Daydream During a Plague (2020-23)

The California state-wide “shelter-in-place” order during the Covid19 Pandemic summoned past spectres of the AIDS epidemic that haunted me as a young man. During the height of Covid19, someone left a copy of The Book of the Dead on my doorstep, and through it, I relived the fascination for Ancient Egypt that I had experienced as a young child. I began experimentations to fuse my own past and present anxious loneliness to these hypnotic and bewildering protocols surrounding Egyptian deathliness.

This collection of artworks utilizes rendering, photographic, and printmaking methods to construct a neo-Egyptian aesthetic that seeks to make sense of the chaos that has been the Covid19 Pandemic.

Daydream During a Plague, I (2022)

collage: hand and digital illustration on cut paper with ink, chalk pastel, gouache and enamel, 19x25”

Part of the group exhibitions:

Dream Job, Northern Illinois University Art Museum, De Kalb, IL. March 19-May 10, 2025. Jurors: NIU Art Museum staff members and the museum’s Exhibition Advisory Committee.

Proud+2022, The Studio Door Gallery, San Diego, CA. June 4–July 30, 2022. Juror: Alyssa Nitchun, Executive Director, Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, NYC, NY.

Memory Palace (2021)

digital illustration and relief print on paper with ink and colored pencil, 17x21” .

(All artist proceeds associated with this artwork are directly donated to the “Breonna Taylor Memorial Scholarship Fund” at the University of Louisville).

Part of the group exhibitions:

Politically Charged, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA. August 31–October 5, 2024. Curated by Blue Line Arts.

Voices of our Ancestors, Circle Gallery, Maryland Federation of the Arts, Annapolis, MD. June 26–July 25, 2024. Juror: Myrtis Bedolla, Owner and founding director of Galerie Myrtis , Baltimore, MD.

Our People: The Black Influence in Contemporary Culture, Arts Center Gallery, Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County, Fayetteville, NC. January 26–March 2, 2024. Jurors: Collyn Strother, exhibition curator; Bryane Broadie, graphic artist; Brandon Johnson, Chief Executive Officer & Creative Coodinator, Bigfooters; Damien Mathis , artist.

CCAN 2023 7th Annual National Juried Exhibition, The Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, TX. September 8–October 28, 2023. Juror: Letitia Huckaby, photographer.

Made in USA: Freedom of Expression, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. July 26–August 11, 2023. Juror: Scott Yeskel, artist.

Reimagining History, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA. May 20–June 29, 2023. Juror: Sandow Birk, artist.

11th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Batesville Area Arts Council, Batesville, AR. April 25 - June 3, 2023. Juror: Carey Voss, Curator of Exhibits, Historic Arkansas Museum, Little Rock, Arkansas.

Contemporary Social Realism, Hilliard Gallery, Kansas City, MO. September 1–October 28, 2022. Juror: Hilliard Gallery.

Exhibitour, Wassau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wassau, WI. August 13 – October 29, 2022. Juror: Alyssa Monks, artist

35th September Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA. July 8–October 21, 2022. Juror: Elizabeth Chubbuck Weinstein, independent fine art curator, writer, and creative consultant.

1st Annual Photography & Digital Art Show, San Francisco Women Artists, San Francisco, CA. February 8–March 4, 2022. Juror: Diane Fenster, Photographic Artist and Curator.

Of An Era International Art Exhibition, The Art Effect@TheTrolley Barn, Poughkeepsie, NY. November 5–December 9, 2021. Juror: Jova Lynne, Susanne Feld Hilberry Senior Curator, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit, MI.

Simulacra National Juried Exhibition, Sulfur Studios, Savannah, GA. September 2–19, 2021. Juror: Sulfur Studios.

Resilient and Creative National Exhibition, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Port Angeles, WA. August 14–September 26, 2021. Juror: Sarah Jane, PAFAC Gallery & Program Director.

North x Northwest: Out of Isolation, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT. July 1–October 10, 2021. Juror: Mika Yoshitake, PhD, independent curator.

7th Annual Piedmont National Juried Exhibition: Transitions–2020, Piedmont Center for the Arts, Piedmont, CA. April 17–May 16 2021. Jurors: René de Guzman, Senior Curator of Art, Oakland Museum of California; Danielle Fox, Principal Partner and Managing Member, Slate Gallery, Oakland, CA.

I Had a Cough I Couldn't Shake, III (2020)

collage: monotype, relief print and screen print on paper with cut paper, ink, gouache, mica powder and enamel, 16x19”

There are six different versions of this print; the above is 3/6.

