Curriculum Vitae

Education

2003 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME.
1991 MFA, Photography, Tyler School of Art/Temple University, Elkins Park, PA.
1989 BFA, Photography, The University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

Solo Exhibitions

2009

Allcott Gallery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC

2007

Self Portraits, Samson Projects, Boston, MA
Current Mischief, Sol Mednick Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia

2006

Individual performance in conjunction with “Art after Dark,” Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA.

2004

Pendant for the Future, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL.

2003

Confidence & Faith, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA.

2000

Bachelor (Anonymous), Artist Project, Rosenbach Museum and Library, Philadelphia, PA.

1998

Dominion over Gentility, Nexus Foundation for Today's Art, Philadelphia, PA.
Contest (Performance presented in conjunction withContext), Nexus Foundation for Today's Art, Philadelphia, PA.

1997

A Slice of Heaven (Benefit Performance Event presented in conjunction with Heaven or Hell: The 1997 Benefit), Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA.
Here for your Amusement, Nexus Foundation for Today's Art, Philadelphia, PA.

1996

Especially for You (Interactive Performance presented in conjunction with In the Flow: Alternate Authoring Strategies) Franklin Furnace, New York, NY.

1995

100% Body Surface (Performance/Demonstration), White Columns, New York, NY.
100% Body Surface (Performance/Demonstration and Exhibition), Nexus, Phila., PA.

1994

A Spectacle, Black Box Theatre, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
The Amusement Room, Challenge #1, Dene M. Louchheim Galleries, Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA.
Body & Steel (Installation/Performance), Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA.

Group Exhibitions

2009

Salvavida, Collaborative Performance Event with Roxana Pérez-Méndez, “No Soul for Sale- A Festival of Independents,” X-Initiative, NYC, NY
Camina a Zacatecas, Antiguo Templo de San Agustín, Zacatecas, México

2008

Art of Uncertainty, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Sameness, Difference and Desire, Pulse Play, Pulse Contemporary Art Fair, NYC, NY

2007

GRAVITY, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
Continuum: Photography in Philadelphia, West Gallery, Free Library of Philadelphia,PA
Out, Loud & Proud, William Way Community Center, Philadelphia, PA
Ser Latino en el Siglo XXI, Centro Estatal de las Artes, Mexicali, Baja California, México

2006

Works on Paper, (Juror- Cornelia Butler), Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA
The Studio Visit, Exit Art, NYC, NY
A Timely Response, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL

2005

Bambi, Gallery Articule, Montreal, Canada.
HOMOMUSEUM, Exit Art, NYC, NY
Operation R.A.W., Icebox Project Space, Philadelphia, PA
Parameters of Fear, Galerie Art Mûr, Montreal, Canada.

2004

Picante: Latino Influence on American Culture, Athica, Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, GA.
Super Salon, SamSon ProJects, Boston, MA.
Benaddiction, Goliath Visual Space, Brooklyn, NY.
Parameters of Fear, Muu Gallery, Helsinki, Finland.
MuuMaanatai/Fear Fair II- videoteoksia, Muu Gallery, Helsinki, Finland.
Hope and Glory: The Enduring Legacy of Oscar B. Cintas(Cintas Fellowship Exhibition), Miami Art Central, Miami, FL.

2003

Bambi, ICA Video Lounge, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA.
lil' buddy, Project Room, Philadelphia, PA.
Viewpoints, Arthur Ross Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
1 Bank Street, Philadelphia Fringe Festival Event at the 5Spot, Philadelphia, PA.
From This to That: Artist's Inspirations, Nexus Foundation for Today's Art, Phila., PA.

2001

In Our Own Back Yard, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA.

2000

Achieving Failure: Gym Culture 2000 (catalog), (curated by Bill Arning), Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY.
Achieving Failure: Gym Culture 2000, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH.
MAN-MADE fabricating masculinity (catalog), Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA.
About Face (catalog), Delaware Center for the Creative Arts, Willmington, DE.
Studio Visit: Philadelphia Artists at Work, Art in City Hall, Phila., PA (travelling exhibition).
Snapshot (catalog), Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD.

1999

Pennsylvania Artists From the Permanent Collection, The Fabric Workshop & Museum, Philadelphia, PA.
Place of Memory: an archaeology of site-specificity 1969-1999, Temple Gallery, Phila.,PA.

1998

Twenty Philadelphia Artists: Celebrating Fleisher Challenge at Twenty (catalog), Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA.
20 x 12: A Generation of Challenge Artists, Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Phila., PA.
Family Realities, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA.

1997

Altered Egos (catalog), curated by Reine Hauser/catalog essay by Sylvie Fortin, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY.
The Body: Expression/Impression, Video Room, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Phila., PA.
Invitational Salon Exhibition, New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA.

