BORN
1974, Oxford, OH
Lives and works in Chicago, IL and New York, NY

EDUCATION
2002 MFA, New Genre; Carnegie Mellon University; Pittsburgh, PA
1997 BFA, Painting/Printmaking and Sculpture, Miami University, Oxford, OH

SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008

• “Changing Role”, Move Over Gallery, Naples, Italy [exhibited as the collaborative project Sleep] [catalogue]
• “Tuesday’s Dream”, Habres + Parter, Vienna, Austria

2007

• “on and on”, Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago, IL
• Feria México Arte Contemporáneo”, Mexico City, Mexico

2005

• “The Classic Manner of Inclusion”, Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago, IL

2003

• “Transmogriaesthetics”, Linda Schwartz Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009

• “NEWAGERIOT”, Country Club, Los Angeles, CA [exhibited as the collaborative Sleep]
• “Born in the Morning, Dead by Night”, curated by Tony Matelli, Leo Koenig Gallery, New York, NY [exhibited as the collaborative Sleep]
• “Mutual: On Collaboration”, curated by Kate McNamara, Samson Projects, Boston, MA [exhibited as the collaborative Sleep]
• (upcoming) Two-person show with Tim Rollins and K.O.S., Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY

2008

• “Art and Illusion: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation”, Roseville Arts at the Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, CA

2007

• “Red Badge of Courage”, curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud, Newark Arts Center, Newark, NJ
• “I Died For Beauty”, Newman Popiashvili Gallery, New York, NY
• “Second City, First”, Museum of New Art, Detroit, MI
• “Fantasy and Illusion”, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA

2006

• “Bearable Lightness…Likeness”, curated by Franklin Sirmans, P.S. 1 Center for Contemporary Art, New York, NY [catalogue]
• “Art and Illusion: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation”, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA
• PULSE Art Fair, New York, NY

2005

• PULSE Art Fair, Miami, FL
• “Darker Than You”, Preview Berlin, Berlin, Germany [catalogue]
• Liste Artfair, Basel, Switzerland with Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago, IL
• “Pan/Sonic”, Northern Illinois University Gallery, Chicago, IL [catalogue]

2004

• “Multiple Strategies”, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
• “Nothing Compared to This (ambient, incidental and new minimal tendencies in recent art)”, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH [catalogue]
• “Site Unseen”, Newsense Enterprise, Cleveland, OH
• “Sub: Cultrual, Textual, Liminal”, SPACE, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh, PA
• International Invitational, Art Chicago at Navy Pier with Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago, IL [catalogue]
• “Drift Shift”, Linda Schwartz Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

2003

• “Somewhere Better Than This Place”, collaborative performance partner with Patty Chang, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH [catalogue]
• “Version ’03”, Chicago Cultural Center in conjunction with the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL [catalogue]

2002

• “48 Hours”, BK Smith Gallery, Lake Erie College, Cleveland, OH [catalogue]
• “happenstance”, Regina Miller Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
• “MOBB” interchange: nyc “Bomb Magazine”, Spring 2002, No.79, New York, Collaborative Venture [catalogue]

2001

• “Cover Spread” Paper Doll Series, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Public Arts Office “INPGH: In Pittsburgh Weekly” Vol. 17, No. 44.
• “Contemporary Photographers in Pittsburgh”, Foreland Street Studios, Pittsburgh, PA
• “Street Basketball with Milk Crate Hoop”, performance / social action, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
• “interchange: simultaneity in action”, performance, Het West-Indisch Huis, Amsterdam, Holland [catalogue]

2000

• “Systems”, performance / sound installation, Brew House, Pittsburgh, PA
• “Delivering Time”, performance / installation, Performative Arts Symposium, Penn State University State College, PA [catalogue]
• “Stacked”, Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH [catalogue]
• “None the Less, All the More” performance / installation, Pittsburgh Biennial, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
• “Let’s Get Physical” performance, MOCA, Cleveland, OH [catalogue]
• “I Have Nothing To Say” performance / social action, Chicago, IL, Pittsburgh, PA, New York, NY

1999

• “Solstice Celebration”, performance, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
• “You Know My Name, You Know My Style”, installation, Spaces, Cleveland, OH

