Artist Statement
I create three-dimensional paintings and collage focused on public personas constructed from a variety of lived experiences. How we develop that specific personage is the result of concealing and revealing layers built up over time.
Each work is constructed with a specific figure in mind, both real and fictional. I strip down and build back up each painting’s unique and distinctive story, constructing their narrative within the walls of the paint.
I have an intuitive practice manipulating materials, primarily using discarded house paint and recontextualizing them into paint skins. Capitalizing on developing the textures and variegated hues within each paint skin, I work to build a visual connection to the tactile sense.
CV
Education
2018, Low-Residency MFA, Studio Art San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2012, Continuing Education, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2007, BFA, Art Education, Ohio University, Athens, OH
Experience
Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland
Thoma Engagement Guide Apprentice
Cleveland History Center
Museum Educator
Brecksville Broadview Heights High School, Broadview Heights, OH
Faculty member in Fine Art Department, Fall 2012-Present
Exhibitions
First Come First Served, Fort Works Art, February 2018
Valdosta National, Dedo Maranville Gallery, January 2018
Beyond the Pedestal, Sculpture Center Cleveland, June-August 2017
Constant as the Sun, MOCA Cleveland, June-August 2017
Arbitrary Color, Foundry Art Center, January 19- March 3, 2017
Summer Hours, Diego Rivera Gallery, SFAI, July 2016
Temporal Topography, Cleveland West Art League Gallery, 78th Street Studios, October 2015
State of the Arts: Exhibition of Ohio Artist Educators, Ohio University, October 2014-2017
Awards and Publications
Headlands Center for the Arts Graduate Fellowship Nominee
Brecksville Magazine Feature, Volume 29, January 2018
State of the Arts 2nd Place in Juried Competition, October 2017
New American Paintings, MFA Issue 129, 2017
Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 28, 2017
Root Division, MFA Now Print Edition, March 2017
PSO Friend of Education 2014
Professional Activities
Artists Trust Cleveland Member, 2017
Cleveland West Art League Member 2014- Present
Cleveland Clinic eXpressions Teacher Training 2014
OEA, OAEA, NAEA Member, 2012-Present
