Born in El Paso, Texas. Lives and works in New York City and Austin, TX.
EDUCATION & RESIDENCIES
2009 M.F.A. Painting, Columbia University, New York, NY
2007 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
2006 Painting’s Edge Residency, Idyllwild Arts Academy, Idyllwild, CA
1994 B.F.A. Painting, University of Texas at Austin, TX
TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2008
• Greetings from Berrydale, Okay Mountain, Austin, TX (with Ryan Lauderdale)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
• MFA Thesis Exhibition, Columbia University, The Fisher Landau Center For Art, Long Island City, New York
2008
• Lost In Your Eyes, Le Roy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York
• First-year Exhibition, Columbia University, New York, NY
2007
• Berliner Kunstsalon & Anonyme Zeichner 7, Blütenweiss Gallery, Berlin, Germany
• 7 x 7, Okay Mountain, Austin, TX
• Existence is Elsewhere, Else Madsen Gallery, Austin, TX
• Popular Hallucinations for the Home, MASS Gallery, Austin, TX
• Painters and Cowboys Should Be Friends, UNT artspace FW, Fort Worth, TX
2006
• Laser Light Show Project (L.L.S.P.), Gallery 3, Austin, TX
• Affair at the Jupiter Hotel, w/ Art Palace, Portland, OR
• Wild & Bushy, Volitant Gallery, Austin, TX
• Painting’s Edge: The Exhibition, Idyllwild Arts Academy, Idyllwild, CA
• New American Talent 21, Arthouse, Austin, TX
• Related, MASS Gallery, Austin, TX
2004
• From Brooklyn to Bolm, Bolm Studios Gallery, Austin, TX
PUBLICATIONS
• Anonyme Zeichner 7 Catalog, Blütenweiss Gallery, Berlin, Germany
• New American Talent 21 Catalog, Arthouse, Austin, Texas
• “Francisco” and “Pipe Dream” in the Bat City Review literary journal,
Number 2 | Spring/Summer 2006
AWARDS & HONORS
• 2009 Marie Walsh Sharpe, space program, New York, NY
• 2008 Visual Arts Division Merit Award, Columbia University, New York, NY
• 2008 Artpace Residence, Artpace, San Antonio, TX – Shortlisted
• 2007 Arthouse Texas Prize, Arthouse, Austin, TX – Nominated
BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Douberly, Amanda. “From Stuff, Art.” The Austin Chronicle. July 14, 2006.
• Fisher, Gerren. “Texas Artists Make Their Mark Nationally.” The Daily Texan.
August 10, 2006: 10A.
• VanRyzin, Jeannie. “Empire State Art.” The Austin American Statesman. May 20, 2004.