Education
Master of Fine Arts, 2006
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Bachelor of Fine Arts, 2002
Columbus College of Art and Design (CCAD)
Teaching / Academic
Assistant Professor 2023 - present University of North Carolina at Charlotte - Dept of Illustration
Professor 2022-2023 Savannah College of Art and Design - Foundation Studies - Drawing
Adjunt Professor 2018-2022 Columbus College of Art and Design - Drawing Methods and Illustration
2006-2012 Columbus College of Art and Design - Foundation Studies
Professional
Lead Illustrator 2008-2017 SBC Advertising
Visual Development Artist 2008-present Freelance
Graphic Designer 2003-2004 Purple Dingo Design
Selected Exhibitions
*indicates solo exhibition
2019 Recent Works*, Sharon Weiss Gallery, Columbus, OH
2018 Self, Sharon Weiss Gallery, Columbus, OH
2018 Old and New, Georgian Museum, Lancaster, OH
2018 Interlace invitational exhibition, Bynd Artisan, Holland Village, Singapore
2017 Underwood*, Sharon Weiss Gallery, Columbus, OH
2017 Columbus Crossing Borders Project traveling exhibition
2017 The Painted City invitational exhibition, Schumacher Gallery at Capital University, Bexley, OH
2016 Noves Histories, Ohio Art League Spring Juried Show, OSU Urban Arts Space, Columbus, OH
2016 8th National Juried Exhibition, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY
Curated by: Dean Graham Nickson
2012 200 Columbus Invitational, Carnegie Gallery, Columbus, OH
2011 Oxygen, Swanson Reed Contemporary, Louisville, KY
2011 75th National Midyear Exhibition, Butler Institute of Art, Youngstown, OH
Juried by: Gary T Erbe
2011 Figurative Works, University Gallery, East Michigan State University,
Ypsilanti, MI Juried by: Michael Reedy
2010 CCAD Faculty Exhibition, Canzani Gallery , Columbus, OH
2008 Agora 4, Junction View Studios, Columbus, OH
2008 Small Works, Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2008 CCAD Faculty Exhibition, Canzani Gallery, Columbus, OH
2008 Gang of Four, Chop Chop Gallery, Columbus, OH
2007 Dimension 07, Hong Kong InnoCentre, Hong Kong, China
2007 Agora 3, Junction View Studios, Columbus, OH
2007 144th Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, The Philadelphia Sketch Club,
Juried by: Stanley Bielen, John Ennis and Marianne Mitchell, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Small Works, Lee Hansley Gallery Raleigh, NC
2006 Greater Columbus Arts Council Commerce Awards Show, juried, Ohio Arts
League, Columbus, OH
2006 CCAD Faculty Exhibition, Canzani Galley, Columbus, OH
2006 4 Young Painters, Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2006 Hot and New North Carolina, Duke School of Law, Durham, NC
2006 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro NC
2006 Objective*, EUC Gallery, Greensboro, NC
2005 New Realist Paintings*, Ohio University Eastern, St. Clairsville, OH
2005 The Grad Show, UNCG, Greensboro, NC
2004 The Toy Biz, McIver Gallery, Greensboro, NC
2004 Creative Impulse, The Space Gallery, Greensboro, NC
2003 Cross Currents, Hart Gallery, Wheeling, WV Juried by Tom Doepken
2002 Departure, Blue Cube Arts, Columbus, OH
2002 Recent Works*, Marshall Gallery, Grandview, OH
2002 Very Simple*, Battele Hall, Columbus OH
2002 Best of Senior Thesis, Canzanni Gallery, Columbus, OH
2001 New Arrangement, ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, OH
2001 Everything In The Right Place, CCAD, Columbus, OH
Articles Reviews
LAR, Louisville Arts Review Oct 21 2011
Mellisa Starker, Columbus Alive, Feb 18 2011
Mellisa Starker, Columbus Alive, May 2008
Catherine Hicks, Carolina Arts Sept Issue 2006
Michele Natale, Independent Weekly June 2006
Travis Diehl, The Carolinian Online Feb 2 2006
Zori Millan, Taste Like Chicken Oct 2 2001
Published Text
Artist Interview with Chi Kit Kwong Art Room Magazine 2009
Artist Interview with Ryan Smith (Jasper John’s Studio Manager) Art Room Magazine 2009
Selected Private Collections
Columbus College of Art and Design
Lowes Corporation
Ohio University Eastern
The Weaver Foundation
Leadership and Awards
Nomination for “Teaching Excellence” Columbus College of Art and Design, 2008