As a scavenger, collector and painter, my work reimagines art historical traditions located in the afterlife of thrift store novelties, vernacular photography, and home movies. Painted into Baroque-inspired narratives, these quotidian vestiges of our material culture function as a domestic counterpart to the masculine heroism of historical painting traditions, while reconciling the implicit codification of gender, power, and looking located in our cultural artifacts and personal possessions. Woven into new fantastical mythologies viewers are invited to consider memory and meaning in the circulation of objects and the traces of things left behind. Part archive, part fiction, they negotiate competing narratives while offering small vignettes through which to reflect on the fictional potential of the everyday.
EDUCATION
2003 MFA, University of Florida, School of Art and Art History, Alumni Fellow
1997 BFA, California College of Arts & Crafts
HONORS AND AWARDS
2021 Finalist, Manifest Grand Jury Prize Season 16, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2018. Finalist, 9th Annual Manifest Prize, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2017 1st Place, Precision UNCP 8th Annual International Juried Exhibition, Juror: Michael Reedy, University of North Carolina Pembroke, Pembroke, NC
New College Faculty Scholar Enhancement
2007. Sarasota Arts Council/Ringling-Towers Artist Fellowship, Sarasota, FL
2000-03. Alumni Fellowship (tuition & stipend), University of Florida
EXHIBITIONS (SOLO/*TWO-PERSON)
2020 Incandescence, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
2017 Soft Eyes, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville FL
2012 The Truth Is Too Convoluted, C. Emerson Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL
2010 Peripheral Vision, Allyn Gallup Contemporary, Sarasota, FL
Flicker, Englewood Art Center, Englewood, FL
2007 Super-8, Mack b Projects, Sarasota, FL
New Paintings, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Paintings, Studio E Gallery, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
2004 New Paintings, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Ways of Seeing: Inside and Out, JEMA (www.jema.us)
2003 Dodge and Burn, Bettcher Gallery, Miami, FL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Earth Works, Cecile R. Hunt Gallery, Webster University, St. Louis, MO
2021
Skyway 2020: A Contemporary Collaboration, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL (catalog)
12th Annual Drawing Discourse: International Juried Exhibition, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC
2019
Alexandria Museum of Art’s 32nd September Competition, Alexandria, LA (catalog)
Small and Smaller, Juror: Heather Darcy Bhandari, Site:Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
PAINTED BIENNIAL, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Excelsior!, Dab Art/H Gallery, Ventura, CA
Prince Street Gallery, 11th National Juried Show, Juror: Lori Bookstein, New York, NY
Be. Long., Curated by I Like Your Work Podcast and Dutoit Gallery, Online Exhibition
Bloom, Millersville University, Millersville, PA
Small Works, Lemonade Stand Gallery, Key West, FL
Fierce and Frail II: of Beings, Beasts and Seed, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR
Shoplifable, GAZE Modern, Sarasota, FL
SPACES, Dab Art, artsy.net, Online Exhibition
Images, Animation/Music Performance, New Music New College, Sarasota, FL
2018
Painting in the 21’s Century, curated by Steven Henry Madoff, Site:Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
Drink Me, Dab Art/H Gallery, Ventura, CA
JuxtaPositions, curated by Anthony Cuneo, Alannah Farrell and Robin Feld, The Painting Center, New York, NY (catalog)
2017
Precision: UNCP 8th Annual International Juried Exhibition, Juror: Michael Reedy, University of North Carolina Pembroke, Pembroke, NC
Spectrum, Juried Exhibition, Cade Art Gallery, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold,MD
Intimate Observation: Looking Past the Figure, Curator: Dustin Juengel, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
COPLAC 2017 Juried Exhibition, Jurors: Dr. Katherine Brion, New College of Florida, Dr. Sara
