"The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation.”

Auguste Rodin

Education

Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts | Philadelphia, PA | MFA Program

University of North Carolina | Chapel Hill, NC | BFA Program

Museum School of Fine Arts | Boston, MA with Tufts University | BFA Program

Professional History

2006 Cofounder | First Fridays Gallery Crawl, Greenville, SC

2003-2008 Gallery Director | The West End Gallery, Greenville, SC

Exhibition History

2026 12x12 | Artspace, Raleigh, NC

2026   Pop-Up Spooky Show | Plum, Raleigh, NC

2026  Death Faire | Smelt Gallery, Pittsboro, NC

2026 Fresh | Artspace, Raleigh, NC

2026 We Set Our Terms | Zeitgeist Gallery, Durham, NC

2025 Solo show | Studio 71, Hillsborough, NC

2024 Bizarre Bazaar | Studio 71, Hillsborough, NC

2024 Group show | Arcana, Durham, NC

2019 ABOUT FACE Group show | Columbia, SC

2011 Solo show | Sundance Gallery, Greenwood, NC

2009-2010        Metropolitan Arts Council Open Studio in conjunction with a  MAC Artist Project Grant, Greenville, SC

2006 Thin Skins: On Paper, Under Wax | Upstairs Artspace, Tryon, NC

2003-2008 Metropolitan Arts Council Open Studios, Greenville, SC

2002 Blue | Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA 

2001 Group Show | Upstairs Gallery, Tryon, NC

2000 In Part About the Body | Philadelphia, PA

Artist Statement 

I am drawn to images and objects that carry layers of meaning: things associated with the impermanence, decay, power, vulnerability, and survival. I work intuitively, building surfaces through layering, erasure, drawing, painting, pattern, found objects, texture, and spontaneous mark-making. The resulting work is a collision between the organic and the manufactured, the delicate and the damaged, the decorative and the threatening.

My paintings are not intended to provide a single answer; they are spaces where opposing feelings exist together. I want the viewer to experience curiosity, attraction, unease, and recognition. Ultimately, I make art that asks the viewer to stay with discomfort and let the mind churn.