b. 1984, Tulsa, OK
Lives and works in Houston, TX
EDUCATION
2008 Bachelor of Arts, Sculpture; University of Houston; Houston, TX
SOLO EXHBITIONS
2015
Who Let the Dogs Out?; Cardoza Fine Art; Houston, TX
2014
The House of the Solitary Maggot; David Shelton Gallery; Houston, TX
Black Snake Moan; Peter Makebish; New York, NY
2012
Eyeball Rug, Hand Painting, Mountains Painting; Domy Books; Austin, TX
2011
The Museum of Eternal; The Joanna; Houston, TX
2010
Old Book Smell; Gallery 1724; Houston, TX
2009
The Things That Own Me; Bridhouse Gallery; Austin, TX
2008
SUNS GONNA SHINE IN MY BACKDOOR SOMEDAY; Domy Books; Austin, TX
Happily Apathy; Hibbleton Gallery; Fullerton, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016
Payday Lenders; Cardoza Fine Art; Houston, TX
2014
Five Guys; Ware: Wolf: Haus; Dallas, TX
2013
Miami Project; David Shelton Gallery; Houston, TX
Grade (Climbing); Makebish; New York, NY
LAME LEWD AND DEPRESSED, with Mark Flood and Jeremy DePrez, curated by Russel Etchen; Austin, TX
2012
CRONOPIOS, (two person); Kaboom Books; Houston, TX
ArtStar, (panel discussion participant); Zach Feuer Gallery; New York, NY
In Plain Sight; McClain Gallery, curated by Aaron Parazette; Houston, TX
Pizza Pronto; Hip Hip Atelier; Sofia, BG
Theatre of Thoughts; Fabrica 126; Sofia, BG
Night of the Museums; Art News Café; Plovdiv, BG
This Weird Place; Lawndale Art Center; Houston, TX
2011
Dis Dat Deez Doz; The Joanna; Houston, TX
The Book; Hooks-Epstein Gallery; Houston, TX
H2O- Houston to Hyderabad; Muse Gallery; Hyderabad, IN
My Book is Closed, I Read No More; The Menil Collection Bookstore; Houston, TX
2010
Gorgomon; Good Children Gallery; New Orleans, LA
The Collection of Frederick Etchen; Gallery Maison; Austin, TX
Pen To Paper; Galerie L.J.; Paris, FR/ Concrete Hermit; London, UK/ ArtSpace Berlin; Berlin, DE/ Musée d'Art Contemporain de Bordeaux; Bordeaux, FR (2008)
Dis Dat Deez Doz Deaux; The Joanna; Houston, TX
WORDZ; The Bluffer; Houston, TX
2009
Show Us Your Zits; Texas Firehouse; Queens, NY/ Sofa Gallery; Austin, TX/ The Joanna; Houston, TX
Prismattak; Domy Books, curated by Lisa Marie Godfrey; Houston, TX
Pictopia; Haus der Kulturen der Welt; Berlin, DE
Sleep and His Half-Brother Death; Apama Mackey Gallery; Houston, TX
Recession, Renaissance; Zomzy Studios; Los Angeles, CA
2008
Dis Dat Deez Doz; The Joanna; Houston, TX
New York Summer Program; 20 Jay St.; Brooklyn, NY
DEATH AND SHIT LIKE THAT; Domy Books; Houston, TX
2007
No Skeleton Armies Please; The Joanna; Houston, TX
YAR! vs. Give Up, (two person); Domy Books; Houston, TX
AKA; Winter Street Studios; Houston, TX
Monster Show; Domy Books; Houston, TX
Selected Works; Elder Street; Houston TX
Self Fortress; The Joanna; Houston, TX
2006
Summer Sucks; Commerce Street Artist Warehouse; Houston, TX
Monster Show; Domy Books; Houston, TX
Drawing: Inside/Out; Lawndale Art Center, curated by Michelle White; Houston, TX
Emerging Talent; Community Artist Collective; Houston, TX
Drawing Show; Domy Books; Houston, TX
HONORS AND AWARDS
2010
Hunting Art Prize Winner
Idea Fund Grantee
2005
Best Street Artist; Houston Press
CURATORIAL ACTIVITIES
2010
ECSTATICALLY EXUDING EXUBERENCE; Rudolph Blume Fine Art/ArtScan Gallery
Michael Brims: Video Work; Rudolph Blume Fine Art/ArtScan Gallery
2009
Stephanie Toppin and Derek Shumate; Rudolph Blume Fine Art/Artscan Gallery
One Must Be Absolutely Modern; Rudolph Blume Fine Art/ArtScan Gallery
2008
DEATH AND SHIT LIKE THAT; Domy Books
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Geha, Katie, “Critics Pick”, ArtForum, June 2012
Dellso, Meredith, “This Weird Place at Lawndale: From the Silly to the Sublime”, Houston Press, February 2012
Feil, David, “Studio Session: Lane Hagood”, Houston Press, October 2010
Bonesteel, Michael, “Where The Sap Runs Richer: Pen to Paper Artists Go Deep”, Pen to Paper, Pictoplasma Publishing, April 2010
Flood, Mark, “Houston’s FlyNest”, Fanzine, May 2009
Denicke, Lars and Thaler, Peter, “Paradox of Corporeality”, Prepare for Pictopia, Pictoplasma Publishing, April 2009
Britt, Douglas, “One Must Absolutely See “One Must Be Absolutely Modern”, Houston Chronicle, July 2009
Carrol, Sean, "YAR! Illustrates Rimbaud," Gulf Coast, Winter/Spring 2009
White, Michelle, "A Collective Adventure", Art Lies, Issue 56
Carrol Sean, "Give Up vs. YAR!," Arts Houston, August 2007
Rhodes, Dusti, "Nothing in Common," Houston Press, February 2008
Schluze, Troy, "Best Street Artist," Houston Press, October 2005
