I make large-scale abstract drawings that explore the relationship between the meat of the body and the cognitive powers of the mind. My work is driven by a profound and personal fascination with the mark, and an unabashed love for the sensation of mark-making on a larger-than-life scale.

The drawings are not imitations of any aspect of nature, nor are they illustrations of a limited conceptual hypothesis. Instead they celebrate the peculiar properties of drawing as a relic of the physical act of drawing. The drawings are the remains of a performance, spell, ritual, or investigation acted out in the privacy of the studio.

born: 1973, San Diego, California

education

New York Academy of Art, MFA cum laude, 2003
University of Pennsylvania, BA, magna cum laude, 1994

selected awards/honors

A.I.R. Gallery Fellowship Artist, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn NY, 2008-2009
Radius participant, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, 2009
Grant for Individual Artists, E.D. Foundation, 2001

selected publications

Morris Museum, Timeless: The Art of Drawing. Morristown, NJ: Morris Museum p 71, 2008

selected solo or two-person exhibits

A.I.R. Gallery: New Monuments to the AntiConcept, Brooklyn, NY 2009

selected group shows

Ridgefield Guild of Artists: Radius, Ridgefield, CT, 2009
Morris Museum: Timeless: The Art of Drawing, Morristown, NJ, 2008
Caestecker Art Gallery: The Quick: Contemporary Reflections of the Human Form, Ripon, WI, 2007