Education

2002      MFA, University of California Los Angeles

1998      BFA, California College of Arts and Crafts

Solo Exhibitions

2007     “Utopias”, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, with Adam Ross

            “Empty Cities”, Plane Space, New York

            Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto, Canada

2006     Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

2005     “Caution”, Plane Space, New York (in progress)

            “Night Light”, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City (in progress).

            "Elements, Particular", G Fine Art Gallery, Washington, DC

2004     "Stand", Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, project space

            "re:moving", Plane Space, New York, NY

2003     "C₆H₆", Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects

            "Tied Up…Down (in the basement)", Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA

2002     "Intraurban Interurban", Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, CA

             MFA Thesis Exhibition, UCLA Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2000      "Paintings", Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, CA

Group Exhibitions

2008       “Scene/Seen: Recent Acquisitions from the Luckman Fine Arts Complex
                     Permanent Collection, 1979-2006”, Luckman Fine Arts Complex,
                     California State University, Los Angeles

2007       Braunstein Gallery, San Francisco, curated by Mary Snowden

2006       “Small Wonders”, Chesapeake Gallery, Harford Community College, Bel Air, Maryland

2005       "New Trajectories I: Relocations: Recent painting, drawing and multi-media work from the

                    Ovitz Family Collection, Los Angeles", Cooley Gallery at Reed College, Portland, OR

             "PETS", Fundacion Internacional Arte Contemporaneo, Monterey, Mexico

2004      "Painting at Plane Space", Plane Space Gallery, New York, NY

             "Reciprocal Influences", Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

             "About Painting", Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY

             "New ", Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Inaugural exhibition Culver City space

2003      "Place", Harris Art Gallery at the University of La Verne, La Verne, CA

             ArtBasel Miami Beach, with Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects

             Armory Show New York, with Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects

2002      ArtForum Berlin, Project Space, with Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects,

                   Berlin, Germany

             "Painting and Illustration", Luckman Fine Art Complex, CalState Los Angeles,

                  curated by Adam Ross

2001      Cal's Art, Sampling California Painting, University of North Texas, Denton, TX

           Liste 01, Basel, with Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Switzerland

2000      "H2O", works on paper, Los Angeles, CA

Awards

2000           Shirle Carter Scholarship, UCLA

1997           Ted Boyle Scholarship (Painting) CCAC

1996           Richard K. Price Fund (Painting) CCAC

                  University of California Davis, Departmental Citation (Art Studio)

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