BORN
1969 IN N.Y.C.
LIVES AND WORKS
In Frankfurt Germany
EDUCATION
Städelschule Frankfurt, faculty painting, Prof. Christa Näher (1988-1993)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Teaching Artist at Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center, Makawao, Hawaii (2016-2019) Workshops in:
Intaglio Etching
Japanese Woodcut
Relief Printmaking
Silkscreen Basics
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Studio Technician, Printstudio Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center Makawao, HI (2004-2019)
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Teaching assistant for Koichi Yamamoto (‘Monotypes’, Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center 2019
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Artist assistant for Paul Mullowney (Installation ‘Art & Activism’ Schaefer International Gallery 2019)
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Artist Assistant for Mazatl (Installation ‘Grafica: Auwahi’ Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center 2018) and many others...
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Ongoing assistant printmaker for artists/printmakers Abigail Romantschak and Jim Powlan at private studios (2015-2019)
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Lead print technician for artist Vincent Goudreau for ‘Recordings of an Immigrant’ at PaiaPrintLab (2013)
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Ongoing collaboration with artist/tattooist/printmaker Kandi Everett (since 2012)
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Assistant printmaker at Mullowney Printing for Raking Light Projects, San Francisco, CA (2012, 2014)
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Creator of PaiaPrintLab, Paia, HI (2009)
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Apprenticeship at Hui Press with master printmaker Paul Mullowney, Makawao, HI (2004)
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Apprenticeship in Tattooing, Frankfurt, Germany (1994) + 25 years of experience in tattooing
JURIED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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2022 'Hot Printing' Klingspor Museum, Offenbach, DE
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2019 Honolulu Printmakers 91st Juried Exhibition, Honolulu, HI
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2018 Honolulu Printmakers 90th Juried Exhibition, Honolulu, HI
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2017 ‘Malama Wao Akua’ Hui No’eau & East Maui Watershed, Makawao, HI
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2016 Hui No’eau Annual Juried Exhibition, Makawao, HI
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‘Malama Wao Akua’ Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center, Makawao, HI
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‘Commitment to Excellence’ Japanese Chamber of Commerce, Honolulu, HI
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‘Voyaging’ Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center, Makawao, HI
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Honolulu Printmakers 88th Annual Juried Exhibition, Academy Arts Center, Honolulu, HI
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2015 Hui No’eau Annual Juried Exhibition, Makawao, HI
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2014 ‘Push and Pull’ Los Angeles Printmaking Society, Brea Art Gallery CA
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Honolulu Printmakers 86th Annual Juried Exhibition, Academy Art Center, Honolulu, HI
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2013 Mixed Media Miniature Exhibition, Koa Art Gallery, Honolulu, HI
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‘Commitment to Excellence’ Japanese Chamber of Commerce, Honolulu, HI
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‘Art Maui’ Schaefer International Gallery, Kahului, HI
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2012 ‘The Blue Show’ Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center, Makawao, HI
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Hui No’eau Annual Juried Exhibition, Makawao, HI
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2011 ‘Student Salon Exhibit’ Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center, Makawao, HI
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Honolulu Printmakers 83rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Academy Arts Center, Honolulu, HI
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2009 Honolulu Printmakers 81st Annual Juried Exhibition, Academy Arts Center, Honolulu, HI
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2008 Honolulu Printmakers 80th Annual Juried Exhibition, Academy Arts Center, Honolulu, HI
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2007 Artists of Hawaii, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI
INVITATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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2022 'Die Neuen' Berufsverband Bildender Kuenstler e.V. Frankfurt, DE
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2022 'Druck Kunst' Berufsverband Bildender Kuenstler e.V. Frankfurt, DE
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2021 'Hounted House of Gallus No.8' by Trashland at Be Poet Offspace, Frankfurt, DE
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2018-2019 Artists Showcase at the Four Seasons Resort, Wailea, HI
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2018 ‘Wahi Pana Auwahi’ Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center, Makawao, HI
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2014 ‘OKTP’ Modern Eden Gallery, North Beach San Francisco, CA
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2013 ‘Gomineko Crew Artshow’ Paiatattooparlor, Paia, HI
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2013 CONTEMPO, Honolulu Art Academy, Honolulu, HI
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2012 ‘14+1:Hawaii Printmaking Now’ Kahilu Gallery, Kailua, HI
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2008 ‘Kites!’ Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center, Makawao, HI
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2007 ‘War and Peace Exhibit’ The Hawaii Institute for Human Rights, Makawao, HI
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2006 ‘Ink Wire Paint’ Maui Hands Gallery, Paia, HI
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2004 ‘International Underground’ with Wild Banana Gallery at Whitney Young Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
HONORS
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2012 Honorable Mention, Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center, Makawao,HI
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2011 Award for Excellence in Memorial of Peter Morse, Honolulu Printmakers, Academy Arts Center, Honolulu, HI
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2008 Award for Excellence in Relief Printmaking, Honolulu Printmakers, Academy Arts Center, Honolulu, HI