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Born 1987, Boulder, CO
Lives and works in Detroit MI
EDUCATION
2023 MFA in Photography, Cranbrook Academy of Art (Candidate)
2014 BFA (cum laude) in Photography, University of Colorado, Boulder. CO
CURATED EXHIBITIONS
2020 Other Backgrounds, Co-curated with Sammy Lee & Derrick Velasquez, Loveland Artworks, Loveland, CO
Litterally Behind, UnionHall, Denver CO
2019 Delirium, Three Visions, Co-curatred with John Lake & Mark Sink, Redline Gallery, Denver CO
Mastering The Art of French Cooking, Solo By Matthew Pavear, BMOCA at Macky, Boulder CO
2016 ACCESSORY (A GUN FAD), Redline Gallery, Denver CO
COLLECTIONS
The Denver Children’s Museum, Denver CO
The University of Colorado Special Collections, Boulder CO
AWARDS
2019 MCA Denver, Octopus Initiative Grant
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2020 NOV Rule Gallery Artist Residence Sit, Marfa, TX
2017 NOV-JAN Children’s Museum of Denver at Marsico Artist in Residence Program, Denver CO
2014-2016 REDLINE Artist-in-Residence Program Denver, CO
SELECETED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 A Lack Of, The ArtsHub, Lafayette CO
2016 Typical Anything, DATELINE Gallery, Denver CO
TWO PERSON EXHIBITION
2019 BIOPHILIA w/ Duncan Parks, DoubleSpace, Denver CO
2018 Sometimes Photography, with John Barnabas Lake, 808 Projects, Denver CO
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Place In Line, Redline Contemporary Art Center, Denver CO (curated by Ashely Frazier) Ghostly Traces, Vicki Myhren Gallery, Denver CO (curated by Geoffrey Shamos
Elemental Construction, McNichols Civic Center, Denver CO (Curated by Samantha Johnston)
2018 Ripe Young Lemons, Revisited, The Yard, Colorado Springs CO (curated by Ben Kinsley & Jessica Langley)
Made In Colorado, Emmanuel Gallery, Denver CO (Juried by Olga Viso and Cameron Gainer)
Friends Are The Best, Grand Opening Gallery, Denver CO (Curated by Brooke Tomiello and Paul Keefe)
2017 Isolate, Melon Gallery, Denver CO (curated by Kaleigh Coleman)
Archives A Muse, Leon Gallery, Denver CO (Curated bY Jessie De La Cruz)
Nice Work If You Can Get It, Redline Gallery, Denver CO (Curated by Daisy Mcgowan)
2016 Visitation, grayDuck Gallery, Austin TX (Curatd by Jill Schroeder)
Monumental: RedLine’s Annual Resident Artist Exhibition, Redline Gallery (Curated by Marisa Lerer)
2015 2nd Juried Art Show, Pirate Gallery, Denver CO (Juried by Nora Burnett Abrams)
BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS, GOCA121, Colorado Springs CO (Curated by Daisy McGowan)
DATELINE 012, DATELINE Gallery, Denver CO (Juried by Cassandra Heiser)
2014 College Collective, Genesee Pottery & Firehouse Gallery, Rochester NY (Juried by Rachel Jerome Ferraro)
2013 (Un)Clothed, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO (Curated by Mona Kuhn)
Archetype Drift: New Methods of Photography, Johalla Projects, Chicago IL (Juried by JasoN Lazarus)
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2017 Dumpster Beatification Project, Quigg Newton Neighborhood, Denver CO (In collaboration with Birdseed Collective)
Movable Feast, Charles R. Cousins Plaza, Denver CO (in collaboration with Stephanie Kantor)
2016 Pier/Platforms In the Southwest, Various locations in the Southwest USA,( in collaboration with Katie Kehoe and Tracy Tomko)
Play Space, Curtis Park (pop up in collaboration with Misha Fraser and Redline Art Center), Denver CO
2015 OUTSIDE THE BOX, Access Gallery, Denver CO (in collaboration with Damon Mcleese, veterans, and individuals with disabilities)
