EDUCATION
2013 MFA in Painting- New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2005 BFA in Graphic Design - Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA
AWARDS / RECOGNITION
2018 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
2015 Eric Fischl Teaching Residency at West Nottingham Academy, Maryland
2013 Artist Residency, Altos De Chavon (Parsons School), Dominican Republic
2012 The David Kratz & Gregory Unis Scholarship, NYAA
Terra Foundation for American Art Europe, Giverny, France: Artist-in-Residence
2011 Merit Scholarship - New York Academy of Art
Social Media Scholarship - New York Academy of Art
PUBLICATIONS
2017 PoetsArtists Magazine, "THE NEW NUDE" Issue 86
2016 Sotheby's Interview
2015 New York Times T Magazine
2014 The Figure: Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture by Donald Kuspit, Irving Sandler, Margaret McCann,
David Kratz and Bob Colacello
Art.es Magazine - Outstanding students of the NYAA: group show (Berlin), by Shanine Nakash
EXHIBITIONS
2021
Therefore. I. Am., Spinning Plate Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2019
Liminal States (solo show), School House Studios, Pittsburgh, PA
Mother and Child, Sugarlift, New York, NY
Summer Exhibition, New York, NY
2018
Two, Jesse Best Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Take Home a Nude Auction, Sotheby’s, New York, NY
Mother and Child, Sugarlift, New York, NY
2017
Take Home A Nude Auction, Sotheby's, New York, NY
INTERLUDE, (two person show), Massey Lyuben Gallery, New York, NY
Sugarlift Pop-Up 'Open Studios Launch' show, New York, NY
2016
PRINTWORK, (A.I.R.) Artist Image Resource, Pittsburgh, PA
Accessible Art Fair New York, National Arts Club, New York, NY
Most Imaginative Bartender, Agora Gallery, New York, NY
Picturing the Unprintable, Flux Factory, Queens, NY
Nature/Made (three person show), Massey Lyuben Gallery, New York, NY
Art New York art fair, Pier 94, New York, NY
A Moveable Feast, CW Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015
My Favorite Things, W Hotel Hoboken, NJ
Take Home a Nude Auction - Sotheby's, New York, NY
Weightless (solo show), Gates Gallery at West Nottingham Academy, Colora, MD
There Will Be Art Here, The Clemente Soto Vélez Center, New York, NY
2014
Lucid Visions, Panepinto Galleries, Jersey City, NJ
Take Home a Nude Auction - Sotheby's, New York, NY
The New Romantics, Mark Miller Gallery, NY
Nature Inspires (at the Tribeca Ball), New York Academy of Art, NY
2013
Myth & Folklore - Big Irv's Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Start Spreading the News - Woeske Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Take Home a Nude Auction - Sotheby's, New York, NY
Simulate (solo show) - Brooklyn Alehouse, Brooklyn, New York
MFA Thesis Exhibition - NYAA, New York, NY
Tribeca Ball - NYAA, New York, NY
Divergent - Joan and Alan Bernikow Jewish Community Center, Staten Island, NY
Single Fare 3 - RH Gallery, New York, NY
Symbiosis - NYAA, New York, NY
Mountain of Minis - NYAA, New York, NY
2012
Deck the Walls - NYAA, New York, NY
Put a Bow on It - Kraine Gallery, New York, NY
Heads - NYAA, New York, NY (co-curator)
Things That Go Bump in the Night - Kraine Gallery, New York, NY
Tribeca Ball - NYAA, New York, NY
Portraits Show - NYAA, New York, NY
2011
Deck the Walls - NYAA, New York, NY
Your Basement is Showing, NYAA, New York, NY
Fall Exhibition - NYAA, New York, NY
2010
Fragments - Siva, Wichita, KS
Midnite Snacks, Midwest Edition - 1366 Space, Chicago, IL
2009
Midnite Snacks - No Globe, Brooklyn, New York, NY
Midnite Snacks - Ghost Print Gallery, Richmond, VA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2014 - 2017 Painter and Artist Assistant, Liu Bolin projects/Klein Sun Gallery
2013 - 2016 Adjunct Professor in Figure Drawing - Long Island University of Brooklyn, NY
2015 - 2017 Instructor: public workshops in Figure Drawing - Drawing New York, NYC