Into The Forest

My paintings, often executed in low-lit, moody colors, are filled with bizarre figures, interacting or inhabiting solitary scenes with other unnatural presences, absences, and transpositions. I paint on old book pages and smooth sanded wood remnants, preferring the polished texture of things with lost histories. My intimately sized oil paint compositions often refer to disturbing and deceptive content and lend themselves to ambiguous interpretation. Surrounded by collaged wooden frames, these works are often figurative and a bit fabulist. For me, painting is a way of thinking through sight, and I am inspired by the indirect histories I find in literature and libraries. Object making is my way of rescuing short poems from permanent invisibility.

MFA in Painting, Montclair State University, 2008-2010.
Studied with Julie Heffernan, Eleanor Heartney.
Bachelor of Arts, Painting & Literature, State University of New York at Albany, 2005.
Mentors: David Carbone, Pierre Joris, and Mark Greenwold.
Studied at the Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, 2002-2003

SOLO AND JURIED EXHIBITIONS
57th Chautauqua Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Strohl Art Center / Main Gallery, Visual Arts at Chautauqua Institution, NY, June 2014, (juror: Jerry Saltz)
Nomads On The Shore. Afterhours Projects, Toronto, Canada, October 2013
Recession Ghosts. Finley Gallery, Montclair, NJ, February 2010
Fence Select Juried Exhibition, The Arts Center of the Capital Region, NY, July- August 2006 (juror: Nato Thompson). *First place winner.

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Materia Prima, Nov. 4-27, BLAM Brooklyn, NY, 2016
DESTINESIA. Curator D.H. Dowling. Stephen Romano Gallery, NY, June 2- July 31, 2016
Party at Chris’s House. Curator Phong Bui. Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, NY, Nov.-Dec. 2009
Forever Summer, Denise Bibro Fine Art/ Platform Gallery, NY, NY, June 26-July 3, 2009
From Across The River, Steuben West Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, Jan. 2009
Major Works By Minors, Athens Cultural Center, NY, October-December, 2007 (Curator: Howard Zar)
Vestuary Operatics – A Spectacle of Decay, St. Anthony’s Church, Grand Street Community Arts, Albany, NY, June 2007 (Curators: Michael Oatman and Ryder Cooley)
Fence Show, The Arts Center of the Capital Region, NY, June 2006 (Juror: Nato Thompson, MassMOC...