EXHIBITIONS 2018 Generation, Worth-Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, CA 2017 Thinking Out Loud, College Avenue Galleries, Oakland, CA 2016 UC Berkeley MFA Thesis Exhibition, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA Corte Madera Centennial Art Exhibition, Corte Madera, CA 2015 Skinterior(Just Beige), Headquarters, Berkeley, CA "6", Worth-Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, CA Give or Take, Worth-Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, CA 2014 The Disquiet -Bay Area Currents, Pro-Arts, Oakland, CA, selected by Dena Beard Bay Area Now 7 - Bay Area Art Workers Alliance, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, SF, CA Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA CCA Staff Exhibition, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA 2013 The Art of NO, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA Risk, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley CA, selected by Apsara DiQuinzio 2012 Streetopia, Luggage Store Gallery and 509 Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA Mediated Realities, Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, Brown University, Providence, RI 2011 Recent Work, Art 342, Fort Collins, CO Open Studios, I-Park, East Haddam, CT 2010 Project Room, Sculpture Space, Utica, NY The Work Office (TWO), Brooklyn, NY 2009 Sculpture Key West ‘09, Sculpture Key West, FL, selected by Shamim Momin (catalog) The Armory Show, Socrates Sculpture Park Booth, NY, NY K.I.D.S. has some work to do, Flux Factory, NY, NY Objective Affection, Boffo, Brooklyn, NY, NY Half Open Studio, Chashama North, Pine Plains, NY 2008 Emerging Artist Fellowship ’08, Socrates Sculpture Park, NY, NY (catalog) Splendor of Gretel, Joyce Soho, NY, NY 2007 Collective Foundation (w/ Josh Greene), Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, SF, CA DED, Emergency Arts, NY, NY Splendor of Gretel, Ford Amphitheatre, LA, CA 2006 Good Party, Emergency Arts, NY, NY Miss Rockaway, Holasek Wier Projects, NY, NY 2005 Conflicted Interpretation, Broadway Gallery, NY, NY Me and Music, Ernest Rubenstein Gallery, NY, NY 2004 Flat Files, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY 2003 Howl Festival, Tompkins Square Park, NY, NY 2002 Group Show, The Lodge, San Francisco, CA Bimba, Centro Educacional Mestre Bimba, Itaborai, Brazil 2001 Drawings, The Lodge, San Francisco, CA Butcher Town, Cyclone, San Francisco, CA 2000 Chamada, Brazilian Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, RESIDENCIES, AND LECTURES 2017 Art Practice Senior Seminar class, Artist Talk, UC Berkeley, CA 2016 Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive - Artist Talk, Berkeley, CA 2015 Art Practice Senior Seminar class, Artist Talk, UC Berkeley, CA 2014 Art School X, - Artist Talk, UC Berkeley, CA 2012 Vermont Studio Center, Pollock-Krasner Fellowship, Johnson, VT Jentel Artist Residency, Banner, WY I-Park Artist Residency, East Haddam, CT 2011 Art 342 Residency, Fort Collins, CO Colorado State University- Artist Lecture, Fort Collins, CO I-Park Artist Residency, East Haddam, CT 2010 Sculpture Space Fellowship Residency, Utica, NY 2009 Chashama North Artist Residency, Pine Plains, NY Sculpture Key West Artist Assistance Grant, Key West, FL Key West Museum of Art & History-Artist Lecture, Key West, FL 2008 Fashion Institute of Technology- Artist Lecture, NY, NY Socrates Emerging Artist Fellowship, Queens, NY 2006 Service-Works Grant, SF, CA PUBLICATIONS AND WEB 2013 Todd Kerr, Risk, Berkeley Times, 7/11/13 2007 Christopher Bright, The Tipping Point, Dwell, 1/07 The Eleventh Hour Volunteer Assistance Project -- www.ehvap.wordpress.com Art Moving Art Project (in progress)-- www.mapinprogress.wordpress.com TEACHING 2017-18 Lecturer, 3D: Form vs Function, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA Lecturer, Global Perspectives of Contemporary Art, UC Berkeley, CA 2016 Lecturer, Introduction to Visual Language, UC Berkeley, CA Graduate Student Instructor, Introduction to Visual Language, UC Berkeley, CA 2015 Graduate Student Researcher, Field Work/Research as Studio Practice, UC Berkeley, CA 2015 Graduate Student Reader, Global Perspectives of Contemporary Art, UC Berkeley, CA 2012-18 Panel Reviewer, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA 2005-08 Adjunct Instructor, Fine Arts Dept, Fashion Institute of Technology, NY, NY 2005-10 Art Instructor, Pi Art Academy, NY, NY EDUCATION 2016 MFA in Art Practice - U.C. Berkeley, Dept of Art Practice 2014 BFA in Sculpture - S.U.N.Y. Purchase College of Art and Design
RELATED EXPERIENCE 2016-18 Senior Fabrication Mechanician, College of Environmental Design, UC Berkeley, CA 2012-14 Studio Manager, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
1994-95 Preparator/Assistant Registrar, Gagosian Gallery, NYC
1993-95 Studio Care-Taker, Mark di Suvero, NYC
SCULPTING, DESIGN, AND FABRICATION (selected clients)
Tauba Auerbach, NYC- Fabrication of pressure cast optically clear urethane and glass sculptures for Paula Cooper exhibition Float .
Yoko Ono, NYC- Produced 35 full figure plaster life castings for Deitch Project installation Odyssey of a Cockroach .
Kelley Walker, NYC - Mold making, casting, and restoration of sculptures for exhibition and Parkett edition.
Roxy Paine, NYC- Artist Assistant, Realist painting and sculpting, mold making, wood and metalworking for various exhibitions.
Tom Otterness, NYC- Artist Assistant, creation of large public art sculptures.
Shawn Feeney, Calgary, CA - Engineered and fabricated steel armature for the Guinness Book of World Records largest fruit sculpture.
Cameron Gainer, NYC & Tampa, FL – Sculpting of large public art works for Socrates Sculpture Park and Tampa Museum.
Gregory Barsamian, NYC - Metal working on large-scale sculpture "Artifact" for Pierogi Gallery exhibition
Yvette Helin Studios, NYC- Fabrication of carbon fiber heads for Broadway theatrical costumed characters. Studio EIS Brooklyn, NYC - Project management of sculpted environments for historical museum displays.
William Kreysler and Associates, American Canyon, CA – Sculpted Santa Clara County seal bas-relief.
SKILLS Teaching Managing
Comprehensive knowledge of art fabrication methods and materials. Representational figure/object sculpting and painting in any size, material, and style.
Maquette/scale model making. Sculpture enlarging/reducing.
Mold making and casting. Metal, wood, foam, gypsum, fiberglass, plastic and rubber fabrication.
Proficient in plumbing and electrical systems installation and upkeep. MS Office, Photoshop, Premiere, AfterEffects, and FinalCut.
Optimism.
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