My work systematically deconstructs the logics of language in effort to access the moments when knowledge and insights are first conceived. The processes that I develop question the philosophical links between intention and consequence, presence and absence, and emptiness and implication. Knowledge and insight originate as abstract content. The gestation and translation period of ideas systematically removes critically important content in exchange for “communicable thoughts”. Concerned with the reductive, and potentially destructive nature of language, I co-opt and subvert traditional sources of information such as books, articles, and notes to explore the nature of language as it relates to the search for knowledge and meaning. The resulting paintings, installations, videos and resurfaced objects inhabit the space between this and that, present and absent, confusion and understanding, inarticulate and nameable.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023
a' kwiet 'laf High Point Univeristy, Darrell E. Sechrest Art Gallery
2022
T͟Her(s) /T͟Hat/ GutterBox Gallery, South Eastern Center for Contemporary Art (host)
2019
proc·ess(iNG) /prōˌses/ Feurtado Gallery, NYC
2018
seCH (en) seCH South Eastern Center for Contemporary Art, (SECCA Museum)
2017
emp·ty [ˈem(p)tē/] Mary Davis Holt Gallery, Salem College, NC
2016
in·ar·tic·u·lateˌ(inärˈtiky l t/) knowledge The John and June Allcott Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
2015
intentional or otherwise Mercury Studio, Durham, NC
2014
social abstraction Wall Essock & Babcock Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
2010
i;us Derthick Gallery, TN
on windows Derthick Gallery, TN
Selected Two-Person Exhibitions
2020
in (or for) perpetuity Elder Gallery of Contemporary Art, Charlotte, NC
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
Word Powered National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2024
Gutter Box Review Volume 1: Local Papers LUMP, Raleigh, NC
2019
Paper-Thick Arboreal Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
2019
Another Potato Chip Weekend Gallery oneoneone, Carrboro, NC
2018
Digiscapes LUMP, Raleigh, NC
2016
Depth Perception Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC
2015
MarketMixers Duke University, Durham, NC
2014
Third Annual Emerging Artists Exhibition Womble Carlyle Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
2014
On Spirituality The Eleanor and Egbert Davis Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
Sawtooth School for Visual Art,
2013
Present Tense Womble Carlyle Gallery
2012
NC Nouveau Womble Carlyle Gallery
Residency
Inaugural Resident Artist, NCMA-WS NCMA-WS 2023 – Present
Recto/Verso Artist Residency VCU Space Gallery 2016
Alumni in Residence Artist Residency Milligan College 2010
Publication & Media Features
Artist Seeks to Inspire NPR Morning Edition 2023
People’s Curiosity Interview & All Things Considered
Art of the State Publication UNC Press 2022
QC E Publication Quintessential 2020
Charlotte Exclusive
Exhibit Speaks of Art Publication The Charlotte Post 2020
‘In (or for) perpetuity’
“Artist manipulates language Publication Triad City Beat 2018
for giggles, eye rolls, reflection…”
“Abstraction, figuration Publication Journal Now 2017
& conceptual art meet”
“More collaboration Publication Triad City Beat 2015
& less competition”
Workshops and Scholarship Presentations
Let’s Talk: Workshop National Liberty 2025
Confronting What Museum
Divides Us
The Maker’s Motivation 4- PartWorkshop NCMA-WS 2024
Nite School
a' kwiet 'laf Scholarship Talk High Point University 2023
5-Steps Masterclass Workshop High Point University 2023
Chaos & Harmony Moderator Hanes House 2023
Panel Discussion
bag(s) of sand Curatorial Project Sawtooth School for 2022
Affective Injustice & Presentation Visual Art
in (or for) perpetuity Panel Discussion Elder Gallery, NC 2020
/səCH/ən/səCH/ Artist Talk SECCA, NC 2018
On /ˈem(p)tē/ Artist Talk Salem College, NC 2017
Pint of Science (Pint #13) Artist Talk Cat’s Cradle 2016
2023
a' kwiet 'laf High Point Univeristy, Darrell E. Sechrest Art Gallery
2022
T͟Her(s) /T͟Hat/ GutterBox Gallery, South Eastern Center for Contemporary Art (host)
2019
proc·ess(iNG) /prōˌses/ Feurtado Gallery, NYC
2018
seCH (en) seCH South Eastern Center for Contemporary Art, (SECCA Museum)
2017
emp·ty [ˈem(p)tē/] Mary Davis Holt Gallery, Salem College, NC
2016
in·ar·tic·u·lateˌ(inärˈtiky l t/) knowledge The John and June Allcott Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
2015
intentional or otherwise Mercury Studio, Durham, NC
2014
social abstraction Wall Essock & Babcock Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
2010
i;us Derthick Gallery, TN
on windows Derthick Gallery, TN
Selected Two-Person Exhibitions
2020
in (or for) perpetuity Elder Gallery of Contemporary Art, Charlotte, NC
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
Word Powered National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2024
Gutter Box Review Volume 1: Local Papers LUMP, Raleigh, NC
2019
Paper-Thick Arboreal Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
2019
Another Potato Chip Weekend Gallery oneoneone, Carrboro, NC
2018
Digiscapes LUMP, Raleigh, NC
2016
Depth Perception Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC
2015
MarketMixers Duke University, Durham, NC
2014
Third Annual Emerging Artists Exhibition Womble Carlyle Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
2014
On Spirituality The Eleanor and Egbert Davis Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
Sawtooth School for Visual Art,
2013
Present Tense Womble Carlyle Gallery
2012
NC Nouveau Womble Carlyle Gallery
Residency
Inaugural Resident Artist, NCMA-WS NCMA-WS 2023 – Present
Recto/Verso Artist Residency VCU Space Gallery 2016
Alumni in Residence Artist Residency Milligan College 2010
Publication & Media Features
Artist Seeks to Inspire NPR Morning Edition 2023
People’s Curiosity Interview & All Things Considered
Art of the State Publication UNC Press 2022
QC E Publication Quintessential 2020
Charlotte Exclusive
Exhibit Speaks of Art Publication The Charlotte Post 2020
‘In (or for) perpetuity’
“Artist manipulates language Publication Triad City Beat 2018
for giggles, eye rolls, reflection…”
“Abstraction, figuration Publication Journal Now 2017
& conceptual art meet”
“More collaboration Publication Triad City Beat 2015
& less competition”
Workshops and Scholarship Presentations
Let’s Talk: Workshop National Liberty 2025
Confronting What Museum
Divides Us
The Maker’s Motivation 4- PartWorkshop NCMA-WS 2024
Nite School
a' kwiet 'laf Scholarship Talk High Point University 2023
5-Steps Masterclass Workshop High Point University 2023
Chaos & Harmony Moderator Hanes House 2023
Panel Discussion
bag(s) of sand Curatorial Project Sawtooth School for 2022
Affective Injustice & Presentation Visual Art
in (or for) perpetuity Panel Discussion Elder Gallery, NC 2020
/səCH/ən/səCH/ Artist Talk SECCA, NC 2018
On /ˈem(p)tē/ Artist Talk Salem College, NC 2017
Pint of Science (Pint #13) Artist Talk Cat’s Cradle 2016