine, IUP
Professional Experience
2019-present
Metalsmithing and Jewelry Lecturer/Area Coordinator, Towson University, Towson, MD
2024-present
Workshop Instructor, Intro to Stone Carving, Brooklyn Metal Works, Brooklyn, NY
2025
Juror, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Lecture, Tucson Gem Show x SNAG, Tucson, AZ
2024
Workshop Instructor, Scrimshaw for Jewelers, Peters Valley School of Craft, Layton, NJ
Curator, Transforming the Prototype 2, Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD
Panelist, Tattoos and Jewellery, Launch of The Vessel: Transforming Bodies, Norwegian Crafts Magazine, Munich Jewellery Week, Lost Weekend, Munich, Germany
Curator, Tasty, Student Exhibition at Munich Jewellery Week, Munich, Germany
Workshop Instructor, The Jewelry Library, New York, NY
2022-23
Moderator and Co-Creator, A Curriculum On Collecting: Six Virtual Conversations with The Jewelry Library, Online
2022
Lecture, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
Lecture, SUNY New Paltz Artist Lecture Series, New Paltz, NY
Workshop Instructor, Manor Mill, Monkton, MD
Workshop Instructor, Creative Art Alliance: Art To Dine For, Manor Mill, Monkton, MD
Curator, Transforming the Prototype, Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD
Workshop Instructor, Baltimore Jewelry Center, Online and In Person, Baltimore, MD
Workshop Instructor, Peters Valley School of Craft, Layton, NJ
Lecture, Artifactual Remakes Exhibition Panel, BJC, Online, 2022
2021
Juror, Student Independent Exhibition, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2020
Art Jewelry Forum Live Interview, Gallery Loupe’s One World Online Exhibition, Online
Artist Lecture, Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD, Online
Workshop Instructor, Brooklyn Metal Works, Brooklyn, NY, USA (cancelled due to COVID-19)
Workshop Instructor, Peters Valley School of Craft, Layton, NJ, USA (cancelled due to COVID-19)
Workshop Instructor, SNAG Philadelphia, UARTS, Philadelphia, PA (cancelled due to COVID-19
Curator, JV Collective, SNAG Philadelphia (cancelled due to COVID-19)
2019
Panelist, “Philadelphia Craft Resources”, Craft Capital Symposium, Philadelphia, PA
Studio Assistant, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC
Presenter, RISD Museum, Providence, RI
Wintersession Instructor, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2018
Writer, Metalsmith Magazine, SNAG
Workshop Instructor, Peters Valley School of Craft, Layton, NJ
Pre-College Workshop Instructor, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Shop Supervisor- Jewelry/Metals, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2017
Workshop Instructor, Peters Valley School of Craft, Layton, NJ, USA
Fine Metals Artist Fellow, Peters Valley School of Craft, Layton, NJ, USA
2016
Works In Process: Organic Jewelry Demonstration and Display, RISD Museum, Providence RI, USA
Studio Technician Assistant, RISD Jewelry and Metalsmithing Department, Providence, RI, USA
2015
Teaching Assistant, RISD Jewelry and Metalsmithing Department, Providence, RI, USA