Education
Master of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing 2001
Syracuse University, School of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse NY
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting 1996
Alfred University, School of Art and Design, Alfred NY
Solo Exhibitions
Loss Projection, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo NY, 2021-22
Re-Model, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo NY, 2018
Traces, Nichols School, Buffalo NY, 2015
Modernist Motifs, Starlight Studio and Art Gallery, Buffalo NY, 2012
Blurry at the Edges, Rome Art and Community Center, Rome NY, 2009
Fuzzy Memories, Castellani Museum of Art, Niagara Falls NY, 2008
Floor to Ceiling, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo NY, 2006
Mystical Diagnostics, Olmsted Center for the Visually Impaired, Buffalo NY, 2006
20 Painter’s Problems, Visual Art Studio, Richmond VA, 2006
Recent Work, Spark Gallery, Syracuse NY, 2001
Selected Group Exhibitions
Extraordinary Forms VI: Focus on Fiber, Kenan Center for the Arts, Lockport NY, 2022 Curated by Gerald Mead
Art in Craft Media 2021, Burchfield Penny Art Center, Buffalo NY, 2021 Curated by Garth Johnson
Window Shopping, Pop-up organized by Buffalo Obscura, Buffalo NY, 2020
Fiber 2020, Silvermine Arts Center, New Cannan CT, 2020 Curated by Beth McLaughlin
Threaded, MCC Art Gallery, Mesa, AZ, 2019 Curated by Mark Newport and Maria-Elisa Heg
Art Stands Still, Collar Works Gallery, Troy NY, 2019 Curated by Natalie Fleming and Van Tran Nguyen
Shoreline: Remembering a Waterfront Vision, El Museo Gallery, Buffalo NY, 2019
The City Beyond the Falls, Pop-up organized by Buffalo Obscura, Niagara Falls NY, 2019
Faculty Exhibition, State University at Brockport, Brockport NY, 2019
Feel and Rhythms, White Columns Online, 2018, Curated by Ashton Cooper
Stomach Acid Reflux, White Columns Online, 2018 Curated by Ellie Rines
Intention, Indigo Art Gallery, Buffalo NY, 2016
Please Touch, Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory, Arlington VA, 2016
Intertwine, Sponsored by Artists Next Door, Ames IA, 2016
Touch: Interactive Craft, Arrowmont School, Gatlinburg TN, 2016
Amid/In Western New York, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo NY, 2016
Echo Art Fair, Buffalo NY, 2014
The Toy Show, Studio Hart, Buffalo NY, 2014
Fight Club: Art, Politics, and Protest, University at Buffalo Center for the Arts, Buffalo NY, 2014 Curated by Mark Snyder
A Midsummer’s Draw, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo NY, 2013
A Midwinter’s Draw, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo NY, 2013
The Artists Among Us II, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo NY, 2012
TopSPIN 10, Castellani Museum of Art, Niagara Falls NY, 2012
Evolution/Revolution, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo NY, 2011
The Alchemy of Delusion, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, Belgium, 2010
That’s All Folks, Belfry Stadshallen, Bruges, Belgium, 2009 Curated by Jerome Jacobs and Michael Dewilde
Diffracted Solstice, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, Belgium, 2008
8 Hour Drawing, Allegheny College, Meadville PA, 2007 (Invitational)
The Artists Among Us, Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo NY, 2007
Craftforms 2006, Wayne Art Center, Wayne PA, 2006 Juried by Gretchen Keyworth
Specimen Exploration, Central Wyoming College, Riverton WY, 2005
Annual Juried Exhibition, Atlanta Artists Center, Atlanta GA, 2004
Inaugural Exhibition, Hus Var Fine Art, Buffalo NY, 2004
12th National Juried Show, Art Center of Northern New Jersey, New Milford NJ, 2003 Juried by Dana Miller
Brand 32, Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale CA, 2002 Juried by Nancy Moure
National Juried Competition, LBI Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, Loveladies NJ, 2002 Juried by Maria-Christina Villasenor
Art, Syracuse Stage, Syracuse NY, 2001
14th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition, McNeese State University Lake Charles and Baton Rouge LA, 2000 Juried by Terrie Sultan
Border to Border 7, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville TN, 1999 Juried by William Berry
Professional Activities
Featured on the segment “The Now”, WKBW television, Buffalo NY, 2018
White Columns curated artist registry, New York NY, 2012-present
Residency, Rome Art and Community Center, Rome NY, Summer 2010
Public Artist Lecture, Smack Melon, New York NY (given in conjunction with the New York Foundation for the Arts MARK Program), 2009
Judge, 48th Annual Rome Art Association Membership Exhibit, Rome Art and Community Center, Rome NY, 2007
Featured on Music is Art Live @ The Center, produced by the Music is Art Foundation in conjunction with the University of Buffalo, 2006
Visiting Artist Lecture, Central Wyoming College, Riverton WY, 2005
Awards and Honors
State University of New York Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching, 2014
Invited to participate in New York Foundation for the Arts MARK Program, 2009
New York Foundation for the Arts, Strategic Opportunity Stipend, 2005
Larson Biennial Purchase Award, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville TN, 1999
Collections
Larkin Development Group, Buffalo NY
Tri Main Center, Buffalo NY
Jerome Jacobs, Brussels Belgium
Garlone Egels, Brussels Belgium
Austin Peay State University, Clarksville TN