Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Resume

LASculpt@gmail.com 

education , certifications , associations
BFA, Kansas City Art Institute, 2005
MFA, University of New Orleans, 2010
non-toxic printmaking 1998-2000 (FPCC, St. Louis, MO)
BAT Certified, St. Louis YMCA 02/2000
OSHA lift Certified, 2012 
member, IATSE 478
work
08-11: Teacher, NOPS, RSD & Jefferson Parish Gifted and Talented Program
09-present: Film Industry Sculptor

Recent Work:

2011
Propmaker, Lay the Favorite, Random House Films
Propmaker, Wild Card, Night in Vegas Productions
2012
Propmaker, Ender’s Game, Ender’s Game Productions, NOLA
Sculptor, Beautiful Creatures, Sixteenth Moon Productions, NOLA
Sculptor, Trouble/Chris Rene Shoot, Partizan Productions, NOLA
2013
Sculptor, Mazerunner, Fox Searchlight, Baton Rouge, LA
Sculptor, 22 Jump Street, 21 Jump Street Productions, Harahan, LA
Sculptor, Salem, (TV) Fox Productions, Shreveport, LA
Sculptor, Studio3 New Orleans, Thanksgiving Parade, Houston, TX
2014 
Scenic Artist, Opposite Worlds, (TV) SyFy, Poydras, LA
Staff Shop, mold and model maker, Terminator 5, Vista Productions, New Orleans, LA
Sculptor, Fantastic Four, Henry Street, Baton Rouge, LA 

References available upon request

solo exhibitions
2004
Jeevto Manas
Zone Gallery, 
Kansas City, Missouri 
2005
 Our Comfort
Vault Gallery, 
Kansas City, MO
2010
I’m a Meat Butterfly
UNO St. Claude Gallery
New Orleans, LA
2013
Alexandria Museum of Art
The Elusiveness and Persistence of Harmony
Alexandria, LA
group exhibitions
2006
Homesick: gulf coast artists in Houston
Twelve Spot,
Houston, Texas
2006
Surge: New Orleans on High Ground
The Brooklyn Lyceum,
Brooklyn, NY
2007
We're Open, GNOAM artist project
GNOAM Gallery,
New Orleans, LA
2007
It’s All Material
The Creole Connection,
Algiers Point, LA
2007
Babylon Lexicon
NOCCA, New Orleans, LA
2008
‘4x6’
ElevenTen Gallery,
Brooklyn, NY
2010
No Soul for Sale
Tate Modern
London, England 
2011
Textured Cinema Protein
Slap and Tickle Gallery
Kansas City, MO  
2012
NOLA Now II
Contemporary Art Center
New Orleans, LA
festivals
2007
Louisiana Marketplace Exhibiting artist, 1st weekend,
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, New Orleans, LA
2008
Louisiana Marketplace Exhibiting artist, 1st weekend,
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, New Orleans, LA
2009
Louisiana Marketplace Exhibiting artist, 2nd weekend,
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, New Orleans, LA


public works & performances
2006
New Birth New Orleans
Preservation Hall/Treme, New Orleans w/the New Birth Brass Band
2007
Heather Weathers presents: Art A La Carte
Guest Chef, The Three Ring Circus, New Orleans, LA
2007
Lusher School Sustainability Conference
Guest Artist, Presenter, New Orleans, La

residencies
2006
Resident Artist, A Studio in the Woods,
Tulane Artist Program, New Orleans, LA
curatorial positions
2007
Resident Artist and Curatorial member, GNOAM studios and gallery
academic positions
2003-2004
KCAI Gallery Committee juror and publicity chair
KCAI, Kansas City, MO

public commissions
2008
Donated design to 'Save the Mid-City Bonfire' effort
2010
A streetcar Named Inspire
(1)Entergy
(2)Carrollton Technology

press
2007
'There's No Place Like GNOAM for Artists' by Molly Reid
published 03/14
In & out magazine (p.14-15)
2010
“I'm a Meat Butterfly' is an entertaining exhibit”
Nola.com/Times-Picayune/Doug MacCash
Fiberglass pirogue under the direction of Camille Henrot for work at NOMA 

 

 
Houston's Thanksgiving Day Parade
HEB float, Studio 3, New Orleans
http://wgno.com/2013/11/19/3-story-turkey-for-thanksgiving-parade/#axzz2nra850bp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjN3WAtnvQE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ytw5XbjW_E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBzxRvfJ8FQ
Replacing stolen plinth blocks and flowers by casting them with:
Brush on 60
Urethane 
white concrete
 




Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Alexandria Museum of Art 2013
The Elusiveness and Persistence of Harmony
(photographer: Zach Kraft)
Discarded bargeboard and posts turned into a triple (3 man) side guitar.
A lot of Mayhem ensued, interspersed with moments of unimaginable harmony and the feeling you get when students unlock a major component of understanding.This piece will be placed in public in Orleans Parish with the coordinates posted online. Play it while you can, harmony is fleeting.









cigarbox guitars made from the discarded wood flooring
of the Fortier HS/Lusher Gym post Katrina. Jazzfest 2008-2010





Reed Organ found after Katrina, rebuilt in bargeboard, with a tin concert shell.




-video sketches-

Meat Butterfly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bPFgCD8YwE









Brotherhood of the Pigeon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk0eEjR12n8










architectural reclaimation/repurposing of a 1920's electrical main box as curio cabinet






Chris Rene/ Trouble (TV)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT12rUWMBKY









http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT12rUWMBKY













If cows will eat meat (bullets that can heal the damage they do to clothing)



Entergy Streetcar













The Mid City (Christmas) Tree Bonfire


Audio and Motion Activated works
Easy
 Fallen Hare
Matched Pears

Ender's Game (Film)
Gate B portal
Beautiful Creatures (Film)












(clay in center by B. Barnidge)