EXPERIENCE
current
2022 [Fair Director & Curator] Satellite Art Show, (Miami, FL, SXSW, NYC).
2016 [Board Member] Grace Exhibition Space, Brooklyn, NY.
2014 [Founder/Editorial Director] Performance Is Alive, performanceisalive.com.

prior
2023 [Curator] Performance is Alive, Month of Video (MOV) Festival, Understudy Gallery, Denver, CO.
           [Juror] Hold for Discussion, Gallery 321, Tallahassee, FL.
             [Curator] This is My Body Screening, Collective Misnomer, Denver, CO.
2022 [Juror] Franconia Performance Art Residency Program, Franconia Sculpture Center, Shafer, MN.
2021  [Benefit Committee Chair] Give2Grace Fall Fundraiser, Grace Exhibition Space, New York, NY. 
2020 [Guest Critic]  “Performance Now” undergraduate course taught by Patricia Voulgaris, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY.
               [Lecturer] College Art Association (CAA), Chicago, IL — After School: Creating and Maintaining Community and Critical                                Discourse Outside of Academia.
2019 [Featured Curator] International Performance Art Festival (FIAP), Martinique, Fort-de-France.
2016-2022 [Performance Art Curator] Satellite Art Show, (Miami, FL, SXSW, NYC).
2016 [Curator] Performance Art Programming at Taste for Sight, Foundation Fighting Blindness, New York, NY.
2015 -2017  [Project Manager] The Sphinx Returns and 21st Suffragettes, Grace Exhibition Space, Brooklyn, NY.
2015 [Co-Curator] Repose, 184 Project Space, Brooklyn, NY.
             [Guest Speaker] Performance Art Now panel discussion with Esther Neff and Jill McDermid, Moderated by Ventiko, Gallery                        Sensei, New York, NY.
2014 [TA for Instructor, Alan Scarritt] Performance Art course, School of VISUAL ARTS, New York, NY.
2013 [Performer] on set with Matthew Barney "Ancient Evenings," Brooklyn, NY.
2012-2013 [Benefit Committee Coordinator] Grace Exhibition Space, Brooklyn, NY.
2013-15  [Curator] dB Visual Artist Series, Dungeon Beach, Brooklyn, NY.
2012   [Guest Speaker] Panel Discussion in Performance Art, Grace Exhibition Space, Brooklyn, NY.
2012-2015 [Webmaster] Panepinto Galleries, Jersey City, NJ.
2012-2021 [Associate Director of Admissions] School of VISUAL ARTS, New York, NY.
2010  [Juror] Bravo’s “Work of Art: The Next Great Artist,” Season Two Casting Call. Brooklyn, NY.
               MayDay Workshop with International Performance Artists, Verena Stenke and Andrea Pagnes,  Grace Exhibition Space,                              Brooklyn, NY.
2008-2012 [Admissions Counselor] School of VISUAL ARTS, New York, NY.
2008  [Fabrication Assistant] Keith Tyson Exhibition at Pace Wildenstein, New Project, Brooklyn, NY.
2007  [Guest Lecturer] Performance of the 20th Century, Watkins College of Art & Design, Nashville, TN.
               [Guest Speaker] Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts, Nashville, TN.
               [Guest Speaker] Artist Student Association, Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN.
2004-2009 [Curator, Coordinator and Co-Founder] Off The Wall Artist Group, Nashville, TN.

EDUCATION
2015 MFA Art Practice, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY.
2003-2007 BFA Fine Art, Cum Laude, Watkins College of Art & Design, Nashville, TN.

