Finding Inspiration in Every Turn

Cover letter/format explanation

How does an artist preserve his/her work forever? This is a lingering question in many circles within the art world. One such problem that comes to mind is the vast amount of lost art due to cancellation of subscriptions because of non-payment or the inability to access it. Files may also be canceled or deleted by others, including organizations, when a person, or server, believes that the content is esoteric, or of such a nature that it is of limited appeal, or shouldn’t be shared with others. How the artist proceeds to archive his or her practice for future audiences is dependent upon thoughtful decision-making and the ability to provide meaningful dialogue. Also, how this question is attacked conveys character. I go about solving this problem by creating work that can be stored as low density megabyte files easily accessible through shared links and embedded in hidden HTML on servers. I also create files that have been spread through the clear and dark net, using the tor browser. I am conscientious to not create files that are a burden on hard drive space and targeted for deletion. I also use mainstream mega-search engine applications, such as Google, to avoid cancellation from flagged search words. And, these free web platforms can be easily manipulated through fast flux to avoid cancellation, by cloaking the original hard link to the IP server that is constantly changing. Providing my content on a free platform is crucial. But, likewise, eliminating third-party provider downloads makes it free of viruses, allowing people to surf the links with ease. Another plus is the ability to replicate and provide these files to a larger network, Alternative stepping stones, and a detour from the mainstream, can transform a practice into a livelihood. The removal of monthly subscriptions may challenge the perception of professionalism, but is a return to a more realistic, sustainable overhead. My conclusion is an alternative domain name. As a URL to multiple Google accounts free data, using the free data to be sourced on a single Google Doc leading to hyperlinks on a Google format that has been fast fluxed and shared through the clear and dark net (see below).

This alternative has allowed conversations with other individuals to be accepted as a sustainable way of communication within the arts just by asking to

“request edit access.”

2024 artist statement

It wasn’t until I saw the book with a circular void that I understood. There is no need to turn the page if you can already see through it. Take a look:

Examination of space as a transparent and empty medium

Posthuman meta-narrativity in the context of information entropy

Developing other ways of contextualizing forms & an object’s weight

Using alternative waveforms to sustain an experience in your memory

Now a double take:

In return having the brain's ability to hold memory be seen as a measurement of a physical object

Then the sideway glance:

How does an artist preserve their work forever? gotta keep asking and answering&

gotta use the clear//dark net, fast flux, allowing conversations on ART via “request edit access,” the master link tree leads to the up-and-coming to the writings to the research to the meatball statement — fresh out of the oven and google docs convection, a melange of the statements of artists before, feed the brain, feed the soul, the craft and more, the boy’s cooked, he’s cooking, let him cook.

ON the Menu: memory as object//you as vessel, music and the trauma it holds, hold me, don’t hold the applause, unless, Socrates and the trial, FOIA and the request, tap into the energy of//

Ohm’s law. Restraint is my structure. Limitations allow me to understand and strengthen my ability. You can break every single one of these rules.

Wash down with neuroplasticity, megalomania, reverse psychology, meta verse, oral tradition, manipulation, sympathizer as another way to flush out the enemy, encourage the conversation — destructive in nature,

Not on the Menu: honeypots, magnets and the like

I FOUND THAT REALLY NOTHING MATTERS, BUT THE TIME SPENT — OTHER THAN THE FINAL PRODUCT.

If you would like to find how I got to this point, I have archived my past artist statements at this link 👇

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pKZKa1MFeZx32rH8Dz0-UxuZYWIqiJP2_mNk0g_UMjw/edit?usp=sharing

. Enjoy.

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ABOUT……………………………………………………………………………………………………………2/26/24 Last updated

EDUCATION ……………………………………………………………………..…………………………..……………………………..…………………………..……………………………..………

(2020) School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, Boston, MA, BFA ……………………………..………………………………

(2023) School of Visual Arts, New York, MFA ……………………………..………………………………………………………..………………………..………………………..

……………………………………SELECTED EXPERIENCE……………………………………………………………

CURRENT - Freelance - public sculptor - Art coach ……………………

(2022) efdotstudio Production Assistant and Art handler ………………………………………..……………………………………………………..……………

(2022) Mela Foundation Technical support and Monitor Dream House new york ………………………………………………………….

(2022) Stevens art foundry San Antonio, TX fabricator and mold maker………………………………………………………………………………

(2021) Museum of graffiti Miami Florida Art handler & Event coordinator 2021………………..……………………………………………….

(2021) dd electrics New York city ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

(2020) The Paint Yard, TPY -San Antonio, TX – Manager ……………………………………………………..………………………………………………………

(2019) Artpace, San Antonio, TX -internship to install and de-install fabrication ……………………………………………………………………

(2019) Kraft Center monitor Tufts University ……………………………………………………..……………………………………………………………………………………

(2019) SMFA , Welding Shop Monitor, Boston, MA ……………………………………………………..……………………………………………………………………….

(2019) Colorado Rocky Mountain School, Internship Carbondale, CO…………………..………………………………………………………………………..

(2019) The Paint Yard, San Antonio, TPY - TX – Art Public Relations Internship ……………………………………………………………………….

(2019) The Paint Yard, San Antonio, TX – Mural Painting Internship………………………………………………………………………………………………….

(2019) Northeast Construction, San Antonio, TX ……………………………………………………..……………………………………………………..……………………………

(2019) Beyond the street Brooklyn New York volunteer ……………………………………………………..……………………………………………………………………

(2019) Scholastic gold key Art Finalist, Boston, MA ……………………………………………………..……………………………………………………………………………….

