DESCRIPTION
In the aftermath of industrial development, I study the interplay of human-made forms and transplanted organic figures. Tight, spare compositions, limited color palettes, and plentiful light draw attention to fraught relationships.
I depart from previous topographic analyses by moving living things to the fore, where they become personified. I then consider the interactions between these now-animated beings and their surroundings.
The developers of these properties regarded the organic elements as objects, serving decorative purposes and/or utilitarian functions (environmental remediation, regulatory compliance, community relations, etc.). To the viewer, these personified figures become performers, sentries, prisoners, supplicants, protestors, or henchmen.
Meanwhile, the rectilinear, human-imposed forms – manifestations of an impulse to dominate – loom, contain, and constrain. This dynamic creates a reaction – positive or negative – to the main characters, depending on the roles the viewer has ascribed to them.
Mechanisms of production, illumination, and surveillance are evident. These instruments gesture toward the heroes and villains in various ways, further informing our characterizations.
Since interpretations of the personified figures and their situations vary from image to image, tension persists across the series as we oscillate between alliance
AUTHOR
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2017 Planes, Lattices and Interstices, Iris, Cincinnati, OH
2016 Shrouded, Cincinnati Art Underground, Cincinnati, OH
2014 Frame Work, a FotoFocus Cincinnati event; Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2013 Industrious, Westheimer Gallery, Sharonville Fine Arts Center, Sharonville, OH
2012 Excerpts from the Industrious Portfolio, Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 Pollux Awards Exhibition, Foto Nostrum Gallery; Barcelona, Spain
2019 Secondary Colors, New York Center for Photographic Art, Online Exhibition, Juror’s Selection; Juror Claudia Sohrens
2018 Fomenar Prize Finalists, Art Nou Millennie Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2018 Photowork ’18, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY; Juror: E. Jason Wambsgans
2017 International Juried Exhibition; Center for Photographic Art; Carmel, CA; Juror: Philip Brookman
2017 Photography Now; Center for Photography Woodstock; Woodstock, NY; Juror: William Ewing
2017 Texas Photographic Society Members Only Show; Silos at Sawyer Yard, Houston, TX; Juror: Malcom Daniel
2017 Gregory Harris Selects, Atlanta Photography Group; Atlanta, GA; Juror: Gregory Harris
2017 Meed 1: Kill the Messenger, Gallery 19, Chicago, IL; Juror: Jennifer Murray
2017 National Photography Competition; SoHo Photo Gallery; New York, NY; Juror: Aline Smithson
2017 Between the Medium: Seeing Photographically, Month of Photography, RedLine Contemporary Art Center, Denver, Colorado; Curator: Mark Sink
