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Born Minneapolis 1975, raised in Nevada City, trained in Kansas City and Berkeley, resident artist at the San Francisco dump. Exhibitions, residencies and press, newest first.

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PORTRAITS OF ANOTHER LIFE · 2026

Portraits of Another Life · 2026Short documentary

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130 entries

20265 entries

Kinetikos: of motion ↗ (opens in a new tab) Windgate Museum of Art – 1600 Washington Avenue, Conway, AR 72032 (Feb 20 – May 16) Group exhibition
Polarized ↗ (opens in a new tab) Snow College Art Gallery – 150 College Ave. Ephraim UT 84627 – (January 20 – March 13) Group exhibition
Portraits of Another Life → Short documentary Press & film
Technostalgia → Museum of American Heritage, Palo Alto, CA Group exhibition
Recology Retrospective → Heron Arts, 7 Heron Street, San Francisco, CA Group exhibition

20253 entries

Misappropriations → Solo Show – The Orchard / Galleries on 25 – (Nov. 25 – Jan 31) 489 25th St. Oakland CA Solo exhibition
Friend or Faux ↗ (opens in a new tab) Solo Show- Transmission Gallery – 770 West Grand Ave, Oakland CA (July 24 – September 6) Solo exhibition
Metalmorphosis ↗ (opens in a new tab) Heron Arts – 7 Heron Street, San Francisco, CA (Feb 8 – March 15) Group exhibition

20242 entries

Cosmic Hypnotic ↗ (opens in a new tab) Gearbox Gallery – 770 West Grand Ave Oakland, CA (December 5 – January 11) Group exhibition
510 All Stars ↗ (opens in a new tab) Nielsen Arts – 1545 Solano Avenue, Berkeley CA (December 7 – January 28) Group exhibition

20233 entries

Defense Mechanisms → Solo Show – Pop up gallery – 481 9th Street, Oakland CA (November 4-26) Solo exhibition
The deYoung Open ↗ (opens in a new tab) deYoung Museum – 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118 (September 30 – January 7, 2024) Group exhibition
Trigger Warning ↗ (opens in a new tab) The Roll Up Project – 217 Harrison Street, Oakland CA 94607 (June 3 – July 19) Group exhibition

20221 entry

Found ↗ (opens in a new tab) Pence Gallery – 212 D Street, Davis, CA 95616 (July 8 – August 14) Group exhibition

20211 entry

Reclaimed: The Art of Recology ↗ (opens in a new tab) Bedford Gallery – Lesher Center for the Arts • 1601 Civic Dr. Walnut Creek, CA 94596 (July 1 – October 17) Group exhibition

20201 entry

Reverse Engineered → Solo Exhibition -Pop Up Gallery -465 9th Street, Oakland CA (November 13 – December 3) Solo exhibition

20192 entries

Retro-Speculative → Solo Exhibition – Pop Up Gallery – 494 9th Street, Oakland CA (October 19 – November 10) Solo exhibition
Kinetics: Art in Motion → Museum of Sonoma County – 425 Seventh Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95401 (May 5 – August 11) Group exhibition

20182 entries

The 2nd Dimension of the 1st World → solo exhibition – Lost & Foundry Gallery, 305 Center Street, Oakland CA (October 13 – November 10) Solo exhibition
Kinetic Energy: Art That Won’t Sit Still ↗ (opens in a new tab) Museum of Neon Art, 216 South Brand Blvd. Glendale, CA (September 22 – March 31) Group exhibition

20171 entry

Innovations in Obsolescence: solo exhibition → Lost & Foundry Gallery, 305 Center Street, Oakland CA (October 21 – November 18) Solo exhibition

20163 entries

Parts & Labor, solo exhibition → The On Sight Project, 471 9th Street in Oakland CA (October 22 – November 12) Solo exhibition
Reclaimed: Elevating the Art of Reuse ↗ (opens in a new tab) San Francisco Arts Education Project (SFArtsED) gallery, 1275 Minnesota Street, San Francisco CA. (October 1-23) Group exhibition
Perpetual Motion: Contemporary Interpretations of Fine Art Automata ↗ (opens in a new tab) Heron Arts, 7 Heron Street, San Francisco CA (April 16 – May14) Group exhibition