(2019) Penguin Pizza, Boston, MA……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

(2018) Crafts Boston Volunteer, Boston, MA ……………………………………………………..…………………………………………………………..………………..…….……………

(2018) Medford Roofing, Medford, MA ……………………………………………..………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

(2018) Tufts University Crafts Center, Manager of Firing, Boston, MA …………………………………………………………………….……….…………………..

(2018) The Paint Yard, Sales assistant, San Antonio, TX ……………………………………………………..……………………………………………………………………..

(2017) SMFA Welding Shop Monitor, ……………………………………………………..…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

(2015) San Antonio Rose Palace, San Antonio, TX ……………………………………………………..…………………………………………………………………………………..

(2015) Fiesta Arts Fair Volunteer – Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX ……………………………………………………..……………………………

(2014) St. Padre Pio Catholic Church Nursery, San Antonio, TX ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

(2013) Content Under Pressure Volunteer - The Paint Yard, San Antonio, TX ……………………………………………………..………………………………

(2013) Teen Council Artpace Gallery - San Antonio, TX ……………………………..……………………………………………..………………………………………………..…

(2013) Fiesta Arts Fair Volunteer – Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX ……………………………..…………………………….………………………

(2013) King William Parade - "Go Green" theme Recycling Center Volunteer San Antonio, TX …………………………….………..…………

(2013) San Antonio Museum of Art, Family Day Sunday clay instructor, San Antonio, TX ……………………………..………………………………

(2013) Jill Ewing Studio Assistant for , San Antonio, TX ……………………………..………………………………………………………………………………………………

(2013) Artpace Chalk It Up Volunteer, San Antonio, TX ……………………………..………………………………………………………………………………………………

(2000) Blossom Athletic Center,Portfolio chosen for Finalist Show at San Antonio, TX ………………………………………………...………………

……………………………………AWARDS, ELECTED/APPOINTED POSITIONS, FELLOWSHIPS & GRANTS ……………………………………

(2022)Student senator SVA (new York) 2/5/22……………………………..……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

(2019) “The Creative Space” - official videographer and photographer, Boston, MA …………………………………………………………………..……

(2019) Exit Gallery - official videographer and photographer, Boston, MA (2019)……………………………..………………………………………………

(2019) Tufts University Skate Sculpture Club Cookout Jam Session Grant, , Boston, MA ………………………………………………………………

(2019) Tufts University Skate Sculpture Club – Elected Treasurer, , Boston, MA ………………………………………………………………………………..

(2019) Roadrunner Ceramics, Advanced Throwing Class Scholarship - San Antonio, TX ……………………………..………………………………

(2018) SMFA SPROM Art Competition Judge - , Boston, MA ……………………………..…………………………..…………………………………………………………..

(2018) A2RU Waste Management and Sustainability Conference Scholar (All-expense paid trip and student scholar ……

(2018) Tufts University representative of , James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA ……………………………..………………………………

2018) Tufts University Skate Sculpture Club (SSC) - Elected Vice President - , Boston, MA, …………………………..………………………………

(2018) Tufts University Small Metals Club - Elected Vice President - , Boston, MA ……………………………..………………………………

(2018)“Art in the Dark” – Raised the most money - Convention Center, San Antonio, TX ……………………………..………………………………

(2016)Southwest School of Art, Scholarship for Glassblowing class taught by Larry West - San Antonio, TX ………………..……

(2016)Southwest School of Art Scholarship for Throwing Skills class taught by Blake Kennedy San Antonio, TX ………………

(2016) Artpace Art Gallery Teen Board Fellowship - , San Antonio, TX ……………………………..……………………………..……

(2015) Southwest School of Art,Noelle Hiss Scholar in Ceramics - San Antonio, TX ……………………………………………

(2015) Teen Board Fellowship - Artpace Art Gallery, San Antonio, TX (2015) Co-Presenter of "Film Guy" in Spotlight Celebration - ………………………McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, TX (2015)…………………………………………..………………………..

(2015) Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) District Art Competition (1st and 2nd place Ceramics) (2015)

(2014) Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) Academic State Art Competition (3rd place Ceramics) …………………

(2014) TAPPS Academic State Art Competition (Honorable Mention Onsite Design) (2014)………………………………………………

(2014) Southwest School of ArtNoelle Hiss Scholar - , San Antonio, TX (2014)……………………………..…………………………………………………..

(2014) Artpace Art GalleryTeen Board Fellowship - , San Antonio, TX (2014)……………………………..………………………………………………………..

(2014) Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, National Teen Conference - MA )…………………………………………………………………………

(2013) Winston School, San Antonio,Top Student Merit Award in Digital Media II, TX (2013)………………………………………………

(2013) Winston School, San Antonio Student of the Month - , TX (2013) ……………………………..………………………………………………………..

(2013) Winston School, San Antonio,Top Student Merit Award in Art I – TX ……………………………..………………………………………………………..

(2013) Winston School, San AntonioTop Student Merit Award in Ceramics – , TX ………………………………………………………..

(2013) Winston School, San Antonio,Inaugural National Art Honor Society President - TX ……………………………..…………

(2013) TAPPS Academic State Art Competition (Qualified Photography and Ceramics for state award) ………………………………..

