A place I never go (2014)
born: 1973, St.Louis, MO
education:
1995 BFA Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
1994 New York Studio Residency Program, New York City
exhibitions:
2023
National Watercolor Society, San Pedro, CA
October - 103rd International Open
(cash award)
Art Escape Italy - Tuscany
September - Painting Retreat
PXP Contemporary - Philadelphia, PA
July - CHROMA - Juried Exhibition
Workshop de Aquarela - Sevilla, Spain
June - painting workshop with international group
2022
Salmagundi Club, NYC
Figurative Show
January - Juried exhibition, Award of Excellence
2021
Museu Europeu d’Art Modern - Barcelona, Spain
March - Group Exhibition
2020
Westmont Ridley Tree Museum of Art - Santa Barbara, CA
Celebrating 10 years - Group Exhibition
Wausau Musuem of Contemporary Art
October - Painting the Figure Now III
2019
Founded the Aligator Watercolor Community
October - Patreon
Ste Genevieve Art Guild - Ste Genevieve, MO
October - Lecture
Heartland Art Club - St Louis, MO
September - book signing, Modern Fresco Paintings
RLS - Charleson, SC
Everyone’s a Winner - Group Exhibit
Heartland Art Club - St Louis, MO
August - Survey of Excellence - Group Exhibit
Arcadia Contemporary - NYC
August - Five and Under
Missouri Watercolor Society
June - International Exhibition
Springfield Museum of Art
June - Watercolor USA
Merchant Street Gallery - Ste Genevieve, MO
April - Book signing and solo exhibition
The International Biennial Portrait Competition
April - Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art
Novel. - Memphis
April - book signing
Arcadia Contemporary - NYC
March - Mondo Tondo
Strand Bookstore - NYC
March - Book Signing/Book Release of
Modern Fresco Paintings by Ali Cavanaugh
2018
Ellen Noel Art Museum
January through May - Modern Frescoes
10 year retrospective
Art Palm Springs - Art Fair
February - Travelogues Fine Art
Robert Lange Studios
January through February - The Color of Water
Arcadia Gallery
August - Under Five exhibition
Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art
July through September - Painting the Figure Now
Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art
September through December - Annual National Juried Exhibition
curated by Frank Bernaducci
Spoke Art
November - Fantasia curated by Paintguide
Abend Gallery
November - Miniature Show
2017
Texas A & M University
Wayne Stark Gallery
November-December Women Painting Women: In Earnest
SOFA Chicago - Art Fair
November - Travelogues Fine Art
The Customs House Museum
August-October- Women Painting Women: In Earnest
Abend Gallery
February- Sight Unseen
a group exhibition curated by Alia El-Bermani
2016
Marietta Cobb Museum of Art
September- Modern Frescoes
9 year retrospective - Solo Exhibition
Robert Lange Studios
October- TWELVE
group exhibition - 12th Anniversary Show
SOMA Gallery
June- Brine a group exhibition curated by Victor Grasso
LRoss Gallery
January- 10th Anniversary Show
Fontbonne University, St Louis MO
January- Immerse and other works from 2015 Solo Exhibition
2015
Vendue (Charleston, SC)
June- Fluent
ArtHamptons 2015
July- via Gold Gallery
Wally Workman Gallery
August- 35th Anniversary show
Gold Gallery
September- Immerse Solo Exhibition
Robert Lange Studios
November- Gold vs Silver
Sirona Fine Art
December- OIL WATER BRONZE
Art Palm Beach
January- Sirona Fine Art (Booth #412)
2014
Robert Lange Studios
November- I See A Pattern
Richard J Demato Fine Art
October-December- Women Painting Women
Ampersand Art Supply Headquarters
September- 20 Year Anniversary (group exhibit)
Gold Gallery
March- art fair AD 20/21 Boston
Elliott Fouts Gallery
Februrary- 40 & Under (group exhibit)
33 Contemporary (Chicago)
March- Transient Life (curated by Sergio Gomez)
Miller Gallery (Cincinnati)
May- Figurative Invitational
Tinney Contemporary
August- The New Real 2
Rarity Gallery (Mykonos, Greece)
