EDUCATION
2013
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
2012
MFA, Yale University New Haven, CT (Painting and Printmaking)
2008
BFA, Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI, (Painting)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
Some Love Holds Water, Derek Eller Gallery, NYC, NY
2019
The Half That Ties, The Half That Breaks, Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago, IL
2018
Ways To Cross, The Lighthouse Works, Fisher’s Island, NY
Underbelly, Helena Anrather Gallery, NYC, NY
2017
Things To Say At Night, Miller Contemporary & Stellar Projects, NYC, NY
2015
If You Want To Be Free, On Stellar Rays, NYC NY
2009
What’s It Mean Love To You?, Bab Boujeloud, The World Sacred Music Festival, Fez, Morocco
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Now I am a lake, Public Gallery, London, United Kingdom
LONGING – Woven Strands, Woven Stories, Institut suédois, Paris, France
Thaw: Winter Group Show, The Landing, Los Angeles, CA
2021
AbStranded, The Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
Art Basel, Derek Eller Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
2020
Julia Bland & Michelle Segre, Derek Eller Gallery, New York (2 person)
2019
Even Thread Has Speech, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Nature as Measure, Curated by Candice Madey, Chambers, Beijing
Four, Yossi Milo Gallery, NYC, NY
2018
Untitled Art Fair, Andrew Rafacz Gallery
NADA, Helena Anrather Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
Geometry, TSA, Philadelphia, PA
Still Life, September Gallery, Hudson, NY
2017
A Thread Of Execution, Dimensions Variable, Miami, FL
The Armory Show, On Stellar Rays, NYC (2 person)
2016
Persuasive Percussion, On Stellar Rays, New York, NY
Intertwined, NYU Institute of Fine Arts, New York, NY
Good Old New Place, Cuevas Tilleard Gallery, New York, NY
Soft Symmetry, Phoebe, Baltimore, Maryland
The Tide Is High, The Silvermine Art Center, Governor’s Island, NY
The Swerve, Ortega y Gasset, Brooklyn, NY
Deep Superficial Perceptions, CES Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015
The Landscape Changes 30 Times, Anahita Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2014
Hard as You Can, Right at the Middle, Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York, NY (2 person)
NADA, On Stellar Rays, Miami Beach, FL
Equations of Sight-Similarity, On Stellar Rays, New York, NY
Painting Wall (Janus at 8:16), Touch Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2013
Come Together: Surviving Sandy, Industry City, New York, NY
Breaking Night, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
2012
Deep Cuts, Anna Kustera Gallery, New York, NY
No Longer Presidents, but Profits, Delicious Spectacle, Washington DC
Centaurs and Satyrs, Asya Geisbergy Gallery, New York, NY
Eyes Off The Flag, Motus Fort, Tokyo, Japan
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2020
NYFA/NYSCA Fellow
2018
Macdowell Colony, Residency
Shandanken: Storm King, Residency
2017
The Lighthouse Works, Residency
2016
Yaddo, Residency, Milton and Sally Avery Fellow
2015
The Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program
2014
The Rema Hort Mann Foundation, Emerging Artist Grant Nominee
Woodstock Byrdcliff Colony, Residency, The Pollock Krasner Fellow
2013
Yaddo, Residency
2012
Carol Scholsberg Memorial Prize for Excellence in Painting
2008
Jacques and Natasha Gelman Trust Travel Fellowship
Florence Leif Award for Excellence in Painting
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