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Education_
MFA, California College of the Arts – San Francisco, CA
BFA, Columbus College of Art & Design – Columbus, OH
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Solo Exhibitions_
2023
TBD - TDJ - Brooklyn, NY
2022
Fish Tank - Stars on Hollywood, Annex - Los Angeles, CA
Super Projector - Et Al Etc. - San Francisco, CA
Night Paintings - Sebastian Gladstone, Chinatown - Los Angeles, CA
2019
Back in Our Minds - Pt.2 Gallery - Oakland, CA
2018
Starworm (3) - CLOACA - San Francisco, CA
2017
Shoegazing – Fused Space,Jessica Silverman Gallery – San Francisco, CA
Grasshead – Massman Gallery – Oakland, CA
Magic Thumb – Littman Gallery, PSU – Portland, OR
2016
Small World – Playspace Gallery - San Francisco, CA
Planet Cool – No Place Studios - Columbus, OH
2015
Void – Atrium Gallery, CCA – San Francisco, CA
Fantasy Man – Atrium Gallery, CCA – San Francisco, CA
Purgatory - Atrium Gallery, CCA - San Francisco, CA
2014
Rainbow – Atrium Gallery, CCA – San Francisco, CA
New Paintings – Co-Op Shop and Gallery – Columbus, OH
3D Life – Sean Christopher Gallery – Columbus OH
What a Waste – Skylab Gallery – Columbus, OH
2013
A Painting Show – Skylab Gallery – Columbus, OH
We Are Probably Not Alone – Byers Gallery – Columbus, OH
Taking a Closer Look – Columbus Metropolitan Library – Columbus, OH _
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Selected Group and Two Person Exhibitions_
2023
TBD - SULK - Chicago, IL
Ferbraury Group Show - Pt.2 Gallery - Oakland, CA
2022
Fever Dream (with Robert Falco) - Pt.2 Gallery - Oakland, CA
Hot Dog: A Group Show - TDJ - Brooklyn, NY
Nice Work 2 - SULK - Chicago, IL
2021
The Devil’s Bathtub - No Place Gallery - Columbus, OH
2020
Pitbull’s Garden - No Place Gallery x GMO - Virtual Experience
2018
The Generation of Choice - Gern - Queens, NY
Juxtapose Clubhouse - Pt.2 Gallery - Miami FL
Anchors and Portals - Guerrero Gallery - San Francisco, CA
Calico Sunset - Pt. 2 Gallery - Oakland, CA
2017
Ful ill the Dream – Spaceheater Gallery – Brooklyn, NY
Virgins Virgining – NIAD Art Center – Richmond, CA
2016
Obstructed Views - Scott Charmin Gallery – Houston, TX
Land ill / Bedrock – Guerrero Gallery – San Francisco, CA
Mallrats – Et. Al Etc. + 100% – Minnesota Street Project – SF, CA
Staring At A Wall – Garage Gallery – Van Nuys, CA
Barclay Simpson Award Exhibition – Tacoah Bruce Gallery – Oakland, CA Tomorrow Today – Luggage Store Gallery – San Francisco, CA
MFA Thesis Exhibition – Fused Space – San Francisco, CA
Conspiracy – Minnesota Street Project – San Francisco, CA
Whose Child Is This? – Cutty Limits - Oakland, CA
2015
So Much World, So Little Reality – Cranium Corp. – San Francisco, CA
Open House – NYSRP Summer Program – Brooklyn, NY
Alone Together – The Wattis – San Francisco, CA
New Normal II – Guerrero Gallery – Oakland, CA
Emotional Vacuum – SF Galleries, CCA – San Francisco, CA
Towards Excomposition – Skylab Gallery – Columbus, OH
2014
Art Broken – Kavachnina Contemporary – Miami, FL
The Way Things Were – Wonder Catacomb Gallery – Columbus, OH
En Masse – Skylab Gallery – Columbus, OH
2013
Soft Blanket, Slow Thaw – Skylab Gallery, Columbus OH
Love Library – Traveling Exhibition Through Printed Matter
Lucky 7 – International Print Exchange Invitational - Kyoto, Japan
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Collaborations_
2021
Acne Studios - Women’s Spring/Summer Runway Collection
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Publications / Press_
2023
Juxtapose - February
2022
Art Viewer - Super Projector @ Et al. Etc.
Ofluxo - Super Projector @ Et al. Etc.
Juxtapose - Fever Dream , Ben Quinn & Robert Falco
2021
Vogue Italia, various, via Acne Studios
2018
Coco Literary Salon – Bay Area Survey
2017
Mousse Magazine – March
Art Practical – Shoegazing
2016
Art Viewer – “Mallrats at Et. Al Etc.”
Moonlight Magazine Vol. II – Fall
2015
Strangeways – Vol. 3 – November
Curiously Direct – Daydreamer Review – October InParentheses (IP) Magazine – June
2014
PASTPRESENTFUTURE MAGAZINE I
PASTPRESENTFUTURE MAGAZINE II
PASTPRESENTFUTURE MAGAZINE III
2013
614 Magazine - What’s happening in the Arts? - Columbus Alive! - Of Art and Aliens
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Awards_
2016
Barclay Simpson Award – California College of the Arts
2015
Ginny Kleker Scholarship – Commitment to the Arts
Clyde & Co. Community Art Award
2013
President’s Scholarship – Columbus College of Art & Design
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Residencies_
2015
New York Studio Residency Program - AICAD - Brooklyn, NY _
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Curatorial_
Owner / Director @ QUALITY Gallery
2017
Live Cultures – Willie Young – QUALITY – Oakland, CA
Mind Control @ Alter Space – QUALITY presents Iggy Capra –
San Francisco, CA
2016
SX – Sam Branden – QUALITY – Oakland, CA
Daydreamer II – Group Exhibition – QUALITY – Oakland, CA
Trilitongue Trilithon Trilithong – Megan Reed - QUALITY – Oakland, CA
40 $ec – Yerin Kim – QUALITY – Oakland, CA
Lights Out Night Out – Woody Othello – QUALITY – Oakland, CA
Exotic Blossom – Tosha Stimage + Lana Licata – QUALITY – Oakland, CA
American Value Freak Show – Keith Hature – QUALITY – Oakland, CA
White Lily – Greg Ponchak – QUALITY – Oakland, CA
2015
American Picker – Kirt Hobler – QUALITY – Oakland, CA
Daydreamer I – Group Exhibition – QUALITY – Oakland, CA
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