BORN IN WINFIELD, IL, 1972
LIVES and works IN BROOKLYN, NY

About My Work...

My work is created intuitively. I begin by taking a line for a walk, allowing an image to develop as it wishes. I want to be surprised by whatever manifests as I apply simple materials to a simple surface. I generally feel that my work is most successful when it reveals new secrets over time in response to a viewer’s mood. An image is complete when I feel I have exhausted the possibilities of the surface and transformed it into something a little bit magical which even the most casual viewer can appreciate as a well-crafted object.

Education & experience

2000 Master of Fine Arts, Painting
UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY, ALBANY, NY

1995 Bachelor of Arts, Fine Art
COLUMBIA COLLEGE, CHICAGO, IL

1994 TO 1995 STUDIO ASSISTANT TO Painter RICHARD HULL, CHICAGO, IL

 

Selected Exhibitions

(*solo Exhibition)
 

2017 Et Tu, Art Brute?, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, NY.

2006 THE LINE SHOW, NORTH POINT CULTURAL ARTS CENTER, KINDERHOOK, NY

2004 POETRY CENTER OF CHICAGO BROADSIDES EXHIBITION, CHICAGO, IL

2002 MEMORY & DESIRE, ROURKE ART MUSEUM, MOOREHEAD, MN

2001 FOUR WALLS, GLASS CURTAIN GALLERY, CHICAGO, IL

2000 OUT OF LINE: DRAWINGS BY ILLINOIS ARTISTS CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER, CHICAGO, IL

2000 MASTER OF FINE ARTS THESIS EXHIBITION, UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY, ALBANY, NY

1996 D.I.G (DANCE / INSTALLATION GROUP), CHICAGO RE-USE WAREHOUSE, CHICAGO, IL

*1995 POUGIALIS EXHIBITION, HOKIN GALLERY, CHICAGO, IL

1995 WEISMAN MEMORIAL EXHIBITION, COLUMBIA COLLEGE, CHICAGO, IL

1994 SONNET EXHIBITION, HOKIN GALLERY, CHICAGO, IL

 

Awards

1995 WESIMAN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND, COLUMBIA COLLEGE, CHICAGO, IL

1995 POUGIALIS APPRENTICESHIP SCHOLARSHIP, COLUMBIA COLLEGE, CHICAGO, IL

1994 WEISMAN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND, COLUMBIA COLLEGE, CHICAGO, IL

1993 PRESIDENTIAL PURCHASE AWARD, COLUMBIA COLLEGE, CHICAGO, IL

1992 PRESIDENTIAL PURCHASE AWARD, COLUMBIA COLLEGE, CHICAGO, IL