Born in 1978
Lives and works in Los Angeles
EDUCATION
2002 Master Fine Arts, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT.
2000 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Maryland Institute-College of Art, Baltimore, MD.
1999
Study Abroad Program, Studio Arts Center International, Florence, Italy.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
1999: 10 Year Anniversary Show, China Art Objects, Los Angeles
2008
Ayer, Melchi, Sharp, Mason Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
L.A. Law, Schmidt-Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
It’s A Celebration %?(#&$!, Circus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007
The Crazy Gang Presents, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA.
Show, curated by Heather Cantrall, Jail Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Acute, curated by Grant Vetter and Sean Sullivan, Catalyst Gallery @ UCI, Irvine, CA.
One Foot High and Rising, curated by Pentti Monkkonen, The Balmoral, Los Angeles, CA
The End curated by Jacin Giordano, Twenty Twenty Projects, Miami, FL.
2006
Jim Shaw’s Army, curated by Pentti Monkkonen, Rental Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Many, Many, Guys and Girls, All Real Beauties, curated by Julian Hoeber, Circus of Books, Hollywood, CA
Draw A Line and Follow It, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Hollywood, CA.
Invisible Graffiti: Magnet Show, organized by Marie Lorenz and Lan Tuazan, Port Morris, New
York, NY.
Chain Letter, Curated by Doug Harvey and Christian Cummings, High Energy Constructs, Los Angeles, CA
2004
The Delighted Eye. Subspace, Berlin, Germany.
2002
Fresh Art Fair, organized by K-D-P Productions, Business Design Centre, London, England.
Hot Summer-Cool Media Lounge, curated by Leslie Schaffer, The Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD.
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Yale School of Art Gallery, New Haven, CT.
2001
The Stray Show Alternative Space Exhibition, organized by K-D-P Productions, Thomas Blackman Associates, Chicago, IL.
This is Nanotechnology, curated by Nick Barna, The Whole Gallery, Baltimore, MD.
2000
Whippersnapper II, organized by Kristen Van Deventer, Vedanta Gallery, Chicago IL.
The Fool, organized by Dustin Carlson, Jason Hughes, Whole Gallery 2000, Baltimore, MD.
AWARDS/HONORS
2007
Recipient of Michael and Nina Sundell Residency for 2008 Yaddo Art Residency
2001
Recipient of Phelps Berdan Memorial Award for Distinction in Painting Yale School of Art
1998
Recipient of St. Ralph Roland Demuth Memorial Scholarship Maryland Institute-College of Art