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EDUCATION 
2010 Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA (two terms) 
2002 BFA The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN  


WORK EXPERIENCE 
2021 Director of Operations
     Knoxville Community Media

2016 Production Manager     
     Community Television of Knoxville - Knoxville, TN 
2015 Training and Development Coordinator      
     Community Television of Knoxville - Knoxville, TN 
2014 Digital Youth Storytelling Coordinator/Media Coordinator                      
     Community Television of Knoxville - Knoxville, TN 
2013 Brand Developer/Creative Director 
     Mister Canteen - Knoxville, TN
2012 Art Director for A. Skate Foundation  
2007 Performance, Installation, and Media Art Summer Workshop     
     Garden Montessori School - Knoxville, TN 
2005 Design Committee for The Knoxville Skatepark 
2004 Set Design for The University of Tennessee Opera Company and the     
     Bijou Theatre Production of Sweeney Todd 


SOLO EXHIBITS 
2021 Cry
     Humid Projects - Knoxville, TN
2020 Before Frank/After Frank (Or, For As Long As We Both Shall Live.  Or, 
     One More: rash decision, hateful word, spiteful action, regretted
     mood swing, and broken promise orchestrated for the glory of
     matrimony.  Or, It’s hard not to waste a bullet when you’ve still
     got one in the chamber).  Another Song of the South Yarn
     Humid Projects - Knoxville, TN
2020 Bats (a fundraiser for service workers losing work as a direct result     
     of the COVID19 Pandemic)
     Humid Projects - Knoxville, TN
2020 Cicada
     Temple Pittman House - Knoxville, TN
2017 1987, Katy Texas (new paintings as Evelyn Forester) -
     The Tomato Head - Knoxville, TN
2016 This ‘un, one more, then the briar patch
     Recent work from Song of the South     
     Striped Light - Knoxville, TN 
2016 Visits (New Paintings as Evelyn Forester)     
     Central Collective - Knoxville, TN 
2015 TWACK - Recent work from Song of the South       
     Striped Light - Knoxville, TN 
2014 Tar Babies - Works on paper from Song of the South     
     House Show - Knoxville, TN 
2014 Where is dat bluebird? - Readings from Song of the South     
     House Show - Knoxville, TN 
2013 Primary Bruises (As Evelyn Forester) 
     The Tomato Head - Knoxville, TN 
2012 The Brutal Labor, Sour Thoughts, Lucid Exploits, and Eventual     
     Addictions of the Hollow (Calloused Geist Settles for Less Than)
     Humid Projects - Knoxville, TN 
2009 The Bleak Diaries, Dreaded Dreams, and Beatified Visions in Our Lives
     (or: las maneras paternales barbaras de la osa mayo)            

     Fluorescent Gallery - Knoxville, TN 
2008 The Broken Show     
     Abode - Knoxville, TN 
2007 Power Lines, Plagiarism, Parables     
     The Tomato Head - Knoxville, TN 
2007 Recent Drawings     
     F-Art Gallery - London, UK 
2003 Close-Captioned Elegy to the Spiritually Impaired     
     Comixchange Gallery - Knoxville, TN


