• A Statement


    My work centers on the human––engaging spirit, introspection, and transcendental sensations through the visual form. My most recent body of work draws from and integrates the writings of Nietzsche, in particular, The Gay Science, an influential work addressing the creation of self—what he calls “becoming what one is.”

    EDUCATION

    Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts
    Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy, Art Theory, and Aesthetics
    Portland, ME
    Graduated January 2016
    Dissertation title:
    Meditation Interactivity: The Power to Create the Self Through the Virtual

    University of Pennsylvania
    School of Design, Department of Fine Arts
    Master of Fine Arts in Painting
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Graduated 2002

    Tyler School of Art
    Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting with Art History Minor
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Graduated 2000, magna cum laude with distinction

    Moore College of Art & Design 1996-1997 Coursework towards BFA

    Community College of Philadelphia 1995-1996 Coursework towards BFA

    TEACHING

    Tiffin University
    2012 - present
    Professor
    Teach or have taught the following writing-intensive graduate courses on-line:
    Aesthetics: Philosophy of Art, Women and Art, Survey of Western Art History, Cult and Independent Film, Creativity and Its Development, Teaching College Art, History of Photography, Art and Culture of the Graphic Novel

    Baker College
    2021 - present
    Professor
    Teach undergraduate course on-line:
    Art Appreciation

    St. Elizabeth University
    2018 - 2020
    Professor
    Teach or taught the following writing-intensive graduate courses on-line:
    Visual Communications & Branding for Social Media and the Web,
    Special Topics and Programming for Social Media, Computers and Programming for Social Media, Special Topics: Social Media, Metrics Management for Social Media, Platform Creation: Branding & Design

    The Art Institutes
    Professor
    2006 - 2012
    Taught the following undergraduate courses:
    Introduction to Design Applications for Photographers, Color Theory for Web, Multimedia, and Print, Image Manipulation, Basic Drawing, Perspective Drawing, Introduction to Creative Suite 6: Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator, InDesign, and Bridge within Photography program

    Tyler School of Art
    Continuing Education
    Professor
    2006 - 2012
    Taught the following courses:
    Figure Drawing and Painting, Drawing, Painting, Portraiture, Portfolio Preparation

    SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

    Tiny Biennale, Temple University, Rome, Italy 2018, 2019, 2020
    We Fearless Ones, Solo Exhibition, InLiquid, Crane Hall, Philadelphia 2017
    Tiny Biennale, Temple University, Rome, Italy 2017
    OVERHUMAN, Solo Exhibition, Pageant : Soloveev, Philadelphia 2015
    Hyperintersection, Pageant : Soloveev, Philadelphia 2015
    Inspired by Cinema, Sundance Headquarters, New York, NY, Summer & Fall 2014
    Psychedelphia, Pageant : Soloveev, Philadelphia 2013
    Kairos Interruptus, Vaudeville Park, Brooklyn, NY 2012
    Video Screening, Backspace Gallery, Peoria, IL 2011
    Hive/Cave, Pageant : Soloveev, Philadelphia 2011
    Gold Mountain, Solo Exhibition, Pageant : Soloveev, Philadelphia 2009
    Rag and Bone, Pageant : Soloveev, Philadelphia 2008
    Intimate Environment, Solo Exhibition, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia 2007
    Long Gone Sally, Two-person exhibition, Pageant : Soloveev, Philadelphia 2006
    24th Biennial Works on Paper, Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA 2006
    Being, Solo Exhibition, 40th Street AIR, Philadelphia 2005
    19th Annual Drawing Show, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston 2005
    Take My Hand, ThreeWalls, Chicago 2005
    From the Studio 2: Selections from POST, CFEVA Gallery, Philadelphia 2005
    Operation RAW, Ice Box Project Space, Crane Building, Philadelphia 2005
    Brooklyn Underground Film Festival, Brooklyn Lyceum, Park Slope, Brooklyn 2003, 2004, 2005
    Junto, Winter Invitational, Fleisher-Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia 2004
    The Wedding Project, 65 Hope Street Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn 2004
    North of the Border, Art in Northern Liberties, ADM Gallery, Philadelphia 2004
    Female Persuasion, cherrydelosreyes Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2004
    T-Shirt Show, Daniel Silverstein Gallery, NY, NY 2003
    Exist, Solo exhibition, Project Room, Philadelphia 2003
    Girls, Girls, Girls, Storefront 1838, Harlem, NY 2003
    Bling Bling, Project Room, Philadelphia 2003