I create cities from memory and imagination in which I explore patterns of roads and buildings and ideas of organic and controlled growth.

These pieces are inspired by aerial photography of human developments and surveys of archaeological sites. I am interested in the different patterns people create as they settle various areas and what these patterns may suggest about their cultures.

My work pushes my understanding and definition of drawing beyond the traditional two-dimensional format and into more sculptural considerations of mark-making, line, light and shadow.

born: 1976, Wilmington, DE

education

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, MFA, 2007
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, 2002
University of Virginia, BA, 1998

selected awards/honors

Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant, 2007

selected solo or two-person exhibits

Rebekah Templeton Contemporary Art: Spatial Delineations, Philadelphia, PA 2009

selected group shows

Gallery Joe: A Sense of Place, Philadelphia, PA, 2008
Paperworks Gallery: Paper Airplane, Baltimore, MD, 2008
CUE Foundation: Joan Mitchell 2007 MFA Grant Recipients, New York, NY, 2008
Fleisher-Ollman Gallery: Street Buttons, Philadelphia, PA 2007