EDUCATION 

M.F.A. University of California Los Angeles 
Photography 

B.F.A. Cooper Union 
Areas of specialization: Photography, Video, and Sculpture 


EXHIBITIONS (*SOLO) 

2009

Mesler&Hug, Los Angeles*

The Camera Show, Fotogalleriet, Oslo

Portrait Studio, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen

On From Here, Guild and Greyskull, NYC

2008 

What Comes Naturally, Fake Estate, NYC

2007

Imagine Los Angeles, Spruth Magers Munich Projekte, Munich

Genesis I'm Sorry, Greene-Naftali Gallery, New York

Show, Jail Gallery, Los Angeles

Natural Geographic, N.D. Productions, Los Angeles

2006
Patterson Beckwith. Daniel Hug Gallery, L.A.* 
Domino. Air de Paris, Paris 
L.A. 25. Skadden Arps, Los Angeles 
Second Annual Los Angeles Biennial. Track 16 Gallery, L.A.
Campari (This show was not sponsored by...)Curator: Luciano Perna  Park Projects, L.A. 

2005 
Group Portrait Studio. E.S.L. Projects, L.A.* 
Supermarket Bouquets. Counterpoint Harmony, L.A.* 
Portrait Booth. Photo NY, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York. 

2004 
Home. American Fine Arts co., New York. * 
None of the Above. Swiss Institute New York. 
Let the Bullsh*t Run a Marathon. Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York. 

2003 
Bad Time Clocks. Ecart, Basel. 

2002 
Portrait Studio. Galleria del Cortile, Rome. * 
Three Day Weekend. UCLA Hammer Museum, L.A. 

2001 
Portrait Studio. American Fine Arts co. New York* (Catalog). NY Downtown Arts Festival, commission for a mobile portrait studio. 
The Love of Look. Engholm Engelhorn Galerie, Vienna (Curator: Kirsty Bell). 

2000 
Sentimental Education. Deitch Projects, New York. (Curator: David Rimanelli). 
The Nocturnal Dream Show. Pat Hearn Gallery, New York (Curator: Daniel Reich). 
Coal by any Other Name. American Fine Arts, Co. New York. (Founded, administered and taught at a art school run concurrently with the exhibition. See www.societyofcontrol.com for syllabus and documentation). 

1999 
XXX Dope. American Fine Arts, Co. New York. 
Friends and Enemies. The 5th International, New York. 
Answer Yes No or Don’t Know. Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York. 

1998 
Inauguration of The 5th International. The 5th International, New York. 
Sister Act 2/Back in the Habit. Chaos, New York. 
Thriller. 303 Gallery, New York. 
Utopian Art Festival 3: Aquarius Rising. Hotel 17, New York. 

1997 
Five and Ten. Organized by J.S.G. Boggs, Tampa Florida. 

1996 
Does Television Inform the Way Art is Made? Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria. 
Cheese! Oasis, New York. 
100 Photographs. American Fine Arts, Co. New York. 
Utopian Art Festival 2: Circus of the Stars. Hotel 17, New York. 

1994 
Proposal for the Human Biology Wing, American Museum of Natural History. Silver Eye Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 

1992 
Gallerist Colin De Land and 7 students from Cooper Union founded Art Club 2000 in 1992. Their collaborative projects included muckraking investigations of systems and institutions including the Gap, Ikea, New York real estate, and fashion. The group produced 7 consecutive annual solo shows at American Fine Arts, co, as well as exhibitions in the UK, Belgium, Italy, and France, and a museum retrospective in Mexico City in 2000. Their 1997 limited edition self-published book, SoHo So Long, contains over a dozen illustrated interviews with art luminaries including Leo Castelli, Gary Indiana, Barbara Gladstone, and David Rimanelli. 


LECTURES 

2005 
UCLA Video Art Lecture Series. Invited to undergraduate student-run lecture series; lectured on Art Club 2000. 

2003 
California State University Fullerton. Lecture on Art Club 2000 and individual work for art students in a writing class. 

2002 
ArtCenter. Studio Lecture. Hosted a class group in my studio; did a demonstration and spoke about my work. 

2001 
Cooper Union. Spoke to a class group on a field trip to visit my show at American Fine Arts. 

1997 
Glasgow School of Art. Presentation on NEW YORK public access TV. 

1996 
Glasgow School of Art. Presentation with Art Club 2000. 

1995 
Royal College of Art, London. Presentation with Art Club 2000. 
Goldsmiths College, University of London. Presentation with Art Club 2000. 
University of Brighton. Presentation with Art Club 2000. 

1994 
Cooper Union. Aspirin Design Conference Presentation with Art Club 2000. 
Kunstwerke, Berlin. Presentation with Art Club 2000