December 2011 my work and I both traveled to Miami where I had the fortunate opportunity to exhibit in a solo booth with Kesting/Ray, NYC at ImPulse. This was the most successful opportunity for making a living my work has ever seen. Thanks to all out there who have supported me. I was also one of three to be nominated for best in show! Margot, Andrew and Adrianna were able to join me and it was hella amazing! Andrew and Adrianna had work at Red Dot (another one of the many Miami art fairs). We saw so much art that week and basked in the sun.

October 2011 I ventured back to New Orleans for a month to work on my own project at the lovely artist run space, Parse Gallery. I was hosted by some of the most incredible people on the planet, Margot, Andrew and Ricky :). During my month stay I worked on a few drawings but more importantly added to and installed an exterior version of Stripped Opacity Construction Playground in a very site appropriate location in the enchanting urban ruins of the Parse Gallery courtyard. I couldn't have asked for a more perfect spot. The piece was also part of an exhibition called Between the Tracks which, was a branch of the satellite shows for New Orleans city wide biennial, Prospect 2.

September 2011 I had my first NYC solo show, Amalgamation, at Kesting/Ray in SoHo. Here's a full catalogue of the show and interview with Callie! Thanks to all my rad friends who were able to make it to the opening. Carver kids unite, right?!! There were so many of you. You filled the space with the Carver Center honor of support. It was a blast.

With a second Swoon project came a third, Anthropocene Extinction, which started construction in June 2011 and was installed in September at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. This project was constructed in Callie's old church in Braddock, PA. We worked long days but it was like summer camp because we all cooked together and stayed in Callie's house which, was very close to the church. Like the last, this project  holds environmental consciousness up to the light. The term anthropocene gives distinction to the evidence of human activity on the planet as being so severe to constitute a mark in geologic history. Find out more here. The last photo of me and Callie is by ICA photographer and artist Geoff Hargadon.

Only days after I graduated from Tulane I started on another Swoon project constructing and installing Thalassa with the dearest Callie Curry, Taylor Shepard and Christian Rappel at the New Orleans Museum of Art. We worked for several weeks at NOMAs off site warehouse constructing the piece and then spent a week on site completing installation. The piece got a great mention in Inhabitat for its eco centered themes and dedication to "New Orleans and it's deep connection to the sea", especially only months after the BP oil spill disaster. Here's an amazing video that my friends Andrew Larimar, Britt King and Scott Campbell made of the process. The first two photos are courtesy of NOMA.

 

May 2011, I graduated with an MFA from Tulane University. For years I've focused on architectural themes through 2D works on paper. For my thesis, Tectonics, I branched out into a few installation projects, based on similar themes of the inversion of space or the exposure of inside/outside space based on visual references to both archaeological and construction site. One installation was a modular sculpture made from reclaimed acrylic sheets with various miniature objects. Another room was a pseudo projection coming from a model house with a hand drawn image of Yosemite National Park. You can find more photos of each project on my website.

 
October 2010, I helped construct the roof for this beautiful collaborative project between Callie Curry, better known as Swoon and New Orleans Airlift. It's roughly a quarter scale model for Dithyrambalina, an architectural project where instruments for whimsical music merriment are built as permanent parts of the structure. Learn more here.