I'll be in a group show with fellow Mills MFA people at Blankspace Gallery later this month. If you're in the Bay Area, come out for the opening reception Saturday, August 23, from 6-10 PM. Blankspace is a great gallery and they are very generous to facilitate our group. There's also a blog for you to look at, with links to some of the other artists' sites...
8/3/08
I'm very happy to announce that production is underway on a new edition of prints through Chicago's Eight Skin Press. Some of these will be available for online purchase within the next couple of weeks. Check back soon over at the Projects page for images and additional information...
7/10/08
No news is good news, right? I am enjoying the Mighty Midwest and getting very excited about returning to Oakland in a little over a month. In the meantime I'll be working with a new band - details T.B.A. - and spending a lot of time on trains.
My band Boomerang Boomerang will be playing an open mic next Sunday, July 20, with special guest, Stickboy, of Stickboy and the WMWM at a place called The Oasis Cafe in West Chicago. It's in a strip mall, so look for the strip mall. The show starts at 8 PM and we're not sure when we perform. Probably right around when things start to get crazy, or shortly beforehand.
6/1/08
It's official: one year down and one to go at Mills. It's great to be back in Chicago for the summer. I will be working as an assistant to the artist John Fraser and keeping busy with my own projects (chief amongst them, reading Moby Dick once and for all). I'll be headed back to the Bay Area in August. Drop me a line between now and then, and if you're around Portland, be sure to check out the group show I'm a part of at The Pancake Clubhouse Historic Township. The opening is this Friday, June 6.
4/29/08
I've been very busy recently which is a good thing. I finally got around to updating all the new images with titles and dimensions, so check that out and be sure to let me know your favorite and least favorite titles. If you can clearly explain why a given title is your least favorite, I will consider changing the title of that piece. I'll be adding more work soon so if you are okay with all of these titles, maybe you'll dislike some from the next batch.
Thank you so very much to everyone who came out to the lecture at CCA last week. It was a lot of fun and I can't believe all the work so many people were willing to contribute to make it a success. I feel very touched, it was a bonafide love fest. My dearest thanks go out to Josh, Gina, Scott, and Caroline for their virtuoso performances.
My band Boomerang Boomerang is going to be playing one more show this year at this weekend's special Saturday night edition of T.N.S. Come celebrate the end of the year with this excellent and historic Mills College Music Department open-mic-style tradition. The show probably starts around 9.
Lastly, if you're in the Bay Area you should really check out the 2008 Mills College MFA Exhibition at the Mills College Art Museum on Sunday, May 4. It's going to be good and I'm not saying that because I go to school here. And then a week later on Saturday, May 10, come BACK to Mills for the 2008 MFA Open Studios. Lots of great work to see...
4/16/08
To anyone in the East Bay: come join the Mills community for music and barbeque galore this Sunday, April 20th. It will be awesome. Our good friend Brian Caraway is going to be kicking off an excellent installation with a party and reception from 4-8 PM in the Graduate Studios building. Come one come all...
3/4/08
The massive website update is finally underway. Check out new images in the Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture sections of the site. All of this work has been completed since my move to Oakland last summer. In the next couple of days I will be adding titles and dimensions, but in the meantime feel free to email me with what you think things should be titled, as I'm always open to suggestions.
3/27/08
Big news from the front: On April 21st Boomerang Boomerang will be playing a show at the California College of the Arts! Come to the Timken Lecture Hall at 7 PM. Monday, Monday, Monday! OMG!
3/18/08
Whoa! I am totally overwhelmed with excitement. The New Computer Fair Trade Pledge Drive 2k8 was a rip-roaring success and I am now the proud owner of a new MacBook. My thanks go out again to all the supporters and I'd also like to note that - even though I now have a computer - the Pledge Drive is still going, so let me know if you'd like to make a donation in exchange for original work.
I am currently editing the website and getting ready to publish several major changes. I'm preparing my studio for final reviews and the Mills College Spring Open Studios, which will take place in early May. And I'm also working on a lecture which will be held at a major Bay Area art school, with details to be announced soon...Until then, drop me a line and I'll send you a very interesting postcard, free of charge.
3/8/08
Spring is in the air and that can only mean good things. Over Spring Break I will be posting new photos and recordings (finally). The New Computer Fair Trade Pledge Drive 2k8 is coming along fantastically - thank you to those who have contributed donations thus far - and I'm very busy working on new paintings (big), projections (bright), and jams (hot). Thank you to everyone who came out to the last Boomerang Boomerang show. We had a great time and we're looking forward to the next appearance, which will be sometime in April within the greater Bay Area area...
2/23/08
It's been a while since my last update and a lot has been going on in the way of news, both good and bad. The bad news is that my computer died last week. The good news is that I'm now accepting donations in support of my New Computer Fair Trade Pledge Drive 2k8. If you'd like to make a donation contact me here and we can arrange a transaction through PayPal or personal check. I will send any and all supporters a drawing that corresponds in quality with the level of generosity implicated by their donation; small donations will be met with small, mediocre works on paper while large donations will earn you a larger drawing or small panel painting of proportionally higher quality.
In other exciting news, my band, Boomerang Boomerang, will be performing a benefit concert/Leap Year celebration show Friday, February 29, at 12 noon on campus at Mills. The show is sponsored and hosted by the Mills College Photography Department and there will be free pizza for those in attendance. So come early and tell your friends, they can come too.