2000 University of California at Santa Barbara, M.F.A. in Studio Arts
1996 San Diego State University, B.F.A. in Painting
Honors and Awards
2002 Disney Grant (To teach art in public schools)
1999 U. C. Regents Full Fellowship
Arts Bridge Grant (To teach art in public schools)
1998
U. C. Regents Full Fellowship
Solo Shows
2010 XXXXXXXXXX REVENGE, Ebersmoore, Chicago, IL
2009 Follow the Nosebleeds, Mixed Greens, NYC
Wet With Glee, ArtSpace, New Haven, CT
2007
What fits in your mouth doesn't always fit in your stomach, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006
A Schizophrenic Collapse, Mixed Greens Gallery, New York City
2005
Dropping Rocks from Helicopters, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica CA
2004
“I’d like to pitch a tent and live on your shoulder.” Mixed Greens, New York
Cerca Series, San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego CA
The Ripe Fruit, Cassius King Gallery, San Diego CA
2003
The Empty Sex Experiment, Mandeville Gallery, U.C.S.D. San Diego
2001
Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008
Up Against the Wall, National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland
2007
Cascading Mountains of Debris, OKOK Gallery, Seattle, WA
Igloo Gallery, Portland, OR
The Total Power of Such a Signal Is Infinite, Okay Mountain Gallery, Austin, TX
New Editions from The Tamarind Institute, Addison Art Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Elemental Tangents, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo University Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA
2006
Beast, Finesilver Gallery, Houston, TX
Cartoon Network, RAID Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Recent Acquisitions, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA
F(acts)igures, Staatsliedenbuurt, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Winter Wonderland, The Lab 101 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
666, Blackspace Gallery, Oakland, CA
Transformers, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
Dowser's Delight, Front Gallery, Oakland, CA
Fresh, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
The Agenda, Voice 1156 Gallery, San Diego, CA
2005
Works on Paper, Evergreen Gallery, Geneva Switzerland
Paper Awesome!, Pigman Gallery, San Francisco CA
Fragments, Domestic Setting, Los Angeles, CA
HOT, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
Paradise Paved, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley, ID
Circa ''75, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA
Summer Paintings, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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The Big Spin, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA
FEATURE, Scope Art Fair, Los Angeles CA
RED, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
For the Love, Cassius King Gallery, San Diego, CA
RVCA, Costa Mesa CA
2003
Gifted, Rare Gallery, NY, NY
Becoming A Better Person Through Art, Mixed Greens Gallery, NY, NY
Fresh StArt , Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica CA
Whiteness: A Wayward Construction, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach CA
2002
Futura Minima Showroom, Philadelphia PA
Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica CA
Latch Out, the Latch Gallery, Los Angeles
Odd Drawings, Cypress College, Los Angeles, curated by Tyler Stallings
Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum
2001
San Diego State University Faculty Show, San Diego, CA
Backyard, The Hatch Gallery, Los Angeles
I, The Hatch Gallery, Los Angeles
Patrons, Lovers and Other Romantics, A Benefit Art Project For Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum
LA Artcore Annual Design Exhibit
2000
L.A. Artcore, Los Angeles CA
Office Show, Santa Monica CA, Curated by Meg Linton
Bortolazzo Construction Gallery, Santa Barbara CA
Vital Signs, Guggenhiem Gallery, Chapman College, Orange CA
Beast Wars, Santa Barbara Art Museum (Ridley Tree Center)
The Fielding Institute (Invitational show), Santa Barbara CA
Wallworks, Los Angeles CA
1999
Juried Exhibition, L.A. Artcore, Los Angeles CA
First Year M.F.A. show, U.C.S.B.
1998
Dimitri and Mark 101, Gallery 1434, Santa Barbara CA
1996
Flor Y Canto Gallery, San Diego CA
Selected Publications
2008
Home Front Art, Riviera Magazine, April.
A star is (re)born, San Diego Union Tribune, May 4, 2008.
2007
West, Paige. The Art of Buying Art: Demystifying the Process of Finding, Appreciating, and Buying Contemporary Art on Any Budget, Harper Collins, New York, 2007
“San Francisco Art Galleries Opening First Thursday; 04.05.07,” ArtBusiness.Com, April 2007
The Believer Magazine, July
Art News, Summer issue
Art Papers, February
2006
Davenport, Bill, “Beast,” Glasstire.com, November 2006
Klaasmeyer, Kelly, “Kingdom Come,” Houston Press, November 9, 2006
2004
NY Arts Magazine “It’s An East Coast / West Coast Thing” (October)
RE-Up Magazine Manual 05
Happy Magazine (July )
Transworld Skateboarding Magazine (July)
San Diego Union Tribune (July, 22nd)
San Diego City Beat (August 4th)
2003
Flash Art (November)
Los Angeles Times (April 3rd)
LA Weekly (April 25)
Orange County Register (March 31st)
Fahrenheit Magazine (August)
2002
O.C. Weekly (April)
Hint Magazine (June)
Ready Made Magazine (Fall)
2001
Destroy All Monthly Magazine
The Torch Magazine
2000
Art Guide
Art Week (June)
Murals
The New Children's Museum, San Diego, CA
Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley, ID
RVCA Corporate Headquarters
The San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
The Museum Of Contemporary Art, San Diego
The Closet, Newport Beach CA
Ambiguous Industries, Irvine CA
Public Collections
The West Family Collection
The Progressive Collection
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