1996

The Strange Power of Cheap Sentiment (or à bientôt to irony), White Columns, NY, NY.
Complexity and Contradiction: Postmoderism in Philadelphia Photography
Paley Design Center, Philadelphia College of Textiles & Science, Philadelphia, PA.
You Talkin' to Me? (catalog), curated by Patrick T. Murphy and Paolo Columbo, paired with Vanessa Beecroft, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA.
Philadelphia Selections II/Social Register: Identity and Community in Philadelphia (curated by Maurice Berger), Levy Gallery for the Arts, Moore College, Philadelphia, PA.
Works on Paper (Juror- Bill Arning), Beaver College Art Gallery, Glenside, PA.

1995

Maricas (curated by Bill Arning), Centro Cultural Ricardo Rojas, La Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Flesh, Fetish, and Fashion- Three Activated Installations (catalog), White Columns,NY,NY.
The Nude: Beyond the Studio (catalog), Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA.
Connections: An Exhibition of the Ideas Behind the Art, Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA.
Flesh, Fetish, and Fashion - Three Activated Installations (catalog), White Columns, New York, NY.
Through the Looking Glass: Self Portraits and Autobiographical Images, Nexus Foundation for Today's Art, Philadelphia, PA.

1994

Objects & Souvenirs: Artist's Multiples (Window on Broad), Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
National Exhibition (Juror - Robert Storr), East-West Cultural Studies, New York, NY.
Works on Paper (Juror- Elizabeth Sussman), Beaver College Art Gallery, Glenside, PA.

Selected Grants, Awards, and Residencies

2007

Artist’s Residency, Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY
Distinguished Teaching Award in the Undergraduate Program, School of Design, University of PA, PA

2006

Director’s Prize, Arcadia Works on Paper

2004

Finalist, Cintas Foundation Fellowship, New York, NY.
The MacDowell Colony, Artist Residency, Peterborough, NH.
S.O.S. Artist Grant, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

2003

Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant for Painters and Sculptors.
Atlantic Center for the Arts, Associate Artist, Artist Residency with Master Artist:
Gillian Wearing, New Smyrna Beach, FL.
Acadia Summer Arts Program, Artist Residency, Acadia, ME.
S.O.S. Artist Grant, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.
Nominee, Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award.
Nominee, The Baum: An Emerging American Photographer Award, Baum Foundation, NY.

2001

PEW Fellowship in the Arts, Works on Paper, Philadelphia, PA.
Nominee, Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award.

2000

The Rosenbach Museum & Library, Philadelphia, PA: Artist-in-Residence and Project Grant.
S.O.S. Artist Grant, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.
Individual Artist Fellowship, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (Interdisciplinary Arts).

1999

Nominee, Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award.

1997

The Fabric Workshop & Museum, Philadelphia, PA: Artist-in-Residence and Project Grant.
Individual Artist Fellowship, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (Photography).

1995

Venture Fund Grant, The University of the Arts.

1994

Friends of the Gallery Award, Works on Paper, Beaver College Art Gallery.

1993

Dene M. Louchheim Faculty Fellowship, Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial.

Professional Activities

2008

Juror, Maryland State Council on the Arts, Photography
Juror, New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Photography

2004-08

Fine Arts Advisory Committee, Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority

1997-08

Mid-Atlantic Regional Board Member, Society for Photographic Education

2006

Co-Chair, Regional Conference- Society for Photographic Education,
University of Pennsylvania, PA.
Mid-Atlantic Regional Board Member, Society for Photographic Education

2004 - 2008

Fine Arts Advisory Committee, Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority.
Board of Artistic Advisors, The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA.

2003

Juror, Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Challenge Exhibitions, Philadelphia, PA.

2002

Juror, Illinois State Council on the Arts, Interdisciplinary Arts.

1999 - 2002

Co-Chair, Arcadia University Art Gallery Advisory Board, Glenside, PA.

1997 - 1999

Mid-Atlantic Regional Board Member, Society for Photographic Education.

1996 - 1999

Exhibition Committee Member, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA.

Selected Panel Discussions and Lectures

2009

Visiting Artist/Critic, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC

2008

Visiting Artist/Critic, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN

2005

Direct Dialogue- “Artists Residencies” panel discussion, The Center For Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA.
“A Sense of Place: Installation Art in Philadelphia” panel discussion, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA

2004

“A Conversation with Patrick T. Murphy- 40th Anniversary of the ICA”, panel discussion, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA.

2000

"Interrogating the Space of the Gym and its Culture", New School for Social Research,
New York, in conjunction with "Picturing the Modern Amazon" at The New Museum, Moderator: Bill Arning.

1997

Faculty Panel Discussion in conjunction with "Faculty Focus: Art + Design", The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, Moderator: Leah Douglas.

1996

"Q & A", in conjuction with Philadelphia Gay & Lesbian Pridefest, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Moderator: Richard Torchia.

1993

"Snapshot: Philadelphia Photography", Rider University Gallery, Lawrenceville, NJ, Moderator: Bill Walker.