1998

• “out fit”, Appropriationists Internationale CMC, Cleveland, OH
• “Circus Midway”, performance, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH

1996/1997

• “Re-Opening Teplitzky”, performance, DiLeia Contemporary, Cincinnati, OH
• “Nova Blue”, performance / social action, Streets of Chicago, IL
• “Mr. Machine (Cattle); Bordering on Conflict“, gallerygreen CMC, Oxford, OH
• “Redundant Redundant”, performance, DiLeia Contemporary, Cincinnati, OH gallerygreen CMC, Oxford, OH

CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
1995-present

• gallerygreen, Director / Curator
• Specializes in cultural exchange programs and consultation for the organization of cultural events.
• Programming includes emphasis on social action, panel discussions and community dialogue with a nod toward conceptual theory and practice

2004

• Tim Rollins & K.O.S., solo exhibition, Let There Be Light
• Project Room: Darek Fansler, Abduction
• Nathaniel Parsons, solo exhibition, The Hero is the Land
• Project Room: Tresa Varner, How To Talk To Your Teen Series, Part 2: Bar

2003–2004

• Linda Schwartz Gallery, Director of Programming
• Responsible for redirecting gallery to more contemporary, conceptual based artists and projects.

2003

• Kristin Bly-Rogers, performance, Love Lots

2002

• MOBB interchange: nyc “BOMB”, Spring 2002, No.79, New York
• Select Artists: Cell (NL), Institute for Applied Autonomy, Tim Rollins & K.O.S
• Mission: Produce a living exhibition within a two-page spread of BOMB magazine that re-examines the theory of an exhibition venue [Catalogue]

2001

• interchange: simultaneity in action; Het West-Indisch Huis; Amsterdam, Holland
• Select Artists: Critical Art Ensemble, Institute for Applied Autonomy, Gregor Schneider, Andy Warhol
• Exhibition Theory: Multi-media performance art event encouraging socio-cultural discourse with performance that actively seeks the participation with the audience [Catalogue]

1997

• Bordering on Conflict; gallerygreen, Oxford, OH
• Select Artists: Vito Acconci, Chris Burden, Kiki Smith
• Exhibition Theory: Politically based and civic-minded art works

LECTURES
2005

• “Pan / Sonic”, Northern Illinois University Gallery, Chicago, Chicago, IL
• “Classic Manner of Inclusion”, Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago, IL. Two-artist panel discussion with Eduardo Kac

2004

• Nothing Compared to This (ambient, incidental and new minimal tendencies in recent art), Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH. Panel Discussion with curator Charles Desmarais
• “Drift Shift”, Linda Schwartz Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

2003

• “Version ’03: Aesthetic Futures for Biomedical and Artistic Applications”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL. Panel discussion with Eduardo Kac

2002

• Graduate Seminar in Performance Art; The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
• Digital Media; Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
• Artist Lecture Series, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA
• Thesis Lecture Series, Purnell Center for the Arts, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

2001

• “Art in Context”, Senior Seminar, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
• “interchange: simultaneity in action”, Het West-Indisch Huis, Amsterdam, Holland

2000

• “Artist Lecture Series”, Biennial; Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
• “Artist Lecture Series”, Carlow College, Pittsburgh, PA

COLLECTIONS / SUPPORT

• Carnegie Mellon University
• Center for Performance Research
• Chicago Cultural Center
• Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
• Dutch Consulate: Office of Cultural Affairs, Dutch Embassy, Den Haag, Netherlands
• Franklin Furnace
• John Adams Institute, Amsterdam, Holland
• Dr. Stanley Kaplan
• Alice F. & Harris K. Weston
• Geogge Kurz
• Neyer Holdings
• Ohio Arts Council
• Penn State University
• Pennsylvania Arts Council
• Performance Studies International
• Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
• Rockefeller Foundation
• Robert J. Schiffler Foundation, Dayton, OH
• Carl Solway Gallery
• The University of Pittsburgh Medical Centers
• Sara Vance Collection, Cincinnati, OH
• The Andy Warhol Foundation / The Andy Warhol Museum
• The Frederick R. Weisman Foundation