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From early on, drawing and painting have always been a part of me. Encouraged by my mother in the beginning as a past time that would entertain me for hours, the creative process developed into a necessity for my life such as air, water, food and every other necessity for maintaining life.

For the past eleven years I've participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions in and around New York. My interests and flexability to work with all kinds of mediums have led me to explore the world of printing; using designs that I've sculpted into unfired plates made of clay and hand coloring each print. (more on Clay Prints)

Printing from clay is a printing process that I began developing in 2003, and went public with my first print “Natural Connection”, submitted for and now part of the permanent collection of the peace poster project, “Yo! What Happened To Peace” in California in 2004.

Recently, I've been at work on a special project that I've been developing and promoting for about a year- making and selling bags that I call MyPaperBagCo. These bags are made from recycled strips of canvas-backed, acid free paper used in a process called linen backing; a conservation method that is commonly used in the preservation of paper-- for example, vintage posters.

What makes this project so special and important to me is that for the first time, I'm putting my art to work and it serves a purpose; every bag made is a bit less waste for the landfill.

I describe my work as meditations on a person, structure or object, so that the focus is purely on the subject and the story surrounding the central image is for the viewer to create. Most of my work relies heavily on memory because many of my subjects appear while I'm in transit, so I'll work from quick sketches with notes or snapshots to be used later on with various mediums that are available to me or that work best for the idea.


SPECIAL SHOWINGS and PRESENTATIONS


2009 BROOKLYN, NEW YORK,  WILLIAMSBURG INDIE DESIGNER SOIREE V2.0, held at The Arsenal, September 26


2009 BROOKLYN, NEW YORK,  BROOKLYN ROYALTY Spring 2010 Presentation, selection of bags shown from MyPaperBagCo. in the show held at The Arsenal, 153 Roebling St, St. 4B, Williamsburg, September 9


2009 BROOKLYN, NEW YORK,  SQUISH ART MARKET at The Arsenal, August 30


2009 NEW YORK, NEW YORK,  TOAST (TriBeCa Open Studio Tour), MyPaperBagCo. introduced at Philip Williams Posters, April 24-27


SPECIAL PROJECTS

2003 NEW YORK, NEW YORK, WAR RESISTERS LEAGUE Poster Design, December

2001 UNITED KINGDOM, CIMS, Cims Limited, Work Selected and Published for International Promotional Package, January 4

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2002 NEW YORK, NEW YORK Philip Williams Gallery, October 31-November 15


2000 HELSINKI, FINLAND, Art Galaxy Gallery, November 14-December 10


2000 EAST BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY, Borders Books and Music, January 1-March 31


1999 PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY, Bucks County Coffee, March 1-April 1


1998 EAST BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY, Borders Books and Music, October 1-November 1


1997 TAMPA, FLORIDA, Club Zion, May, Revolving Show


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS


2009 BROOKLYN, NEW YORK,  SQUISH ART MARKET, August 30, 2009


2009 NEW YORK, NEW YORK,  TOAST (TriBeCa Open Studio Tour), April 24-27, 2009


2005- 2006 TURKEY, SANAT GALERISI, September 23, 2005- October 23, 2006


2005 HAMEENLINNA, FINLAND, ART GALLERY RIPUSTUS, Make Friends- Not War, November 27- December 30


2005 NEW YORK, NEW YORK, ART for AIDS silent auction to benefit Housing Works; presented by UBS, October 26


2004 NEW YORK, NEW YORK THE FISHER CENTER FOR ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH FOUNDATION, On-line Auction, November


2004 NEW YORK, NEW YORK NORTH FORK BANK, August- November


2004 NEW YORK, NEW YORK CAFE JOUL, July- December


2004 NEW YORK, NEW YORK ANGEL ORENSANZ FOUNDATION, July 20


2004 NEW YORK, NEW YORK NOHO NY, Artwalk, January 20-January 25


2004 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, TRANSPORT GALLERY, Yo! What Happened to Peace, anti-war poster show (This is an expanded version of a show by the same name in Tokyo in May 2003, originally sponsored by Cross World Communications International (CWC),    January 9


2003 NEW YORK, NEW YORK, METROPOLITAN PAVILION, Starving Artists Ball, August 21


2003 NEW YORK, NEW YORK, FUSIONARTS MUSEUM, East Village and Lower East Side Artists 2003- An Exhibit, July 31- August 27


