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ARTIST STATEMENT

Humanity is a delicate balance of stratum, not mixed together, but built upon one another to form community. Working in a combination of media, I build narratives that engage people to search for common ground. I found my early creative inspiration in Miami, a typically divided city, which drove me to explore how divergent communities can coexist and relate. So began my fascination in the synthesis of dichotomy and its ability to raise awareness of unseen or forgotten worlds, softening our collective fear of the unknown. Art provides a platform to bring people into dialogue with others outside their realm of understanding. In life, we confront division of every sort: class, race, political, religious, levels of education, creative preference, and even emotional states. What we do with those everyday encounters and challenges is so powerful and important to affect positive change in the future. As an artist, it’s my obligation to rise to that challenge and show a path forward in a world that will never cease to provide barriers and reasons to divide. 

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Solo and Two Person Exhibitions

2023
Spring / Break Art Show “Connoisseurs Of Street” with Lee Smith, Los Angeles

2022
The Restaurant Gallery “Contrast / Resolution “ with Carmelita- Diaz Kamin, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

AplusA Gallery “Isolation Dialogue Navigation” edition release for The 59th Venice Biennale

2019
Black Diamond Gallery “Coloured Lines” with Mima McMillan, NYC

2017
Okay Space Gallery “Philly VS New York” with Schoolly D, NYC

2016
La Petite Mort “Reified Raiments” NYC

2015
No Romance Galleries "A Circle Unbroken: Tributes In Pattern" NYC
AyzArts "Potemkin Towers And The Eternal Recurrence" NYC

2013
Great Jones Space "Am I Black Enough?" with Schoolly D, NYC
CoLab Projectspace “Broken Records: A Portrait Of Obsession” NYC

2011
Con Artist “Potemkin Room: A Cathartic Revision” NYC

2009
bOb Gallery “Uniquely Depressing, Utterly Inspiring” NYC
Focus Studios Gallery “Strange Attractor” NYC

 
Group Exhibitions and Collaborations

2022

Pelham Arts Center Public mural installation, Pelham, NY
Pelham Arts Center “Cover Lover Remix” Curated by Rich Burroughs, Pelham, NY
Garner Arts Center “Cover Lover Remix” Curated by Rich Burroughs, Garnerville, NY

2021
Anonymous Gallery “100 Sculptures” NYC
Ed. Varie Gallery “Pot Shop” NYC

2020
No Gallery/ Anonymous Gallery “100 Sculptures” Los Angeles

2019
MoMa/ PS1 “New York Art Book Fair” with BATT Coop/ Galerie P38, NYC
Gallerie P38 (Paris) at Wallplay Canal Street “Peripherie” NYC
MECA Art Fair with Anonymous Gallery, Puerto Rico
agnes b Galerie Boutique “Just Paper” NYC

2018
Glasgow Centre For Contemporary Arts “Glasgow Zine Fair” Scotland

2017
Best World “Plus One” NYC
Northside Festival Of Williamsburg “The Path” NYC

2016
Satellite Art Fair with Gallery Sensei for Art Basel Miami
Gallery Sensei at Showroom Louis Bontemps “Maverick Expo” for FIAC Paris
Gallery Sensei at Noho Studios “Maverick Expo” for Frieze London
Boston Center For The Arts “Future Arts” Boston
“No Commission Art Fair” Curated by Nicola Vassell, NYC
Art16 Fair with Start Foundation, London
Superchief Gallery “Pearly’s Beauty Salon” Los Angeles
Doyle Auction House “Brooklyn’s The Borough” Curated by Robert Aloia and Melissa McCaig- Welles, NYC
Gallery Sensei at 208 Bowery “Maverick Expo” For Frieze NYC, with American Medium, bitforms, Silvershed, and Postmasters