GROUP EXHIBITS
2022 Urban Explorer Knoxville - A fundraiser for Knoxville Community Media
     (Ashley Addair, Joshua Bienko, Bryan Baker, Pity Cat, Preston Farabow, Lynne Ghenov,
      Rubens Ghenov, Michael Giles, Marcia Goldenstein, Kellen Hatanaka, R. Michael Hendrix
      Jim Houser, Risa Hricovsky, Jake Ingram, John Kilduff, Ariel Lee, Macrame Momma, 
​      Vanessa Mayoraz, Rebecca Norton, Cal Oaks, Brian Pittman, Peter Riesing, Aaron Rose,
      Andrew Saftel, Sarah Shebaro, Paul Sherry, Joshua Shorey, Tony Sobota, Jered Sprecher,
      Sean Starwars, Jeffrey Vallance, George Wilson, Paris Woodhull)
​      Humid Projects - Knoxville, TN
2021 Animals (Ashley Addair, Eleanor Aldrich, Eric Cagley, Diane Fox, 
     Lynne Ghenov, Michael Giles, Marcia Goldenstein, Ashton Ludden,
     Beauvais Lyons, Jing Qin, Thomas Riesing, Tony Sobota, 
     Jered Sprecher, David Wilson)
     Humid Projects - Knoxville, TN
2020 Orphans (collaboration with Brian Scott Pittman)
     Humid Projects - Knoxville, TN
2019 Book of Job (collaboration with Brian Scott Pittman)
     Mary Boyce Temple House - Knoxville, TN
2017 With Intention (collaboration with Brian Scott Pittman)
     Mary Boyce Temple House - Knoxville, TN
2015 Telephone Transmission  
     Satellite Collective - New York, NY 
2013 Portas Abertas      
     Forum Eugenio De Almeida - Evora, Portugal 
2013 Abstraction              
     Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture - Knoxville, TN 
2011 Keep Up The Good Work Guys!             
     Art Center College of Design - Pasadena, CA 
2009 Pop! Pop!      
     Pink Ghost Gallery - Hollywood, FL 
2009 Darker Drawings     
     Sara Jane and Co. - Sacramento, CA 
2007 Summer Crush     
     1010 Gallery - Knoxville, TN 
2006 Phine Art Photo Show     
     Sapphire Modern Bar - Knoxville, TN 
2006 Paint-A-Blank     
     24 Hour Gallery at Yee Haw Industries - Knoxville, TN 
2006 Humidity     
     1010 Gallery - Knoxville, TN 
2006 Visual Residue     
     CB's 313 Gallery at CBGB's - NYC 
2005 Werewolf Bongo Party     
     DvA Gallery - Chicago, IL  


PERFORMANCE ART 
2021 Cry
     Humid Projects - Knoxville, TN
2020 Cicada
     Temple-Pittman House - Knoxville, TN
2017 This 'un, one more, then the briar patch
     Striped Light - Knoxville, TN
2015 Satan Hath Desired to Have You     
     Striped Light - Knoxville, TN 
2011 Black Licorice Blues              
     Humid Projects - Knoxville, TN 
2009 Honey, Honey, Honey     
     Fluorescent Gallery - Knoxville, TN 
2000 Hit Me, Kiss Me, Pour Me a Drink     
     University of TN - Knoxville, TN 
1999 The Hum of Her Prize     
     The Upper Room - Knoxville, TN


Publications
2017 Emergency Index: an annual document of performance, vol. 6 




EQUIPMENT 
Sony BRC-300 Studio Camera and Remote Vaddio Wallview HD-22 Studio Camera and Remote Canon XF305 Panasonic HMC150 Panasonic HMC40 Panasonic AG-AC90P Canon 60D JVC GC-PX100 Nikon R10 Super 8 Film Fisher Price PXL2000 Marantz PMD660 Live U 400 HD Video Transmitter NewTek TriCaster Pro Mac Platform iMovie Sony Vegas Final Cut Pro Adobe Premiere Pro Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator  


AWARDS 
2011    Art Center College of Design Graduate Fine Arts Scholarship 
2010    Art Center College of Design Graduate Fine Arts Scholarship 
2009    TransWorld Skatebording Payday - Leo Romero/Toy Machine Design 
2007    Toy Machine/Active Sports - Johnny Layton Deck Design  
2004    Best Animation/Experimental Video - Secret City Film Festival 
2002    Best In Show - Quixotica 
2001    Best In Show - Knoxville Watercolor Society 
2001    Best Lithograph - Treva Yates Memorial Award 
2001    Michael Gardener Memorial Scholarship 
2000    Best In Show - Knoxville Watercolor Society 
1999    Charles Pfitzer Watercolor Scholarship
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  • CRY
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