My artistic process has transitioned from an intuition-led journey into a disciplined exploration of the meaning inherent in color, line, and weight. While I previously avoided applying conceptual frameworks to my work, allowing images to exist as purely intuitive expressions, a recent dedication to formal inquiry has necessitated a thorough analysis of my visual language's structural foundations.
The recurring "grid" motif in my previous work served as the catalyst for this shift, leading me to George Kelly’s Personal Construct Psychology, which he established at The Ohio State University in 1955. Kelly’s view of individuals as "incipient scientists" who perpetually test and refine personal theories aligns with my current methodology. I now utilize the Repertory Grid technique as an interpretive framework, treating my studio practice as a scientific endeavor to investigate how specific applications of color, line, and weight function as core constructs.
In my current practice, I aim to engage with Personal Construct Psychology by projecting my psychological landscape onto visual forms. Following Kelly’s premise that psychological distress stems from inadequate meaning-making frameworks, I am developing a rigorous system to examine how the weight of a line, the emotional resonance of a color, or the rhythm of a structure allows for the interpretation and anticipation of experience.
Born in Columbus, Ohio in 1972.
Education Ohio State University, History and Theory of Architecture, 2024
Exhibitions Ohio Art League 2026 Spring Juried Exhibition
Ohio Art League 2025 Fall Juried Exhibition
Ohio Art League Mindful: The Art of Gratitude, Broad Street Presbyterian December 2024
Ohio Art League Annual Thumb Box Show, December 2024
Ohio Art League Upper Arlington Concourse Gallery May-July 2024
Semi-Annual Christmas Painting Show at Brioso, December 2012, Brioso Cafe
Semi-Annual Christmas Painting Show at Brioso, December 2010, Brioso Cafe
Snake Dance, Columbus Performing Arts Center, Columbus, OH, 2010
Semi-Annual Christmas Painting Show at Brioso, December 2009, Brioso Cafe
New Hole, video and installation, November, Skylab 2009
28 Windows, Skylab Gallery, Columbus, OH, July 2008
Joy Divisions Group Show: Band Creation with Studio Recording at Columbus Discount
Records, reception at Columbus Metropolitan Library, June 2007
Cluster Flux with Liz Atzberger, Skylab Gallery, July 2007
Working Frameworks, C33 Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2006
Working Frameworks, Knowlton School of Architecture, Columbus, OH, 2006
Working Frameworks, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, 2006
Seven Artists, Skylab Gallery, December 2003
Works on Paper, BLD Gallery, July 2003
BLD Silent Auction and Open Studios, June 2003
Colours: Five Dispensers, Acme Art Company, 2003
Graffiti and Youth Culture in Public Spaces, Acme Art Gallery, September 2003
Giant Tape Loop(with Aaron Hibbs), Warehouse Cafe Gallery, March 2002
yArt Sale: Art made with Thrift Store Finds, Skylag Gallery, October 2002
Guitar Amplified Disassembly, Madlab 2001
Art Attack Group Show, Warehouse Cafe Gallery, December 2001
Hole, OAL Fall Juried Exhibition, October 2001
Acme Member Show, March 2001
Acme Member Show, November 2000
Mock Solo Show, Skylab Gallery, May 2000
Sound/sculpture Installation, Milo Arts Building, August 1999
Awards Fran Luckoff Award, Hole 2001
Ohio Art League 2026 Spring Juried Exhibition, 2nd Place Best in Show
Publications Catalog for Joy Divisions Exhibition, Columbus Metropolitan Library lawn, June 2007
Optic Nerve, BLD Studios, Columbus Alive, October 2003
Catalog of OAL Juried Proposals, 2002
“The Magic Number”, Columbus Alive, December 2002
“Multimedia Fun Set For Equinox” Columbus Alive, September 2002
Optic Nerve, Columbus Alive, June 2002
“Bring The Noise”, Columbus Alive, September 2001
Student Work 1992-94, Ohio State University School of Architecture, 1994
Volunteer Artist consulting, curation, and installation, Fresh Air Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, 2006-7