B. Little Rock, Arkansas
Lives and works in Brooklyn
Education
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, 2001
MFA, School of Visual Arts, 2001
BFA, Painting, Kansas City Art Institute, 1990
Selected Exhibitions and Performance Works
2023
PAROXYSM, Group Show and Video Screening, curated by Alison Pirie, Westbeth Gallery, New York
2019
Tableaux Vivants Fashion Show, curated by Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow, Backlot Festival, Kaufman Studios, Queens
...Not being Quiet About it, curated by Debbi Sutton, Creative Innovation Centre, Taunton, Somerset, UK
Rulers, Planned Parenthood Benefit Show, organized by Sue Havens and Jason Lazarus, Coco Hunday, Tampa
2018
FLOWER KART, with Christen Clifford and No Wave Performance Task Force, curated by Katya Grokhovsky, Art in Odd Places 2018: BODY, outdoor public performance festival, 14th Street, New York
Unseen / Reclaimed, group exhibition curated by Katya Grokhovsky, for Art in Odd Places 2018: BODY, Westbeth Gallery, New York
ITINERANT Performance Art Festival NYC, curated and organized by Hector Canonge, Queens Museum, New York
CURRENTS: ABORTION, curated by Barbara Zucker, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn
Shout Your Abortion and Got a Girl Crush Present: Art Show and Screening of Documentary VESSEL, Mayday Space, Brooklyn
2017
Fair. Play, video screening organized by Micol Hebron for Fair., curated by Zoe Lukov and Anthony Spinello, Art Basel Miami Beach
SANCTUARY: Protest Party Art Benefit for Make the Road NY, co-curated by Anne Spurgeon and Amy Finkbeiner, Park Church Co-op, Brooklyn
Femmes Video Art Festival No. 3, curated by Micol Hebron, The Situation Room, Los Angeles
America, Now! Group Exhibition, Salt Studios, Brooklyn
F*ck U! In the Most Loving Way, Film Screening and Womanhouse Reunion, 9th Street Independent Film Center, San Francisco
2016
F*ck U! In the Most Loving Way, Group Exhibition, organized by Northern California Women’s Caucus with Tanya Augsburg and Shannon Rose Riley, Arc Gallery, San Francisco
Period Piece: a celebration for menstrual hygiene day, organized by Christen Clifford, Dixon Place, New York
Senator Portrait Project, an ongoing corrupt-NRA-backed-politician-shaming initiative organized by Kim Sillen
Skowhegan Watch, Round 5, Alumni Video Screening, curated by Paige Laino, http://skowhegan.watch
2015FLOWER KART, with Christen Clifford and No Wave Performance Task Force, curated by Katya Grokhovsky, Art in Odd Places 2018: BODY, outdoor public performance festival, 14th Street, New York
Unseen / Reclaimed, group exhibition curated by Katya Grokhovsky, for Art in Odd Places 2018: BODY, Westbeth Gallery, New York
ITINERANT Performance Art Festival NYC, curated and organized by Hector Canonge, Queens Museum, New York
Idle Tales, Group Exhibition, Park Church Co-op, Brooklyn
CURRENTS: ABORTION, curated by Barbara Zucker, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn
Shout Your Abortion and Got a Girl Crush Present: Art Show and Screening of Documentary VESSEL, Mayday Space, Brooklyn
2017
Fair. Play, video screening organized by Micol Hebron for Fair., curated by Zoe Lukov and Anthony Spinello, Art Basel Miami Beach
SANCTUARY: Protest Party Art Benefit for Make the Road NY, co-curated by Anne Spurgeon and Amy Finkbeiner, Park Church Co-op, Brooklyn
Femmes Video Art Festival No. 3, curated by Micol Hebron, The Situation Room, Los Angeles
America, Now! Group Exhibition, Salt Studios, Brooklyn
F*ck U! In the Most Loving Way, Film Screening and Womanhouse Reunion, 9th Street Independent Film Center, San Francisco
2016
F*ck U! In the Most Loving Way, Group Exhibition, organized by Northern California Women’s Caucus with Tanya Augsburg and Shannon Rose Riley, Arc Gallery, San Francisco
Period Piece: a celebration for menstrual hygiene day, organized by Christen Clifford, Dixon Place, New York
Senator Portrait Project, an ongoing corrupt-NRA-backed-politician-shaming initiative organized by Kim Sillen
Skowhegan Watch, Round 5, Alumni Video Screening, curated by Paige Laino, http://skowhegan.watch
"PERIOD PIECE: An Evening of Bleeding and Reading," organized by Christen Clifford, Dixon Place, New York
39x17, ::::Presenting at 17:::: Retrospective, curated by Elise Gardella, La MaMa Galleria, New York
