Born

1982, New York, NY
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY



Education

2004-2006    MFA, Columbia University, New York, NY
2000- 2004   BFA, Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, NYC
2003              Yale Norfolk Program, Norfolk, CT


Group Exhibitions
2011        Momenta Benifit, Loretta Howard Gallery, NY
2010        Tell it to My Pretty Face, Art in General, NY
                Nuture Art Benifit Auction, Ziehersmith Gallery, NY
                Invagination and the Death of a Hamster: For Those With and Without,
                   curated by Cara Benedetto, New York 
2009        Vintage Violence, curated by John Gauld, Space 414, New York, NY
2008        Smalls, curated by Natalie Lanese and Inga Huld Tryggvadottir,
                  Burning River Gallery, NewYork, NY
2006        Six Degrees of Separation, Stux Gallery, New York, NY
                 MFA Thesis Exhibition, curated by Jenny Moore, New York, NY
                 Panopoly, The Leroy Neiman Gallery, NY
                 AAF Contemporary Art Fair, Pier 92, NY
2005        No Nouns Allowed: Drawing as a Verb, The Leroy Neiman Gallery, New York, NY
                 Metaphase, curated by Jeffrey Uslip, Mariam and Eli Wallach Gallery, New York, NY
2004        Escape!, The Houghton Gallery, New York, NY


Awards and Honors

2006        Ellen Gellman Fellowship Fund, Columbia University, NY
2004        Ethel Cram Memorial Prize, Cooper Union, NY
2003        Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship, Yale University, CT
2000        Mark Rothko Scholarship, New York, NY


Press

Melendez, Franklin, " Five Artists to Watch", SOMA Magazine, December 2006.