B. 1982, Cleveland, Ohio

Virginia Commonwealth University, VA, Master of Fine Arts, 2009
The University of the Arts, PA, Bachelor of Fine Arts, 2004

EXHIBITIONS

2010
I Don’t Watch the Internet, Fleisher Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
(August) 2 person exhibition with Travis Graves, Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, SC


2009
Words on Paper, Words on Screen, Cabell Library, Richmond, VA
FEED Biennial, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
HAPPY TREE FRIENDS (Or Standing: (Tree as Agent, Index, And Object of Desire), La Esquina, Kansas City, MO
Blend- FAB Gallery, Richmond, VA

2008
The Candidates, Central Fidelity Bank Building, Richmond, VA
VCU/Arizona State University exchange show- Step Gallery, Tempe, AZ
Tangents, Slaughterhouse Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
VCU/Pratt exchange show- Steuben Galleries, Brooklyn, NY

2007
A Domestic Separation- FAB Gallery, Richmond, VA

2006
A Conversation at the Table- event created by Lonnie Graham, The Fabric Workshop and Museum-Philadelphia, PA

2005
The Beautiful Show- The Padlock Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

AWARDS

2009
SCHEV Merit Award (VCU)
2008
William B Clopton Scholarship (VCU)
Barbara Ellen Powers Memorial Scholarship (VCU)
Graduate Assistantship

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Fallon, Roberta. Postmodernist Flurries in Fleisher Ollman’s Emerging Artist Show,               The Artblog http://theartblog.org.  December 23, 2009
Kozlowski, Andrew. FEED 2009, Richmond, VA.  Art Papers.  September/October 2009.      p. 64
Self, Dana. “La Esquinaʼs Happy Tree Friends is Smarter and Subtler Than its Title”.            The Pitch. March 17th,2009.

COLLECTIONS

James Branch Cabell Library, Richmond, VA

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