My life is being used to explore the artistic expression of my soul. The artwork I create is largely automatic. My work relates to the struggles of black and brown people, women, LGBTQ people, anyone disenfranchised, disabled, objectified, outcast, and everyone society discriminates against. Aesthetic beauty with philosophical weight and immovable hope have always been my goals.


B. 1982, Illinois

 

Solo Exhibitions

2023 Impressions of Kansas City, Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, KS

2020                3,6,9 Nebulas Pop Up Art Show, Music Record Shop, St. Louis, MO

2019                Paths to the Kingdom, Parish Gallery, St. Louis, MO

2018                Notations, Twisted Pair Gallery, DuQuoin, IL

2017                Environments, Houska Gallery, St. Louis, MO

2017                Neighborhoods, Concrete Ocean Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO

2016                Dilations of Nostalgia, Serendipity Gallery, St. Louis, MO

2012                Sprayful Days, Vergette Gallery, Carbondale, IL

2012                Confluence and Cause, Art Alley Gallery, Carbondale, IL

2011                Everyday Elements, The Gallery Space, Murphysboro, IL

 

Group Exhibitions

2020-22 International Society of Experimental Artists 29th Annual Open Juried Exhibition, Art Gallery of St. Albert, St. Albert,

Alberta, Canada (online and physical) (catalogue)

2020 6th Annual Salon International Art Résilience, Musée de peinture de Saint-Frajou,

Saint-Frajou, France (online)

2020 On the Surface, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA (online)

2020 Virtual Art Fair, Link Auction Galleries, St. Louis, MO

2020                Five Points Small Works Juried Exhibition, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT

2020                Small Works Juried Exhibition, Kent State University Downtown Gallery,

Kent, OH

2019                An Art Exhibit, The Last Hotel, St. Louis, MO

2019                The Last Hotel Grand Opening Exhibition, The Last Hotel, St. Louis, MO

2019                2019 Summer Group Show, Houska Gallery, St. Louis, MO

2019                2nd Annual Street Art Sale, Link Auction Galleries, St. Louis, MO

2019                ALL Cityscapes Art Competition & Exhibition, Contemporary Art Gallery Online

2019                2019 Members Only Online Juried Exhibition, International Society of Experimental

Artists, iseaartexhibit.org

2019                Urban, Donald D. Shook Fine Arts Building, St. Charles Community College,

St. Charles, MO

2018                Quadratfuß International Juried Exhibition 2018, Gallery 66, San Fidel, NM

(catalogue)

2018                Symbolic, Art Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO

2018                Group Exhibition, Houska Gallery, St. Louis, MO

2017                International Society of Experimental Artists 26th Annual Juried Exhibition, Big

Arts Center for the Arts, Sanibel, FL
            *juried by Jade Dellinger, Director of Bob Rauschenberg Gallery (catalogue)

2017                Eclipse, Art Hack Day, @4240 Building, Cortex District, St. Louis, MO
                        *installation in collaboration with Robin Rath

2017                Group Exhibition, Houska Gallery, St. Louis, MO

2016                Ceramic Tile Juried Exhibition, Pewabic Art Center, Detroit, MI

2016                Superstars, Houska Gallery, St. Louis, MO

2016                Bank of the Arts National Juried Exhibition, Craven Arts Council, New Bern, NC

2016                33 May Juried Exhibition, Old Orchard Gallery, St. Louis, MO

2016                Ruin and Revival Juried Exhibition, Framations Gallery, St. Charles, MO

2016                Art @Des Peres Hospital Exhibition, Des Peres Hospital, St. Louis, MO    

(catalogue)

2016                Driven to Abstraction Juried Exhibition, Soulard Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO

2016                Quadratfuß Juried Exhibition, NX² Gallery, Berlin, Germany (catalogue)

2015                The Small Show Juried Exhibition, Soulard Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO

2015                33 November Juried Exhibition, Old Orchard Gallery, St. Louis, MO

2015                Wine + Art, Centene Center for the Arts, St. Louis, MO

2015                Gallery Grand Opening, Clever Element Gallery, Carlsbad, CA

2011                C4 Juried Exhibition, Surplus Gallery, Carbondale, IL

*juried/curated by Paul Ha, former director, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

 

Awards

2019                Fifth Place, ALL Cityscapes 2019 Art Competition & Exhibition, Contemporary Art

Gallery Online

2018                Second Place, Quadratfuß International Juried Exhibition 2018, Gallery 66, San

Fidel, NM (awarded two-week residency)

2016                Honorable Mention, Ruin and Revival Juried Exhibition, Framations Gallery, St.

Charles, MO

 

Gallery Affiliation

Untitled Fine Art, St. Louis, MO

 

Corporate Collections

St. Louis Mercantile Library, St. Louis, MO

The Last Hotel, St. Louis, MO

Angad Arts Hotel, St. Louis, MO

Clayton Behavioral, Ladue, MO

 

Private Collections

Atlanta, GA

Denver, CO

Austin, TX

Ladue, MO

St. Louis, MO

Chicago, IL

Carbondale, IL

Murphysboro, IL

Ft. Myers, FL

Colorado Springs, CO


 

Commissions & Public Art

2019                MetroScapes, Arts in Transit, Inc., St. Louis, MO

2019                Chop, Chop, Chili, Nestle Purina Petcare Company, research team mural,

St. Louis, MO

2017                Corporate Art Commission, Bloxels, color selection and application of 86 new

product color possibilities, St. Louis, MO

 

 

 

Professional Organizations

International Society of Experimental Artists

 

Community Involvement

Acts 1:8 Mission Society, auction

Divinemoira Art for the Angels, auction

The art of PAWS, auction

NAMI, auction

World Pediatric Project, volunteer and teacher

Little Bit of Haven Temporary Medical Housing, volunteer and teacher

 

Bibliography

Life at Southern. “Social House Mural Time Lapse.” YouTube. YouTube, 2 July 2015. Web. 19 October 2015.