(2012) Winston SchoolMVP Six-man Football - , San Antonio, TX ……………………………..………………………………..…………………………..……………

(2012) Winston SchoolBest defensive basketball player - , San Antonio, TX ……………………………..……………………………………………………

COLLECTIONS………

(2018) Efharis Alepedis Collection …………………………..…………………………………………………..…………………………..……..…

(2016) John and Monica Trollinger Collection …………………………..…………………………………..…………………………..……………………..…

(2016) Carlo Garcia/Dr, Kim Ross-Garcia Collection …………………………..…………………………..…………………………..…………………………..…

(2016)Dr. Charles Karulak Collection …………………………..……………………………………………………..…………………………..…..…

(2016) Kenneth and Lourdes Saks Collection …………………………..………………………………………………..…………………………..……..…

(2016) Chris and Jill Ewing Collection …………………………..…………………………………………………..…………………………..……..…

(2016) Drs. Jeff and Stephanie Hoefle Collection …………………………..…………………………..……………………………..…………………………..…

(2016) Taylor Browning-Bates Collection …………………………..…………………………..……………………………..…………………………..…

(2016) Chris Borth Collection …………………………..…………………………..……………………………..…………………………..……………………………..…………………………..…

……………………………………EXHIBITIONS/COMMISSIONS………………………………………………………

(2023) Group show CULTURED COLLECTIVE 210 HOSTED BY HIFIENDS SAN ANTONIO,TX 78213

hiifiendss alternative timelines ……………………..…………………………..……………………………..…………………………..………………………..…………………………..…………

(2023) playground & dreams 64th east chasma grop show 2023 rosalie smith david moy yanmei jiang and curator jianrui li

(2022) boston Public library featured artist on art walk …………………………..…………………………..……………………………..…………………………..…

(2022) open studio SVA's Artist Residency Programs Open Studios: Session two…………………………..…………………………..…

(2022) open studio SVA's Artist Residency Programs Open Studios: Session one …………………………..…………………………..…

4/28/22) Sva open studio…………………………..…………………………..……………………………..…………………………..……………………………..…………………………..…

12/22/21)Sva open studio …………………………..…………………………..……………………………..…………………………..…

Contact under pressure hip hop volume one Summer Kup paint Jam Alamo Studios San Antonio Texas 2021 exhibition

(2021)Risk it all birthday Jam San Antonio Texas 2021 exhibition

(2021)Eli carteras valise Miami Florida storefront commission ………………………..…………………………..…

(2021)The tavern on Ridge St., Philadelphia 21 ………………………..…………………………..…

(2021)tuff city bronx new York 21 ………………………..…………………………..…

(2021) Paint Memphis Memphis Tennessee 2021………………………..…………………………..…

(2021) Paint Dallas Dallas Texas 2021………………………..…………………………..…

( 2021)Flavors fashion show San Antonio Texas 2021………………………..…………………………..…

(2021) essex modern city San Antonio Texas 21 ………………………..…………………………..…

2021)The reggae bar San Antonio Texas 21 ………………………..…………………………..…

(2020) San Antonio art league & museums 16 annual collegiate exhibition (2020)…………………………..…………………………..…

(2019)“The Uncanny Files” Exhibited in Boston, MA (2019)…………………………..…………………………..………………………………………………………..

(2019) “Vans Benjamin Playground Skate Jam” Skate Sculpture Club Exhibit, Allston, MS (2019) …………………………

(2019)“Broke Down Venice Beach” Skate Sculpture Club Exhibit, SMFA, Boston, MA (2019)…………………………..…………………………..…

(2019)“Empty Bowls” Ceramics Exhibit - Roadrunner Ceramics, San Antonio, TX (2019)…………………………..…………………………..…

(2019)“Empty Bowls” Ceramics Exhibit - Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX (2019)…………………………..…………………………..…

(2019) Skate Sculpture Club Exhibit, SMFA, Boston, MA (2019)…………………………..…………………………..…

(2019) Solo Exhibition - “Exhibiting Everything They Wanted” - Independent Study curated show “311”, SMFA, Boston, MA ……………………

(2018) Performance Art Exhibition - “The Magic School Bus Took a Wrong Turn Down a Demon’s Throat featuring Alberto” as DJ Tufts, University (2018) Crafts House, Boston, MA

(2018) Dorchester Art Project (DAP) Exhibitor and Volunteer, Dorchester, MA (2018) …………………………..…………………………..…

(2018) “All Things Consi dered” Metal Exhibition” – SMFA, Boston, MA (2018)……………………………………………………………………………..…

(2018 )“Art in the Dark” Exhibition - Convention Center, San Antonio, TX (2018)………………………………………………………..……………………

(2018) “Color of the Blind Exhibition” - San Antonio Public Library, …………………………..………………………………………………………………….……..…

(2018)The Paint Yard, San Antonio,The Texas BBQ Cook-off Exhibition - TX (2018)…………………………..…………………………..…

(2017)“Window Works” - Dennis Smith Ceramic Studio - Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX …………………………..…………

(2017) Edwin Gallery Solo Exhibition - SMFA, Boston, MA (2017)…………………………..…………………………..………………………………………………..

(2017) “60 minutes of Reggae” - Tufts University WMFO Radio Station, Medford, MA (2017)…………………………..…………………………

(2017) Crafts Boston, Exhibitor and volunteer, Boston, MA (2017).........................................................................................................................

