1977 Born in Omaha, Nebraska
Lives and works in Houston, Texas
Education
2000-2001 Graduate Studies in Fine Art, University of Illinois, Chicago
2000 Bachelor of Fine Art, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, Texas
1997 Kings College, British Studies, British Art and Architecture, London, England
Solo Exhibitions
2008
Roberts & Tilton Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007
This is a descending world, Clementine Gallery, New York, New York
This is our ending, this is our past., Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas
2006
As They Fall, Praz-Delvallade Gallery, Paris, France
Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Frye Art Museum, Seattle
2005
My brother holds tight my feeble hand, Clementine Gallery, New York City
Take me gently through your troubled sky, Inman Gallery, Houston
2004
And Then They Were Upon Him, Bodybuilder and Sportsman Gallery, Chicago
2003
New Work, ArtPace, San Antonio, Texas
Even If It Shall Break Them: The Prelude to a Solid Hope for SomethingBetter, Clementine Gallery, New York City
SomethingBetter, Clementine Gallery, New York, New York
They Walk, Fall, Continue, and Die, Inman Gallery, Houston
2002
These are Pictures of Boats and Dinosaurs, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas
Group Exhibitions
2008
Dargerism, American Folk Art Museum, New York, New York
The Flight of Fake Tears: Large Narrative Drawing, Inova University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Failure, The Laboratory of Art and Ideas at Belmar, Lakewood, CO
Transfigure, Kemper Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
2007
The Lizard Cult, Clementine Gallery, New York, New York
Size Matters: Large Drawings from the MFAH Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
2006
New Directions in American Drawing, Columbus Museum, traveling to Telfair Museum of Art in Savannah, Georgia, Knoxville Museum of Art in Knoxville, Tennessee
Paper Trails: New adventures in drawings, V1Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Texas Prize Exhibition, finalist, Arthouse, Austin, Texas
New Directions in American Drawing, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, GA; Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, GA; Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
2005
Trials and Terrors, MCA Chicago, Chicago
Drawing Narrative, The College of Wooster Art Museum, Wooster
Every Picture Tells a Story: The Narrative Impulse in Modern and Contemporary Art, Galerie St. Etienne, New York City
2004
The Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City
The Drawn Page, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut
It’s a Wonderful Life: Psychodrama in Contemporary Painting, Spaces, Cleveland, Ohio
I Feel Mysterious Today, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Lake Worth, Florida
Young Americans, Hof and Huyser, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
drawings..., Praz-delavallade, Paris, France
Landscape, Rena Bransten, San Francisco, California
Figure Out, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Untold Tales, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, New York
Books and Shelves, Gahlberg Gallery, McAninch Arts Center, Glen Ellyn, Illinois
The Armory Show, Clementine Gallery and Bodybuilder and Sportsman Gallery, New York
2003
Come Forward, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas
Artissima, Inman Gallery, Turin, Italy
The Company We Keep, Inman Gallery, Houston
Art Chicago, Bodybuilder and Sportsman Gallery, Chicago
Muestra 2 Contemporary Art Fair, Bodybuilder and Sportsman Gallery, Mexico City
Whim?, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas
American Dream, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York City
2002
Art Chicago, Bodybuilder and Sportsman, Chicago, Illinois
Bad Touch, Ukranian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago
Drawn II, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas
Postcards from the Edge, Visual AIDS Benefit, Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York City
Summer Drawings, Mixture Gallery, Dallas
2001
Super Nature, Inman Gallery, Houston
Group Show of Gallery Artists, Bodybuilder and Sportsman Gallery, Chicago
Pin-up, Bodybuilder and Sportsman Gallery, Chicago
2000
Hi Jinx, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas and University of Texas-Dallas, Richardson, Texas
Small Abstract Paintings and Sculpture, Eugene Binder Gallery, New York
Positexan... the show with the right attitude, Project, Wichita, Kansas, Curator: Michael Odom, ARTFORUM critic
4th Anniversary Show, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas
Drawn, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas
1999
Creatures, Lago Vista Gallery, Richland College, Richardson, Texas
Don=t Trust Its Softness, University of Texas-Dallas, Richardson, Texas
Some Kind of Wonderful: Part II, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1998
Material Matters, University of Texas-Dallas, Dallas, Texas
Sofa Not Included, Gallery:Untitled, Dallas, Texas
1997
Expo 97, 500X, Dallas, Texas
Grants and Awards
2005 Arthouse Texas Prize Finalist, Austin, Texas
2003 Artadia Grant, Artadia - The Fund for Art and Dialogue, New York City
2003 ArtPace Foundation for Contemporary Art, San Antonio, International Artist in Residence
1999 DeGolyer Grant, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas
Collections
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas
Microsoft Corporation Art Collection, Redmond, Washington
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Progressive Insurance
Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas
The Kemper Museum, Kansas City, Missouri