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2025  two-year drawing
            bad paintings
            wrath of god
            homesick blues #3
            (the high five proj.)
            ain’t-merica
            sauce-merica

2024  double-double
            made with love
            with teeth
            “perfect” “people”
            thank you, come again!
            love minus lingo
            in honor of eric cartman
            lofano / marino
            the bob dylan project
            good year, bad year
            from rags to riches...
            get yourself a lawyer...
            hungry man...
            anthem            
            johanna’s not here
            home series
            pure evil

2023  meanwhile, at
            the antecedent of
            impending doom
            white light / white heat
            liquid ecstasy
            for wile e.
            family dinner
            wild, west

2022  made in china
            hail to the king
            tea for masochists

2021   american pie
            not your country

2020  the saint, the villain,
            and the antihero
            stolen bike                   

2019   she was trying...
            american reformation

From Rags to Riches, and Rags Again, 2024 MATERIALS
FOOD & SILVERWARE

PERFORMANCE
FEBRUARY 21ST & JUNE 25TH, 2024

In the 1700’s, lobsters were such an abundant source of food that they were given the title “the poor man’s chicken”, being primarilly used as fertilizer or food for prisoners or slaves. Today, a lobster dish is considered a high-class luxury, some restaurants selling them for over thousands of dollars.

In 2024, the Institute of Contemporary Art, San Diego gave me an artist-residency along with a grant of $10,000 to make art with. Using the “underwater cockroach” as a symbol of the ups and downs that come with the profession of art-making, my first and last purchases with the grant were a “lobster dish” for myself, my consumption of the meals was documented through photography.

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First Meal
Full Course Lobster Meal

1 hard-shell Maine Lobster tail, 1 Western Rock tail , a side of grilled brocolli, a Yukon Gold baked potato & 2 butter biscuits.

Purchased at Odyssey in Granada Hills, CA for $106.67


Last Meal
Attempted Homemade “Lobster-Roll”

Imitation crab, Wonderbread & Heinz mayonnaise.

Purchased at Walmart & H-Mart in San Diego, CA for $11.71