Bio

EDUCATION

1996 University California Irvine. MFA in English/Creative Writing

1994 California Institute of the Arts. MFA in Visual Art

1992 California Institute of the Arts. BFA in Visual Art


SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024

“Mostly Birds (And a Few Humans)” Riverside Museum of Art 

2022

"Hanging in There to Hang On," Track 16 Gallery, LA, CA

2021

"Hold on Tight," Rio Hondo College Art Gallery, Whittier, CA

2018

"Do You See What I See?," The Situation Room, Eagle Rock, CA

2017

"The Artists' Prison," Ochi Projects, Los Angeles, CA

2015

"Through The Trees, A Willingness," Sloan Projects, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA

2012

"Your Mouth, Undone," Garboushian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA

2008

"No Other Word For Love," Western Project, Culver City, CA

2005

"Even The Pretty Trees Have Guns," Western Project, Culver City, CA

2001

"Lucid," Susanne Vielmetter L.A. Projects, Los Angeles, CA

1999

"A Small Good Thing" The Corridor Gallery, East L.A. CA

1997

"Sex," Miller Durazo, West Los Angeles, CA


GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024

“The Theory of the Green Painting,” Wonzimer Gallery, LA, CA
   
“When the Summer Bullet Sings, Track 16 Gallery

2021

“South of Normal,” LSH/Colab, Los Angeles, CA

“Irreverent Objects” Wonzimer Gallery, LA, CA

2020

“The Naked Mind” Track 16 Gallery, LA, CA

2019

“Mindshift” Lava Projects, Alhambra, CA

“3” Post Gallery, LA, CA

2014

“Another Thing Coming” Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA

2013

“Pretty Vacant” Curated by Yvette Gellis and Martin Durazo LA, CA

2012

“Sanctified” Vincent Price Museum, LA, CA

“Critology” Western Carolina University Art Museum, North Carolina

2010

“Play It As It Lays: A Tribute to Joan Didion,” Space 15 Twenty, LA, CA

“The Ramirez Family Show,” West LA College, Venice, CA

“Marine Salon #5,” Marine Salon Gallery, Venice, CA

2009

“The First Six Years,” Western Project, Culver City, CA

“What’s the Matter with Mommy,” (curated by Shana Nys Dambrot) Phantom Gallery, LA, CA

“Shut Up and Keep Swimming,” Jail Gallery, LA, CA

“The Gun Show,” Space B Gallery New York, NY

2008

“Mirror/Mirror” Circus Gallery, Hollywood, CA

2006

“Infinity in Finite Things” Western Project Culver City, CA

Portland Art Fair, Portland, Oregon, Nathan Larramendy Gallery

2005

Aqua Fair, Miami, Western Project, Miami, Florida

2004

Scope Miami, Western Project, Miami, Florida

Scope New York, Western Project, New York, NY

“Wicked Thicket,” Mixture Contemporary, Houston, TX

“In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida”, Western Project, Culver City, CA

“Ariel”, Raid Projects, LA, CA

2003

“Intimates”, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

“Sequel”. Domestic Setting, Los Angeles, CA

“Fresh Start Benefit”. Santa Monica Museum of Art. Santa Monica, CA

2002

“Art On Paper”. Weatherspoon Museum, North Carolina

ArtChicago. Susanne Vielmetter. Chicago, IL

“Two”. Superior Gallery, Ohio. Curated by Bill Radewec

“Fresh Start Benefit”. Santa Monica Museum. Santa Monica, CA

“Included”. Drawings. The Black Dragon Society. Vienna, Austria

“New Drawings”. The Black Dragon Society. Los Angeles, CA

“Odd Drawings”. Drawings. Cypress College. Curated by Tyler Stallings

“Mirror Mirror”. Mixed Media. Whittier College, Whittier, CA

2001

“Hypotheosis: New Sex Tropes”. Wayward Gallery. West Hollywood, CA

“Basel Art Fair”. Drawings. Susanne Vielmetter. Basel, Switzerland

“Liste 01. Drawings. ArtFrankfurt. Susanne Vielmetter. Frankfurt, Germany

2000

“A Model Universe”. Mixed Media. Otis College of Art and Design. L.A. CA

“Deep End”. Mixed Media. Southern Exposure Gallery. San Francisco, CA

“Juried Exhibition 2000”. Mixed Media. Partricia Correia Gallery. Santa Monica, CA

1999

“The Last Wave”. Mixed Media. Andrew Shire Gallery. L.A. CA

“A Personal Tomorrow”. Mixed Media. U-Haul Show. Park Plaza Motel. L.A. CA

“Land of Extreme Happiness”. Mixed Media. U-Haul Show. L.A. CA

“99”. Mixed Media. Miller Durazo. L.A. CA

“The Last Spring”. Mixed Media. Dirt Gallery. L.A. CA

“The Best of the One Night Stands. Mixed Media. Gallery 207. L.A. CA

“Draw Play”. Mixed Media. Miller Durazo. L.A. CA

“Sig-Alert”. Mixed Media. Arizona State Univ. Arizona

1998

“The $100 Show”. Mixed Media. Post. L.A. CA

“99 Dollar Show”. Mixed Media. Miller Durazo. West L.A. CA

“One Night Stand 6” Mixed Media.Farmer’s Daughter Motel. West L.A. CA

“Six Rooms”. Mixed Media. The Dollhouse: Beverly Hills, CA

“The Dark Side of Hollywood”. Mixed Media. Gallery 258: Beverly Hills, CA

1997

“Splice”. Mixed Media. Side Street Projects: Santa Monica, CA

“99 Dollar Show”. Mixed Media. Miller Durazo. West L.A. CA

1996

“Cake Decorations 1-6”. The S.L.U.R. Show: Mixed Media. Art Press Gallery. L.A. CA

