Education
MFA 2002 Studio Art University of Southern California
BFA 1995 Studio Art San Francisco Art Institute
Awards/Honors
2008 West Prize Acquisition Finalist
2000-02 USC Graduate Teaching Assistantship Award and Scholarship
Exhibition Record
Solo shows marked by asterisk
2011
Nothing to Say, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
Breaking New Ground, Outpost for Contemporary Art, silent auction, L.A., CA
Cities: visionary places, Torrance Museum of Art, curated by Camilla Boemio, Torrance, CA
T-Shirt Revival Night, Outpost for Contemporary art, Los Angeles, CA
Urban Construction, Curated by Jae Yang, Art Gate Gallery, N.Y., N.Y.
2010
Show 2, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
Woodie, the Attic, Art Los Angeles Contemporary Art Fair
Depthless, Stadler and Waldorf, Los Angeles, CA
2009
Friends of Sky, Circus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
West Prize Exhibition, The West Collection, Oaks, PA
Next Art Fair, The West Collection, Chicago, IL
Artra, Los Angeles, CA
Lovable Like Orphaned Kitties and Bastard Children, Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Back Yard, Sam Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
On the Down-Low, The Attic, Los Angeles, CA
Invite, Circus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008
Cosmos Factory, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Affordable Art Fair, NY, NY, Sam Lee Gallery
Some Paintings, L.A. Weekly Biennial, Track16 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007
Intersection, sponsored by the Andy Warhol Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
2006
Dynasty, Gallery MC, New York, NY
Concrete, Eagle Rock Center for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Stars on Vine, Aiden Riley Taylor Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005
*New Work, San Bernardino Valley College Art Gallery, San Bernardino, CA
Quickening, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ
2004
*Project room, Sweeney Art Museum at UC Riverside, Riverside, CA
High Anxiety, Gallery C, Los Angeles, CA
LA Raid, de Parrel, Amsterdam, NLD
Southwestnet: Phx/LA, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Phoenix, AZ
2003
*Meltdown, Acuña Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Unnatural, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Halloween Show, Practice Space, Los Angeles, CA
2002
*Comfort Control, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA
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