b. 1975, New Canaan, CT

EDUCATION

2005     Master of Fine Arts, Cookie Cutter Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2004     Masters of Business Administration, Bill & Melinda Gates University, Cambridge, Mass.
2002     Residence Fellowship, School of Sexual Favor, Skowhegan, ME
            Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honors, Cum Loud, Brown Nose University, Providence, RI
2000     Summer School of the Chosen Few, Slave Owner's University, Norfolk, CT

AWARDS AND HONORS

2005     Neil Simon Guggleheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, New York, NY
            The Most Important Artist Award, The Smittysmit American Art Museum, Washington, DC
2004     The John Doe and Katrina T. MacCarter Foundation, Genuis Award, Chicago, IL
            Art Doesn't Matter, Inc. Individual Artist's Fellowship, New York, NY
2003     CalFarts Distinguished Alumanus Award, Valencia, CA
            National Embowelment for the Arts Visual Artists Fellowship Grant, Washington, DC
2002     Breakfast at Tiffany's Foundation Grant, New York, NY
2000     Presidential Scholar, Puritan College of Art, Fairfield County, CT
1999     Caucasian Male Born of Supportive Parents Award, Providence, RI
            External Validation Award, College of Demons and Bricklayers, Princeton, NJ

SOLO EXHIBITS (* denotes catalog)

2006     A Lot Like Mike Kelley, Gorgonian Gallery, New York, NY*
2005     Not Like The Uncanny, Tate Livermore, Andonions, England*
            Things Made of Cardboard, Museum Moderner Kunts Stifftongue Headwien, Vienna, Austria*
2004     A Single Poop on a Stick, Galerie Ghislaine Hootenpants, Paris, France*
            Public Fellatio with Advanced Techniques (Collboration w/Matthew Barney), MOMA P2, New York, NY*
2003     Just Stood There Naked, Saatchichi Monchichi Gallery, London, UK*
            Showed My Vagina, (performance), Jabbawookie Galerie, Cologne, Germany*
2002     My Elbows, My Soul, LA Larvae, Santa Monica, CA*
            Baked a Cake but Called it Art, Leo Cavatelli Gallery, New York, NY*

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS (* denotes catalog)

2006     "The Triumph of Panting & Drooling," Swaatchi Gallery, London, UK*
            "Needy, Insecure Leeches Clinging in Desperation Annual Auction," Museum of Meat, SM, CA*
2005     "Post Mortem," Greene Taffy, New York, NY*
            "Things" The UCLA Clobber Museum, Los Angeles, CA*
2004     "WOW That's Neat!" Henry Fart Gallery, University of Warshington, Seattle, WA*
            "Smaller Monuments for Wealthy Gay Men," MACE, Los Angeles, CA*
            "Off-Roading Monster Trucks," Mousketeer d'Art Moderne de la Mickey, Paris, France*
            "100 Artists See Gus," Independent Cremators International: Various Unimportant Museums*
            "Art with Real Bright Colors," MOCA at The Gryphon Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA*
2003     "2002 Biennial Exhibition," Whitney Houston Museum of American Art, New York, NY*
            "Where's the Fucken Wine?" Gallery With No Air Conditioning, Los Angeles, CA*
            "Crowded Group Show Packed with Ass Lickers" Somewhere in New York, NY*
2002     "How to Hold a Martini Glass for a Long Time," Brent Schemer, New York*
            "Predictable Shit and Other Repeats," Regurgitation Gallery, Boston, Mass*
            "Officina America Della Sovrabbondanza,"Gallaria d’Arte Ordinario, Bologna, Italy*
            "Predictable Repeats and Other Shit," Brooklyn Mazuma, Brooklyn, NY*
            "Hot Sardines and Oven Fleas: Summer Group Show," Dick Owner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA*
2001     "Me and Other Unimportant Fuckers," Fetich Projects, New York, NY*
            "Yahtzee!" Gallery 858 Annex at Shit Town, Santa Monica, CA*
            "Pissing Up a Rope," Gallery of Badly Constructed Sculptures, Santa Monica, CA*
            "Desperate Beggars & Other Horny Artists," Buttermilk & Butterbean Auctioneers, LA, CA*

REVIEWS

2006     Terry Finch, Modern Panters, "The Greatest Feel Ever Copped" June Issue
            Jerry Peppers, "Witty Banter," Artnet Magazine, February
            Tired Green, "Wish I Was Greenberg," Modern Fart Notes, 3-4-06
            Mavin Pagel, "Depicting the Delights of Poo," Los Angeles Tymes, E26, April 8
2005     Ralph Rubenstein, "10 Crazy Painters Jumping on The Bed..." Art in America? Nov, pp. 9-13
            Karen Mogel, "I was Forced to Write This," The New York Tymes, Nov. 9
            Harvey Rabbit, "Making Us Believe it's Good," L.A. Weakly, Feb 27-Mar 4, pp 32-35
2004     Carol Loveslace, "How to visit an Artist's Studio without Pills", ArteNews, October, p.125
            Christopher Kike. "Dredging Up Shame," Los Angeles Tymes, May 17, Sec. 8, p. 26
            Pierre Neverrest, "I've Been Bribed by the Gallery," Village Idiot Voice, January 3
2003     Halle Comet, "Local Colored", BRKLYN,, Spring, 2004, pg.28-32
            Sarah Lee Valdezie, "Exceptional Dung," Art in America? pp 20-23
            Cement Greenberg, "Fun with Roofies" Art Forums Magazine, pp 88-100
2002     Whitney Crackennial, Whitney Houston Museum of American Art, New York, NY (Exh Catalog)
            Patty LaBelle, "The Cake Baker," Frieze, no. 69, September: pp. 102-3.
2001     Calvin Read, "Raw Talent, I Think," Artnets Magazine, October
            Peter Roundabout, "Bland Description," LA Weakly Pick of the Week Review, March 19, pg. 54

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

AT&A, New York, NY
Bilderberg Collection, Leiden, Netherlands
Salmon R. Googleheim Foundation, New York, NY
Metropolitan Museum of William & Mary
Mid-Western Art Center, Cincinnatti
Milwaukee CheeseWiz Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Museum Moderner Kunts, Vienna
Museum of Mundane Art, Chicago
François Penult, Paras France
Philadelphia Cheese Steak Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
ShittyBank, New York, NY
Sir Nicholas Scrota, London, UK
Société Angéliqué, Le Brouillard, France
Swatchie & Swatchie, New York, NY
Taint Modern, London, UK
The Guy Who Played The Jerk, Los Angeles, CA
Thule Society, Munich, Germany
Whitney Houston of American Art, New York