Page Bond Gallery

Born 1984, Omaha, NE

Education

2010  
MFA, Yale University, New Haven, CT, Painting and Printmaking

2008  
BFA, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA Painting and Printmaking

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2011  
it is what it is, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA

2009  
Erik Gonzalez-Diptychs, Massimo Audiello Gallery, New York, NY

2007  
Edifice Rex, ZED Café, Richmond, VA

2006  
Sticks and Stones, Bistro 27, Richmond, VA

2003
New Paintings, 1st Street Richmond Public Library, Richmond, VA

Select Group Exhibtions

2011  
2010 MFA Grant Recipients, Cue Arts Foundation, New York, NY

2010  
MFA Thesis 2010, 32 Edgewood Ave. Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Four-Twenty, The Pit, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Haiti Benefit Show, 1156 Chapel Street Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, CT

2009  
Stripes and Idaho, Page Bond Gallery, Richomnd, VA
Cover Story, The Pit, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Peering into the Future, 1156 Chapel Street Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, CT

2008  
MFA 2010, 1156 Chapel Street Galley, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Almost Famous, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
Small Claims, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
There’s a Name for This, Transmission Gallery, Richmond, VA
Student Exhibitions 2008, Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
View / 2008, F.A.B. Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Forum, Capitol One Corporate Headquarters, Richmond, VA

2007  
Sitting or Not, Plant Zero, Richmond, VA
VCU in Peru, Main Art Gallery, Richmond, VA
Student Exhibitions 2007, Eric Heist, juror Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA    
Getting to Know You, Plant Zero, Richmond, VA
View / 2007, F.A.B. Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

2006  
The Fishbowl Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA,
Dolphins are Spatial, Plant Zero, Richmond, VA
Art and Architecture, Plant Zero, Richmond, VA
24/7 Fire in the Hole, Plant Zero, Richmond, VA
Dennis’s Picks, Casablanca Coffee and Art Space, Richmond, VA

2004  
New Work, 916 Art Space, Richmond, VA

Awards and Grants

2010  
Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant

2009  
Yale Abstract Painter"s Ball

2007  
Dean of the School of the Arts Scholarship

2006  
Phillip B. Meggs Scholarship

2003  
Theresa Pollak Scholarship Doris Lansing Scholarship

a number of statements from the artist

the artist would like to clarify that the use of the phrase it is what it is ranks at the top of his list of domesticated peeves

the artist requests the viewer not to ask of this phrase an explanation to any of the objects in this exhibition

the artist would like to thank the viewer for attending an exhibition of his objects

a number of words from the artist

tautologies
multilogue
creation
projection
work
fake
images
trace
play
meaning
subjectivity
language
perform
humor
epistemology
color
depth
skill
illusion
narcissus
echo
value
significance
modernism
repetition
making
narrative
work
solipsism
surface
real
suspension
relativism
groups
visuality
represent
information
veritas
shape
copy
emptiness
reflect
epizeuxis
Sisyphus
taste