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gawk
happy birthday!
marry me, archie
this song will bring you
good luck and happiness...
homesick blues #4
loneliness looks
prettier in california
the battle of richard tuttle      
chiquita
hendrix
egg metal music
sex music
hubba hubba
lolly’s schnozzle
2 yr drwng
ain’t-merica ii
swan song, etc...
a trickster in sweatpants
tony
the high five project
homesick blues #3
sauce-merica
double-double
with teeth
the love of my life
the ultimate asshole
thank you, come again
lofano/marino
the bob dylan project
good year, bad year
from rags to riches... 
and rags again
other desert cities
get yourself a lawyer
& a gun
hungry man
anthem
johanna’s not here
over yonder by the prairie
meanwhile at the antecedent
of impending doom
white light/white heat
liquid ecstasy/dirty dreams
for wile e.
wild, west
made in china, revisited
hail to the king
tea for masochists
american pie
not your country
the saint, the villain
& the antihero
stolen bike
she was trying to convince
them that the overwhelming
awe of the supernatural
would override the fear
of death but they
wouldn’t agree
american reformation
cv
2026
Garbage, The Museum Of_, San Diego curated
Kahoots!, Quint Gallery, San Diego duo
Even Cold Rolled Steel Can Have a Heart and Soul, Deixis Gallery, San Diego group
Midwestern Biennial, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford group
SAIC Graduate Exhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago group
SHELF SHOW, Sawhorse Gallery, Chicago group

2025
Hungry Man, Institute of Contemporary Art, San Diego performance
Heavy as Ghosts, Institute of Contemporary Art, San Diego duo
Disparate Connections, Ox-bow School of Art, Saugatuck group

2024
KNOT, The Museum Of_, La Jolla curated
XXXII Annual Exhibition, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla group
Cardboard Sole, The Museum Of_, La Jolla curated
Other Desert Cities, LA Orlando Gallery, Los Angeles solo
Nice Days, The Museum Of_, La Jolla curated

2023
Old Man, ONE Gallery, Barrio Logan solo
Thingamajigs, Whatchamacallits & Yougotmes, The Museum Of_, San Diego duo
Welcome, Quint Gallery, San Diego group
Liquid Ecstasy: Dirty Dreams, The Museum Of_, La Jolla duo
Planes, Trains & the American Dream, Keller Gallery, San Diego duo
More Selections From the Closets of More People that I Love, Art Produce Gallery, North Park solo
The Last Group Show, Bread & Salt Gallery, Logan Heights group
Selections From the Closets of the People that I Love, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside solo

2022
More Than 1, Barbara Freeman Gallery, La Jolla group
The Hollywood Effect, Oceanside Museum of Art West, Oceanside solo
Identity Through Americana, Barbara Freeman Gallery, La Jolla group
Plastic Sun, Quint Gallery, San Diego solo
London Contemporary, The Line Contemporary, London group
Experimental Fashion & Fiber Art, Czong Institute of Contemporary Art, Gimpo group
Body Language, The Room Contemporary, Venice group

2021
American Pie, The Museum Of_, La Jolla solo
Not Your Country, Keller Gallery, San Diego performance
Made in California, Brea Gallery, Los Angeles group

2020
New Objects in the American West, Keller Gallery, San Diego solo
The Candy Picnic Project, Keller Gallery, San Diego performance

2019
Ga Ga Ga Ga!!, Keller Gallery, San Diego solo
Madonna & Child / Fish & Fry, Keller Gallery, San Diego performance
We Don’t Know What We Are, Could You Please Let Us Know, Love Gallery, San Diego solo


Education
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
Ox-bow School of Art, Michigan
Point Loma University, California


Selected Press

Collections
Heinz Company Headquarters, Chicago

Residencies
ICA x Good Faith Residency, San Diego