I grew up climbing trees, making forts/ treehouses, and running around in the forests of NJ.
I think this had a large impact on my aesthetic sensibility and sense of self. Forests seem to ground me and nurtured my soul. The sense of wonder and awe I derive from nature and how I am a part of it is the main muse in my art. Still to this day a large part of my inspiration, play, and spiritual practice come from going into nature to reconnect to this side of myself and life.
Play and material experimentation are a vital part of my art practice. I try to infuse beauty, novelty, and enchantment into environments in an accessible way. I hope that my art serves as a portal to spark curiosity and suspend boredom even just for a moment.
After my childhood, I attended RISD for my undergraduate degree in painting where I took advantage of their amazing facilities by experimenting with as many materials, processes, and tools as I could.
Later in my young adulthood, after experiencing the enchanting, immersive, interactive, art of my first festival I moved to the Bay Area to link up with people producing the festival art projects and get involved in building some. I never ended up pursuing this direction too far because I ended up meeting my painting business mentor who encouraged me to pursue my fine art paintings as my main job. Subsequently, I launched a successful small business and fully supported myself off of my art for roughly four years. I am very proud of this accomplishment because I never thought it was possible and I find the business side of art fun and exciting as well.
I am pivoting in my career path to becoming an art teacher alongside running my art business. I have just moved to New York and am currently in Colombia Teachers College Masters Program earning my certification to teach art.
I would love to build a community, friend, and support system surrounding art and growth so feel free to connect with me.
EXHIBITIONS
2022 “Visions of A New” Art Vending Booth, Forgotten Work Studio, Dumbo Brooklyn NYC
2021 “Ham, Artful Sunday” An Art Vending Festival, Hunterdon NJ
2020 “Group Painting Silent Auction ” Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
2019 “Victory of the Surreal” Dim Worlds Hollywood, Los Angeles
2019 “Dark Light showcase” Dark Light showroom, Los Angeles
2019 “Fairy Viking wedding art Direction, Minnesota
2019 “Honey Bee” The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles
2018 “Poets of the Future”, ABCO, Oakland
2017 "Realms of the Unreal", Paxton Gate: Curiosities for Kids, San Francisco CA
2017 "Solo Show", Flywheel Coffee Roasters, San Francisco CA
2017 "Ritual", Alchemy Co-op, Berkley CA
2017 "Genetically Altered", The Omni Commons, Oakland CA
2016 "Outside In", The Mill, San Fransisco CA
2015 "We should all", Fort Gallery and Mary Weathers Oakland CA
2015 Holly H20, Guest artist Installation, San Francisco, CA
2015 Paradigm Shift, Nature &Humans, Chez Poulet, San Francisco, CA
2015, Installation art at Symbiosis Festival, CA
2015, Live painting at Lightning in a Bottel, CA
2015, Pretty Wild Grand Opening, Oakland, CA
2015 How Weird Street Fire, San Francisco
2015 First Friday, American Steel, Oakland, CA
2014 Live painting at Chapel of Sacred Mirrors (C.O.S.M). , Wappingers Falls, NY
2014 Group Show, Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown, NJ
2014 Solo Show, Cottage place Gallery, Ridgewood, NJ.
2013, The Living Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
2012 Eye Candy, Benedict House – LA Canvas, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Frolic, Frolic, Irresistible, RK Projects, Providence, RI
2010 INFLATE/DEFLATE, Studio 304, Providence, RI
2010 PROGRAMMED, The Apple Store, Brooklyn, NY
2010 A Space Of Uncertainty, Studio 304, Providence, RI
2010 Is This Recyclable, Under Minerva Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Printmaking Annual Exhibition, AS220, Providence, RI
2009 Painting show, Gelman Gallery, Providence, RI
2008 Hung, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI
2005Best In show award, Blackwell juried art show, Morristown, NJ
REVIEWS AND PRESS
2015 The P.e.a.c.e. Museum featured my work at the Science and Non duality conference held in October at the Dolce Mansion in San Jose. Here is Deepak Chopra being interviewed in front of my work "Passing Through". Here is a full article to his interview.
2015 A review of my forest series in the NJ Monthly magazine
2015 Art work used for The Album art of Empty Vessel
2015 Artwork used for the Album of Crowhurst.
2011 "Interview with A.I. S.", Daniel Rolnik, ArgotAndOchre.com