The act of making art is the journey that I experience, realizing the implications of why, and what my art has become. It is the complex and diverse human histories that shape who I am and my place in the world. It is a world with its footings in relationships and knowledge. Things that I felt, saw, imagined, and emotions that were conveniently left by the side of the road are markers in the reality of the self that need to be revisited. Looking behind myself to see what I know is there yet won’t consider, can turn my moment inside out. Without this heightened state of past reality my relationship with the self cannot exist. Traditions and the judgments of others have given way to the understanding that where I used to look for a deeper understanding of our culture is merely an image associated with it. With this exploration of the self comes a symbiotic journey into the other end of the self.
Education
Master of Arts in Art Education, The School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL
Bachelor of Fine Arts, The School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL
Exhibitions
2012
Windsor Whitney Biennial, New York, NY
Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago, IL
People's Summit, Chicago, IL
Chicago Spring, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL
Bloomingdale Public Library, Bloomingdale, IL
Lucid Art Lab, Chicago, IL
Studio 659, Whiting, IN
upcoming:
International Multimedia Artist Exhibition, Rebellion, Museo del Brigantaggio, Itri, Latina, Italy
Abstract, Brickton Art Center, Park Ridge, IL
2011
Flag Stop: Alternative contemporary art event, Los Angeles, CA
Guichard Gallery, Chicago, IL
My Own Worst Enemy: Portraits of Self-Multiplicity Milwaukee Ave. Art Festival, Chicago, IL
Seerveld Gallery, Palos Heights, IL
Dream, Prak-sis Gallery, Chicago, IL
Inside Outside, RAW SPACE – Prak-sis Gallery, Chicago, IL
Nor There, Carousel Space, Chicago, IL (selected writings)
2004
Open Studio Event, Albany Carroll Arts Building, Chicago IL.
Orange on Harrison, Chicago IL.
2003
Open Studio Event, Albany Carroll Arts Building, Chicago IL.
Orange on Clark, Chicago IL.
2002
Village Tavern, Chicago IL.
2000
Lake Forest Art Festival, Lake Forest IL.
1998
NoFo Gallery, Wilmington NC. (Solo)
1997
Fraction Gallery, Chicago IL.
1990
Vegitaria, Chicago IL.
Street Gallery Performance Space, Chicago IL.
1989
Sound Mind Studio, Chicago IL.
1988
Undergraduate Show, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL.
1986-1988
Picture Perfect Gallery, Milwaukee WI.
1986
Lakefront Festival of the Arts, Milwaukee WI
Collections
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Print-media department
Beyond Shelter LLC
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