• A Statement

    Influenced by literature, music, and philosophical thought, my work explores introspection, identity, and the shifting nature of inner landscapes. Each piece emerges through an intuitive process guided by emotion, memory, and imagination. The dreamlike imagery reflects the in-between states we often inhabit, neither fully here nor there, yet deeply aware.

    EDUCATION

    Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts
    Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy, Art Theory, and Aesthetics
    Portland, ME
    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, Painting
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Tyler School of Art
    Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting with Art History Minor
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Magna cum laude with distinction

    TEACHING

    Tiffin University
    2012 - present
    Professor
    Teach or have taught the following writing-intensive graduate courses on-line:
    Survey of Non-Western Art History, Issues in Art and Technology, Art Theory and Criticism, Aesthetics: Philosophy of Art, Women and Art, Survey of Western Art History, History of Photography, and others

    Baker College
    2021 - present
    Professor
    Teach undergraduate courses on-line:
    Art Appreciation
    Integrative Seminar

    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