Born 1966, Braddock, PA
Education
Art Institute of Pittsburgh
Concentration: Digital Design - 2001
Concentration: Visual Communications - 1987
Gallery Shows: Paintings, Collage & Installation Art: 2000-2009
Solo shows:
"Begging the question" - Gallery Neptune - Bethesda, MD - 2008
"The Strange Familiar" - The Vault - Pittsburgh, PA - 2006
"Context" - Gallery Neptune - Bethesda, MD - 2006
"Remains and Traces" - Gallery Neptune - Bethesda, MD - 2004
"Ephemera" - Emma's - Pittsburgh, PA - 2002
Installations:
Flux - Pittsburgh, PA - 2003
Gestures - Mattress Factory - Pittsburgh, PA - 2003
Group shows:
"Hand to Hand": Mail Art Collaboration with Rebecca Trawick
Open - Long Beach, CA - 2009
The Showroom/Hub-Bub - Spartanburg, SC - 2009
Tangent Lab - Wichita, KS - 2008
Phd Gallery - St. Louis, MO - 2007
Moxie Dada - Pittsburgh, PA - 2007
"Wishful Thinking" - Zombo Gallery - Pittsburgh, PA - 2009
"April" - Gallery Neptune - Bethesda, MD - 2009
"Move it!" - Gallery Neptune - Bethesda, MD - 2008
"A Lucky Find" - Lucky Gallery - Brooklyn, NY - 2007
"Love Birds" - Gallery Neptune - Bethesda - 2007
"Cut and Paste" - Tag Art Gallery - Nashville, TN - 2007
"Collage of Icons" - Michael Orr Gallery - Columbus, OH - 2006
"In with the old, Out with the new" - Coca Cafe - Pittsburgh, PA - 2005
"Plus and Also" - Garfield Artworks - Pittsburgh, PA - 2005
"Bloomin" - Moxie Dada - Pittsburgh, PA - 2005
"Dog" - Gallery Neptune - Bethesda, MD - 2004
"Temptation" - Blue Ruin Gallery - Pittsburgh, PA - 2004
"Burg(h)" - Boogaloo - Brooklyn, NY - 2003
"Group show" - Modern Formations - Pittsburgh, PA - 2003
"Hard Art" - Penn Gallery - Pittsburgh, PA - 2003
"Best of 2001" - Garfield Artworks - Pittsburgh, PA - 2001
"Group Show" - Boxheart Gallery - Pittsburgh, PA - 2001
"Recto/Verso" - Garfield Artworks - Pittsburgh, PA - 2000
Awards & Publications: 2000-2009
Communication Arts Illustration Annual - National Competition
Artitude Magazine - British Columbia, Canada - Featured Artist
Exhibition 36 - Northlight Books - Featured Artist
Masters: Collage - Lark Books - Featured Artist
Notable Quotes
"He can take anything from a half-filled out piece of old ledger paper to a found photograph, combine these two disparate elements with something like a recipe note card or dry cleaning receipt, and come up with a novel arrangement that speaks volumes about history, humanity or both...a master's touch."
- Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
"intellectually provocative and compelling" - Bethesda Gazette