artist statement

I am drawn to the metaphorical content of objects. How an action of a person is matched by the function of an object. I am interested the stories people tell. How, in the telling of these stories, they change as objects do- they break and fracture and wear- but are reassembled and repaired. When I collect stories from friends, acquaintances and strangers I think about the way the story is told. Is it a complaint or a confession? Or is it a way of reliving a moment that has passed. The accuracy of these stories are secondary to the life they take on. Stories have sentimental value- the same way objects can.
These objects and stories are the starting point for my projects.





education

Master of Fine Arts in Book Arts/Printmaking [ 1999-2001 ]
University of the Arts - Philadelphia, PA
Faculty Award Recipient [ 2001 ]


Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture [ 1994-1998 ]
Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University - New Brunswick, NJ




exhibition record

Textuate, Hull Gallery, Hudson County Community College, Jersey City, NJ [ 2016 ]
Printers in Residence IV, Newark Print Shop, Newark, NJ [ 2016 ]
Fat Gives Things Flavor, _gaia Studios, Jersey City, NJ [ 2016 ]
Printers In Residence IV, Newark Print Shop, Newark, NJ [ 2015 ]
Superfood, Main Gallery In Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ [ 2015 ]
Urban Threads, Lemmerman Gallery, NJCU, Patterson, NJ [ 2014 ]
This Must Be Home, Art Factory, Jersey City, NJ [ 2014 ]
_gaia Art Collective Studio Showcase, _gaia Studios, Jersey City, NJ [ 2014 ]
TEN: TEN Years Of Art And Activism, City Hall, Jersey City, NJ [ 2012 ]
TEN: TEN Years Of Art And Activism, TenMarc Building, Jersey City, NJ [ 2012 ]
Then You, My Dear Friend, Are A Damn Fool - Illuminated Manuscripts, _gaia Studios, Jersey City, NJ [ 2012 ]
Short Cuts, _gaia Studios, Jersey City, NJ [ 2011 ]
Here and Now, WOOLPUNK Studios, Jersey City, NJ [ 2011 ]
Red, White & Glitter, _gaia Studios, Jersey City, NJ [ 2011 ]
New News Is Old News, The Gowanus Studio Space, Brooklyn, NY [ 2011 ]
Tiny Baby Show, _gaia Studios, Jersey City, NJ [ 2011 ]
New News Is Old News, Aferro Gallery Gallery, Newark, NJ [ 2011 ]
Since You've Been Gone I Can Do Whatever I Want, Solo show, _gaia Studios, Jersey City, NJ [ 2010 ]
$$$, Lex Leonard Gallery, Jersey City, NJ [ 2010 ]
365 Days Of Print, Embankment Gallery, Jersey City, NJ [ 2009 ]
Codes, _gaia Studios, Jersey City, NJ [ 2010 ]
I And Thou, John Cotton Dana Library, Newark NJ [ 2009
_gaia Group, _gaia Studios, Jersey City, NJ [ 2009 ]
$$$, ABC No Rio, New York, NY [ 2009 ]
2191 Days And Counting, Powerhouse Arena, New York, NY [ 2009 ]
RESISTANCE!, John Cotton Dana Library, Newark, NJ [ 2008 ]
_gaia, Neumann Leather Building, Hoboken, NJ [ 2008 ]
Felician College Faculty Exhibition, Felician College, Lodi, NJ [ 2008 ]
WWIII, Mana Fine Arts, Jersey City, NJ [ 2008 ]
CORPOREAL - Book As Body, Body As Book, John Cotton Dana Library, Newark NJ [ 2007 ]
Pumping Kill Mud Down the Drill Pipe - Broadside Battle, Space 1026, Philadelphia, PA [ 2007 ]
Felician College Faculty Exhibition, Felician College, Lodi, NJ [ 2007 ]
Book Art, Penn State University, Abington, PA [ 2006 ]
Felician College Faculty Exhibition, Felician College, Lodi, NJ [ 2006 ]
The Independent Film And Video Showcase, The Greek Cultural Center, Astoria, NY [ 2006 ]
Human Pixel Project, Three Columns, Master House, Harvard University Cambridge, MA [ 2006 ]
Animation Block Party, BAM Rose Cinemas, Brooklyn, NY [ 2005 ]
Felician College Faculty Exhibition, Felician College, Lodi, NJ [ 2005 ]
Felician College Faculty Exhibition, Felician College, Lodi, NJ [ 2004 ]
LIFEbeat Art Auction, The Puck Building, New York, New York [ 2002 ]
All Small Exhibit, Eyedrum Art and Music Gallery, Atlanta, GA [ 2002 ]
Metamorphosis: Contemporary Forms In Book Arts, Bucks County College, Newtown, PA [ 2001 ]



