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ARTIST STATEMENT
Through my work, I hope to juxtapose established principles with a sense of the “other,” the “other” shifting with the cultural perspectives presented by the viewer. These connotative projections are co-opted to further the dynamic by working in 2, 3, 4, and 5 dimensional mediums to accomplish, at times, a blurring of the art contact point, separating it from the imagery or movement encountered.

My intention is to compound the assets of cultural interface, which often results in a residue
of experience or thought.



BORN
1964-

 EDUCATION
Self-taught

 SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008
Ghetto Gloss, Curated by Shana Nys Dymbrot, Los Angeles, California

Mercy Seat Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri

WHITE LIKE ME
Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, New York

2007
MAXIMON - THE BACKWARD DAYS
Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, New York

2006
GOLD STANDARD
Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri

2005
WELCOME
Leedy Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, Missouri

2004
IT’S OK
Gallery HQ, Kansas City, Missouri

2002
MEMORIES OF AN ALTERNATIVE PAST
Dirt Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri

2000
AMERICAN HOMES
Fluxus Gallery, SMA, Mexico

1998
STANDARD HOMES
Telephone Booth, Kansas City, Missouri

1994
MIEDO
Museo Na-Bolom, Chiapas, Mexico

1990
LA SELVA
Museo De Maya, QR, Mexico

1988
TWIN GODS
Site Specific Warehouse, Kansas City, Missouri

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008
Dolphin Gallery Kansas City, Missouri

Summer Guests Show
Acuna-Hansen, Los Angeles California

KC in LA
Milo Gallery, Los Angeles, California

2007
SATELLITE EXHIBITIONS
Bridge Art Fair, Miami, Florida

OPEN STUDIO
Art Omi, Ghent, New York

AVENUE OF THE ARTS
Temporary Public Art Installation, commisioned by Avenue of the Arts Foundation, Kansas City Municipal Art Commission and the Downtown Council, KCMO

2006
SUMMER EXHIBITION 2006
Dolphin, Kansas City, Missouri
Curated by John O’Brien

REVIEW STUDIO ARTISTS
Review Studios Exhibition Space, Kansas City, Missouri

2005
STRAY SHOW /GUN AND KNIFE
Farenheit Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Curated by Peregrine Honig

2004
MODERN MADONNA’S
Massman Gallery, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, Missouri
Curated by Kate Hackman

2003
ART ON THE BOAT NAVY PIER
Fahrenheit Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Curated by Peregrine Honig

NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS
OPS Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts

2001
PIEROGI FLATFILES/KANSAS CITY FLATFILE
H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, Missouri
Invitation and curated by Joe Amrhein

CHARLOTTE STREET EXHIBITION
H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, Missouri
Curated by Kate Hackman

1999
PERSPECTIVE KC
JCCC, Overland Park, Kansas
Curated by Raphael Rubenstein-senior editor of Art in America

AWARDS & HONORS

2005-2008
REVIEW STUDIO GRANT RECIPIENT, Kansas City, Missouri


2007
ART OMI, International Artists’ Residency
-Additional Support Sponsorship, CHARLOTTE STREET FOUNDATION

CREATIVE CAPITAL FOUNDATION, Granted Professional Development Retreat

THE OPEN STUDIO PRESS, NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS, Volume 71, Boston MA.


2004
TANNE FOUNDATION AWARD

2001
CHARLOTTE STREET FOUNDATION AWARD



SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY

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  • Frank, Peter, "Kansas City in L.A.", LA Weekly – Art Pick", 2008 21 May
  • Nys Dymbrot, Shana, "White Like Me". Flavor Pill – NYC, 2008 25 April
  • Fischer, Annie, "The God of Indulgence (and Anthropologie)", Village Voice, 2007 19-25 September
  • Dahl, Elena, "Moonshine and the Mayan God of Vice", Village Voice, 2007 19 September
  • Thorson, Alice, “He’s Ford Tough”, Kansas City Star, 2006 25 October
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