2014 Summer Salon
2013
Rarity Gallery
(Mykonos, Greece)
2013 Summer Salon
Robert Lange Studios
March- Evolution (group exhibit)
September- Odyssey-Solo Exhibition
November- North vs. South (group exhibit)
GF Contmeporary
June- Glance at the Sun (5 artists)
DK Gallery
November- Five year anniversary show
2012
Sarah Bain Gallery
9 Striped Works- December show
Robert Lange Studios
Nuance- 3 artist exhibition
Everything Changes- group exhibit
Wally Workman Gallery
100 Degrees- July group exhibit
Gold Gallery
August- Debut Showing
December Group Exhibit
Tinney Contemporary
The New Real-group exhibit
L Ross Gallery
July Group Exhibit
December Group Exhibit
2011
Robert Lange Studios
Arcs and Angles –two artist Exhibition
GF Contemporary
AD 20/21 Boston, Massachusetts
GF Contemporary
SF Fine Art Fair, San Francisco, CA
Wally Workman Gallery
Rivers- group exhibit
L Ross Gallery
July Group Exhibit
dkGallery
Figurative Show – group exhibit
Robert Lange Studios
What We Choose – group exhibit
Wally Workman Gallery
After Dark- group exhibit
Robert Lange Studios
Fortunate- group exhibit
GF Contemporary
December Group Exhibit
2010
GF Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Small Works – group exhibit
L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN
Holiday Exhibition/Gallery Artists - group exhibit
Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, TX
30 Year Anniversary Show – group exhibit
Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, TX
In a Moment of Unintended Pause –Solo Exhibition
Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, SC
Women Painting Women – group exhibit
L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN
July Group Show
The Gallery at Round Top, Round Top, TX
ACT Invitational – group exhibit
The Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, TX
A Grand Affair – group exhibit
2009
L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN
Brilliance in the Lost Moment of Hesitation- Solo Exhibition
Merchant Street Gallery, Ste Geneveive, MO
Brilliance in the Lost Moment of Hesitation- Solo Exhibition
GF Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Group Exhibit
LRoss Gallery, Memphis,TN
Group exhibit
Wally Workman Gallery, Austin TX
Feast – group exhibit
Daniel North Gallery, Cut Band , MT
Miniatures 2009: Portraits – group exhibit
Robert Lange Studios, Charelston SC
Black vs. White – group exhibit
Wally Workman Gallery, Austin TX
The Grand Affair – group exhibit
2008
Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, TX
Twelve – group exhibit
Bering and James Gallery, Houston, TX
Cinco- group exhibit
Wally Workman Gallery, Austin TX
A Grand Affair – group exhibit
L Ross Gallery, Memphis TN
December Group Exhibition
Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, TX
The Boat Show – group exhibit
Bering and James Gallery, Houston, TX
Red, Art Houston- group exhibit
Bering and James Gallery, Houston, TX
Modest Minotaur- group exhibit
2007
Affordable Art Fair New York City, NY
707 Contemporary, Santa Fe
Bering and James Gallery, Houston, TX
The Portrait –four artists
The Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, TX
Alice in Wonderland -group exhibit
Bering and James Gallery, Houston TX
Cinco –group exhibit
Bering and James Gallery, Houston TX
Zina Garrison Benefit/Invitational, (group exhibit)
707 Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Red Hot Party – four artists
2006
Wally Workman Gallery, Austin,TX
A Door Within a Girl -Solo Exhibition
Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, TX
Red - group exhibit
2005
Katrina Lasko Gallery, Bernalillo, NM
Inside the Everyday – Solo Exhibition
Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
The Chair-ity Auction/Invitational – group exhibit
2004
Katrina Lasko Gallery, Bernalillo, NM
Collection of Painters – group exhibit
2003
