Lives and works in Los Angeles, California. Born in Lansing, Michigan. Has exhibited across the United States. His work appears in and on the cover of New American Paintings, No. 53. He is a member of the artist/curator collective Durden and Ray.

Education:

2012 MFA, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
2002 BA, Art and Art History, Kalamazoo College, MI

Solo Exhibitions:

2025 Mystery, Intimacy, and Quiet Strength, Altan Klamovka, Prague, Czech Republic
2019 Note on Gesture, The Upper West, CA
2017 Dust, The Main, Newhall, CA
2016 Duo, The Slow Down Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Haunt II: Sweaty Devil Snake, Parlor West, Los Angeles, CA (with Annie Nieman)
2012 We're All Sensitive People, Autonomie, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Salt, Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont, CA
2009 Current Works, The Good Food Gallery, Arcata, CA
2005 Icons, JET Artworks, Washington, DC
2002 Grand People from Some Splendid Age, Light Fine Arts Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI

Group Exhibitions:

2026
NOMAD, Del Amo Crossing, Torrance, CA, Aug 7-9
Contours of Being, Møre and Romsdal Art Center, Molde, Norway, Apr 17-May 9
The Great Gala, Supermarket Art Fair, Erskinehuset, Stockholm, Sweden, Apr 22-26
44th Annual California Cool Art Auction, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA, Feb 14-Mar 8
TIEZE, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA, Feb 14-Mar 8
2025
Holiday FunDRaiser, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
Phallus :: Fascinum :: Fascism, The Box, Los Angeles, CA, Nov 15, 2025-Jan 17, 2026
Fall Survey, Arrowsmith Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
25th Anniversary Art Auction, Orange County Children’s Therapeutic Arts Center, Santa Ana, CA
Compromising Positions, Good Mother Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
NOMAD, Del Amo Crossing, Torrance, CA, Jul 11-13
TIEZE, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
The Middle Becomes Eclectic, The Middle Room, Los Angeles, CA
2024
Holiday FunDRaiser, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA, Dec 14
Little Pleasures, ARB Gallery, Cambridge, UK
Three Artists, Arrowsmith Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Bed, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA, Jun 8-Jul 6
In Dreams, Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden, Apr 25-28
LA Dysphoria, QiPO Art Fair, Mexico City, Mexico, Feb 8-11
2023
FundRaiser 1+2, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA, Dec 16
Searching for the Lost Worlds, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Lenka Sýkorová of gallery Altan Klamovka, Prague, Czech Republic, Oc 21-Nov 4
MALMÖFORNIA DREAMIN: Bridging the Gap Between Sweden and California, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA, Jul 8-29
Twilight Zone, Supermarket Art Fair, Stadsgårdsterminalen, Stockholm, Sweden, May 11-14
A Time and a Place, Galleri Rostrum, Malmö, Sweden, May 5-14
SEER/SEEN, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA, Jan 14-Feb 11
2022
Holy Fluff, Supermarket Art Fair, Skärholmen Centrum, Stockholm, Sweden, May 26-29
Momentous Occasions, Durden and Ray, CA, Jan 8-29
TIEZE, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA, Feb 12-Mar 5
2021
Perceive Me, Studio Channel Island, Camarillo, CA and Museum of Art and History, Lancaster CA
2020
Another Dimension, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA, Apr 5-Jun 1
Perceive Me, Ronald H. Silverman Fine Arts Gallery, Cal State University, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Spring/Break, The Stalls at Skylight Row, Los Angeles, CA
Paintings from the Interior, Culver Center of the Arts, Riverside, CA
Disclosure: Confessions for Modern Times, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA, January 5 - February 2
Representing the West, White Gallery, Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO
2018
A Heap of Broken Images Where the Sun Beats, The Aegean Center for Fine Arts in Paroikia, Paros Greece
Preview, I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Collectivity, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA, Aug 4-25
Dragnet: 832, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA, Jun 30-Jul 28
Odd Convergences: Steps/Misteps, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA, Apr 28-May 12
Supermarket Art Fair, Durden and Ray, Stockholm, Sweden, Apr 12-15
2017
Soul Case, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA, Oct 7-28
Entangled Loci, Hilbertraum, Berlin, Germany, Sep 1-30
Beset on All Sides, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA, Jun 3-24
Round Too, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA, Apr 15-30
The Collectivists, Brand Library Art Gallery, Glendale, CA
Observe, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
MAS Attack, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Far Bazaar, Cerritos College, Cerritos, CA, Jan 28-29
2016
Preview, I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015
Preview, I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Western Dreams, Groundspace Project, Los Angeles, CA
Manifest American Mythic: Contemporary Art and the Old West, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2014
Spaghetti | Western, Coastline Art Gallery, Newport Beach, CA
MAS Attack, LA Mart, Los Angeles, CA
2012
GLAMFA, California State University Long Beach School of Art, Long Beach, CA
Last Splash, Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont, CA
2011
Split Second Split, F1 Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
Split Second Split, Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont, CA
Vex Again, dA Center For The Arts, Pomona, CA
2010
Friction, East Gallery, Claremont, CA
2010
The Good Food Gallery, Arcata, CA
2009
The Good Food Gallery, Arcata, CA
2008
The Good Food Gallery, Arcata, CA
2007
The Good Food Gallery, Arcata, CA
2006
NOVA, Chicago, IL
2006
Introductions, Thomas Robertello Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005
Go Figure, JET Artworks, Washington, DC
2004
The Works, Detroit, MI
2003
Goodnite Gracie, Ann Arbor, MI
2003
Firefly Club, Ann Arbor, MI
2002
Light Fine Arts Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI
2000
Light Fine Arts Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI

Curatorial Work:

2026
NOMAD, Del Amo Crossing, Torrance, CA, Aug 7-9
The Great Gala, Supermarket Art Fair, Erskinehuset, Stockholm, Sweden, Apr 22-26 (curated with Max Presneill and Steven Wolkoff)
2025
NOMAD, Del Amo Crossing, Torrance, CA, Jul 11-13
2024
NOMAD, Del Amo Crossing, Torrance, CA, Aug 23-25
In Dreams, Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden, Apr 25-28 (curated with Steven Wolkoff)
2023
MALMÖFORNIA DREAMIN: Bridging the Gap Between Sweden and California, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA, Jul 8-29 (curated with Max Presneill)
What Remains Shrouded in Darkness, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA, Jun 10-24 (curated with Stephan Wittmer)
Twilight Zone, Supermarket Art Fair, Stadsgårdsterminalen, Stockholm, Sweden, May 11-14 (curated with Max Presneill)
SEER/SEEN, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA, Jan 14-Feb 11 (curated with Gul Cagin)
2022
Momentous Occasions, Durden and Ray, CA, Jan 8-29 (curated with Brian Thomas Jones)
2020
Another Dimension, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA, Apr 5-Jun 1
2019
RE: UNION, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA, Feb 9-Mar 3
2017
Soul Case, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA, Oct 7 - 28 (curated with Nano Rubio)

Awards/Recognition:

2019 People’s Choice Award for Throw the Soil on Me, Representing the West, White Gallery, Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO
2011, CGU Art Fellowship
2009, What The Pop! Video Music Festival, Best Animated Video, Arcata, CA
2006, ihugens.com, NOVA, Best In Show, Chicago, IL

Publications:

2011, Art Takes Miami
2005, LuxEsto, Vol. 66, No. 2, (cover)
2004, New American Paintings, No. 53, (cover)
2004, The Standby, No. 1, (cover)
2002, Caldron
2002, Passage

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