Born 1974
Big Wells, Texas
EDUCATION
2005 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Master of Fine Arts, Painting & Drawing
2003 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting & Printmaking
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2007
Klustercrusts, Butcher Shop/ Dogmatic, Chicago
En Tus Manos, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago
2006
Art Chicago, Track House, Merchandise Mart, Chicago
Nova Art Fair, Bucket Rider Gallery, Chicago
Mariano Chavez, Josh Mannis, and Chris Uphues, Bucket Rider Gallery, Chicago
Juventus 2006, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago
Art L.A., The New Los Angeles Art Fair for Contemporary Art, Linda Warren Gallery
2005
Four Color Pen Show (Curated by Elysia Borowy & Heather Hubbs), Van Harrison Gallery, Chicago
Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Gallery 2, Chicago
Ox-Bow Winter Benefit Art Auction, Gallery 2, Chicago
Invitational Biennial, Detroit Artist Market (DAM), Detroit, Michigan
2004
The New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) Art Fair, Van Harrison Gallery, Miami, Florida
Krasl Invitational Show, Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, Michigan
The Island on the Top of the World, 1R Gallery, Chicago
Mike Kelley Selects, Detroit Artist Market (DAM), Detroit, Michigan
Group Show, The National Palace of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria
Welcome to Wonderland, 1R Gallery, Chicago
The Stray Show, General Store, Chicago
The Party, Track House, Oak Park, Illinois
Contemporary American Printmaking, University of Veilko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
2003
Group show, National Art Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria
Bachelor of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Gallery 2, Chicago
Motion makes us sleep, Lounge Gallery, Chicago (solo exhibition)
Zounds, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
Brilliant, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago
2002
Nippon Steel Exhibition, Nippon Steel, Chicago
Mira II, Chicago Athenaeum, Schaumburg, Illinois
A Feast Day for the Souls, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago
2001
ARTwork III, Gallery 2, Chicago
BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Penny Ante, Book #2, p.191-195, 2007.
• Austen, Jake, Chicago Journal, Review "Dolls Gone Wild", May 31, 2007,
• Stabler, Burt, Klustercrusts Exhibition Catalog, ", June 2007,
• Malooley, Jake, Time Out Chicago, Review "Klustercrusts", June 7-13, 2007,
• Nusser, Madeline, Time Out Chicago, Review "The Four Color Pen Show", March 3-10, 2005, p.52.
• Bertran, Britton, The Likes of Them Exhibition Catalog, September 9, 2004.
• Marsh, Julia, Ten by Ten Magazine, 'Welcome to Wonderland', Vol. 3 No. 1, 2004, p. 90.
• McNair, Brian, Bridge Magazine, 'Not Some Kind of Kinky Porno Flick', August 2004, p. 17.
• Greene, Juanita, The Herald Palladium, September 9, 2004, Section D.
• Hakanson, Joy, The Detroit News, 'Mike Kelley Fills Detroit Gallery with Tongue-In-cheek Art', July 3, 2004, http:www.detnews.com/2004/events/0407/03/d01-201817.htm
• Carducci, Vince, Metro Times, 'Eclectic Obsessions', June 30, 2004, http://metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=6459
• Cohen Guten, Keri, Detroit Free Press, June 20, 2004, http:www.freep.com
• Adler, Tony, Chicago Reader, 'Gallery Tripping: the "The Party" party', May 14, 2004, p. 34.
• Sloan, Thomas, Troll/Dirty Flowers Exhibition Catalog, 'Trolling the Past', Spring 2004.
• Hannum, Terence J., Panel-House, 'Review of Motion makes us sleep', April 25, 2003, http://panel-house.com/archives/00000004.htm
• Glatt, Cara, Hyde Park Herald, 'HP Art Center Examines "Wound Culture"', April 2, 2003, p. 14.
• Iannacci, Ello, UR Chicago, 'Of Artists and Icons', April 2003, p. 31.
• Echeverria, Jesus, WRTE Camino Tierra Adentro, 'Radio Arte Zounds Interview', March 14, 2003.
• WTMX, Chicago 2003-Vantage Point, 'The Varieties of Wounding Experience', February 27, 2003.
• Biles, Jeremy, Zounds Exhibition Catalog, 'Vulnerescence', 2003.