Lives and works in Los Angeles, California. Born in Lansing, Michigan. Has exhibited across the United States. His work appears in and on the cover of New American Paintings, No. 53. He is a member of the artist/curator collective Durden and Ray.

Education:

2012 MFA, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
2002 BA, Art and Art History, Kalamazoo College, MI

Solo Exhibitions:

2019 Note on Gesture, The Upper West, CA
2017 Dust, The Main, Newhall, CA
2016 Duo, The Slow Down Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Haunt II: Sweaty Devil Snake, Parlor West, Los Angeles, CA (with Annie Nieman)
2012 We're All Sensitive People, Autonomie, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Salt, Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont, CA
2009 Current Works, The Good Food Gallery, Arcata, CA
2005 Icons, JET Artworks, Washington, DC
2002 Grand People from Some Splendid Age, Light Fine Arts Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI

Group Exhibitions:

2019 Spring/Break, The Stalls at Skylight Row, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Paintings from the Interior, Culver Center of the Arts, Riverside, CA
2019 Disclosure: Confessions for Modern Times, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Representing the West, White Gallery, Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO
2018 A Heap of Broken Images Where the Sun Beats, The Aegean Center for Fine Arts in Paroikia, Paros Greece
2018 Preview, I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Collectivity, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Dragnet: 832, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Odd Convergences: Steps/Misteps, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Supermarket Art Fair, Durden and Ray, Stockholm. Sweden
2017 Soul Case, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Entangled Loci, Hilbertraum, Berlin, Germany
2017 Round Too, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Far Bazaar, Cerritos College, Cerritos, CA
2017 The Collectivists, Brand Library Art Gallery, Glendale, CA
2017 Observe, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
2017 MAS Attack, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2016 Preview, I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Preview, I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Western Dreams, Groundspace Project, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Manifest American Mythic: Contemporary Art and the Old West, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2014 Spaghetti | Western, Coastline Art Gallery, Newport Beach, CA
2013 MAS Attack, LA Mart, Los Angeles, CA
2012 GLAMFA, California State University Long Beach School of Art, Long Beach, CA
2012 Last Splash, Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont, CA
2011 Split Second Split, F1 Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2011 Split Second Split, Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont, CA
2011 Vex Again, dA Center For The Arts, Pomona, CA
2010 Friction, East Gallery, Claremont, CA
2010 The Good Food Gallery, Arcata, CA
2009 The Good Food Gallery, Arcata, CA
2008 The Good Food Gallery, Arcata, CA
2007 The Good Food Gallery, Arcata, CA
2006 NOVA, Chicago, IL
2006 Introductions, Thomas Robertello Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 Go Figure, JET Artworks, Washington, DC
2004 The Works, Detroit, MI
2003 Goodnite Gracie, Ann Arbor, MI
2003 Firefly Club, Ann Arbor, MI
2002 Light Fine Arts Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI
2000 Light Fine Arts Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI

Curatorial Work:

2019 RE: UNION, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Soul Case, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA

Awards/Recognition:

2019 People’s Choice Award for Throw the Soil on Me, Representing the West, White Gallery, Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO
2011, CGU Art Fellowship
2009, What The Pop! Video Music Festival, Best Animated Video, Arcata, CA
2006, ihugens.com, NOVA, Best In Show, Chicago, IL

Publications:

2011, Art Takes Miami
2005, LuxEsto, Vol. 66, No. 2, (cover)
2004, New American Paintings, No. 53, (cover)
2004, The Standby, No. 1, (cover)
2002, Caldron
2002, Passage

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