One Person Exhibitions / Projects

2010
Catalyst, site-specific installation with video, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado

2008
Kitchen Project, West 67th Street, permanent multi-media installation, New York
Bronx Project, permanent installation at P.S. 362, Bronx, NY

2007
Rear View Mirror, Michael Steinberg Fine Art, New York
Power Plant, installation project at James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia

2006
Experiment Phantom Area (video installation, with Catherine Borg), Peppermill Fireside Lounge, Las Vegas, Nevada
Moving Image, Mercer Gallery, Rochester, New York

2005
Room Tone, Michael Steinberg Fine Art, New York

2004
Fragments, Hollins University, Roanoke, Virginia

2001
Ubiquitous Kiss: New Paintings, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York

2000
Stefan Stux Gallery (Project Room), New York
In the Cursive Style: Love, Roger Ramsay Gallery, Chicago

1995
Paintings, Space Gallery, Chicago
McKinley Park Public Library, Chicago (mural)

1993
The Shadow of the Clouds on the Sea (with Fernanda Fragateiro), Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Madeira, Portugal (installation);
Drawings, Galeria Porta 33, Madeira

1992
Vivace Cantabile, Chicago Cultural Center (painting)

1989
Fundação Luso-Americana, Lisbon, Portugal (installation)

1988
Galeria Monumental, Lisbon (sculpture, photography)
Palácio Fronteira, Lisbon (installation)

1987
Dart Gallery, Chicago (sculpture, installation)

1984
Bookspace Gallery, Chicago (sculpture, drawings)

Group Shows

2009
Structured Simplicity, D.U.M.B.O. Art Center, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Felicity Hogan
Queens International, Queens Museum, NY, curated by José Ruiz and Erin Sickler
Street-Level, Art in General, New York, NY, curated by Nina Horisaki-Christens

2008
Interior, Hales Gallery, London, UK
Teaching Old Dogs New Tricks, Den Frie Udstilling, Copenhagen, Denmark, curated by Lars Christensen and Tine Colstrup
Mildred's Lane, Alexander Gray Associates, New York, curated by J. Morgan Puett and Mark Dion
Impermanent Geometry (with Gerold Tagwerker), Galerie Stadtpark, Krems, Austria, curated by David Komary

2007
Future 86, Liberty, NY, curated by Suzanne Wright and Sharon Molloy
Poe and Twain Projects, Wave Hill, The Bronx, NY, curated by Jennifer McGregor
50,000 Beds, collaborative film project by Chris Doyle, to be shown at the Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut; Artspace, New Haven, CT; and Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
The Carriage House, Islip Art Museum, Islip, New York, curated by Karen Shaw
L.I.C., NYC, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, New York, curated by Alyson Baker

2006
Transparent/Opaque, Hunter College, New York, curated by Laura Sue Phillips
Site 92, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, New York
Every Day Is Different, Michael Steinberg Fine Art, New York
Ex-Ode to the Corporeal Conversation, collaborative project by J. Morgan Puett, Beach Lake, Pennsylvania

2005
Design for Living, Islip Art Museum, Islip, New York, curated by Karen Shaw
Last Minute, Orchard, New York, and the Wexner Center, Columbus, Ohio, curated by Jason Simon and Moyra Davey
Zip, Artspace, New Haven, Connecticut, curated by Denise Markonish
Out of Bounds, Wave Hill, The Bronx, NY, curated by Jennifer McGregor
Solitude and Focus: Recent Work by MacDowell Colony Fellows in the Visual Arts, Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT, curated by Richard Klein

2004
In Polytechnicolor, Michael Steinberg Fine Art, New York
Mindscape, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York

2003
100 Treasures of the Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Retrospectives, Gallery 312, Chicago, curated by Adelheid Mers
On and Off the Wall, New York Foundation for the Arts Painting Fellows, Phillips, De Pury & Luxembourg, New York
Painting!, UAG, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Thirty Years at Second Street, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia
Obsessive Pleasures, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York

2002
Post-Digital Painting, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, curated by Joe Houston
The Dubrow Biennial, Kagan Martos Gallery, New York
20th Anniversary Celebration: Stefan Stux Gallery, New Gallery, Houston, Texas
Artists To Artists, Ace Gallery, New York
Spoleto Festival, Charleston, South Carolina (contributor to J. Morgan Puett's installation "Cottage Industry")

2001
The Fusion Show, 450 Broadway Gallery, New York
Dis-Ornamentation, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia

2000
Collector's Choice, Exit Art, New York
Flat File, Bellwether, Brooklyn, New York
The Millennium Fusion Project, ARC Gallery, Chicago

1999
Reunion Show, Transco Tower Gallery, Houston, Texas
Small Works, Fassbender Gallery, Chicago
Tabula Non Rasa, Herron Gallery, Indiana University/Purdue University, Indianapolis; I-Space, Chicago

1998
Urban Art, Expo '98, Lisbon
Tabula Non Rasa, College of DuPage, Illinois
Sap, Lanai Motel, San Francisco, California
Fuck You: We Paint, New Image Art, West Hollywood, California

1997
Pink, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago

1996
Mostra, The British School at Rome, Italy
Reveries, Ford Center for the Arts, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois
Plane Speak: Abstract Artists from Illinois, Chicago Cultural Center

1995
Scribble, The Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, curated by Deb Wilk
Heaven's in the Back Seat of My Cadillac, N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago
Public/Private, NIU Gallery, Chicago

1994
Critics' Choice, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago

1993
II International Sculpture Symposium, Santo Tirso, Portugal
Up and Coming, Roger Ramsay Gallery
Artlantic, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago

1992
Grand Stand, N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago

1991
National Exposure, ARC Gallery, Chicago

1988
Foto Porto, Casa de Serralves, Porto, Portugal
The Flower Show, Betsy Rosenfield, Chicago
Artist's Liaison, Evanston Art Center, Evanston
Hothouse, Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

1987
Circuits and Sediments, Randolph Street Gallery

1986
Gallery Artists, Dart Gallery, Chicago

1985
Artists to Watch, Dart Gallery, Chicago

1984
Night Lights, Dart Gallery, Chicago
New Light: Holograms, The Chicago Cultural Center
Traveling Fellowship Exhibition, SAIC, Chicago

Honors and Awards

2002
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
NYFA / New York Foundation for the Arts Award

2001
MacDowell Residency, New Hampshire
Yaddo Residency, New York

1999
The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation Award, New York

1995
Abbey Award in Painting, The British School at Rome

1988
Chicago Artists Abroad Exhibition Grant
Artist's Liaison Award

1987
Luso-American Foundation Grant

1984
Raymond Nelson Travelling Fellowship Award

Education

1984
BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

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