COLLECTIVE VISION OF DENVER, Denver Art Museum, Denver CO (in collaboration with DAM, Biennial of the Americas, Francisco Alavardo-Juárez, Libby Barbee, Ashley Frazier,
Robin Gallite, George P Perez, Carol Reeves, Terrence Spain, Jodi Stuart, and Tracy Tomko)
2014 School as Experimental Media, Museum of Outdoor Arts, Englewood, CO (in collaboration with Hannah Green, Catherine Cartwright, Josh Elliot, Richard Saxton, M12 Collective)
PUBLICATIONS/REVIEWS/WEB
2020 Focus on Collage: George P Perez by Kellye Eisworth
2018 Sometimes Photography — Darkrooms and Black-Boxes By Will Meier
2017 Will Photography Survive Its Art-Historical Karma?, ONE GOOD EYE *-), March 31, 2017
2016 Review: Monumental Brings Rack and Ruin to RedLine's "R/Evolution", Westword, February 24th 2016
2015 “INTERKORS FALL 2015 ISSUE 2”, INTERKORS Magazine, October 2015
2014 “The Field Guide No. 1”, The Field Guide Magazine, December 2014
"Best of College & High School Photography 2014", Photographer's Forum magazine's, July 2014
ARTIST TALKS / CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2017 Works in Progress at the Autry, performer/lecturer with M12 Collective, Works in Progress: The Center Pivot Box Set, Los Angeles CA
McNichols Civic Center Building, Artist speaker/presenter, Archives As Muse, Denver CO
Colorado Creative Industries Summit, Invited panel speaker, Youth Voice on Social Justice and the Art Studio, Breckenridge CO
PlatteForum, Duo Talk with Ed Wood, Gentrification, Denver CO
Madelife, Group Exhibiting Artist Talk, Community Potluck/ Contemporary Portraiture, Boulder CO
ArtsHub, Exhibiting Artist Talk, Opportunities in a Changing Arts Landscape, Lafayette CO
2016 Colorado Creative Industries Summit, Invited panel speaker, Increasing Inclusivity in the Artist Community:Exploring Challenges & Solutions, Carbondale CO (Panel lead by Lynn Waldorf)
Lives and works in Detroit MI
EDUCATION
2023 MFA in Photography, Cranbrook Academy of Art (Candidate)
2014 BFA (cum laude) in Photography, University of Colorado, Boulder. CO
CURATED EXHIBITIONS
2020 Other Backgrounds, Co-curated with Sammy Lee & Derrick Velasquez, Loveland Artworks, Loveland, CO
Litterally Behind, UnionHall, Denver CO
2019 Delirium, Three Visions, Co-curatred with John Lake & Mark Sink, Redline Gallery, Denver CO
Mastering The Art of French Cooking, Solo By Matthew Pavear, BMOCA at Macky, Boulder CO
2016 ACCESSORY (A GUN FAD), Redline Gallery, Denver CO
COLLECTIONS
The Denver Children’s Museum, Denver CO
The University of Colorado Special Collections, Boulder CO
AWARDS
2019 MCA Denver, Octopus Initiative Grant
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2020 NOV Rule Gallery Artist Residence Sit, Marfa, TX
2017 NOV-JAN Children’s Museum of Denver at Marsico Artist in Residence Program, Denver CO
2014-2016 REDLINE Artist-in-Residence Program Denver, CO
SELECETED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 A Lack Of, The ArtsHub, Lafayette CO
2016 Typical Anything, DATELINE Gallery, Denver CO
TWO PERSON EXHIBITION
2019 BIOPHILIA w/ Duncan Parks, DoubleSpace, Denver CO
2018 Sometimes Photography, with John Barnabas Lake, 808 Projects, Denver CO
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Place In Line, Redline Contemporary Art Center, Denver CO (curated by Ashely Frazier)
Summer Camp, Rule Gallery, Denver CO
Espacio Liminal - Liminal Space, Museo De Las Americas, Denver CO (curated by Frank Lucero)
Espacio Liminal - Liminal Space, Museo De Las Americas, Denver CO (curated by Frank Lucero)
Elemental Construction, McNichols Civic Center, Denver CO (Curated by Samantha Johnston)
2018 Ripe Young Lemons, Revisited, The Yard, Colorado Springs CO (curated by Ben Kinsley & Jessica Langley)
