Curriculum Vitae

Current Position

Education

Solo Exhibitions

2010

Tales of Passion and Woe, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2009

Intemperance, Billy Shire Fine Art, Culver City, CA

2008

Intemperance, Kitchen’s Ink, Denver, CO

2007

Virtues and Vices, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE

Ningbo Museum of Art, Ningbo, China

2006

Involuntary Thoughts, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Blue Streak Gallery, Wilmington, DE

Trans-conscious Visions, Pankratz Gallery, Monument , CO

2005

Wanted Night Gardener, Mezzanine Gallery, Wilmington, DE

The Secret Lives of Portraits, Washington College, Chestertown, MD

2004

Salon of the Chimera, Cecil County Community College, Rising Sun, MD

Select Group Shows

2010

Suggestivism, curated by Greg Escalante and Nathan Spoor, Grand Central Art Center, Santa Monica, CA

Lowbrow Tarot Show, curated by Aunia Kahn, La Luz Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Femme Show, Santa Fe, NM

2009

The Little Deaths, curated by Samantha Levin, Shadow Space, Philadelphia, PA

Beyond Eden Art Fair at Barnsdale, Los Angeles, CA

In Your Dreams, curated by Edward Sullivan of NYU, Pen and Brush Society, New York, NY

Super School, curated by Lola, Copro Nason, Santa Monica, CA

Fata Morgana, curated by Pam Grossman, Debora Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Sugar Coated Strange, Pop Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

Faculty Exhibition, Florida State Museum, FL

Little Death, curated by Samantha Levin, Fuse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Dark Art III, curated by Curse Mackey, Sidney and Berne Davis Art Center, Ft Myers, FL

2003-08

Small Works Show, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2008

Aqua Art Fair, Billy Shire, Miami, FL

Subversion, Pop Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

Contempt Anniversary Show, NYC

13th Hour, Last Rites, New York, NY

Art Encounter 200, Juror: Brian Dursum, The von Liebig Art Center, Naples, FL

Unsung and Undead, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL

Flight of Fancy, Crybaby Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ

Four Riders, Pale Horse Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL

Deep Pop: a survey of Pop Surrealism, curated by Andrew Michael Ford, Iona College, New Rochelle, NY

Faculty Exhibition, Florida State Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL

Corset for the Cure, Art Institute of Philadelphia, PA

2007

Bridge Art Fair: Chicago, London, and Miami, Billy Shire Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA

Talking Board Show, Copro Nason Galley, Santa Monica, CA

Objective Reality, Harold Golen Gallery, Miami, FL

New Talent, Billy Shire Fine Art, Culver City, CA

ISM: Untitled Love Project Phases 2/3, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, CA

Faculty Exhibition, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE

Draw, curated by Eric Foss, traveling exhibit: New York, Austin, London, and Tokyo

Kitschen Sync, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Broken Hearts, Strychnin Gallery, New York, NY

2006

Undertow 2, curated by Alix Sloan, Roq La Rue, Seattle, WA

Fresh Meat, Roq La Rue, Seattle, WA

Cannibal Flower, Copro Nason Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Undertow, curated by Alix Sloan, Metalstone Gallery, New York, NY

Animals in Art, Susan Isaacs, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE

Delaware Women's Conference Exhibition, Biggs Museum, Dover, DE

Scary Night, KMFK Gallery, New York, NY

Arcanum, Strychnin Gallery, New York, NY

2005

DDA Award Winners, Biggs Museum of American Art, Dover, DE

2004

US Artists: American Fine Art Show, 33rd Street Armory, Philadelphia, PA

New Talent Show, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2003

MFA Exhibition, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE

Graduate Thesis Exhibition, University Gallery, Newark, DE

2002

12th Annual Emerging Artists, City Gallery, Baltimore, MD

New Blood, University of Delaware, Newark, DE

2001

7th Annual Juried Exhibition, Cecil County Arts Council, Elkton, MD

Symbiotic Teleology, Newark Arts Alliance, Newark, DE

 

Press and Publications

Articles:

Interviews:

Books (works included):

Book Covers

Honors and Awards

2008

First Year Assistant Professor Research Grant FSU

Think Tank Fellowship

2007

Nominated for the United States Artists Award

2005

Delaware Division of the Arts Fellowship for Established Artist in Painting

Delaware Division of the Art Opportunity Grant

2004

Delaware Division of the Arts Honorable Mention

2001-02

Calloway Magness Fellowship and Full Teaching Assistantship

Academic Service

Teaching:

2009

Assistant Professor, Painting II, fall and spring, Florida State University, FL

Assistant Professor, Color, fall and spring, Florida State University, FL

Assistant Professor, BFA Seminar: 2-D, spring, Florida State University, FL

2008

Assistant Professor, Figure Drawing, fall and spring, Florida State University, FL

Assistant Professor, Painting Materials and Techniques, fall and spring, Florida State, FL

Assistant Professor, MFA Seminar, fall, Florida State University, FL

Assistant Professor, Painting II, Florida State University, FL

Master's Thesis Committee Member:

Bachelor's Thesis Major Professor:

Committees:

Other Academic Service

Grants Awarded

2009

Florida State Division of Cultural Affairs Individual Artist Fellowship

Art and Humanities Research Enhancement Grant (AHPEG)

Committee on Faculty Research Support (COFRS)

2008

First Year Assistant Professor Award (FYAP)

2005

Delaware Division of the Arts Fellowship for Established Artist in Painting

2004

Delaware Division of the Arts Honorable Mention for Emerging Artist in Painting

2003

Teaching Excellence Award Nominee, University of Delaware

2002

University of Delaware Full Teaching Assistantship

2002

University of Delaware Travel Grant: Anderson Ranch, Aspen, CO
(Studied w/ Julie Heffernan)

2001

University of Delaware Calloway Magness Fellowship

1992

Palmer Lake Art Group Scholarship

Presentations

National/International

Florida State University

Visiting Artist/Lecturer