Artist Professional Biography

Born 1981, Mountain View, CA.
September 1999 begins study at De Anza College, Cupertino, CA [Animation, Creative Arts]
August 2001 joins the Palo Alto Model's Guild as a part time figure model
December 2001 forms music group Corpus Callosum with Avery Burke, Wei Hwu
September 2002 transfers to California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA [Painting and Drawing]
May 2004 recieves BFA in Painting and Drawing, CCAC, graduate with distinction
June 2004 becomes a licensed street portrait artist at the Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco
August 2004 joins the Bay Area Model's Guild as a full time figure model
May 2005 4th self-release by Corpus Callosum, "Machine Under Its Own Spell," which receives national and international review and airplay
September 2005 hired to Ex'pression College for Digital Art, Emeryville, CA as a Lab Instructor
January 2006 promoted to Course Director, Ex'pression College [teaching Drawing Bootcamp, Design Basics, and Fine Art Labs]
September 2006 moves to Chicago; begins graduate study at Columbia College Chicago [Interdisciplinary Arts & Media MFA]
June 2007 begins as Musical Director/Performer with CORE Project dance company
July 2007 transfers from Columbia College Chicago to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago [Performance Art MFA]
August 2007 builds puppets for the Redmoon Theater production, The Princess Club
August 2007

begins internship with Blair Thomas & Co. puppet theater
[building for The Snow Queen, The Selfish Giant, Don Gato, Buster Keaton's Stroll; building/performing Reflections on the Nature of Water at the Chicago Cultural Center]

January 2008

becomes a company member and Apprentice at Blair Thomas & Co. puppet theater
[building/performing The Rabbit's Tale for the Pritzker Pavillion in Millenium Park, Cabaret of Desire at the 2008 Puppet Gumbo Festival (Savannah, GA), Don Gato, in Millenium Park]

August 2008

becomes Shop Foreman at Blair Thomas & Co. puppet theater, in addition to being a company member
[building for The Ox-Herder's Tale; building/performing Cabaret of Desire at the Storefront Theater]

September 2009 produces Corpus Callosum's first music video, "Lullaby #2"
Oct-Dec 2009

first national solo puppet/accordion tour

January 2010 Corpus Callosum receives the unsolicited Collaborative Grant from the Belle Foundation for Cultural Development
February 2010 begins work on The Museum Proper, to debut at San Jose's SubZERO Festival (June 4th, 2010)