Orel, Truman State University, Professor Bonnie Blake, Ramapo College, Dr. Eric Brown,
University of Maine Farmington
2016
AQUA Art Miami with Phylogeny Contemporary, Miami, FL
#postdigital, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL (invitational)
Ringling Underground, Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL
2015
Observations and Collections, Clara Hatton Gallery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
2014
Amazon Art Collectors, Curated by Mireya Lewin
Eleven: JEMA Retrospective, Bob Rauschenberg Gallery, Ft. Meyers, FL
Made in Sarasota, Allyn Gallup Contemporary, Sarasota, FL
2013
SCOPE NY, C. Emerson Fine Arts
SCOPE Seattle, C. Emerson Fine Arts
If Walls Could Talk, Design Within Reach, Kessenich Contemporary, Atlanta, GA
2012
Course/Discourse, Richman Gallery, The Park School, Baltimore, MD (catalog)
2011
SCOPE NY, C. Emerson Fine Arts
SCOPE Miami, C. Emerson Fine Arts
Bodies of Water, Atlantic Center for the Arts, Harris House Gallery, New Smyrna Beach, FL
Vignette, C. Emerson Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL
2010
Texas National 2010 Exhibition, juror: Judy Pfaff, Stephen F. Austin State University,
Nacogdoches, TX
S/Art/Q 2010 Invitational, State Street, Sarasota, FL
2008
New York/Tampa, Signatures d’Artistes: Dessin (Artists Handwriting: Drawing), Bleu Acier,
Tampa, FL
Not for Sale, Sarasota Arts Center, curator: Mark Ormond, Sarasota, FL
Les Enseignants d’Art, Manatee Community College, Bradenton, FL
Art I Love, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2007
Exhibit A, co-curated by Mack b Projects and Pure/Impure, Sarasota, FL
56th Annual All Florida Exhibition, Juror: John B. Henry, III, Boca Raton Museum of Art,
Boca Raton, FL
Our Artists, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2005
SCOPE New York, Fay Gold Gallery, Flatotel, New York, NY
Lanoue Fine Art Gallery, Boston, MA
2004
AFF: Contemporary Art Fair with Bettcher Gallery, New York, NY
Fig. 8, Lee Gallery, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
2003
Selected Works, Open Studios Press Gallery, Boston, MA
Annual Faculty Exhibition, Santa Fe College, Gainesville, FL
Recent MFA, Rowe Art Gallery, Carroll College, Waukesha, WI
Collector’s Choice, Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, FL
GALLERY AFFILIATION
Dab Art, Ventura, CA
FACULTY POSITIONS
New College of Florida, Sarasota, FL
Professor of Art, 2020- present
Associate Professor of Art, 2011-2020
Assistant Professor of Art, 2005-2011
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art, 2004-2005
EDUCATION
2003 MFA, University of Florida, School of Art and Art History, Alumni Fellow
1997 BFA, California College of Arts & Crafts
HONORS AND AWARDS
2021 Finalist, Manifest Grand Jury Prize Season 16, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2018. Finalist, 9th Annual Manifest Prize, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2017 1st Place, Precision UNCP 8th Annual International Juried Exhibition, Juror: Michael Reedy, University of North Carolina Pembroke, Pembroke, NC
New College Faculty Scholar Enhancement
2007. Sarasota Arts Council/Ringling-Towers Artist Fellowship, Sarasota, FL
2000-03. Alumni Fellowship (tuition & stipend), University of Florida
EXHIBITIONS (SOLO/*TWO-PERSON)
2020 Incandescence, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
2017 Soft Eyes, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville FL
2012 The Truth Is Too Convoluted, C. Emerson Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL
2010 Peripheral Vision, Allyn Gallup Contemporary, Sarasota, FL
Flicker, Englewood Art Center, Englewood, FL
2007 Super-8, Mack b Projects, Sarasota, FL
New Paintings, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Paintings, Studio E Gallery, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
2004 New Paintings, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Ways of Seeing: Inside and Out, JEMA (www.jema.us)
2003 Dodge and Burn, Bettcher Gallery, Miami, FL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Earth Works, Cecile R. Hunt Gallery, Webster University, St. Louis, MO
2021
Skyway 2020: A Contemporary Collaboration, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL (catalog)
