EDUCATION
2010
MFA, Hunter College, New York, NY

2008
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME

2006
BA, Prescott College, Prescott, AZ, 2005-2006
The Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 2002-2003
Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1997-1998


EXHIBITIONS
2011
Tailgates and Substitutes, Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York, NY
(un)COMFORT(able) ZONE, Castle Gallery, New Rochelle, NY
Greener on the Other Side, Organhaus Art Space, Chongqing, China
BWYLove, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY

2010
Place + Time, Bullet Space, New York, NY
All Insignificant Things Must Disappear, Trinity Museum, New York, NY
Half a Self, a Cave-Dweller, St. Cecelia's Convent, Brooklyn, NY, curated by David Howe
Narrative Arc, UNT on the Square, Denton, TX
There Has Been No Future, There Will Be No Past, ISCP, Brooklyn, NY
One and 3/4 of an Inch, St. Cecelia's Convent, Brooklyn, curated by Peter Clough
Slummer Nights, Canada Gallery, New York, NY
Hunter MFA Thesis Show, Hunter College/Times Square Gallery, New York, NY
Screening Program, MMX Open Art Venue, Berlin, Germany
Wherever: small works in a portable room, various sites, Hunter College, New York, NY
Transportable Mind, AREA Lugar de Proyectos, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Site Unseen, The Project Space, Royal College of Art, London, England
Dance Ghost, Vaudeville Park, Brooklyn, NY

2009
Projections, curated by Cleopatra’s, Independent Curators International at Marquee, New York, NY; NADA Art Fair, Miami, FL; Autocenter, Berlin, Germany
A Very Loud Silence, Le Flash, Atlanta, GA
Time-Based Night, Softbox, Queens, NY
Layout, Gallery West, Suffolk Community College, Long Island, NY
Shirin Neshat Master Class Screening, Lang Auditorium, New York, NY
MAs Select MFAs, Times Square Gallery, New York, NY
From Africa to America: Visual Reflections, Iona College, New Rochelle, NY
North American Graduate Art Survey, Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

2008
It’s Not Easy, Exit Art, New York, NY
Altered States, Francis Lewis Gallery, Queens, NY

2006
PostCards from the Edge, Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, NY

2005
Open Show, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA, juried by Wesley Jessup
Face Me, The 18th Street Art Center, Santa Monica, CA

2004
Open Show, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA, juried by James Elaine
RealLaugh/FakeLaugh, The 18th Street Art Center, Santa Monica, CA

2003
Open Show, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA, juried by Karin Higa
The Paradox of Value, Forget It Jake Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Faculty and Staff Show, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen, MI


GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2011
AIRspace Residency, Abrons Art Center, Henry Street Settlement
The 140 Foundation Grant Nominee
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant Nominee

2010
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant Nominee
Performer, Mirror Piece I, by Joan Jonas, Guggenheim Museum

2009
Yaddo Fellowship, Saratoga Springs, NY
Paul Pfeiffer Zabar Residency, Hunter College
Shirin Neshat Master Class, Hunter College

2008
Graf Travel Grant, Hunter College, for research in Egypt
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture

2005
Award for Distinction, Gallery 825 Open Show 2005, Los Angeles, CA

2001
Resident Artist, Penland School of Crafts, NC, 2001

1998
Bill T. Jones Dance Workshop, Skidmore College
Sudler Fund Project Grant, Yale University


BIBLIOGRAPHY
2011
One Year Project, MMX Open Art Venue, Berlin
Vector, DOOWYLLOH, issue 3

2009
ArtForum, Adiran Piper’s Rationality and the Structure of the Self, by Joachim Pissarro, p.82, December
Drain Journal of Contemporary Art and Culture, Father/Fodder, Cold Issue
The Brooklyn Rail, Untitled Photograph, p. 8, March


LECTURES
2011
Visiting Artist, College of New Rochelle, NY

2009
Visiting Artist, Hunter College BFA, New York, NY
Panelist, Contemporary Artists’ Discussion, African Burial Ground, NY
Featured Artist, A Kantian Critique of Modernism, by Joachim Pissarro & David Carrier, New York Studio School, NY