RECENT PUBLICATIONS 

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

Up and Over, short story in Litmosphere 2025, Charlotte, USA ‘25

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, DE, ‘24

Body Poems III + IV, poetry in Stone of Madness Press: Issue 26, online via USA, ‘24

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

Transcorporeal Portal, album text for Transcorporeal Portal by Slowfoam, Somewhere Press, printed in Glasgow, UK, ‘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, DE, ‘23

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

SELECTED PROJECTS & ENGAGEMENTS

Playing-with: Research in Queer Ecology, artistic research & installation with Madelyn Byrd, AADK Cruce Program (Funded by The Goethe Institute), Blanca, ES, ‘25

A Tuned Body, artistic research & performance with Madelyn Byrd, Grabowsee - Artist in Residence, Oranianburg, DE, ‘24

Echo Poems, spoken word performance, Echoes of Promised Safety: Fashion Installation by Elodie Carstensen, Berlin, DE, ‘24

Songs for The Crossing: 90mil Radio, monthly radio show feat. musical guests, 90mil Radio, Berlin, DE ,‘24-‘25

Speculative Upcycling, workshop & lecture, Universität der Kunst (UDK), Berlin, DE, ‘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, DE & Naches, USA, ‘23-‘25

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 speach & panel  “Reality Bites: Perspectives on Diversity”, Macromedia University, online & Berlin, DE, ‘23

Queer Needlework Circle & The Incidental Quilt, workshop & community project with Theodoor Adriaans, De-Fashioning Education Conference, Berlin, DE, ‘23

A Queer Fashion Rolodex, presentation & panel at The State of Fashion Bienale: Ways of Caring, Arnhem, NL, ‘22

AWARDS & RESIDENCIES

School of Commons: 2025 Peer Learning Program, fellowship & publication, at Zürich University of the Arts, CH, ‘25

Culture Moves Europe Grant, for residency at AADK, awarded by The Goethe Institute, Blanca, ES, ‘25

Countdown Grabowsee, residency, Oranienburg, DE, ‘24

ROTA Festival, festival and residency at AADK, Blanca, ES, ‘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, DE, awarded by the University of Puget Sound, ‘13

COLLABORATION & COMMUNITY

Chimera, transdisciplinary duo with Madelyn Byrd, Berlin, DE, ‘25

Gren Collective, founding member, Berlin, DE, ‘23-present

SQUID INC, DJ duo with Madelyn Byrd, ‘20-present

Queer Handmade Market, co-organizer, panel moderation. Berlin, DE, ‘23

Queer Needlework Circle. co-facilitator, practitioner. Berlin, DE, ‘23

The Hologram, facilitator, practitioner, online & Berlin, DE, ‘21-23

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, ‘13-17

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

DEIB in the Fashion Context, trainer, studio MM04, Berlin, DE ‘25 (upcoming)

Sustainability Lab I & II, teacher, B.A. course at Akademie Mode & Design, Berlin, DE, ‘23-present

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

Research & project lead, Beneficial Design Institute, Berlin, DE, ‘22-present

Fashion for Cultural Sustainability, trainer, Design Academy by VORN x Zalando, Berlin, DE, ‘23-present

Research & communications, studio MM04, Berlin, DE, ‘22-24

202030 – The Berlin Fashion Summit, project management, program development & moderation, studio MM04, Berlin, DE, ‘22-24

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

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

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

Design Center Associate, custom framing & fine art printing specialist, Dick Blick Art Materials, Seattle, USA, ‘13-17

EDUCATION

Certification: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging Trainer, BAMIK, Berlin, DE ‘25

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

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

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