C.V.

Original art can be found at:
Revolution Gallery, Buffalo, NY
FB69 Galerie, Munster and Cologne locations, Germany

Education

1996-00 California Institute of the Arts. BFA degree in Fine Art & Experimental Animation.
1995 Art Center College of Design. Candidate for BFA in Fine Art and Illustration

Awards

Ohio Arts Council AADAP grant, 2022
Assembly Arts grant, 2022
G-Train Ventures Web3 project grant, 2022
Rauschenberg Foundation Award, 2020
Honor awarded by the Ohio House of Representatives, 2020
Satellite Fund Award, The Andy Warhol Foundation administered by SPACES 2020
Akron Soul Train Fellowship, 2019
Awarded by the Ohio Senate for Exemplary Attainment, 2017
Ohio Arts Council AADAP grant, 2016

Selected Exhibitions

2024: FLAUNT: a mini-retrospective @ The Artist Archives of the Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH. (Opens Thursday, May 16)

Nolcha @ NFT.NYC, Manhattan.

Member’s Exhibition @ The Artist Archives of the Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH.

2023: Satellite Art Fair, World of Women, Nolcha @ Art Basel Miami represented by Wave Space.

The Super Psychedelic Sisters Against Cancer @ Wave Space, Lakewood, OH.

2022: “Garden of Venus” digital group exhibition of physical and NFT artworks @ Mahall’s Lakewood, OH.

“Without Limits” group exhibition @ Artist Archives of the Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH.

“Stratosphere” group exhibition opening and NFT.NYC and ongoing in the metaverse.

Women of Web3 group exhibition at Lava, New York City.

TreeTrunk group exhibition at SUGIO! Brooklyn, NY

“Pop Surrealism” group exhibition at the Ohio Center for History, Art and Technology.

2021: “Drawing Through Reality” solo exhibition @ Revolution Gallery, Buffalo, NY.

2020: “Boschian” group show curated by Kat Wentz @ Summit Art Space, Akron, OH.
“See Her Play” @ FB69 Galerie, Munster, Germany.
“Mothership” @ La Matadora Gallery, Joshua Tree, CA.
“Flower Power” group show @ Mize Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL.
“Luminosity”, group show with Tessa LeBaron and Jenna Fournier @ Mahall’s Gallery, Lakewood, OH

2019: “Ornate Acids” solo show @ Akron Soul Train Gallery, Akron, OH.
“Fabulism” group show @ Yards Projects, Cleveland, OH.
“Soft Sugars” solo show @ BoxHeart Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA.

2018: Illustrious Decay” Dual solo show with Jenniffer Omaitz @ Cleveland West Art League during the FRONT Triennial, Cleveland, Ohio

“Sonic Splendor” @ Revolution Gallery, Buffalo, NY.
MF Gallery 15th Anniversary exhibition, Brooklyn, NY.
“We’re Still Here” @ Boxheart Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA.
“Artbelt: New Art from the Rustbelt” @ Lakeland Community College in Kirtland, OH.

2017: GURLS solo show @ FB69 Galerie, Munster, Germany
Forma and Flora solo show @ The Gathering Place, Westlake, Ohio.
GURLS solo show @ FB69 Galerie, Cologne, Germany
OAC Biennial exhibition @ Riffe Gallery, Columbus, Ohio.
The Artist’s Trust curated by Liz Maugans @ MOCA Cleveland.
“Coven” @ Revolution Gallery, Buffalo, NY
ArtMEOW, 100 years of cat art @ ArtNEO Museum, Cleveland, Ohio.
“Full STEAM Ahead” @ Stocker Arts Center, Lorain County Community College
“We Are the Resistence” @ Revolution Gallery, Buffalo, NY
It’s Elemental: Fire & Water juried show @ Valley Art Center, Chagrin Falls, Ohio.