(2017) Redbird Foundation, Raised $700 from art sales for DWI victims, San Antonio, TX (2017)…………………………………………..…

(2017) Guest speaker on WMFO Radio station “The Love Shack” - Tufts University, Medford, MA (2017)…………………………..…

(2016)Edwin Gallery Solo Exhibition - SMFA, Boston, MA (2016) …………………………..………………………………………….…………………..………………

(2016) Freshman Auditorium Show - SMFA, Boston, MA (2016) …………………………..……………………………………………………………………………..…

(2016) President’s Cabinet Exhibition “Silver War” - SMFA, Boston, MA (2016)…………………………..…………………………..……………………………

(2015)First Friday “2D on Display”, Blue Star Gallery, San Antonio, TX (2015)…………………………..…………………………..……………………………

(2015) Exhibitor and Contributor of 100% of art sales to Catholic Charities St. Nicholas Ball, JW Marriott, San Antonio, …..…

(2015)Exhibitor - National Portfolio Day, Austin, TX (2015)…………………………..…………………………..……………………………..…………………………..…

(2014)Exhibited and sold “Isabel” (paper, acrylic, and resin on panel) Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX (2014)…

(2013) Cinema Chili Bowl fundraiser (was featured on San Antonio KSAT news), San Antonio, TX (2013) ………………………

(2013) Exhibited 2D art in Winston Window Space, San Antonio, TX (2013)…………………………..…………………..……………………………………..…

(2013) Exhibited and sold ceramics at the Winston School Gala, San Antonio, TX…………………………..……………………………………………..…

(2013) Represented Winston School and exhibited at ISAS Art Festival, Austin, TX …………………………..……………………….………………..…

(2009) Exhibited “Scooter Mader”- Opening Art Exhibit at Atique Orthodontics, San Antonio, TX (2009)…………………………..…

……………………………………PUBLICATIONS……………………………………

(2023) Press expoartist. Playground & dreams https://expoartist.org/profile.cfm?mode=1&divid=2&profileid=45515

(2023) Flex bus painter art handler publication 5/22 ……………………………..…………………………..…………………………..…

2022 SVA Student leadership highlights 2021-2022………………………..…………………………………………………..…………………………..…………………………..…

(2022) boston Public library art walk Central square …………………..………………………………………………………..…………………………..…………………………

(2022) art handler june 14 of luck ………………………..…………………………..…………………………..…………………………..…………………………..…………………………..…

(2022) Fancy Lad Skateboards beer release party skateboard run of 150 ………………………………………..…………………………..……………………

(2/3/22’) art handler (frozen supplies) re post ………………………………………..…………………………..………………………

(2021) Chinatown forklift art handler publication October ………………………………………………………………………………….………..……………………

(2021)The Observer cocoon a collective reemergence by Madeline Katz ……………………………………………………………..…………………………..…

(2021) Pro am Miami Florida 2021 Evolution of hip-hop cat alen ket shout out ………………………..………………………………………………………

(2021) Texas lemon jam post 2021………………………..…………………………..…………………………..…………………………..…………………………..…………………………..…

(2021)satx graffiti alamo / eaust 2021………………………..…………………………..…………………………..………………………………………………………………………..…..…

(2021) uclamikefranks killer Karen publication right up April 2021………………………..…………………………………………………..…………………………..

(2021) Colton_valentine_ Southside hoodlum publication June26 2021………………………..……………………………………..…………………………

(2019) “To be a Man” Skate Sculpture Club Exhibit, SMFA, Boston, MA by ………………………..………………….………………..……………………

(2019) Jaycee.henderson piano craft publication April 2019 ………………………..…………………………..…………………………..…………………………..…

(9/27/19) “Broke Down Venice Beach” Skate Sculpture Club, Newsletter and Instagram Posts, SMFA, Boston, MA ………

(2017)Featured in Season One, Issue One - Metalsmith Tech Magazine ………………………..…………………………..………………………

(2015) “San Antonio for Dummies” zine illustrated - The Brick Gallery at Blue Star Complex, San Antonio, TX (2015)

(2015) Established Alamo Artworks trademark ………………………..…………………………..…………………………..…………………………..……………

……………………………………LECTURES, WORKSHOPS & ADDITIONAL ……………………………………

( 2023) Chatham square library mask making workshop ………………………..…………………………..…………………………..…………………………..…

2022 For Lyfe entertainment mainstage volunteer Boston freedom rally

(2022) NYC INFERNO & BUTTERMILK 420 FARMS & NEW WOMENS SPACE CANNABIS WORKSHOP Volunteer 8/10/22

SKILLS TRAINING YouTube certified ……

2022 Foundations of Control

S1E1E2E3E4

2022 The Philosopher's Stone January 2006 in Basel, Switzerland 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mipdHZjB_Ak

2023 American Illuminati: The Architecture of Oppression

(2022) Jessica Ramos Cannabis resource fair

17videos classes MIT 9.13 The Human Brain, Instructor: Nancy Kanwisher 5/1/22

Instructor: Nancy Kanwisher

Magic Secrets Revealed 80/130

(2019) “Broke Down Venice Beach” Mural Painting Workshop, Skate Sculpture Club, SMFA, Boston, MA

(2019) Guest Speaker - solicited funding for future teen art programs – Artpace, San Antonio, TX

(2019) Doughnut Festival Workshop volunteer, Underground Murals, Boston MA

(2019Skate Sculpture Club Annual Skateboard Cutting Demo, SMFA, Boston, MA (2019)

(2019Illustration and Advertising for “311”, SMFA, Boston, MAReduction Cone 10 firing - Roadrunner Ceramics, San Antonio, TX

(2018Artists Talk - Metals - SMFA at Tufts University, Boston, MA

(2018)A2RU Waste Management and Sustainability Conference - “Building a Conversation Around Food”- James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA

