I make installations, videos, animations, sound works, & 表演. 我收到了 my MFA degree from the University of Texas, Austin (1998) and BFA degree from Florida State University (1995). I have been teaching at 云顶集团 College since 2004. 在秋天 of 2023 I began serving as Chair of the Studio 艺术 Dep艺术ment.
I have exhibited in solo and group shows throughout the United States, including Mixed Greens in New York, NY, Movements Gallery in Austin, TX, The Fine 艺术s Gallery in Washington DC and Victoria H. Myhren Gallery in Denver, CO. My practice includes collaborations with other 艺术ists, choreographers, theater directors, and musicians. 其中之一 more notable collaborations was with Zoë Charlton in a piece titled There Goes the Neighborhood. The installation has been recreated in several galleries/museums, which was always installed inside the confines of a gallery consisting of over 150 garden gnomes painted in seven shades of brown, dozens of small pink suburban style houses which are placed on a large sodded (live grass) area surrounded by white picket fencing. I was a co-founder of Army of Clowns (1999-2003), and an early member of Circus of Fools (1995-1999).
I describe my 艺术work as follows:
We are bombarded with sound and kinetic imagery that touch our daily lives; I replicate that in my work by `investigating communication and interpersonal relationships. I transfer nuances of social interactions and personal habits of my life. My main interest is transcending the mundane – examining the power of something considered banal and transforming its properties to a more dramatic structure and through repetition of concepts by visual and aural means, my 艺术work becomes an extension of a need to understand and express my relationships with people and my 环境. This investigation includes verbal communication, dreams, texts, audio works, body movement, and materials.
My current research is using animation, film & sound to investigate the ties between 历史 & contemporary 艺术work. My most recent work is a mixed-media animation depicting an imaginary character who believes he is the reincarnated Georges Méliès.
WYNG基金会, Hong Kong Central 图书馆, Hong Kong, “身份,” 2016
The Fine 艺术s Gallery at George Mason University, Washington DC, “Politics in 艺术: From Warhol and Rauschenberg to Present Day,” 2015
Victoria H Myhren Gallery, Denver, CO, “The Gleaners: Contemporary 艺术 from the Sarah and Jim Taylor Collection”, 2010
大米画廊, Westminster, MD, "Stage", One Person Exhibition, 2009
脉冲纽约, New York, NY, "Annual 艺术 Fair", 2009
Mixed Greens Gallery, New York, NY, "Tenth Anniversary Show", 2008
NEA New Forms Grant, Miami, Florida, Awarded to collaborative group St. Moist, performance of "Viva Prokosh", 1991
SYNERGY, in conjunction with Evolving Perceptions, Reston, VA, 2005
University of Texas 艺术 Dep艺术ment Award, 1997
College 艺术 Association
The International Digital 媒体 and 艺术s Association
The Alliance of 艺术ists Communities
Creative Alliance
College 艺术 Association, The International Digital 媒体 and 艺术s Association, The Alliance of 艺术ists Communities, Creative Alliance