statement

My work develops as a result of research, grounded in an interest in visual culture and the act of looking. The traditions of drawing and painting provide a foundation for me to examine our historical relationship to images, how we define cultural values and how those values shape our contemporary attitudes of consuming works of art.

bio

born: 1983, Northridge, California

education

San Francisco State University, MFA, 2013
Pace University, MS in Education, 2008
University of Washington, BFA, 2006

selected awards/honors

Graduate Award for Distinguished Achievement, San Francisco State University, 2013
Vincent Constantino University Award, San Francisco State University, 2012
Leo D. Stillwell Award, San Francisco State University, 2012
Martin Wong Award in Painting, San Francisco State University 2011

selected publications

Root Division; MFA Now II. San Francisco, California, 2013
Root Division; MFA Now. San Francisco, California, 2012

selected group shows

NextNewCA, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA, 2013
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2013
12 x 12, 4th National Juried Exhibition of Small Works, Todd Art Gallery, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, 2013
Beauty, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA, 2012