CV

Affiliations

Angels Gate Cultural Center
Resident Artist
Studio Artist Representative
San Pedro, CA
August 2016-present

Art Exchange Long Beach
Resident Artist
Long Beach, CA
January 2013- April 2016

Education

Pratt Institute
BFA, Computer Graphics and Interactive Media
minor in History of Art

LA County High School for the Arts
Visual Arts Department

Solo/Duo Shows

illuminations: Select Works 2003-2021
Loiter Gallery
Long Beach, CA
May 2021

Studio Sessions
Angels Gate Cultural Center
San Pedro, CA
January 2020

Forest of Enchantment
SoundPedro @ Angels Gate Cultural Center
with [m]
San Pedro, CA
June 2019

Tales of Pigment and Pixel
San Pedro Chamber of Commerce
San Pedro, CA
January 2018

New Digital Paintings
illuminoidal arts at the Art Exchange   
October 2015
An exhibition of my recent digital painting work, including new 20x30 prints and canvases.

Photos from the Architectonica and Nature’s God series
illuminoidal arts at the Art Exchange   
Apr 2014
A showcase of my collected photographic work of nature and architectural subjects.

New Digital Paintings
illuminoidal arts at the Art Exchange   
Feb 2014
An exhibition of my recent digital painting work: wall panels, ‘fruit roll-up’ pigment acrylic transfer prints, and photo inkjet prints.

Temple: Eternity in One Hour
illuminoidal arts at the Art Exchange   
Oct 2013
A full-size screening of my signature long-form animated video.

Alchemy • Photo • Void
Vox Pop
Brooklyn, NY   
May 2009

Foolslight
Rubin Museum of Art
Kripalu Center
Stone Ridge Art Center
with Chris Harvey
2004-2005

Group Shows 

Gathering of Angels
Angels Gate Cultural Center
San Pedro, CA
June 2022

Holiday Queer
The New Profanity
Los Angeles, CA
November 2021

Call and Response
Shoebox Projects
Los Angeles, CA
April 2021

Projecting Possibilities
Helms Design Center
Culver City, CA
December 2020

Exposition D’art Miniature
curated by Kate Carvellas
Pasadena, CA
December 2020

BryanFest
Lisa Derrick Fine Arts
Los Angeles, CA
September 2019

Lest We Forget
Proxy Place
Chatsworth, CA
March 2019

Exchange
LA ArtCore
Los Angeles, CA
August 2018

Unique Abstractions
Las Laguna
Laguna Beach, CA
May 2017

Artist & Researcher
USC Keck School of Medicine, Hoyt Gallery
Los Angeles, CA
May 2017

FAUX REAL
Balconi Coffee Company
Los Angeles, CA
December 2016

Beasts in the Basement
House of the Fire Monkey
Los Angeles, CA
December 2016

MAS 13
Torrance Art Museum
Torrance, CA
November 2016

Dmitrov • Dixon • Pignolet
Angels Gate Pop-Up Gallery
San Pedro, CA
November 2016

FAUX SHO: Dada
MuZEUMM
Los Angeles, CA
November 2016

Sticks and Stones
Cactus Gallery
Los Angeles, CA
September 2016

L.A.ndscapes
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art
Los Angeles, CA
July 2016

TOP 40
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art
Los Angeles, CA
June 2016

Somewhere In LA
Little Tokyo Art Center
Los Angeles, CA
May 2016

FAUX SHO: Dada
Balconi Coffee Company
Los Angeles, CA
May 2016

FAUX SHO: Japonism
Japan Foundation
Los Angeles, CA
April 2016

MasQUE Attack
Los Angeles, CA
October 2015

Every Angeleno Counts   
Homeboy Industries Run/Walk
Los Angeles, CA
October 2015
curated by Lisa Derrick

Pacific Stoner Time
Daniel Rolnik Gallery
Santa Monica, CA
May 2015

Rosarito Art Fest
May 2015
Long Beach-Rosarito Sister Cities cultural exchange.

