EDUCATION
MFA; Department of Visual Arts; University of California at San Diego; La Jolla, CA; 2000
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture; Skowhegan, ME; 1999
BA with Honors in Visual Arts; Brown University; Providence, RI; 1992
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2007
Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant; New York, NY
Art Matters Project Grant; Art Matters Foundation; New York, NY
San Diego Art Prize Emerging Artist Award; San Diego, CA
2006
Grantee; Creative Capital Foundation; New York, NY
2004
Houston Grant Recipient; Artadia: The Fund for Art and Dialogue; New York, NY
Project Grant; Cultural Arts Council of Houston/Harris County; Houston, TX
2002 & 2003
Eliza Randall Prize; Museum of Fine Arts; Houston, TX
2002
Sculpture Grant; Connemara Conservancy Foundation; Dallas, TX
1998 & 1999
Visual Arts Department Research Grants; UCSD; La Jolla, CA
1997
Russell Foundation Grant; UCSD; La Jolla, CA
1997 - 2000
Full Tuition and Fee Scholarship; UCSD; La Jolla, CA
RESIDENCIES AND FELLOWSHIPS
2006
Triangle Artists Workshop; Brooklyn, NY
2005
Djerassi Resident Artists Program; Woodside, CA
McColl Center for the Visual Arts; Charlotte NC
2004
Jentel Foundation; Banner, WY
Sculpture Space Residency; Utica, NY
2003
MacDowell Colony; Peterborough, NH
2001 - 2003
Core Fellowship; Glassell School of Art; Museum of Fine Art; Houston, TX
SELECTED INDIVIDUAL AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2009
Angle of Repose; Optical Project; Houston, TX
Vista; Luis de Jesus / Seminal Projects; San Diego, CA
That's All it Took (w/ Marisol Rendon); Southwestern College Art Gallery; Chula Vista, CA
2007
Stop. Yield. Merge (w/ Marcos ERRE Ramirez); L Street Gallery; San Diego, CA
2006
Vamp/Vampiro; Edwards Garden Gallery; Museum of Contemporary Art; La Jolla, CA
Still, Secret Gallery at Machine Project; Los Angeles, CA
2005
Oh, Lonesome Me; McColl Center for Visual Arts; Charlotte, NC
2004
Utica Speed Seduction; Sculpture Space and public locations throughout Utica; Utica, NY
Come to Find Out; Women and Their Work Gallery; Austin, TX
2003
Hay Burner; Lawndale Art Center; Houston, TX
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010
California Biennial; Orange County Museum of Art; Newport Beach, CA; curated by Sarah Bancroft
Ballad of the Non-Specific Object; David Shelton Gallery; San Antonio, TX; curated by Anjali Gupta
Alptraum! (Nightmare!); Transformer Gallery; Washington, DC; curated by Jay Stuckey and Marus Sendlinger
Here not There: San Diego Art Now; Museum of Contemporary Art; San Diego, CA; curated by Lucia Sanroman
Material & deStructure; Poissant Gallery; Houston, TX, curated by Zoya Tommy
Open Engagement: Making Things, Making Things Better, Making Things Worse; Portland State University; Portland, OR; organized by Jennifer Delos Rios
2009
Animal Art; The New Children's Museum; San Diego, CA; curated by Rachel Teagle
Social Climbing Part 1: On the Move; Luis De Jesus / Seminal Projects; San Diego, CA
POST-Card, Sushi Performance and Visual Art; San Diego, CA, curated by Brian Dick
Faculty Exhibition; Kroc Institute Gallery; University of San Diego, San Diego, CA
2008
Still #2 (East Coast Unit); installed at B - Home Studio; Catskill, NY; curated by Matt Bua
Lifting; Fort Worth Contemporary Arts, TCU; Fort Worth, TX; curated by Gavin Morrison/Fraser Stables
Inside the Wave; San Diego Museum of Art; San Diego, CA; curated by Betti-Sue Hertz