Part of the group exhibitions:

2024 Extreme Pressure 2nd Biennial of American Prints, Webber Gallery, College of Central Florida, Ocala, FL. August 5-September 12, 2024. Juror: Katherine Brimberry, printmaker and Director Flatbed Press, Austin, TX.

Off the Block Print Expo, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO. June 3–18, 2022. Jurors: Foundry Exhibition Committee with Grafik House, St. Louis, MO.

ArtOut 2022: Queering the Pandemic, LGBTQ Resource Center of the Gulfport Library, Gulfport, FL. June 1–30, 2022. Jurors: Hunter O’Hanian, Executive Director, Stonewall National Museum and Archives, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Kalki Subramaniam, transgender activist, artist, poet, actor, and writer; Saudade Toxosi, multidisciplinary artist and image curator.

Under Pressure, Webster Arts, St. Louis, MO. November 16–December 31, 2021. Juror: Marie Oberkirsch, Executive Director, Central Print, St. Louis, MO.

Extraction: Art on the Edge of the Abyss, Sebastapol Center for the Arts, Sebastapol, CA. October 23–November 28 2021. Juror: Sebastapol Center for the Arts.

Resilient and Creative Nat’l Exhibition, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Port Angeles, WA. August 14–September 26, 2021. Juror: Sarah Jane, PAFAC Gallery & Program Director.

Watercolor USA 2021, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO. June 5–Aug 29, 2021. Juror: Nick Nelson, Director, Springfield Art Museum.

Capricious, Art Center of Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX. December 11 - January 16, 2021. Juror: Richie Vios, watercolorist.

Crisis Mode, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art Orange County (OCCCA), Santa Ana, CA. November 1–December 31, 2020. Juror: Lucia Olubunmi Momoh, Curatorial Assistant, U.C. Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive.

In My Head, In My Body, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA. October 31–December 13, 2020. Juror: Shanti Norris, chief curator for the Integrated Arts and Healing program at the Inova Schar Cancer Institute, Fairfax, VA.

28th Emerald Coast National Juried Exhibition, Mattie Kelly Arts Center, Northwest Florida State College, Niceville, FL. August 29–October 16, 2020. Juror: Ndubuisi “Endy” Ezeluomba, Francoise Billion Richardson Curator of African Art, New Orleans Museum of Art. New Orleans, LA.

Punching Marshmallows: Rage, Uncertainty and Fatigue, Remarque/New Grounds Print Workshop & Gallery, Albuquerque, NM. July 10 –Aug 29, 2020. Juror: Remarque Print Gallery.

Art in the Time of Quarantine, Art Center Highland Park, Highland Park, IL. June 19–Aug 1, 2020. Juror: Caren Helene Rudman, Curator, Art Center Highland Park.

Art in the Time of Corona, DAB Art Co, Los Angeles, CA. June 7 –December 31, 2020. Jurors: DAB Art Co.

Pavane pour une infante défunte (2020)

digital illustration on parchment with hand-applied ink, colored pencil and chalk pastel, 16x19”.

(All artist’s proceeds regarding this work are donated directly to the Breonna Taylor Memorial Scholarship Fund at the University of Louisville)

Part of the group exhibitions:

Homage, 311 Gallery, Raleigh, NC. December 1–29, 2023. Curated by 311 Gallery.

North x Northwest: Out of Isolation, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT. July 1–October 10, 2021. Juror: Mika Yoshitake, PhD, independent curator.

Liberty and Justice for All?, Stola Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL. April 29–June 11, 2021. Juror: Kelly Mathews, Gallery Director, Stola Contemporary Art.

Art and Social Justice, Ellington-White Contemporary Gallery, Fayetteville, NC. May 8–June 26, 2021. Juror: Rose-Ann San Martino, artist.

Elevate, Webster Arts, Webster, MO. March 16 - April 30, 2021. Juror: Cbabi Bayoc, artist.

Home Sick: International Juried Art Exhibition, The Art Effect at The Trolley Barn, Poughkeepsie, NY. February 25–April 1, 2021. Juror: Mary-Kay Lombino, Deputy Director and Curator, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College.

Storied References, Northern Illinois University Art Museum, DeKalb, IL. January 12–February 26, 2021. Jurors: NIU Art Museum Exhibition Advisory Committee.

Crisis Mode, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Orange County, Santa Ana, CA. November 1–December 31, 2020. Juror: Lucia Olubunmi Momoh, Curatorial Assistant, U.C. Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive.

