Artist Statement:
Soon, organisms will be another medium for artists to manipulate like clay. There will be no structure to limit them from doing so. It will only be the skill of the artist that might eventually determine a species rather than the genetics of the species. What looks like a cat may have actually begun life as a cow or dog. Man made creatures will walk among those created by mother nature. Cubist cows and abstract rats will flourish in our city streets, be traded on eBay, and live amongst us as pets. This will be accomplished by breaking down the DNA on the molecular level allowing for free manipulation to occur by outside forces until they are set by the designer. Once done however, they'll be able to be changed as many times as the designer wishes. Life will truly be customizable. Man will have ultimate control over nature, redesigning it to his will. Man will be able to make the natural world his own, work around his ideas and not that of eons of evolution. Man will in essence become nature and force an evolution upon the rest of the world. Genetics will be broken down to ooze that which can be shaped and modeled at will. Machines will become organic, organic will become mechanical. What becomes of a world created by our own creations, and how does this world react in contrast to the original world?
I create within my work a sense of this possibility. I look to automotive, furniture, and industrial design for the clues to what this world may look like. My work is a mix of both science fiction and modern sculptural practices. Though based on science fiction and surrealism in concept, I am interested in materialism and sleek abstract design in the physical manifestation of the work. Much of my work comes from dreams, but is edited in the building process.
Recent Shows and/or Exhibitions
2024
“Cybersculpture”, Collège des Bernardins, Paris, France (Invited)
2023
“Beyond Faces”, PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary (Peer Reviewed)
“Intercontinental Bienal – Crossing Continents”, Colombia, Argentina, Brazil (Peer Reviewed)
“About Face”, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA (Peer Reviewed, included artists like Andy Warhol)
“EuroArt 3D”, West University of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania (Invited)
“Chaos”, Ro2 Gallery, Dallas, TX (Invited)
“Intersculpt 2023: Emergence of Forms in Art and Science”, Bar-le-Duc, Meuse, Lorraine, France (Invited)
2022
“3D Print Congress”, Ars Mathematica, Lyon, France (Invited)
“Undercurrents”, Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT (Peer Reviewed, Curated by Kristina Newman-Scott)
“Group Show”, Udinotti Museum of Figurative Art, Scottsdale, AZ (Peer Reviewed)
“Faculty Exhibition”, Clara Lovett Museum, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ (Invited)
“Speculative Object”, International Conference on Iron Casting, Berlin, Germany (Invited)
“Chaos”, Ro2 Gallery, Dallas, TX (Invited)
2021
“Alone Together”, Up Arts Incubator, Lanside, PA (Peer Reviewed)
“Manifest Prize”, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH (Peer Reviewed, Finalist)
“Intersculpt”, Ars Mathematica, Paris, France (Invited)
“Chaos”, Ro2 Gallery, Dallas, TX (Invited)
2020
“STEAM 2020”, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL (Invited)
“Back to the Future”, Ro2 Gallery, Dallas, TX (Invited)
“My Corona”, Ro2 Gallery, Dallas, TX (Invited)
“2020”, Ro2 Gallery, Dallas, TX (Invited)
“Traces of Creation”, Udinotti Figurative Art Museum, Paradise Valley, AZ (Peer Reviewed, Cancelled due to COVID)
“Speak Up”, Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland, WA (Peer Reviewed, Online Exhibition)
Soon, organisms will be another medium for artists to manipulate like clay. There will be no structure to limit them from doing so. It will only be the skill of the artist that might eventually determine a species rather than the genetics of the species. What looks like a cat may have actually begun life as a cow or dog. Man made creatures will walk among those created by mother nature. Cubist cows and abstract rats will flourish in our city streets, be traded on eBay, and live amongst us as pets. This will be accomplished by breaking down the DNA on the molecular level allowing for free manipulation to occur by outside forces until they are set by the designer. Once done however, they'll be able to be changed as many times as the designer wishes. Life will truly be customizable. Man will have ultimate control over nature, redesigning it to his will. Man will be able to make the natural world his own, work around his ideas and not that of eons of evolution. Man will in essence become nature and force an evolution upon the rest of the world. Genetics will be broken down to ooze that which can be shaped and modeled at will. Machines will become organic, organic will become mechanical. What becomes of a world created by our own creations, and how does this world react in contrast to the original world?
I create within my work a sense of this possibility. I look to automotive, furniture, and industrial design for the clues to what this world may look like. My work is a mix of both science fiction and modern sculptural practices. Though based on science fiction and surrealism in concept, I am interested in materialism and sleek abstract design in the physical manifestation of the work. Much of my work comes from dreams, but is edited in the building process.
Recent Shows and/or Exhibitions
2024
“Cybersculpture”, Collège des Bernardins, Paris, France (Invited)
2023
“Beyond Faces”, PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary (Peer Reviewed)
“Intercontinental Bienal – Crossing Continents”, Colombia, Argentina, Brazil (Peer Reviewed)
“About Face”, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA (Peer Reviewed, included artists like Andy Warhol)
“EuroArt 3D”, West University of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania (Invited)
“Chaos”, Ro2 Gallery, Dallas, TX (Invited)
“Intersculpt 2023: Emergence of Forms in Art and Science”, Bar-le-Duc, Meuse, Lorraine, France (Invited)
2022
“3D Print Congress”, Ars Mathematica, Lyon, France (Invited)
“Undercurrents”, Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT (Peer Reviewed, Curated by Kristina Newman-Scott)
“Group Show”, Udinotti Museum of Figurative Art, Scottsdale, AZ (Peer Reviewed)
“Faculty Exhibition”, Clara Lovett Museum, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ (Invited)
“Speculative Object”, International Conference on Iron Casting, Berlin, Germany (Invited)
“Chaos”, Ro2 Gallery, Dallas, TX (Invited)
2021
“Alone Together”, Up Arts Incubator, Lanside, PA (Peer Reviewed)
“Manifest Prize”, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH (Peer Reviewed, Finalist)
“Intersculpt”, Ars Mathematica, Paris, France (Invited)
“Chaos”, Ro2 Gallery, Dallas, TX (Invited)
2020
“STEAM 2020”, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL (Invited)
“Back to the Future”, Ro2 Gallery, Dallas, TX (Invited)
“My Corona”, Ro2 Gallery, Dallas, TX (Invited)
“2020”, Ro2 Gallery, Dallas, TX (Invited)
“Traces of Creation”, Udinotti Figurative Art Museum, Paradise Valley, AZ (Peer Reviewed, Cancelled due to COVID)
“Speak Up”, Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland, WA (Peer Reviewed, Online Exhibition)