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Biography:

1977 |
Born in Washington D.C.

Education:

1999 |
University of California at Berkeley, in Berkeley, California
Bachelor of Arts, Dept. of Art Practice & PreMed with an emphasis in Neurobiology
1997 |
Semester at Universitas Gadjah Mada, Jogykarta Indonesia
1994 |
Cornell University Summer College

Stagiaire:

2006 |
-08
Apprentice to Odd Nerdrum, Iceland and Norway

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

2011 |

12 Gallagher Lane, San Francisco, CA

Artspace 712, San Francisco, CA

Eclipse of the Undercurrent, Marjorie Evans Gallery, Sunset Center, Carmel CA

Ripple Effects, Gallery A, Raleigh NC

Narrative Poesis, City Hall & Public Library, Chapel Hill, NC

2010 |

Turbulent Mirror, Rae Douglass Gallery, Berkeley, CA

Spume, Canessa Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Splash, Serpentine, San Francisco, CA

ODD, Malonga Casquelourd Arts Center, Oakland, CA

2007 |

Equinox, Terrence Rogers Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA

Radhus, Tonsberg, Norway

2005 |

Recent Landscapes, Las Fuentes Villa, Carmel Valley, CA

State of Being, Municipal Building, Raleigh, NC (catalog)

2004 |
Pan in Arcadia, Lisa Coscino Gallery, Pacific Grove, CA
2002 |
Recent Painting, Faculty Club, Berkeley, CA
2001 |

Poetics of Dream, Karpeles Museum, Charleston, SC

Psychologic Paint, Gamil Gallery, Raleigh, NC

2000 |
Seven Years, Gallery A, Raleigh, NC

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2011 |

Suggestivism, Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA

2010 |

Tales from the new lot, Cottage Industry Salon, San Francisco, CA

100 Artists See Satan, Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA

Selections, San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau, CA

Installation, Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh, NC

Empty Time, The Fridge, Washington, D.C.

Aqua: Art on water, Artzone 461, San Francisco, CA

History of Flight, Terrence Rogers Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA

2009 |

Odd Nerdrum: Kitsch – mer enn kunst, Telemarksgalleriet, Norway

I’ll Bet You Can’t Paint a Portrait: the Genesis of Bay Area Figurative Art

Now, ArtSpace 712, San Francisco, CA

On the Bay in Monterey, Monterey Peninsula Yacht Club, Monterey, CA

Point Lobos Project, Fine Art Base, Sand City, CA

2008 |

Group Show, ArtZone 461, San Francisco, CA

Kitsch Biennale, Pasinger Fabrik, Munich, Germany (catalog)

2007 |

Kitsch, Gallery KS, Tønsbery, Norway

Intimate Landscape,Senson Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz

2006 |

All Wet, Lisa Coscino Gallery, Pacific Grove, CA

2005 |

Auto Show, Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, CA

My California: Views from the Golden State, National Steinbeck Center,
Salinas, CA

2004 |

Art of the Mediterranean Games, Italian Institute of Culture, San Francisco, CA (catalog)

Objects of Obsession, Lisa Coscino Gallery, Pacific Grove, CA

Context, Lisa Coscino Gallery, Pacific Grove, CA

2002 |

Recent Paintings, Faculty Club, UC Berkeley Campus, Berkeley, CA

Greatest Hits, Gamil Gallery, Raleigh, NC

2001 |

Small and Miniature Show, Aaron Gallery, Washington, D.C.

Winners’ Circle, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (catalog)

2000 |
Exhibition 37, Art Share, Los Angeles, CA (catalog)

Selected Studio Travel and Residences:

2010 |
Honorary Artist in Residency at the Monterey Peninsula Yacht Club, Monterey, CA
2009 |
May Artist in Residence,Fine Art Base, Sand City, CA
2008 |
Summer-Winter Studio in Vienna, Austria
2008 |
Late Spring Artist in Residence, Fundacja Nakielska, Naklo Palace, Poland
2008 |
Spring Artist Retreat, Jackowo Dolne, Poland
2008 |
Winter Studio, Maison Lafitte, France
2006 |
Studio in Silverlake, Los Angeles California
2005 |
Studio in Carmel, California
2003 |
Studio in Seattle, Washington
1999 |
Summer Studio Rome, Italy
1995 |
Summer Studio Oslo, Norway and visit to Amsterdam