EDUCATION

  • 2004 NEW YORK ACADEMY OF ART, MFA in Painting. Chubb Postgraduate Fellowship recipient

  • 1995 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - SANTA BARBARA, BA in Studio Art 

TEACHING

  • 2014-2024 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS, Denton, TX. Principal Lecturer-Drawing & Painting

  • 2018-2024 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS, Study Abroad in Florence, Italy

  • 2023-2025 KIMBELL ART MUSEUM, Fort Worth, TX. Various workshops

  • 2018-2019 THE MODERN ART MUSEUM OF FORT WORTH, Fort Worth, TX. "Figures and Forms" Figure Drawing course

  • 2007-2014 UC - BERKELEY EXTENSION, San Francisco, CA. Adjunct Instructor-Drawing and Painting

  • 2008-2014 OHLONE COLLEGE, Fremont, CA. Adjunct Instructor-Drawing and Painting

  • 2009-2010 ATELIER SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL REALISM, Oakland, CA. Adjunct Instructor-Drawing

  • 2005-2006 UFT CENTER, Brooklyn, CA. Painting Instructor

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • 2018  Unmade, Liliana Bloch Gallery, Dallas, TX

  • 2013  Recent work, Louie Meager Art Gallery, Fremont, CA

  • 2011  Reflection, Eden Rock Gallery, St. Barthelemy, F.W.I.

  • 2010  Recent work, galleryB, Sag Harbour, NY

  • 2010  Light and Land, Eden Rock Gallery, St. Barthelemy, F.W.I.

  • 2009 Pacific, Eden Rock Gallery, St. Barthelemy, F.W.I.

  • 2006 113 RYERSON, 5+5 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

  • 2005  Fellows Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • 2024 Extended Comma, SRISA Gallery, Florence, Italy

  • 2024   Art Friends 2, Anna Street Studios, Denton, TX

  • 2022  Something Figurative, This Way Comes, Bloomington, IN

  • 2022   Chaos 8, Ro2 Gallery, Dallas, TX

  • 2021 Blue Review Prize, Sugarlift Gallery, New York, NY

  • 2021 Paper Alchemy, Atelier Maya, Istanbul, Turkey and the Radford University Museum, Radford, VA

  • 2021 Resurgence, Mills Pond Gallery, St. James, NY 

  • 2021 Semblance, Manifest Gallery, Columbus, OH

  • 2021 Give Me Some Skin, Sugarlift Gallery, New York, NY

  • 2020 Art For Action, NAACP Benefit Auction, online

  • 2020 Summer Exhibition, NY Academy of Art, New York, NY

  • 2020  Youngblood, Space Gallery Soho, New York, NY

  • 2020 CVAD Faculty 2020, curated by Andrea Karnes (Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth), CVAD Main Gallery, Denton, TX

  • 2019   New Acquisitions, Winfield Gallery, Carmel, CA

  • 2019 Seven-States Biennial Exhibition, Nesbitt Gallery, Chickasha, OK and Museum of the Red River, Idabel, OK.

  • 2019 Art Fair NY, Curated by Helena Christensen, New York, NY

  • 2019 Birthday Suit, Site:Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

  • 2019 Paper, Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel, CA

  • 2018  CORPS: Annual Faculty Exhibition, Cora Stafford Gallery, Denton, TX

  • 2017  Single Fare 4, Highline Studios, New York, NY

  • 2017 Selected Works, Winfield Gallery, Carmel, CA

  • 2017 Palette, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO

  • 2016  Annual Faculty Exhibition, UNT on the Square Gallery, Denton, TX

  • 2016 Take Home a Nude, Sotheby's/NY Academy of Art, New York, NY

  • 2016 Point of Origin, The Lodge Gallery, New York, NY

  • 2016   Picturing the Unprintable, Flux Factory, New York, NY

  • 2016 Water, Water...Everywhere, Arcadia Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

  • 2016  Spring Fling, Arcadia Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

  • 2016   Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Arcadia Gallery, Palm Springs, CA

  • 2016 L.A. Art Show, Arcadia Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

  • 2015   Five and Under, Arcadia Gallery, New York, NY

  • 2015   Annual Faculty Exhibition, UNT on the Square Gallery, Denton, TX

  • 2015   Works on Paper, Arcadia Gallery, New York, NY

  • 2015  ArtMiamiNY Art Fair, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

  • 2014   Annual Faculty Exhibition, UNT on the Square Gallery, Denton, TX

  • 2013  Selected Works, Winfield Gallery, Carmel, CA

  • 2013 Body Politic, National Arts Club, New York, NY

  • 2013   Single Fare 3, RH Gallery, New York, NY

  • 2012   The Drawing Room, Milavec Hakimi Gallery, New York, NY                

  • 2011   Please Swipe Again, Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY

  • 2011   Uncovered, Eden Rock Gallery, St. Barthelemy, F.W.I.

  • 2009  People, Louie Meager Art Gallery, Fremont, CA

  • 2008  Reality, Louie Meager Art Gallery, Fremont, CA

  • 2008   Selected Works, Winfield Gallery, Carmel, CA

  • 2008   Summer Exhibition, Jurors: Will Cotton, Nicola Hicks, David Salle. New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

  • 2007  Small is Beautiful, Flowers Gallery, New York, NY

  • 2007   Homecoming, New York Academy of Art, NY

  • 2007   Draw, Fuse Gallery, New York, NY

  • 2007   Summer Salon, Jurors: Jenny Saville, Eric Fischl, Vince Desiderio, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

  • 2007   Travel-sized: Small works by American Artists, Eden Rock Gallery, St. Barthelemy, F.W.I.

  • 2007   Place as Object, curated by April Gornik, Eden Rock Gallery, St. Barthelemy, F.W.I.

  • 2006   Group Exhibition, 5+5 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

  • 2005   Group Exhibition, 5+5 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

  • 2005   The Language of Drawing II, Medialia Gallery, New York, NY

  • 2005  Take Home a Nude, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

  • 2004   Thesis Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

  • 2004   NYAA Student Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

PUBLICATIONS/INTERVIEWS


AWARDS, HONORS, and JUROR ACTIVITIES

  • 2021 Blue Review Prize, honorable mention

  • 2018-2024   Regional Juror, AXA Art Prize

  • 2017   The Savvy Paint Competition, honorable mention 

  • 2016   Artist's Residency - Space SBH Gallery, St. Barths, French West Indies

  • 2011   Artist’s Residency: Eden Rock Gallery, St. Barths, French West Indies

  • 2010 Artist’s Residency: Eden Rock Gallery, St. Barths, French West Indies

  • 2009   Artist’s Residency: Eden Rock Gallery, St. Barths, French West Indies

  • 2004   Chubb Post-Graduate Fellowship: New York Academy of Art

  • 2004  Travel grant to Normandy, France at the Château de Balleroy: HRH the Prince of Wales, Forbes Foundation

  • 2003   Academic Scholarship Award: New York Academy of Art

  • 2001   Best in Show: Juried Exhibition, Santa Barbara City College