Born 1974 in Newport, Arkansas
Currently lives and works in Frenchtown, New Jersey
Education
2007 M.F.A. Art, Cornell University
1999 M.A. Art, Arkansas State University
1998 Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholar to study Maori art at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
1996 B.A. Art, English, magna cum laude, Lyon College
Selected Exhibitions and Events
2012
dark matters, solo exhibition at Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York, NY
100 Artists = 1 Man airs June 7 on The Story, National Public Radio
2011
Eat Your Heart Out, Andy Warhol, December 18, The New York Times Magazine profile
Opening night keynote speaker for the World 50 Summit at the Bowery, New York City, October 25
Debut speaker for autumn season of LIVE! at the New York Public Library, September 20
Debut of Seek-The Inaugural Biennial at TED2011 in Long Beach, CA March 3
2008-10
Making of Seek-The Inaugural Biennial
2007-09
Mirror Nests installation at Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY
2007
Fundacion Valparaiso Residency in Mojacar, Spain
Selected for New American Paintings, Volume 70—an exhibition in print curated by Charlotta Kotik, Chairman of Painting and Sculpture and Curator of Contemporary Art at the Brooklyn Museum
Photographs included in Nothing is Lost at the Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR
Baskerville Painting Award, Cornell University
2006
Installations in Mind the Gap exhibition, Hartell Gallery, Cornell University
2005
Bound, a solo exhibition of paintings at the Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT
Weir Farm National Historic Site, Artist in Residence, Wilton, CT
Paintings in New Works, The Anderson Center, Red Wing, MN
Caldera Artist Residency, Sisters, OR
2004 Ucross Foundation Residency, Clearmont, WY
Paintings in Art at Steepletop, Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY
Paintings in Wallflowers, Bradbury Gallery, Arkansas State University, AR
Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies Residency, Red Wing, MN
Paintings installed in Arkansas State Senate Chambers, Little Rock, AR
2003
Offerings, a solo exhibition of paintings at the David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
The Millay Colony for the Arts Residency, Austerlitz, NY
Paintings in Guaranteed Fresh: Still Life Today invitational with Damien Hirst, Janet Fish, et al. Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
Cultural ambassador on a five week Rotary International Cultural & Professional Group Exchange to Chile
Individual Artist Fellowship Grant, Arkansas Arts Council