Artworld Bootcamp
April 2015
A survey of graduates of Mat Gleason's Artworld Bootcamp class at Phantom Galleries Hawthorne.

Catalogue: 15
Feb 2015
A 2015 survey of the Art Exchange Studio Artists.

MAS 8
Feb 2015
75 LA artists and 75 San Diego artists in a one-night show at the San Diego Art Institute.

MAS 7    
Dec 2014
200 LA artists in a one-night show at the Santa Monica Art Studios.

Every Angeleno Counts   
Homeboy Industries Run/Walk
Los Angeles, CA
October 2014

Artists Across America    
Aug 2014
Flower Pepper Gallery
Pasadena, CA

The Season of Spring   
Mar 2014
Flower Pepper Gallery
Pasadena, CA

Chain Letter    
Aug 2011
Shoshana Wayne Gallery
Santa Monica, CA
An exercise in virality and spectacle, Chain Letter showed art by over 1600 artists - all of whom had to invite 10 more artists to participate as a condition for inclusion.

Tel-Art-Phone    
Jun 2011
Beacon Arts Building
Inglewood, CA 

Curatorial Projects

Conjurations: Varieties of Abstract Experience
Coagula Curatorial
Los Angeles, CA
June 2018
A feast for the senses with a smorgasbord of LA abstraction.

Simone Gad • Patrick McGilligan
illuminoidal arts at the Art Exchange
Long Beach, CA
September 2015
This duo show paired painter/collage artist/performance artist Simone Gad with lowbrow painter Patrick "Lethargic Artist" McGilligan.

Four States of Matter   
illuminoidal arts at the Art Exchange
Long Beach, CA
May 2015
This show featured works by neon artist Linda Sue Price, painter Alex Schaefer, sculptor Ron Therrio, and painter/assemblage artist Kate Carvellas.

ANALOG/DIGITAL: Cybele Rowe • Jan Edward Vogels   
illuminoidal arts at the Art Exchange
Long Beach, CA
May 2015
This duo show paired sculptor Cybele Rowe with digital painter Jan Edward Vogels.

Plastics Are Forever   
illuminoidal arts at the Art Exchange
Long Beach, CA
September 2014
This 15-artist show show was both a meditation on the implications of plastic trash finding its way into our soil and water and bodies, and an acceptance of our legacy as a species that is potentially altering the planet to its own possible detriment.

Defiling Pop Culture    
illuminoidal arts at the Art Exchange
Long Beach, CA
June 2014
Ashowcase of 2 artists: renegade plein air painter Alex Schaefer and Photoshop mashup artist Myriam Gurba.

Himmelwald: Recent Paintings by Kerry Kugelman    
illuminoidal arts at the Art Exchange
Long Beach, CA
May 2014
A comprehensive show of Kerry’s recent acrylic ink paintings on panel, canvas, and paper.

Meme Democracy    
illuminoidal arts at the Art Exchange
Long Beach, CA
December 2013
A 20-artist group art show themed around internet memes! O RLY? YA RLY.

Appetite: Tasting Hunger and Desire    
illuminoidal arts at the Art Exchange
Long Beach, CA
November 2013
A food-themed group art show with six artists.

Art Keeps Me Sane - and the Rest of the World Safe    
illuminoidal arts at the Art Exchange
Long Beach, CA
A showcase of Shahidd Jaleel Al-Askari’s work
Sep 2013

Tamara Guion • Lethargic Artist    
illuminoidal arts at the Art Exchange
Long Beach, CA
August 2013
A showcase of the work of Tamara Guion and Patrick “Lethargic Artist” McGilligan

Dave Van Patten
illuminoidal arts at the Art Exchange
Long Beach, CA
April 2013
A showcase of Long Beach’s Comic Art Laureate, Dave Van Patten.

Inside Out
Coagula Curatorial
Los Angeles, CA
April 2013

Hazy Sunshine: Dispatches from Socalistan
illuminoidal arts at the Art Exchange
Long Beach, CA
February 2013
A 4-artist show featuring different interpretations of life in Southern California.