1994

“Hot Crop”. Mixed Media. Claremont College/East Gallery: Claremont, CA

“New Works”. Mixed Media. Far Bizarre. The Brewery. L.A. CA

1992

“New Works”. Mixed Media. Venice Art Walk. Venice, CA


COLLECTIONS

David Scheffnecht

Tom Patchett

Beth DeWoody

Weatherspoon Museum

Peter and Eileen Norton

Ruth Bloom

Susanne Vielmetter

Sharon Gless

Naomi Hirschhorn

Thomas Kennealy (Schindler’s List)

Mark Strand


FELLOWSHIPS/GRANTS/AWARDS

California Community Foundation Grant 1997

Beyond Baroque Chapbook Award 1997

University of Irvine Travel Grant at Oxford University 1996

Bread Loaf Scholar/Bread Loaf Writer̢۪s Conference 1995

Regents Fellowship/University of CA, Irvine 1995

Jacob Javits Fellowship 1992 – 1994

Yankee Magazine Award for Best Poem 1992

Bucknell Seminar for Younger Poets Fellowship 1991


REVIEWS (of my own work)

Julie Adler, Riot Material, Sept 2022

Jody Zellen, Art & Cake, Oct 2022

Shana Nys Dambrot/LA Weekly, Oct 2020

Christopher Knight/Los Angeles Times, August 2014

Catlin Moore/Daily Serving, Sept. 2012

Shana Nys Dambrot/THE Magazine Feb.2009

Picture Postcard /Artnet.com February 2008

Shana Nys Dambrot/Modern Painters June 2008

Mary Anna Pomonis/ArtUS June 2008

David Pagel/L.A. Times March 2005

Jodie Zellen/Art Press #312 May 2005

Kristina Newhouse/Artnet.com April 2003

Weatherspoon Museum Catalogue November 2002

Rebecca Schoenkopf/ “Nasty Town!” OC Weekly April 12 -18, 2002

Elisabeth Pence/Artweek June 2001 Volume 32 Issue 5

Tyler Stallings/Catalogue Essay/Otis Gallery September 2000

Harry Roche/Artweek April 2000 Volume 31 Issue 4

Suvanne Geer/Artweek November 2000 Volume 31 Issue 11


FREELANCE WRITING (Published Articles)

Staff writer at Riot Material

Staff writer at Artillery

Staff writer at Art & Cake

Writers of The Round Table (Ghostwriting: Children̢۪s Books, Memoirs)

In House PR Writer Christine Anderson & Associates

Sundance Channel (Script Doctor/Reader)

Penn Group (NY) (Ghostwriting: Biographies, Memoirs, Children̢۪s Books, Poetry, Press Release, Screenplays)

Angelino Magazine

Artnet.com

Artweek

Tema Celeste

Artext

Bridge Magazine

LatinArts.com

ArtUS

Flash Art

Art Papers

Los Angeles Magazine

New York Arts

Blue Canvas

THE Magazine

Dog̢۪s Life Magazine

White Hot

Art Ltd.

Flavorpill

Art in America

Los Angeles Review of Books


BOOKS PUBLISHED (Fiction, Poetry, Other)

A Cadence For Redemption (Conversations with Abraham Lincoln) 2022

The Artists’ Prison (Published by X Artists’ Books/Keanu Reeves) 2017

Artistic Children Breathe Differently (Hollyridge Press) 2005

Six (Cherry Grove Collections) 2005

Love’s Funeral (Cherry Grove Collections 2003)

Correspondence Published by Edition Gegensaetze (Austria) 1999

Paper Frankenstein Published by Beyond Baroque 1998


MAGAZINES, LITERARY JOURNALS

The Cape Rock

South Dakota Review

The New Criterion

Angelino Magazine

The New Republic

Poetry

Triquarterly

The Denver Quarterly

Confrontation

The Massachusetts Review

Poet & Critic (Iowa State University)

The Midwest Quarterly (Kansas State University)

Puerto Del Sol (New Mexico State University)

Yankee

New York Quarterly

The Chattahoochee Review (DeKalb College)

Orbis

The Herman Review

Negative Capability

The Windsor Review (University of Windsor)

The Graham House Review

The Antioch Review

Santa Monica Review (Santa Monica College)

The Alaska Quarterly Review

Nimrod:International Journal

Exquisite Corpse

The Madison Review

The New Delta Review

Witness

Many Mountains Moving

Columbia Magazine

The Cape Rock

The Wisconsin Review

The Greensboro Review

The Seattle Review

The Florida Review

Karamu

Louisville Review

Kalliope

Chimera

New Letters

Another Chicago Magazine


ANTHOLOGIES

The Best American Poetry 1997 (Edited by James Tate) (Scribner)

Flash Fiction; short, short stories(Norton)

The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry; (Thundersmouth Press)


CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE

“The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum,” works on paper, inc., 2002

“Painting By Letters,” Cirrus, 2003

“Crazy Thoughts Have Quick Wings,” Cirrus Gallery, 2003


TEACHING EXPERIENCE

California State Univ. Northridge – Art and Mass Culture 2014 to present Online and Hybrid

Cal State Univ. Long Beach- Grad. Seminar in Art 2015

Santa Monica College – Emeritus- Cont. Art Theory/Art/Architecture – 2014

Santa Monica College -Visual Culture 2008-2013

El Camino College – Cont. Art in Global Cultures 2011

Media Bistro – Art Criticism, Poetry 2006-2008

UCLA Extension – Sculpture, Assemblage 2005-2007

UC Irvine – English Comp., Craft of Poetry & Fiction 1994-1997