Short Bio
Painter and Sculpture working in Seattle
Statement
I was trained as an architect prior to practicing sculpture and painting a career. I use digital fabrication and modeling software to create unique space and form. By leaning heavily on design, aesthetic movements, and technology I create work that embodies the anxieties of a world between the physical and digital.
Biography
I’m from Kansas City, Missouri and earned a Master’s degree in architecture from Kansas State University. My education taught functional art and process, problem solving, and building within parameters. After studying in Germany at the Bauhaus I began focusing on conceptual thinking and would spend meditative time at a monastery in Macedonia building a chapel. I then moved to the Pacific Northwest and began working at a reputable design studio. It was here I gained a professional license and earned accolades in the field. The structured reality of architecture wore on me. Architecture was immensely valuable, but did not provide the vulnerability and emotional outlet of art. I sought relief from the stringent parameters in painting and sculpture. I began working jobs at sign shops, graphics studios, carpentry, and metal work. These skills began to further inform my artistic process and methods.
As I focused on creating and showing my public and studio work I met artists and assisted them on projects. Working with other artists I further honed my understanding of craft, material, and concept. A significant mentorship moment was working with artist Joe Fedderson to complete a large scale installation for Facebook. I was brought on due to my expertise in vinyl to help with applied graphics.
To date I have shown extensively in the Northwest and been included in various juried shows across the United States. I received a duo show at Linda Hodges Gallery in 2023 and since then have continue to create paintings and sculpture while pursuing public work. This winter I was a finalist for multiple public art projects and am currently working on a large scale project in Seattle.
Resume / CV
Education:
Master of Architecture (M.Arch) 2015 - Kansas State University
Master of Architectural Arts (M.Arch) 2014 - Dessau Institute of Architecture
Experience:
Fine Artist and Designer, 2018-Present
Architect - Best Practice Architecture, 2016-2018
Solo / Duo Shows:
“Total Recall” - August 2023, Hometeam Gallery, Seattle, WA
“Value Engineering” - March 2023, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
“Three Paintings in Landscape” - October 2022, Gallery Ergo, Seattle, WA
“Factory Reset” - July 2022, The Factory, Seattle, WA
“Where is Now?” - April 2022, Mini Mart City Park, Seattle, WA
“A Window Gallery” - April 2021, A-Gallery, Seattle, WA
“A Painted Gallery” - November/December 2019, A-Gallery, Seattle, WA
Group Shows:
“Architecture of Form” - May 2024, Core Art Space, Denver, CO
Juried by William Logan
“Abstract National Exhibition” - March 2024, Marks Art Center, Wichita, KS
Juried by Pam Caughey
“Sculpture Now: Art 2 the 3rd Dimension” - January 2024, Artist League of Rhode Island, Pawtucket, RI
Juried by Chris Kane
Lab Test 002 - October 2023, 9th and Thomas Bldg, Seattle, WA
Rainbows are Visions II, September 2023, Gallery Ergo, Seattle, WA
Factory Forever - August 2023, Museum of Museums, Seattle, WA
XO - July 2023, Seattle, WA
The Baldwin National 2023, Baker University, Baldwin, KS
Antithesis - 2022, Geheim Gallery, Bellingham, WA
Out of Hand: Tradition Meets Tech! - 2022, Annmarie Sculpture Center, Solomon, MD
Lab Test 001 - 2022, Seattle, WA
XO - A love letter to the Pacific Northwest - 2022, Seattle, WA
Green Around the Gills, Gallery Ergo - 2022, Seattle, WA
For Your Health, Gallery Ergo - 2021, Seattle, WA
30 under 30, Collective Visions Gallery - 2021, Bremerton, WA
Public Art Rosters:
Auburn Public Art Roster (WA)
Seattle Public Art Roster (WA)
Washington State Public Art Roster (WA)
Boise Mural Roster (ID)
Commissions:
Pickle At The Palms - 2024, Interbay, Seattle, WA
Set Sail - 2023 (Public Art Commission), Seattle WA
Sad Valley Mural - 2022, Portland OR
Mini Mart City Park Mural - 2022, Seattle WA
Surefit Building - 2021, Seattle WA
Surefit Fence - 2021, Seattle WA
Likelihood x Karhu - 2020, Seattle WA
Othello Stair- 2020, Seattle WA
Oven Door Mural - 2019, Seattle WA
Indeed Inc. Mural - 2019, Seattle WA
URG / Touchstone Mural - 2018, Seattle WA
Big Mouth Mural - 2018, Seattle WA (Project won AIA Seattle Architecture Award)
