selected exhibition history
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Mirage, (w/ Angela Izzo), Embed Gallery, Chatsworth, CA
2018 Raptures and Confessions, Coaxial Arts Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Smol Werks, Pink Flamingo Gallery, Moorpark, CA
2017 Minilith, Art Basil LA, Van Nuys, CA
2016 Ghostie Gallery, Art Basil LA, Van Nuys, CA
2015 Specimen Show, Shed Gallery, Northridge, CA
2014 Relics, University Student Union Display Case, Northridge, CA
2014 Interior Void, Shed Gallery, Northridge, CA
2013 Ghosts, MATA, Los Angeles, CA
2013 Tiny Hematoma, The Crest, La Crescenta, CA
2013 Green, TRACTIONARTS, Los Angeles, CA
Residencies
2018 Raptures and Confessions, Coaxial Arts Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
2015 CSU Summer Arts, Monterey Bay, CA
2013 CSU Summer Arts, Monterey Bay, CA
Selected Performance
2018 Ghost Dance, Coaxial Arts Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Burial Ritual (I Hope That You Can Live with My Ghost), Coaxial Arts Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Dust to Dust (in collaboration w/ Sheree Rose & Martin O’Brien), ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives at the USC Libraries, Los Angeles, CA
2015 The Weight of Your Gifts (6 Months), C-Train, Northridge, CA
2014 Purge Piece, Shed Gallery, Northridge, CA
2014 100 Reasons (in collaboration w/ Sheree Rose), Coagula Curatorial, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Cuddly Confrontations, West Gallery, Northridge, CA
2013 Specimen, MATA, Los Angeles, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 Retrograde, Carnegie Art Museum Studio Gallery, Oxnard, CA
2020 The Future is Nakid, Innerspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2019 August – December Featured Video Artists, LACDA, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Femmebit 2019, Civic Center Studios, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Valley Girl Redefined, Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, CA
2018 April & July Featured Video Artists, LACDA, Los Angeles, CA
2018 CSUN Arts Alumni Small Works Show, Shoebox Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Transpose: GLAMFA 2018 Satellite Exhibition, Eastside International, Los Angeles, CA
2017 No Restraint, ARK, Altadena, CA
2017 Ill at Ease: Dis-ease in Art, University at Buffalo, Center for the Arts, Amherst, NY
2017 GLAMFA, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
2016 Open Call: Play, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016 SoCal MFA, Millard Sheets Art Center, Pomona, CA
2016 MA/MFA Graduate Exhibition, Main Gallery, Northridge, CA
2016 Annual Juried Spring Art Show, Main Gallery, Northridge, CA *First Place
2015 CSU Summer Arts Show, West Gallery, Northridge, CA
2015 At Home, West Gallery, Northridge, CA
2014 Mata Rising 2, Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Annual Juried Spring Art Show, Main Gallery, Northridge, CA
2013 Cat Show, West Gallery, Northridge, CA
2013 Compass: Navigating the Journey to Self Identity, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
2013 Connect Heal End Stigma, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
2013 Pretty and Dead, West Gallery, Northridge, CA
2012 Painting as Object, West Gallery, Northridge, CA
2012 The Vanishing Bees, Zzyzx Gallery of Natural Science, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Annual Juried Spring Art Show, Main Gallery, Northridge, CA
2011 The Lunch Bunch Fundraiser Art Show, WWA Gallery, Culver City, CA
2010 Sexy Show, Echo Curio, Echo Park, CA
2010 New and Improved, Echo Curio, Echo Park, CA
2008 Graduate Exhibition, Columbus Art Gallery, Columbus, NE *Honorable Mention
2008 Spring Art Show, Central Community College, Columbus, NE *Third Place, *Honorable Mention
Education
2016 MA, Art – California State University, Northridge, Northridge, CA
2014 BA, Art (Minor in Psychology) – California State University, Northridge, Northridge, CA
2008 AA, Commercial Art – Central Community College, Columbus, NE
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