2016: “Biomorphic Garden Party”, solo exhibition @ Hedge Gallery, Cleveland OH.
Dreamscapes and Visions, Surrealist Invitational at Lakeland Community College.
“Subtle Gaze” curated by Max Kauffman @ Gravity Gallery & The Crystal Palace. Aspen, CO.

2015: “Tiny Trifecta” group show curated by Tara McPherson @ Cotton Candy Machine, Brooklyn, NY.
12×12 Annual Group Show @ Gauntlet Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
“Ladies of the Underground” @ MF Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
“Memeography” @ Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH.
Curator for the annual Six in Studio at Cleveland West Art League, Cleveland, OH.

2014: “Deux” group show @ Gauntlet Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
“Ephemeral Antidotes: Revisited” solo show @ BAYarts, Bay Village, OH.
Surreal Salon Invitational, Baton Rouge Contemporary Arts Center.
“Mass Culture” group show @ Alexi Era Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Ohio Online Visual Artist Registry Juried Show @ The Columbus Metropolitan Library, Columbus, Ohio.

2013: Zodiac” @ Auguste Clown Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
“Plain” book exhibition @ Beit Ha’ir Urban Culture Museum in Tel Aviv, Israel.
“Obsolete” group show @ Studio 2091 in Cuyahoga Falls, OH.
Lil BUB group show @ Spoke Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
“EyeCandy” group show @ WWA Gallery Los Angeles, CA.
“The Dress Says It All” group show @ BAYarts, Bay Village, OH.
“I Believe in Unicorns” group show @ WWA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.

2012: “Moon Goddess” curated by Aunia Kahn @ Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Third Annual O+ Festival, Kingston, NY.
“Artists Painting Artists” @ BAYarts, Bay Village, OH.
“Wasted” curated by Dave MacDowell, group show at WWA Gallery, Los Angeles CA.
G40 Summit, Richmond, VA. Represented by Art Whino Gallery.
Surreal Salon Invitational IV @ Baton Rouge Contemporary Arts Center, Baton Rouge, LA.
“Ephemeral Antidotes” solo show @ Loved to Death Gallery, SF, CA
Trinity Catherdral Art Gallery, NE Ohio artists invitational, Cleveland, OH.

2011: Annual Group Invitational @ William Rupnik Gallery, Cleveland OH.
“Notes from the Cleveland Underground” @ Kunstraum Ampersand Galerie, curated by Sustainable Love Corp. Cologne, Germany
“Tiny Trifecta” group show curated by Tara McPherson @ The Cotton Candy Machine, Brooklyn NY
“Illustrious” group exhibition @ Wall Eye Gallery, Cleveland , OH.
G40 Arts Summit, Washington, DC
“From Woman” group exhibition @ Lakeland Community College, Kirtland, Ohio.

2010: “Jest in Time” group show @ Distinction Gallery. Escondido, CA.
Box Heart Gallery 10 Year Anniversary exhibition, Pittsburgh PA.
“Fables & Follies” group show @ Alternative Gallery, Seaside CA. curated by CreepMachine.com
“Dark and Lovely” group show @ Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park NJ
SPACES “ArtMart” group show, Cleveland OH
“From Woman” group invitational, Lakeland Community College, Kirtland OH
The G40 Summit in Arlington VA, represented by Art Whino Gallery
“Velazquez: Remixed” group show @ Wall Eye Gallery, Cleveland OH.

2009: Winter group show @ Eclectix Gallery, El Cerrito CA.
“Life Essentials” group show represented by Art Whino Gallery, Art Basel Miami.
“Multiversal” group show curated by Mike Franco, Art Basel Miami.
“Feminality” group show @ Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
“Splendor and Safety Pins” solo show @ Box Heart Gallery, Pittsburgh PA.
“Life Essentials” satellite group show curated by Art Whino, Washington DC
“Tattoon” group show @ Eclectix Gallery, El Cerrito CA.
“Innocence and Arrogance” dual solo show @ Art Whino Gallery, National Harbor, MD
“Poise, Posture and Profanity” dual solo show @ William Rupnik Gallery Cleveland OH.
“Confections” group show @ The Alternative Cafe & Gallery, Seaside CA.
“Yum Yum” group show with L. Croskey @ Cave Gallery, Venice CA.
“Fierce Fashion” group show @ Eclectix Gallery, El Cerrito CA.

