ART EDUCATION
• 2003-2004-Angel Academy of Art. Florence, Italy
• 2005-The Nerdrum School. Stavern, Norway
CERTIFICATIONS
• OSHA Lift certified
• OSHA health and safety 20 hour certification through IATSE local 491
• Sunbelt Lifts, certified lift operator
• 7+ years experience as a Rigging/Safety Grip and Scenic Artist for the motion picture television industry with IATSE 491
• 7+ years experience as a high steel concert rigger with IATSE 322
MURAL & PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
*Professional references available on request.
2024
• 300 W. Summit Rooftop Murals. Charlotte, NC
• Lancaster Council of the Arts Mural. Lancaster, SC
• Collaboration Mural with artist Senkoe. Play del Carmen, Mexico
• Akumal Arts Festival. Akumal, Mexico• Aviah Flagler Village Mural, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
2023
• A Wall Mural Projects Mural. Art Basel. Miami, FL.
• Savona Mill Mural. Charlotte, NC.
• Alta on The Row Mural. Worcester, MA.
• Luminous Lane Mural for Charlotte Shout, Charlotte NC.
• Sunhouse Apartments Mural. Miami, FL.
• Newton Municipal Mural. Newton, NC
• BHDP Architecture Mural. Charlotte, NC
• Aviah Flagler Village Mural, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
2022
• Cassius Clay Mural, Art Basel for WXLLSPACE. Miami, FL
• Paint Memphis Mural Festival. Memphis, TN
• The Boneyard Mural Initiative for Beta Projects. Champaign, IL
• Vernon Grant Public Library Mural. Rock Hill, SC
• The Link 4th St. Apartment Murals. Winston Salem, NC
• The Bushwick Collective 11th Anniversary. Brooklyn, NYC, NY
• Bohemian Plantation Grain Silo Mural. Sherrills Ford, NC
• Parketowne Village Murals. Charlotte, NC
• VAPA Center Mural. Charlotte, NC
• Credit Karma Corporate Headquarters Mural. Charlotte, NC
• Atherton Mill Mural. Charlotte, NC
2021
• Imperial Center Murals for Turning Art. Durham, NC
• Art Basel/Wynwood Walls for MANA Public Art. Miami, FL
• Billy Jacks. NoDa Arts District. Charlotte, NC
• Flint Public Art Project. Flint, Michigan
• The Highline Mural Project. Chicago, IL
• The Bushwick Collective 10th Anniversary. Brooklyn, NYC, NY
• Berry Hill Murals. Atlanta GA
• Kaleido Apartments Murals. Charlotte, NC
• Lending Tree Corporate Headquarters Mural. Charlotte, NC
2020
• Can Jam CLT 2020, NoDa, Charlotte NC. Organizer and participating artist.
• Carillion Tower Murals, Charlotte, NC
• City of Rock Hill, Inaugural mural for Mural Mile, Rock Hill, SC
• Flint Public Art Mural. Flint, Michigan
2019
• Mural World Tour. Painting murals in multiple cities in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Thailand, Malaysia, and the United States.
• JC Map Mural for Jersey City Arts. Jersey City, NJ.
• Flint Public Art Project. Flint, Michigan
• History of South End, Rooftop Murals. Charlotte, NC
• Rail Yard South End Mural, Charlotte, NC
• Ludvig Svennson Anniversary Mural. Charlotte, NC
• Novel Rio Apartment Murals. Tempe, Arizona
• Bishops Charlotte Midtown Mural for Juxtapoz Magazine. Charlotte, NC
• Hoodride Bicycles Mural. Phoenix, AZ
• Alameda Projects Mural. Las Cruces, NM
• Migration is Beautiful Phoenix Mural for Murals of Phoenix. Phoenix, AZ
• Migration is Beautiful Mural. Smithville, TX
2018
• Ampersand Cooperative Mural. Tampa, FL
• Shine Mural Festival. Saint Petersburg, FL
• Migration is Beautiful Mural for Art Basel, Wynwood Walls, Miami, Florida
• Migration is Beautiful Little Haiti for International Meeting of Styles. Miami, Florida
• CBI Workplace Community Mural, Charlotte, NC
• NoDa Community Can Jam. Organized over 15 artists and musicians for a three-day graffiti and mural event of live painting and music and spectator interaction.
• NoDa Community Street Mural. Charlotte, NC. Tasked with designing and facilitating the creation of a major street community mural that would allow participants of all ages to paint and complete a 1000 sq foot mural in less than five hours.
• Mural for the Drip Project at the Mes Hall. Mount Vernon, NY
• Novel Stonewall Station courtyard murals. Charlotte, NC
• UNC Charlotte Center City mural. Charlotte, NC
• Lotus. NoDa Community Mural. Charlotte, NC.
• Cadence Music Factory Apartments mural, Charlotte, NC
• Highland Mill Apartments Welcome Center. Charlotte, NC
2017
• Art of the Chalice. Mural for Stella Artois. Charlotte, NC
• NoDa Dumpster beautification mural. Charlotte, NC
* *Prior to 2017 my career focused on portrait and figure oil paintings, teaching art classes through the school I founded, The North Carolina Academy of Art, and working as a scenic artist for the motion picture and television industry.
SELECTED AWARDS
• 2016- An Unbearable Darkness, oil on linen portrait selected into the permanent collection of the European Museum of Modern Art (MEAM) in Barcelona, Spain
• 2013-Finalist, Richeson 75 Figures and Portraits Competition
• 2013-Finalist, The Artist’s Magazine’s 30th Annual Portraits and Figures Art Competition
• 2013-Finalist, Florence Academy of Art’s Summer Scholarship Competition
• 2012-5th Place Portrait Society of America, Self-Portrait Members Only Competiton