born in 1982 in Santa Clara, California. In 2007 he achieved his bachelor’s degree at the East Carolina University in Greenville, NC. Now being student of the New York Academy of Art he will achieve his M.F.A. in 2010.
Education
2010 MFA- New York Academy of Art, New York City, NY
2007 BFA- East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Exhibitions (Selected)
2009 Nothing Will Be Revealed, Art Fuel Inc., Wilmington, NC [Einzelausstellung]; 40 Years in the Desert, Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC [Einzelausstellung]; How is a Raven Like a Writing Desk, Flanders 311 Gallery, Raleigh, NC [Gastausstellung].
2008 Rites of Passage, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH; School’s Out VI, City Art Gallery, Columbia, SC [Gastausstellung]; The Illustrated Word, Flanders 311 Gallery, Raleigh, NC [Gastausstellung]; Texas National 2008, SFA Art Galleries, Nacogdoches, TX; 27th Annual Juried Exhibition, CCA, Kinston, NC 3rd Place; 42nd Annual National Drawing & Small Sculpture Show, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX; Impressions, CCA, Kinston, NC [Gruppenausstellung]; Valdosta National 08, VSU Fine Art Gallery, Valdosta, GA.
2007 53rd Annual Juried Art Show, Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC Solo Show Award; No Matter How You Dress It Up, Moxie, Greenville, NC [Einzelausstellung]; Halloween Show, Art Fuel Inc., Wilmington, NC [Gruppenausstellung]; SCHWA Show ’07, Emerge Gallery, Greenville, NC First Place; Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville, NC First Place; The Dead Still Judge Us, Backdoor, Greenville, NC [Einzelausstellung]; Community Council for the Arts National Juried Exhibition, CCA, Kinston, NC Award of Merit; Art Fuel Volume 7, Art Fuel Inc., Wilmington, NC [Gruppenausstellung]; East Carolina University Annual Undergraduate Student Exhibition, Gray Gallery, Greenville, NC Greenville Museum of Art Award of Excellence; Illumina Juried Art Competition, Mendenhall Gallery, Greenville, NC.
2006 East Carolina University REBEL Art Magazine #49 Juried Art Competition, Emerge Gallery, Greenville, NC First Place Painting First Place Printmaking Honorable Mention Drawing; Illumina Juried Art Competition, Mendenhall Gallery, Greenville, NC Best in Show Honorable Mention Drawing; East Carolina University Annual Undergraduate Student Exhibition, Gray Gallery, Greenville, NC Honorable Mention Drawing; Halloween Show, Art Fuel Inc., Wilmington, NC [Gruppenausstellung]; Figuratively Speaking, On the Square, Tarboro, NC [Gruppenausstellung].
Occupation
2009 Praktikum bei Jack the Pelican Gallery, Wiiliamsburg, NY;Studioassistent von Margaret Bowland, Adjunct Painting Faculty an der New York Academy of Art.
2007-2008 Druckassistent von Michael Ehlbeck, Leiter der Druck-Abteilung der East Carolina University;Druckassistent von Matthew Egan, Außerordentlicher Professor für Druckgrafik an der East Carolina University;Studioassistent von Scott Eagle, Leiter der Druck-Abteilung und Außerordentlicher Direktor an der School of Art and Design, East Carolina University; Lehrer für figürliches Zeichnen in der Emerge Gallery, Greenville, NC. November 2007- August 2008; Lehrer für Malerei, Grafik, figürliches Zeichnen und Portraitzeichnung im Greenville Parks and Recreation Jaycee Community Center for the Arts, Greenville, NC, August 2007- August 2008.
Group Projects
2008 Verlagsworkshop mit Ashley Nason, Außerordentlicher Professor für Druckgrafik an der Northern Illinois University.
2007 Verlagsworkshop mit Michael Barnes, Außerordentlicher Professor für Druckgrafik an der Northern Illinois University.
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