20145 entries

By Car, By Plane, By Boat, By Train… ↗ (opens in a new tab) The Granary Art Center, 86 N. Main Street, Ephraim UT (November 1 – February 6) Group exhibition
Re:New → Lost & Foundry Studios, 305 Center Street, Oakland CA (October 25 – November 22) Group exhibition
Steampunk: History of the Future ↗ (opens in a new tab) Sangre De Cristo Arts and Conference Center, 210 N. Santa Fe Ave. Pueblo CO 81003 (June 6 – September 13) Group exhibition
Lost & Foundry Open House → Lost & Foundry Studios, 305 Center Street, Oakland CA (March 15) Other
“Tentacles” Series commissioned by the Monterey Bay Aquarium, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, CA (April 2014 – April 2016) Other

20137 entries

Mechanical Life ↗ (opens in a new tab) Wallace L. Anderson Gallery, Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater MA (October 15 – November 7) Group exhibition
The Art of the Robot Appleton Museum of Art, 4333 E Silver Springs Boulevard Ocala, Florida 34470-5001 (June 22 – September 22) Group exhibition
The Art of Recology San Francisco International Airport, United Terminal, San Francisco, CA (March 2013 – October 2013) Group exhibition
Maker Faire San Mateo County Events Center, San Mateo, CA (May 18-19) Other
Barney’s New York in San Francisco Window installations 77 O’Farrell St, San Francisco, CA 94108 (April 2013) Other
Liu Lecture Series in Design → Stanford University, Building 550 atrium, Stanford, CA (February 28) Press & film
Lost & Foundry Open House → Lost & Foundry Oakland, 305 Center Street, Oakland, CA (February 9) Other

20126 entries

Television of Tomorrow Show 2012 Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA (June 12,13) Group exhibition
Installation at Google Headquarters → 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Bldg. 43, Mountain View, CA (May 25 – July 25) Other
Maker Faire 2012 San Mateo Fairgrounds, San Mateo, CA (May 19,20) Other
Natural Selection → Lost & Foundry- 305 Center Street, Oakland, CA (May 11,12) Group exhibition
Open Make → The Exploratorium- 3601 Lyon Street, San Francisco, CA 94123 (April 21) Other
Unfinished Projects MotoSF- 275 8th Street 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA (February 25) Group exhibition

20119 entries

Relaunch Part II ↗ (opens in a new tab) Varnish Fine Art- 16 Jessie Street, #C120, San Francisco, CA 94105 (415)433-4400 (November 12, 2011 – January 7, 2012) Group exhibition
Proto:)Typical Lost and Foundry Gallery, 305 Center Street, Oakland, CA (November 4 – 12) Group exhibition
Blooom Art Fair (with Strychnin Gallery) Staatenhaus am, Rheinpark Auenweg 1750679 Cologe, Germany (October 29 – November 1) Group exhibition
Extreme Materials II ↗ (opens in a new tab) Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester.500 University Avenue, Rochester, NY (October 23, 2011- January 15, 2012) Group exhibition
Gentle Giants ↗ (opens in a new tab) Strychnin Gallery, Boxhagenerstr. 36 10245 Berlin (July 15 – August 7) Group exhibition
Maker Faire 2011 San Mateo Fairgrounds, San Mateo, CA (May 21-22) Other
artMRKT (with John Natsoulas Gallery) Concourse Exhibition Center, 620 7th Street, San Francisco, CA (May 19-22) Group exhibition
Open Make (with members of AKA) Exploratorium- 3601 Lyon Street, San Francisco, CA 94123 (March 19) Other
Studio Show Nemomatic studio- 1454B 4th Street, Berkeley, CA (February 26) Other