8th International FL3TCH3R Exhibit, Reece Museum, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN. October 5–December 11, 2020. Juror: Carlton Wilkinson, artist.

Politically Charged, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA. October 2, 2020– November 14, 2020. Juror: Kimberli Gant, The McKinnon Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art, Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA.

Global Impact, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO. August 14–September 25, 2020. Juror: Robin Hirsch-Steinhoff, Artistic Director, Art Saint Louis.

Long Division (2023)

Acrylic, gouache, cut paper, ink and enamel on canvas, 24x18”.

Part of the group exhibition:

Proud+ 2024, The Studio Door Gallery, San Diego, CA. July 2–August 3, 2024. Juror: Michael Swank, Director of Exhibition and Residency at Art Gallery Studios (Mexico City, Mexico), producer of Bureau of Queer Artists.

Nightswimming (2023)

assemblage: wood, polymer clay, modeling paste, rocks, cut paper, acrylic, gouache, ink, gold leaf, and enamel, 12x13”.

Part of the group exhibition:

Poolside 2024, JAG Gallery, Key West, FL. August 3–September 1, 2024. Curated by JAG Gallery.

Proud+ 2023, The Studio Door, San Diego, CA. June 29-July 29, 2023. Juror: Jonathan D. Katz, Associate Professor of Practice, History of Art and Gender and Women’s Studies, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

Step Off, Son!!! (2021)

digital illustration and relief print on paper with ink, gouache and enamel, 17x21” framed.

Part of the group exhibitions:

Birdiest City, Arts Center of Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX. April 7-29, 2023. Juror: Frank Klein, Nature Conservationist and Photographer.

3rd Annual Use Other Door National Juried Exhibition, Core Contemporary, Las Vegas, NV. June 19–August 14, 2021. Jurors: Nancy Good: Curator and Owner, Core Contemporary Art; Stormi Holt, artist.

In Search Of...(2021)

assemblage on wood panel: wood, metal, fiberglass, plastic, gold leaf, embroidery floss, cut paper, ink, gouache, acrylic, oil pastel, and enamel, 18x18”.

Part of the group exhibitions:

Holly Jolly Roger Outsiders Show, Pirate Contemporary Art, Lakewood, CO. December 8–24, 2023. Juror: Collin Parson, Director of Galleries & Curator, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, Colorado

Art from Detritus, Viridian Artists, NYC, NY. March 28–April 22, 2023. Juror: Vernita Nemec, Executive Director, Viridian Artists.

Expressions West 2022, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR. April 29–June 24, 2022. Juror: Walt Padget, artist.

The Look of Love, IV (2021)

digital illustration/archival print on silver paper, 16x16”’

Part of the group exhibitions:

Big Gay Art Show 2023, Sedona Arts Center, Sedona, AZ. December 6-27, 2023. Curated by Sedona Arts Center.

2023 Queer Conscience Photography Exhibition, The Image Flow, San Anselmo, CA. May 29–July 21, 2023. Jurors: Kari Orvik, artist and educator; Nathan Lomas, photographer and educator; The Image Flow staff.

Vices, Arc Studios, San Francisco, CA. November 20–December 18, 2021. Juror: Philip Bewley, DZINE Gallery, San Francisco, CA.

New Directions 2021: 37th Annual National Juried Contemporary Art Exhibition, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY. October 2–November 13, 2021. Juror: Vivian Li, The Lupe Murchison Curator of Contemporary Art, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX.

Proud+2021, The Studio Door, San Diego, CA. July 3–30, 2021. Juror: Alexis Bard Johnson, PhD, curator, ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, Los Angeles, CA.

It Was All Very Queer National Juried Exhibition, St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis, MO. June 4–July 10, 2021. Juror: Brendan Fernandes, artist.

The Writing's on the Wall (2020)

digital illustration/relief print on paper with ink, gouache, gold leaf, charcoal and enamel, 16x19”.

Part of the group exhibitions:

Figure That: The Human Story 2023 (5th Annual Portraiture & Figurative Art Exhibition), 3 Square Art, Fort Collins, CO. January 20–February 17, 2023. Juror: Martin John Garhart, artist.

Convergence: a Contemporary Photography Exhibition, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN. August 22–October 21, 2022. Juror: Indianapolis Art Center.

14th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Willard Arts Center, Idaho Falls Arts Council, Idaho Falls, ID. March 17–May 29, 2022. Juror: Amy Graham, artist and art educator.