2015
MoMa/ PS1 “New York Art Book Fair” with Paper Work NYC
Roxbury Arts Group “Small Works” Roxbury, NY
AplusA Gallery "Rob Pruitt's Flea Market" for The 56th Venice Biennale
Parlor Gallery "Spell Check" Asbury Park, NJ
Pulse Fair with Braddock Tiles/ SWOON Studio, for Armory Week NYC
Mama Gallery "Love/ War" curated by Mint & Serf and Paper Work NYC, Los Angeles

2014
City Bird Gallery "Natural High" NYC
Select Fair with Braddock Tiles/ SWOON Studio, for Art Basel Miami
Tibet House "Art For Tibet 5" NYC
Rox Galley "Polish" NYC
High Line Loft Gallery "Trip The Lights Fantastic" curated by Natalie Kates, NYC
No Romance Galleries "We Do Our Part" curated by Osiel Rojas, NYC
Bleecker Street Arts Club "Support, Therapy, and Instability" NYC

2013
Select Fair with Con Artist Gallery, for Art Basel Miami
Bottleneck Gallery "Home Sweet Home" NYC
"AS | AP" curated by Jill Conner, NYC
Rox Gallery "None Of Us Is Greater Than All Of Us" curated by Mint & Serf, NYC
SCOPE Fair with Parlor Gallery, NYC
Con Artist "Slap: Adhesives & Egos. A DIY Sticker Exhibition" NYC
Parlor Gallery “Old Friends & New Work” Asbury Park, NJ

2012
“Anonymous Shop” by Anonymous Gallery for Miami Art Basel
Tibet House “Art For Tibet 4” NYC
Volcom "Dyezu Reunion Exhibition" Tokyo
Smart Clothes Gallery “Improvise Combustion” NYC
No Romance Gallery “No Ends” curated by Osiel Rojas, NYC
Parlor Gallery “Fun Is The Law” Asbury Park, NJ
Anonymous Gallery “Casa De Empeno ” NYC
Anonymous Gallery “Casa De Empeno” Mexico City
WhiteBox Gallery “Outlaw” NYC

2011
“DUMBO Arts Festival” mural collaboration with David Ellis, NYC
Joshua Liner Gallery “Art For Tibet 3” NYC
“Atlantic Avenue Art Walk” mural collaboration with Chris Mendoza, NYC
Parlor Gallery “Blah, Blah, Blah” Asbury Park, NJ
Parlor Gallery “Terrible Twos” Asbury Park, NJ
Chelsea Chapter “Well Hung” NYC, curated by Mint and Serf

2010
Anonymous Gallery “N’ap Boule” NYC
Joshua Liner Gallery “Barnstormers” NYC
Affordable Art Fair, featured artist installation, NYC
"Willoughby Windows" NYC, installation with Chris Mendoza
Union Gallery “Art For Tibet 2” NYC
“Atlantic Avenue Art Walk” mural collaboration with Chris Mendoza, NYC
“Re:form School” NYC

2009
Standard Downtown “Blueprint For F.A.M.E.” curated by Julie Machado, Los Angeles
NYSAT Public Art Installations, NYC
“The Drop +2012” NYC
“Atlantic Avenue Art Walk” NYC
Ace Hotel New York, permanent room installations, NYC
The Puffin Room Gallery “The Playground” NYC

2008
Alt Space Gallery “Loaded Deck” Miami
Deitch Studios LIC “Naturally Delicious” mural collaboration with avaf, NYC

2006
“What Moves You Miami” Miami Beach, FL, with Inkheads, Vulcan, Maya Hayuk, Friends With You, Jamil GS, and Momo

2005
“Atlantic Avenue Art Walk” mural installation with Barnstormers, NYC

2003
Cuchifritos Gallery “Bazzar” curated by Jose Parla, NYC
“Working People” public art installation with Inkheads and Barnstormers, Binghamton, NY

2002
Annex Gallery “Chance By Choice” For Art Basel Miami
Albion Hotel “Extensions Of The Spectacle” Miami Beach, FL, with Inkheads, Barnstormers, and HVW8
Creek Hotel “ Signature Series” permanent room Installation, Miami Beach

