CV

 b. 1985 McHenry, IL


Education:

Fall 2015-Spring 2016

The Nerdrum School - Stavern Norway

2006

American Academy of Art - Chicago, Illinois - Illustration and oil painting


Selected Exhibitions/Experience

2026

Gallery Victor - Chicago, IL

Closing Exhibition - Povos Gallery - Chicago=, IL

2024

Pleasure Seeking Behavior - VSG Contemporary - Chicago, IL

Everything But The Kitchen Sink - La Luz De Jesus Gallery - Los Angeles, CA

Evoke Provoke - Gallery Victor - Chicago, IL


2023

Bloom! - Povos Gallery - Chicago, IL

2022

TCHARAM! - Very Serious Gallery - Chicago, IL

Created Painting Everybody - YouTube Channel

Liberating The Flesh - 33 Contemporary - Chicago, IL



2021 

Couples - 33 Contemporary - Chicago, IL

Founded TRIPTICO - arts and culture blog with artists Bruno Passos (BR) and Trevor Knapp (WI)

Facing The Universe, The Cosmos Within - Wausau Museum Of Contemporary Art - Wausau, WI


2020

Sight Unseen - 33 Contemporary Gallery - Chicago, IL

Ethereal Epiphany - 33 Contemporary Gallery - Chicago, IL


2016

6 Month Painting Apprenticeship - ODD NERDRUM - Stavern, Norway

RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITY AUCTION AND COMMERCIAL - Chicago, IL

Freak Out!, POETS AND ARTISTS MAGAZINE, ZHOU B ART CENTER

Ourselves From Another Point of View, POETS AND ARTISTS MAGAZINE, ZHOU B ART CENTER

Nerdrumklanen III - Småbildeutstilling, Raugland Galeri - Stavern, Norway


2015

AROUND THE COYOTE, FLAT IRON FINE ARTS BUILDING, Chicago, IL

79TH JURIED EXHIBITION OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE, POLISH MUSEUM OF AMERICA, Chicago, IL

FIRST FRIDAY OPEN STUDIOS, FLAT IRON FINE ARTS BUILDING, Chicago, IL

IARTISTAS MAGAZINE, ISSUE #16

Chicago’s New Realists, POETS AND ARTISTS MAGAZINE, ISSUE #60

Chicago’s New Realists, ZHOU B ART CENTER, Chicago, IL.


2014

Artist Assistant – DAVID MOLESKY, Raleigh, NC

Art Director/Propmaster on film “DEATH OF A GROUPIE”, San Francisco, CA

Don’t Panic - group show, PAN GALLERY, Los Angeles, CA

RAW ARTISTS - group show, Mayan Theater, Los Angeles, CA

The Biannual Brewery Artwalk (Spring), Los Angeles, CA


2013

Costume Fabrication for Disney/Universal Studios - CUSTOM CHARACTERS INC., Burbank, CA

Art Department/Production Assistant on music video - “INCREDIBLE” by Korean pop artist “JUNSU” , Los Angeles, CA

THE BIANNUAL BREWERY ARTWALK (Spring), Los Angeles, CA

The Biannual Brewery Artwalk (Fall), Los Angeles, CA


2012

Portraits, The Convent, San Francisco, CA

The Biannual Brewery Artwalk (Fall), Los Angeles, CA


2011

Graphic Design for INSTANT AUTOMATIC, San Francisco, CA

Debased, Stud Bar, San Francisco, CA

Puppet Sculpture/Fabricator on TEDDY THE TRAVELER, Oakland, CA


2010

Tyrus Bachar Living Trust Auction, San Francisco, CA

Illustrator/Designer for “HOPPYVILLE” children’s book, San Francisco, CA

Thanksgiving, Prescott, AZ