SOLO EXHIBITIONS

GLASS BOTTOM BOMB
MECHANICAL INSTALLATION
BLOCK ARTSPACE
SACRAMENTO, CA
AUGUST, 2008

MONUMENT
MECHANICAL INSTALLATION, COLLABORATION WITH EDDIE STEIN
AXIS GALLERY
SACRAMENTO, CA
JULY, 2008

CONROL_ALT_DELETE
SCULPTURE/SOUND INSTALLATION
BRICKHOUSE GALLERY
SACRAMENTO, CA
OCTOBER, 2007

JET - PROP - LAB
MECHANICAL INSTALLATION
AXIS GALLERY
SACRAMENTO, CA
FEBRUARY, 2006

METACOG: COMFORTABLE HEFT
MECHANICAL INSTALLATION
AXIS GALLERY
SACRAMENTO, CA
FEBRUARY, 2006 

BROODING ASPHALT
VIDEO
RESIDENCY AT THE HEWLETT-PACKARD RACEWAY
ROSEVILLE, CA 2005 

PASSENGER
MECHANICAL INSTALLATION
UC BERKELEY ARCHITECTURAL SCHOOL GALLERY
BERKELEY, CA 1998 

STRATEGIES FOR UNIVERSAL SERVICE
ACTION/ INSTALLATION
LAMINUS ACTION 2
COLLABORATION WITH MICHAEL WILSON
CAL-TRAIN TRAIN YARDS
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 1996 

HISTORY OF THE PURITAN FAMILY
ACTION/ INSTALLATION
LAMINUS ACTION 1
COLLABORATION WITH MICHAEL WILSON
CHATEAU AGAPE MENTAL FACILITY
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 1996 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

EMPIRE LAMPS (2 PROTOTYPES), & TELESCOPES
A BITCHIN SPACE
SACRAMENTO, CA
MAY, 2008 

WAR BIRDS
AUTOMATON MACHINE
THE GREENS HOTEL/ LIMN GALLERY INVITATIONAL EXHIBIT
SACRAMENTO, CA
MAY, 2008 

3 GLOBES (FROM CONROL_ALT_DELETE)
SCULPTURAL INSTALLATION
FUSS FACTORY “EVIDENCE 12”
AXIS GALLERY, SACRAMENTO, CA DECEMBER, 2007

SHOW BUSINESS
SCULPTURAL INSTALLATION
FUSS FACTORY “EVIDENCE 11”
COPPER MOUNTAIN COLLEGE
JOSHUA TREE, CA
MARCH, 2007

WAR BIRDS
AUTOMATON MACHINE
CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART
SACRAMENTO, CA
JANUARY, 2005 

METHODOLOGY OF SOCIO-PIEZOELECTRICITY
3-D ILLUSTRATED WRITTEN DOCUMENT
PIEZOELECTRIC EXHIBITION 1
INSHALLAH ART SPACE
LOS ANGELES, CA 2003

