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What
started as an exploration into abstraction has evolved into complex, non-linear
narratives that are constructed from a series of metaphors, symbols, and
personal icons. Through the use of various shelter structures, the work
explores ideas of protection, confinement, and an investigation into how
we construct our personal space. The paintings reinterpret events in my
personal life in a way that allows the viewer to create their own story
based on the connection and slippage between these systems. As a painter,
I strongly believe that personal narratives have the ability to communicate
to the viewer on a deeper level, as the work begins to break through everyday
generalizations and tap into a greater universal truth. All of the images
and abstract forms in the paintings are grounded in research and are used
as a tool to construct these narratives. Symbols are inter-twined and
woven within the paintings surface, often to be covered up, moved, and
later exposed. This physical application of paint then becomes a compulsive
means of recording and documenting the passage of time, allowing the viewer
to experience the history of the work. The dialogue that is created within
the paintings is as important as the finished product. I consider the
work to be a contemporary extension of the rich tradition of narrative
painting..
| education |
Master of Fine Arts, Drawing and
Painting
Long Beach State University, Long Beach CA |
2003 |
| Bachelor of Arts, Humboldt State
University, Arcata CA |
2000 |
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| academic experience |
| Assistant Professor, Louisiana Tech
University |
2004 - present |
| Instructor, Long Beach State University |
2001 - 2003 |
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| exhibitions |
solo * Echoes of June, Capital Gallery
Sacramento, CA
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2007 |
solo * Postcards from Home, AVA Gallery,
Ruston, LA |
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Mirror Mirror (2 person exhibition), Concrete Walls Gallery
Los Angeles , CA |
2006 |
Friction (Juried Exhibition) Aderson Gallery
Albuquerque, NM |
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Louisian Tech University faculty Exhibition, Main Gallery
Ruston, LA |
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Way Too Over Hung, Concrete Walls Gallery
Los Angeles, CA |
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solo * Artifacts From A Long Walk Home
Crescent City Alternative Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
2005 |
Too Over Hung, Concrete Walls Gallery
Los Angeles, CA |
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Ruston Arts Council Invitational
West Pines Gallery, Ruston, LA |
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| Twin View, Viento y Aqua Gallery,
Long Beach CA |
2004 |
| Match Lit Shelter, Gatov Gallery,
Long Beach CA |
2003 |
| Dog Days, Acuna-Hansen Gallery,
Los Angeles CA |
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| Honors Alumni - New Works, First
Street Gallery, Eureka CA |
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| Insights 2003, University Art Museum,
Cal State Long Beach, CA |
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| Three Cornered Night, Store Front-site
specific, Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood CA |
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| Small Works, Concrete Walls Gallery,
Los Angeles CA |
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| Patterning A Falling Night, The
Maxine Merlino Gallery, Long Beach CA |
2002 |
| Find Your Way Home, 1958 Van Ness-site
specific, Hollywood CA |
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| Vivarium, East Los Angeles Alternative
Gallery Space, Los Angeles CA |
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| Insights 2002, University Art Museum,
Cal State Long Beach CA |
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| Father Kvapil's Children, I-5 Gallery,
Los Angeles CA |
2001 |
| 108-Juried Exhibition, Second City
Art Council Art Gallery, Long Beach CA |
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| CSULB, Fine Art Annual Graduate
Juried Exhibition, S.C.A. Art Gallery, Long Beach CA |
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| Humboldt State University Annual
Juried Show, Reese Bullen Gallery, Humboldt State University, Arcata
CA |
2000 |
| Falling Awake, Karsner Gallery,
Arcata CA |
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| Growth of a Numb Generation, Fourth
Street Store Front Alternative Gallery Space, Arcata CA |
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| Honors Painting Exhibition, Foyer
Gallery, Arcata CA |
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