Most days I ride my bike along the banks of the Los Angeles River to my studio in the historic neighborhood of Lincoln Heights. The gentle slope of the concrete walls containing the river, the stands of tall oak trees caught in the flow of shimmering water, colorful graffiti scrawled across the myriad surfaces of aging industrial buildings lining the river, provide me with the forms, shapes, textures and colors that permeate my work. As does the architecture of my studio, the top floor of a turn of the century building. The partially plastered walls covered with peeling paint and the exposed brick and timber framing reinforce my unique visual language. The river and the studio are the ground that supports the abstracted, mythical, and psychological narratives within my paintings.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023. Figural Landscapes
the_front @ HD Gallery
Los Angeles, CA
2017 Pripyat
Frogtown Brewery
Los Angeles, Ca
2014 Recent Work
Metro 417
Los Angeles, Ca
2013 Criminals of the Ukraine
deb3321
Los Angeles, CA
2008 Disruptive Patterns
HBO Gallery
Santa Monica, CA
2006 Debris
HBO Gallery
Santa Monica, CA
2005 A Moveable Feast
Broadway Gallery
Los Angeles, CA
2004 A Stitch in Time
Furthermore Gallery
Los Angeles, CA
2001 Five Year Survey
Creative Arts Center
Burbank, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Brand 50 - Works on Paper, Brand Art Center
Jane Friend Award
Glendale, CA
2020 Brand 48 - Works on Paper, Brand Art Center
Glendale, CA
2018 Brand 46 - Works on Paper, Brand Art Center
Glendale, CA
2016 PLAY , Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
Los Angeles, CA
2015 Ode to the Bridge, ArtShare
Los Angeles, CA
2011 Smallworks, Kristi Engle Gallery
Los Angeles, CA
2008 Artseen, Aids Research Alliance
Los Angeles, CA
2007 Night of a Thousand Drawings, Artist Space
New York, NY
2007 Small Wonders lll, Pharmaka Gallery
Los Angeles, CA
2006 Cooper Union Summer Residency Group Show, Cooper Union
New York, NY
2003 Suite-C Gallery
West Hollywood, CA
2002 Long Beach Island Foundation for the Arts
Long Beach, NJ
2001 Sylvia White Gallery
Santa Monica, CA
2001 Gallery 835
Los Angeles, CA
2001 Westworks, Peck Gallery
Riverton, WY
Residency
2006 Cooper Union Painting and Drawing Summer Residency
New York, NY
Bachelor of Arts
University of Washington School of Art
2023. Figural Landscapes
the_front @ HD Gallery
Los Angeles, CA
2017 Pripyat
Frogtown Brewery
Los Angeles, Ca
2014 Recent Work
Metro 417
Los Angeles, Ca
2013 Criminals of the Ukraine
deb3321
Los Angeles, CA
2008 Disruptive Patterns
HBO Gallery
Santa Monica, CA
2006 Debris
HBO Gallery
Santa Monica, CA
2005 A Moveable Feast
Broadway Gallery
Los Angeles, CA
2004 A Stitch in Time
Furthermore Gallery
Los Angeles, CA
2001 Five Year Survey
Creative Arts Center
Burbank, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Brand 50 - Works on Paper, Brand Art Center
Jane Friend Award
Glendale, CA
2020 Brand 48 - Works on Paper, Brand Art Center
Glendale, CA
2018 Brand 46 - Works on Paper, Brand Art Center
Glendale, CA
2016 PLAY , Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
Los Angeles, CA
2015 Ode to the Bridge, ArtShare
Los Angeles, CA
2011 Smallworks, Kristi Engle Gallery
Los Angeles, CA
2008 Artseen, Aids Research Alliance
Los Angeles, CA
2007 Night of a Thousand Drawings, Artist Space
New York, NY
2007 Small Wonders lll, Pharmaka Gallery
Los Angeles, CA
2006 Cooper Union Summer Residency Group Show, Cooper Union
New York, NY
2003 Suite-C Gallery
West Hollywood, CA
2002 Long Beach Island Foundation for the Arts
Long Beach, NJ
2001 Sylvia White Gallery
Santa Monica, CA
2001 Gallery 835
Los Angeles, CA
2001 Westworks, Peck Gallery
Riverton, WY
Residency
2006 Cooper Union Painting and Drawing Summer Residency
New York, NY
Bachelor of Arts
University of Washington School of Art