Member of ‘Reorganizing Ourselves’ Research Group headed by Alva Noë, 2022-2024. Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany
2014 Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles, CA: MFA in Studio Art
2004 University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA: BFA in Painting
2003 Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, Ireland: Summer Semester
built from line, 2025, Philip Martin Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Painted Drawings, 2024, Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
FIGURETHROUGHCONTOUR,DRIFT, 2023. Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Paris Internationale Art Fair, 2023. The Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
gods on a bridge, 2023. Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
glow like stone, 2022. Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
as the sun chases the unfurling fray, 2022. Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Armory Show, 2021. DOCUMENT, Chicago, IL
breath shapes, 2021. Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
winds glow unceasing, 2021. DOCUMENT, Chicago, IL
Suns Pass Flat, 2020. Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The blue sun moans, 2020. Kate Werble Gallery, New York, NY
Focus: Katy Cowan, 2019. The Armory Show with Philip Martin Gallery, New York, NY
On ropes and bronze…, 2017. Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA
Reflected-into-themselves-into-reflected, 2017. Lynden Sculpture Garden, Milwaukee, WI
The Studio, The Sketch, 2015. Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA
BRICKED, 2015. Kittredge Gallery, The University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
Longs/Happens, 2015. The Green Gallery South, Oak Park, IL
Compressional(s), 2015. Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA
The Fifth Wall, 2014. Elephant Art Space, Los Angeles, CA
Lean-Twos, 2014. ltd los angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Togetherers, 2014. Bolsky Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
Eyes to the Unknown, 2009. Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Gestural, 2008. Flatfile Galleries, Chicago, IL
New Paintings, 2007. Caro d’Offay Gallery, Chicago, IL
June Art Fair, 2025, The Green Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
We Became the River on Fire, 2022, Los Angeles Valley College, Valley Glen, CA
Mirages, 2021, Crisp-Ellert Art Museum at Flagler College, St. Augustine, FL
New Art Dealers Association, 2020, DOCUMENT, Miami, FL
Left, Right, Left, Left, 2020. Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Something of a body, of a tempo, 2019. Et Al., San Francisco, CA
The Day in the Night, 2019. Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Work:Work, 2014. Dan Devening Project, Chicago, IL
False Scent, 2014. 321 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2732, 2014. Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA
NADA New York, 2014. ltd los angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Living With Them, 2011. Roots and Culture, Chicago, IL
Braided Bread, 2010. The Hills Esthetic Center, Chicago, IL
Love and Heartbreak, 2010. Metro Gallery, Baltimore, MD
You Can Build a House, 2009. The Pigeon Wing, London, UK
Sandusky, 2009. Caro d’Offay Gallery, Chicago, IL
Time's Arrow, 2025, Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Actual Fractals, 2025, The Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
All Bangers All the Time, 2024, Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
Fielding Line & Space, 2024, The Fireplace Project, East Hampton, NY
Winter Salon, 2024, Haverkampf Leistenschneider, Berlin, Germany
Actual Fractals; Part 1, 2023-2026, Sculpture Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
The Holographic Principle, 2023, Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Riga Confidential, 2023, Kim? Contemporary, Riga, Latvia
Pocket Universe, 2023, Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Soulscapes, 2023, Meyer Riegger, Berlin, Germany
Lines of Thought; Gestural Abstraction, 2022, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, CA
Recent Acquisitions, 2022, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
From the Collection of Anonymous, 2022, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND
FIAC OVR, 2021, DOCUMENT, Chicago, IL
From Within, 2020, Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Art Basel Miami Beach, 2020, Philip Martin Gallery, Miami, FL
Frieze New York, 2020. Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Felix Art Fair, 2020. Kate Werble Gallery, New York, NY
Art Basel Miami Beach, 2019. Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Do Something To It. Do Something Else to It., 2018. Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Art Basel Miami Beach, 2017. Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA
Skip Tracer, 2017. M. LeBlanc Gallery, Chicago, IL
Irene with an I, 2017. Woodland Pattern, Milwaukee, WI
As if form were some pitcher, 2017. Fourteen30 Contemporary, Portland, OR
Dallas Art Fair, 2017. Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
PDF/Objects, 2017, Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL
Jack and Diane, 2016. Kate Werble Gallery, New York, NY
Memory Theater, 2016. UpFor Gallery, Portland, OR
The Armory Show, 2016. Cherry and Martin, CA
Condensed Matter Community, 2015. Synchotron Radiation Center: Home of Aladdin, Stoughton, WI
The Great Good Place, 2015. Threewalls, Chicago, IL
Uncanny, 2015. MuzeuMM, Los Angeles, CA
Imperceptively and Slowly Opening, 2015. Sector 2337, Chicago, IL
Try Again, Fail Again, Fail Better, 2015. Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA
Listening and Making Sound: Poor Farm Experiment VII, 2015. Poor Farm, Manawa, WI
MAS ATTACK, 2013. Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
GLAMFA (Greater Los Angeles MFA), 2013. University of Long Beach, CA
Collaborations, 2013. LVL3 Gallery, Chicago, IL
Come As You Are...,2013. Los Angeles Nomadic Division (LAND), Los Angeles, CA
Snake Road, 2013. Bolsky Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
GLAMFA (Greater Los Angeles MFA), 2012. University of Long Beach, CA
NEXT at ArtTropolis, 2011. Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
Agency, 2010. Agency Gallery, London, UK
Co-Director of Ob Dob Artist Webshop, 2020-present, Berlin, Germany
Director of The Outlet Gallery, 2016-2019, The Outlet Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Water & Dreams, 2017, Traveling Exhibition at Chicken Coop Contemporary. Portland, OR, and The Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Co-Director of The Hills Esthetic Center 2009-2011, The Hills Esthetic Center, Chicago, IL
Art, Design & Architecture Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
Art in Embassies, Maputo, Mozambique
Lynden Sculpture Garden, Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
North Dakota Museum of Art, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
Northwestern Mutual Insurance, Milwaukee, WI
Member of ‘Reorganizing Ourselves’ Research Group headed by Alva Noë, 2022-2024. Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany
Artist-in-Residence, 2016. Coast Time Residency, Cutler City, OR
Artist-in-Residence, 2013. Anderson Arts Ranch, Aspen, CO
Artist-in-Residence, 2011. Oxbow Residency Program, Saugatuck, MI
Artist-in-Residence Exhibitions Program, 2010. The Pigeon Wing, London, UK
Artist-in-Residence, 2010. Harold Arts Residency, Chesterhill, OH
Artist-in-Residence, 2009. Harold Arts Residency, Chesterhill, OH
Excellence in Teaching Award Nomination, 2016. Mount Mary University, Milwaukee, WI
Excellence in Teaching Award Nomination, 2015. Mount Mary University, Milwaukee, WI
Individual Artists Suitcase Export Fund, 2015. Mary L. Nohl Fund, Milwaukee, WI
Outstanding Contribution Award, 2014. Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles, CA
Institutional Grant, 2012-2014. Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles, CA
Community Assistance Program Grant, 2010. Illinois Arts Council, Chicago, IL
Community Assistance Program Grant, 2009. Illinois Arts Council, Chicago, IL
Henstreet Book Award, 2004. University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
Collins Memorial Library Award, 2004. University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
Kilworth Summer Research Grant, 2003. University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
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