ART IS LOVE,
LOVE IS AN ART
I am a citizen and artist of the world. I may hang my hat in the southern United States, but my art is informed and revealed by the composition, colors and flavors of the world I live in. I like taking people on a journey, captured in a moment of time when their eyes connect with my artwork.
I am just a messenger, here to motivate and stimulate through technique, color and imagination. With that thought, if you look with an open mind, you will see the message that is up for interpretation.
Color moves people, and I try to convey that through my artwork as different color combinations set different vibes.
Art should always challenge the thought process in an uplifting yet peaceful manner. Sometimes it is the things that are not seen but felt that are the most important. This is what I’m striving for: the internal relationship that is established when the painting communicates to its audience.
My art has evolved over the years from bright geometric images into vivid abstractions. My latest bodies of work feature canvases drenched in colors of sunsets and moon glows, emitting dreamlike images.
C.V.
Delaware State University
American Intercontinental University, Atlanta, London
A.A. Fashion Design
A.A. Merchandising
2021 SCOPE Miami Beach, Gallery 88, November 30-December 5
Illusion of Bliss, Gallery 88, September 4, Miami Beach
2019 Push Beyond Boundaries, Gallery 88, December 5, Miami Beach
SCOPE Miami Beach, KimHyunJoo Gallery and Gallery 88, December 4-8
Push Beyond Boundaries, Kiss Bang Art inaugural exhibition, November 15, Hamburg, Germany
Journey to Nirvana, KimHyunJoo Gallery, June 5-10, Seoul South Korea
2017 Bekindr by Eva Ritvo, MD Book Launch and Art Exhibition, November 4, Gallery 88
2015 The Wild Side, tribeca trunk April 21-24 Lexington, KY
2014 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Gallery 88, December 5-February 6 Miami Beach FL
WestSide Cultural Arts “Soul Diaries” Atlanta GA November 6-December 6
tribeca trunk, April 16-19, Lexington, KY
WDCEP Art Space, “Blossom” Washington D.C. April-May
2013 Invisible Muse, Gallery 88, December 4- February 5
tribeca trunk, June, Lexington, KY
2012 Love Revolution, Gallery 88, December 2-March 1
2011 SWG Solo Exhibition Sande Webster Gallery, “While We Sleep, The Sky
Dances” June 3 – 25
WestSide Cultural Arts, Crawfish bowl, Art exhibition, May 21
2010 VIP Room at The ADCA at Atlanta, GA
2009 Enlightenment, Chapelle Saint Elme, Ville Franche sur mer, France
Love Overload, Gallery 88, Miami Beach, FL
2023 Impermanence, Silence, Beauty and More, Mash Gallery, October 12 West Hollywood, CA
Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary, Gallery 88, March 23-26
2022 Slave to the Rhythm in Abstraction, Gallery 88, December 2, Miami Beach, FL
Formless Form, Mash Gallery, May 14, West Hollywood, CA
2021 No Time to Cry , Gallery 88, December 3, Miami Beach, FL
Forward Movement, Paul R. Jones Museum, University of Alabama, Oct-Dec
2019 PLAS Contemporary Art Show, KimHyunJoo Gallery, June 12-16, Seoul, Korea
The Energy of Art, The Tubman Museum, Feb 1-May 15, Macon, GA
Palm Springs Modernism Week, Flower + Hewes Feb 14-18, Palm Springs, CA
2018 Art New York, Galleria Ca’ D’oro May 3-6, New York
Harbour Art Fair, KimHyunJoo Gallery March 23-26 Hong Kong
Art Boca Raton, Galleria Ca’ D’oro March 14-18, Boca Raton
2017 Confessions of a Moon Child, December 2017, Gallery 88, Miami Beach
Korea International Art Fair, KimHyunJoo Gallery, September 21-24, Seoul, Korea
Harbour Art Fair, KimHyunJoo Gallery, March 24-26, Hong Kong
2016 Soul Lullaby, Gallery 88, December 2, Miami Beach, FL
Korean International Art Fair, KimHyunJoo Gallery, October 12-16, Seoul, Korea
Art Hamptons Fair June 24th-26th, Gallery 88, Southhampton, NY
2015 Art, Time and Mystical Moments, Gallery 88, December 4 Miami Beach FL
Jazz in the Gardens, The Art in the Gardens Exhibition March 21-22, Miami, FL
2014 Cutlog NY, May 8-11, New York, NY
Agora Gallery, Substance of Abstraction, January 14-February 10, New York, NY
2013 “Against the Odds” at Rosemont College, November 7-January 15, West Chester, PA
2012 Art Basel, Exhibition and special recognition by Tui Lifestyle, Miami Beach, Florida, December 6-9
Possibilities and Beyond, hosted by September Gray Art Consulting, Atlanta, GA, June 1
2011 SCOPE New York, Besharat Gallery, March 2–6
Roche Bobois, Exhibition, March 19
WestSideCultural Forum, “Crawfish Bowl” May 21, Atlanta, GA
Art in Us Embassies, US Department of State Show, Amman, Jordan
2010 Sande Webster Gallery, Interconnected Souls and Kindred Spirits, Philadelphia, PA
Gallery 88, Love Overload, Miami Beach, FL
Besharat Gallery, Onward, Atlanta, GA, March
2009 Sande Webster Gallery, Interconnected Souls and Kindred Spirits, Philadelphia, PA
Gallery 88, Love Overload, Miami Beach, FL
2008 Fay Gold Gallery, Art I Love, Atlanta, GA , September
2007 Geras-Tousignant Gallery in San Francisco, CA honoring the Hero and Hearts artists;
Selected by the International Scientific Committee as one of the artists to represent the U.S.A at the Biennale Internazionale Dell ‘Arte Contemporanea in Florence, Italy
U.S. Artist American Fine Art Show, 23rd St Amory in Philadelphia, PA
From Abstract to Natural: The Karen Lynne Group Landscape Show, Karen Lynne Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
2006 Latin Jazz: La Combinacion Perfecta, 5-year traveling show beginning 2001, Smithsonian Institute, Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building, Washington, D.C.; touring museums across the U.S. through 2006 including Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA, Louisiana State Museum, New Orleans, LA, Museo Americano, The Alameda, San Antonio, TX, Longmont Museum, Longmont, CO, James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA., Chicago Historical Society, Kalamazoo Valley Museum, Kalamazoo, MI
2004 Diversity, 4 Outdoor Sculptures for Lindbergh City Center, MARTA Transportation System Head
quarters, Bellsouth and Harold Dawson Associates
2003 Pure Energy, Ornstein Schuler Capital Partners, Atlanta, GA
Suzhou, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Atlanta, GA
2001 Atlanta Jazz Festival, Bureau of Cultural Affairs Commemorative Artist, Atlanta, GA
AGH, Atlanta, GA
Akerman Senterfitt Attorneys at Law, Miami FL
Alston and Bird, Atlanta, GA
Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs, Atlanta, GA
Caliber Home Loans, Miami, FL
CSI Associates, San Francisco, CA
Delta Crown Room, Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix, AZ
Global Veo, Anaheim, CA
Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Atlanta, GA
J&C Nationwide, Atlanta, GA
JLM Risk Management Group, Miami, FL
Jetscape, Fort Lauderdale, FL
King & Spalding, Hamburg Germany
Loews Hotel, Atlanta, GA
Mandarin Oriental, Las Vegas, NV
Matlock Advertising, Atlanta, GA and New York, NY
Mercedes Benz of Buckhead, Atlanta, GA
Palomar Hotel, Atlanta, GA
Pilgrim Group, Scarsdale, NY
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Atlanta, GA
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra Hall, Shanghai, China