BioTechnique; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts; San Francisco, CA; curated by Philip Ross
2007
Lifting; Peacock Visual Arts; Aberdeen, Scotland; curated by Gavin Morrison/ Fraser Stables
New Contemporaries; Simay Space; Art Academy of San Diego; curated by Doug Simay
Bivouac; The Fields at Art Omi; Ghent, NY; curated by Max Goldfarb
2006
Take Me To Bed or Lose Me Forever; Volitant Gallery; Austin, TX; curated by Leona Skull-Hons
Phantom Captain; Apex Art; New York, NY; curated by Andrea Grover
Street Signs & Solar Ovens: Socialcraft in Los Angeles; Craft and Folk Art Museum; Los Angeles, CA; curated by Robby Herbst
Light/Sound/Action: Art and Technology; Edith Barrett Gallery; Utica College, Utica, NY
Please Love Me: Architectural Style and the Love Letter; Walker's Point Art Center; Milwaukee, WI; curated by Santiago Cucullu
Word; Deborah Colton Gallery; Houston, TX; curated by Brandon Krall
2005
Artadia @ DiverseWorks: 2004 Houston Grantee Exhibition; DiverseWorks; Houston, TX
Sport; Socrates Sculpture Park; Long Island City, NY; curated by Alyson Baker
I-10: A Post-Modern Road Trip; McClain Gallery; Houston, TX; curated by Scott Peveto
Long Division; Lawndale Art Center; Houston, TX; curated by Eleanor Williams
Winter Artists in Residence Exhibition; McColl Center for the Visual Arts; Charlotte, NC
Farm to Market; Hudson Show Room; ArtPace; San Antonio, TX; curated by Kate Green
The Salon Show; Axis Salon; Houston, TX; curated by Rachel Cook/Danny Yahav-Brown
Texas Prime; DiverseWorks; Houston, TX; curated by Diane Barber
2004
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: Sculpture at Evergreen; Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore, MD; curated by Jennifer McGregor
2003
Siting Sculpture; Dallas Center for Contemporary Art; Dallas, TX; curated by Joan Davidow
Miniatures; Hooks-Epstein Gallery; Houston, TX; curated by Eric Davis
2003
Core Exhibition; Blanton Gallery, Glassell School of Art; Museum of Fine Arts; Houston, TX
Plugged and Haunted; Mackey Apartments, MAK Center for Art & Architecture; Los Angeles, CA; curated by Zlatan Vukosavljevic
2002
Core Samples; Galveston Arts Center; Galveston, TX; curated by Clint Willour
Spring Sculpture Exhibition; Connemara Conservancy; Dallas, TX; curated by Amy Monier
Core Exhibition; Blanton Gallery, Glassell School of Art; Museum of Fine Arts; Houston, TX
Round 1; Hooks-Epstein Gallery; Houston, TX; curated by Eric Davis
2000
Faculty Exhibition; Camino Gallery, University of San Diego; San Diego, CA
1999
Spaced Out; Herbert Marcuse Gallery, UCSD; La Jolla, CA; curated by Steve Ausbury/Sarah Lewison
Camouflage; L.C. Bates Museum of Natural History; Hinckley, ME; curated by Tom Finkelpearl
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2010
CB10 (catalogue), Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
2009
Lifting (catalogue), Atopia Projects/Peacock Visual Arts/Fort Worth Contemporary Art, Northampton/Aberdeen/Fort Worth
2004
Artpace Residencies and Exhibitions, Artpace, San Antonio, TX
2008
2007
Tiffany Awards (catalogue) Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, New York, NY
Core Artists and Critics in Residence, Glassell School, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Ivana Mestrovic & Alyson Baker (editors) Socrates Sculpture Park, New York, NY
Betti-Sue Hertz, Inside the Wave (exhibition brochure) San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
