Bio

I am a visual artist, educator, and radio producer in Philadelphia.

I received a BFA in painting from the Tyler School of Art in 1990 and have been involved in the Philadelphia arts and cultural community as an artist, independent curator, juror, and gallery director. I have exhibited my drawings, prints, and site-specific installations both locally and nationally. My work is in the collection of the Philadelphia Art Museum, the Philadelphia Convention Center, as well as private collections.

My work has been exhibited at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Woodmere Art Museum, James Oliver Gallery, the Main Line Art Center in Haverford, the Center for Emerging Visual Artists, and NEXUS/foundation for today’s art. His work has been featured in The Philadelphia Inquirer, the ArtBlog, Grid Magazine, and Art News 

My commissioned work includes Portraits of Inmates in the Death Row Population Sentenced as Juveniles at Eastern State Penitentiary and Train Up a Child in the Way He Should Go for Mural Arts Philadelphia. I was an artist in residence at the TaconyLAB (a partnership between Philadelphia Mural Arts and the Free Library of Philadelphia).

From 2004 through 2009, I served as the executive director of NEXUS/foundation for today’s art, a Philadelphia-based experimental artist cooperative. I produced numerous exhibitions, including Metaphoric Vinyl, UnIntended Uses, My Face in Your Space, Who Died, Heads, Yummy, Supergirl, Discontent, and NexusRadio.

In 1998, I co-founded Dissentia Curatorial Services. This guerrilla curating group presented projects, including Art2U, 100 paintings for 100 bathrooms, Treasure Hunt, and Steal This Show—an exhibition where all the work could be stolen. (Steal This Show garnered worldwide attention with press coverage on NPR, CNN, and ArtNews.)

I have been a professor in the Fashion Industry and Merchandising program at Drexel University since 2004. I teach graphic design, presentation techniques, visualization, brand identity, editorial design, and journalistic writing, and oversee the publication of the D&M Magazine, an online lifestyle publication. The magazine has won numerous national and international awards.

I produce and host DJ YardSale presents, a weekly free-form radio program on WPPM 106.5 FM in Philadelphia.