201014 entries

Mad Science → Sonoma County Museum- 425 7th Street, Santa Rosa, CA (October 30 – February 6) Group exhibition
SOFA Chicago- Navy Pier, Chicago, IL (November 5-7) Group exhibition
SF20 ↗ (opens in a new tab) Fort Mason- San Francisco, CA (September 16-19) Group exhibition
Visions of Paradise Sonoma Valley Museum, 551 Broadway, Sonoma, CA 95476 (August 21 – November 7) Group exhibition
Machinations → Group Exhibition- 5 Claude Lane, San Francisco, CA (July 22 – August 20) Group exhibition
Art at the Dump ↗ (opens in a new tab) 20 years of the Artist in Residence program at Recology- Intersection 5M, 925 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 (July 21- September 25) Group exhibition
Art of the Robot Mulvane Art Museum, 1700 SW College Avenue, Topeka, KS 66621 (June 19 – September 19) Group exhibition
Nemo Gould: Solo Installation → Gallery 555 (Oakland Museum of California Off-Site Space) 555 12th Street Oakland, CA 94607 (May 27- July 30). Solo exhibition
It’s Alive: Kinetic and Interactive sculpture ↗ (opens in a new tab) The Crucible’s Cathedral Gallery, 1603 Broadway, Oakland, CA (May 20 – June 2) Group exhibition
Maker Faire 2010 San Mateo Fairgrounds, San Mateo, CA (May 22-23) Other
Science Fiction & Fantasy Art Exhibit (Second Annual) Periscope Cellars, 1410 62nd Street, Emeryville, CA (April 28 – May 30) Group exhibition
The Art of Recycling Mills Building Lobby, 220 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA (April 5- July 9) Group exhibition
Into the Pixel Hotel Des Arts, 447 Bush at Grant, San Francisco, CA (March 11) Group exhibition
Thrown Out: Art from the San Francisco Dump Sanchez Art Center, 1220-B Linda Mar Blvd. Pacifica, CA (February 26- March 28) Group exhibition

20099 entries

Open Studio Show Nemomatic studio, Berkeley, CA (October 24) Other
Dementions Eclectix Gallery, 10082 San Pablo Ave, El Cerrito, CA (October 16 -November 29) Group exhibition
Assembled Artifacts Device Gallery, 1815-B Main Street, San Diego, CA 92113 (July 18 – August 29) Group exhibition
Second Nature Ohio Craft Museum, 1665 West Fifth Avenue, Columbus, OH 43212 (July 12 – August 23) Group exhibition
Trash Menagerie Peabody Essex Museum, 161 Essex Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970 Group exhibition
Maker Faire 2009 San Mateo Fairgrounds, San Mateo, CA (May 30-31) Other
SMART Art, Trash into Treasure Lincart / E6 Gallery, 1632 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 (May 28 – June 25) Group exhibition
It Moved An exploration of the Kinetic Art form- Device Gallery, 1815-B Main Street, San Diego, CA 92113 (April 25 – June 20) Group exhibition
Robots: Evolution of a Cultural Icon Sonoma County Museum, 425 7th Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95401 (January 23 – April 5) Group exhibition

20088 entries

Applied Kinetic Arts Y2Y Gallery, 251 Balboa Street, San Francisco, CA 94118 (November 21 – January 23) Group exhibition
Prototype This! → Discovery Channel television show (guest builder). Aired October 22, 2008 Press & film
Fantastic Contraption Device Gallery, 7881 Drury Lane La Jolla, CA 92037 (July 19 – September 2) Group exhibition
Second Hand Made Lois Lambert Gallery, 2525 Michigan Avenue E3, Santa Monica, CA 90404 (July 12 – August 30) Group exhibition
Maker Faire San Mateo Fairgrounds, San Mateo, CA (May 3-4) Other
Varnish Fine Art: 5-year anniversary show 77 Natoma Street, San Francisco, CA 94105 (April 14 – May 31) Group exhibition
Macy’s store windows 170 O’Farrell Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 (Earth Week April 21-27) Other
Robots: Evolution of a Cultural Icon San Jose Museum of Art, 110 South Market Street, San Jose, CA 95113 (April 12 – October 19) Group exhibition