(2018) Guest speaker “Building Brave Spaces - ICA International Convening - three day conference, Boston, MA

(2018) Guest Speaker – “24 Hour Day”, SMFA, Boston, MA

(2018) Throwing Demo - Jerry's Art Arama, San Antonio, TX (2018)

(2015) Screen printing demonstrations and Fiesta Arts Fair Volunteer, Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX

(2015) Throwing demo for incoming students - North East School of the Arts, San Antonio, TX

(2015) Hand-building class taught by Dennis Smith - Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX

(2015)Teen Studio Intensive Art Program with Julia Barbosa Landois - Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX

(2015) Southwest School of Art Scholarship for MW evening class for entire school year, Bee Nation, San Antonio, TX (2015) Saturday Discovery Program in Ceramics - Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, Texas

(2015)Teen Council Window Works, Artpace Art Gallery, San Antonio, TX

(2015)Attended National Portfolio Day - The Woodlands, TX

(2014) Pin making and collaging demonstration at Artpace Teen Night, San Antonio, TX

(2014)Coppini Academy of Fine Arts - Live Figure Drawing classes for entire year, San Antonio, TX

(2013)Screen printing demonstration at Artpace Teen Night, San Antonio, TX

(2013) Artist Talk, ISAS Art Festival, Austin, TX

(2013) Artpace Hudson Showroom, San Antonio, TX

Favorite movies in no particular

Real Genius A Scanner Darkly Tommy the pinball Wizard Days of future past The Cabin in the Woods Ready player one eye wide shut. Envy Inception Enter the void All the Mr. bean movies Alien code School of rock Dogtown The matrix 1234 Night at the museum scary movie 1 2 3 4 5 Face off National treasure Glitch in the matrix Et How high Half baked Zoolander Cheech and ChongCheech and Chong Van diesel triple X Eagle eye 51st dates Toy soldier Tron Legacy Wargames The Truth About Cats & Dogs

……………………………………Books ……………………………………

The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, by Giorgio Vasari, Modern Library, 2006……………………………………

The Lost Notebook of Édouard Manet, by Maureen Gibbon, W. W. Norton & Co., 2021……………………………………

The New Negro: An Interpretation, by Alain Locke, Touchstone, 1999…………………………………………………………………………

The White Album, by Joan Didion, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009…………………………………………………………………………

The Holy Barbarians, by Lawrence Lipton, Martino Fine Books, 2010…………………………………………………………………………

Arabian Nights, The Book of the Thousand and One Nights, Burton Club, Special Edition, 1950……………………………………

Creation, by Gore Vidal, Vintage, 2002…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

The Prince, by Nicollò Machiavelli, Penguin Classics, 2003 ……………………………………………………………………………………

Artemisia Gentileschi and Feminism in Early Modern Europe, by Mary D. Garrard, Reaktion Books, 2020……………………………………

Utopia, by Thomas More, Introduction by China Miéville, Essays by Ursula K. Le Guin, Verso, 2016……………………………………

The Histories, Herodotus, Penguin Classics, 2015………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Natural History, by Pliny the Elder, 77-79; re-released by Pliny the Younger, 1669, Penguin Classics, 1991……………………………………

Tudors, by Peter Ackroyd, Thomas Dunne Books, 2012………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

The Dream Life of Balso Snell, by Nathaneal West, Green Light, 2011…………………………………………………………………………

Selected Poems, by Langston Hughes, Vintage Classics, 1990…………………………………………………………………………

The Essential Rumi, Translation by Coleman Barks, HarperOne, 2004…………………………………………………………………………

I Modi (The Ways) or The Sixteen Pleasures, by Marcantonio Raimondi, 1524…………………………………………………………………………

Oscar Wilde Writing Double Feature: The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde, Signet, 2007; Oscar Wilde and Ancient Greece, by Iain Ross, Cambridge University Press, 2015

Xenia & Xenaphobia: The Odyssey, by Homer, Translated by Emily Wilson, W.W. Norton & Co., 2018; Ulysses, by James Joyce, Vintage Re-issue Edition, 1990; Contempt, by Alberto Moravia, Translated by Angus Davidson, New York Review Book, 1999; Circe, by Madeline Miller, Little, Brown & Co., 2018

Malleus Maleficarum 1484

……………………………………HOBBIES………………………………………

Fashion/apparel design digital/multimedia resources design arts management studies Digital communication Psychology literature Music history, literatures, theory Cultural anthropology History Foods, nutrition, and wellness studies Creative writing Urban studies/affairs Biological and physical sciences Philosophy Voice and opera Dance Environmental studies Sociology Music theory and composition Stringed instruments Human resources management/personnel administration Networking Digital Media Filmmaking Photography Ceramics - Hand Building & Throwing Glass Blowing Acrylic Painting Skateboarding & Scootering Biking Musical Instruments Art festivals, Jazz, Reggae and Classic Rock concerts, Movies.

……………………………………Domestic Travel ……………………………………

Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, New York, New Jersey, Maine, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Illinois, Indiana, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, California, New Mexico, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas International Travel to Canada, Mexico, Belize, Grand Cayman, Honduras, Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, US Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, Turks & Caicos, Guatemala, Mexico, United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Estonia, Germany, Russia, Finland, Denmark, and Sweden.

