EDUCATION
2010 Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA (two terms)
2002 BFA The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
WORK EXPERIENCE
2021 Executive + Creative Director
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
2023 Daddy Amos'Dogs
Lincoln Memorial University
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
CURATED PROJECTS
2022 Public Access TV in Knoxville - A Walk Through The Past/A Look Into The Future
Striped Light Gallery - Knoxville, TN
2022 The Octopus Project + Tatsuya Nakatani
Old City Performing Arts Center - Knoxville, TN
2023 Youth Violence Prevention Week - Lost Souls Music Video
Phyllis Wheatley Center YWCA - Knoxville, TN
2023 EMA + Tabitha Nikolai - Memory As A Rock Out Of Reach - An Audio/Visual Invocation
+ Adam Lion/Thom Nguyen + Pity Cat
Pilot Light - Knoxville, TN
2024 Disposable Camera + Zine Making Workshop
Phyllis Wheatley Center YWCA - Knoxville, TN
2024 Disposition - A communicative arts presentation of photos, collages, zines, and video
created by young adults participating in programs at Phyllis Wheatley Center, UT Future
Closer Walk Advocacy + Recovery, and Youth Action Board.
Anti- Static Gallery - Knoxville, TN
2024 City Songs - Mapping the Sounds of Knoxville
A project conceived by Jebney Lewis and Aurora Nealand
Big Ears Festival - Knoxville, TN
2024 Tatsuya Nakatani Gong Orchestra + Evicshen
Old Andrew Johnson Hotel - Knoxville, TN
2024 PHILO - new work by KCM artist in residence Animoscillator (Dan Haywood)
Anti-Static Gallery - Knoxville, TN
2024 Coma Cinema + Haunt3d + Pity Cat
Pilot Light - Knoxville, TN
2024 Familiar - New Media by young adults from Phyllis Wheatley YWCA Summer Program
Anti- Static Gallery - Knoxville, TN
2024 RadioKCM - New community radio station launch
Knoxville Community Media - Knoxville, TN
2025 Stories Through Portrait Workshops with Abril Gissell
Phyllis Wheatley Center YWCA - Knoxville, TN
2025 CHOICES - youth violence prevention week creative writing, photography, and video workshop
Knoxville Community Media - Knoxville, TN
2025 Becoming Unbecoming - independent youth multi-media art installation
Anti-Static Gallery - Knoxville, TN
2025 UNIDENTIFIED - media arts created by area youth from spring and summer workshops
conducted a Phyllis Wheatley YWCA and Boys + Girls Club of East Tennessee
Anti-Static Gallery - Knoxville, TN
2025 24 Hours of Live Public Access Television Extravaganza
Knoxville Community Media - Knoxville, TN
2025 Blackened Digit Royal Lodge - super secret record listening society
Featuring Joshua Bienko
Glowing Body Yoga + Healing Arts - Knoxville, TN
2025 Along the Tennessee River
New work by KCM artist in residence, Sabrina Santiago
Anti-Static Gallery - Knoxville, TN
2025 Digital Cleanse - sound art sound bath series
Featuring Bare Trees
Glowing Body Yoga + Healing Arts - 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
2010 Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA (two terms)
2002 BFA The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
WORK EXPERIENCE
2021 Executive + Creative Director
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
2023 Daddy Amos'Dogs
Lincoln Memorial University
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
CURATED PROJECTS
2022 Public Access TV in Knoxville - A Walk Through The Past/A Look Into The Future
Striped Light Gallery - Knoxville, TN
2022 The Octopus Project + Tatsuya Nakatani
Old City Performing Arts Center - Knoxville, TN
2023 Youth Violence Prevention Week - Lost Souls Music Video
Phyllis Wheatley Center YWCA - Knoxville, TN
2023 EMA + Tabitha Nikolai - Memory As A Rock Out Of Reach - An Audio/Visual Invocation
+ Adam Lion/Thom Nguyen + Pity Cat
Pilot Light - Knoxville, TN
2024 Disposable Camera + Zine Making Workshop
Phyllis Wheatley Center YWCA - Knoxville, TN
2024 Disposition - A communicative arts presentation of photos, collages, zines, and video
created by young adults participating in programs at Phyllis Wheatley Center, UT Future
Closer Walk Advocacy + Recovery, and Youth Action Board.
Anti- Static Gallery - Knoxville, TN
2024 City Songs - Mapping the Sounds of Knoxville
A project conceived by Jebney Lewis and Aurora Nealand
Big Ears Festival - Knoxville, TN
2024 Tatsuya Nakatani Gong Orchestra + Evicshen
Old Andrew Johnson Hotel - Knoxville, TN
2024 PHILO - new work by KCM artist in residence Animoscillator (Dan Haywood)
Anti-Static Gallery - Knoxville, TN
2024 Coma Cinema + Haunt3d + Pity Cat
Pilot Light - Knoxville, TN
2024 Familiar - New Media by young adults from Phyllis Wheatley YWCA Summer Program
Anti- Static Gallery - Knoxville, TN
2024 RadioKCM - New community radio station launch
Knoxville Community Media - Knoxville, TN
2025 Stories Through Portrait Workshops with Abril Gissell
Phyllis Wheatley Center YWCA - Knoxville, TN
2025 CHOICES - youth violence prevention week creative writing, photography, and video workshop
Knoxville Community Media - Knoxville, TN
2025 Becoming Unbecoming - independent youth multi-media art installation
Anti-Static Gallery - Knoxville, TN
2025 UNIDENTIFIED - media arts created by area youth from spring and summer workshops
conducted a Phyllis Wheatley YWCA and Boys + Girls Club of East Tennessee
Anti-Static Gallery - Knoxville, TN
2025 24 Hours of Live Public Access Television Extravaganza
Knoxville Community Media - Knoxville, TN
2025 Blackened Digit Royal Lodge - super secret record listening society
Featuring Joshua Bienko
Glowing Body Yoga + Healing Arts - Knoxville, TN
2025 Along the Tennessee River
New work by KCM artist in residence, Sabrina Santiago
Anti-Static Gallery - Knoxville, TN
2025 Digital Cleanse - sound art sound bath series
Featuring Bare Trees
Glowing Body Yoga + Healing Arts - 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