SURVIVING, 1902
‘DOMESTICITY’ EXHIBITION
CURATED BY ALEX GRANT
THE SNIVELING SIBLING
LOS ANGELES, CA 2003 

PIG: THE ORWELLIAN HINDENBURG
MECHANICAL INSTALLATION
COLLABORATION WITH KARYL NEWMAN
SEATTLE, WA 2003

CLIMATE: LOW-RES
SCULPTURE/ INSTALLATION
INSHALLAH SPACE
LOS ANGELES, CA 2002 

GRIDS
2’ x 2’ DIGITAL TRANSPARENCIES
INSHALLAH SPACE
LOS ANGELES, CA 2002 

FESTIVE 12VDC
INSTALLATION
HEADLANDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS
MARIN HEADLANDS, CA 1998  

GEMINI
MECHANICAL INSTALLATION
STANFORD UNIVERSITY GRADUATE EXHIBITION
STANFORD ART GALLERY
PALO ALTO, CA 1998 

PEER
SCULPTURE/ INSTALLATION
LUGGAGE STORE GALLERY
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 1995 

PILOT
SCULPTURE/ ACTION
BEWEGUNG ART SPACE
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 1995  

FILM/VIDEO 

THE AMERICAN ASTRONAUT
FULL LENGTH FEATURE FILM
PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR AWARD-WINNING SCI-FI
ROCK N’ ROLL MUSICAL.
BNS PRODS., NEW YORK, NY 1999- 2000*
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY CORY MCABEE, MUSIC BY
THE BILLY NAYER SHOW, PRODUCED BY BOBBY LURIE,
WILLIAM PERKINS & MICHAEL KRANTZ. 

THEY SHOOT HEROIN, DON’T THEY?
DIGITAL SHORT FILM
12TH ANNUAL FILM ARTS FESTIVAL
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 1997
SOUND/MUSIC DESIGN FOR SHORT FILM COLLABORATION
WITH VIDEO ARTIST AND PYROMANIAC BRYAN FINCH.
MUSIC: “I LIVE IN A VILLAGE” BY DANTE’S DRILL TEAM (MARK
NIELEBECK, DAVID PALOTTA, GEOFF TUTTLE)  

EDUCATION

MFA SCULPTURE
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, 1996-1998 

BFA SCULPTURE/ NEW GENRES
SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE, 1992-1995 

2 YEARS’ COURSEWORK IN ANTHROPOLOGY
SAN FRANCISCO CITY COLLEGE, 1990-1992  

TEACHING 

FIGURE DRAWING (BEGINNING & ADVANCED)
UC BERKELEY EXTENDED EDUCATION
1999 

SCULPTURE FOR NON-MAJORS
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
1998 

TEACHERS’ ASSISTANTSHIPS
STANFORD, 1996, 1997, 1998:
SCULPTURE/ PROF. RICHARD RANDALL
DRAWING I/ PROF. TIM CRAIGHEAD
DRAWING II/ PROF. ENRIQUE CHAGOYA  

CURATORIAL/ EXHIBIT PRODUCTION 

FUSS FACTORY “EVIDENCE 12” / “APART & A PART”
CO-CURATOR (WITH S. QUINN)
AXIS GALLERY
SACRAMENTO, CA DECEMBER, 2007

MEMBER (CO-DIRECTOR)
AXIS GALLERY
SACRAMENTO, CA 2005-2008

CURATOR/DIRECTOR
PIEZOELECTRIC EXHIBITION 1
SEPTEMBER 13, 2003
INSHALLAH ART SPACE
LOS ANGELES, CA

AWARDS/HONORS 

JUDITH & MICHAEL O’SHEA PRIZE
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
AUVERGNE, FRANCE
SUMMER, 1996 

GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP/ SCHOLARSHIP
STUDIO ARTS
STANFORD UNIVERSITY 1996-1998 

SPECIAL JURY AWARD FOR ORIGINAL VISION*
THE AMERICAN ASTRONAUT
FLORIDA FILM FESTIVAL, 2001 

BEST OF THE FEST AWARD*
THE AMERICAN ASTRONAUT
5TH REVELATION PERTH INT’L FILM FESTIVAL
AUSTRALIA, 2001 

BEST FEATURE FILM*
THE AMERICAN ASTRONAUT, LUFF FESTIVAL
SWITZERLAND, 2001 

TOP 10 FILMS OF 2001*
FILM THREAT MAGAZINE
THE AMERICAN ASTRONAUT  

PRESS

MIDTOWN MONTHLY
DECEMBER, 2007
RE: FUSS FACTORY “EVIDENCE 12”/“APART & A PART”

MIDTOWN MONTHLY
OCTOBER, 2007
RE: CONROL_ALT_DELETE

SACRAMENTO NEWS & REVIEW
OCTOBER, 2007
RE: CONROL_ALT_DELETE

HI-DESERT STAR
MARCH 26, 2007
RE: SHOW BUSINESS

SF WEEKLY
MAY, 1998
RE: ‘GEMINI’

 

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