lectures

Invisible Lines, Curated By Pablo Medina, Society of Illustrators, New York, NY [ 2015 ]



residencies

Printer In Residence, The Newark Print Shop, Newark, NJ [ 2015-2016 ]
Superfood, Gallery Affero, Newark, NJ [ 2015 ]
New News Is Old News, The Gowanus Studio Space, Brooklyn, NY [ 2011 ]
$$$, ABC No Rio, New York, NY [ 2009 ]
WWIII, Mana Fine Arts, Jersey City, NJ [ 2008 ]



small-press publications

...and all this is metaphor, Ink Jet And Stamped, When Lips Press [ 2011 ]
Tie Tuesday, Ink Jet, When Lips Press [ 2011 ]
Love Stories - Inspired By The New York Times, Ink Jet And Stamped, When Lips Press [ 2011 ]
Cardboard Weapons, Screenprint, When Lips Press [ 2011 ]
I Hate To Go To Bed, I Hate To Wake Up, I Hate To Be Alone, Inkjet, When Lips Press [ 2009 ]
This Is How We Walk On The Moon, Inkjet, When Lips Press [ 2008 ]
Oh, You're Married, Inkjet, When Lips Press [ 2008 ]
Night Sky In July, When Lips Press [ 2007 ]
Phone Call, LaserJet, When Lips Press [ 2007 ]
The Library, Inkjet, Ace Press [ 2006 ]
Driving Home, Laser Print, Ace Press [ 2002 ]
Tuesday Kissing, Heidelberg KORS One-Color Press, Ace Press [ 2001 ]
Broken Heart, Broken Head(band), Heidelberg KORS One-Color Press, Ace Press [2001 ]
My Bluebird Of Happiness, Heidelberg KORS One-Color Press, Ace Press [ 2001 ]
I Have Trouble Remembering Her, Action Girl, Issue 18, Slave Labor Graphics [ 1998 ]
Mrs. Miller, How I Became Beautiful, Action Girl, Issue 11, Slave Labor Graphics [ 1997 ]



collections

Newark Public Library, Newark, NJ
The Library, Inkjet; Ace Press [ 2006 ]
This Is How We Walk On The Moon, Inkjet, When Lips Press [ 2008 ]
Oh, You're Married, Inkjet, When Lips Press [ 2008 ]
Special Collections Library, Penn State University, Abington, PA
The Library, Inkjet, Ace Press [ 2006 ]
Visual Arts Library, SVA, New York, NY
Driving Home, Laser Print; Ace Press [ 2002 ]
Sallie Bingham Center Women's Zine Collections, Duke University, Durham, NC
Melissazine, Laser Print; Ace Press [ 1997 ]



teaching experience

Associate Professor of Graphic Design, Felician College, Lodi, NJ [ 2015 - Present ]
Assistant Professor of Graphic Design, Felician College, Lodi, NJ [ 2004 - 2015 ]
Chair of the Art and Music Department, Felician College, Lodi, NJ [ 2013 - 2014 ]
Coordinator of the Graphic Design Program, Felician College, Lodi, NJ [ 2005 - 2008 ]