Born 1971, New York, NY
Lives and works in New York, NY
Education
BFA with Honors, School of Visual Arts Fine Arts/Art Education, New York
Solo Exhibitions:
2009
New Work, DCKT Contemporary, New York, NY
New Work, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2008
Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA
Bars blocks Stacks, Stalke Up North, Gilleleje, Denmark
2007
Kantor / Feuer Window, New York, NY
2006
Room Project, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
2005
School Daze, Carol Shen Gallery, The Packer Collegiate Institute, Brooklyn, NY
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Modus Ponens, The Phatory LLC, New York, NY
2004
NK, Stockholm, Sweden
2003
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2002
Paintings, Suite 106, New York, NY
2001
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Galerie Windows Bernier / Eliades, Brussels, Belgium
2000
Open Art, Galerie Tanit, Munich, Germany
Cordy Ryman in Italy –The Pietrubbia Encaustic Constructs, Garner Tullis, New York, NY
1999
Tricia Collins Contemporary Art, New York, NY
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
1997
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Windows Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
1993
Tennisport Arts, Long Island City, NY
Group Exhibtions:
2009
Aberrant Abstraction, Nerman Museum, Overland Park, KS
New Abstraction, Carol Jazzar Contemporary, Miami, FL
PULSE Miami Contemporary Art Fair, Mark Moore Gallery
PULSE Miami Contemporary Art Fair, DCKT Contemporary
One More, Thomas Rehbein Galerie, Koln, Germany
Next Post, Rupert Ravens Contemporary, Newark, NJ
2008
Organic Geometry, Nicole Klagsburn Gallery, New York, NY
One More, Esbjerg Museum of Modern Art, Esbjerg, Denmark
Into the Trees, The Fields Sculpture Park at Omi International Arts Center, Omi, New York
Color Climax, James Graham & Sons, New York, NY
The Ice Cream Show, Loyal, Stockholm, Sweden
Crowded, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
Abstraction in Appearance, Jason Rulnick Gallery, New York, NY
A Roller Coaster in the Dark, Galeria Janet Kurnatowski, Brooklyn, NY
2007
Lesley Heller Gallery, New York, NY
Still Flying - 25th Anniversary Outdoor Sculpture Show, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Empire, Fulton Ferry and Brooklyn Bridge Parks, Brooklyn, NY
Small Work, Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
De Cirkel, Roger Raveel Museum, Deinze, Belgium
2006
Drift, Bronx River Arts Center, Bronx, NY
Transformall, NY Arts Magazine, 473 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
Mid-Life Crisis, Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York, NY
181st Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, National Academy Museum and School of the Arts, New York, NY
Searching for Love & Fire, David Castillo Modern and Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
The Seventh Side of the Die, Alona Kagan Gallery, New York, NY
Clarissa Dalrymple's Exhibition of Young Artists to Benefit the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Bortolami Dayan Gallery, New York, NY
Blender, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, NY
Cuarto, Sumi, New York, NY
2005
Greater New York 2005, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY
Walls and Things, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
New York's Finest, CANADA, New York, NY
112 Mercer, Suite 106, New York, NY
ATM Gallery, New York, NY
Cheryl Pelavin Fine Arts, New York, NY
2004
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Fresh Paint, Cheryl Pelavin Fine Arts, New York, NY
Drift 2004, Valentino Pier Park, Brooklyn, NY
2003
Medium Rare, Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2002
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2001
Presenting Suite 106, Suite 106, New York, NY
Bernier/Eliades Gallery, Athens, Greece
A Celebration of Abstract Art, The Wright Exhibition Space, Seattle, WA
Open House Exhibition, Garner Tullis, New York, NY
Selections from the Permanent Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
2000
Bumberbiennale, Seattle, WA
Assemblage, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
1999
Studio Artists, Garner Tullis, New York, NY
Mod, Tricia Collins Contemporary Art, New York, NY
Bernier/Eliades, Athens, Greece
1998
A Slice of Apple, Ruth Bachofner, Santa Monica, CA
Abstraction, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
1996
A Shaping Up, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
The Art Exchange Show, John Good Gallery, New York, NY
1995
John Good / Downtown Alliance, New York, NY
Abstraction=Representation, Open Space, Victoria, BC
John Good / Victoria Anstead Gallery, New York, NY
1994
John Good Gallery, New York, NY
1993
Silent Echoes, Tennisport Arts, Long Island City, NY
Awards:
2006 Helen Foster Barnett Prize, National Academy Museum, New York, NY
1997 Rhodes Family Award for Excellence, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
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