Things still to add

Press Playground & dreams https://expoartist.org/profile.cfm?mode=1&divid=2&profileid=45515

The Tri-State Cannabis Connection August 2023 Virtual Networking Meeting

The Tri-State Cannabis Connection July 2023 Virtual Networking Meeting featuring spotlight speaker Jackie Mierkowski from Vissi

Open studio, December 15 New York City, 21st St. 2022

Piano performance harsh noise Bubbles in Bella Abzug Park Bella Abzug Park (Block 3) 542 W 36th St, New York, NY 10018 2022

Evan Peltzman was kind enough to share his packing guidelines doc with you which you can peruse if you are unable to attend today's demo 5-17-22

Fuck life follow your dream tuff city new York 5/14/22 teaching spray paint class

Chinatown forklift art handler publication October 2021

Antonian College Preparatory H.S., San Antonio, TX (May 2016)

Currently MFA student at the school of visual arts New York 2023

New York, NY (Magna Cum Laude)

RESIDENCIES

AWARDS, ELECTED/APPOINTED POSITIONS, FELLOWSHIPS & GRANTS …………………

Student senator SVA (new York) 2/5/22

“The Creative Space” - official videographer and photographer, Boston, MA (2019)

Exit Gallery - official videographer and photographer, Boston, MA (2019)

Skate Sculpture Club Annual Cookout Jam Session Grant, Tufts University, Boston, MA (2019)

Skate Sculpture Club – Elected Treasurer, Tufts University, Boston, MA (2019)

Advanced Throwing Class Scholarship - Roadrunner Ceramics, San Antonio, TX (2019)

SPROM Art Competition Judge - SMFA, Boston, MA (2018)

A2RU Waste Management and Sustainability Conference Scholar (All-expense paid trip and student scholar representative of Tufts University, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA (2018)

Rock and Roll Full Marathon Finisher, San Antonio, TX (2015) Rock and Roll Half Marathon finisher, San Antonio, TX (2014)

……………………………………SOLO EXHIBITIONS……………………………………

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Sva open studio 12/20/22

Sva open studio 4/28/22

Sva open studio 12/22/21

Contact under pressure hip hop volume one Summer Kup paint Jam Alamo Studios San Antonio Texas 2021 exhibition

Risk it all birthday Jam at the Liquidation Outlet San Antonio Texas 2021 exhibition

Eli carteras valise Miami Florida store front commission

mural painting tavern on Ridge St., Philadelphia 21

tuff city bronx new York 21

Paint Memphis Memphis Tennessee 2021

Paint Dallas Dallas Texas 2021

Flavors San Antonio Texas 2021

essex modern city San Antonio Texas 21

The reggae bar San Antonio Texas 21

San Antonio art league & museums 16 annual collegiate exhibition (2020)

“The Uncanny Files” Exhibited in Boston, MA (2019)

“Benjamin Playground Skate Jam” Skate Sculpture Club Exhibit, Allston, MS (2019)

“Broke Down Venice Beach” Skate Sculpture Club Exhibit, SMFA, Boston, MA (2019)

“Empty Bowls” Ceramics Exhibit - Roadrunner Ceramics, San Antonio, TX (2019)

“Empty Bowls” Ceramics Exhibit - Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX (2019)

Skate Sculpture Club Exhibit, SMFA, Boston, MA (2019)

Solo Exhibition - “Exhibiting Everything They Wanted” - Independent Study curated show “311”, SMFA, Boston, MA (2019)

Performance Art Exhibition - “The Magic School Bus Took a Wrong Turn Down a Demon’s Throat featuring Alberto” as DJ Tufts, University Crafts House, Boston, MA (2018)

Dorchester Art Project (DAP) Exhibitor and Volunteer, Dorchester, MA (2018)

“All Things Considered” Metal Exhibition” – SMFA, Boston, MA (2018)

“Art in the Dark” Exhibition - Convention Center, San Antonio, TX (2018)

“Color of the Blind Exhibition” - San Antonio Public Library, San Antonio, TX (2018)

The Texas BBQ Cook-off Exhibition - The Paint Yard, San Antonio, TX (2018)

“Window Works” - Dennis Smith Ceramic Studio - Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX (2017)

Edwin Gallery Solo Exhibition - SMFA, Boston, MA (2017)

“60 minutes of Reggae” - Tufts University WMFO Radio Station, Medford, MA (2017)

Crafts Boston, Exhibitor and volunteer, Boston, MA (2017)

Redbird Foundation, Raised $700 from art sales for DWI victims, San Antonio, TX (2017)

Guest speaker on WMFO Radio station “The Love Shack” - Tufts University, Medford, MA (2017)

Edwin Gallery Solo Exhibition - SMFA, Boston, MA (2016)

Freshman Auditorium Show - SMFA, Boston, MA (2016)

President’s Cabinet Exhibition “Silver War” - SMFA, Boston, MA (2016)

First Friday “2D on Display”, Blue Star Gallery, San Antonio, TX (2015)

Exhibitor and Contributor of 100% of art sales to Catholic Charities St. Nicholas Ball, JW Marriott, San Antonio, TX (2015)

Exhibitor - National Portfolio Day, Austin, TX (2015)

Exhibited and sold “Isabel” (paper, acrylic, and resin on panel) Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX (2014)

Cinema Chili Bowl fundraiser (was featured on San Antonio KSAT news), San Antonio, TX (2013)

Exhibited 2D art in Winston Window Space, San Antonio, TX (2013)

Exhibited and sold ceramics at the Winston School Gala, San Antonio, TX (2013)

Represented Winston School and exhibited at ISAS Art Festival, Austin, TX (2013)

Exhibited “Scooter Made in Silver”- Grand Opening Art Exhibit at Atique Orthodontics, San Antonio, TX (2009)

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Cannabis Connection Guest Speaker: Jeremy Roth 2023

The Philosopher's Stone international symposium January 2006 in Basel, Switzerland 2023

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The tag conference industry city brooklyn 2023 workshop

New york cidy tourism and conventions publication 2023 washation square park

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NYC Homebirth Collective Presents: Quality and Safety - The 2022 Homebirth Statistics 2023 nyc

The Stockwell Collective’s two show, What color do shrimp see! 2023 group show boston mass 2023

The Stockwell Collective’s opening show, Debutante! 2023 group show boston mass 2023

Greenpoint. New York, sour fest volunteer.