"THE DOUBLE," Video Screening, curated by Skowhegan Alliance, Select Fair, New York
"Amy Finkbeiner and Rita MacDonald, " curated by Jeremiah Teipen, Projekt 722, Brooklyn, New York
2014
"Asset Class," Performance, ::::Presenting at 17::::, salon happening curated by Elise Gardella
"The Reliquarian," Performance, in conjunction with "Autumn / Flat Light Through an Open Door," DUMBO Arts Festival, Brooklyn, New York
"Autumn / Flat Light Through an Open Door," curated by Idea Salon, TRUNK, Brooklyn, New York
"Asset Class," Performance, Performancy Forum, "Contraception and Contraband," Panoply Performance Lab, Brooklyn, New York
TEN, Cindy Rucker Gallery, New York
"Methods," organized by Erin Knutson and Ria Roberts, Important Projects, Material Art Fair, Mexico City; LA Art Book Fair, Los Angeles
"A 'Womanhouse' or a Roaming House? 'A Room of One's Own' Today," curated by Mira Schor, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn
"Crowd," curated by Andrea Brown and Elizabeth Ennis, Green Door Magazine, Liberty, New York
2013
"Alias@Konstkonsulent," curated on Instagram by Johanna Bystrom-Sims with Konstkonsulenterna i Sverige, Västerås, Sweden
"I'm Just Putting It All Out There," Performance, BIPAF 10-Minute Marathon, Brooklyn International Performance Art Festival, Goodbye Blue Monday, Brooklyn
"The Way We Live Now," Exhibition Zine, edited by Shirley Irons, Theresa Luisotti Gallery, Santa Monica, California
Kentucky Derby Art Auction, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, New York
2012
NARS Second Annual Benefit and Silent Auction, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, New York
NURTUREart Benefit, Charles Bank Gallery, New York
GO Brooklyn, Open Studio Weekend, sponsored by the Brooklyn Museum
THE DOUBLE, Video Screening, organized by Skowhegan Alliance, Cabinet in Brooklyn, New York, and LAXART in Los Angeles, California
"Totem," Online Exhibition, curated by Kimberly Hennessy and Ryan Feeney, http://www.soft-spot.net
"The Never-Ending Litany," Performance, ITINERANT Performance Art Festival, curated by Hector Canonge, Crossing Art Gallery, Queens, New York
"The Eternal Incantation," Performance, ITINERANT Performance Art Festival, curated by Hector Canonge, Grace Exhibition Space, Brooklyn
Kentucky Derby Art Auction, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, New York
2011
Sunset Rising, Nars Foundation Annual Benefit and Silent Auction, Brooklyn, New York
"I'm done hoping. Work is Sacred." at OnView: 305 Van Brunt, Brooklyn, New York
Kentucky Derby Art Auction, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, New York
"Bling," curated by Rachael Faillace, Arts Guild New Jersey, Rahway, New Jersey
"The West at Sunset: Today It’s You," curated by Adrian Saldaña, Abrons Arts Center, New York
2010
"The West at Sunset," Abrons Arts Center, curated by Adrian Saldaña, Henry Street Settlement, New York
Holiday Group Show, Homefront Gallery, Long Island City, New York
Kentucky Derby Art Auction, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, New York
"artistsFOR: Haiti," Benefit Auction, Envoy Enterprises, New York
The Sketchbook Project, Art House Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2009
"Two Degrees of Separation," Gallery Satori, New York
"Secrets are impossible here," Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia (solo exhibition)
"Fresh Asphalt," Gallery Satori, New York
"Plenty of Room on the Couch," Eastern District, Brooklyn, New York
"Leave Me, Desire," Invisible NYC, New York
2008
122 For $122, PS122 Gallery, New York
"Supernatural," curated by Dan Tague, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans
"And So on..." Blog project curated by Dan Halm
Kentucky Derby Party Art Auction and Benefit, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, New York
2007
"Jouissance," Autoversion, Ltd., New York
"Stories Real and Vividly Imagined," curated by Patrik Qvist, Galleri Niklas Belenius, Stockholm, Sweden (3-person show)
Group Show for transFigures, by Lear deBessonet, Women’s Theatre Project, New York
Kentucky Derby Party Art Auction and Benefit, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, New York
2006
Paradise Lost, curated by Dan Tague, Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York
Vault Series, curated by Joan Backes, New Bedford Art Museum, Massachusetts
