I grew up in Indiana and graduated from DePauw University in 2007 with a double major in art history and painting, also working as a cartoonist for the school newspaper. In 2010 I received my MA in art history from the University of Oregon, and I wrote my thesis on Max Ernst’s Histoire Naturelle, situating his semi-automatic technique of frottage within the context of Surrealist automatism. I am presently enrolled in a prior degree program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and I am planning on pursuing my MFA in 2012.
The art presented on this site is a sample of work that I have created in the last 5 years. The majority of my art addresses the boundaries between figural coherence and organic abstraction. Human, animal, vegetal, and mineral subjects provide the ideal framework for an investigation of the interplay between macroscopic and microscopic forms that abound in nature. Through this exploration of natural phenomena and forces, I create a variety of corporeal, elemental, and somewhat surreal forms and environments that all teem with life, potentiality, and metamorphosis.
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Below are links to view/ download my CV and resume, my MA thesis, and published articles.