The brilliant curator, Helen Tromptelier created an education guide to my work, which includes writers includes community perspectives by curator Anastasia James, Artists Jason Snyder, and Barbara Weissberger.
The guide to my work is viewable here
An audio guide of me discussing my practice can also be found via the Bloomberg Connects app located here
2023 January: if one were to place their head close to the center of my tintype installation and look up
2022 Winter: 2019 tintype over a 2016 gelatin silver print
2022 August Update
current work in progress
my new work is not just about the tintype process, but how my experimental methods have evolved non-linearly both in and out of the darkroom. There are parallels and patterns throughout the past ten years.
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In Absolute Space are 20 x 24 inch wet plate collodion on aluminum (tintypes), that will be assembled + sculpted into three dimensional works. They were constructed in the darkroom without a camera and will be included in a solo exhibition at Silver Eye Center for Photography March 2 - April 28, 2023.
In Absolute Space 107191, collodion wet plate on gold and silver (bright) aluminum, 44 x 12 x 10 inches, 2022
2021 fall; current work in progress
after deferring my sabbatical this past academic year I was fortunate to receive a semester break from teaching. I developed new skills outside of the darkroom spending most of my studio time in Protohaven’s sheet metal facilities
Recent Exhibition: Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, The Implications of the Camera, December 18, 2020 - May 22, 2021
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BEING AN ALLY - a call for support -
Untitled Color 0320, 16 x 20 inches, unique collaged chromogenic prints, 2020, signed on verso
AUCTION TO BENEFIT SILVER EYE CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY
Commissioned for Silver Eye Center for Photography, who keeps lens based arts thriving in our community.
Auction ends July 9th at 7pm. All bidding will take place on Artsy
Untitled Color 0315, 8 x 10 inches, unique chromogenic print, 2015, signed on verso
STANDING IN SOLIDARITY TO HELP RAISE FUNDS FOR True T PGH
100% of the Proceeds of this fundraiser helped raise funds for True T PGH a community platform for LGBTQ resource sharing, queer arts, activism, and entertainment. In collaboration with TransYOUniting,
2014-2018, color darkroom calibration tests with subtractive color print viewing filters, used to create CMY RGB and Untitled Color prints
2014-2014 gelatin silver tonal prints used to create Spectator images and collages