PERFORMANCES
2021       
  • Franconia Sculpture Park, Franconia, MN.
2020     
  • Sensing Brooklyn, Grace Exhibition Space with support by Lower Manhattan Cultural Counsel (LMCC), New York, NY.
2019      
  • Sensing Fall, Seoul, South Korea. 
  • [performer] In performance with Butch Merigoni, Performance Mix Festival, New Dance Alliance, New York, NY.
2018      
  • Broad Sense, Revolve Gallery, Marshall, NC curated by Vela Oma and Alice Vogler.
  • User Error: A Night of Performance Art, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA ) Tucson, Tucson, AZ.
2017      
  • Here and Now, Le Petit Versaille, New York, NY.
  • [performer] All of It by Butch Merigoni, Leimay's SOAK Festival, Brooklyn, NY.
  • ​As The Sediments Find Their Way, Performancy Forum, Panoply Performance Lab, Brooklyn, NY.
  • [performer] All of It by Butch Merigoni, Judson Memorial Church, New York, NY.
  • Feminist Art Group Performance Art Festival: Knights of the Round Table, Curated by IV Castellanos,  Grace Exhibition Space, Brooklyn, NY.
  • [performer] All of It (work in progress) by Butch Merigoni, CreativeChaos, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Sensing Flesh, karnal kriminalz* FUJEETiV FLESH, The Woods Cooperative, Ridgewood, NY.
  • [performer]  All of It (work in progress) by Butch Merigoni, The Woods Cooperative, Ridgewood, NY.
  • Sensing Want, 6°, 184 Project Space, Brooklyn, NY.
2016 2015
  • PF: QUINQ, Performancy Forum Quinquennial, Grace Exhibition Space, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Sensing (Connectivity): The Local Harvest, Parasol Projects, 2 Rivington, New York, NY.
  • The Material of Release: Thread, Parasol Projects, 2 Rivington, New York, NY.
  • Measured: Water, Parasol Projects, 2 Rivington, New York, NY.
  • Sensing: Clay, Parasol Projects, 2 Rivington, New York, NY.
  • Procession: Salt, Parasol Proects, 2 Rivington, New York, NY.
  • For Charleston, chashama 461 Gallery, Harlem, NY.
  • Hot Wood Art Center, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Performance Anxiety at Gallery Sensei, New York, NY.   
  • Flex it!, Cultural Celebrations and Performances presented by San Diego Art Institute, CA.
2014    2013   
  • [performer] Mr. Milk  with Rob Andrews, Rush Arts, New York, NY.
  • Brooklyn International Performance Art Festival, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Jiaxing’s Carcasses, Grace Exhibition Space, Brookyln, NY.
  • Reflections for Guanabara Bay, 24 hour performance, Glasshouse Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
2012  
  • iCAN, IV Soldiers, Brooklyn, NY.
  • 6 Cents of Rice, Hot Wood Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Oral Deforestation pt. II, in conjunction with Nature Festish, Grace Exhibition Space, Brooklyn, NY.
  • [performer] Pioneer Song with Rob Andrews, Exit Art, New York, NY.
  • Reflections for Para, 1200 Strikes, Fountain Art Fair, New York Armory, New York, NY.
  • Occupy, Performancy Forum, Panoply Performance Lab at Vaudeville Park, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Reflections for Para, The OK Hotel Gallery, Seattle, WA.
2011    2010    2009  
  • The Secrets Spoke, The Last Supper, 3rd Ward, Brooklyn, NY.
  • The Secrets Spoke, The Wassaic Project Summer Festival, Wassaic, NY.
2008
  • The Din of Culture, Twist Art Gallery, Nashville, TN.
2007  
  • Chance in Parallels, BFA Senior Thesis Exhibition- Brownlee O. Currey Jr. Gallery, Nashville, TN.
  • My Hopes for Her (and I), Dangenart Gallery, Nashville, TN.
  • Eros and Thanatos: Between, collaboration with Heather Spriggs Thompson, Twist Art Gallery, Nashville, TN.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2015   
  • Solo Exhibition, Mapping Ritual, Parasol Projects, 2 Rivington, New York, NY.
  • Pantheon, chashama 461 Gallery, New York, NY.
2014 2009  
  • Off the Wall, Twist 38, Nashville, TN.
  • Off The Wall, Renaissance Center, Dickson, TN.
2008  
  • Echo Park, Riverside Village, Nashville, TN.
  • Seamless Momentum, Dangenart Gallery, Nashville, TN.
2007  
  • Curious Interplay, Dangenart Gallery, Nashville, TN.
2006  
  • The Starving Femme Fatales,The Factory, Franklin, TN.
  • Portal Skin, Off The Wall, Marathon Village, Nashville, TN.
  • Weapon of Choice, Off The Wall, Marathon Village, Nashville, TN.
  • Reverse Stitch, Off The Wall, 310 Chestnut, Nashville, TN.
2005  
  • Collective Intellect, Off The Wall, The Frothy Monkey, Nashville, TN.
  • Shared Body, Off The Wall, Cannery Row Building, Nashville, TN.
  • How to Start a Revolution, Untitled Art Group, Marathon Village, Nashville, TN.
  • Keep the Night Train Rolling, Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Nashville, TN.

PRESS / PUBLICATIONS
2022 2020 2019  2017 2016    2015    2014   
  • Reflections for Guanabara Bay, Emergency Index Vol. 3 published by Ugly DucklingPresse, ​Brooklyn, NY.  
2013 2012   2011   
  • RISING TIDE OF ARTIST-LED ART FAIRS by Christopher Hart Chambers, Flash Art Magazine.
  • Artist Feature: Cutting the Cord, NY Arts Magazine, Spring Edition 2011.
  • [Review] Total Styrene Benefit at Participant Inc. August 2011. Blog: Art in New York City, www.artinnewyorkcity.com.
  • [Review] Bushwick Open Studios, Film Festival. July 2011. Blog: Art in Brooklyn, www.artinbrooklyn.com
  • Top 5 Contemporary Performance Artists to Watch. April 2011. Blog: ArtistsLists. www.artistslists.com.
  • Interview: Eric Swangstu at FX Fowle Gallery. April 2011. Blog: Art in New York City, www.artinnewyorkcity.com.
2010  
  • Report from the 2010 Miami Art Fairs: Visual Arts Briefs, December 2011. www.blog.sva.edu.
  • Observer (published image), Wassaic, NY. September 2010.
2008  
  • Wake Up & Live! Live interview with Dawn Kirk on Radio Free Nashville, August, 2008.
  • “Performance Art helps Dukes reconcile contradictions of urban living”, The Tennessean, Jonathan Marx, Nashville, TN,  June 29, 2008.
  • “The Bird-Woman of New York”, The Nashville Scene, David Maddox, Nashville, TN, June 26, 2008.
  • Critic’s Pick, Nashville Scene, Matthew Christy, Nashville, TN, June 2008.
  • Crawl Till You Fall, The Contributor, Ray Ponce De Leon, Nashville, TN, February 2008.
2007
  • “Off The Wall Presents Collaboration” (published image), The Tennessean, Jonathan Marx, Nashville, TN,  December 30, 2007.
  • Nashville Visual Arts Events Blog, David Maddox.
  • "Dangenart Gallery and Nashville Art Colonization" (published image), NY Arts Magazine,
               New York, NY, Vol. 12 no 5/6, May/June 2007.
2006
  • "Artist Group Confronts Death and Loss" (published image),The Tennessean, Jonathan Marx, Nashville, TN. July 16, 2006.