Lucia Sanromán, Art Notes, San Diego Visual Arts Network, www.sdvisualarts.net
2006
Triangle International Artists' Workshop (catalogue) Triangle Art Association, New York, NY
BioTechnique (catalogue) Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu, "Oh! Didn't He Ramble," Creative Capital Channel (website), New York, NY
Mark Allen and Jason Brown, Machine Project Almanac, Machine Project, Los Angeles, CA
Andrea Grover, Phantom Captain, (exhibition brochure) apexart, New York, NY
2005
Amada Cruz, "Deep in the Heart of..." Artadia Houston 2004, (catalogue) Artadia, Inc., New York, NY
I-10: A Post-Modern Road Trip, (catalogue) McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
Eleanor Williams, Long Division, (exhibition brochure) Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
2004
Kate Green, Farm to Market, (exhibition brochure) Artpace, San Antonio, TX
Jennifer McGregor, Sculpture at Evergreen, (catalogue) Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
2003
Steve Ausbury, "Unheimlich Maneuvers," 2003 Core Exhibition, (catalogue) MFA, Houston, TX
2002
Lane Relyea, interview, 2002 Core Yearbook, (catalogue) MFA, Houston, TX
1999
Spaced Out, (catalogue) Herbert Marcuse Gallery, UCSD, La Jolla, CA
SELECTED PRESS
2010
Robert Pincus, "A Boisterous Exhibit Shines Spotlight on SD," San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, CA
2009
Robert Pincus, "Child's Play at Children's Museum," San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, CA 12/6/09
Robert Pincus, "Greatness and Grandeur," San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, CA, 5/21/09
2008
Jeff Ferrell, "Lifting: Theft in Art," Crime, Media, Culture: An International Journal, Vol. 4, No. 3, 421-2
Laura Lark, "Lifting: Theft in Art," Glasstire, http://www.glasstire.com, 4/08
AnnaMaria Stephens, "Messages to the Masses," San Diego City Beat, San Diego, CA, 4/8/08
Robert Pincus, "Social Engineering," San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, CA, 3/23/08
2007
Mike Hotter, "Field of Dreams," Chronogram Magazine, Hudson Valley, NY, 8/07
Katrin Merkel, "SD Art Prize Gets Simayspace," San Diego Downtown News, Vol. 8, No. 7, p. B9, 7/07
Eve Meltzer, "Phantom Captain," Frieze Magazine, Issue 104, 1/07
Tria Wood, "Crowdsourcing: Revealing Hidden Artists," ArtsHouston, Houston, TX, 1/07
2006
Jeff Ward, "WORD," ARTLIES, Houston, TX, p.100, 11/06
John Ewing, "Phantom Captain: Art and Crowdsourcing," ARTLIES, Issue 52, Houston, TX, 11/06
Doug Harvey, "Streetsignism," LA Weekly, Los Angeles, CA, 11/15/06
Lauren Cornell, "Phantom Captain," Time Out New York, Issue 580, p.63, New York, NY, 11/9/06
Nicole Davis, "Give it a Name: ApexArt Tries to Pinpoint an Art Movement," Downtown Express, Volume 19, Issue 22, New York, NY, 10/13/06
Dorota Biczel Nelson, "Please Love Me," www.susceptibletoimages.com, Milwaukee, WI, 9/06
Whitney Taylor, "What's Love Got to Do With It?," MKE, Milwaukee, WI, 9/21/06
Teresa Cutri Heflin, "Allison Wiese: Vamp," ARTLIES, Houston, TX, 9/06
"Corn whiskey still demonstration on Saturday in LA" http://www.boingboing.net/2006/02/08, 2/8/06
2005
Peter Frank, "Road Show," Houston Magazine, P.68, Houston, TX, 5/05
Dawn Stienecker, "Long Division," ArtsHouston, p. 31, Houston, TX, 3/05
"Jentel Goes to the Drive-In," Alliance of Artists Communities, Vol.11, No.1, p.19, Providence, RI, 2/05
Scott Faingold, "Art by Numbers," Houston Press, Houston, TX, 2/3/05
2004
