Red stripes

print on aluminum dibond

100 x 100 cm

Statement

It all began at the Recycling Center in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.

I noticed people leaving large objects—like old streetlamps and antique velvet couches—outside the recycling bins. I was fascinated—to me they were beautiful objects that needed to be preserved. Since I couldn’t bring them home, I started taking pictures of everything I found: galoshes, angels, glass bottles, tattered tarot cards and dusty jewelry. I was fixated and went back week after week for more.

I seemed to have developed an affinity for junk.

An advertising art director by trade, my Photoshop abilities were very good at the time, so I started making collages. My first few attempts lacked personality, but I was determined to turn these finds into art. Using my art school skills, the art history classes I snoozed through, and anything else I could conjure up, I stuck with it. Little by little, I discovered a pattern of interpretation and digital découpage was born.

Exhibitions

2009-present Working artist in the digital space

May 2021 Featured article in the Hudson Independent

May 1-May 31, 2022 A featured artist at the MvVo AD Art Show at the Oculus, World Trade Center, NYC, NY

July 29-Aug. 18, 2022 Exhibition at the Agora Gallery, 530 W. 25th St., NYC, NY

Sept. 9-14, 2022 Exhibition at the Boomer Gallery, London, UK

Sept. 28-Oct. 4, 2022 Digital exhibition at M.A.D.S Gallery, Milan, Italy and simultaneously at M.A.D.S Gallery, Canary Islands, Spain

Oct. 15, 2022- Oct. 15, 2023 Digital Exhibition at the Influx Gallery, London, UK

Oct. 21-Nov. 10, 2022 Exhibition with ITSLIQUID Group, Venice Italy, at the Palazzo Bembo (during Art Biennale 2022)

Nov. 28-Jan. 13, 2023 Exhibition at Galeria Azur, Miami, FL (Art Basel week 2022)

Dec. 28, 2022 Single piece featured at La Pedrera, Barcelona, Spain

Upcoming Exhibitions

Mar. 10-12, 2023 Digital Exhibition at the Tokyo Towers Art Fair as part of Art Fair Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Mar. 30-Apr. 2, 2023 Digital Exhibition at Artexpo New York, Pier 36, NYC, NY

Education

New York City College of Technology; A.A.S.

Advertising Design School of Visual Arts, New York, NY