singular works
big daddy
samsara
chain series
sideshow gathering series
   
drawings
     
coney island series
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EDUCATION
   
2008 17 Century Painting Methods with Maestro Michael John Angel, Angel Academy of Art, Florence, Italy
   
  Painting Methods of the Great European Academies with Martinho Correia, Angel Academy of Art, Florence, Italy
   
2007 Painting the Figure in Oil with Maestro Michael John Angel, Angel Academy of Art, Florence, Italy
   
  Still Life Painting with Martinho Correia, Angel Academy of Art, Florence, Italy
   
2004 MFA - Painting, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
   
1998 BA - Graphic Design/Illustration, magna cum laude, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ
   
1995 New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting & Scuplture, NYC
   
1994 School of Visual Arts, NYC
   
AWARDS/GRANTS
   
2005 2nd Place, Two-Dimensional, Art Hop
   
2004 Manhattan Arts International Award of Excellence
   
  Vermont Studio Center Artist Grant
   
SOLO EXHIBTIONS
 
2006 Step Right Up...Portraits of a Sideshow, Living Learning Gallery, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
 
GROUP EXHIBTIONS
   
2007 Night of 1000 Drawings, Artists Space Benefit, NYC
   
  Visual AIDS Postcards from the Edge Benefit, NYC
   
  Art Hop Juried Show, Burlington, VT
   
2006 Visual AIDS Postcards from the Edge Benefit, NYC
   
  Art Hop, Burlington, VT
   
  A Casual Summer Show, Organization of Independent Artists, Gallery 402, NYC
   
  The Mermaid Show, Sideshow Gallery , Brooklyn, NY
   
  CCV Faculty Exhibition , Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, Burlington, VT
   
  Artists That Teach, Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, Burlington, VT
   
2005 The Drawing Show, Organization of Independent Artists, Gallery 402, NYC
   
  The Mermaid Show, Coney Island Museum, Brooklyn, NY
   
  2005 National Art Show (online), Guestsgallery.com
   
  Art Hop, Burlington, VT
   
  Auction (online), Artists Paint for Peace, NY
   
Babes, The Many Aspects of a Woman , Holland Tunnel, Brooklyn, NY
   
  Digitally Mediated (online), Organization of Independent Artists, NYC
   
2004 Artcard, Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
   
  Silent Auction, University College Art Gallery, Fairleigh Dickinson University,Teaneck, NJ
   
Visual AIDS Postcards from the Edge Benefit, Brent Sikkema Gallery, NYC
   
  Art Faculty Exhibition, Liberty International Airport, Newark, NJ
   
Art Hop, Burlington, VT
   
  Fresh Meat/Young Blood: NJ's Newest Masters, SICA, Long Branch, NJ
   
  12 and Under, Amos Eno Gallery, NYC
   
  The 7 th Annual Mermaid Show, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn , NY
   
  Spectra, Diesel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
   
Arts Alive, Union Station Gallery, Burlington, VT
   
  Pushing the Envelope, Flynndog, Burlington, VT
   
  Krispy Juicy, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Montclair State University, White Box Annex, NYC
   
  Domestic Affairs, Locus Media Gallery, NYC
   
  Flush, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
   
  Process Progress, Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, Burlington, VT
   
  Tunnel of Love, Holland Tunnel, Brooklyn, NY
   
2003 Night of 1000 Drawings, Artists Space Benefit, NYC
   
  Art Faculty Exhibition, Liberty International Airport, Newark, NJ
   
  Art Faculty Exhibition, University College Art Gallery, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ
   
  14 @ 1978, Gallery 1978, Maplewood, NJ, Curated by Erinn Frayer
   
  McKinsey & Co., Florham Park, NJ
   
  The 6 th Annual Mermaid Show, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn , NY
   
  Montclair State University Finley South Gallery, Montclair, NJ
   
2002 Portraits, Asbury Art Center, Asbury Park, NJ
   
2001 Auction, Coney Island Museum, Brooklyn, NY
   
  The 4th Annual Mermaid Show, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn , NY
   
  BWAC Pier Show Nine, Brooklyn, NY
   
2000 Ozzfest 2000, National Rock Festival of the U.S., Sponsoring Agent: Electric Eden, Brooklyn, NY
   
  Further Fest, National Rock Festival of the U.S., Sponsoring Agent: Electric Eden, Brooklyn, NY
   
  Night of 1000 Drawings, Artists Space Benefit, NYC
   
  BWAC Pier Show Eight, Brooklyn, NY
   
1998 Sideshow Banners: History and Visual Presentation, National Collegiate Council Conference hosted by Oklahoma State University, Chicago, IL
   
  Sideshow Banners, Northeast National Collegiate Council Annual Conference Co-hosted by Gallaudet University and Howard University, Kellogg Conference Center, Washington D.C.
   
  Sideshow Banners: History and Visual Presentation, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, NJ
   
1997 Sideshows By The Seashore, Coney Island USA, nonprofit organization, Brooklyn, NY
   
RESIDENCIES
   
2004 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
   

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

   
  Free Museum of Times Square, NYC
   
  Coney Island Museum, Brooklyn, NY
   
  Sideshows By The Seashore, Coney Island USA, Brooklyn, NY
   
MEDIA
   
2005 Gail Rosenberg, "On Stage: Deep Throat, Preview: sword swallower Roderick Russell," Seven Days, June 22-June 29, 2005, 26 A.
   
  You Swallowed What?!, The Discovery Health Channel, Producer: Belinda Seaman, Beyond Productions, Released: 31 January, 2005
   
2004 Stomachs of Steel, The Discovery Channel, Producer: Dr. Paul Trotman, Director: Roz Mason, Narrator: K.C. Kelly, Released: 1 July, 2004
   
  Mark Awodey, "Art Review: Getting There," Seven Days, February 25-March 3, 2004, 47A.
   
2002 Open Up and Say AHHH!, CNN Correspondent: Jeannie Mose, Aired: 11:45 a.m. ET, 3 September, 2002
   
2000 History's Mysteries: Circus Freaks and Sideshows, The History Channel, Released: 4 December, 2000
   
  June/July Brooklyn Bridge magazine, The Stoop: Turning on the Ocean, p 22
   
1999 Sideshow: Alive on the Inside, The Discovery Channel, Producer: Image Entertainment, Director: Lynn Dougherty, Narrator: Jason Alexander, Released: 21 September, 1999
   
1998 Coney Island, Public Eye with Bryant Gumbel, WCBS Correspondent: Steve Hartmen, Producer: Tom Forman, Editor: David Rubin, Aired: 29 April, 1998