J. Bowers, "Top Ten: The Year in Art," Baltimore City Paper, Baltimore, MD, 12/15/04
Joshua Elzy, "Farm to Market at ArtPace," VOA Magazine, Vol.13, No.2, p.10, 11/04
Mike Giuliano, "What a Site!," The Towson Times, p.48, Baltimore, MD, 5/19/04
J. Bowers, "Don't Fence Them In," Baltimore City Paper, Baltimore, MD, 5/12/04
Glenn McNatt, "Biennial Reflects the Elegance of a Bygone Era," Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD, 5/6/04
Reggy Heinkel-Wolfe, "Siting Sculpture," ARTLIES, Issue 41, p.78, Houston, TX, 3/04
2003
Mike Daniel, "Siting Sculpture at the Contemporary," The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX, 10/31/03
Virginia Billeaud Anderson, "Lawndale Art Center," ArtsHouston, p.29, Houston, TX, 6/03
Kelly Klaasmeyer, "Party on the Patio," Houston Press, p.50, Houston, TX, 4/10/03
2002
Mike Daniel, "Connemara Spring Sculpture Show," The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX, 4/19/02
Bill Davenport, "Tire Iron #46: Core 2002 Exhibition," Glasstire, http://www.glasstire.com, 4/4/02
1999
Claire Caraska, "Completely 'Spaced Out'," UCSD Guardian, Vol. 98, no.5, p.23, San Diego, CA, 10/14/99
RADIO AND TELEVISION
2008
Rod Luck, interview on "KUSI Morning News," KUSI Channel 9, San Diego, CA, 3/17/08
2006
Bonnie North, interview on "Lake Effect," WUWM 89.7 Milwaukee Public Radio, Milwaukee, WI, 12/1/06
2005
Allison Young, interview on "Front Row," KUHF 88.7 Houston Public Radio, Houston, TX, 7/12/05
2004
WKTV Channel 2 News Interview, Utica, NY, 9/27/04
Michael Lee, interview "Come To Find Out," on "Arts Eclectic," KUT 90.5, Austin, TX, 6/28 - 7/2/04
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2010
"The Abduction of Europa," ARTLIES, Spring 2010 Issue, Houston, TX
2006
Atopia Journal 4.99 MANIFESTO: Osaka Posters, Atopia Projects, 8/06
2004
Atopia Journal 3.66 Stone Pockets for We Barbarians, Atopia Projects, 7/04
SELECTED LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS
2010
Between Here and There: Curatorial Strategies Towards a Regional Survey, Art San Diego, organized by Lucia Sanroman (9/3/10)
Transformation: Installation Symposium, Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA 4/8/10
2009
The Bell Tree and Me, Critter / Studio for Urban Projects, San Francisco, CA 4/11/09
2008
Inside the Wave Panel Discussion, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA, 4/1/08
2007
Technebiotics, California College of the Arts (CCA) Graduate Campus, San Francisco, CA, 11/02/07
Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 2/27/07
2006
Moonshine Made Easy, Machine Project, Los Angeles, CA, 2/11/06
2005
What Goes Up Must Come Down (with Art Domantay), Point 8 Forum, Charlotte, NC, 3/21/05
Visiting Artist Lecture, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN, 3/17/05
Visiting Artist Lecture, Winthrop University College of Visual and Performing Arts, Rock Hill, SC, 3/3/05
2004
Visiting Artist Lecture, Golden Artists Colors, New Berlin, NY, 8/25/04
Come to Find Out, Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin, TX, 7/14/04
Visiting Artist Lecture, Brown University, Providence, RI, 3/15/04
2002
Slide Jam, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX, 2/27/02
Core Fellow Panel Discussion, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, 4/18/02
2000
My Pop Life: Conversation with the Common, California State at San Marcos, San Marcos, CA, 10/00
1999
Visiting Artist Lecture, Mesa College, San Diego, CA, 10/12/99
