I have been a conceptual painter for the last five years or so, but lately have started to go back to image based compositions through the use of collage. I have always been the most intrigued by texture and touch in my art, as well as in everything else. It's been a longstanding joke that I am a blind person, who just happens to be able to see, since I base everything on my sense of touch.
Other aspects which affect my art and my life greatly are mythology, philosophy and psychology writings. I use these as tools to understand the world around me just as much as color or texture.
I have also been immensely influenced by the artists Lee Bontecou, Joan Mitchell, Betye Saar, Joseph Cornell, Anslem Kiefer and Robert Raushenburg.
I attended a handful of colleges, but my BFA is from Columbus College of Art and Design, which I graduated from in 2007. I also attended Herron School of Art in Indianapolis and Studio Art Centers International in Florence, Italy.
solo exhibits
-Amalgamation
Gallery Seven
Indianapolis, Indiana 2008
-Magma Designs
London, England 2007
-The Harsh and the Delicate
Beaton Gallery
Columbus, OH 2007
group exhibits
-Alpha State
Herron School of Art and Design
Indianapolis, Indiana 2008
-Holiday One Piece Show
Dean Johnson Gallery
Indianapolis, Indiana 2007
-CLDC Silent Auction
Conrad Hotel
Indianapolis, Indiana 2007
-Fuji Art Studio Student Exhibition
Florence, Italy, 2006
-SACI Student Exhibition
Florence, Italy 2006
-CCAD 127th Student Exhibition
Columbus, Ohio 2006
-Mac Worthington Gallery
Columbus, Ohio 2005-2006
-Material Reverie
MPX Gallery
Columbus, Ohio 2005
-CCAD 125th Student Exhibition
Columbus, Ohio 2004
-The Creative Self Expression Show
Indianapolis, Indiana 2002
-Indianapolis Arts Center
Student Show 2001
-Borders Gallery
Indianapolis, Indiana 2001
