Education:

1998 - 2001 School of Visual Arts, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV., M.F.A. Sculpture.
1995 - 1997 School of Visual Arts, University of North Texas, Denton, TX., B.F.A. Sculpture.
1990 - 1992 School of Graphic Design, Houston Community College, Houston, TX., A.A. Commercial Art.
1989 - 1990 School of Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX., Chemical Engineering.

 

Solo Exhibitions:

2004
“ New Works”, Dust Gallery, Las Vegas, NV.
“Curtis Fairman”, Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH.
“New Works”, Galerie Schuster, Frankfurt, Germany

2003  
“ Wünderglob”, Harris Gallery, The University of La Verne, La Verne, CA.
“ ”, Dust Gallery, Las Vegas, NV.

2001  
“Synesthesia”, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, TX.
“New Works”, Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH.
“Immaculate Consumption”, CCSN Gallery, Las Vegas, NV.
“I, Objekt”, Donna Beam Gallery, Las Vegas, NV.

2000  
“Digital Deluxe”, Grant Hall Gallery, Las Vegas, NV.

1997  
“Officepolitics”, Good/Bad Art Collective, Denton, TX.

Group Exhibitions:

2003  
“Vegas Baby”, ¬Elevation Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
“The Best Coast: A Survey of Young West Coast Artists”, Portland, OR.
“Ten Years in Columbus: Part One”, Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH.
“Collecting Dust”, Dust Gallery, Las Vegas, NV.
“Winter”, Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH.

2002  
“UNLV Adjunct Faculty Exhibition”, Jessie Metcalf Gallery, Las Vegas, NV.
“kARTell”, Palazzo dell’Arte, Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy.
“ART Cologne 2002”, Cologne, Germany.
“Summertime 2002”, Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH.
“Pierwalk 2002: Maquette Exhibition”, Field Museum, Chicago, IL.
“Almost Heaven”, Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, IL.
“Monochrome, Mostly”, Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA. Bluestar Art Complex, San Antonio, TX. Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX. Contmeporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas, NV.
“Annual Juried Exhibition”, Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas, NV. Works selected by Alexis Smith.

2001  
“[Las] Vegans”, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, N.M.  
“Las Vegas Aerial Gallery”, Las Vegas, NV.
“Eye Candy”, Scott White Contemporary, La Jolla, CA.
“The Dreams Stuff” Art Frankfurt 2001, Frankfurt, Germany 
“hip,”still going...”, NRH Gallery, North Richland Hills, TX.
“Hoopla”, Plush, Dallas, TX.

2000  
“4th Anniversary Show”, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, TX.
“South 463”, Tahoe Gallery, Sierra Nevada College, Incline Village, NV.
“Pleasure Seekers”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO.

1999  
“Graduate Student Exhibition”, Marjorie Barrick Museum, Las Vegas, NV.
“Tea for Two / The Grass is Always Greener”, 4700 Studios, Las Vegas, NV.
“U.N.L.V. Juried Exhibition”, Donna Beam Gallery, Las Vegas, NV. Works selected by Ingrid Calambe.  
“Duality”, Contemporary Art Center, Las Vegas, NV.
“Unctuous Youth”, Action Space, Los Angeles, CA.
“Sneak Preview”, Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art, Las Vegas, NV.

1998  
“Gradbag”, Grant Hall Gallery, Las Vegas, NV.
“Video Night 5”, Good/Bad Art Collective, Denton, TX.
“We Sorry.”, Collaborative performance with the Good/Bad Art Collective, Houston, TX.
“Good/Bad Burns”, Good/Bad Art Collective, Denton, TX.
“Welcome to Important Town”, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX.
“It’s a peeece in itself. (Gay Art)”, Good/Bad Art Collective, Denton, TX.