1999
DUMBO Arts Festival “Try This Somewhere” NYC
“Artist and Computer” NYC, with Jose Parla
Youngblood Gallery "Inkheads" Atlanta
Modern Primitive Gallery “Personal Alphabet” Atlanta
113 Gallery “Sporadic Germination” NYC

1998
Modern Primitive Gallery “Inkheads” Atlanta
Andy Dick’s Circus of Freaks, Los Angeles

Commercial Clients and Commissions

MTV/ Viacom, Universal Pictures, Weiden Kennedy, Arnold Worldwide, Neverstop Cultural Engineers, Scion/ Toyota, Hugo Boss, Express/ The Limited, 7 For All Mankind, Ace Hotels, Bimini Big Game Club (Bahamas), Creek Hotel (Miami Beach), Warlock Records, Giant Step Records, Miami Light Project, Art In Public Places of Miami, Vitro Agency, Newcastle Brown Ale, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Jazz At Lincoln Center, Virgin Mobile, Sephora, Ray Ban, Luxotica, Global Grind, Playboy Magazine, Miller Coors Brewing


Press

Indian River Press Journal 2021, Hjarrnstorm Magazine (Sweden) by Niclas Ostlind and Maxie Geismar 2020, Streaming Museum 2019, Creators/ Vice by Nathaniel Ainey 2017, Okayplayer by Kevito 2017, Cluster Wall 2017, Whitewall Magazine by Shonquis Moreno 2015, “Lideres” hosted by Julio Cesar Garcia, NTN24 News Network. 2015, StretArtNYC 2015, Liam McMullan Company 2015, Widewalls 2015, 12oz Prophet 2015, Waave + Dada 2015, Purple Diary 2015, Natalie Kates Projects 2014, Riddim Magazine 20th Anniversary Issue (Japan) by Yutaman 2013, Whitehot Magazine 2013, Animal New York 2013, The Huffington Post 2012, Vandalog 2012, Dossier Magazine 2012, Style Curator by Natalie Kates 2012, Riddim Magazine 2011, SGU by Osvaldo Chance Jimenez 2012, 2011, On- Verge Magazine 2011, WhiteHot Magazine 2011, Art Cards 2010, Juxtapose Magazine by Joey Garfield 2009, Tank Magazine by Francesca Gavin 2009, Complex Online 2009, V Magazine 2003, Binghamton Press and Sun 2003, FHM 2002, Atlanta Journal Constitution by Jerry Cullum 1999, Creative Loafing 1998, TWN Magazine 1996, Exito Magazine 1996, Miami Herald by Helen L Kohen 1995 Works Published Art News, Fabrik, RIPP Magazine, Big Magazine, Elle Magazine, Prophecy Magazine, Vibe Magazine, WWD, DNR, WeAr, Metro Pop, Elemental, Relax (Japan), Refill (Ausralia), BBM (Milan)


Books

“Five Years InsideA NewYork City Art Collective” Con Artist Collective 2020

“Manifold Machinations: Tribute Refined" by Pablo Power, 2015, published by No Romance Galleries

"Beneath the Streets" by Matthew Litwack and JURNE, 2014

"Support, Therapy, and Instability" featuring texts by Cat Marnell and Carlo McCormick, 2013

“The Wynwood Walls and Doors” featuring texts by Jeffery Deitch and Ethel Seno, 2012

“Stuck Up Piece Of Crap: From Punk Rock to Contemporary Art” by DB Burkeman, 2011

“Vandal Squad” by Joseph Rivera, 2008


Film/TV/Podcast

Artists talk for Museum Of Graffiti, Miami
“Eff Yo Couch” 2019
“My Life In Letters” 2017
“Lideres” hosted by Julio Cesar Garcia, NTN24 News Network. 2015
“Scratching Windows” by Kenneth Eng, An episode of WNET/ PBS series
“Reel New York” 2000


Education

School of Visual Arts, NYC
Parsons School of Design, NYC
Design And Architecture Senior High Miami, FL


Born

1975 Silver Spring, MD

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