Education
MFA Fiber & Material Studies,
School of the Art Institute of Chicago 2011BFA, Alfred University: New York State School of Art & Design 2004
Continuing Studies, Corcoran College of Art and Design 2006
Awards + Residencies
2014 Institute for Labor Generosity Workers + Uniforms, Resident Artist, Long Beach, CA
2012 Capstone Artist Mentor, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2011 Annenburg Fellowship Nominee, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2009 The Lenore Tawney Scholarship, Department of Fiber and Material Studies, Chicago, IL
2008 Semi-Finalist, Janet and Walter Sondheim Prize, Washington, DC
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2014
Dude Pageant, 350 E 3rd, Long Beach, CA
Foofaraw Fighters, 350 E 3rd, Long Beach, CA
Recent Collaborations, 350 E 3rd, Long Beach, CA
I’m Drinking a Soy Latte: American Life, Madonna, + Post 9/11 Values, ILGWU, Long Beach, CA2012
Drinking from the Snake’s Mouth (Steve Vainburg), Plains Projects, Chicago, IL2011
Joint Disassembly (with David Hartwell), Robert Bills Contemporary, Chicago, IL
Human Mansprings, Pleasant Plains Worshiop, Washington, DC
Every man a winner, COOP Gallery, Nashville, TN2010
Don’t Quit. Suffer Now. (with Jesse Butcher), Chicago Loop Alliance, Chicago, IL2009
Badge for the Men’s Club, Arlington, VA
Merit, Swimming Pool Project Space, Chicago, IL2008
The Pink Line Project: Conversation with Tyler Green, Pink Line Project, DC2005
State of Urban Y-Fronts, N Street Gallery B, Washington, DC2004
The Merit Badge Series, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Group Exhibitions
2013
A Wreck, A President, and A Thanksgiving Pageant (with Katie Hargrave & Zain Curtis), ILGWU, Long Beach, CA
Post Apocalyptic Variety Show (with Jordan Long & Theo Knox), CAMP C.A.R.P.A, Joshua Tree, CA
Ass, Beige Gallery, Memphis, TN
A Night of Disquieting Joy, Artisphere, Rosslyn, VA
Wrestling, Roanoke, VA
Fleeting, Indi Go Gallery, Champaign, IL
Concrete Abstract, Heiner Contemporary, Washington, DC
Otherwise, Beige Gallery, Memphis, TN2012
NADA Art Fair & Design District Pop-Up Space, ACRE Gallery, Miami, FL
Don’t Quit (with Jake Myers), Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Queer Pile-Up, ForYourArt, Los Angeles, CA
The Great Refusal, Sullivan Galleries, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (Curated by Oli Rodriguez)
Big Challenge Excitement Zone, Octagon Gallery, Chicago, IL.
2011
One More Kiss and We’re History, Platform Gallery, Seattle, WA
Manhood, Helen Day Arts Center, Stow, VT, (Curated by Nathan Suter)
Manmade, The Box Factory, San Fransisco, CA (Curated by Jeremy Sanders)
Splay, Roxaboxen Project Space, Chicago, IL (Curated by Marissa Perel)
Experience is Never Unattached, Sullivan Galleries, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Please Touch the Artwork, 2130 W Chciago Ave, Chicago, IL
The World is Not a Calm Place., Sullivan Galleries, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
NEXT Fair, Swimming Pool Project Space, Chicago, IL
Exploding Faces, Confining Spaces at Robert Bills Contemporary, Chicago, IL2010
SYTYCP, Spoke, Chicago, IL
In a Plain Brown Wrapper, Johalla Projects, Chicago, IL
NEXT Art Fair, Swimming Pool Project Space, Chicago, IL2009
Meet Meat, Art On Track, Chicago, IL
Hypothetical Planets, Betty Rymer Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
The World of Queer Craft, Craftland Gallery, Providence, RI
Queer Craft, Advocate and Gochis Galleries, Los Angeles, CA (Announced)2008
Media.Mix: 21st Century Collage, Civilian Artist Projects, Washington, DC
The Conscience of the Nation: Sid Chafetz Leads the Way, Gallery123, Fairfax, VA
20×20, ART17, Washington, DC
Quart Bag, Civilian Artist Projects, Washington, DC
Civilians for Obama, Civilian Artist Projects, Washington, DC
Cafe De Artiste, District of Columbia Arts Center, Washington, DC
Thread As the Line: Sewing in Contemporary Art, Ellipse Arts Center, Arlington, VA
Staged, Washington Project for the Arts/ Lofts 11, Washington, DC2007
Janet & Walter Sondheim Semi-Finalist Exhibit, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
The 25th Year Project, Robins Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI2006
WPAC 9×10 Member Show: Part 1, W. W. Parker Gallery, DC
Collaborations, VASTU, Washington, DC
Dissident Gallery Unveiling, Dissident Gallery, Washington, DC2005
Corcoran Faculty Exhibition P:1, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC2006
1460 Wall Mountables, District of Columbia Arts Center, Washington, DC
Examination, Capital Fringe Warhouse Gallery, Washington, DC2005
Heah is that a boy or a girl?, Warhouse Gallery, Washington, DC
Off the Walls, The Corcroran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
1460 Wall Mountables, District of Columbia Arts Center, Washington, DC2004
Identity (Dis)Location, The Loupe 22, Prattsburg, NY
The Culture of Tolerance Festival, Kraków, Poland
Aural Pleasure: The Art of the Mix, Robert Turner Gallery, Alfred, NY
Borderlands, Carnegie Arts Centers, North Tonowanda, NY
Take A Swing, Robert Turner Memorial Gallery, Alfred, NY2003
Rally of the Dolls, Robert Turner Memorial Gallery, Alfred, NY
Art You Can Eat, Atomic Eggplant, Rochester, NY
Postcards from the Edge, Galerie Lelong, New York, NY
Media Shower Show, Cora Stafford Gallery, Denton, TX
Evolutionary Girls Exhibition, Matsumoto, Japan
Budapest Pride with The Evolutionary Girls Club, Budapest, Hungary2002
The Living Room, John Woods Studio, Alfred, NY
Selected Collections & Awards
2010 Nominee, Annenberg Fellowship in the Performing & Visual Arts
2009 Lenore Tawney Scholarship Recipient, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Private Collection of Veronica Jackson, Jackson Brady Design Group
2007 Janet & Walter Sondheim Semi-Finalist
2002 Prominence Media Artist Collection, Alfred, NY
Miller Foundation, New York, NY
Private Collection of Robert Pfannebecker, Lancaster, PA
Permanent Installation, New York State College of Art & Design, Alfred, NY