EDUCATION AND SCHOLARSHIPS

2021                Master of Fine Arts, California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles, California

                                    Lillian Disney, United Plankton, and Jules Engel Scholar

2012                Bachelor of Fine Arts, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York

                                    Presidential Merit Scholar

2008                Study Abroad, University of Arizona, Ghana, West Africa

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2021                Stutter and Spill, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

2021                Bounties of the Late Abundant Age, PostHtx, Houston

2018                Mirage Lines, California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles

2017                Bulletin I-IV, Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston

2015                Stutter and Spill, Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston

           

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022                Drawings, Pazda Butler Gallery

2018                Homesick for a place I have never been, CalArts Class Gallery

2017                Re/Thinking Photography: Conceptual Photography from Texas, Fotofest, Houston

2016                Fotos y Artefactos, Flight Gallery, San Antonio

2014                Salon Style, Alonzo Gallery, Houston

 

FILM FESTIVALS SCREENINGS

2020                Esto Es Para Esto, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

2019                Oaxaca Film Festival, Oaxaca, Mexico

                        Green Screen Environmental Film Festival, Trinidad and Tobago

                       

CURATORIAL WORK

2017                Upland, Capitol Street Gallery, Houston

2017                56:9, Walking With Deer, Capitol Street Gallery, Houston

2016                Masticar, Capitol Street Gallery, Houston

2016                Daily Lunch Special, Capitol Street Gallery, Houston

2016                56:9 Samantha Persons, Capitol Street Gallery, Houston

2016                Yearning: One Night Fashion Show, Capitol Street Gallery, Houston

2014                Breaking the Mold, Capitol Street Gallery, Houston

 

 

LECTURES, ARTIST TALKS, PANEL DISCUSSIONS

2022                Guest Lecturer, Caught in the Act, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

2021                Artist Talk, Stutter and Spill, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

2017                Artist Talk, Bulletin I-IV, Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston

2015                Artist Talk, Fotos y Artefactos, Flight Gallery, Houston

2012                Panel Discussion: Lens based Artists in Texas, Fotofest, Houston

 

PRODUCTION ROLES

2022                Associate Producer, Weeping Rocks, Lost Horizon Films, New York

2020                Visual Effects Consultant, Table Manners Midnight Moment, Zina Saro-Wiwa Studio

2015                Visual Effects Consultant, 1994 Rwanda Archive Film, Museum of Fine Art, Houston

 

 

TEACHING APPOINTMENTS

2023                Adjunct Professor, California State University, Long Beach

2022                Art Instructor, CalArts Community Arts Partnership, Los Angeles

2021                Art Instructor, CalArts Community Arts Partnership, Los Angeles

2020-2021       Assistant Animation Instructor, Sony Pictures Media Arts Partnership, Los Angeles

 

MUSEUM ROLES

2021-2023       The Broad Art Museum, Lead Audio Visual Technician

                                    William Kentridge, In Praise of Shadows

Keith Haring, Art is for Everbody

2021-2022       Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Kinetic Sculpture Technician

                                    Maintenance and operation of Chris Burden’s Metropolis II

2015-2016       Blaffer Art Museum, Audio Visual Technician

                                    Shows Included Hilary Lloyd, Zina Saro-Wiwa, Isaac Julien, Student Shows

 

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Museum of Fine Arts Houston

 

PUBLICATIONS AND FEATURES

“The Friction of Recognition, Information and Illegibility in Drew Bacon’s LIFE”, John Semlitsch,

Florida State University Department of Art History Online Journal

“Houston Loves Eccentrics”, Bill Arning, Art in America Magazine, 2016

“Coming Home”, Beth Levine, Arts + Culture Magazine, 2015

“Young Artist Makes a Splash with His First Solo Show”, Molly Glentzer, Houston Chronicle, 2015