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    • home
    • Roosting Day
    • artwork
      • (oops all) paintings
      • large scale work
      • shadows
      • living upside-down
      • slug & spike
    • bio
    • exhibitions + media
    • support 💸
    • contact
  • home
  • Roosting Day
  • artwork
    • (oops all) paintings
    • large scale work
    • shadows
    • living upside-down
    • slug & spike
  • bio
  • exhibitions + media
  • support 💸
  • contact

current + upcoming shows

Fishers Art Center

Rewilding: Contemporary Art and the Natural World

Jan. 9

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Apr. 10, 2026

Fishers, Indiana

Fishers Art Center

Rewilding: Contemporary Art and the Natural World

Jan. 9

-

Apr. 10, 2026

Fishers, Indiana

Crooked Tree Art Center

At Home

Jan. 16

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Feb. 28, 2026

Petoskey, Michigan

Event Details

Crooked Tree Art Center

At Home

group exhibition on view in the Bonfield Gallery

more info

Jan. 16

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Feb. 28, 2026

Petoskey, Michigan

John Waldron Arts Center, Educational Gallery

shadows: exploring nostalgias past and present, reflection, & lightplay

Apr. 3

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Apr. 24, 2026

Bloomington, Indiana

Event Details

John Waldron Arts Center, Educational Gallery

shadows: exploring nostalgias past and present, reflection, & lightplay

solo exhibition of work from the shadows series, accompanied by a public activity and collection of writings

Apr. 3

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Apr. 24, 2026

Bloomington, Indiana

history

created / curated group shows

  • Monroe County Public Library, Roosting Day Community Exhibition, Bloomington, Indiana, occurs annually in November-December

solo shows

2026

  • Friendly Beasts Gallery, Oops, all paintings: A decade of meandering, Bloomington, Indiana


2025

  • One River School (Evanston), shadows: exploring nostalgias past and present, reflection, & lightplay, Evanston, Illinois, shadows series
  • Fountain Square Mall, Main Atrium Gallery, Slug & Spike: The Bloomington Collection, Bloomington, Indiana, Slug & Spike designs

group shows

2025

  • Anderson Museum of Art, Open Space: Art About the Land with Minnetrista Museum & Gardens to benefit Red-tail Land Conservancy, Anderson, Indiana
  • Not Shockboxx Gallery, Mommy Dearest, Hermosa Beach, California
  • Lloydminster Museum + Archives, 2025 Arts Without Borders, Lloydminster, Alberta/Saskatchewan, Canada, online archive *3rd Place in Portraiture
  • Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, 2025 Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham, Michigan
  • Second Story Studio with the Kinsey Institute, Brilliant Hues, Nashville, Indiana
  • Indiana University Process Gallery, karass (kə’ræs) n., Bloomington, Indiana
  • IU Kokomo Art Gallery, The Uncanny Exhibition, Kokomo, Indiana
  • Minnetrista Museum & Gardens, 35th Annual Minnetrista Juried Art Show, Muncie, Indiana
  • Midwest Nice Art, a fervent and necessary arrangement, online archive
  • Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science, 62nd Mid-States Art Exhibition, Evansville, Indiana
  • Artlink Gallery, 2025 Midwest Regional, Fort Wayne, Indiana


2024

  • John Waldron Arts Center, Rosemary P. Miller Gallery, There's No Place Like Home in Bloomington, Bloomington, Indiana
  • Backspace Gallery, Last minute... a pop-up exhibition, Bloomington, Indiana
  • John Waldron Arts Center, Rosemary P. Miller Gallery, Emerging Artists Show, Bloomington, Indiana
  • MVA Gallery (Modern Visual Arts), A Tribute to Small Art, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
  • Artlink Gallery, Midwest Regional Showcase, Fort Wayne, Indiana


earlier

  • Sedona Art Center, Contemporary Surrealism, Sedona, Arizona (2023)
  • House of Shadows Creative Gallery & Market, Cock – A Modern Approach to Deconstructing Masculinity, Tampa, Florida (2022)
  • Amplifier Arts, Global Open Call, online archive (2020)
  • Alberta Street Gallery, 6x6x6, Portland, Oregon (2020) *Jury's Excellence Award
  • San Diego County Fair, Exhibition of Fine Art, San Diego, California (2018) *Honorable Mention in Mixed Media Drawing
  • ArtLab on Adams, VOICES, San Diego, California (2011)
  • ArtLab on Adams, Art on Adams, San Diego, California (2011)

media

Hyperallergic's A View From the Easel

November 6, 2025

Installment 310

article

Modern Renaissance Magazine, issue #28 by Culturally Arts Collective

August 2025

digital and print editions

Treetop Works

June 2025

Nashville, Indiana

documentary video

The Journal Gazette

January 3, 2025

Fort Wayne, Indiana

article

No One, issue #2 (Quaranzine) by Nemo Designs

No One, issue #2 (Quaranzine) by Nemo Designs

April 2020

Portland, Oregon

Instagram view

web teaser



awards

  • Bravo Award, City of Bloomington Parks & Recreation, December 2025
  • Highly Commended Artist, Homiens Art Prize, Spring 2025
  • Artistic Advancement Grant, City of Bloomington Arts Commission, 2024
  • Emerging Artist Grant, City of Bloomington Arts Commission, 2023

etc.

Kånken Art by Allyn with Fjällräven Portland stores

July 2019 - August 2020, Portland, Oregon

  • resident artist selected by Fjällräven North America to paint Fjällräven products (primarily Kånken backpacks) from two locations in downtown (NW) Portland
  • 6 standard designs available to-order + fully custom commissions
  • over 60 custom designs were commissioned, shipped widely across the United States and Scandinavia
  • in-store events and live painting at community events in the Pearl District

archive of selected work

Halloween & haunted attractions industry

September 2010 - 

  • special effects makeup application with a horror focus (airbrush, foam latex, silicone prosthetics, bald caps and aging, oil and water-based body paints, etc.)
  • character creation
  • scare-acting techniques
  • pop-up event management

special effects makeup archive

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