Long Island genetics conference workshop

"Copyright in Art Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts work shop 2023 jan 19 new york

Art Basel 600+ Performance

Healing Through Literature: Book Conversation and

Creative Writers' Workshop

with Marita Golden

Saturday, October 29, 2022

2022 SECAC ambassador Baltimore, October 2022.’

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canna one New Jersey expo hall 2022

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my story

My story began the second I entered american sculptor, Jerry Mckenna’s studio. As a 13 year old boy, I was fascinated with his sculptures made from wax welding and castings of bronze. While viewing his work, I was in awe and was very impressed with how he was received by other people. I had met Jerry through an invitation for my parents to a Notre Dame football watch party, in Jerry’s home. The opportunity to see his work was of the utmost honor. Jerry was a modest artist. His beautiful home and creations allowed me to understand that only a dream leads to these accomplishments. He does what he loves and his statues are seen today on the Notre Dame campus, as thousands of people walk by. He inspired me to see the behind the scenes work that I could never understand. When I asked him, he instilled the idea that art is in the beauty of God’s eyes. This experience of meeting Jerry carried on with me and impacted me to become the artist I am today. Art has always been around, although it was never considered to be a profession in the people’s eyes that I was around with. Growing up, I was always asked “What would you like to be when you grew up? What’s your favorite class?” My first response was that art was always number one and math was second. Seeing how people reacted to my first response, I decided that people don’t take my choices seriously, so I won’t bother with their judgements. During childhood, we begin to see things differently, but to me, I believe in respecting one’s true intentions and those who choose different paths than us.From seventh grade going into eighth grade, I transitioned from public school to private school. Switching schools gave great positive outcomes. I had the opportunity to play sports --football, basketball, and track, while still deeply engaged in the arts. In the first week of ninth grade, during varsity football practice, I broke my left hand pinky catching a football over my head. The coach did not show support when one of his players got injured. This led me to realize what my priorities were - to fully dive into art.My former upper class art teacher, Jill Ewing, helped me discover potential opportunities in the art world. With her guidance, I was able to submit work to TAPPS (Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools) art competition. I placed District in ceramics and went to State. I established the first Art Honor Society at school and was elected as the first president. Sophomore year I took every recommendation opportunity that arose from Jill. She directed me to Southwest School of Art. Although I was only 17 then, with Jill Ewing’s blessing and letter of recommendation, I met artist and ceramist, Dennis Smith at the Southwest School of Art. Dennis Smith was allowed to take his community advanced throwing class for adults. The classes were held in the newly built Dennis Smith studio. Dennis taught me several ways to use and improve my techniques on the potter's wheel and most importantly, how to approach/appreciate the work, as well as exposing me to a very diverse art community with opportunities from various artists.Jill also suggested applying to Artpace Teen Council, to be a part of Bee Nation, an art after school program. The Artpace was created to create solutions within the community that procured vandalism. I became fortunate to be one one of ten students around San Antonio on the Artpace Teen Council under Taylor Browning, my Artpace supervisor. I soon became one of fifteen chosen on the Southwest School of Art Bee Nation-- both after school programs. I saw a different side of San Antonio, when I frequently visited downtown. The occasional field trip to the Alamo or Fiesta turned to an annual occasion in my life. There were such beautiful works created and displayed downtown, enveloping the culture I wanted to represent. I remember going into The Paint Yard, and meeting cool artists and viewing murals on the walls. At a very early age of my art career, it showed me how the impression these works have had on the community. These works of art had me stop and walk into The Paint Yard, the outside aesthetic drawing me in. My first impression was how wonderful opportunities could be presented here, seeing a wall of spray painted murals, with an art gallery to the left. The conversations and collaborations held between mutual artists left me in amazement and encouraged me. Graffiti artists Exhaust and Skunk understood the importance of the Artpace Teen Council and how the whole existence of the council was to generate an understanding of respect for the surrounding youth to realize and respect the museum, despite cravings for vandalism. Soon after, I found an ad for a scholarship to continue art classes and was selected to take classes at Southwest School of Art until the age of 21. The recommendations and advice of my new peers to continue applying myself lead me to apply to NESA (North East School of Art) a recognized magnet school that has had a history in high professional turnaround. While submitting an application to NESA at the end of sophomore year, I once again applied to the TAPPS competition, going to District and State. On site design was one of the categories I entered in. I received an honorable mention, using my interpretation of materials in a masterpiece / narrative conceptual piece with also pottery. The Chili Bowl events offered a wholesome meal out of a handmade bowl with all proceeds going towards the homeless or to fund the arts. Local TV channel 12 showcased the event including my bowl to ask the public to come and contribute to the arts. Overnight all my bowls were sold. I had no way to track any of the buyers down and no documentation to provide to my portfolio. One thing I understood was that these initial accomplishments reinforced my experience and CV from all the numerous volunteer demonstrations. I happened to receive an acceptance letter into the magnet program with an abundant portfolio of ceramics. Now being officially held in two block periods, I took Advanced art courses and was held accountable for out of school curricular homework. I first started with the summer requirements: having to paint 15 narrative paintings under full time makers, from naked figure drawings to gallery openings, required critiques, Scholastic Art competition, National portfolio day etc,.