200710 entries

Robots are Art Float Gallery, 1091 Calcot Place #116, Oakland, CA (December 15, 2007 – January 17, 2008) Group exhibition
Subjective Reality Harold Golen Gallery, 2921 North West 6th Avenue, Miami, Florida 33127 (December 12, 2007 – January 5, 2008) Group exhibition
Store Display Barney’s New York- San Francisco, CA (November, 2007 – January 2008) Other
Window Display Embarcadero One shopping center, San Francisco, CA (November) Other
Waste Deep Solo show culminating four month Artist in residence at San Francisco Dump, 501 Tunnel Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94134 Solo exhibition
Robogames (gold medal: Giant Squid, bronze medal: General Debris) Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA (June 15 – 17) Other
Maker Faire San Mateo Fairgrounds, San Mateo, CA (May 19-20) Other
Recovery ACCI Gallery, 1652 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94709 (April 13 – May 5) Group exhibition
Artful Jesters Pence Gallery, 212 D Street, Davis, CA 95616 (January 12 – March 12) Group exhibition
Creatures of Magic and Myth Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, 551 Broadway, Sonoma, CA 95476 (January 13 – February 25) Group exhibition

20062 entries

California Creations Gump’s, 135 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94108 (July 17- August 4) Group exhibition
RE:Assembled Varnish Fine Art, 77 Natoma St. San Francisco, CA 94105 (June 6 – July 15) Group exhibition

20052 entries

Window display Gump’s, 135 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94108 (December) Other
Works on display Varnish Fine Art, 77 Natoma Street, San Francisco, CA 94105 (September) Group exhibition

20042 entries

Aluminum Three person show, Virginia Breier Gallery, 3091 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, CA 94115 (October 27 – November 24) Group exhibition
Window Installation ACCI Gallery, 1652 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94709 (May 14 – July 14) Other

20034 entries

Contemporary Art Three person show, Joyce Gordon Gallery, 406 14th Street, Oakland, CA 94612 Group exhibition
Clock Show Group Exhibition, Virginia Breier Gallery, 3091 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, CA 94115 Group exhibition
Seventeen Bay Area Artists Group Exhibition, Joyce Gordon Gallery, 406 14th Street, Oakland, CA 94612 (September 4 – October 4) Group exhibition
Outside Group exhibition, Start Soma Gallery, 985 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA (March 15-23) Group exhibition

20024 entries

A Figurative Show Group Exhibition, Virginia Breier Gallery, 3091 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, CA 94115 (October 2 – November 6) Group exhibition
Detritus Ascending → Solo Kinetic Installation by invitation for the San Jose Museum of Art, 110 South Market Street, San Jose, CA 95113 (November) Solo exhibition
Open Studios 2002 Pro Arts Gallery. Show promoting East Bay open studios, Oakland, CA Other
Show Your Metal Group exhibition, Arizona Museum for Youth, Mesa, AZ 85201-7326 Group exhibition

20015 entries

Dare Stay Late Group exhibition and local school benefit, The Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA Group exhibition
Blackout Group exhibition and party, San Francisco, CA Group exhibition
Aranji Group show and party at Club Six, San Francisco, CA Group exhibition
East Bay Open Studios Group exhibition. Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA. Other
Virginia Breier Gallery Temp. window installation, and ongoing exhibits, San Francisco, CA. Other

20003 entries

Berkeley Recycling Center Temporary installation. Berkeley, CA Other
Surplus Artwork from recycled materials. Group show at The Lost Gallery, Berkeley, CA Group exhibition
Now → 30th Annual MFA graduate exhibition at Berkeley Art Museum Education

19992 entries

Blind Date Group show with students from U.C. Berkeley, Davis, and Manchester, UK. Group exhibition
Solution Solo sculpture installation, Worth Ryder Gallery, U.C. Berkeley. Solo exhibition

