I am a Jamaican-born painter, artist, and photographer living in Washington DC.
I enjoy studies of theory, design, and unconventional execution in visual art. My current works focus on unique qualities of new materials when paired with light, sound, and motion. I focus on the simplicity of the form, wherein function is merely implied with skillful use of concealed technology. I’m curious about new materials. They allow us access to new forms and perspectives and turn yesterday’s constraints into today’s objects of wonder.
I began to formally study art at the age of twelve, and have studied at the University of Maryland and The Corcoran College of Art.
Philosophy
Theorema – the idea that a certain set of aesthetic values and ideas can be given form and used as the basis of further ideas.
Schema – a recurring (or recursive) set of plans or structures, employed to create ever more complex and intriguing creations.
Experimentum – the earnest and reckless attempt to produce an artistic (and often anomalous) result using unproven ideas.
Solo Exhibitions
2010 “Paintings Retrospective”, Cafe Nema, Washington DC
2005 “Stress Relief”, Blue Room, Washington, DC
2005 “Desire and Tension”, Skewers Luna, Washington, DC
Group Exhibitions
2017 “Find the 11th Dimension” – Fathom DC, Washington DC
2015 National Maker Faire, Washington DC (Maker of Merit award)
2012 CE Exhibition – Corcoran’s Gallery 31, Washington, DC
2009 Artomatic 10th Anniversary, Washington, DC
2008 “Erotica 2008”, MOCA DC/ A+M, Washington, DC
2007 “Erotica 2007”, MOCA DC/ A+M, Washington, DC
2006 “Heads or Tails 2006”, MOCA DC/ A+M, Washington, DC
2006 “Erotica 2006”, MOCA DC/ A+M, Washington, DC
2005 “Heads or Tails 2005”, MOCA DC/ A+M, Washington, DC
2005 “Artrotica: a celebration of sensual and erotic art”, Washington, DC
2004 Artomatic, Washington, DC
2003 Art On The Side 2nd Anniv, Bossa, Washington, DC
2003 Art On The Side, Bossa, Washington, DC
Bibliography
1/2008 ‘Fray vol. 1: Busted! True Stories of Getting Caught in the Act’
2/2007 ‘Aphrodisia II: Art of the Female Form’ Aristata Publishing (isbn:978-0975491232 / 0975491237)
Website Publications
7/2003 Fray.com
2009 Ficly.com (Ficlets)
Influences
Past: Josef Albers, André Breton, Albert Camus, Blaise Cendrars, Paul van Dyk, {fray}, Futurism, Frantisek Kupka, Edwin H. Land, Legos, Bob Marley, Roots Manuva, Maxis, Marshal McLuhan, David Mitchell, Jean-Paul Sartre, Natsume Soseki, Kurt Vonnegut
Current: Katharina Fritsch, Theaster Gates, Mike Ladd, Mavis Pusey, Alma Thomas, Saul Williams