1997  
“Wee Coma: G/BAC Members Show”, Good/Bad Art Collective, Denton, TX.
“Very Fake, But Real”, Diverse Works Art Space, Houston, TX.
“500 Expo: Invitational Exhibition”, 500x Gallery, Dallas, TX.
“Red Rover Issues”, Revolution Summer Art Space, Houston, TX.
“Trailer Park Art”, Southfork Manufactured Housing Community, Denton, TX.
“University of North Texas Juried Exhibition”, Student Union Gallery, Denton, TX.
“A Few Empties”, Good/Bad Art Collective, Denton, TX.
“Annual Sculpture Exhibition”, Lightwell Exhibition Space, S.O.V.A., Denton, TX.
“All the Arts Festival”, University of North Texas Music Center, Denton, TX.
“Museum of Abilene, 52nd Annual Art Competition”, Museum of Abilene, Abilene, TX. Works selected by James Surls.

1996 
“Mother’s Milk”, Lightwell Exhibition Space, S.O.V.A., Denton, TX.
“That Easy Wisdom: Art and Mathematics”, Cora Stafford Gallery, Denton. TX.
“Annual Sculpture Exhibition”, Lightwell Exhibition Space, S.O.V.A., Denton, TX.

1995  
“Annual Design Show”, Lightwell Exhibition Space, S.O.V.A., Denton, TX.

 

Bibliography:
• “Attention Shoppers” by Melissa Starker, Columbus Alive, August 18, 2004
• “10 Artists to Watch” by Gregory Crosby, Las Vegas Magazine, August, 2004
• “Ausblicke in die Zukunft ”, Frankfurter Rundschau, April 3, 2003
• “Von underdogs und schönem Plastikschein”, plan.F, April 3, 2004
• “The Pulse”, Las Vegas Magazine, June, 2003
• “Perfect Pairings” by Chuck Twardy, Las Vegas Weekly, June 19, 2003
• “Art: Serious Fun” by Gregory Crosby, Las Vegas Mercury, June 5, 2003
• “Sextet’s Modern Pieces Sparkle” by Jeanne Fryer-Kohles, The Columbus Dispatch, April 6, 2003
• “kARTell: 150 Items, 150 Artworks” published by Skira Editore and Vogue Italia, 2003
• “The Big Picture” by Gregory Crosby, CityLife, September, 2002
• “Report From Santa Fe: Sin City Sampler” by Sarah S. King, Art in America, July, 2002
• “M,M: Exhibition Trading Cards” by Sean Horton, Boston Center for the Arts Press, 2002
• “[Las] Vegans” by Dottie Indyke, Art News, May, 2002
• “Aperto, Las Vegas” by David Pagel, Flash Art, March-April, 2002
• “New York, New York” by Christina Rees, Dallas Observer, January 3, 2002
• “New uses for toilet brushes” by Melissa Starker, Columbus Alive, November 15, 2001
• “Color Charts” by Robert L. Pincus, Union Tribune, August 2, 2001
• “On the Walls: The best art hung in Vegas in 2000” by Scott Dickensheets, Las Vegas Weekly, January 1, 2001
• “Pleasure Seekers”  Documentary exhibition video by Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, 2000
• “Guerilla Art” by Scott Dickensheets, Las Vegas Weekly, April 15, 2000
• “We Sorry” by Good/Bad Art Collective, Art Lies, September 5, 1998

 

Awards and Honors:

• 2002 Honorable Mention Award, Contemporary Arts Collective Annual Juried Exhibition
• 2001 College of Fine Arts’ Outstanding College Alumni, U.N.L.V. Alumni Association
• 2001 Honorable Mention Award, Nevada Arts Council Fellowship Program
• 2001 Recipient of the Creative Arts Award for Most Outstanding Graduate Student.
• 2001 Recipient of the Graduate Student Association Research Grant.
• 1999 Recipient of the U.N.L.V. Great Assistantship Award.
• 1998 Honorable Mention Award, U.N.L.V. Student Art Competition.
• 1997 Recipient of the Jean V. Andrews Scholarship for Outstanding Artists.
• 1996 Second Place award Museum of Abilene 52nd Annual Art Competition.