STATEMENT
I’m a visual artist who works in painting, illustration, and photography. My most current work is in neo-expressionist paintings where I work in mixed media on canvas. I create vibrantly colorful images of cartoony and disproportionate characters and scenes pulling from a 1980’s pop-culture palette inspired by my childhood, and I work the canvas with rough brush strokes as I freely transfer thoughts and images onto the canvas like a pencil in a personal sketchbook. Words, phrases, and sometimes even short poems are written, crossed out, and replaced in the paintings to create fractured narratives. Although my images may appear fun and playful, upon closer examination, they can reflect an uncanny underlying nature.
EDUCATION
Liberty University (2018-2023) - Doctor of Worship Studies
Azusa Pacific University (2013-2016) - Master of Fine Arts in Visual Art
University California Santa Barbara (2007) - South Coast Writing Project (SCWriP) Certificate
Point Loma Nazarene University (2005-2007) - Master of Arts in Education / Teaching Credential (Single Subject Art and English)
California State University, Bakersfield (1999-2004) - Bachelor of Arts in Psychology / Bachelor of Arts in English
VOCATION
Art and English High School Teacher (2004-Present)
College Writing Tutor and English Lab Instructor (2001-2004)
EXHIBITIONS & ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
October 27th to November 16th of 2024 – Top Hat Art Collective, Deadly Disco, Group Exhibition (Bakersfield, CA)
December 9th-23rd of 2023 – Top Hat Art Collective, Under the Tree, Group Exhibition (Bakersfield, CA)
October 10th-31st of 2023 – Top Hat Art Collective, Friday the 13th, Group Exhibition (Bakersfield, CA)
January of 2022 to Present – Representation by Bird Dog Arts (Tejon Ranch, CA)
August 19th to September 6th of 2021 - Gallery 825, Chestnut, Group Exhibition (Hollywood, CA)
May 15th to June 11th of 2021 - Gallery 825, Apocrypha, Group Exhibition (Hollywood, CA)
April 24th to May 14th of 2021 - Gallery 825, Fat City, Group Exhibition (Hollywood, CA)
March 5th-26th of 2021 - Gallery 825, Gild, Group Exhibition (Hollywood, CA)
August 29th to September 12th of 2020 - Gallery 825, Non Sequitur, Group Exhibition (Hollywood, CA)
August 12th-28th of 2020 - Gallery 825, Exalted One, Group Exhibition (Hollywood, CA)
July 25th to August 10 of 2020 - Gallery 825, Habitual, Group Exhibition (Hollywood, CA)
July 11th of 2020 - Gallery 825, Field of Vision, Group Exhibition (Hollywood, CA)
February 15th of 2020 - Southern Pasadena City Hall, The Poetry of Place, Group Exhibition (Pasadena, CA)
September 13th to October 19th of 2019 - The Empty Space Gallery, Art Imitates Art, Group Exhibition (Bakersfield, CA)
September 6th-27th of 2019 - Bubble Pop Gallery, Sidekicks and Henchmen, Group Exhibition (Bakersfield, CA)
August 24th to September 28th of 2019 - Project Oh, Welcome to the Strange, Group Exhibition (Bakersfield, CA)
August 3rd of 2019 - Beale Memorial Library, Beale Library Mini Con, Group Exhibition (Bakersfield, CA)
July 20th to September 7th of 2019 - Empty Space Gallery, Monsters, Group Exhibition (Bakersfield, CA)
July 5th-26th of 2019 - Bubble Pop Gallery, Sports Art Show, Group Exhibition (Bakersfield, CA)
June 7th-28th of 2019 - Bubble Pop Gallery, Tiki Bubble Beach Party, Group Exhibition (Bakersfield, CA)
April 5th-26th of 2019 - Bubble Pop Gallery, 1990s Art Show, Group Exhibition (Bakersfield, CA)
March 21st of 2019 - Bakersfield Museum of Art, ARTMIX, Group Exhibition (Bakersfield, CA)
February 19th to March 15th of 2019 - Azusa Pacific University, Alumni Photo Exhibition, Group Exhibition (Azusa, CA)
November 2nd-30th of 2018 - Bubble Pop Gallery, 1950’s, Group Exhibition (Bakersfield, CA)
October 6th-28th of 2018 - The Hive Gallery, Pity da Poe, Group Exhibition (Los Angeles, CA)
October of 2018 - Edge of Faith Magazine, Featured Artist, Magazine Publication
September 8th to October 12th of 2018 - Gallery 825, The Non-Objective Moment, Group Exhibition (Hollywood, CA)
September 7th-28th of 2018 - The Younger Gallery, The Last Picture Show, Group Exhibition (Bakersfield, CA)
Fall of 2018 - Los Angeles Art Association Volume 2 Catalog, Magazine Publication
August 11th-24th of 2018 - Gallery 825, Hecho a Mano, Group Exhibition (Hollywood, CA)
