I'm a Chicago based visual artist currently focused on exploring a variety of collage techniques: appropriation as a discursive act, an interweaving of disparate elements into new hybrid structures. This exploration can take the form of collaged book fragments embedded in layers of resin, video collages, sound experiments and installations of found materials. I am interested in combining precise details from different visual languages into a single surface or environment in order to foment new connections between them.
I currently teach art at North Park University, including drawing, 2D, photo, and an occasional art history course.
I also play music in a number of Chicago projects: Plastic Council, Angela James, and various one off improvisational duos/groups.
Also curate the Relax Attack Jazz Series at The Whistler, and co-curate the Comfort Music series.
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EDUCATION
Federal University of Bahia School of Fine Arts, Salvador, Brazil
M.F.A (Mestrado em Artes Visuais-MAV), with distinction, 2007
The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee
B.A., Fine Arts/Philosophy (with honors), 2002
AWARDS AND GRANTS
CAAP Grant (Cultural Arts Assistance Program), City of Chicago, 2011
Bolsa da Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado da Bahia (US $10,000 grant from the Foundation for Research Support in the State of Bahia, Brazil), 2006.
John McCrady Award for Excellence in Visual Arts, 2002.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2011
"Strange Attractions", project installed at various locations (including Eastern Expansion , The Whistler, and Elastic Arts)in Chicago, IL
"Jaguar Headband Twins" (individual), Comfort Station, Chicago, IL
"AGregadoS LAB", Espacio Simon I Patino, La Paz, Bolivia (february)
2010
"Jaguar Headband Twins" (individual), North Park University Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Evanston Art Center Biennial, 2010". Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
"Get it Together", Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
"Limits and Vectors" (individual), (Con)Temporary Art Center, Chicago, IL
"Contact, Connect Collaborate". In collaboration with Lanussi Pasquali and Joãozito Pereira, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
2009
"ELZZAD". The Whistler, Chicago, IL
Sixty Second Film Festival (Fugitive Projects), various cities in US, South America, and Europe.
"Works on Paper". Vanderbilt School of Law, Nashville, TN.
2008
"Seismographic" (individual). Nabbit Art Center, Sewanee, TN. Adjunct Faculty Show. North Park University Gallery, Chicago, IL.
"Works on Paper". The Zeitgeist, Nashville, TN.
"Intestinos da Cidade II". Galeria do Povo, Cachoeira, BA, Brazil.
2007
"Dez Mil Coisas" (individual). The Art Factory, Consulado Holandês, Salvador, BA, Brazil.
Intestinos da Cidade. Centro Cultural Danneman, São Felix, BA, Brazil.
"Nuvens Sismográficas" (individual). Galeria ACBEU, Salvador, BA, Brazil.
2006
"Ruinas Fratelli Vita". Fratelli Vita Factory Ruins, Salvador, BA, Brazil.
"O Corpo Visto" (curator,artist). Espaço Via Corpo, Salvador, BA, Brazil.
"Guard(ares)". Galeria Canizares, Salvador, BA, Brazil.
2005
"Cidades Invisíveis". Site specific: Federal University of Bahia campus, Salvador, BA, Brazil.
2004
"52". Art Nexus, Portland, OR.
T E A C H I N G E X P E R I EN C E
10/2008-presentNorth Park University, Chicago, IL
Adjunct Professor of Art
Drawing
Two Dimensional Design
Photography 1 & 2
Art History: Art of the Americas
03/2007-12/2007Federal University of Bahia School of Fine Arts, Salvador, Brazil
Adjunct Instructor
Painting