Born 1981, Long Island, NY.
Lives and works in Los Angeles
 
EDUCATION
 
2009        MFA, The University of California, Los Angeles
2003        BFA, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago
2001        The International School of Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture, Umbria, Italy
 
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
 
2011        OVER/UNDER WORKED, ACP at Parker Jones, Los Angeles, CA
2011        The Alphabet Paintings, ARSG Special Exhibitions, LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
 
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
 
2015        Tribal Tats, Arturo Bandini, Los Angeles, CA
                Works of Paper II, Acme, Los Angeles, CA
2014        High Line, Luis De Jesus, Los Angeles, CA
2013        Lesson Plan, dA Center for the Arts, Pomona, CA
                Unsolved Mysteries, POST, Los Angeles, CA
2012        Curatorial Exchange, curated by Roger Herman, Irvine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
                Seven Young Los Angeles Painters I Like, George Lawson Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011        Plain Brown Wrapper, Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA
                Art Platform, CO/LAB with Statler Waldorf Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
                Similar Sensitivities, Mt. Sac College Gallery, Walnut, CA
                Immanent Domain II, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2010        Fall Exhibition/ARSG, LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
2009        Wet Paint:10 Young L.A. Painters, Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
                New Insight, curated by Suzanne Ghez of The Renaissance Society, Art Chicago, IL
                MFA Thesis Exhibition, Wight Gallery UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
                MFA 2009 Exhibition, Wight Gallery UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
2008        The Black Dragon Society, Black Dragon, Los Angeles, CA
2007        The Ones Who Stayed Longer, INMO Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
                Everything Must Go, Glu & Harvey Levine Temporary, Los Angeles, CA
2006        You Are Not Here, V&A Gallery, New York, NY
                Le Show, V&A Gallery, New York, NY
 
AWARDS
 
2012        Teaching Artist Fellowship,  The Armory Center for the Arts
2008        D’Arcy Hayman Award, UCLA
2008        Hyman Eugene Oxman Scholarship, UCLA
2007        D’Arcy Hayman Award, UCLA
2007        Edward J. and Alice Mae Smith Scholarship, UCLA
2006        University of California Los Angeles Fellowship, UCLA
2003        Nipon Steel Scholarship and Purchase Prize Award, Chicago
2000        Merit Scholarship, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY
 
2012        Ollman, Leah, “Seven Young Los Angeles Painters I Like” at George Lawson Gallery, Los Angeles Times, March  2012
2012        Immediato, Linda, “Fashion, Art, and Recycled Magazines: The Making of Slake”, Los Angeles Magazine, Haute List Blog, April 2012
2011        Ned Holte, Michael, “ACP” Parker Jones, Artforum, March 2011