EXHIBITIONS
2025
Splinters, Irvine Fine Art Center, Irvine, CA.* (forthcoming)
TV Eye, Alto Beto @ Nan Rae Gallery, Burbank, CA.
Have a Good One, Ben’s Deli, New York, NY.
Foundations: LA AYUDA Wildfire Benefit, Felix Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA.
Departures, Garden 908, Venice, CA.
2024
Photosynthesis, Unveil Gallery, Irvine, CA.
Primary Colour, Tryst Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA.
Muros Permeables, HilbertRaum, Berlin, Germany.
Today’s Today is Today, Glass Box Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA.
15, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Los Angeles, CA.
2023
Meoto Yunomi, No. 5 Butchie Alley, Philadelphia, PA.
Blind Date, Gallery Also, Los Angeles, CA.
International Waters, Galleri CC, Malmö, Sweden.
Where You Left Off, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philadelphia, PA. Curated by Tally de Orellana and David
2022
MixTape, University Art Gallery, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.
DIFY DIASPORA, Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, Las Vegas, NV. Curated by Sush Machida.
Forever Was Never Till Now, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA.
Maker’s Communion, Analog Festival, Glendale, CA. Organized by Jay Lizo.
2021
Faculty Exhibition, California State Summer School for the Arts (CSSSA) online
2020
SIP, Savannah Clay Community, Savannah, GA.
2019
Speculative: Art + Design, Clyde H. Wells Fine Arts Center at Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX. Curated by Molly Valentine Dierks.
Time & Temperature, H. Paxton Moore Fine Art Gallery at El Centro College, Dallas, TX. Curated by Ashlyn Lee.
The Big Summer T-Shirt Show, ex ovo, Dallas, TX.
Vignette Art Fair, The Women’s Museum Building, Dallas, TX. Curated by Leslie Moody Castro.
2018
Solar, Art.Science.Gallery, Austin, TX.
2017
Nasty Women, Knockdown Center, Queens, NY.
2016
12 x 12 x 12, Black Ball Project, Brooklyn, NY.
Out of Body, LAUNCH LA, Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Rema Ghuloum.
Independent Art Book Fair, Brooklyn, NY.
2015
12 x 12 x 12, Black Ball Project, Brooklyn, NY.
Whizzer, Black Ball Project, Brooklyn, NY.
Show #28: Impossible Geometries, Field Projects, New York, NY. Curated by Lauren Haynes.
We Heart Japan, Duke Gallery, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa CA. Curated by Jay Lizo.
2013
Published by the Artist, International Print Center of New York, NY. Organized by Planthouse.
The Exiles, 16 Wilson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. Hosted by Deborah Brown.
Give me a SIGN, LaunchPad, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Katya Grokhovsky.
2012
Old Masters/Fresh Paint, TNC Gallery, New York, NY.
Hello Earth, The Loom Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Sophie Grant.
2011
New York Types, ADC Gallery, New York, NY.
196 Guernsey, Guernsey Space, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Ginger Cofield, Lauren Haynes and Sarah Thompson.
micro-topologies, IHC Platform, Santa Barbara, CA.
2010
Three Millionth Volume, UCSB Library, Santa Barbara, CA.
Domestic City, Kidd Yellin, Brooklyn, NY. Organized by Nichole van Beek and Vincent Contarino.
Lonely Fire, Camel Art Space, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Julian Calero and Chris Rawson.
2009
Small Works Show, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. Juried by Charles Long.
Out of Sorts, Studio Miko, Brooklyn, NY. Organized by Amber McMillan.
Postcards from the Edge, Metro Pictures, New York, NY.
2008
HapLapNapTap, Chashama, New York, NY. Curated by Erik Sanner and Anna Ogier-Bloomer.
Lend Me Your Ears, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY. Organized by Christopher Rawson.
Small Works Show, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. Juried by David Humphrey.
Alter(native) Spaces, LAX International Airport, Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Jay Lizo.
A/V, Blue Seats, New York, NY. Organized by Nichole van Beek.
Benefit, Lower East Side Printshop, New York, NY.
Spills, Concrete Walls Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2007
Postcards from the Edge, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY.
Open Book, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY. In tandem with Ceci n’est pas.
2006
A Store, Hayes Valley Market Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2005
Protubrance(s), Buia Gallery, New York, NY.
2004
Colony, Donna Beam Fine Arts Gallery, Las Vegas, NV.
On Board and Awake, UCEN, Santa Barbara, CA.
Sympathy Palace, POST Gallery, Los Angles, CA. Curated by Laurel Beckman.
2003
Meanwhile…, Frumkin-Duvall Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
Sunbeams of Health, 1434 Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA. (solo)
2002
Girl on Girl, Miller Durazo Contemporary Artists Projects, Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Sherin Guirguis-Barrie.
9 Good Reasons to Take Up Piano Lessons, 1434 Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA.
I Left My Baby at the Supermarket and All I Got Were These Lousy Prints, 1434 Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA.
2001
Special, Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas, NV.
Annual Juried Student Art Show, Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, Las Vegas, NV. Juried by Michael Reafsynder.
Untitled, Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas, NV. Juried by Libby Lumpkin.
2000
10, Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas, NV. Juried by Anita Jung.
Happy Tails Are Here, Grant Hall Gallery, Las Vegas, NV. (solo)
1999
Annual Juried Student Art Show, Donna Beam Gallery, Las Vegas, NV. Juried by Ingrid Calame.
GRANTS & AWARDS
2024
Leighton Artist Studios Residency, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Alberta, CAN.
2021—2022
Fellowship Artist, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA. Funded by the Sustainable Arts Foundation.
2021
Artist in Residence, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Los Angeles, CA.
2011
Artist in Residence, Hunter College Ceramic Department, New York, NY.
Bob and Peggy Culbertson Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC.
2003—2004
Post-Graduate Fellowship, UCSB College of Creative Studies, Santa Barbara, CA.
2002—2003
Arts Affiliate Award, Santa Barbara, CA.
Steven Cortwright Memorial Award, Santa Barbara, CA.
2001—2002
Doctoral Scholar Fellowship, Santa Barbara, CA.
1997
Mary Alice Devos Fine Art Scholarship, Las Vegas, NV.
1996
Nevada Gaming Foundation Scholarship, Las Vegas, NV.
Boulder City Art Guild Scholarship, Boulder City, NV.
1995
The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation Summer Seminar, Colorado Springs, CO.
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ARTIST LECTURES
2019
Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX.
2009
University of Arizona, Tucson
2005
Friendship Manor Retirement Home, Goleta, CA.
2004
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA.
Donna Beam Fine Arts Gallery, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
CURATORIAL
2025
Off Balance, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Los Angeles, CA.
2024
Sara Vanderbeek: ≈≈≈, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Los Angeles, CA.
2022
Plant-Based, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Los Angeles, CA. Co-Organized with Ricardo Harris-Fuentes and Vanessa Chow.
2004
D.I.T. One Night Art Situation, Storefront, LA, collaborative undergraduate and graduate work.
Cover Your Hairy Chest, 1434 Gallery, UCSB, student-designed t-shirts. Co-Curated with Eli Neugeboren.
2003
MEUving Right Along, Mobile Space, Santa Barbara, student prints and artist’s books.
Sunny D’s, 1434 Gallery, a diverse range of works by 4D Fundamental students.