statement

When I first moved to Utah, I swore it would never be my home.  It seemed far too barren and exposed, nothing like the closeness and damp green of my true home in Oregon.  I missed the ocean and the forest, the smell of the dirt after rain.  But day after day of living under these mountains, they have become a part of me.  Now when I visit Oregon--I no longer can call it my sole home--I find myself missing the massive presence of those same mountains.  I am interested in the role the landscape takes in our lives.  Often we talk about how man leaves his mark on the land, but I am interested in how the land reciprocates in this relationship, how it marks us, and especially how we perceive that subtle mark-making, and how those marks ultimately make us.  I find that drawing provides me with an outlet to explore my ideas while allowing the repetitive processes to lead my thoughts and refine my hand.  I see the mark of the pencil as connected to the conceptual mark of the land on myself.  My work is an attempt to understand that connection.

bio

born: 1987, Portland, Oregon

education

BYU, BFA, 2012

selected solo or two-person exhibits

THE INNOVATION NETWORK: (W)here We Meet, Provo, UT, 2012
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY: This Land Will Leave A Mark, Provo, UT, 2012
THE WAGGENRY STUDIO: Recent Works, Provo, UT 2012

selected group shows

GALLERY 303: Origin/Destination, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 2012
COVEY CENTER FOR THE ARTS: Things Fall Apart, Provo, UT, 2012
WILLIAMSON ART GALLERY: Shared Ground, Birkenhead, UK, 2012
BRAND ART CENTER: Brand 40: Fortieth Annual National Exhibition of Works on Paper, Brand Library, Glendale, CA, 2011