Bio
I was born in the suburbs of New Jersey in 1977. This is an environment based on irony. The pre-fab houses, strip malls, and diners were icons in the landscape of my childhood. I've always felt a faint sense of terror about these places, maybe because of their falseness. It was in this world that I learned to daydream about hidden lives and dramatic moments that lie just underneath the surface.
With my work I’m looking to investigate the small, banal moments in our lives. I'm interested in communicating the psychological space one is in while alone and idle, or doing an everyday task.
Education:
2004 Master of Fine Arts Pratt Institute Brooklyn, NY
1999 Bachelor of Arts Antioch College
Yellow Springs, OH
Exhibition History:
2017 Photographer's for Planned Parenthood, Brooklyn Grain Studios
group show curated by Roeg Cohen 100% print sales befitting Planned Parenthood
2015 Calicornicopia Calico Gallery, Brooklyn NY Annual small works show curated by Scott
Chasse.
2014 Fanning the Flames Brooklyn Fireproof, Brooklyn NY Group show curated by Mitchell King and Michael Hambouz.
2013 Ocean and Adventure
Wowohho Space, Hong Kong
curated by Photocopy Club
2013 Lotus
HPGRP Gallery, NYC
Group show curated by Takayuki Fujii
2013 Collaborative Culture
Brooklyn Academy Of Music, New York
Collaborative portrait project of photography and painting by Michael O'Shea and Michael Hambouz.
2012 Photocopy Club
Beach Gallery
London, United Kingdom
Group show of xeroxed photographs curated by the Photocopy Club.
2012 Self Portrait Project
Phoenix Gallery Brighton Photo Fringe
Brighton United Kingdom
Curated by We are Lucky.
2009 Onward ’09 Project Basho
Philadelphia, PA
Group Show curated by Peter Barberie
(curator of photographs, Philadelphia Museum of Modern Art)
2007 National Photography Triennial
Silvermine Guild Arts Center
New Canaan, CT
Group Show curated by Peter McGill (Pace/McGill gallery NYC)
2006 Group Show #8 group-show.com
Online group show by Humble Arts Foundation
2005 Hey Hot Shot
Jen Bekman Gallery
New York, NY
Juried group show featuring emerging artists
2004 Thesis Exhibition Stueben Gallery East Brooklyn, NY
2004 Pratt MFA Annual Exhibition,
Pratt Manhattan Gallery New York, NY
2004 Face to Face, Stueben Gallery East Brooklyn, NY
show of portraiture/self portraiture curated by Allen Frame
2003 Home away from Home, Walker Stage New York, NY
Group show curated by collective F8ts, work focusing on the idea of home.
1999The Raining Season, Herndon Gallery Yellow Springs, OH
Solo show of photographs from Kyoto, Japan
1997 Dayton Visual Arts Center Dayton, OH
Group show of young artists under 30