2008: “All Things Cleveland” group show @ Asterisk Gallery, Cleveland OH.
“Postcards from the Art Edge” benefit show @ 1-5 gallery, Los Angeles CA.
“Paradigm Shift” group show @ Vision Gallery, Cleveland OH.
“Identity Theft” group comic themed art show @ Guilford Arts Center, Guilford CT.
“Ladies First” @ DvA Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Wilmington Skate Project curated by Joe Castro @ Opera Gallery, Wilmington, DE
“Isn’t It Romantic?” @ Mahan Gallery, Columbus OH.
“Attack of the B Movie” curated by Creep Machine @ Space Gallery, San Francisco CA.

2007: Collaboro show @ Art Whino, Alexandria VA.
“Horrors of the Enchanted Wasteland” group show @ Pawn Gallery, Dallas TX
“Private Empire: National Portrait Gallery of Kessa” solo show @ Asterisk Gallery, Cleveland OH
“The Sketchbook Project” group show @ ArtHouse, Atlanta GA.
Artspace-Cleveland group show @ Convivium 33 Gallery, Cleveland OH
AllGoSigns @ Cleveland Public Theater, Cleveland OH

2006: “Better Living Thru Rock” solo show @ Southgate House Gallery, Newport KY
The 50/50 Show at 1300 Gallery, Cleveland OH
AIV Gallery solo show, Cleveland, OH
“You’re A Rock n’ Roll Suicide” solo show @ Revival, Akron OH.

2005: Assemble Gallery winter show, Cleveland OH
All Go Signs @ Ingenuity Festival, Cleveland OH
Gomi Gallery “Metal Pig” , Austin TX
ArtMetro Gallery “Small Works Show” Cleveland OH

2004: B.K. Smith Gallery at Lake Erie College “Fashion Show” Painesville OH
“Rising Stars” Paradise Gallery, Cleveland OH.
Capsule “Exodus” two person show with William Garvey. Cleveland OH
The Muse Gallery “Small Works Show” San Diego, CA

2003: “World Posters” @ East Wing Collection, London U.K.
Cannibal Flower @ Hangar 1018 group show, Los Angeles, CA
“New Works” Ukrainian Research Institute solo show. Harvard University, Cambridge MA.
Del Mar Theater “AlterEgos” Los Angeles CA

2002: Blank Gallery, “Socially Blind” Hollywood CA
The Knitting Factory, solo show, Hollywood CA
Basswerks Gallery “Art Damaged” curated by Susan Becker, L.A. CA
Cannibal Flower @ Spring Tower, L.A. CA

2001: Headquarters Gallery curator “Blood Moon” group show Hollywood CA
Basswerks Gallery “Dust Moths & Cobwebs” group show L.A. CA

2000: Steveson Blanch Depareaux “Examining More Pictures” Valencia CA
CalArts L-Shape Gallery “The Last Erratic Splendor” solo show Santa Clarita CA.

1999: CalArts L-Shape Gallery, solo show Santa Clarita, CA
CalArts “The Toy Show” curated by Summer Harrelson Santa Clarita, CA.
CalArts “The Organic Show” curated by Dave Miche Santa Clarita, CA.

1998: CalArts Lime “The Cowboy Show” curated by Eric Snyder Santa Clarita, CA.
Barnsdall Art Center, group show Los Angeles, CA.
CalArts L-Shape Gallery “Students of Derek Boshier” group show, Santa Clarita, CA

1997: Sotheby’s Artlink Auction, Tel Aviv, Israel
1996: Koo’s Art House, solo show Santa Ana CA.
The Moscow Pen Club “25 years of Ardis” Moscow, Russia
1995: Art Center Gallery, solo show Dana Point CA.

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