Born 1980 in Urbana, IL USA
Lives and works in New York, NY USA
Education
2002 – 2004 Universität Der Künste Berlin, GERMANY
Class of Leiko Ikemura
1997 – 2001 The University of Chicago Chicago, IL USA
BA in Visual Arts and English Language and Literature
Exhibitions
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
The Basque and the Bijou, Babette, Berlin, Germany
2017
New iPhone (Self) Portraits, Babette, Berlin, Germany
2014
Negative Empire, Entwine, New York, NY
2012
Entwine, New York, NY
2009
The Dream Is Over, Galerie Fridey Mickel, Berlin, Germany
2008
The Dream Is Over, Kunstsalon, Berlin, Germany
2006
Feels like Heaven, Galerie LaGiraffe, Berlin, Germany
2005
Inside/Out, Windowlicker, Berlin, Germany
2004
Spiegelreflex, Der Garten Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2003
Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin, Germany
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Staff Exhibition, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
2023
In Being Double, Pace Gallery, New York, NY
2022Wildflowers in the Concrete Jungle, Pace Gallery, New York, NY
The Patriot, O'Flaherty's, New York, NY
2021Common Currents, curated by Jamal Moss, Online Experimental Video Forum, common.currents.fm
2020
Naturartis, curated by Katia Hermann, Online Exhibition, www.berlincollectiv.com
Spark, El Barrio’s PS 109 Artspace, New York, NY
Social Media, Online Exhibition, www.berlincollectiv.com
2019
South Bronx Independent Artists Coalition, Hell Gate Arts, The Bronx, NY
2018
South Bronx Independent Artists Coalition, 37 Bruckner Blvd, The Bronx, NY
2017
The Emotional States of America, Artbition, Miami, FL
The Psyche of Sincerity, LIC Arts Festival, The Falchi, Long Island City, NY
Staff Show, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
2016
Smart Dust, SLA 307, New York, NY
2015
Published by the Artist, International Print Center, New York, NY
Survey 2015, Brookyn Navy Yards, Brooklyn, NY
2014
It’s a Bored Nation, Kunsthalle Projects, Brooklyn, NY
The Invitational, Kunsthalle Galapagos, Brooklyn, NY
2013
On-Looking, Kunsthalle Galapagos, Brooklyn, NY
The Legend of the Shelves, Autocenter, Berlin, Germany
Save As: Science, Kreuzberg Pavillon, Berlin, Germany
The Lost Garden, Hermannstr. Courtyard, Berlin, Germany
Dawn of the Hermetics, Kosmetiksalon Babette, Berlin, Germany
2012
Gift Shop II, Kosmetiksalon Babette, Berlin, Germany
Each Memory Recalled Must Do Some Violence to Its Origins, undisclosed location, Utah, USA
Miniature by Serendipity, Kosmetiksalon Babette, Berlin, Germany
Fax, Utah MoCA, Salt Lake City, Utah
Artists Merchandising Art, Wunderloch Kellerland, Berlin, What the Shop, Vienna, La Guillotine/Atelier Reflexe, Paris and Fluid Archives, Hamburg
2011
Gift Shop, Kosmetiksalon Babette, Berlin, Germany
Lark/Plunge, curated by Celina Basra, Atelierhof Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
YOU ARE FREE, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria
starving artist superstar, curated by the Freie Universität Berlin students in Curatorial Studies, Archive Books, Berlin, Germany
Curator's Choice, Tape, Berlin, Germany
a painting show, curated by Aaron Moulton, Autocenter, Berlin, Germany
Metrospective 1.0, Program Gallery, Beriln, Germany
Deconstruction/Construction, Tape, Berlin, Germany
Spätkauf, Kunstverein Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
New American Values, Atelierhof Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
2010
First Feinkost Triennial, Feinkost Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Harder But Still Easy, Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
4art x 5days, 07. Berliner Kunstsalon, Berlin, Germany
First Steps, Babette, Berlin Germany
Videodrome, curated by Aaron Moulton, Autocenter, Berlin, Germany
Source/Resource, Wilde Gallery, Berlin, Germany
YOU ARE FREE, Tape, Berlin, Germany
Waking the Dead, Autocenter, Berlin, Germany
2009
FMAB in NYC, Naiagra, Ave. A and 7th, NYC, USA
Less is More, curated by Margherita Belaief, Forgotten Bar Project, Berlin, Germany
Waking the Living, SN Studios, Berlin, Germany
Grand Opening, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to…, Berlin, Germany
Almost Made it to Mitte, Temporäre Kunsthalle Friedrichshain, Berlin, Germany
Duck & Cover, Tease Art Fair, Cologne, Germany
2008
Summer Jam: Made in 08, Galerie T-40, Düsseldorf, Germany
Ausländer in Berlin, curated by Margherita Belaief, Citric Gallery, Brescia, Italy
2006
Magistrale Art Festival, Potsdamerstraße, Berlin, Germany
2005
Reflections, Temporary Art Space (www.temporaryartspace.de), Berlin, Germany
2004
Underground, with the Ikemura class of the Üniversität der Künste, unfinished U5 Kanzleramt underground station, Berlin, Germany
Weapons of Mass Distraction, Mudd Club Workshop, Berlin Germany
2003
Transmissions from Across the Atlantic, Mudd Club Workshop, Berlin, Germany
2002
Overkill, Heeresbaekerei, Berlin, Germany
Awards and grants
2010
Two QCine Filmförderung grants from the Universität der Künste , Berlin, Germany
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Autocenter Berlin (Catalogue), 2014
Kunsthalle Exnergasse (Catalogue), 2013
Shakin’ Nerves, Rattlin’ Brains, Garageland, 01.2008
White Cube Ambitions, Spex Magazine, 01.2008
Almost Nothing, New York Arts Magazine, 01.2007-02.2007