19984 entries

Bachelor of Fine Arts Graduate exhibition, Kansas City Art Institute. ↗ (opens in a new tab) Education
KCAI sculpture department exhibition, Freight House Building 101W 22nd Street, Kansas City, MO Group exhibition
Quick Fix Group show, Works Building, 215 w 19th Terrace, Kansas City, MO. Group exhibition
Dolphin Gallery Window installation, Kansas City, MO. Other

19975 entries

Alumni Circle scholarship exhibition, Vanderslice reception room, KCAI. Group exhibition
Sculpture Commission for Galaxy Grill, Kansas City, KS. Other
KCAI group Sculpture exhibition, Carnival Building 800 Broadway, Kansas City, MO. Group exhibition
Marginal Art Group show, student gallery KCAI, Kansas City, MO. Group exhibition
Art in a Box Group show, Gallery Coyote, Kansas City, MO. Group exhibition

19963 entries

Mantenna Roof top Sculpture installation for James Leedy, Kansas City, MO. Other
Art and Propaganda student gallery KCAI. Group exhibition
6th annual Garbage Binge Art Show Emerson Cultural Center, Bozeman, Montana. Group exhibition

19942 entries

Solo show, Sierra Mtn. Coffee Roasters, Grass Valley, CA. Solo exhibition
Unplugged Cafe group show, St. Joseph’s Hall, Nevada City, CA. Group exhibition

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Thirty years of showing up

Photos and video from the shows

Portraits of Another Life: short documentary

Recology Retrospective

Technostalgia at M.O.A.H.

Misappropriations Exhibit

“Defense Mechanisms” Pop-up Exhibit

Make: issue 77 shop tour

Reverse Engineered

History Channel: Assembly Required 2019

Kinetics: Art in Motion 2019

Retro-Speculative 2019

“Loose Screws” stop-motion animation project

Studio visit with Tested.com

Tested.com visits Lost & Foundry Gallery

The 2nd Dimension of the 1st World, October 2018

Innovations in Obsolescence 2017

Solo Exhibition “Parts & Labor” October 2016

Lost & Foundry open house, March 2014

Re:New at Lost & Foundry, October 2014

San Francisco Chronicle May 2014

The making of “Tentacles”

Lost & Foundry Oakland Open House, February 2013

Make Magazine, April 2013

Stanford Lecture (video) February 2013

Vanity Fair, October 2013

“Natural Selection” exhibit, May 2012

Installation at Google HQ, May 2012

Open Make: The Exploratorium S.F. April 2012

Sculpture featured in American Craft Magazine, December 2012

Interview for KOFY TV 20, April 2011

MSN feature with Tanya Holland, November 2011

Popular Mechanics South Africa, January 2011

“Machinations” 5 Claude Lane, July 2010

“Mad Science”, Sonoma County Museum, October 2010

Interview with Makezine, June 2010

Popular Mechanics Russia, October 2010

San Francisco Chronicle, July 2010

Show Review: Visual Art Source, July 2010

Solo Installation, Gallery 555, May 2010

The Daily Cal, April 2010

KPBS Radio interview: Device Gallery, May 2009

TV50: Robots show, Sonoma County Museum, January 2009

Discovery Channel: “Prototype This”, October 2008

Interview for Upper Playground 2008

Interview Video for SJMoA, April 2008

NPR: Day by Day, July 2008

Oakland Tribune, June 2008

Process video for SJMoA, February 2008

Scoot! Magazine, May 2008

Stretching Canvas Magazine, April 2008

Travel and Leisure magazine, April 2008

Twist & Go magazine (UK), March 2008

Wired Magazine, June 2008

[X]Press Magazine S.F. State University, September 2007

Financial Times (German) May 2007

Juxtapoz Magazine, May 2007

Maker Faire (interview for Art Future), May 2007

Maker Faire (interview for Lunch Meet), May 2007

NBC 11 Live: Waste Deep, September 2007

NBC 11: Waste Deep, September 2007

Robogames (interview for Art Future) June 2007

Robogames (interview for Planet Nerd) June 2007

San Francisco Bay Guardian, October 2007

Sonoma Sun, February 2007

San Francisco Magazine, March 2004

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