SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012
Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
2011
I See You In My Head, Feature Inc., New York, NY
2009
Excerpt, Envoy Enterprises, New York, NY
2006
Three Way Tie For Last, Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, New York, NY
2005
The Underminer, Spike Gallery, New York, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
Bronx Calling: Bronx Biennial, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
No Longer the Property of, Lost Coast Culture Machine, Fort Bragg, CA
View of Outer Space from an Aquarium, Famous Accountants, Brooklyn, NY
Social Photography, Carriage Trade, New York, NY
U.V.A. Video Screenings: Union Hall & Red Hook Bait and Tackle, Brooklyn
2010
Summer Camp, II Exile, Berlin curated by Billy Miller
Tom of Finland and then some, Feature Inc., New York, NY
NY Art Book Fair, MoMA PS1, Queens, NY
Tide Pool, Sarah Meltzer Projects, New York, NY
Smoke & Mirrors, Lightwell Gallery, University of Oklahoma
Alternative Histories, Exit Art, New York, NY
Power to the People, Feature Inc., New York, NY
Cool and Collected, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
Bushwick Beta Spaces, Brooklyn, NY
Artists in Residence, Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA
Power to the Peopl,e Feature Inc., New York, NY
The HOT Festival, Dixon Place, New York, NY
U.V.A. Video Screenings: Galapagos & Littlefield, Brooklyn;
Niagra & The Tank, New York, NY
2009
What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid 106 Green, Brooklyn, NY
curated by Ryan Steadman
CJF x U.V.A., Envoy Enterprises, New York, NY
Arte3, Palazzo Mazzancolli, Umbria, Italy
Artists who use text to say nice things, 206 Rivington Street, New York, NY
The Gaze, Salon Sexpot, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
U.V.A. Video Screenings: Monkeytown, Brooklyn;
Home Sweet Home & The Tank, NYC
2008
Artist As Publisher, The Center for Books Arts, New York, NY
In A Box, Canco, Jersey City, NJ
The Other Side, The 58 Gallery, Jersey City, NJ curated by Billy Miller
Salon Du Jour, Autoversion Gallery, New York, NY
Everything Must Go, Flux Factory, Queens, NY
Disarmory, Openhouse Gallery, New York, NY
Dream Therapy, Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, New York, NY
2007
Aporia : Aporia, LACE/Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
Intercourse, Platform Gallery, Seattle, WA
Change in Babylon, Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, New York, NY
Bridge Art Fair Chicago ’07, 350 West Mart Center, Chicago, IL
Works On Paper, Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, New York, NY
Words, Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, New York, NY
Aqua Art Fair Miami 2007, South Beach, Miami, FL with Platform Gallery
Bridge Art Fair Miami 2007, Miami, FL with Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts
2006
The Mind/Body Problem, Artists Space, New York, NY
curated by Christian Rattemeyer
Metaphysics of Youth, Artenova/Fuori Uso, Pescara, Italy
Aporia, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Gallery, New York, NY
American Seven, WORKS/San Jose, San Jose, CA
Repeat After Me, Flux Factory, Queens, NY
Plan B, Brooklyn War Memorial, Brooklyn, NY
ART(212), 69th Regiment Armory, New York, NY with Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts
Bridge Art Fair Miami, FL with Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts
2005
Karaoke Smashup, Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn, NY curated by Jennifer McCoy
2004
Queer Packaging/Body Commodities, WORKS/San Jose, San Jose, CA
Mix 18 Queer Media Festival, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
2003
Art During Wartime, IT Space, New York, NY curated by Dread Scott
Spur Translation Relays, serial.heinous.net
2002
Open Doors, 16 Beaver Group, New York, NY
2001
AccessZone 2.0, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
Mix 15 Queer Media Festival, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
Projects 16 Beaver Group, New York, NY
EDUCATION
MFA Brooklyn College, 2006 BA Rutgers University, 1992
AWARDS
Millay Colony, 2011
Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Emergency Grant,
2011
Artist in the Marketplace/AIM 30, 2010
Artist in Residence, Wilson College, 2010
TEACHING & LECTURES
Graduate Painting, Brooklyn College, Spring 2011
Foundation Design, Brooklyn College, Fall 2005
Visiting Artist, School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Spring 2010
Guest Artist, Parsons, Summer 2010
Guest Critic, Drawing I, Columbia University, Fall 2006
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2011
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2010
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2009
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2007
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2006
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2005
Albo, Mike, and Ferrero, Carl James. The Underminer, illustrations. New York: Bloomsbury USA
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2004
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They're Winning, 2007
Watercolor, painted paper flags attached with string and pins;
4 parts, 40 x 50 1/2" |