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About MeAfter college in Ohio, a three month study of painting, drawing and art history in Paris, France made me determined to be an artist. After Paris, I moved to San Francisco. 1998 finds me with two pieces in the collection of the Museu de L’Erotica (Barcelona, Spain). As I’ve gotten older my work has been decidedly more gay. Group shows by Center for Sex and Culture (2013 & 2014) and Queer Cultural Center (2015) have maintained my presence in San Francisco, though I now live in Oakland. 2016 finds me with a solo show at Center for Sex and Culture (Feb.-April) and a June group show at Root Division Gallery, San Francisco - ISO Queer Gods & The Gods Sure Are Queer Vol. 2. Currently I'm working on an art car for Easy Creole Restaurant in Berkeley. A 1964 Mini Austin Healy is being painted with a Deco-Goth scheme - this is the first time I've ever done something like this.
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Artist Statement |
I am a queer artist; mind you all my art is not necessarily queer. I ventured into all types of painting, stained glass and sculpture. My true aesthetic is vintage with age and patina which is reflected in my studio and work, however, I also create modern abstracts. I feel that this is an important time to celebrate and cultivate gay art, especially since our people are being killed and rights we gain are constantly threatened. I’ve always felt that erotic art is held to a higher standard as most tend to write it off as porn; I appreciate that challenge. I’ve found that straight and queer audiences alike enjoy what I create.
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Solo Exhibitions
2017 Featured artist at Balancoire, San Francisco 2016 Poèmes en Verre (Poems in Glass) • Stained Glass Garden, Berkeley 2016 Dirty Cricket • Center for Sex and Culture, San Francisco, CA 2015 Evolution: Making sense of a drip • Glama Rama Salon & Gallery, Oakland, CA 2013 Dark Glamour • Glama Rama Salon & Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2009 Drawn to Men • Moby Dicks • 4049 18th Street • San Francisco, CA Group Exhibitions 2017 Gay Men's Sketch 30 • Strut, San Francisco 2016 ISO Queer Gods and the Gods Sure are Queer Vol. 2 • Root Division, San Francisco 2015 Glitterbomb • Queer Cultural Center, SOMArts Gallery, San Francisco 2014 Doing Your Dirty Work 3 • Center for Sex and Culture, San Francisco 2014 "Like a Tom Waits Song" • Arc Gallery, online gallery for show Juror: Andrea Schwartz 2014 RAW Artists: Revolution • 1015 Folsom, San Francisco 2013 Doing Your Dirty Work 2 • Center for Sex and Culture, San Francisco 2013 Figure It Out • Paolo Mejia Gallery, San Francisco 2013 Gay Men’s Sketch 25 Years of Men on Paper • Magnet, San Francisco 2013 Zeitgeist Market • QCC at SOMArts Gallery, San Francisco 2012 Tough Love • Center for Sex & Culture, San Francisco 2012 Booth at Folsom Street Fair Juried Artist’s Area, San Francisco 2011 Expanding Reality • Art Explosion, San Francisco 2011 Thinking Figuratively • Art Explosion, San Francisco 2010 Body Language II • Art Explosion, San Francisco 2009 Divisadero Art Walk • Swankety Swank, San Francisco 2009 Zonal Holiday Show • Zonal • San Francisco 2009 Threads • SOMArts Gallery • San Francisco 2008 Fetish Lexicons • Mark Chester Studio • San Francisco 2008 Freak Chic • Lure • Oakland 2008 Charge It • Rhodes & Fletcher • San Francisco 2008 One Night Stand • Artwork SF Gallery, San Francisco 2008 About Face • ArtworkSF Gallery, San Francisco 2008 Drawn Together • Hotel Triton • San Francisco 2007 Soft Core • ArtworkSF Gallery • San Francisco 2007 Best of Show • ArtworkSF Gallery • San Francisco 2007 The Committed Line • Hotel Triton • San Francisco 2007 ReArt: The Art of Reuse • Market Street Gallery • San Francisco 2007 Minutiae • ArtworkSF Gallery • San Francisco 2007 Skin Deep • ArtworkSF Gallery • San Francisco 2007 Eye Candy • Hotel Triton • San Francisco 2007 Feature Attraction • ArtworkSF Gallery • San Francisco Publications
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