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Education
  • 5 years at Utah State University, Painting and Drawing Major
 
Experience
  • Sold work during Art Basel Week in Miami, FL December 2016
  • Lexus Hybrid Living Suite: commission for eco-friendly suite designed around 17 paintings, Fairmont Hotel, Washington D.C. 2008
  • Juror: “Art on the Small Side” Touchstone Gallery, Washington D.C. December 2007
  • Studio assistant for Yale graduate and painting professor, Summer 2006
  • 1st Degree Black Belt, Tae Kwon Do
  • Figure skating instructor
  • Performed with World and Olympic Champions (Sasha Cohen, Johnny Weir, Alexei Yagudin, Brian Boitano, etc.) 

Exhibitions​
  • “Male Reconstruced” Solo Show, University of Arizona, Curated by the U of A Museum in Tuscon, Phoenix, AZ 2017
  • “Male Reconstructed” Solo Show, University of Arizona Art Museum, Phoenix 2017
  • “Heaven and Earth” Solo Show, {9} The Gallery, Phoenix 2017
  • “Manscape” Pop-up Show, {9} The Gallery, Phoenix 2016
  • “Shapes of Humanity” Solo Show, {9} The Gallery, Phoenix 2016
  • “Palettes of the World” Solo Show, MonOrchid Gallery, Phoenix AZ 2015
  • “Strata” Solo Show, {9} The Gallery, Phoenix AZ 2014
  • “7 Deadly Sins” {9} The Gallery, Phoenix AZ 2014
  • “Immaculate” {9} The Gallery, Phoenix AZ 2013
  • “Scottsdale Biennale” First Honor, Wee Gallery Fine Art, Scottsdale AZ 2012
  • “Balls of Steel” Group Show, {9) The Gallery, Phoenix AZ 2012
  • “My Space on 7th” Best in Show (peoples choice award) Touchstone Gallery, 2007
  • “Removed and Recycled” Solo Show, Touchstone Gallery, Washington D.C. 2007
  •  “9th Annual All-Media Exhibition” Touchstone Gallery, Washington D.C. 2006
 
 
Awards and Recognition
  • The Artist’s Magazine 2001 Art Competition, 1st Place, Student/Experimental Category (out of 13,000 entries, published in Jan. 2002 issue)
  • Scholarship offer to the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD 2006
  • 29th  and 30th  Annual Utah All-State High School Art Show, 2001-2002, Master’s Award Springville Museum of Art  (one of top 5 awards in state, 1st in museum’s history to receive 2 years in a row.)