for a printable resume (full) please click HERE (WordDoc)

Born:    1969     Arlington, Tx                                                Currently Residing:    Houston, Tx 

Recent Group Exhibitions

2006     Beast                                     Finesilver Gallery, Houston

              Pathfinder/Threadwinder         CSAW, Houston

2005     Contemporary Erotic Drawings                

                                                               Diverseworks, Houston and The Aldrich  Contemporary Art                                                                   Museum,   Ridgefield, Ct

                Woods                                 Negative Space, Houston

                ArtLA                                    Los Angeles, courtesy of Artscan Gallery,  Houston

                Erotic Resistance             The Foundry, Houston

2004      Camp Lucky                        Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston

2003     The Stray in May                Chicago,   courtesy of Mixture Gallery, Houston 

              Texas Raw                           Artscan Gallery, Houston

              The Thicket                          CSAW, Houston

2002    ...until someone gets hurt...    Lawndale Art Center, Houston

             Fast Forward Miami             Miami, Fl,  courtesy of Inman Gallery, Houston

             Million Dollar Hotel                Holiday Inn, Hwy 59S Houston       

             Fashionistas II                       Poissant Gallery, Houston

              Child's Play                            CSAW, Houston

            Stacks                                      110 Gallery,  Houston

              Summer Drawings               Mixture Gallery, Houston

2001    Big as Texas                           Diverseworks, Houston

              New Orleans Triennial         New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana

             Masters Thesis Show          Blaffer Gallery, Houston

              Friendly Mart                          Convenience Store, Houston

              Scene of the Crime              U of H Small Projects Gallery, Houston

            Fashionistas I                        Poissant Gallery, Houston

             Fast Food for Thought       Artscan, Houston

            Slumberhouse                        Poissant Gallery, Houston

(for shows prior to 2001, please see full resume HERE)

Solo and Duo Exhibitions

2003     Through the Wilderness      CSAW, Houston (with Mindy Kober)

2001     Wanderlust                               CSAW, Houston (with Teresa O'Connor)

2000      Ruse and Ruin                        CSAW, Houston

1995      Glorypoisoned                         Gallery One Nine, Houston

Education             

1999 - 2001     MFA Sculpture                     University of Houston

1989 - 1999    BFA Painting                         University of Houston

1987 - 1989   Biology/Theology Studies       Houston Baptist University

The Theater of the Self

If you have already seen my work, then you have encountered various characters:  snowmen, devil-girls, scouts, buddhas, ghosts and robots.  I am an amalgam of all my characters, an aggregate consciousness, a memetic montage, a forum.    I, Amphorum.

Although I admit that the illusion of a singular self is luridly seductive, upon inward inspection this facade is flimsy at best.   We are all composed of various memes that are in constant shifting conflict and, for me, that conflict erupts into my art, turning it into a theater of myself.

Each character that arrives on stage is, at first glance, a typological construct pulled directly from the popular subconscious.   However, each has been tweaked and  reformed into a vehicle that not only enacts archetypal conflicts  but also embodies  aspects of my own internal theological, philosophical and personal battles.