Bio
Born in Vermont in 1975. Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York
I make sculptures that explore the idea of architecture as a container for memory. I manipulate materials such as firewood, hay bails, and stone, to create narratives that integrate the psychological space of past with the process of constructing a world with my hands in the present.
In 1973 my father bought 5 acres of overgrown pasture in rural northern Vermont. He camped on the land as he cut a small building site out of the woods. He designed and built the one room cabin that I spent my early childhood in. He was a back-to-the-land hippie deeply committed to the culture of the 1960's hope of rejecting American suburban conformity, consumerism and abundance. With these beliefs came a romantic return to the rural, the farm, and the land. However, his community was unable to sustain a life with its own hands. In reality, splitting wood, milking a cow, or identifying what a potato plant looks like, proved difficult for the sons and daughters of suburban affluence. A return to the comforts and realities of American society was inevitable.
For some time now, both my studio sculptures and 2-D collage work have referenced the same simple/ traditional materials and architectural forms that my father used to build his one room cabin. These raw materials and simple collection in my sculptures are signifiers of my own heritage.
Education
Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College, M.F.A. Sculpture, 2004
Bard College, B.A. Studio Arts, 1997
Selected Exhibitions
Space B, Speakers, New York, 2012
Field Projects, Show #3, New York, 2012
The LiShui Museum of Photography Pictures are Words Not Known. LiShui, China 2012
Standpipe Gallery Taking Shape, New York 2011
Curious Matter Dividing Light Measuring Darkness, Jersey City, NJ 2011
Allegra LaViola Gallery, Auction, New York 2011
Wassaic Project, Summer Festival, Wassaic, New York 2010
International Center of Photography, Faculty Show, New York 2009
International Center of Photography, Faculty Show, New York 2008
Vox Populi, Systematic, Philadelphia, PA 2008
Massachusetts College of Art Brant Gallery, Boston, MA, 2006 (solo)
Morsel Gallery, Transubstantiation, New York, NY 2005
UBS Exhibition, Center, Enchanté (MFA Thesis Show), Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 2003
Pfriem Gallery, Lacoste, France 2002 (solo)
Teaching
Adjunct Professor, Parsons The New School for Design, New York, Fall 2010- present
Course taught: Design 1, Design 2
Visiting Instructor, Bard College, Annandale-on-Husdon, NY, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011
Faculty, International Center of Photography, New York, Spring 2005- present
Course taught: Photography I: Digital, Photography II: Digital, Fine Art Digital Print, Production Seminar, Digital Technical Seminar
Adjunct Professor, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY 2008-2009
Courses taught: Digital Photography, Sculpture
Adjunct Professor, Massachusetts College Of Art, Boston, 2004-2008
Courses taught: Studio Foundations, 3-D Design, 2-D Design
Faculty, Lacoste School of the Arts (Bard College), Lacoste France, 1998-2001
Courses taught: Photography, 3-D Design, Drawing, Digital Imaging
I make sculptures that explore the idea of architecture as a container for memory. I manipulate materials such as firewood, hay bails, and stone, to create narratives that integrate the psychological space of past with the process of constructing a world with my hands in the present.
In 1973 my father bought 5 acres of overgrown pasture in rural northern Vermont. He camped on the land as he cut a small building site out of the woods. He designed and built the one room cabin that I spent my early childhood in. He was a back-to-the-land hippie deeply committed to the culture of the 1960's hope of rejecting American suburban conformity, consumerism and abundance. With these beliefs came a romantic return to the rural, the farm, and the land. However, his community was unable to sustain a life with its own hands. In reality, splitting wood, milking a cow, or identifying what a potato plant looks like, proved difficult for the sons and daughters of suburban affluence. A return to the comforts and realities of American society was inevitable.
For some time now, both my studio sculptures and 2-D collage work have referenced the same simple/ traditional materials and architectural forms that my father used to build his one room cabin. These raw materials and simple collection in my sculptures are signifiers of my own heritage.
Education
Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College, M.F.A. Sculpture, 2004
Bard College, B.A. Studio Arts, 1997
Selected Exhibitions
Space B, Speakers, New York, 2012
Field Projects, Show #3, New York, 2012
The LiShui Museum of Photography Pictures are Words Not Known. LiShui, China 2012
Standpipe Gallery Taking Shape, New York 2011
Curious Matter Dividing Light Measuring Darkness, Jersey City, NJ 2011
Allegra LaViola Gallery, Auction, New York 2011
Wassaic Project, Summer Festival, Wassaic, New York 2010
International Center of Photography, Faculty Show, New York 2009
International Center of Photography, Faculty Show, New York 2008
Vox Populi, Systematic, Philadelphia, PA 2008
Massachusetts College of Art Brant Gallery, Boston, MA, 2006 (solo)
Morsel Gallery, Transubstantiation, New York, NY 2005
UBS Exhibition, Center, Enchanté (MFA Thesis Show), Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 2003
Pfriem Gallery, Lacoste, France 2002 (solo)
Teaching
Adjunct Professor, Parsons The New School for Design, New York, Fall 2010- present
Course taught: Design 1, Design 2
Visiting Instructor, Bard College, Annandale-on-Husdon, NY, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011
Faculty, International Center of Photography, New York, Spring 2005- present
Course taught: Photography I: Digital, Photography II: Digital, Fine Art Digital Print, Production Seminar, Digital Technical Seminar
Adjunct Professor, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY 2008-2009
Courses taught: Digital Photography, Sculpture
Adjunct Professor, Massachusetts College Of Art, Boston, 2004-2008
Courses taught: Studio Foundations, 3-D Design, 2-D Design
Faculty, Lacoste School of the Arts (Bard College), Lacoste France, 1998-2001
Courses taught: Photography, 3-D Design, Drawing, Digital Imaging
