Education:

2005
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

August 1999
Russian Byzantine Iconography Workshop with Iconographer Janine Manheim, St. Luke's Roman Catholic Church, Brentwood, NY

Summer 1998
Study Abroad in France, Huntington School of Fine Art

Exhibitions:

April 2009
Recent Paintings.  Red House Tavern.  Baltimore, MD (solo)

February 2009
Recent Paintings.  Roman's Place.  Baltimore, MD (solo)

December 2008
Recent Paintings.  three... a Patterson Park Restaurant.  Baltimore, MD (solo)

February 2008
Interior Spaces.  Angelfalls Studios II at Flips @ Clipper Mill.  Baltimore, MD (with Emily Vaughn)

January 2008
Recent Paintings.  Schiavone Fine Art.  Baltimore, MD (solo)

October 2007
Participated in Baltimore's Open Studio Tour with the exhibition "Grandma's House".  The Laughing Pint.  Highlandtown, MD (solo)

April-May 2007
"Some Paintings".  The Laughing Pint.  Highlandtown, MD (solo)

April-May 2007
Members Juried Exhibition.  Maryland Federation of Art at the Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD (group)

March 2007
"Big Art Show".  Ottobar, Baltimore, MD (group)

October 2006
"Collector's Choice Annapolis 2006". Maryland Federation of Art at the Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD/Subaru of Annapolis (group)

October 2006
"Beyond the Night: Rites and Awakening".  Caladan Gallery. http://caladangallery.com  (Online group exhibition)

October 2006
"Big Art Show".  Ottobar, Baltimore, MD (group)

June 2006
Members Juried Exhibition.  Maryland Federation of Art at the Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD (group)

June 2006
"The Big Show".  Creative Alliance at the Patterson, Baltimore, MD (group)

June 2005
Solo Show.   Views From My Window   Patterson Perk Coffee Shop, Baltimore, MD

May 2005
MICA Commencement 2005 Exhibition.  Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

February 2005
Solo Show.   Self Reflections   Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

Summer 2004
Printmaking Department Exhibition, Dolphin Building at MICA, Baltimore, Maryland
Exhibition of work completed in the Spring 2004 semester.  (solar plate etchings)

October 2003
Maryland Federation of Art Collectors' Choice, Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD/
Volvo of Annapolis

April 11 -19, 2003
Bunting Center at MICA, Baltimore, Maryland
Beat it. Kick it. Kapow. The Best Minds of Our Generation. (group)

August 24 - September 8, 2002 Fox Building at MICA, Baltimore, Maryland
Sabbatical and Foundation Exhibition (group)

April 2001
Hecksher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY
 Long Island's Best Young Artists

August 1999 Brentwood Public Library, Brentwood, NY
Exhibition of icons produced in iconography workshop (group)

August 1998
Exposition d'Art.  Limeuil Commons, Limeuil, France  (group)


Publications and Press:

October 2007
"Sketch While You Swig" B-more Live! Laura G.
Read it here!

May/June 2006
Featured Artist in local publication "Altered I/Altered Eye".

November 2000
"College Portfolio Day" The New York Times (Sunday, November 26, 2000)

Awards:

April 2007
Honorable Mention.   Maryland Federation of Art Spring Member's Juried Exhibition.

June 2006
Juror's Award.  Maryland Federation of Art Summer Member's Juried Exhibition.

2005
Williamsburg Paint Company Artist's Materials Prize

2001
Four-year Presidential Scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art

April 2001
1st Place Painting.  Hecksher Museum of Art.   Long Island's Best Young Artists

Statement:

conversations with strangers, no college education, the elderly, the fat, the poor, discount stores, diseased, depressed, autumn, cemeteries, small museums, junk stores, antiques, fried food, no cable, messy house, driving, driving fast, driving nowhere, industrial warehouses, birth control, alleys, peeking in windows, garbage, books with pictures, cloudy days, paint stripper, smoking, drinking, jars full of coins, sleeping all day, the u.s. postal service, kitsch, black and white movies, bric-a-brac, garbage trucks, chocolate, not proof reading