About Face, Webster Arts, Webster Groves, MO. March 15–April 30, 2022. Juror: Ali Cavanaugh, artist .

2020 Center for Contemporary Arts National Juried Competition, The Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, TX. October 22–December 11, 2020. Juror: Thomas Motley, artist and Professor Emeritus of Art and Art History, Richland College, Dallas, TX.

Der Untergang des Abendlandes (2020)

watercolor and gouache on paper, 19x25“.

part of the group exhibition:

Iteration Reiteration, Touchstone Gallery, D.C. August 1–September 2, 2024. Jurors: Roya Amirsoleymani, curator; Addoley Dzegede, artist; Christopher Kardambikis, artist.

Brain Fog (2021)

watercolor, gouache, ink and enamel on paper, 19x25” framed.

Part of the group exhibitions:

Fragments: Reflections on Memory, Kay Daugherty Gallery, Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Art Center, Solomons, MD. February 21-April 27, 2025.

Vision and Progress: Art Inspired by Science, Mosesian Center for Arts, Watertown, MA.November 15, 2024–January 3, 2025. Curated by Mosesian Center for the Arts.

Figure Study for Daydream During a Plague, II, (2021)

hand and digital illustration on paper with, ink, gouache and enamel 16x19”.

Part of the group exhibitions:

Being Human, San Francisco Women Artists, San Francisco, CA. December 12, 2023–January 5, 2024. Juror: Sandra Speidel – Principal Partner & Curator, Slate Art LLC.

It Was All Very Queer, II, Saint Louis Artists Guild, St. Louis, MO. May 26–July 1, 2023. Juror: Brandon Anshultz, Director of Studios and Galleries, Kranzberg Arts Foundation, St. Louis, MO.

Figure That: The Human Story 2023 (5th Annual Portraiture & Figurative Art Exhibition), 3 Square Art, Fort Collins, CO. January 20–February 17, 2023. Juror: Martin John Garhart, artist.

ArtOut 2022: Queering the Pandemic, LGBTQ Resource Center of the Gulfport Library, Gulfport, FL. June 1–30, 2022. Jurors: Hunter O’Hanian, Executive Director, Stonewall National Museum and Archives, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Kalki Subramaniam, transgender activist, artist, poet, actor, and writer; Saudade Toxosi, multidisciplinary artist and image curator.

Stripped Down, Vestige Concept Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA. February 19–March 27, 2022. Juror: Vestige Concept Gallery.

When Breath Became Air (2020)

silkscreen and relief print on parchment with acrylic ink and enamel, 12x16”

Part of the group exhibitions:

Ink+Clay 46, W. Keith & Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery, CalPoly University, Pomona, CA. August 26–November 14, 2024. Jurors: Kim Abeles, Fine Art/Curatorial Juror; Barbara A. Thomason; Patsy Cox, Professor of Visual Art and the Head of Ceramics, California State University, Northridge, CA.

Ink Only IV: 4th Biennial Juried Print Exhibition, Paper Workers Local (PWL) @ Birmingham Public Library, Birmingham, AL. September 16–October 14, 2023. Juror: Daniel White, Museum Director, Paul R. Jones Museum and Gallery Director, University of Alabama Gallery, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL.

Off the Block Print Expo, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO. June 3–18, 2022. Jurors: Foundry Exhibition Committee with Grafik House, St. Louis, MO.

Unprecedented, Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, CA. May 1–June 13, 2021. Juror, Melinda Cootsona, artist.

Art in the Time of Quarantine, Art Center Highland Park, Highland Park, IL. June 19–Aug 1, 2020. Juror: Caren Helene Rudman, Curator, Art Center Highland Park.

Covid Lung in the Style of Rorschach (2020)

monotype with ink, acrylic and gouache on paper, 13x17”

Part of the group exhibition:

Unprecedented, Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, CA. May 1–June 13, 2021. Juror, Melinda Cootsona, artist.

In Memoriam: Gloria Davy

collage: hand and digital illustration on cut paper with ink, gouache, mica powder and enamel, 29x25”.

Part of the group exhibition:

Let’s Face It!, Arts Alpharetta, Alpharetta, GA. July 26–October 8, 2021. Juror: Arts Alpharetta.

Calling Card (2020)

photomontage and digital illustration on silver paper and cardstock with oil crayon, gouache and enamel, 13x17” framed.

Part of the group exhibition:

8th International FL3TCH3R Exhibit, Reece Museum, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN. October 5-December 11, 2020. Juror: Carlton Wilkinson, artist.