The spring of my junior year in 2014, I was selected to be the male representative from Artpace to attend its first National Teen Convention at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, Massachusetts. It was an all expense paid trip. I shared and presented how child development and art spaces co-exist, creating efforts on rebuilding communities and how to divert the conversation into a contemporary progressive in space time. Under these roofs, the conference was very professional even though the whole thing was all run and surrounded by teens. For me it was important for my surrounding environment to see that I am as dedicated to the point of traveling for my profession and that this opportunity showed the surrounding individuals would do the same. In my senior year, I switched to my family’s alma mater, Antonian College Preparatory High School. A different school in another district and division brought me back to basic art classes, TAPPS, charities, and opportunities. I happened to be the first student in the history of ACP to take an Arts II Credit and Digital Media Credit Credit. These classes in particular allowed me to master my portfolio for National Portfolio Day. And in TAPPS I placed in District and State once again but under a different district comparing d/1 to d/5 . A private art event called National Portfolio Day hosted schools to do portfolio readings in hindsight. Before applying to art schools, I was previously required to be evaluated the year before through NESA and it became the seizing moment of opportunity. My work was very well received and an amazing opportunity came knocking at my door- I got accepted to the School of Museum of Fine Art. The Antonian recognized the benefit this provided me, which in return, the visual arts department budget was raised. It was easy to decide to attend the School of the Museum of Fine Art (SMFA) at Tufts University. I understood I could be a part of something that is never going to happen again. Attending a school with a multi-disciplinary approach to an art degree, in a city overflowing with college students, eager to create, discuss, and debate, had been the perfect environment to learn and share. I partook in great opportunities from giving the school higher budgets and being on the founding team that established the Skate Sculpture Club- the number one funded and most active club on campus.The community gathering that met up every Friday 12-2pm in front of 230 Fenway, presented a sculpture that invoked imagination for function. The options were in consideration was to be skated and considered any function or interpretation #AllWheelsWelcome. The current community was to either catch up on lost time or to experience for the first time, skating. The skate club established a mural club and provided outside painting, styles, rubrics and gave students the ability to express themselves with new material to explore and build an appreciation for how and what makes up their environments throughout school. My brother once told me that perfect timing is a blessing from the Lord. I truly believe that being in the right place at the right time, played a key role in the development of me becoming the artist that I am today. Although being intimidated by the arts when younger, what I have found through my classes at Tufts was astonishing. In child development courses at Tufts between the ages of four and six, artists are discouraged and by the age of eight, they lose all inspiration for imagination and regain it at the age of 80, it is called the U Effect for the abstract is passed off for hyper realistic. I remembered a math teacher asking me about my future plans in life in third grade and I responded that I planned to wander the world in a Volkswagen bus painting portraits . At the young age of six, I had already decided what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. Somewhere between those years I fell short and discouraged from pursuing a career in the arts but when recalling back to earlier years, in second grade, I was chosen to represent the Roan Forest Elementary Art program Scholastic Art program held at Blossom Athletic Center. At Frank Tejeda Middle School. I was picked to showcase work during the opening of Antique Orthodontics. The compliments received from those initial teachers further fueled the flames to this dream. After 120 college credits, there was another National Portfolio Day to prepare from graduating school a semester early. I knew I was going to use this time to prepare for grad school. My obligation to educate myself was taking the responsibility and understanding materials, culture, and using history to interpret that narrative. The consideration for the elements of style and conceptual theory to go hand-in-hand considered to uphold authenticity in any demeanor of work as true.While returning to my hometown, San Antonio, a semester early, the world faced an ongoing pandemic. It reached American schools, they closed and started to transition to virtual learning, putting people out of business and gave others an opportunity in the current situation. At The Paint Yard, the current manager resigned and the position became available. I applied and was interviewed with the old school cats about the original shop on San Pedro. There was constant talk of where the shop now stands on its third location. This led me to realize what it is to own and hold space even if history has moved on. To provide someone the experience of a safe and friendly environment as a manager, it reflected the experience of what I once had. I also understood that the rougher image of an artist’s intentions is produced when observing the graffiti and street art produced. Tremendous opportunities arose when I was offered to be a candidate to paint at various locations around San Antonio. This gave me perspective of working and the relations of labor versus time and expenses. As I searched for wall space to paint on, I found that whatever was created would impact the community and no matter if it were the best or newest space, it would become transformative in that every shape or piece placed on the space would have an impression and uplift someone positively. And in time, the responses from the art would shape the artist’s life choices and inner self. Through my connections and a bold move, I found myself driving 16 hours straight to Miami from New York. I ended up at the Museum of Graffiti where I was able to harness the connection that associated myself with the museum. I felt a little lost, but the legends of graffiti reassured me and I knew what I was exactly looking for. I sought clarity from the legends and they extended the offer to kick back and contribute towards the next production. Once again, I gained a new perspective of art. I am allowing my life to unravel, upon stepping into this reality where being passionate about what you do, won’t feel like work at all. I have the ability to configure mediums and processes to showcase another body of work-- earned through my education. I’d like to go back to primal simplicity and allow viewers of my work to see it for the first time and not want it to be their last. I strive to make a long, lasting impression and hope to inspire many to do the same.