Select Solo Exhibitions
2024 Compressions, Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX
2022 Gargoyles, La Huerta, Barcelona, Spain
2022 Drift, Locust Projects, Miami, FL
2020 Aesthleticisms, Lightwell Gallery, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
2019 Bells Suspended from Clouds, Testsite, Austin, TX
2017 A Routine in Parts, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
2015 A Change in Atmosphere, Greymatter Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2015 A State of Resistance, The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH
2014 An Imperfect Force, Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2013 The Obstruction of Action, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
Featured Screenings | Performances | Public Works
2025 WaterWork, organized by Design Austin, Seaholm Intake Facility, Austin, TX
2023 Landmarks Video, University of Texas, Austin, TX
2022 Drift in Reverse, performed by Lee Fearson + Akio Gamma, Locust Projects, Miami, TX
2019 FEED Project Space, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
2019 A Room and a Field, Soundspace, Blanton Museum, Austin, TX
2019 An Instrument for a Duet, Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio, TX
2019 Accompaniment to a Stringed House in A Major, Testsite, Austin, TX
2017 A Composition in Parts, Schroeter + Rendon Sr. Park, Austin, TX
2017 A Performance in Parts, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
2014 A Window to the World, Hiroshima MOCA, Hiroshima, Japan
2012 The Vault, SPACES Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Select Group Exhibitions
2026 SPEILFELD. Sport + Kunst, Museum für Neue Kunst, Freiburg, Germany
2025 Under Pressure, Part of MOV Denver, Friend of a Friend Gallery, Denver, CO
2024 Texas Biennial: The Last Sky, Blaffer Art Museum, Houston, TX
2024 Tailgate, Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX
2022 Respire, Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches, TX
2021 Crit Group Reunion, The Contemporary, Austin, TX
2019 Effort Economy, Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio, TX
2019 Effort Economy, Sabinal Photo Gallery, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
2019 Looms, Sweet Pass Sculpture Park, Dallas, TX
2019 A Sense of Place, Elsewhere Studios, Paonia, CO
2018 East Austin Studio Tour, POLIS, Austin, TX
2018 Humanizing the Digital, East + West Galleries, Texas Woman’s Univeristy, Denton, TX
2016 Fandom 216, Hedge Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2015 The Only Knowledge Worth Possessing,grayDUCK Gallery, Austin, TX
2015 Chrysalis Lens, Klaus Center for the Arts, Marymount California University, San Pedro, CA
2015 Distilled in the Desert, Grant Street Studios, Phoenix, AZ
2015 Inquiry, Visual Arts Center, Austin, TX
2015 Self-made, Visions Gallery, Chandler, AZ
2014 Materialize, Shemer Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2014 Methods of Additive Manufacturing, Materials Lab, University of Texas, Austin, TX
2013 VOX IX, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2013 Whither the American Dream?, PUNCH Gallery, Seattle, WA
2013 Eye, Hand & Mind, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India
2013 Gesturing Into Consciousness, Zoller Gallery, The Pennsylvania State University, PA
2012 Monumental Drift, Highpoint Gallery, Richmond, VA
2012 Generation XYZ, Night Gallery, Tempe, AZ
2011 Achtung!, FAB Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2010 Tallahassee International, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL
2010 Game Play: Art Inspired by Games, Osborne Family Gallery, University of Nebraska at Omaha, NE
Residencies | Awards
2023 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Open Studio Residency
2023 Penland School of Craft, Workshop Instructor
2022 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant
2020-22 Faculty Fellow, Humanities Institute, University of Texas at Austin
2019 Elsewhere Studios Residency, Paonia, CO
2011-12 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship
2008 Ted Decker Catalyst Fund, Artist Award
Education
MFA Sculpture Arizona State University 2008
BFA Sculpture The Pennsylvania State University 2003
Current Employment
Associate Professor of Practice
Art + Art History Department, the University of Texas at Austin
b. 1979 Pennsylvania; lives and works in Austin, Texas
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