I started seriously painting when I was 15. By age 17 I was studying with Parsons Paris school, working on both realist and abstracted work. While there I became obsessed with the local graffiti scene, and upon returning to the States I began painting graffiti as well. I am drawn to the gestural abstraction in both graffiti and modern art, and think graffiti to be a blend of pop art and abstract expressionism. The material memory and the velocity in this kind of mark making is what makes graffiti and abstract expression worth looking at. I like to tease out aspects of my graffiti work and bring it into my gallery work-the wild immediacy of graffiti is quickly lost when transported into a gallery space fully formed. My latest body of work look to deconstruct stylistic and gestural graffiti elements and reconstruct them in a landscape painting format, with the color and texture elements mimicking aspects of the natural world.
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Exhibition History:
Holiday show
Provincetown Museum of Art
Provincetown, Ma
Dec 2022-Jan 2023
The Art Center
Dover,Nh
Dec 2022-Jan 2023
ZBY Gallery
Salem, Ma
May 2016-Nov 2018
“Punk” Mural
Punk & Poet
South Boston
August 2017
“Running Herd” Mural
Pick Up Modern
Lynn Ma
July 2017
Melange
Lot F Gallery
Boston, Ma
June 2016
Pour & Scratch
Coastal Living Gallery
Wickford, Ri
October 2014
Edge of Knowledge
Frame 301 Gallery
Beverly Ma
December 2013-January2014
Bella Lune
Jamaica Plain, Ma
August 2013-December 2013
ZBY Gallery
Rocky Neck
Gloucester, Ma
May-October 2013
Winter Salad
Lot F
Boston, Ma
December 2012
Four
Lot F
Boston, Ma
November 2012
Salad 3.0
Lot F
Boston, Ma
December 2011
Abstract This!
Helltown Workshop
Provincetown, Ma
September 2011
The Dogwood
Jamaica Plain, Ma
July-August 2011
Closed Casket
Lot F/Good Life
Boston, Ma
October 2010
“X”Marks the Spot
John Mullen Studio
50 Eldridge st
New York, New York
March 2010
BFA Thesis show
East Hall Gallery
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn, Ny
March 2010
Education:
Pratt Institute
2007-2010
Painting Workshop with Hugh O’Donnell
Summer 2007
Pacific Northwest College of Art
Metals/welding
Spring 2006
Penland School of Crafts
Jewelry with Marjorie Simon
Spring 2004
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Drawing/Painting
Fall 2002/2004
Penland School of Crafts
Sculpture Workshop with Barbra Cooper
Summer 2004
Parsons Paris School
Painting/Drawing
Summer 2000
Work History:
Co-Owner of ZBY Gallery
Aristits’ Row
Salem, Ma
May 2017-Nov 2018
Co-Owner of ZBY Gallery
Rocky Neck Artist Colony
Gloucester, Ma
May 2013-October 2014
Savannah Spirit
Curator
New York,New York
Assistant
2010
David Gibson
Curator
New York, New York
Assistant
2010
Janet Echelman
Installation artist
Brookline, Ma
Studio/Personal assistant
2006
Pacific Northwest College of Art
Portland,Or
Metal Dept
Assistant
Spring 2006
Garrett McCarthy
Mural Painter
Henderson Harbor, Ny
Assistant
April 2005-August 2005
Sarah Krepp
Painter
Chicago, Il
Studio Assistant
Fall 2004