2003 NEW YORK, NEW YORK, WALKER SOUND STAGE, Benefit for Goussy for a Cultural Exchange to Cuba,   July 20


2003 LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK, 38NINE STUDIOS,   March 28- April 11


2002 NEW YORK, NEW YORK, PHILIP WILLIAMS GALLERY, Visionary Art In America: Group Exhibition, January 7-February 11


2000 NEW YORK, NEW YORK, THE OPEN CENTER at Spring Street, Nosotros Los Latinos Presents, Open Worlds 2000-International Art Show October 21


2000 ROSEMONT, NEW JERSEY , THE CAFE, under the auspices of Riverbank Arts, Stockton, New Jersey,June


1999 NEW YORK, NEW YORK, THE PUCK BUILDING, Coalition for the Homeless,Presented the Fifth Annual Artwalk NY, Artwork selected and sold at auction, November 13


1999 NEW YORK, NEW YORK, GALERIA CHARAS/EL BOHIO, Artists of the World, Toward the Next Millenium II. October 3-November 6


1999 NEW YORK, NEW YORK, GALERIA CHARAS/EL BOHIO, Toward the Next Millenium. June 5-18


1998 NEW YORK, NEW YORK, MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, Independent Film and Video Festival, September 18


1997-1998 GULFPORT, FLORIDA, POSITIVE EXPRESSIONS GALLERY: Many Expressions of Love, February 6, 1998, Belief Without Boundaries, January 2 , Hope and Glory, presented at the Falk Theater, Tampa, Florida, January, A Wish, A Hope and a Cry presented at Eckerd College, Tampa, Florida, November 9, 1997


GALLERY REPRESENTATION

2002 Philip Williams Gallery, 122 Chambers Street, New York, New York

2000-2004 Riverbank Arts, 19 Bridge Street, Stockton, New Jersey

2000 Reza Namazi Real Estate Corporation, 347 West Broadway, SoHo, New York, New York


PUBLIC COLLECTION

2001 UNITED KINGDOM, Wexham, Slough, CIMS, Cims Limited,January 4


INTERNET EXHIBITIONS

W E A R June 1-June30, 2002

WHAT I SEE July 1-July 31, 2002

THEIR FACES- RECOLLECTIONS OF MASS TRANSIT August 1-August 31, 2002

THE HUMAN CONDITION September 1-September 15, 2002

THE FOOD SHOW September 15-30, 2002

COMMON THREAD November 2002

CHEER December 2002

SELF PORTRAITS January 2- February 2003

PATTERNS AND DESIGN- Both Natural and Human March- April 30, 2003

CIRCLES AND SPHERES May 2003

CLAY PRINTS June 2003

CAPTURING THE SPLENDOR & PLIGHT OF ONE'S SOLITUDE July- September 2003

SILHOUETTES and SHADOWS September- October 2003

CLAY PRINTS- A Collection October 2003- January 2004

ENOUGH SAID February- May 2004

INFINITE SPIRIT May- December 2004


BIOGRAFIA                 ARRIBA

Desde temprano, dibujando y la pintura siempre ha sido una parte de mí. Comenzar con mi madre como un tiempo pasado que me entretendría por muchas horas, el proceso creador se convertió en una necesidad para mi vida como aire, el agua, el alimento y cada las necesidades para mantener la vida.

Durante los últimos diez años yo he tomado parte en numerosos exposiciones grupo y solas en y alrededor de Nueva York. Mis intereses para trabajar con todas clases de medios me ha dirigido a explorar el mundo de impresión; utilizando diseños que he esculpido en platos hechos de arcilla y mano que coloran cada impresión. (más en Impresiones de Arcilla)

¡La impresión de la arcilla es un proceso de impresión que empecé desarrollar en 2003, y fui el público con mi primera impresión "Conexión Natural", sometido para y ahora parte de la permanente colección del proyecto de cartel de paz, "Yo! Qué Sucedió A Paz" en California en 2004.

Describo mi trabajo como meditaciones en una persona, la estructura o se opongo, para que el foco sea puramente en el asunto en mano y la historia que rodean la imagen central es para el espectador de crear. La mayor parte de mi trabajo confía mucho en memoria porque muchos de mis sujetos parece mientras soy en tránsito, así que trabajaré de dibujos rápidos con notas para ser utilizado más tarde con varios medios que están disponibles a mí o a ese trabajo mejor para la idea.