Lives and Works in Atlanta and San Francisco.

 

EDUCATION

2008
MFA California Institute of the Arts, School of Art, Valencia, CA

2004            
Cum Laude BFA Painting, Drawing and Art History Minor, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011           
Epilogue, The Archetype Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2008     
Cal Arts Welcomes Members of the Armed Forces (The Spread of Democracy), California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA

2006           
Absolute: A Tribute to the Empire, Starland Center for Contemporary Arts, Savannah, GA

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010           
SanctionedArray, White Box, New York, NY

2009           
Welcome to Fake Iraq, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA

2008            
JUST HOW DOES A PATRIOT ACT: A Response to US Policy at Home and Abroad, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA

Conventions & Attitudes, Remy’s on Temple, Los Angeles, California, Curated by Karen Atkinson

We Want a New Object, Chinatown Galleries, Los Angeles, CA, Curated by Malik Gaines and Christine Kim

2007           
Let Them Eat Cake, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, (two-person show)

A Not So Simple Case for Torture, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA

2006           
New Artists 2006, The Whitney Gallery, Savannah, GA

2 Artists, 1 Stone, Poetter Hall, Savannah, GA, (two-person show)

Spring 2006 Open Studio (Invited Alumni), Alexander Hall, Savannah, GA

Icarus, Savannah Gallery, Atlanta, GA

This Gift is a Problem For You to Solve, Red Gallery, Savannah, GA

2005           
Small Works, Red Gallery, Savannah, GA and The Savannah Gallery, Atlanta, GA

SCAD Painting Alumni Show, Alexander Hall, Savannah, GA

SCAD Alumni Reunion Show, Orleans Gallery, Savannah, GA

Four Walls Project, John C. Rowland House, Savannah, GA

Lost and Found, Gallery Art Felt, New Delhi, India (two-person show)

Mix Bag, Gallery Art Felt, New Delhi, India

Fresh Produce, India Habitat Center, New Delhi, India

2004     
For the Good of Mankind, 302 Gallery, Savannah, GA 

100% Charity, Orleans Gallery, Savannah, GA

 

EXPERIENCE

2010 – Present
Full-Time Professor and Visiting Artist Coordinator, Savannah College of Art and Design-Atlanta campus

2008 – 2010
Adjunct Professor, Savannah College of Art and Design-Atlanta campus

2008           
Teacher Assistant, Nancy Buchanan, Sam Durant, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA

2007           
Teacher Assistant, Anoka Faruqee, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA

2006            
Assistant Exhibition Registrar at Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

2005 – 07    
Assistant Curator at Starland Center for Contemporary Arts, Savannah, GA

 

PUBLICATIONS

2011
“Clean: Looking at War”, DRAIN, Issue 14, Fall, 2011.

2008
“The Social Responsibility of Starbucks.” Special Topics in Art and Politics: A Not So Simple Case for Torture, Nancy Buchanan, Sam Durant And Martha Rosler eds., Onestar Press, 2008

 

RESIDENCES

2004           
Sanskriti Kendra Residency. New Delhi, India

 

COLLECTIONS
Savannah College of Art and Design

 

COMMISSIONS

2006           
Designs for a series of reports written and distributed by UNIFEM (United Nations Development Fund for Women) for South Asia.

2005           
Poster Design for UNIFEM (United Nations Development Fund for Women), to be used in South Asia including India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Afghanistan.

Book design for IFAD-UNIFEM (International Fund for Agricultural Development – United Nations Development Fund for Women).

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY           

Melissa Heckscher. “Fake Iraq: War as Art.” Daily Breeze. September 8^th, 2009.
http://www.dailybreeze.com/lifeandculture/ci_13264568.

“Scenes of the South,” The South Magazine, April/May 2007.

“Painting Alumni Team Up for Show Promoting Global Awareness,” The Chronicle, June 30^th, 2006.

“Diversions' Arts Picks,” Savannah Morning News, June 1^st, 2006. 

“Alumni Gallery,” Alumni Connections, Vol. 2, No. 2, December 2005.

“In the Capital Today: Culture,” The Hindu, September 6^th, 2005.

“Nutshell,” The Hindu, June 24^th, 2005.

SCAD 2004-05 Course Catalogue, 2004.

“Personal Inspirations On Display,” The District, Issue: 167, April 9th, 2004.

“SCAD artists give '100%,” The Chronicle, Vol. 4, No. 17, March 4^th, 2004.

 

GALLERY REPRESENTATION

Gallery Art Felt, New Delhi, India

 

REGISTRIES

Fulton County’s Arts and Culture Public Art Program