Made In Colorado, Emmanuel Gallery, Denver CO (Juried by Olga Viso and Cameron Gainer)
Friends Are The Best, Grand Opening Gallery, Denver CO (Curated by Brooke Tomiello and Paul Keefe)
2017 Isolate, Melon Gallery, Denver CO (curated by Kaleigh Coleman)
Archives A Muse, Leon Gallery, Denver CO (Curated bY Jessie De La Cruz)
Nice Work If You Can Get It, Redline Gallery, Denver CO (Curated by Daisy Mcgowan)
2016 Visitation, grayDuck Gallery, Austin TX (Curatd by Jill Schroeder)
Monumental: RedLine’s Annual Resident Artist Exhibition, Redline Gallery (Curated by Marisa Lerer)
2015 2nd Juried Art Show, Pirate Gallery, Denver CO (Juried by Nora Burnett Abrams)
BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS, GOCA121, Colorado Springs CO (Curated by Daisy McGowan)
DATELINE 012, DATELINE Gallery, Denver CO (Juried by Cassandra Heiser)
2014 College Collective, Genesee Pottery & Firehouse Gallery, Rochester NY (Juried by Rachel Jerome Ferraro)
2013 (Un)Clothed, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO (Curated by Mona Kuhn)
Archetype Drift: New Methods of Photography, Johalla Projects, Chicago IL (Juried by JasoN Lazarus)
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2017 Dumpster Beatification Project, Quigg Newton Neighborhood, Denver CO (In collaboration with Birdseed Collective)
Movable Feast, Charles R. Cousins Plaza, Denver CO (in collaboration with Stephanie Kantor)
2016 Pier/Platforms In the Southwest, Various locations in the Southwest USA,( in collaboration with Katie Kehoe and Tracy Tomko)
Play Space, Curtis Park (pop up in collaboration with Misha Fraser and Redline Art Center), Denver CO
2015 OUTSIDE THE BOX, Access Gallery, Denver CO (in collaboration with Damon Mcleese, veterans, and individuals with disabilities)
COLLECTIVE VISION OF DENVER, Denver Art Museum, Denver CO (in collaboration with DAM, Biennial of the Americas, Francisco Alavardo-Juárez, Libby Barbee, Ashley Frazier,
Robin Gallite, George P Perez, Carol Reeves, Terrence Spain, Jodi Stuart, and Tracy Tomko)
2014 School as Experimental Media, Museum of Outdoor Arts, Englewood, CO (in collaboration with Hannah Green, Catherine Cartwright, Josh Elliot, Richard Saxton, M12 Collective)
PUBLICATIONS/REVIEWS/WEB
2020 Focus on Collage: George P Perez by Kellye Eisworth
2018 Sometimes Photography — Darkrooms and Black-Boxes By Will Meier
2017 Will Photography Survive Its Art-Historical Karma?, ONE GOOD EYE *-), March 31, 2017
2016 Review: Monumental Brings Rack and Ruin to RedLine's "R/Evolution", Westword, February 24th 2016
2015 “INTERKORS FALL 2015 ISSUE 2”, INTERKORS Magazine, October 2015
2014 “The Field Guide No. 1”, The Field Guide Magazine, December 2014
"Best of College & High School Photography 2014", Photographer's Forum magazine's, July 2014
ARTIST TALKS / CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2017 Works in Progress at the Autry, performer/lecturer with M12 Collective, Works in Progress: The Center Pivot Box Set, Los Angeles CA
McNichols Civic Center Building, Artist speaker/presenter, Archives As Muse, Denver CO
Colorado Creative Industries Summit, Invited panel speaker, Youth Voice on Social Justice and the Art Studio, Breckenridge CO
PlatteForum, Duo Talk with Ed Wood, Gentrification, Denver CO
Madelife, Group Exhibiting Artist Talk, Community Potluck/ Contemporary Portraiture, Boulder CO
ArtsHub, Exhibiting Artist Talk, Opportunities in a Changing Arts Landscape, Lafayette CO
2016 Colorado Creative Industries Summit, Invited panel speaker, Increasing Inclusivity in the Artist Community:Exploring Challenges & Solutions, Carbondale CO (Panel lead by Lynn Waldorf)