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1. (couch), 2006, monoprint inkjet, mounted, 65" x 86"
2. (down at the carpet), 2006, monoprint inkjet, mounted, 28" x 36"
3. Don't Go To Hell, 2006, monoprint inkjet, mounted, 52" x 60"
4. Why I Am Not A Rendeli, 2006/07, monoprint inkjet, mounted,
68" x 86"
5. " ", 2006/07, monoprint inkjet, mounted,
75" x 95"
6. J. W. Turner, 2007, inkjet, mounted, 37" x 49", edition of 7
7. The History of the World, 2007, monoprint inkjet, mounted, 86" x 168"
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1. Bill Stephen's Knoll chairs, repat-print design, 2005/06
Collaboration with Lauren Rossi
2. Bill Stephen's Knoll chairs, repat-print design, 2005/06, detail
Collaboration with Lauren Rossi
3. Box Joke, textile design, 2005
4. Paisley, repeat textile design on pleather, or camo, 2006
Collaboration with Lauren Rossi
5. Hot House, 2007, installation view
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
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Artist Statement
Histories of thought, great inventions, and master works of art have all come from a sense of urgency and fear. With each generation and in all cultures there is something worthy of evoking this sentiment of disparity. We are in an age of virtual realities, misrepresentation, and failed communication: a toxicity that manipulates our experiences and perception. My pictures find presence and context drawn from everyday anthropological artifacts, with larger than life scale, amplified color and detail, these images create within themselves an abstracted landscape which imposes a new meaning from the Gestalt of everyday objects. This new meaning and its narrative fundamentally examine the emotions of the current sociopolitical landscape within the realm of the Hyper Real.
I am exploring ways of making one image that has the content of twenty: similar to history painting, creating one picture that could be observed and enjoyed for years, revealing itself slowly over time. My work competes with a society dependent upon multimedia communication, specifically the power and attraction of films and video. With mural-scale and architectural distortion, along with a hyper-real imposition of color, my pictures excite a similar response. The scale is dictated to me by culture, the content is a result of my society, my friends, family, and personal life experiences.
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Education
2007
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
MFA
2005
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
BS, Photography |
Professional Experience
2006 - present
Independent design consultant, Lauren Rossi Designs, Philadelphia, PA
Independent design consultant, Slows Bar-BQ, Detroit, MI
2004 - present
Independent design consultant, Minus Studios, Philadelphia, PA
2003 - present
Curatorial Assistant, Charles Isaacs Photographs Inc.,
Malvern, PA
2003 - 2004
Curatorial Assistant, Robert Klein Gallery Boston, MA
1997- present
Independent design consultant, Reynolds Pictures, Tr inc., Number 125, Philadelphia, PA |
Awards and Honors
2007
Purchase Nomination, Cranbrook Academy of Art Museumt, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Daimler Chrysler Emerging Artist, Photography
2006
Merit Scholar, Photography, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Teachers Assistantship, Photography, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI |
Selected Collections
2007
Permanent Collection, Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
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Selected Exhibitions
2007
Summer Exhibition, Lemberg Gallery, Ferndale, MI
Hot House Group Exhibition, Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
MFA Exhibition, Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum
Bloomfield Hills, MI
Autonomy Show, Bohemian National House, Detroit, MI
SHOOT, Anton Art Center, Mt. Clemens, MI
Picture This, Museum of New Art, Detroit, Pontiac, MI
Faculty Exhibition, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester Hills, MI
2006
Solo Exhibition, Just Books & Arcadia Coffee Co., Greenwich, CT |
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