Summer of 2018 - Los Angeles Center of Photography 2018 Summer/Fall Catalog Cover Image, Magazine Publication
June 1st to July 6th - The Younger Gallery, True Wheels Art Show, Group Exhibition (Bakersfield, CA)
May 18th to June 16th of 2018 - Beyond the Lines Gallery, Mix It Up, Group Exhibition (Los Angeles, CA)
May 4th of 2018 – Your Daily Photography, Featured Artist, Email Publication
March 22nd of 2018 - Bakersfield Museum of Art, ARTMIX, Group Exhibition (Bakersfield, CA)
March 3rd to April 7th of 2018 - New Profanity, Mental Illness, Group Exhibition (Hollywood, CA)
March 1st to June 1st of 2018 - The First Floor Gallery, It's Like, Rad Art, Group Exhibition (Santa Clarita, CA)
January 20th to March 18th of 2018 - Exhale Unlimited, Introducing the Blue Duck, Solo Exhibition (Los Angeles, CA)
January 10th-14th of 2018 - LA Art Show, Unsound, Group Exhibition (Los Angeles, CA)
November 29th to December 15th of 2017 - The Six, Strange Brew, Group Exhibition (Calabasas, CA)
October 20th to February 3rd of 2017 - Paint the Town Gallery, Weird Things, Group Exhibition (Taft, CA)
October 15th of 2017 - Pyrenees Cafe, Artist Connection Art Show, Group Exhibition (Bakersfield, CA)
August 12th to September 2nd of 2017 - Beyond the Lines Gallery, Moments Captured, Group Exhibition (Santa Monica, CA)
June 2nd to August 20th of 2017 - Metro Galleries, My Trippy Wonder, Solo Exhibition (Bakersfield, CA)
April 22nd to May 13th of 2017 - Groundspace Project, Times Three! 3-Person Exhibition (Los Angeles, CA)
Spring of 2017 - Art Reveal Magazine No. 27, Interview, Magazine Publication
March 2nd of 2017 - Bakersfield Museum of Art, ARTMIX, Group Exhibition (Bakersfield, CA)
February 11th-20th of 2017 - Gallery 825, Multiple Feeds, Group Exhibition (Hollywood, CA)
February 4th to March 18th of 2017 - The Empty Space, Stories of Wonder, Solo Exhibition (Bakersfield, CA)
January 6th-27th of 2017 - The Younger Gallery, Manifestation: 3 Views, 3-Person Exhibition (Bakersfield, CA)
December 10th to January 13th of 2017 - Gallery 825, Los Angeles Art Association Open Show, Group Exhibition (Los Angeles, CA)
December 3rd-30th of 2016 - Launch! Gallery, Krampus Christmas, Group Exhibition (Culver City, CA)
November 5th to December 1st of 2016 Beyond the Lines Gallery, Portraits, Group Exhibition (Santa Monica, CA)
November 1st-18th of 2016 - L Gallery, Stories of Wonder, Solo Exhibition (Azusa, CA)
October 1st-29th of 2016 - Beyond the Lines Gallery, Performance, Group Exhibition (Santa Monica, CA)
September 16th-18st of 2016 - Beyond the Lines, Group Exhibition (Los Angeles, CA)
September 1st of 2016 - Agape Creative Studios, Art Hop, Solo Exhibition (Fresno, CA)
July 30th - August 13th - Groundspace Project, Groundswell, Group Exhibition (Los Angeles, CA)
July 1st-13th of 2016 - Robert Bullock Gallery, Dream Pop, Solo Exhibition (Azusa, CA)
June 10th -17th of 2016 - Gallery 825, Out There, Group Exhibition (Los Angeles, CA)
June 4th to July 1st of 2016 - Millard Sheets Art Center, SoCal MFA, Group Exhibition (Pomona, CA)
Summer of 2016 - Photographer’s Forum 36th Contest Finalist Honorable Mention, Magazine Publication
May 20th-21st of 2016 - Beyond the Lines Gallery, Group Exhibition (Los Angeles, CA)
January of 2016 - Follow Pepper, Artificial Realities, Group Exhibition (Pasadena, CA)
January of 2016 - Exhale Unlimited Gallery, Resolution, Group Exhibition (Los Angeles, CA)
November of 2015 - Emergent, An Insight into Dreams, Solo Exhibition (Aurora, IL)
July of 2015 - Exhale Unlimited Gallery, Recolor Recover, Group Exhibition (Los Angeles, CA)
July of 2015 - Robert Bullock Gallery, Camouflage, Group Exhibition (Azusa, CA)
May of 2015 - Bakersfield Museum of Art, Californians at Play, Group Exhibition (Bakersfield, CA)
March of 2015 - Art Institute of CA, Inland Empire Visual Art Gallery, HS Faculty Exhibit, Group Exhibition (San Bernardino, CA)
March of 2015 - The Younger Gallery, KHSD Art Teacher Show, Group Exhibition (Bakersfield, CA)
June of 2014 - Exhale Unlimited Gallery, Beyond Ikea, Group Exhibition (Los Angeles, CA)
Spring of 2014 - 34th Photographer’s Forum Honorable Mention, Magazine Publication
April of 2014 - Exhale Unlimited, A Matter of Death and Life, Group Exhibition (Los Angeles, CA)
Spring of 2013 - Photographer’s Forum 33rd Contest Finalist Honorable Mention, Magazine Publication