b. 1973, Atlanta, GA
Currently works in Athens, GA
sometimes Brooklyn, NY
Education
1999
MFA, Tufts University / School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
1996
BFA Painting/BA Art History, University of Georgia
2000
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
Solo Exhibitions
2022
Marinaro Gallery, NY
2021
Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden
2020
Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Paris, FR
2019
Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Marinaro Gallery, New York, NY
2017
Marinaro Gallery, New York, NY
2015
Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
2014
Koenig and Clinton Gallery, New York, NY
2013
Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Savannah College of Art and Design, Atl/Sav, GA
2012
Leo Koenig Gallery, New York, NY
2009
Leo Koenig Gallery, New York, NY
2007
Groeflin Maag Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
2006
Solomon Projects, Atlanta, GA
Groeflin Maag Galerie, Basel, Switzerland
2005
Zach Feuer Gallery, New York, NY
2002
Fredericks Freiser Gallery, New York, NY
2000
Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA
Group Exhibitions
2021
Marinaro Gallery, Color Shape Form Body, NYC
David Zwirner Gallery, New Visons: After De Keyser (online)
2020
Lyles & King, I Want to Feel Alive Again, NYC
Night Gallery, Majeure Force Part Two, LA
The American Academy of Arts and Letters, Invitational Exhibiton, NYC
Tif Sigfrids Gallery, Summer Group Show, Athens, GA
2019
Perrotin Gallery, No Patience for Monuments, Seoul
Eric Firestone Gallery, Go Figure, curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody, East Hampton, NY
Arsenal Contemporary Art, Portraits, Montreal
2018
Andrehn Schiptjenko, Line and Verse, Stockholm
Rental Gallery, Ridley Howard and Holly Coulis, East Hampton, NY
Marinaro Gallery, The Case Against Reality, NYC
Hathaway Gallery, Easy Air, Atlanta
2017
Hall Art Foundation, Hope and Hazard, A Comedy of Eros, curated by Eric Fischl, VT
Galeria Mascota, Practice in Leisure, Mexico City, MX
V1 Gallery, Nude, Copenhagen, DN
Monya Rowe Gallery, Home, St. Augustine, FL
2016
Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, The Atlanta Biennial, Atlanta
James Cohan Gallery, Intimisms, NYC
Hathaway David Contemporary, All Tomorrow’s Parties, Atlanta
2015
Galerie Torri, A House without Rooms, curated by Guy Yanai, Paris
Alon Segev Gallery, Words without Letters, Tel Aviv
Ameringer McEnery Yohe, Black/White, curated by Brian Alfred, NYC
Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Love, NY
2014
New Bedford Art Museum, Discerning Eyes, MA
Novella Gallery, Image Makers, curated by Eleanor Ray and Avital Burg, NYC
Fredericks and Freiser Gallery, Unrealism Part 1, NYC
Lamontagne Gallery, Black and White, curated by Brian Alfred and Shay Kun, Boston
Nassau County Museum of Art, AfterModernism: Howard, Busby, Bevilacqua, NY
Salomon Contemporary, Last Night, curated by Merrill Mahan, NYC
2013.
Nassau County Museum of Art, AfterModernism: Works on Paper, NY
Knoxville Museum of Art, Currents, curated (from collection) by Stephen Wicks, TN
Bravin Lee Programs,100 Little Deaths, curated by Tom Sanford, NYC
Sarah Lawrence College, Nearly Neutral, curated by John J O’Connor, NY
2012
Fredric Snitzer Gallery, 35th Anniversary Show, Miami
Mennello Museum of American Art, Imprints: 20 years of FH Editions, Orlando
Reynolds Gallery, I glove U, Richmond
2011
Allan Nederpelt Gallery, Rules of Engagement, curated by David Coggins, Brooklyn
The Hole, As Vision Moves Sideways, AAP benefit, ctd. by Elizabeth Insogna, NYC
2010
Galerie Richard, The Incomplete, curated by Hubert Neumann, Paris, FR
CCA Andratx, Animal Companions, Mallorca, SP
Leo Koenig Gallery, Long Long Gone, NYC
2009
National Academy Museum, Reconfiguring the Body in American Art,1820-2009, NYC
Solomon Projects, Poised, Atlanta
2008
Deitch Projects, Conceptual Figures, NYC
Leo Koenig, Between Us, Andes, NY
Knoxville Museum of Art, Size Matters XS, Knoxville, TN
Paperworks Gallery, Storytellers, Baltimore, MA
Jenny Jaskey Gallery, The Drawing Narrative, Philadelphia, PA
Kinz, Tillou, and Feigen, B.I.O. 2, NYC
31 Grand, Admirer, curated by Maureen Cavanaugh, NYC
Mississippi State University, New Object/New York, Starkville, MS
2007
High Museum of Art, Recent Acquisitions, Atlanta
Hudson River Center for Contemporary Art, Size Matters, Hudson, NY
Chelsea Art Museum, The Incomplete, NYC
Derek Eller Gallery, NeoIntegrity, curated by Keith Mayerson, NYC
Kravets Wehby Gallery, The Incomplete Incomplete, NYC
2006
Gallery 4000, Stiff, curated by Ann Toebbe, Chicago
Fredericks and Freiser, Sweets and Beauties, NYC
Galleria Glance, Benjamin Butler, Holly Coulis, Ridley Howard, Torino, Italy
2005
Sixtyseven Gallery, Hello Sunday, NYC
Groeflin Maag Galerie, Honeymoon with Romeo, Basel, Switzerland
Geoffrey Young Gallery, Radical Vaudeville , Great Barrington, MA
CUE Art Foundation, Joan Mitchell Foundation Recipients, NYC
Feigen Contemporary, Of Life and Limb, NYC
Madder Gallery, Introspective Men, London, UK
2004
Solomon Projects, Homegrown, Atlanta
Greener Pastures Contemporary Art, Under the Sun, Toronto, Canada
Norwich University, EAST International, selected by Neo Rauch and Harry Lybke, UK
2001
Fredericks Freiser Gallery, Garden State, NYC
Fredericks Freiser Gallery, I See You 2, curated by Kiki Smith and Sam Messer, NYC
2000
The Baltimore Museum of Contemporary Art, Snapshot, Baltimore, MD
LFL Gallery, Open, NYC
1999
Clifford-Smith Gallery, Go Figure!, Boston
1998
The Mills Gallery, Boston Center for Arts, Posing, Boston
Awards
2020
Rosenthal Family Foundation Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters, NYC
2015
Villa Lena Foundation, Visiting Artist Residency, Tuscany, Italy
2012
New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, Painting
2011
Traveling Scholars Alumni Fellowship, SMFA
2010
CCA, Mallorca, Spain, Visiting Artist Residency
2006
Joan Mitchell Foundation Career Opportunity Grant
2001
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
1999
Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant
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2021
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2020
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2019
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2018
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2017
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2016
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2015
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2014
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2012
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2011
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2010
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2009
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2008
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2007
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2006
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2005
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2004
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-Felicia Feaster, Summer Sizzles, Creative Loafing, July 8
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2002
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2000
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1999
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