Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York

Education 2011   MFA   The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2002 The Illustration Academy
2001   BFA   Virginia Commonwealth University
1999 Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, UK
Solo and 2-Person Exhibitions 2011   Just Breathe Normally, Autumn Space, Chicago, IL
Genius?, Manifest Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
2010   New Works, Zrobili Gallery, Chicago, IL (curator)
Painting is Easy, Next 2010, Chicago, IL
2009   D.B. and Me, 619 Building, Seattle, WA
2007   One Long Nite in Switzerland, Wonk Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions 2012   Brucennial 2012 (The Bruce High Quality Foundation),
159 Bleecker St, New York, NY
New Year New Art, RobBos Projects, Regina, SK, Canada
2011   Something I Ate Again, Kinfolk Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The End, RobBos Projects, Regina, SK, Canada
Faux Cult, NoGlobe, Brooklyn, NY
Zrobili Permanent Collection Exhibition, Murdertown, Chicago, IL
Riverside Plaza Building, King Art Collective, Chicago, IL (curator)
Love, Sex, and Violence, Curtis Hall, Chicago, IL
Rout, Wabash Galleries, Chicago, IL
Something I Ate, Rouge58 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
3x3 Show, Manifest Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
Murdertown 'Zine First Edition, Murdertown, Chicago, IL
Matter Matters, 4707 Telegraph, Oakland, CA
2010   40 Hours, Autumn Space, Chicago, IL
You're Not Making Art, Zrobili Gallery, Chicago, IL
ECP Summer Exhibition, Gallery X, Chicago, IL (curator)
Unwrap, That Gallery, Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong
Mobile Uploads, Sloane NYC, New York, NY
Humboldt Moving Pictures, Richmond Sideyard, Chicago, IL
TheArtTrade, Ugly Step Sister Gallery, Chicago, IL
Get Your Fix, Zrobili Gallery, Chicago, IL
Imagine It, King Art Collective, Chicago, IL
Midnite Snacks: Chicago, 1366 Space, Chicago, IL (curator)
Exquisite Corpse, SubCity Projects, Chicago, IL
Postcards From The Edge, ZieherSmith, New York, NY
2009   Liam Gillick Intervention Survey, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Green Group Show, Darke Gallery, Houston, TX
I Didn't Do It, Siragusa Gallery, Chicago, IL
Portrait Challenge, 619 Building, Seattle, WA
Digital Z-Print Exhibition, Yes Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Inaugural Exhibition, Art Raw Gallery, New York, NY
Sketch, APW Gallery, New York, NY
Midnite Snacks: A Traveling Group Exhibition (curator)
Ghostprint Gallery, Richmond, VA
No Globe, Brooklyn, NY
2008   Variation on a Theme, Rabbithole Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (curator)
2006   Blaine, Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, Naples, Italy
2005   Brooklyn, Westport Arts Center, Bridgeport, CT
New Works, Amy Simon Gallery, Bridgeport, CT
Brooklyn Underground Film Festival, Brooklyn, NY
2004   Confluence, Open Ground Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
New Works, Madarts Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2002   Calendar Works, Starch Gallery, Richmond, VA

 

Awards 2011   The William Merchant R. French Fellowship
2006   The Addy Award
2002   The Illustration Academy Scholarship
01-99  The Commonwealth Award
Lectures | Interviews 2010   Noon Time Lecture Series, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2009   The Artery Magazine interview
2007   Virginia Commonwealth University
Myartspace interview
2005   The Illustration Academy
2004   Virginia Commonwealth University
Bibliography 2011   Ishmael, Amelia, Review. "Do You Believe in the Artist?", ArtSlant,
September
Valez, Pedro, Review. New MFA Grads, Artnet, May
Sandberg, Leif, Review. "Genius?", Murdertown, March
2010   Asher, Kaajal, This Artist. Suffolk Alumni Magazine, May
Viera, Lauren, Review. Midnite Snacks, Chicago Tribune, March
Sullivan, Shannon, Review. Midnite Snacks, Chicago Art Magazine, March
Stephens, Cait, Review. Midnite Snacks, Heavy Gel, March
Reaves, Kelly, Review. Fresh Paint, Gaper's Block, November
2009   Taschen Books : Illustration Now! Vol.3, December
Curtis, Robert, Review. First Friday's Therapy, The Commonwealth Times,
February
2008   Uhrin, David, A Word on the Artist. Hampton Roads Sourcebook, May
2006   Bedier, Deanne, Review. Up! Magazine (Canada), June
Noble, Kathryn, Biographies. Improper Bostonian
Bedier, Deanne, Review. Avenue (Canada), December
Uncredited Writer, St. Louis Magazine, April
2005   Lui, Claire, Review. Revealing Process-Top 20 International Artists Under 30,
Print Magazine, April