Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pa USAI am a painter who wants to use his art to make a difference in the world.In addition to creating images about my life experiences, I attempt to demonstrate through my art, my interpretation of historical relations in the context of race and identity in America. I persist to demonstrate the injurious effects of visual representations and misrepresentations in society and how it effects people's perception of one another in terms of race and or physical appearance. I have many art influences, from the African American Artists of the Harlem Renaissance to Francis Bacon.
Group Exhibitions:Center on Contemporary Art - Seattle, Wa - February, 2009Center on Contemporary Art - Seattle, Wa - January 26th to March 5th, 2008Pacini Lubel Gallery - Gallery members group show - Seattle, Wa - February, 2008Seattle Art Museum Gallery - "Body Image" - Seattle, Wa - November 8th to December 8th, 2007New Arts Program - Eighteenth Annual Exhibition of Small Works - Kutztown, Pa - May 25th to July 14th, 2007Pacini Lubel Gallery - Gallery members group show - Seattle, Wa - February, 2007Spokane Arts Commision - Spokane, Wa - June 21st through July 15th, 2005 Maude Kerns Art Center - "From Experience" - Eugene, OR - January 14th through February 18th, 2005The Wing Luke Asian Museum - "Beyond Talk: Redrawing Race" - Seattle, Wa - April 30 through December 12, 2004Tacoma Art Museum - Northwest Biennial: Building Wise - Tacoma, WA - April 16 through August 29, 2004 - Curated by renowned installation artists Ilya and Emilia KabakovThe Gallery at Tacoma Community College - 1st Annual Juried Art Exhibition - Tacoma, Wa - July through August, 2003 South Seattle Community College - Annual Commuity Art Show - Seattle, Wa - May through June, 2003The Bemis Artist Coop Group Show - "Germinate" - Seattle, Wa - April, 2003 - Juried by University of Washington Proffesor Doug Jeck Gallery 110 - Gallery members group show - Seattle, Wa - April, 2003Gallery 110 - Juried Exhibition - "Defining The Homeland" - February, 2003 - Juried by Greg Bell, Curator of contemporary Art at The Tacoma Art Museum. Solo Exhibitions:International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, AL - October to November 2006Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Wa - August 28th to September 28th 2006The Susquehanna Art Museum "A Souful Journey" Harrisburg, Pa - July 14 thru September 30, 2005Gallery 110, Seattle, Wa - August 2003,…Read More