About
As a child, I spent a good sum of time playing percussion instruments, walking picket lines, and exploring the natural world around me. These three elements of myself – the musician, the muckraker, and the naturalist – still ring true today and inform much of the work I do as a sculptor. Drawing from personal experience and independent research, I use metaphorical imagery (and often times a tinge of dark humor) to question the notion of “progress” and elicit conversation and critique of the world in which we live.
Approaching my art with a “waste not, want not” mentality, I work primarily with salvaged materials: be it metal pilfered from the dump, wood and stone remnants collected from construction sites, or animal remains pulled off the road and processed myself. In doing such, I imbue my work with an undertow that pushes against a capitalist driven consumer culture. Sometimes this detritus influences the direction of a piece, but is never the focal point in itself.
Percussion Rig at the
2019 Rivertown Revival
in Petaluma, CA
Solo Exhibitions:
2012 Pioneer Square Art Walk, OK Hotel, Seattle, WA
Group Exhibitions:
2021, Intergalactic Open 2, ShockBoxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA
2020, Winter Juried Show, realART, Agoura Hills, CA
2019, BFA Exhibit, SSU University Gallery, Cotati, CA
2019, Storage Gallery, Cotati, CA
2019, Juried Student Exhibit, University Gallery, Cotati, CA
2018, Liberty, Arc Gallery & Studios, San Francisco, CA
2014, Sebastopol Art Walk, Lars Langberg Architects, Sebastopol, CA
2014, Debut Show, Fulton Crossing, Fulton, CA
2013, Phinney Ridge Art Walk, Avanti Art and Design, Seattle, WA
2012, Merit Scholarship Show, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle WA
2012, Halloween Art Show, The Piranha Shop, Seattle, WA
2011, Pioneer Square Art Walk, OK Hotel, Seattle, WA
2011, Cattywampus Carnival, Arlene Francis Center, Santa Rosa, CA
Public Installations:
2022 Rivertown Revival, Petaluma, CA
2019 Rivertown Revival, Petaluma, CA
2019 COMMENCE, Sonoma State University, Cotati, CA
2016 – 2017 Railroad Square Music Festival, Santa Rosa, CA
2012 Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA
2012 Clark Lake Park, Kent, WA
2009 Renegade Art Revival, Santa Rosa, CA
Publications:
2021 Artsy.net
2018 Liberty Catalog, Arc Gallery & Studios
2007 The Pharmakon
Awards:
2012 Merit Scholarship first tier at Cornish College of the Arts