Some stuff about me:
I was born in the 1970s. I’ve lived in Illinois, Arizona, California, Oregon, Washington, New York and Michigan. I heisted my Master in Fine Arts from the Art Institute of Chicago. I love swimming, snorkeling, sailing, and all things water. I have five adult children, a beautiful dog, and a loyal wife.

Some ways that I create are: painting, drawing, printmaking, fabric design, poetry, fiction, stand-up, and auditory hallucinations.

I am very fond of Puerto Rico, Cuba and Mexico.

Also, I like wild parrots. I like the domesticated kind, too, but I’m very sad for them and loathe the concept of captivity. Zoos are a cute kind of evil. I don’t like fences, borders, or sovereign states.

I teach high school art and have done occasional gigs as an art history professor. I believe that the days of compulsory education are numbered and the anarchist in me feels fine about this, but another part of me lays awake at night dreading the collapse of a well-worn hegemony posing as a social contract.

  • DEGREES

    Master of Fine Arts, Studio Practices, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Chicago, IL — 2017

    Teacher Certification in Adolescent Education, CSU Fullerton, Fullerton, CA — 2001-2002

    Bachelor of Science, Painting and Drawing, Biola University, La Mirada, CA, Dean's List, — 1997

    WRITTEN WORK & READINGS

    2017 Walter Benjamin: Transpiration of the Storyteller, SAIC

    2017 Rebroadcasting Benjamin, MFA Thesis, SAIC Flaxman Library

    2016 The Algorithm, Unfictional Reading Nights, June, July, August, September, Chicago, IL

    2014 Norm's Buttons, Sno-Isle Public Library Reading Tour

    2013 Norm's Buttons, Spirit of Writing 2013, Northwest Institute of Literary Arts

    PUBLIC ARTWORKS

    2014 Marine Mural, Soundside Marinelife Rescue Center, Mukilteo, WA 

    1992 Pediatrics Department Murals, Oaknoll Naval Hospital

    SOLO ART EXHIBITIONS

    2015 Bodies of Water, Handsome Framer Gallery, Mukilteo, WA

    2012 Resilience 2.0, Handsome Framer Gallery, Langley, WA

    2011 Resilience, Handsome Framer Gallery, Clinton, WA

    2010 Recent Work, Handsome Framer Gallery, Clinton, WA

    2009 Recent Work, Seaside, OR

    2007 Family, Gladstone, OR

    2006 Sabbath Sins, Northwest Nazarene University, Nampa, ID

    1998 The Dunkirk Series, Whittier, CA

    1997 Untitled, La Mirada, CA

    1997 The Dunkirk Series, Sausalito, CA

    1996 Metamorphosis, Biola University, La Mirada, CA

    1995 One Hundred Eighty Degrees, La Mirada, CA

    GROUP ART  EXHIBITIONS

    2024 Jackson County Art Teachers’ Show, Art 634, Jackson, MI

    2023 Jackson County Art Teachers’ Show, Art 634, Jackson, MI

    2019 6x6x2019, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY

    2017 School of the Art Institute of Chicago MFA Exhibition, Chicago, IL

    2016 Low//Impact, Chicago, IL

    2016 School of the Art Institute of Chicago MFA Open Studios, Chicago, IL

    2015 School of the Art Institute of Chicago MFA Open Studios

    2014 Whidbey Area Fair, Langley, WA

    2014 12 X 12 Show, Whidbey Island Continuing Education Center, Langley, WA

    2013 Soil Yourselves Video Installation , Bayview Cash Store, Langley, WA

    2012 Earth Day, Goosefoot/Bayview Cash Store, Langley, WA

    2013 Art of Farming, Goosefoot/Bayview Cash Store, Langley, WA

    2011 Island County Fair

    2011 DjangoFest, WICA Lobby, Langley, WA

    2009 Threads, Cannibals Gallery, Portland, OR

    2009 Hidden, Crossroads Community Church, Portland, OR

    2007 Recent Work, City Arts Gallery, Portland, OR

    2007 Voice, Living Stones Celebration, Portland, OR

    2006 Resurrection, Imago Dei Community Church Portland, OR

    2006 Human Pixel Project, Three Columns Gallery, Harvard University, Boston, MA

    2005 A Room of Conversations, 5th Ave. Suites Portland, OR

    1996 Untitled, Winged Heart Fullerton, CA

    1996 Annual Juried Student Show, Biola University, La Mirada, CA

    1995 Annual Juried Student Show, Biola University, La Mirada, CA

    1995 Untitled, Common Grounds La Mirada, CA


    TEACHING

    2024 Adjunct Faculty-Art History, Newlane University, Lehi, UT
    2022-Present Art Teacher, High/Middle School, da Vinci Institutes, Jackson, MI

    2018-2019  Adjunct Faculty-Art History, SUNY Genesee Community College, Batavia, NY
    2018  Professional Tutor (Writing); SUNY Genesee Community College, Batavia, NY

    2018 Guest Lecturer, Philosophy Dept., Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

    2017-2018 English Teacher (Grades 6-12), Archangel School, Gates, NY

    2017-2018 Academic Coach, Private Client at SUNY Geneseo
    2015-2016 TA, Contemporary Practices Core Studio I & II: Photoshop, Illustrator, Video, Figure
    Drawing, Processing, Audacity, Installation, Woodshop, Plaster, SAIC, Chicago, IL

    2015 Beginning Oil Painting & 20th C. Art History, Skye Telleen School, Freeland, WA

    2013 Alternative Media Painting, Freelance Workshop, Langley, WA

    2013 Beginning Acrylic Painting, Freelance Workshop, Langley, WA

    2012 4th Grade Math Assistant, South Whidbey School District, Langley, WA

    2012 Beginning Drawing, Freelance Workshop, Langley, WA

    2010 Blogging and Social Media, Freelance Workshop, Clinton, WA

    2008-2009 Home Community Leader, Imago Dei Community Church, Portland, OR

    2004-2009 Ergonomics, Moda Health, Portland, OR

    2003 High School Substitute Teacher, Los Angeles County School District, Los Angeles, CA

    1997 TA, Contemporary Art Trends, Biola University, La Mirada, CA

    1996 Drawing Tutor, 6th grade, Freelance, La Mirada, CA

    1996Elementary Arts Education, Sparrows Gate Orphanage, Valle de las Palmas, Mexico

    AWARDS

    2017 Walter & Esther Isaacs Scholarship, SAIC

    2015-2016 Laurel Mackie Memorial Scholarship, SAIC

    2014 Whidbey Area Fair, Superintendent Award

    2011 Island County Fair Mixed Media, Second Place

    1995-1997 Dean’s List, Biola University

    1996 Artistic Excellence Award, Peter and Masha Plotkins Foundation, Los Angeles, CA

    1988 Most Courteous, Valley Cathedral Christian School, Phoenix, 8th Grade