b. 1968 Staten Island, NY
2001 -04 National Academy of Design School of Fine Arts, New York, NY
2004 Art Students League, New York, NY
2000 – 01 School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007
Artists’ Round Table Series Lecture and Exhibition, Staten Island Museum, Staten Island, NY
2005
El Santuario del Receptivo, Installation as part of JuneFest Exhibitions, Staten Island, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
Curate NY, Rush Arts Gallery, NY, NY
2010
Wish You Were Here, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Half To Help Benefit for Haiti, Roger Smith Hotel, New York, NY
2009
Metropolitan Memories, Brennen Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
Till Death Do Us Part , Wagner College Gallery, Staten Island, NY
From Here To There, Arts Council of the Morris Area, Morristown, NJ
Art by the Ferry Festival, Staten Island, NY
2008
Learn, Promote, Defend, Center for Civil Human Rights, Mason Murer Fine Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
In the News: A Multi-Media Exhibition – Curated by Morley Safer, Pen and Brush Inc., NY, NY
Visual Politics: Art & The American Experience, Curated by Peter Selz, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA
Wagner College Faculty Show, Staten Island, NY
Full Disclosure - Remote Studio Residency & Exhibition, Show Gallery, Staten Island, NY
2006
Multiplicity = Unity, Transcend, Curator, Spring Arts Festival, Staten Island, NY
Featured Artist, Vlepo Gallery, SI, NY
2005
Encore, NYC Arts Cypher, Staten Island, NY
Staten Island Museum Juried Art Show, Staten Island Museum, NY
2004
“Take Off Your Pants” – Collaborative installation w/ Joshua White, Michael Smith, Christine Burgin Gallery, New York, NY
National Arts Club Invitational, New York, NY
We Make the Road by Walking : Social Justice Calender & Exhibition, Bread and Roses Cultural Project Gallery 1199, NY
RECENT HONORS
2006
Original Work Grant, NY State Council of the Arts & Council on the Arts & Humanities for Staten Island
George Sugarman Foundation 2005 Grant Recipient, George Sugarman Foundation
2005
Exhibiting Arts Award 2005 June Fest, Council on the Arts & Humanities for Staten Island (COAHSI)
James Amster Memorial Award, The National Arts Club, New York, NY
First Prize for Portraiture, National Academy of Design School of Fine Arts, New York, NY