CV
EDUCATION
2019 MFA, Painting, NYU Steinhardt, New York City, NY
2009 BFA, Painting, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus, MN
SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023 Meristem, Dream Clinic Project Space, Columbus, OH
2021 Organelle, Hair and Nails, Minneapolis, MN
2018 Scrying, 80WSE, New York, NY
Oakley Tapola / Keith Allyn Spencer, C for Courtside, Knoxville, TN
2016 5 Seconds Flat, The White Page Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
First Dragon Fruit, Titanik Gallery, Turku, Finland
2014 Popular Grids, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN
Somethin’s Rippin, Soo Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2013 Eavesdropper, Elsewhere Museum, Greensboro, NC
World Knot, Ochre Ghost Gallery, Duluth, MN
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Ice Cream Social, Port Chester, NY (Upcoming)
2023 The Body’s Guest, Studio 9D, New York City, NY
Plum Line Residency Finalists Exhibition, mepaintsme.com (OVR)
Over Time, Curve Line Space, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Out of Body, Paradise Palace, Brooklyn, NY (OVR)
SPIRIT LIFE, Petty Cash, Brooklyn, NY
2021 Portrait, Tussle Projects, Pittsburgh, PA (OVR)
2020 Fade Into You, A. D. Gallery, New York City, NY
Behind The Times, Solo Show, New York, NY (OVR)
Reflections, Oped Space, Tokyo, Japan
Future Future, Hair and Nails Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2019 Hats On Beds, 80WSE, New York, NY
POND, Commons Gallery, New York University, NY
2018 Body Farm, Porch Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Side Eye: Visions of the Periphery, SPRING/BREAK Art Fair, New York City, NY
1st Year Show, 80WSE Gallery, New York City, NY
2017 Ocotillo, Stella Elkins Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2016 TSF 3x5, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
This One Weird Trick, Analogue, Chicago, IL
2015 Retro Vertigo, Waiting Room Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2014 Weird Neighbor, Soo Local Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2013 “, , ,” 3rd Annual Minnesota Biennial, Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
Pastel, The Bedfellows Club, Minneapolis, MN (OVR)
2009 Contemporary, 1419 Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2008 The Art of The Living Breathing Thing, Kiehle Gallery, St Cloud, MN
Birth <> Death, Art Of This Gallery, Minneapolis MN
2004 I’m With Stupid, Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
1993 I Wuv You, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
ARTIST RESIDENCIES & RETREATS
2019 NYC Crit Club, Fall Semester, New York City, NY
2016 TWP Residency, The White Page Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Titanik Residency, Titanik Gallery, Turku, Finland
3x5 TSF Emerging Artist Residency Program, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis MN
2013 Elsewhere Residency, Elsewhere Museum, Greensboro, NC
PUBLICATIONS
2024 Hole Stories, Dog Eye Press, August (Upcoming)
2022 Art Maze Magazine, Issue 27, June
2021 Funny Looking Dog Mag, Issue 5, February
2020 Dirt Child, Issue II, Dirt Child, November
2016 No Baddies, one issue, Self-published, October
Not That Afraid, one issue, Self-published, February
2015 Virtual Reality Machine, one issue, Self-published, February
2013 Eavesdropper, one issue, Self-published, July
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2022 - 2023 Lecturer in painting, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2022 - 2023 Adjunct Faculty in drawing, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
2019 - 2021 Art Teacher at Fusion Academy Park Avenue, New York, NY
2019 - 2022 Studio Manager for Ellen Berkenblit, Brooklyn, NY
2017 - 2019 Adjunct Faculty in painting, NYU Steinhardt, New York, NY
2014 Guest Curator at SOOVAC Project Space Gallery, Aug – Sept, Minneapolis MN
2011 - 2021 Editor/Graphic Designer of WOPOZI, Minneapolis, MN & New York, NY
AWARDS
2019 QAF Art Access Grant, Queens Council on the Arts
2017 - 2018 Steinhardt MFA Scholarship & Stipend, New York University
2016 Visual Arts Fund, Midway Contemporary Arts and The Andy Warhol Foundation
2008 Katherine E. Nash Student Scholarship, University of MN
2006 - 2009 Deans List, University of Minnesota