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EXHIBITIONS

Domestic Detritus

INSTITUTION: Brea Gallery / The City of Brea, CA
CURATOR: Gallery Director Heather Bowling
DATES: January 24 - March 24, 2023
ABOUT: BREA GALLERY presents a group exhibition of 16 artists from across the US as they respond to the impacts of COVID-19.

 

 

‘The Longest Shift’ @ Creative Resilience

INSTITUTION: Creative Resilience pop-up
CURATOR: Wyatt Closs + Evan Cerasoli + Brooke Harbaugh
DATES: October 8-16, 2022

 

‘The Longest Shift’ - solo exhibition

INSTITUTION: Museum of Art & History Lancaster (MOAH)
CURATOR: Andi Campognone & Robert Benitez
MEDIA: 13 photographs mounted to dibond with 5 HD monitors displaying 10 motion portraits
DATES: May 14—August 21, 2022

 

 

‘Working America’ public art installation in Grand Park

INSTITUTION: Los Angeles Music Center / Grand Park
DATES: July 1—31, 2021
MEDIA: 11 minute video piece incorporating 35 motion portraits and first-person quotes. On five screens sized 8ft X 5ft.
CURATORS: Julia Diamond, director; Marty Preciado, program manager


 
 

Short Film: ‘Working America’ + Grand Park

Directed by Reuben Herzl / Groundmaking
Cinematography by Anai Garcia

 

 

Golden Hour: California Photography from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

INSTITUTION: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
CURATOR: Eve Schillo
TOUR DATES: Lancaster Museum of Art & History: February 7 - May 9, 2021
Riverside Art Museum: June 5 - September 26, 2021
Vincent Price Art Museum: October 16, 2021 - February 5, 2022
Cal State University Northridge Art Galleries: February 19, 2021 - April 30, 2022

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Museum of Art & History Lancaster, April 2021

Vincent Price Art Museum, Feb 2022

Vincent Price Art Museum, Feb 2022


 

The Outwin 2019: American Portraiture Today / Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition

INSTITUTION: Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC
DATES: October 2019–August 2020
ACCOLADES:
Second prize winner
CURATORS: Taína Caragol, Dorothy Moss
JURORS: Byron Kim, Harry Gamboa Jr., Lauren Haynes, Jefferson Pinder, Brandon Brame Fortune
TOUR DATES: D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA: October 3, 2020 - April 4, 2021
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University, St. Louis, MO: September 10, 2021 - January 23, 2022

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‘The Newest Americans’

INSTITUTION: Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angles, CA
CURATOR: United Photo Industries
DATES: April–May 2019

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‘The Newest Americans’

ORIGINATING INSTITUTION: The California Museum, Sacramento, CA
CURATOR:
Amanda Meeker
CURRENT TOUR DATES: Sutter County Museum, Yuba City, CA: May 1, 2022 – September 4, 2022
PAST TOUR DATES:
Museum on Main, Pleasanton, CA: March 7, 2021 – May 2, 2021
Southwest Tech, Fennimore, WI: December 20, 2020 – February 21, 2021
Kean University Galleries, Union, NJ: October 11, 2020 – December 6, 2020
Loveland Museum, Loveland, CO: May 24, 2020 – September 27, 2020
Mt. Horeb Area Historical Society, Mt. Horeb, WI: October 27, 2019 – January 5, 2020
Patrick Heath Public Library, Boerne, TX: June 9, 2019 – August 4, 2019
Spartanburg County Public Libraries, Spartanburg, SC: January 13, 2019 – March 10, 2019
Daura Gallery, Lynchburg, VA: September 30, 2018 – December 9, 2018
The California Museum, Sacramento, CA: April 3, 2018 – July 8, 2018

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The Sweat of Their Face: Portraying American Workers

INSTITUTION: Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC
CURATOR:
Dorothy Moss
DATES: November 2017–September 2018

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Big LA Portrait Gallery: “The Future of LA”

INSTITUTION: Grand Park, The Music Center, Los Angeles, CA
CURATOR:
Maren Levinson
DATES: June 2018

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Portraits of Compassion

INSTITUTION: La Plaza De Cultura y Arte, Los Angeles, CA
DATES: March–April 2016
PRESENTED BY:
California Community Foundation
CURATOR: Noé Montez

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Both Sides of Sunset

VENUE: Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
DATES: October - December 2015
CURATOR:
Marla Hamburg Kennedy, Jane Brown, & Paul Kopeikin

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The Valley / El Valle

INSTITUTION: San Francisco City Hall
PRESENTED BY: The San Francisco Arts Commission 
CURATOR:
Ann Jastrab

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San Francisco, CA June–August 2014


Kern County At A Distance

VENUE: The Bakersfield Museum of Art
CURATOR:
Vikki Cruz

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Bakersfield, CA May–Aug 2014


The Heart of Los Angeles

VENUE: Los Angeles’ Union Station
PRESENTED BY: METRO (Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority)

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Los Angeles, CA May 2014–December 2015


Central Avenue: A Community Album

VENUE: South LA Pop-Up
PRESENTED BY: Month of Photography LA (MOPLA)
CURATOR: Self-produced
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Jason Neville, Lynda Wilson, Vivian Bowers, Azusena Favela, Charyn Harris, Johnny Andrade

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Los Angeles, CA April-May 2012


Central Avenue: A Community Album at Jazzfest

VENUE: Central Avenue Jazz Festival
PRESENTED BY: Los Angeles City Councilwoman Jan Perry

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Los Angeles, CA July 2012


28 at 28

VENUE: NextSpace LA
CURATOR: Jonathan Lane

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Culver City, CA October 2011 - February 2012