Education
MFA Painting Candidate | Second Year | East Carolina University
Batchelor of Science | June 2009 | Appalachian State University
Major: Graphic Arts and Imaging Technology (Concentration in Layout and Printmaking)
Minor: Art
Gallery Shows
2019
Street Cred (Four Artist Show: Risk, Seen, Blek La Rat) - Tinney Contemporary (Nashville)
The Veil::The Void (Solo Show) - 3rd Ethos (Brooklyn NYC)
2018
Contemporary Art Show (Group Show) - Rymer Gallery (Nashville)
Crisis and Excess (Group Show) - Fort Houston (Nashville)
Nashville Street Artists: Local Walls to Canvas (Group Show) - Rymer Gallery (Nashville)
2016
Golden Gate Meets Music City (Group Show) - Rymer Gallery (Nashville)
Cherry Blast 2016 (Group Show) - Art Whino Gallery (DC)
Destroy and Create (Group Show) - Art Whino Gallery (DC) (In conjunction with “Boundless Brooklyn” Artists painted scale models of half pipes.)
Art Goes Alternative (Skate Deck Group Art Show) - Rosewall (Nashville)
615 Streets (Group Show) - Rymer Gallery (Nashville)
CubaSkate (Group Show) - Art Whino Gallery (DC)
2015
G40 Art Summit (Group Show) - Art Whino Gallery (DC)
Cherry Blast (Group Show) - Art Whino Gallery (DC)
2014
G40 Art Summit (Group Show) - Art Whino Gallery (DC)
Murals
2021
Vuse Alto (Nashville Indy car race) – Winston Salem, NC – Three canvases totaling 8x12’
Microsoft Headquarters (Assisting artist “1500 Studios”) – Reston, Virginia – Painted one story of interior walls
2020
Microsoft Headquarters (Assisting artist “1500 Studios”) – Reston Virginia – Painted two stories of interior walls
VIBE Mural Fest (Assisting artist “Carl Medley”) - Virginia Beach - 15x30’
Taste (Restaurant, Assisting artist “Igor Acord”) - Virginia Beach - 8x120’
2019
Printers Alley (Assisting artist “Risk”) - Nashville - 15x200’
Graffiti Heart (Assisting artist “Risk”) - Cleveland - Facade of the entire building (Three walls) 25x20’, 25x100’, 25x20’
Virago (Restaurant) - Nashville - Multiple interior walls and accents
Kayne Prime (Restaurant) - Nashville - Two 4x12’ and one 6x20’
LabCanna East - 15x60’ - Nashville (Multi artist wall)
2018
Hutton (Analog Entrance) - 8x100’ - Nashville (A long mural collaboration with Eric “Mobe” Bass adorning a concrete wall up a tunneled staircase to a venue within a hotel) -
Elliston Parking Garage - 30x120’ - Nashville (The company who owned the garage reached out to Nashville Walls Project wanting to turn the entire garage inside and out into a living street art museum. Around ten artists help transform the entire structure into a piece of art. I was given the main exterior facade.)
Music City Tents - 20x20’ - Nashville (Music City Tents reached out to Nashville Walls Project wanting their 300’ wall of their warehouse painted. Around 15 artists painted individual murals)
2017
Google Fiber - 30’x30’ - Nashville (Google commissioned me via Nashville Walls Project to have full creative control on a mural for the “Google Fiber” campaign.)
Nissan Eclipse - Franklin, Tn. - 90.000 Sq. Ft. (Nissan asked me to “paint” my version of the total solar eclipse of 2017 on the lawn of their North American headquarters.)
Mansion Street Demigoddess - Nashville - 15x120’ (Collaboration with Nathan Brown in conjunction with Nashville Walls Project)
Ian Ross Mural (Nashville Walls Project, assisting Artist Ian Ross) - Nashville - 30x120’
2016
Little Octopus (Interior) - Nashville - 15x40’
Sprinkles Cupcakes (Interior) - Nashville - 9x22’
Gibson Guitars (Bankers Alley) - Nashville - 30x15’ 2016 (Nashville Walls Project) -
2015
Little Octopus - Nashville - 20x60’
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