12th Annual Drawing Discourse: International Juried Exhibition, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC
2019
Alexandria Museum of Art’s 32nd September Competition, Alexandria, LA (catalog)
Small and Smaller, Juror: Heather Darcy Bhandari, Site:Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
PAINTED BIENNIAL, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Excelsior!, Dab Art/H Gallery, Ventura, CA
Prince Street Gallery, 11th National Juried Show, Juror: Lori Bookstein, New York, NY
Be. Long., Curated by I Like Your Work Podcast and Dutoit Gallery, Online Exhibition
Bloom, Millersville University, Millersville, PA
Small Works, Lemonade Stand Gallery, Key West, FL
Fierce and Frail II: of Beings, Beasts and Seed, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR
Shoplifable, GAZE Modern, Sarasota, FL
SPACES, Dab Art, artsy.net, Online Exhibition
Images, Animation/Music Performance, New Music New College, Sarasota, FL
2018
Painting in the 21’s Century, curated by Steven Henry Madoff, Site:Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
Drink Me, Dab Art/H Gallery, Ventura, CA
JuxtaPositions, curated by Anthony Cuneo, Alannah Farrell and Robin Feld, The Painting Center, New York, NY (catalog)
2017
Precision: UNCP 8th Annual International Juried Exhibition, Juror: Michael Reedy, University of North Carolina Pembroke, Pembroke, NC
Spectrum, Juried Exhibition, Cade Art Gallery, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold,MD
Intimate Observation: Looking Past the Figure, Curator: Dustin Juengel, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
COPLAC 2017 Juried Exhibition, Jurors: Dr. Katherine Brion, New College of Florida, Dr. Sara
Orel, Truman State University, Professor Bonnie Blake, Ramapo College, Dr. Eric Brown,
University of Maine Farmington
2016
AQUA Art Miami with Phylogeny Contemporary, Miami, FL
#postdigital, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL (invitational)
Ringling Underground, Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL
2015
Observations and Collections, Clara Hatton Gallery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
2014
Amazon Art Collectors, Curated by Mireya Lewin
Eleven: JEMA Retrospective, Bob Rauschenberg Gallery, Ft. Meyers, FL
Made in Sarasota, Allyn Gallup Contemporary, Sarasota, FL
2013
SCOPE NY, C. Emerson Fine Arts
SCOPE Seattle, C. Emerson Fine Arts
If Walls Could Talk, Design Within Reach, Kessenich Contemporary, Atlanta, GA
2012
Course/Discourse, Richman Gallery, The Park School, Baltimore, MD (catalog)
2011
SCOPE NY, C. Emerson Fine Arts
SCOPE Miami, C. Emerson Fine Arts
Bodies of Water, Atlantic Center for the Arts, Harris House Gallery, New Smyrna Beach, FL
Vignette, C. Emerson Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL
2010
Texas National 2010 Exhibition, juror: Judy Pfaff, Stephen F. Austin State University,
Nacogdoches, TX
S/Art/Q 2010 Invitational, State Street, Sarasota, FL
2008
New York/Tampa, Signatures d’Artistes: Dessin (Artists Handwriting: Drawing), Bleu Acier,
Tampa, FL
Not for Sale, Sarasota Arts Center, curator: Mark Ormond, Sarasota, FL
Les Enseignants d’Art, Manatee Community College, Bradenton, FL
Art I Love, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2007
Exhibit A, co-curated by Mack b Projects and Pure/Impure, Sarasota, FL
56th Annual All Florida Exhibition, Juror: John B. Henry, III, Boca Raton Museum of Art,
Boca Raton, FL
Our Artists, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2005
SCOPE New York, Fay Gold Gallery, Flatotel, New York, NY
Lanoue Fine Art Gallery, Boston, MA
2004
AFF: Contemporary Art Fair with Bettcher Gallery, New York, NY
Fig. 8, Lee Gallery, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
2003
Selected Works, Open Studios Press Gallery, Boston, MA
Annual Faculty Exhibition, Santa Fe College, Gainesville, FL
Recent MFA, Rowe Art Gallery, Carroll College, Waukesha, WI
Collector’s Choice, Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, FL
GALLERY AFFILIATION
Dab Art, Ventura, CA
FACULTY POSITIONS
New College of Florida, Sarasota, FL
Professor of Art, 2020- present
Associate Professor of Art, 2011-2020
Assistant Professor of Art, 2005-2011
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art, 2004-2005