RECENT PUBLICATIONS 

Up and Over, Short story in Litmosphere 2025, USA ‘25 (upcoming)

Bum Archive: 2005-Present, Essay in Reading My Panties 02: Queer Pillow Talk, Arnhem, Netherlands, ‘25 (upcoming)

A realist’s gamble with ambivalence (2025 Bingo), Poem in citizen trans* {project}, new words {press}, USA, ‘25

Body Poems, Poetry collection (self-published), Printed in Berlin, Germany, ‘24

A Queer Fashion Autoethnography, Essay in APRIA: Practicing Solidarity Editorial, online via Arnhem, Netherlands, ‘24

Transcorporeal Portal, Album text for Transcorporeal Portal by Slowfoam, Somewhere Press, printed in Glasgow, Scotland, ‘24

Flagging Chimera / Excavating Queer Folklores, Essay & interview in Just Femme & Dandy 06: The Timetravel Issue, online via USA, ‘24

Trans Unraveling Ritual, Essay in SOFTEIS3: Loss, Printed in Berlin, Germany, ‘23

Manifesto for the Aspiring Lebenskunstler, Zine printed with We Make It risograph studio, Berlin, Germany, ‘21

SELECTED PROJECTS & ENGAGEMENTS

A Tuned Body, Grabowsee - Artist in Residence: Research & Performance - Berlin, Germany, ‘24

Selected Works for Große Wasserspeichern, Spoken word performance at Echoes of Promised Safety (Fashion Installation by Elodie Carstensen), Berlin, Germany, ‘24

Songs for The Crossing: 90mil Radio, Monthly Radio Show with musical guests, 90mil Radio, Berlin, Germany ,‘24-present

Speculative Upcycling, Workshop & Lecture, UDK. Berlin, Germany, ‘24

Naturopathic Somaesthetics - Workshop with Madelyn Byrd, ROTA Festival, Blanca, ES, ‘23

Songs for The Crossing, Performance series with Pablo Diserens, Slowfoam and other collaborators, at 90mil, KWIA, and The Lodge, Berlin, Germany, and Naches, Washington, ‘23-‘24

Lou Croff Blake Talks Pronouns, Fashion For Every Body and the Language of Belonging Beyond the Gender Binary, Podcast episode, WARDROBE CRISIS with Clare Press, ‘24

Fluidity & Dynamism: Queer is a Catalyst (And So Can You!), Keynote Lecture & Panel  “Reality Bites: Perspectives on Diversity”, Macromedia University, Online & Berlin, Germany, ‘23

Queer Needlework Circle & The Incidental Quilt, Workshop & Community Project with Theodoor Adriaans. De-Fashioning Education Conference, Berlin, Germany, ‘23

A Queer Fashion Rolodex, Presentation at The State of Fashion bienale: ‘Ways of Caring’, Arnhem, Netherlands, ‘22

AWARDS & RESIDENCIES

School of Commons: 2025 Peer Learning Program, Digital residency, festival, and publication, Zurich, CH, ‘25 (upcoming)

Culture Moves Europe Grant, for residency at AADK, Blanca, Spain, awarded by The Goethe Institute, ‘25 (upcoming)

Countdown Grabowsee, Oranienburg, Germany, ‘24

ROTA Festival, Festival and Residency at AADK, Blanca, Spain, ‘23

Hisako Nakaya Apparel Design Endowed Scholarship, awarded by Seattle Central College, Seattle, USA, ‘19

International News-Mike Alesko Apparel Design Endowed Scholarship, awarded by Seattle Central College, Seattle, USA, ‘18

Grant for Artist Projects: “Deck Out”, awarded by Artist Trust, Seattle, USA, ‘17

Graduate Artist Studio Residency, HALLE 14 at Baumwolle Spinnerei, Leipzig, Germany, awarded by the University of Puget Sound, ‘13

COLLABORATION & COMMUNITY

Gren Collective, Founding member, ‘23-Present

SQUID INC, DJ collaboration with Madelyn Byrd, ‘20-Present

Queer Handmade Market, Co-organizer, panel moderation. Berlin, Germany, ‘23

Queer Needlework Circle. Co-facilitator, Practitioner. Berlin, Germany, ‘23

The Hologram, Facilitator, Practitioner, Online & Berlin, Germany, 2021-present

MOLD Collective. Co-founder, Berlin, Germany, ‘20-‘23

TUF Collective, Founding  member, workshop facilitator, Seattle, USA, ‘15- ‘20 

Lion’s Main Art Collective. Founding member, Seattle, USA, 2013-2017

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

DEIB in the Fashion Context, Workshop trainer at studio MM04, ‘25 (upcoming)

Sustainability Lab I & II, Teaching position for B.A. course at Akademie Mode & Design, Berlin, Germany, ‘23-present

Sustainability Lab I & II, Curriculum development of B.A. course at Akademie Mode & Design, Berlin, Germany, ‘23-present

Research & project development: regenerative fashion, Beneficial Design Institute, Berlin, Germany, ‘22-present

Fashion for Cultural Sustainability, Trainer at Design Academy by VORN x Zalando, ‘24

Research & communications: fashion & sustainability, studio MM04, Berlin, Germany, ‘22-24

Project management, program development, moderation, 202030 – The Berlin Fashion Summit, organized by studio MM04, ‘22-24

Apparel Design Tutor, Tutor at Seattle Central College, Seattle, WA USA, ‘19-20

Studio Assistant & Communications, MOO YOUNG, Seattle, WA USA, ‘18-20

Studio Internship, Cilium, Brooklyn, NY USA, ‘19

Design Center Associate, Framing & fine art printing specialist at Dick Blick Art Materials, Seattle, WA USA, ‘13-17

EDUCATION

Certification: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging Trainer, BAMIK, Berlin, Germany ‘24

M.A. Sustainability in Creative Industries, Akademie Mode & Design, Berlin, Germany ‘22

A.A.S. School of Apparel Design & Development, Seattle Central College, Seattle, WA USA, ‘20

B. A. Studio Art: Painting, Minor in French Language, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA USA, ‘13, Suma Cum Laude