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In August, I traveled to Iceland to conduct field research and meet with scientists for my newest project Hydrological Landscapes. It was my first research expedition of this kind and was funded by a Humanities-, Arts-, and Design-Based Disciplines (HAD) research grant from the Oklahoma State University’s Collage of Arts and Sciences, where I’m starting my second year as the Assistant Professor of Studio Art. This funding and opportunity has reshaped my research based art making practice in several ways. It has encouraged a cross-discipline approach, prompting direct dialogue with the scientists and researchers . . .
I was invited by ArtX Gallery to participate in the gallery’s /imagine...Digital Soul exhibition at the 2024 GenAI Summit in San Francisco in May. The exhibition included an international roster of artists that “delved into the intricate relationship between art, humanity, and technology, reflecting on the profound impact of technological advancements on society, social contradictions, and environmental changes."
Curator MetaCher (@metacher.art) selected a diverse array of digital artworks that challenge traditional boundaries and invite introspection. The exhibition showcased the innovative works of 19 artists . . .
An expression of the Climate Change.
Today as we are facing an existential challenge that threatens our very way of life - our security, our livelihoods, our social institutions, and our legacy. That challenge is climate change.
The international scientific enterprise has made extraordinary progress, both in what we know and in determining what phenomena science has yet to reveal or understand. We also have a far better awareness of just how hard it is to understand a world that changes around us, changing in no small part from our own doing. The Arctic has surprised us with a pace of transformation that is far faster than anticipated . . .
Exhibition - November 4th to December 23rd
The ninth annual Small Works exhibition at Main Street Arts features 200 works of art by 200 artists from 32 states. A national juried exhibition of artwork 12 inches or smaller, this year’s Small Works exhibition was juried by Main Street Arts executive director and curator, Bradley Butler.
NOOBAA Non-Objective Abstract Art is on view Friday, September 16 to October 23 at 3 Square Art Gallery in Fort Collins, CO. I'm excited to show my work, Noradrenaline Dilation, at the exhibition which was selected by Juror Lisa Hatchadoorian, Executive Director, MOA Museum of Art Fort Collins.
Noradrenaline Dilation, oil on canvas, 40 x 30 in. This work is about the chemistry of emotion. It relates color to the role of neurotransmitters that regulate our moods. Here color acts as a metaphor for Noradrenaline which repels a nimbus of gray. Noradrenaline is a transmitter similar to adrenaline that increases levels of alertness, priming us for action. It also increases our blood pressure and widens our air passages.
On May 9th chamber music ensemble Lakeshore Rush released their debut recording titled Moving Parts. My drawing Higgs Boson Study was selected for the album’s cover. The image references the Higgs boson, an invisible energy field present throughout the universe that imbues other particles with mass. In 2012 the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland proved the existence of the Higgs particle. It was discovered by smashing photons and lead ions together to discover smaller particles. Since 1964 it has been a theoretical class of subatomic particles in the Standard Model of physics. It represents centuries of human thought and an exploratory path that leads us towards new horizons. It’s a fitting image for this ensemble’s exploration of new music.
I have to extend a big thank you to MAINSITE Contemporary Art, the Norman Arts Council, and Erin Gavaghan for hosting my MFA Exhibition. The gallery is a wonderful space in the center of Norman, Oklahoma and the opening was part of the city’s 2nd Friday Art Walk, the first held since before the pandemic began. It was wonderful to see so many faces and speak with all kinds of people about this series of work. The show is on view from April 8th through April 23rd.
It was an honor to be included in the 108th SoVA Student Exhibition this year at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at the University of Oklahoma. I received the Excellence in Painting Award, selected by this year’s juror Jennifer Scanlan, for my painting 100 Years of Progress. The work depicts a solar eclipse and includes stars from the taurus constellation in the same position as the 1919 eclipse used to prove Einstein’s theory of relativity.
From November 22 through December 14 we are presenting works by the current MFA students at the University of Oklahoma. It’s our first in person MFA show since 2019. Seeing the first year MFA student presentations in person was refreshing, compared to the virtual Zoom experience of 2020.
The show includes new works by:
Marissa Childers, Julie Clark, Danielle Fixico, Hannah Harper, Wesley Kramer, David Morrison, Benjamin Murphy, Craig Swan, Cody Wilson, Summer Zah
In August 2024 I was invited to participate in the U.S. Department of State Art in Embassies program. My painting Insufficient Capacity was selected by curator Tiffany Williams to be included in an exhibition for Stephanie Syptak-Ramnath, the new Ambassador to Peru. Ambassador Syptak-Ramnath is interested in working with artists who create work that encourages connections and drives conversations. It is an honor to participate in this exhibition. The painting is currently being shipped to Peru . . .