Statement

Art is my quest for knowledge. The sciences and humanities each look at the world through their own lens but don’t offer a way to synthesize a broader view of existence. I use painting as a tool to organize and collect patterns.

From atoms to entire galaxies there’s an inherent sense of visual familiarity to both the description of root elements and the processes by which these root elements combine and change over time. Information appears to organize itself in a predictive rhythmical manner. The probabilistic yet predictive aspects to these algorithms underlie all natural formative processes.

The consistency of form implies a strong sense of purpose and directionality. However, for as long as there’s uncertainty about whether this code represents an external environment or a reflection of the internal system it’s being observed by, how will we know whether we’re looking out, or if we’re looking in?  

These paintings are produced to invoke the state of awe. The creative process is an opportunity to acknowledge limits of reason and see the worlds that exists beyond words. I invite you to slow down and think. Take a moment to wonder why. Remember how tiny we are compared to the stars, and yet how big can be a single heart. Feel that we are all in this together and believe that every moment is as beautiful as you make it.

My recent paintings explore the search for harmony, between the comfort of order and the magic of chaos. Discovery begins where the predictable breaks down. Within this choice, new worlds are born. The cultivation of unrepeatable work, which evolves on a moment-to-moment basis, yet still transpires a single message, represents the quality of our own evolutionary state as both individuals and as a collective. I leave you my footprint of findings to explore and expand upon. 

Education

2016
B.L.A., focus in medicine. University of Missouri - Kansas City

2020

Teaching Artist Institute, Regional Arts Commission, St. Louis, MO. 

Solo & Two-Person Shows

2020

Pattern Mining, The Gallery, St. Louis, MO. (forthcoming, COVID delay) 

New Work, Renaissance Airport Hotel,  St. Louis, MO. (forthcoming, COVID delay) 

2019
Chasing Chaos Continued, (with Greg Edmondson), Osage Art Center, Belle, MO. 

Chasing Chaos (with Greg Edmondson), The Stone Spiral Gallery, St. Louis, MO.

La Mancha Coffeehouse, St. Louis, MO.
PT’s Coffee at The Crossroads, Kansas City, MO.
Perceptual Defects, The Stone Spiral Gallery, St. Louis, MO.

Group Shows

2020

Skate Deck Show, 4 Hands Brewery, St. Louis, MO. 

Creatures 2, Art Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO.
Life Interrupted, Art Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO.
Winter Exhibition, Angad Arts Hotel, St. Louis, MO.

Wall Ball Artist, Third Degree Glass Factory, St. Louis, MO. 

Spring Reception, Artisans In The Loop, St. Louis, MO. 

2019
Dance of Furious Joy, Artica, St. Louis, MO.
Featured Artist, UnColor Wine Bar & Gallery, Hermann, MO.
Warm Soda Launch Show (honorable mention), The Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, IL. 

Wall Ball artist, Third Degree Glass Factory, St. Louis, MO
Steampunk, The Soulard Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO.
Driven To Abstraction (honorable mention), The Soulard Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO.

2018
Dia De Los Muertos, Thomas Dunn Learning Center, St. Louis, MO. 

Sababa Arts & Cultural Festival (juried art fair), St. Louis, MO. 

Mississippi Epiphany, Artica, St. Louis, MO.
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Thomas Dunn Learning Center, St. Louis, MO. 

Art In Motion, Manchester Arts, St. Louis, MO.
Everything Blue 2, Soulard Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO.
Global Cultures, Manchester Arts, St. Louis, MO.
Featured Artist, Rise Float Community Gathering, St. Louis, MO.
Spring Show, Confluence Kombucha, St. Louis, MO.
Art For Women by Women, Thomas Dunn Learning Center, St. Louis, MO. 

Driven to Abstraction, Soulard Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO.

2017
Poptropolis, the Koken Art Factory, St. Louis, MO.
Everything Blue, Soulard Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO.
33 June MySLART, The Old Orchard Gallery, St. Louis, MO.
33 May MySLART (visitors choice award), The Old Orchard Gallery, St. Louis, MO. 33 April MySLART, (visitors choice award), The Old Orchard Gallery, St. Louis, MO.

Serendipity, Jones Gallery, Kansas City, MO.
Saint Mary’s Hospital, St. Louis, MO.
Different Lens, Different Filter, Lambert St. Louis International Airport, St. Louis, MO.

Ongoing Exhibits & Collections

2020
Clayton High School, St. Louis, MO.

2019
Kranzberg Arts Foundation, St. Louis, MO.

Il Palato, St. Louis, MO

2017
Remember To Breath ( histology mural), UMKC School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO.
Float STL - Maryland Heights, St. Louis, MO.
Barnes West County Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, St. Louis, MO.

Projects

2020 

The Grieving Project, album cover 

Passion Incarnate Print Line, passionincarnate.com 

2019
Limited edition Krieg Chalk Bags, kriegusa.com

Art Features

2019
St. Louis Post Dispatch, St. Louis, MO. Gesso Magazine, St. Louis, MO. (article 

2018
KDHX Arts Interview, St. Louis, MO. (radio)

2017
Ladue News, St. Louis, MO. (article) 

Artitouille, St. Louis, MO. (blog)

FLOAT STL (blog)
The Free Art Campaign (blog)

Awards & Grants 

2020

Futures Fund, The Luminary, St. Louis, MO. 

Emergency Relief Fund, Regional Arts Commission, St. Louis, MO. 

2019
Honorable Mention, Warm Soda Launch Show, St. Louis, MO. 

Honorable Mention, Driven To Abstraction, St. Louis, MO.

2017
Visitors Choice Award, 33 May, MySLART, The Old Orchard Gallery, St. Louis, MO. Visitors Choice Award, 33 April, MySLART, The Old Orchard Gallery, St. Louis, MO.

Service

2019 - 2020

Artists First Young Professionals Board, St. Louis, MO.