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EXHIBITIONS
2008
Bad Moon Rising, Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Space As A Space, Bonelli Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
2007
RANGE, D.E.N. Contemporary, Culver City, CA
With Signs Following (solo show), Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
A Kingdom for a Horse, MAK Center, Los Angeles, CA
American Symposium, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
Small Works Show, Me and You Variety Candy los angeles, Los Angeles, CA
ARTissima; The VIDEO LOUNGE, curated by Cecilia Alemani, Turin, Italy
RUNAWAY, yacht club gallery, Detroit, MI
Horror Show, TELIC, Los Angeles, CA
2006
Phantom Galleries, Pasadena, CA
Aporia, Compact Space, Los Angeles, CA
Night Vision, Me & You Variety Candy los angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Supersonic 2006, Barnsdall Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
People for a Better Tomorrow, curator Meg Cranston, Sweeney Art Gallery, Riverside, CA
Young Americans, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA
The Big Picture in the Small Gallery, curator David Pagel, Claremont, CA
2005
FAR at Fourth and Spring, Los Angeles, CA
Spirit of 76 (MFA thesis show), East Gallery, Claremont, CA
Enchanted Forest, Concrete Walls, Los Angeles, CA
Off the Map, event organized by Amy Robinson and Corina Gamma, Los Angeles, CA
Around the Sun, Upstairs at the Market, Los Angeles, CA
2004
Overhung, Concrete Walls, Los Angeles, CA
MAGIC, Hayworth Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
LAFreewaves Festival, MOCA Geffen, Los Angeles, CA
Irrational Exhibits 3, Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Dark Side of the Sun, UCLA Wight Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
Contraband Stowaway Lounge, Artist-made Karaoke videos, ISEA2004
In America Now, Dan O'Melveny Gallery, juror Peter Frank, Los Angeles, CA
Video: 1 Min: 1800 Frames, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
2003
Suspension, 1926 Exhibition Place, Chicago, IL
2002
The Sky is Blue, Mitten Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA
The Prescott Billboard Project, Prescott, AZ
2001
Television, San Mateo, CA
1999
James Madison University Juried Exhibition, Sawhill Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA
1997
Wanted, Zirkle House, Harrisonburg, VA
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2005
Armory Fellowship, Pasadena, CA
2004
Wight Theme Show participant, UCLA
Fellowship Award, Claremont Graduate University
1999
Award of Merit with Scholarship, James Madison University
Art Achievement Award, James Madison University
ARTIST LECTURES
2005
Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA
2004
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
EDUCATION
2006 - M.F.A. Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
1999 - B.S. James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA