About
My expressions involve creative electricity, personal growth and perception using the tools of art making.
I am interested in creative minds especially experiencing and participating in various forms of art in community, and the individual within the human family. I use my own style of long form experimental documentary photography to learn and create work about artists.
My work has been published in books, in many mainstream magazines, and used in academia. I have exhibited my work in museums, galleries and unconventional places nationally and internationally. I produce multi-media art shows and zines with friends and exceptional artists. I am a co-founder/member of the Tinderbox artists collective, Brattleboro Vermont 2006-2010. I traveled nearly non-stop nationally and internationally with touring musicians as a tour manager, photographer and merch seller for over a decade. I currently have an active studio at the Minnesota St Project, San Francisco CA. I am a life long daily art maker, community person and artist enthusiast.
I use multi-media art practices including digital and film photography, darkroom photography, digital and film moving pictures, watercolor, acrylic paint, oil paint and ink. I draw, paint, make collages. I use Risograph, Xerox machine, and a variety of print-making techniques. I paint with bees wax encaustic and sculpt with clay.
I am interested in creative minds especially experiencing and participating in various forms of art in community, and the individual within the human family. I use my own style of long form experimental documentary photography to learn and create work about artists.
My work has been published in books, in many mainstream magazines, and used in academia. I have exhibited my work in museums, galleries and unconventional places nationally and internationally. I produce multi-media art shows and zines with friends and exceptional artists. I am a co-founder/member of the Tinderbox artists collective, Brattleboro Vermont 2006-2010. I traveled nearly non-stop nationally and internationally with touring musicians as a tour manager, photographer and merch seller for over a decade. I currently have an active studio at the Minnesota St Project, San Francisco CA. I am a life long daily art maker, community person and artist enthusiast.
I use multi-media art practices including digital and film photography, darkroom photography, digital and film moving pictures, watercolor, acrylic paint, oil paint and ink. I draw, paint, make collages. I use Risograph, Xerox machine, and a variety of print-making techniques. I paint with bees wax encaustic and sculpt with clay.
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Solo Exhibitions and Presentations
2023 Reduce Psychic Tension solo photo show Heavy Manners Library, Los Angeles, CA heavymannerslibrary.com
2022-23 Reduce Psychic Tension solo photo show Wave Collective 440 Haight st San Francisco, CA wavecollectivespace.com
2020 Research and Recreation Plant Material, Los Angeles, CA plant-material.com
2019 Current Project Survey Unearthen Studio, Los Angeles, CA unearthen.com
2018 California Water Doodle Corvus Ra Gallery, Berlin
2018 Punk House Solo Photo Show Thank You for Coming, Los Angeles, CA thankyouforcoming.square.site
2018 Punk House Solo Photo Show Trashzone, Yokohama
2018 Punk House Photo & Series of Presentations & New Publication. Cactus, Tokyo
2018 Punk House Photos & Talk, Stoke Newington Literary Festival, London stokenewingtonliteraryfestival.com
2007 If you Lived here, you'd be home now Get this Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2007 Punk House Six City Book Tour & Film presentation abramsbooks.com
2023 Reduce Psychic Tension solo photo show Heavy Manners Library, Los Angeles, CA heavymannerslibrary.com
2022-23 Reduce Psychic Tension solo photo show Wave Collective 440 Haight st San Francisco, CA wavecollectivespace.com
2020 Research and Recreation Plant Material, Los Angeles, CA plant-material.com
2019 Current Project Survey Unearthen Studio, Los Angeles, CA unearthen.com
2018 California Water Doodle Corvus Ra Gallery, Berlin
2018 Punk House Solo Photo Show Thank You for Coming, Los Angeles, CA thankyouforcoming.square.site
2018 Punk House Solo Photo Show Trashzone, Yokohama
2018 Punk House Photo & Series of Presentations & New Publication. Cactus, Tokyo
2018 Punk House Photos & Talk, Stoke Newington Literary Festival, London stokenewingtonliteraryfestival.com
2007 If you Lived here, you'd be home now Get this Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2007 Punk House Six City Book Tour & Film presentation abramsbooks.com
Group Exhibitions
2023 - Red Dot. Photo prints from Punk House. Stove Works artist residency group show. Stove Works, Chattanooga TN stoveworks.org
2023- Portraits of the City. I exhibited 9 Sculptures. Curated by Sylvie McClelland. With Jon Harrison, Deena Holman, Lena Seagrave, Deirdre White. Analog Gallery, 886 Capp st San Francisco CA. analog-space.org
2023- Upstairs/ Downstairs, group show. 'Sidewalk Meditations' mixed media diorama. with SF artists Alison Alstrom, Margot Sease, Marisela Villanueva Guitar, John Guida. Curated by Sylvie McClelland, hosted in Sylvie's home, San Francisco CA.
