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B. 1970, Fort Collins, CO
Currently Resides in Chicago, IL

EDUCATION

1993

School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Presidential and Kravitt Scholarship, 1989-93

1990

University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado
School of Liberal Arts and Sciences

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008

Shadow of the Silver Moon, YARGER/STRAUSS Contemporary, Beverly Hills, CA

2005

Sleepers, Museum Works Galleries, Aspen, CO

2004

Awaken to a Dream, Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA

2003

Floating into the Night, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY
Passage, Lee Gallery, Miami University, OH

2001

Symbiosis, Lyons Wier Gallery, Chicago, IL

1999

Toothsome Beauty and Monkeyshines, Lyons Wier Packer Gallery, Chicago, IL

1998

Strange Nature, Aron Packer Gallery at Gary Marks, Chicago, IL

1996

Black Orchid, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009

The Illusionists, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
L.A. Art Show, Represented by YARGER/STRAUSS Contemporary, Santa Monica, CA
L.A. Art Show, Represented by George Billis Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

2008

Red Dot Fair, Represented by George Billis Gallery, Miami, FL
Bridge Art Fair, Represented by YARGER/STRAUSS Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
Corpus Maximus 2008, Represented by YARGER/STRAUSS Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
L.A. Art Show, Represented by YARGER/STRAUSS Contemporary, Santa Monica, CA

2007

Bridge Art Fair, Represented by YARGER/STRAUSS Contemporary, Miami, FL
Red Dot Fair, Represented by George Billis Gallery, Miami, FL
14th Annual Realism Invitational, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Fall Preview, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY

2006-07

Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, Smithsonian Institution, National Portrait
Gallery, Washington, DC

2005

Red Hot, Two Person Exhibition, Susan Street Fine Art, Solana Beach, CA

2004

Affordable Art Fair, Represented by Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY
Summer Show, Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA
Downtown Bears it All, Racine Public Art Exhibition, WI

2003

Affordable Art Fair, Represented by Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY
Figurative Painting 101, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY
Dixie Art of the Plate, Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY, Juried Exhibition
Art New York 2003, Represented by Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY

2002

Art Chicago 2002, Represented by Lyons Wier Gallery, Chicago, IL
Best Young Painters Competition, Hiestand Gallery, Miami University, OH, Juried Exhibition

2001

Snow Globe Invitational, Lyons Wier Gallery, Chicago, IL
Faces in the Field, Field Museum, Chicago, IL, Charity Art Auction
Suite Home Chicago, Chicago Public Art Exhibition, IL, Cowgirl Tower, Sponsor: Sotheby’s

2000

SOTHEBYS.COM, Internet Auction, Presented by Artlink, Inc.
S.O.F.A. New York 2000, Represented by Lyons Wier Packer Gallery, New York, NY
ArtLink @ Sotheby’s 2000, Tel-Aviv, Chicago and Vienna, Juried Exhibitions and Auctions

1999

Cows on Parade, Chicago Public Art Exhibition, IL, Half and Half, Sponsor: Sotheby’s
The Bug Show, Aron Packer Gallery at Yello, Chicago, IL

1998

Consumptive Pleasures, Aron Packer Gallery at Gary Marks, Chicago, IL
Around the Coyote, Chicago, IL
Holiday Bizarre, Aron Packer Gallery at Yello, Chicago, IL

1996

S.O.F.A Chicago 1996, Represented by Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL

1995

S.O.F.A Chicago 1995, Represented by Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL

1994

New Talent II, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL
Bachelor of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL

PUBLICATIONS/ MEDIA

2009

American Art Collector, October, Berlin Noir, pages 180-181.
Dangerous Ink, 02, pages 40-47.
Un Tueur a Munich, Book Cover, Actes-Sud.

2008

The New Yorker, October 20, full page 76.
Les sirens d’Alexandrie, Book Cover, Actes-Sud.
Lamono, Febrero-Marzo/No. 41, four-page feature.
Los Angeles Art Show Catalog, January 2008, page 142.

2007

New American Paintings, Issue # 71, pages 80-83.
Anxious Pleasures, Book Cover, Shoemaker and Hoard.
The Artists Magazine, March, 25 Under 40, page 40.

2006

Head Magazine, May Issue #33, The Truth About Beauty, Opening Feature.
Phirebrush, Release #36, Feature Interview.

2004

Direct Art, Volume 9, double page feature.

2003

Art in America, August 2003, page 47.
New York Sun, March 18, page 17.
Hamilton Journal News, January 24, Section D, page 4.
Review by Richard O. Jones.

2002

Art in America, April 2002, page 63. June 2002, page 66.
July 2002, page 46.
Juxtapoz, May/June #38, Juxtapoz Gallery, page 40.
Hamilton Journal News, January 25, Eventure!, page 7.
Feature Article.
The Miami Student Amusement, January 24, page 10.

2001

Suite Home Chicago, An International Exhibition of Street Furniture, Published by NeptunVerlag, page 61.
New American Paintings, Issue # 35, pages 82-85.
Chicago Tribune, Interview, July 22, Section 17, page 10.
Art Beat Chicago, WTTW 11, June 17.
Chicago Sun-Times, June 1, page 16 and 17.
Channel 7 News, Interview, May 29.

2000

CLTV, Special Report at 5 and 10, January 19.
Channel 5 News, Morning Show, January 18.
UIC Today, January 14, Front Page.

1999

The Jerusalem Post, December 26, Feature Article.
New City, December 9, page 42.
Projector, December: Issue 15, page 7.
Crain’s Chicago Business, September 20, page 3.
Reporter Herald, September 14, Section B, page 1.
Feature Article.
Chicago Sun-Times, August 12, Front page and page 18.
McDonald’s Corporation, Cows on Parade Commemorative Cup.

1998

Chicago Reader, April 24, Section 2, page 21.
Chicago Tribune, Pick of the Week, April 12, Section 15, page 2.
1996 Chicago Reader, April 26, Section 2, page 19.

AWARDS

2009

Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, Semi-Finalist,
Smithsonian Institution, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC

2006

Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, Top Finalist,
Smithsonian Institution, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC

2003

Liquitex Excellence in Art Purchase Award, Grand Prize,
Piscataway, New Jersey

2002

William and Dorothy Yeck Purchase Award, Best of Show,
Miami University, Oxford Ohio