STATEMENT: Sought after only to provide a foundation for a more beautiful life, my paintings portray my journey in bringing myself closer to a stronger self awareness. These fictional scenes express my ideas in very personal and symbolic ways. These messages are laced with my thoughts and feelings about the people in my life, and how they have affected me. I love listening to other people, figuring out their thoughts and ideas, taking in how they choose to portray themselves, finding out about how they deal with the hardships in their lives, etc. - I never get tired of it and I find it just as beautiful every time. Channeling the thoughts of my loved ones and their attempts at carving their own path of righteousness in this absurd world has greatly helped me figure myself out as well. My paintings express the relationship I have with myself in the context of my relationships with these people. I’ve chosen to use myself to signify the figure because I don’t want an implied relationship with anyone other than myself; they are purely a visual representation of a love affair between myself and my thoughts. My work is very personal and I would only hope that releasing them to the public would allow the audience to engage with these introspective investigations, fostering some of the same healthy curiosity that inspired the paintings as well. C/V // EXHIBITION HISTORY: 2018 June FIGURE SHOW, Grand Arthaus, Phoenix, AZ March Same As It Ever Was, Gallery 100, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 2017 December Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ October Point of View, Group Exhibition, Noble Library, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ September “Amateur Poetry Night,” Group Exhibition, ASU TUF Grounds, Tempe, AZ June Summer Showcase, Group Exhibition, ASU TUF Grounds, Tempe, AZ March Move, Group Exhibition, Residential Exhibition, Tempe, AZ January We Witnessed, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 2015 April Articulture II, Group Exhibition, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ October Articulture, Group Exhibition, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ Public Art // Commissions 2018 June Voyage Phoenix, Magazine Publication, VoyagePhoenix Publications, Phoenix, AZ April Normal Noise, Magazine Curation, A Barrett, the Honors Publication, Arizona State University Not So Secretfest, Commissioned Art, Amp ASU, Secret Garden, Tempe, AZ House Warming, Commissioned Art, Private Collector, Phoenix, AZ March Nothing Was the Same as it Ever Was, Publication, Cronkite School at ASU, Arizona State University January Secretfest, Commissioned Art, Amp ASU, Secret Garden, Tempe, AZ 2017 April Learning Jungle, Mural, Hayden Library, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ August Clusterfest VI, Commissioned Art, TUF ASU, Secret Garden, Tempe, AZ Fall Welcome, Commissioned Art, TUF ASU, Secret Garden, Tempe, AZ Didn't find what you were looking for >> send me an email (next tab) :^) |