2023- Pyramid Scheme, group show. 'Floating in the chaos' mix media sculpture. Bass and Reiner, San Francisco CA. www.bassandreiner.com
2023- Stove Works artists in residence group show. 'it's ok not to know' mixed media collages on paper. Stove Works, Chattanooga, TN www.stoveworks.org
2021 Zoo Group B&W Photocopy Group Show. 'Skate freedom 1' risograph collage. Curated by Peter Hurley, Hit Gallery, San Francisco, CA www.hitgallerysf.com
2019 Gary Panter's Evolving Joint Show and Fringe Music Emporium 10 small sculptures. Curated by Byron Coley & Gary Panter. Rozz Tox Art, Florence, MA www.garypanter.com
2019 Subjectively Speaking, I. Solo Performance in concept created by Saara Untracht-Oakner. Saara Untracht-Oakner with Alex Knost, Verge Bliss. Costa Mesa Conceptual Art Center 1930 Placentia Ave. Costa Mesa CA
2016 No New Friends, Photos. Sunday, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Wonderers, Photos from Punk House. Catalog publication from this show. Curated by Matthias Geiger. Justine Kurland, Cutter Collective,Richard Gilles,Joel Sternfeld, Kyer Wiltshire Richard L. Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis.
2009 Group Show, Photos. curated by Helen Jones & Sarah Rice, Through the Music Gallery, Brattleboro Vermont
2008 Punk House + Trashtopia, Multi-media built environment. Burlington City Arts, Burlington, VT www.burlingtoncityarts.org
2008 Tinderbox Art Show Multi-media. Curated by Jacob Berendes. Happy Birthday Mike Leslie Junk Shop, Worcester, MA
2004 Bridgin’ the Gap Sculpture. curated by Mariko Jones, Glass House, Pomona, CA
2003 Group Exhibition Sculpture. curated by Rollo, dA Center for the Arts, Pomona CA https://www.dacenter.org
Collaborations
2022 Prints Risograph prints created with Saturn Moon Milner, Minnesota St Project, San Francisco, CA.
2020- Battleship Potemkin film strip. A painting-on-film project organized by Justin Clifford Rhody. www.nonamecinema.org
2018 GALAXIES 12x12 Music for 12 guitars, Thurston Moore. On stage assistant as conductor, production. Barbican Hall, London Thurston Moore: GALAXIES 12x12 | Barbican
2021 Produced Cherry Season, multi-media presentation and print zine with photographer/filmmaker Ernesto Mendez. Folsom st theater San Francisco, CA
2022 Prints Risograph prints created with Saturn Moon Milner, Minnesota St Project, San Francisco, CA.
2020- Battleship Potemkin film strip. A painting-on-film project organized by Justin Clifford Rhody. www.nonamecinema.org
2018 GALAXIES 12x12 Music for 12 guitars, Thurston Moore. On stage assistant as conductor, production. Barbican Hall, London Thurston Moore: GALAXIES 12x12 | Barbican
2021 Produced Cherry Season, multi-media presentation and print zine with photographer/filmmaker Ernesto Mendez. Folsom st theater San Francisco, CA
Workshops and Presentations
2023 - Compost and Butterflies; my Community Garden. 50min Film. Presented on stage with musician Shannon Lay. Sunshine Prophecy, Oakland CA.
2023 - Launched zine Shadow Shape at Printed Matter Art Book Fair, with Pine Island Press, MoMA Los Angeles
2023-Performance at Dry Ice Gallery, Chattanooga TN
2022-Current: Clay workshops at Minnesota st Project
2021-Current: Risograph workshop at Minnesota st Project, San Francisco CA
2019 Project Survey and Proposal at Islington Mill, Salford UK
2008-2010 Darkroom & 35mm photo instructor. Insight photography program, Brattleboro, VT
2023 - Compost and Butterflies; my Community Garden. 50min Film. Presented on stage with musician Shannon Lay. Sunshine Prophecy, Oakland CA.
