a suite of work exploring themes of desire, entertainment, and performance
2017
Society of 23's Locker Dressing Room
a site-specific, mixed-media installation mashup of a sports locker room and backstage dressing room
Hope From My Heart
a suite of work created in the wake of the 2016 US Presidential Election that explores my relationship with the culture and craft of my new home in the swing state of Michigan
2016
Let's Dance America!
a video installation that answers the question: when and where did you first learn the Macarena?
Nice Props, Bro!
a series of bro portraits coupling black-tie formal wear and photo booth props
2015
Revel
a series of hanging sculptures that abbreviates the installation Revelry
Revelry
a large-scale, site-specific, outdoor installation that explores the controversial nature of public art in the shadow of Alexander Calder's La Grande Vitesse
Nice Beads, Bro!
a series of bro portraits examining American masculinity and inspired by the tronie — an anonymous character repeated throughout the paintings of the Dutch Golden Age
Debauchery
a series of paint on paper collages depicting religious statuaries and celebratory remains
Wafers
a series of hanging sculptures depicting television static that was created with spray-painted communion wafers and velvet
2014
Fantasies
a series of oil text paintings that share familiar notions of fantasy
Confessional
a photographic diptych of my bag head character as a reality television housewife
Lone Wolf
a suite of work exploring self-portraiture, domestic terrorism, and celebrity
Scumbags
a series of photographs documenting the streets of San Francisco
2013
Blissed Out
a looping HD video of a bro in an endless cycle of deep breathing
2012
Hosanna
a photographic triptych of my bag head character as a home shopping television host
God Bless (Miss) America
a photographic diptych of my bag head character as a pageant winner
Scumbags
a series of hanging sculptures exploring the commodity of luxury that was created with deflated balloon animals
2011
OMG
a suite of work created for my 2011 MFA thesis exhibition at San Francisco Art Institute that explores my personal identities