Katrina Lasko Gallery, Bernalillo, NM
Sensual or Erotic- group exhibit
Katrina Lasko Gallery, Bernalillo, NM
Earth, Wind, Water, and Fire – group exhibit
2002
Katrina Lasko Gallery, Bernalillo, NM
Real Places and Hidden Spaces – Solo Exhibition
2001
Kendall College of Art and Design, Kendall Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
Girl Scouts of Michigan Trails Benefit Show/Invitational –
winner of People’s Choice Award
2000
Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
Revelation of Resolution – Solo Exhibition
Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
Art Books – Juried group show
1999
Lowell Area Arts Council, Lowell, MI
West Michigan Regional Competition- Juried Exhibit
Third Stone Gallery, Saugatuck, MI
Group Exhibit
1998
Franklin Riley Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
Time and Movement – Solo Exhibition
Franklin Riley Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
Group Exhibit
1997
The New Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
Recent Paintings (The Voice of a Child) – Solo Exhibition
1996
Grand Rapids Art Museum , Grand Rapids, MI
Festival of the Arts Regional Art Exhibit – Juried Group Exhibit
1995
Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
Festival of the Arts Regional Art Exhibit- Juried Group Exhibit
Kendall College of Art and Design, Gallery 104, Grand Rapids, MI
New York Paintings – Solo Exhibition
1994
The Tribeca Studio, New York City
Group Exhibit of the Student’s of the New York Studio Program
1993
Kendall College of Art and Design, Kendall Gallery, Grand Rapids MI
Squarefoot – group show
Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
Autobiography/Biography – Juried Group Exhibit
publications:
2014
-American Art Collector 100th Issue (February- COVER and p 49, 154)
-Nashville Arts Magazine (June- COVER and p 88-89)
-Nashville Arts Magazine (August p 72-75)
-Watercolor Artist Magazine (April, 5th Annual Watercolor Showcase p 32)
-Poets and Artists Magazine Issue #55 Raw Beauty curated by Sergio Gomez (May)
-Poets and Artists Magazine Issue #56 Celebration curated by Daniel Maidman (June)
-St. Austin Review (May/June p 23)
-The Mockingbird (Winter 2014 cover)
-The Mockingbird (Summer 2014 p 91)
-Ampersand spokesperson- my paintings used on all promotional materials such as brochures and art supply store banners
2013
-Huffington Post (September, 3)
-Fine Art Connoisseur (September)
- Hi Fructose (January, 5)
-American Art Collector (September, Issue 95, p 110-111)
-Empty: Issue 22 (p 28-33)
2012
-New York Times magazine (December, year end commemorative issue, Chavela Vargas)
-American Art Collector (November p 56)
-St Austin Review (Fall Issue)
-Les Bonnes Personnes, novel by V. Papineau (Cover Artist)
2011
-The Artist’s Magazine (March)
-The Art of Watercolour (Summer Issue)
-l’Art de l’Aquarelle (Summer Issue)
-American Art Collector (May)
-American Art Collector (October)
-American Art Collector (November)
-St Louis Review (April 1)
-Daniel Smith Reference Catalogue (2011-2012)
2010
-American Art Collector (November)
-Artsee Magazine (Nov/Dec)
-New American Paintings No.88
-573 Insider (Sept/Oct – cover artist)
-Envoy Magazine (volume 9.3)
-Charleston Contemporary Arts Examiner (January)
2009
-ARTnews (October Issue editorial review, pgs 134-135)
-American Art Collector (December – cover artist)
-Watercolor Artist (December – Delicate Dichotomies)
-The Memphis Flyer (Memphis, Carol Knowles- June)
-The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Bill Ellis- June)
2008
-International Artist Magazine (Finalist in International Figurative competition, December)
-American Artist (Watercolor Featured artist, Fall Issue)
-Art Calendar Magazine (August – cover artist)
-Daniel Smith Catalogue (Full page feature in summer art supply catalog)
2006
-Southwest Art Magazine (Artist to Watch – September)