2023 - Launched zine Shadow Shape at Printed Matter Art Book Fair, with Pine Island Press, MoMA Los Angeles
2023-Performance at Dry Ice Gallery, Chattanooga TN
2022-Current: Clay workshops at Minnesota st Project
2021-Current: Risograph workshop at Minnesota st Project, San Francisco CA
2019 Project Survey and Proposal at Islington Mill, Salford UK
2008-2010 Darkroom & 35mm photo instructor. Insight photography program, Brattleboro, VT
Residencies
2023 Stove Works Artist-in-residence, Chattanooga, TN
2018 CTRI Residency Providence, RI
2018 Pine Island Press Artist-in-residence, Portland, OR
2023 Stove Works Artist-in-residence, Chattanooga, TN
2018 CTRI Residency Providence, RI
2018 Pine Island Press Artist-in-residence, Portland, OR
Publications
2023 Shadow Shape, Collages based on original photos and from 90's Thrasher Mags, Poems, paintings. self printed 3 color Risograph zine.
2021 Cherry Season, photos of two season in the Dalles by Ernesto Mendez. Published by Abby Banks
2020 Skate Snake, photos in volume 1. Published by Tiago Babtista, Lisboa Portugal.
2020 Mt Baldy Artistic Research and Recreation non-scientific explorations of the San Gabriel Mountains in Southern California self published
2018 California Water Doodle , hand processed 120mm color film & hand-painted, experiments in printing, CA landscapes.
Published by Pine Island Press
2018 HANDZINE, hand painted-photos in Bandelier National Park NM. published by Pine Island Press
2016 I Want You Around, photos of 5 years on the road. Self Published
2010 Wonderers, printed catalog. Created by Matthias Geiger. Abby Banks, Justine Kurland, Cutter Collective, Richard Gilles, Joel Sternfeld, Kyer Wiltshire. Printed for the show at Richard L. Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis.
2007-2017 Photos published in multiple major magazines, websites, newspapers, albums (LP's) and advertising materials featuring my photography for bands, musicians, visual artists and comedians: press photos, and album art.
2007 PUNK HOUSE, photodocumentary of punk houses’ across America. published by Abrams NYC.
1994-1997 DORK WORLD creator and editor. published by me on Xerox machines
2023 Shadow Shape, Collages based on original photos and from 90's Thrasher Mags, Poems, paintings. self printed 3 color Risograph zine.
2021 Cherry Season, photos of two season in the Dalles by Ernesto Mendez. Published by Abby Banks
2020 Skate Snake, photos in volume 1. Published by Tiago Babtista, Lisboa Portugal.
2020 Mt Baldy Artistic Research and Recreation non-scientific explorations of the San Gabriel Mountains in Southern California self published
2018 California Water Doodle , hand processed 120mm color film & hand-painted, experiments in printing, CA landscapes.
Published by Pine Island Press
2018 HANDZINE, hand painted-photos in Bandelier National Park NM. published by Pine Island Press
2016 I Want You Around, photos of 5 years on the road. Self Published
2010 Wonderers, printed catalog. Created by Matthias Geiger. Abby Banks, Justine Kurland, Cutter Collective, Richard Gilles, Joel Sternfeld, Kyer Wiltshire. Printed for the show at Richard L. Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis.
2007-2017 Photos published in multiple major magazines, websites, newspapers, albums (LP's) and advertising materials featuring my photography for bands, musicians, visual artists and comedians: press photos, and album art.
2007 PUNK HOUSE, photodocumentary of punk houses’ across America. published by Abrams NYC.
1994-1997 DORK WORLD creator and editor. published by me on Xerox machines
Press
2008 NY Times “Anarchy Rules: The Dishes Stay Dirty” by Penelope Green
Education
Goddard College, earned BA in Fine Arts, sculpture
Claremont High school, awarded graduating Class Artist
Mt. San Antonio community college, Museum studies
Studied 3 years clay sculpture with Betty Davenport Ford
Workshop intensive with ceramic artist Paul Soldner
Completed Neon workshop sign design & build with Lili Lakich
2008 NY Times “Anarchy Rules: The Dishes Stay Dirty” by Penelope Green
Education
Goddard College, earned BA in Fine Arts, sculpture
Claremont High school, awarded graduating Class Artist
Mt. San Antonio community college, Museum studies
Studied 3 years clay sculpture with Betty Davenport Ford
Workshop intensive with ceramic artist Paul Soldner
Completed Neon workshop sign design & build with Lili Lakich