Kentucky Derby Party and Art Auction Benefit, Smack Mellon Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Site 92, Smack Mellon Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2005
16 Rooms by 19 Artists, curated by Eun Young Choi, Junho Lee, and Herb Tam, Hall Street Space, Brooklyn, New York
Extraordinary Visions, curated by Katherine Chan, Nolan/Eckman Gallery, New York
Ladylike, Naked Duck Gallery, Brooklyn, New York (3-person show)
Project Diversity, Tabla Rasa Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2004
Winter Auction, D.U.M.B.O. Arts Center, Brooklyn, New York
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (Concerning the Spiritual in Art), curated by Michael Wilson, D.U.M.B.O. Arts Center, Brooklyn, New York
Supersalon, Samson Projects, Boston, Massachusetts
Anthology of Art: Art and Theory in Dialogue, Martin Gropius-Bau, Berlin
Manifesto: Art Without Consensus, Asterisk Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2003
Gifted, Rare Plus Project Room, Rare Gallery, New York
Contemporary Perspectives, curated by Jeremy Mangan, HOME Project Space, Long Island City, New York
D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival, with Johanna Bystrom-Sims and Rita MacDonald, Brooklyn, New York
Rally for Triple Candie Exhibition, Triple Candie, New York
Notebook, Pinkard Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore
2002
Laurier New York, Inaugural Salon, Vertu, New York
Reactions, Exit Art, New York
Anthology of Art: Art and Theory in Dialogue Internet Project, http://www.anthology-of-art.net, organized by Jochen Gerz
2001
Wedding, Reception, and Subsequent Annullment, performance with Dan Schank, Skowhegan, Maine
Synthetic Dystopia, curated by Loren Madsen and David Row, Visual Arts Gallery, New York
Special Projects, curated by Elizabeth Burke and Abby Messitte, Visual Arts Gallery, New York
2000
Seasonal Musings, Eastside Gallery, School of Visual Arts, New York
Snapshot, Baltimore Contemporary Museum, Maryland
Fantasy Worlds, Eastside Gallery, School of Visual Arts, New York (2-person show)
New American Paintings, Open Studios Press, Website Exhibition
1997
Generations, curated by Joan Backes, New Bedford Art Museum, Massachusetts
1996
39th Annual Delta Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock
Small Works on Paper, Arkansas Artists’ Registry, Little Rock
Arkansas Women Artists, Arkansas Repertory Theatre Gallery, Little Rock
1995
New Works, with Brad Cushman, Gallery 26, Little Rock, Arkansas (2-person show)
1993
Summer Show, Dorry Gates Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
1992
Self-Portrait Salon, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
1990
Solo Exhibition, Kansas City Art Institute Gallery, Missouri
Curatorial Projects
2017
SANCTUARY: Protest Party Art Benefit for Make the Road NY, co-curated by Anne Spurgeon and Amy Finkbeiner, Park Church Co-op, Brooklyn
Residencies
Vermont Studio Center, 2006
Carmelite Monastery of Indianapolis, 2004
Teaching
2018
Undergraduate Seminar, Final Presentations, Hudson County Community College
2017
Looking at Art, Creative Writing Class Lecture with Professor Lea Graham, Marist College
2009
Undergraduate Thesis Class Project, Lecture, and Studio Visits, Hollis Visiting Artist Program, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia
2009
Class Lecture, 4th Grade Art Class, Immaculate Conception Elementary School, North Little Rock, Arkansas
2005
New York University, School of Continuing and Professional Studies, Art History, Spring Semester
1992
Class Lecture, Undergraduate Painting Seminar, Kansas City Art Institute
1991
Drawing Class Instructor, Ages 6 – 18, YouthNet Services Summer Art Program, Kansas City, Missouri
Lectures
2009
Artist’s Talk, Hollis Visiting Artist Program, Washington and Lee University
2005
Artist’s Talk, Project Diversity, Tabla Rasa Gallery, Brooklyn
2004
Artist’s Talk, Carmelite Monastery of Indianapolis
2003
Artist’s Talk, Asian Arts Centre, New York
Awards
2001
School of Visual Arts Matching Fellowship for Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
2000
Merit Scholarship, School of Visual Arts
1996
Purchase Award, Small Works on Paper, Little Rock, Arkansas
1989
Thomas Hart Benton Scholarship Award, Kansas City Art Institute