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BORN, Rochester, NY, 1981
 
EDUCATION
2005-2007 New York Academy of Art, New York, NY  M.F.A
2002-2005 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL B.F.A
2000-2002 Monroe Community College, Rochester N.Y
 
HONORS AND AWARDS
2012 Guest Speaker, Broward College, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
        Featured Artist, A.K Rikk’s, Grand Rapids, MI
        Guest Speaker, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
        CAAP Award, City of Chicago Cultural Affairs, Chicago, IL
        Guest Critic, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2011 CAAP Award, City of Chicago Cultural Affairs, Chicago, IL
        Guest Speaker, New York Academy of Art, NY, NY
2010 Davis Anderson and Marshall Frankel Foundation Award, Vermont Studio Center
        Summit 33 Nominee, Chicago, IL
2009 Rochester Art Club/Arena Group Award, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY         
2007 Joan Brady Travel Grant, New York Academy of Art, NYC, NY         
        Vermont Studio Center Artist Grant, Johnson, VT
        New York Academy of Art Commencement Speaker, NYC, NY
        Joan Mitchell Foundation Nominee, NYC, NY
2005 National Deans List Honoree, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2003 Merit Scholarship Recipient, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

SOLO EXHIBITION
2012 View From the Birth Day, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago IL
        A Note on Assembly/Glory, The University Club, Chicago, Chicago, IL
        A Proud and Soaring Thing, Broward Community College, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
2011  The Tremendous Alone, The Elmhurst Museum of Art               
        A Loss Like the Rome of Waiting, Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL
        Or To Append The Canceled Lyrics The Union League Club, Chicago, IL
2010 Not Again,The Old Men With Beautiful Manners, Linda Warren Gallery, Project Space, Chicago
        Bare Ruined Choirs, Gallery in the Library, Barrington Hills, IL
        Bent Gathering the Boney Apples, Indianapolis Art Center, IN

GROUP EXHIBITION
2013 Urban Fuse, Janine Bean Gallery, Berlin, Germany 
2012 Drawing to Conclusions, The Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN
2011 Iconomancy, New York Academy of Art, NY, NY
        Ways of Making: Works on Paper, Governors State College, Chicago, IL
        125 Years, The Union League Club, Chicago, IL
        Next Fair, With Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL
        Contained, Boston Center of the Arts, Boston, MA
2010 Space/Place, 39th Street Gallery, Washington D.C
        What is the Where?, A Recession Art Project, Invisible Dog Gallery, New York, NY
        With/drawn, The Drawing Room, Budapest, Hungary
        KY7 Biennale, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY
        Eye of the Beholder, Maryland Federation of the Art, Annapolis, MD
        Art Chicago, With Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL
        Dis.place.ment, Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI
        Selections from the INDA 5, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH       
2009 Take Home A Nude, Benefit For the New York Academy of Art, Sothebys, New York, NY
        West of Center, Northville Art House, Detroit, MI
        62nd Rochester Finger Lakes Exhibition, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
        Art Chicago, With Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL
        A.C.E Auction, Benefit For the Homeless, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Bridge Art Fair, with All Rise Gallery, Miami, FL
        Weekend Fling Series, All Rise Gallery, Chicago, IL
        Somewhere Elsewhere, Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL
        Introductions 4, Irvine Contemporary, Washington D.C
        Paper New England II, Hartford, CT
2007 Viewing Registry, The Drawing Center of New York, New York, NY
        Summer Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
        CAA Exhibition, Hunter College, New York, NY
2006  Place as Object Figure and Landscape, Janes Gallery, St. Barths
2004  Doppelganger, Johnsonese Gallery, Chicago, IL
 

BIBLIOGRAPHY
2012 Meuller, Rachel, Meticulous Chaos,  Be Nice Art Friends, July 2012
        Taskaporan, Erol, Interview, Neo Collective, July, 2012
        Gumbs, Melissa, View From the Birth Day at the Chicago Cultural Center, Examiner, July 2012
        Amir, Matthew Woodward’s Decaying Drawings, Beautiful/Decay, May 2012
        Dluzen, Robin, Catalogs of Anonymous Forms, Chicago Art Magazine, April 2012
        Debat, Don, Unveiling the Unique, Chicago Sun Times, March 2012
        Mutts, Lost at E Minor, New Art, January, 2012
2011 Pocaro, Alan, Keeping Your Balance in the Windy City, Art Critical, October, 2011
        Allison Hausslein, Fanmail, Dailyserving, November, 2011
        One Question, Neotericart, Norbert Marszalek, October, 2011
        New American Paintings, Number 95, Midwest Edition, June, 2011
        Cook, Greg, The New England Journal of Aesthetic Research, Contained at BCA, April, 2011
        James, Damian, More Than a Whisper in the Ear, Bad at Sports, January 27th, 2011
2010 Blau, Lilly, Love and Real Estate, The Huffington Post, November, 2010
        Himebauch, Adam, Featured Artist, Veoba Magazine, November, 2010
        Pitts, Johnathan, Look What They Found, Baltimore Sun, July 2010
        Duquette, Laura, Featured Artist, Artery Magazine, May, 2010
        Artwork used for the E.P release of Big Science’s, Sky Scraper Sound, AAEMP Records,
        Duquette, Laura, How WNY Has Influenced His Work, Buffalo Rising Magazine, May 2010
        Pocaro, Alan, Faculty Show; Selections From the INDA 5, Aeqai, April, 2010
        Franz, Jason, International Drawing Annual 5, Manifest Gallery, March, 2010
        Iqani, Mehita Itch Magazine, The ? Issue, February, 2010
        Solamo Tony, Barrington Hills Courier-Review, January, 2010
        Barber, John, Medium Magazine, Outside Infinity, February, 2010
        Avedesian, Alexi Vellum Magazine, Spirits, January, 22nd, 2010
2009 Reed, Marliana, Invisible City Magazine, Issue 6, November 9th, 2009
        Lacy, Rebecca MuseMemo Magazine, Hauntingly Beautiful, October 19th, 2009
        Abram, A, Spillspace Magazine, All the Wild Horses, September 9th, 2009
        Kohn, Iliana, Lost At E Minor Magazine, Issue 244, 245, August 26th, 2009
        Tremblay, Brenda, Finger-Lakes Explores Connections, Mysteries, WXXI, P.R, August 12th
        Low, Stuart, Drawing Together Man and Nature, Democrat and Chronicle, August 2nd, 2009
        Wheeler, Dan, Upstate Artists Exhibit in Exclusive MAG Show, MPN Now, July 29th, 2009
        Rafferty, Rebecca, The Elephant in the Room, City News Paper, July 28th, 2009
        Print; New York Academy of Art Recruiting Resource, 2009/10
2008 O’Sullivan, Michael, Modern or Retro? Lets Call it a Draw. The Washington Post, Aug 22       
2007 Print; Paper New England II advertising resource
         Ex Arte Equinus Magazine, TX

RESIDENCIES
2013 Urban Fuse, Berlin Germany
2012 The Cill Rialaig Project, County Kerry, Ireland
2011 Alfred and Trafford Klots International Program, MICA, Lehon, France
2010 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2008 The Catwalk Program, Hudson, NY
      

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