I am very honored to be a part of an exhibition titled "Midwest Matrix: Continuum". "Midwest Matrix" was organized by Susan Goldman and will be on display at the University of Indiana in Bloomington. The exhibition will open Friday, August 29 and continue through Wednesday, October 1. A gallery talk and opening reception will be... Continue Reading →
Murray State visit…SUCCESS!
From Sept. 09-Sept. 11 I was at Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky to be a visiting artist. While there, I worked with students to create an edition of prints of my latest image, hosted a mini-comics workshop, presented my work to local high school students, gave a public lecture, and had crits with Murray... Continue Reading →
STAND OUT PRINTS 2014 at the Highpoint Center for Printmaking…
Recent work of mine will be on display in the STAND OUT PRINTS 2014 Juried Exhibition at the Highpoint Center for Printmaking. The show will run from September 5 - October 4 2014.
2014 WVU/AIR interns…
It’s the start of a new school year, which means it’s time to get the new interns ready for their time at AIR. Last Friday, we headed up to Pittsburgh for the official start of the semester. The WVU Printmaking Program has been providing internships at Artists Image Resource since 2004. Our students are given... Continue Reading →
“NICHE” print portfolio…
Below is a new print I made for the "NICHE" print portfolio organized by Erin Almazan and Danielle Rante. It will be shown at the 2014 MAPC Conference in Detroit. The basis of the portfolio was to react to an image given to us by the organizers (the spraypaint). I tried to create a formal... Continue Reading →
PRINTWORK 2014 at Artists Image Resource…
PRINTWORK 2014, national juried exhibition at Artists Image Resource is on! See the prospectus at http://www.artistsimageresource.org/printwork-2014/ We are really proud to announce Bill Fick, printmaker extraordinaire, as the juror.
Solo Exhibition at the Indianapolis Art Center…
On June 13th, my solo exhibition titled "Comic Configurations" opened at the Indianapolis Art Center. It was part of a larger group of solo exhibitions titled "Storytellers", featuring artists Eric Troffkin, Sam Blanchard, Lukas Schooler, Charles Mintz, Amelia Morris and myself. The series of shows ran from June 13th to Aug. 03 and was partially... Continue Reading →
“Shame of the City” catalog…
The catalogs for the "Shame of the City: Deconstructing and Reconstructing Comic Book Narratives" show at Future Tenant just came in. It was beautifully designed by WVU Graphic Designer Joseph Galbreath, who also had a piece in the show.
Allied Artists of West Virginia 2014 Juried Exhibition…
Recent work of mine will be on display at the 2014 Allied Artists of West Virginia Juried Exhibition at the Huntington Museum of Art in Huntington, WV. The show will run from June 14 – July 13, 2014.
“CONFLUENCE”, Tech Shop, and more…
This last Saturday, a handful of printmaking students and I went to Pittsburgh to visit the Tech Shop, The Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, the Mattress Factory, and Artists Image Resource. It was a great (and long) day filled with some really amazing art and a lot of fun! We started the day visiting Tech... Continue Reading →
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