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SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2025                         New Paintings, Argazzi Art, Lakeville, CT

2023.                        New Work, Nina Johnson Gallery Viewing Salon, Miami, FL

2021                         Contemporary Responses to the Brandywine Painting Tradition, two-person show with Kate
                                  Stewart, The Art Trust, West Chester, PA

2020                        Tapestry Riff, Haas Gallery at Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA
 
2019                          Surly Puppet, collaborative paintings with Todd Arsenault, David Richard Gallery, New York, NY 

2018                          TREE STREETS, David Richard Gallery, New York, NY
 
                                  “Student Work", Knauer Gallery at West Chester University, West Chester, PA
 
2016                          Argazzi Art, Lakeville, CT
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2015                          Green Piano, Paris London Hong Kong, Chicago, IL
                            
                                   Two Person Show, with Halsey Rodman, curated by Steven Stewart, Reade Street Project Space,
                                   New York, NY
 
2014                          Happy Ghost, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philadelphia, PA

2012                          City of Seals, David Petersen Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (with Fabienne Lasserre)
 
                                  The Phenomenal Ocean, The Goodyear Gallery at Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA
 
2011                           Remake, Sue Scott Gallery, New York, NY
 
                                  The Cat in The Clouds, Gallery Diet at the Volta NY Art Fair
 
2010                          Into the Mountains, Gallery Diet, Miami, FL
 
2009                         Fake Your Death, Sue Scott Gallery, New York, NY

                                   The Rat Retires from the World, Goodyear Gallery at Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA

                                   Citygarden and Microscope, Gallery Diet, Miami, FL (with Peter LaBier)
 
2008                         Retreat, A.M. Richard Fine Arts, Brooklyn, NY
 
2005                          Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY
 
2003                          Park Paintings, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY
 
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025                          Great Lakes Invitational Art Fair, Kewaunee, WI

2023                          philosophicalinvestigations, curated by Franklin Evans, Platform Project Space, Brooklyn, NY
                                   Moving Target (with chair caning), curated by Julia Bradfish, Real Tinsel, Milwaukee, WI 

2022                          Summer Breeze, curated by Breehan James, Chocolate Church Art Center, Bath, ME
 
2020                          Mother Alter, curated by Chie Fueki, Mother Gallery, Beacon NY

                                    A Decade of Art: the Sylvia Smith Artist-In-Residence Program, Goodyear Gallery, Dickinson
                                    College, Carlisle, PA

2019                         Faculty Exhibition, John H. Baker Gallery at West Chester University, West Chester, PA

                                  Drawing as Medium, The Adams, Dunkirk, NY
 
2018                          Between the Clock and the Bed, Memorial Hall Painting Department Gallery at RISD, Providence, RI, curated by
                                  Jackie Gendel and Jennifer Packer
 
                                  Earthscapes: Contemporary Views of and from the Land, David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

                                   Got It For Cheap (traveling series of group drawing shows), Mass Gallery, Austin, TX, Fisher Parrish, Brooklyn, NY,
                                   Art Athena Art Fair, Athens, Greece, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL, GIFC Norway Tour hosted by Galleri Golsa,
                                   Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA
 
2016                          Shout, TREE, Fjord, Philadelphia, PA
 
2014                          Bloom, Usable Space, Milwaukee, WI, curated by Tom Berenz

                                  Some Nights When Nothing Happens, Usable Space, Milwaukee, WI, curated by Kristopher Benedict
 
2012                          Take Shelter in the World, Boston University Art Gallery Annex, curated by Dushko Petrovich, Boston, MA
 
2011                           Paper A-Z, Sue Scott Gallery, New York, NY
 
2010                          Precarity and the Butter Tower, CTRL Gallery, curated by Jackie Gendel and Tom McGrath, Houston TX    

                                   A Reluctant Apparition, Sue Scott Gallery, New York, NY
 
2009                         Subverted Genres, Sue Scott Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Gabriela Galati and Rebecca Mirsky

                                   Landscape, Ruffin Gallery at University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
 
2007                          Audacity in Art, collector’s choice III, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
 
2006                        The Sanctuary and the Scrum, Black and White Gallery Chelsea, New York, NY, curated by David Hunt

                                  Pick a Durable Motor, Goodyear Gallery at Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, curated by Todd Arsenault
 
2004                         Autumn, Sixty Seven Gallery, New York, NY  

                                   My Land: Public Privacy, Long Shot Gallery, Asheville, NC
 
2003                         Pantone, Massimo Audiello Gallery, New York, NY, curated by David Hunt    

                                   Anywhere But Here, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY

                                   After Matisse / Picasso: Special Project, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Queens, New York
 
2002                         Columbia University Visual Arts MFA Thesis Exhibition, New York, NY
 
 
GRANTS AND AWARDS
Winter 2025               Jentel Artist Residency, Banner, Wyoming 
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Summer 2009             Fountainhead Residency, Miami, Florida 
 
Fall 2008                      Dickinson College Artist in Residence Program, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA
 
Summer 2002             Terra Summer Residency, Musee d’Art Americain, Giverny, France
 
Summer 1999               Doris Rothenberg Travel Fellowship, Venice, Italy
 
 
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

                                  Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL

                                  Flint Institute of Art, Flint, MI

                                   RISD Museum of Art, Providence, RI
 
EDUCATION
 
2000 – 2002          Master’s Degree in Visual Art
                                  Columbia University, New York, NY
 
1996 – 2000            Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Art
                                  The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, NY
 
 
PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS

2021                          New American Paintings, No. 152, Northeast Issue
 
2014                          Kristopher Benedict summons spirits at Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Knight Arts, December 2014, Chip
                                  Schwartz
 
                                  Gallery Night and Day April 2014: Top Picks, JSOnline, April 2014, Mary-Louise Schumacher
 
2012                          At a Coffee Shop in “City of Seals”, mnartists.org, December 2012, Jay Orff
 
2011                          Personality Order, ARTslant, September 2011, Charlie Schultz

                                  Volta Fair Offers A Catalog, An iPhone App and Three Strong Booths, Art Fag City, March 2011,
                                  Paddy Johnson
 
2010                          Check two exhibits before they’re gone, The Houston Chronicle, June 2010, Douglas Britt
 
                                   Bright Young Things: Fresh From Chelsea, Orlandoweekly.com, January 2010, Jessica Bryce Young
 
2009                          Artist’s Space, Orlando Arts Magazine, November 2009, Photography by Phelan M. Ebenhack
 
                                    Kristopher Benedict, ARTnews, September 2009, Anne Landi
 
                                    Fake Your Death, Garden of Earthly Delights and Golden Festival, blogs.wnyc.org, January 2009,
                                    WNYC Culture
 
2005                          Calendar, The New York Sun, June 2005

                                    Higher Learning, W, P.312-316, March 2005, Jenny Cornita
 
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2014 to present                     Associate Professor of Painting and Drawing, West Chester University, West Chester, PA

2012 to 2014                          Assistant Professor of Painting, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI

2010 & 2011                           Visiting Assistant Professor of Studio Art, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA
 
2010                                        Adjunct Professor, Drawing, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA    

2008                                       Adjunct Professor, Painting, The Cooper Union, New York, NY

2005 & 2006                         Adjunct Professor, Painting, Drawing, and Design, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY

2003 & 2005                         Adjunct Professor, Painting and Drawing, Columbia University, New York, NY

2003 to 2005                         Art Admissions Assistant, The Cooper Union, New York, NY

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