Drawing & Printmaking

In 1992, I decided to pick up the creative career by enrolling in college for Graphic Design at the Fachchschule in Mannheim, Germany. They had a print and typography shop lead by Hagen Kayser and Hubert Gems. Over time, I spent more hours doing hands on work in the 'factory', then over at my computer desk. Drawing, printing and composing images became my passion. MORE
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My drawings serve as studies and are used as an early stage for my prints. The drawings, etchings and silkscreen prints feature traditional subjects, such as portraits and societal or political issues. I cover themes such as racial profiling, oil politics, environmental hazards, consumer culture and gun laws.

Group Shows

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2009 artdc.com Hyattesville Gallery, Patron's Exhibition curated by Jesse Cohen
2009 Creative Briefs mural comission by Arlington County Cultural Affairs for the new Arlington County Cultural Center in Rosslyn
2009 Finding Beauty In A Broken World: In The Spirit of Frida Kahlo,  Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery at Smith Farm Center, Washington, DC, curated by F. Lennox Campello
2009 Art on Paper, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis MD, curated by LuLen Walker, Art Collection Curator at Georgetown University

2008 Aftermath, Target Gallery, Alexandria VA, curated by Laurel Reuter,
Founder and Chief Curator of the North Dakota Museum of Art
2008 All Arlington Salon 08, Ellipse Center, Arlington VA
2008 Wall Mountables, DCAC, Washington DC
2008 Social Justice Art Show, Arlington VA Central Libarary, Arlington VA

2007 Images of Justice, The Catholic University of America, Washington DC
2007 Artomatic, Chrystal City VA
2007 Anomymous III, Flashpoint, Washington DC
2007 Handpulled, Ellipse Art Center, Arlington, VA, juried by Joan Boudreau, Curator, Graphic ArtsCollection, Smithsonian Institution

2006 All Arlington Salon, Ellipse Art Center, Arlington VA, juried by Andrea V. Uravitch, Arlington, artist Juror’s Choice Award
2006 8th Annual All-Media Exhibition, Touchstone Gallery, curated by Paula Amt, owner of Gallery Plan b, Washington DC
2006 NoWo Gallery, curated by Jay Rees, Washington DC
2005
Museum Of Modern ARF, curated by John Aaron, Arlington VA
2004
Artomatic, Washington DC
2003
Etchings And Drawings, MFA Gallery, curated by Katherine Blood, fine print curator at the Library of Congress, Baltimore MD
2002
Post This…, Studio Gallery, curated by Michael O’Sullivan, Washington Post art critic, Waschington DC
1999
Lawndale Gallery, curated by Don Bagicalupi, director of the Blaffer Gallery, Houston TX
1999 One Night Hang, curated by Lee Steffy, senior curator of the Moody Gallery, Houston TX
1998
Critic’s Choice 98,Visual Art Center Dallas, TX , curated by Stephen Vollmer, curator El Paso Museum of Art and Elizabeth Ferrer director, Austin TX Museum of Art
1997
Gaddis Geeslin Gallery, Sam Houston State University, curated by James Surls, Huntsville TX

Solo Shows

1999 “FlowMe2”, Louis P. Seigle Gallery, curated by Johannes Birringer,
Winter Street Art Center, Houston TX
1999 “Chickenscratch”, Small Projects Gallery, University of Houston TX
1998 Museum of Printing History, Houston TX

Scholarships

1997 Friends of Fine Arts Scholarship, University of Houston
1996 Wray Trust Painting Scholarship, University of Houston

Education

1996 – 1999 MFA (major in painting and printmaking) at the University of Houston TX
1992 – 1996 MFA (major in graphic design) at the Fachhochschule Mannheim, Germany
 


Highlighted Work

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The print “41 Bullets” addresses racial profiling, gun violence, and police brutality. R.I.P. - Amadou Diallo. More
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A somber but beatiful little still life of an anonymous 'friend' in the Sonoran Desert. More
Bees drawing by Henrik Sundqvist
Disappearing bee colonies hurt entire food chains. I started a Pollinator Series. More