ACADEMICS
2007- 2009
Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
- Masters of Fine Arts in Public Practice
- Class Marshall
2003- 2007
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
- Bachelor of Environmental Design (Visual Studies)
- Magna Cum Laude
Spring 2006
Akademie fur Internationale Bildung: Academy for International Education, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Architecture and Media Arts
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESS
- Performing Public Space, by Paul Pescador, For Your Art, February 23, 2010, as a member of Portable City Projects
- public document files (.pdf), Archive contributor, Public Space One (Iowa City, Iowa)
- Laton's FreeStore provides life's necessities in exchange for service by Heather Halsey, Hanford Sentinel, May 3, 2009, Project collaborator
- Taking Art to the Community by Susan Emerling, Los Angeles Times, April 26, 2009, Project collaborator
- Urban art project hits rural Fresno County, Fresno Bee, March 23, 2009, Project collaborator
- Artists Aid Small Central Valley Town by Sean Thompson, KSEE 24 News (NBC), March 22, 2009, Project collaborator
- Laton Comes Alive by Lisa Morehouse, The California Report, National Public Radio, March 20, 2009, Project collaborator
- College Students From Los Angeles Make a Difference in Laton by Heather Halsey, The Hanford Sentinel, February 16, 2009, Project collaborator
- Architecture Design & Typology of Building Forms and Their Depiction: Student Work 2003-2008, edited by Anton Marcus Pasing, Published by Fachhochschule Dusseldorf and the Peter Behrens School of Architecture, Featured artist
- Back to School Early for Art by Shannon Milliken, The Hanford Sentinel, August 23, 2008, Project collaborator
- Homer Plessy Day by Shantrell A. Cook, The Gambit Weekly Newspaper (New Orleans), June 6, 2008, Project collaborator
- Artistry in Motion by Laura Hensley, The Bryan-College Station Eagle, September 27, 2006, Project collaborator
PERSONAL TIMELINE
1984
- Born, Ft. Worth, TX
1987
- Fall into fountain at North Hills Mall trying to get my penny back. Have since developed a strong aversion to corporate water features.
- Fall off bed while asleep, break collarbone.
1988
- Fall off bed while asleep again, break collarbone for a second time. Have since developed strong aversion to sleeping in high, cliff-like places.
1994
- Play in the Pony Little League World Series.
1996
- Tell my mother that I want to be a Renaissance Man.
- Ask what a Renaissance Man is.
- Confirm that I want to be a Renaissance Man.
2003
- Begin studies at Texas A&M University in the Environmental Design department within the College of Architecture.
2006
- Semester abroad in Dusseldorf, Germany at the Akademie fur Internationale Bildung: Academy for International Education studying Architecture & Media Arts
- Unser Stolz
2007
- ZenLIGHTenment
- Agricultural Business major says my photography project isn't Photography.
- Graduate Magna Cum Laude from Texas A&M University with Bachelors of Environmental Design- Visual Studies
- Paolo Piscitelli’s Platonic 5, Videographer, Video editor, Effects editor, July (Tucci Russo Studio per L'Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italy)
- Begin studies at Otis College of Art & Design (Los Angeles, CA) MFA Public Practice program, under Suzanne Lacy
- The Holy/Objective Marathon – Curator, November- December (Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA)
- Shower Power, Installation, December (Detours, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA)
2008
- Trade Talk by Suzanne Lacy – Research and Installation team, Promotional photography, March- June (Allan Kaprow: Art as Life, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA)
- Yardsale by Suzanne Lacy – Video editor, May- July (C.O.L.A. Individual Artist Fellowship Exhibition, LA Municipal Art Gallery at the Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles, CA)
- Plessy Day – Public Practice Studio collaboration - Production team, Performance artist, June 2008, in association with Transforma Projects with Rick Lowe, Jessica Cusick, and Sam Durant (Plessy Park, New Orleans, LA)
- Loss of Hearing - written and directed by Nadja Verena Marcin - Assistant Director, May (Gallery 727, Los Angeles, CA)
- Have identity crisis, July- October
2009
- Target Free Second Sunday, January – Featured artist, “Art & Community: What do you stand for?” (Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA) Sponsored by Target
- OTIS Connects: San Joaquin Vallery – Videographer, Video editor, January (Needle in a Haystack, Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock, Los Angles, CA 90041)
- Laton, CA, collaboration with Suzanne Lacy and Andrea Bowers - Video editor, January- March (Your Donations Do Our Work, Sweeny Art Gallery, University of California at Riverside, Riverside, CA)
- Free Store, collaboration with Suzanne Lacy and Andrea Bowers, Laton, CA, January- April
- Build raft and sail down Kings River
- Laton Live! – Public Practice Studio collaboration - Production team, Videographer, Performance artist, July 2008- April 2009 (Laton, CA) Sponsored by the Ford Foundation
- FREeSTORE!, Installation & Rejuvenation Part 2, Video, May - June, (p.i.e. (public interventionist education)Pete and Susan Barrett Art Gallery, Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center Santa Monica, CA)
- Graduate with Master of Fine Arts in Public Practice from Otis College of Art & Design
- public document files (.pdf), June - July, Public Space One (Iowa City, Iowa)
- Sorry, Video, Summer/Fall (Building Bridges Film Festival, Tehran, Iran- MOCA Tehran, Tehran University, Building Bridges Gallery)
- Have identity crisis, June- December
2010
- Laton Market, Public Practice studio collaboration - Production team, Video editor, January - April 2010 (Actions, Conversations, & Intersections, LA Municipal Arts Gallery, Los Angeles, CA)
- Co-found Pedestal & the All-Girl Band with Paige Tighe and Hataya Tubtim
- Karaoke Mix Tape: The Prologue, as a member of Pedestal & The All-Girl Band, February 20 (Actions, Conversations, & Intersections, LA Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA)
- Join Jules Rochelle Sievert's Portable City Projects
- Performing Public Space, as a member of Portable City Projects, February- March, Casa Del Tunel (Tijuana, Mexico)
- Get permission from Lowell Darling to continue The Center for World Problems
- Karl Rove follows me on Twitter