Lives and works in Chicago, IL
Solo Shows
2008
Crypto Egypto, Lamontagne Gallery, South Boston, MA
2007
Death Rides A Horse: Surrendered City, Mario Diacono Gallery, Boston, MA
2005
Contexture, Paul Sharpe Contemporary Art, New York NY
2003
Building Portraits: Surface and Space in Landmark Structures,
Paul Sharpe Contemporary Art, New York, NY
Group Shows
2016
Edge of Frame, Journeys In Experimental Animation, Whitechapel Gallery
2013
Ray of Dark: MFA Thesis Show, School of the Museum of Fine Arts
Film/Video Annual: Screening at the Museum of Fine Arts, Remis Auditorium
Transmediation, The Media Lounge at CAA, curated by Micol Hebron
2012
Brown Baby Jesus, MacDowell Colony, 2012
2011
Film/Video Annual: screening at the Museum of Fine Arts, Remis Auditorium
2010
Lost Horizon, curated by David Gibson, Artjail
2008
Lost Horizon, curated by David Gibson, UMass Amherst
2008
Deep in the Heart of Southie, LaMontagne Gallery, South Boston, MA
2006
Summer Show, Paul Sharpe Contemporary Art, New York NY
2005
Biannual All Artists Show, Paul Sharpe Contemporary Art, New York NY
2004
179th Annual Invitational Exhibition, National Academy of Art, New York, NY
New York Studio School Alumni Show, curated by James Hyde, Pierogi, Brooklyn NY
VOID, curated by David Gibson, Educational Alliance Gallery, New York, NY
2003
New York Paints!, Paul Sharpe Contemporary Art, New York NY
Summer Group Show, DNA Gallery, Provincetown MA
2002
Art 911, Paul Sharpe Contemporary Art, New York NY
Re-Painting Church's Territory, Olana, Hudson NY
2001
Beckoning Vision, curated by Karen Wilkin, New York Studio School, New York NY
2000
Twenty-Fourth Annual Exhibition, National Arts Club, New York NY
1998
Absolut Secret, McKee Gallery, New York NY
1996
Wow Digital Show, Wow Digital, New York NY
Selected Screenings
Giraf International Festival of Independent Animation, Calgary, Canada
Dok Leipzig
Chicago International Film Festival
Shockfest
Museum of the Moving Image
Anima Cordoba
POFF, Tailinn Black Nights, Estonia
Guanajato International Film Festival
Malt Adult, Featured Artist
Eyeworks, Featured Artist
Riga International Short Film Festival
Brive, France
Ribalta Film Festival, Italy
La Cabina, Spain
Maysles Cinema
Eyeworks Film Festival at Pioneer Works, Redcat, and the Block Cinema
Saccades Review
Mana Contemporary
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Athens Film + Video Festival, Athens, Ohio
Jaipur International Film Festival, Jaipur
Void Film Festival, Copenhagen
New Jersey International Film Festival, NJ
GLAS, Berkeley, CA
Edge of Frame Weekend, London
Future Film Fest, Italy
Maine International Film Festival, Waterville, Maine
SEAFF, Stockholm, Sweden
Animfest, Athens, Greece
Athens Film + Video Festival, Athens, Ohio
Mammoth Lakes Film Festival, Mammoth Lakes, CA
Melbourne International Animation Festival, Melbourne, Australia
Flatpack Film Festival, Birmingham, England
Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, IL
Los Angeles Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA
Animaze Film Festival, Montreal, Canada
New Zealand International Film Festival, Auckland
SOMA, Maplewood, NJ
Melbourne International Animation Festival, Melbourne, Australia
Florida Film Festival, Maitland, Florida
Animafest Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Croyden IFF, Croyden, UK
Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, IL
SENE, Providence, RI
New York Film Festival, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
Ottowa International Animation Film Festival
Bend Film Festival, Bend, Oregon
Madrid International Film Festival, Madrid, Spain
Cineclub, New York, NY
In The Palace International Short Film Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria
Japan Media Arts Festival, National Art Center, Tokyo
New Filmmakers New York, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
International Art Expo: BorderBodies-Mixing Identities, Italy-Spain
Boston International Film Festival, Boston, MA
New Jersey International Film Festival
Golden Egg Film Festival
Navi Mumbai International Film Festival
American Online Film Awards
Atlanta Underground Film Festival, Atlanta, Georgia
Kerry Film Festival, Tralee, Ireland
Elvis Zapp Urban Film Festival at the Maysles Institute and Spectrum Space, New York, NY
Press
The Reader "Eyeworks at The Block Cinema" by Kat Sacks, 2022
Chicago Film Fifty 2020
Chicago Film Fifty 2019
Pictures From the Brainbox: A Weekly Dose of Indie Animation by Chris Robinson, 2020
Voyage Chicago interview, 2019
Wired Magazine, Italy, Alberto Motta, 2017
Animation World Network, Review by Chris Robinson, 2017
Edge of Frame Animation Blog, interview with Edwin Rostron, 2016
Film International, Gary M. Kramer, 2015
Boston Globe, Review by Cate McQuaid, December 2009
Boston Globe, Review by Cate McQuaid, December 2007
Art In America, Review by Joe Fyfe, February 2006
New York Press, Currently Hanging By Mario Naves, June 2004
The New York Sun, Gallery-Going By David Cohen, October 2003
Fellowships and Awards
Best Director, La Cabina
First Prize Animation Athens International Film and Video Festival, 2018
Mammoth Lakes Film Festival Grand Jury Award for Best Animated Short, 2017
Guggenheim Fellowship, 2017
Special Mention for Excellence in Animation, LA Film Festival, 2016
Grand Jury Award for Best Animated Short, Florida Film Festival, 2016
Madrid International Film Festival, Best Animation 2015
Chicago Underground Film Festival: Best Made In Chicago Award 2015
SENE: Honorable Mention for Best Animation 2015
Golden Egg Film Festival Nominee for Best Animated Film 2014
School of the Art Institute of Chicago: New Artist Society Scholarship, 2014
Macdowell, 2012-2013
The Boit Award, 2012
Education
BA, English and French Literature, Skidmore College, 1991
Certificate in Fine Art, New York Studio School for Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture 1997-2000
MFA, Animation and Painting, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, 2013
MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2016
Experience
Assistant Professor of Animation at FVANG at University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 2019-present
Adjunct Professor of Animation at University of Illinois Chicago, 2017-2019
Drawing Instructor at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 2013
Animation Instructor at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, July 2013
Teaching Assistant at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, 2012
Teaching Assistant at School of the Museum of Fine Arts, 2011