EDUCATION |
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| 2000 | Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME |
| 1999 | Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA BFA Painting and Printmaking |
| Loughborough College of Art and Design, Loughborough, England | |
| Lorenzo de Medici Art Institute of Florence, Italy | |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2010 | Between the Lights, Franklin Art Works, Minneapolis, MN |
| 2008 | Fornever, Jeff Bailey Gallery , New York, NY |
| 2006 | Intermission, Jeff Bailey Gallery , New York, NY (including a video collaboration with John Miserendino) |
| 2004 | Make Them Love You, Jeff Bailey Gallery , New York, NY |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2010 | Wall to Wall, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| Observant, ISE Foundation, New York, NY (curated by Vicki Sher) | |
| 2009 | Next Wave Art, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY (curated by Dan Cameron) |
| Whitey On The Moon, 106 Green, Brooklyn, NY (curated by Kanishka Raja) | |
| Room Tones, St. Cecilia Convent, Brooklyn, NY (organized by Nathan Spondike) | |
| Give Them What They Never Knew They Wanted, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Intus Tensio, or Appropriated Special, Centotto, Brooklyn, NY (curated by Paul D'Agostino) | |
| 2008 | Monsters, RENTAL, New York, NY (Curated by Robert Longo) |
| Making History, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Yaelle Amir) | |
| 2007 | Hard Times, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2005 | Introspective Men, Madder 139 Gallery, London, England (curated by David Kefford) |
| Fresh Direct, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 2004 | Sunday Afternoon, Match-Art, Brooklyn, NY (curated by Matthew Fisher and Christina Vassalo) |
| Pencil Me In, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA | |
| Cleanliness, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Adam Frank) | |
| Playpen, The Drawing Center, New York, NY (curated by Austin Thomas) | |
| 2002 | Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY |
| Lucky Draw, Deitch Projects, New York, NY | |
| Made in New York, Arno Maris Gallery, Westfield State College, Westfield, MA (curated by John O’Connor) | |
| SNAPSHOT, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT | |
| 2001 | Interval: New Art for a New Space, SculptureCenter, Long Island City, NY (review) |
| Mitochondria Emancipation, Asian American Arts Centre, New York, NY (curated by Christine Kim, catalog) | |
| Skowhegan Alumni, Knoedler Gallery, New York, NY | |
| All Hands, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY (curated by David Terry) | |
| Artist in the Marketplace: 21st Annual Exhibition, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY (cat.) | |
| SNAPSHOT, Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA | |
| 2000 | SNAPSHOT, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD (cat.) |
| FRESH, Butler’s Laundromat, Skowhegan, ME. (Performance with Daniel Bozhkov) | |
| Vermont Studio Center Resident Artists, Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT | |
ART FAIRS |
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| 2008 | PULSE, Miami, FL |
| 2007 | Year 07, London, England |
| 2006 | PULSE, Miami, FL |
| Affair at the Jupiter Hotel, Portland OR | |
| 2005 | PULSE, Miami, FL |
| Affair at the Jupiter Hotel, Portland OR | |
| Art L.A., Los Angeles, CA | |
| 2004 | Scope, Miami, FL |
| Scope, Los Angeles, CA (Stevenson Fine Art, New York) | |
| Scope, New York, NY (ScopeCircle, Committee for Emerging Art) | |
AWARDS + RESIDENCIES |
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| 2008 | Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts studio, New York, NY |
| 2007 | Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts studio, New York, NY |
| 2006 | Artist Pension Trust, invited member New York, NY |
| 2005 | New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, Printmaking/Drawing/Artist Books, New York, NY |
| 2002 | Artist Residency Fellowship, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL |
| Emerging Artist Fellowship, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY | |
| 2001 | Artist in the Marketplace Fellowship, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York |
| 2000 | Skowhegan Fellowship, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, ME |
| 1999 | Artist Full Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT |
| 1998 | Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship, Richmond, VA |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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| 2008 | Fusco, Maria. The Happy Hypocrite: Issue 1 - Linguistic Hardcore, Bookworks, London, England |
| Fisher, Matthew. The Distance of Drawing, Matthews the Younger blogspot | |
| 2006 | Risemberg, Rafael. A Weekend in the Country: Paolo Arao and His Buddies Head to the Catskills. The New York Blade, April 3: p.16. |
| 2005 | New American Paintings, North Eastern Edition Volume #56, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA |
| Harper’s Magazine, Readings, January, p. 22 | |
| Orden, Abraham. “Circus Without a Tent.” Artnet.com, February 11. | |
| 2004 | VOGUE (Portugal), November p. 104 |
| The New York Sun, Calendar, October 19. p. 15 | |
| Harper’s Magazine, Readings, July, p.23 | |
| 2001 | Iwasaki, Hitomi, Robert Lee and Timothy Liu. Mitochondria Emancipation. Asian American Arts Centre. |
| Ramoran, Edwin and Lydia Yee. Artist in the Market Place: 21st Annual Exhibition. Bronx Museum of the Arts. | |
| Smith, Roberta. “Funky Digs with Lots of Space for Performance-Oriented Hipsters”. The New York Times. September 28. E39. | |
Born 1977
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY