Squid Ink Photography
Photography, Videography, and Design
About Me
As an artist, my process is constantly bouncing between composition, color theory, and rudimentary neuro-aesthetics. While I utilize a vocabulary of abstraction, my goal is to create a universally uplifting visual experience.
Education
1996
BFA-Photography (Media Arts)
Pratt Institute
BFA-Photography (Media Arts) at the Pratt Institute, a top-ranked college with opportunities in art, design, architecture, liberal arts and sciences, and information studies.
2008
MFA/MS-Photography/Art History
Pratt Institute
MFA/MS-Photography/Art History at Pratt Institute a top-ranked college with opportunities in art, design, architecture, liberal arts and sciences, and information studies.
Experience
1998-Present
Squid Ink Photography
President
Photography, videography, and video design artist.
1997-2007
Video D. Studios
AVID Editor, Dance Videographer
Assisted in designing, shooting, editing, and/or installing video for a range of artists and performers, including Elizabeth Streb, Bruce Nauman, Richard Serra, Bill Irwin, The Limon Dance Company, and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
Assistant Designer for the live video projections at The Independent Feature Project 1998 and 1999 “Gotham Awards” Independent Film Awards.
1990-1998
Blue Man Group
Creative and Technical Staff
Assisted in the development and performance of the New York show and promotional appearances, including The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Good Day New York, and The New Music Seminar.
Astor Place Show sound department management.
1992
Aperture Magazine
Creative and Technical Staff
Worked in the production department as part of the Aperture Work Scholar Program
Awards and Exhibitions
2023
November - The Other Art Fair Brooklyn - Brooklyn, NY
July - The Other Art Fair Brooklyn - Brooklyn, NY
February - Art Essex - 2021 Live Invitational Exhibition - Westport, CT
2022
September – Ryan James Fine Arts – Visual Impressions – Kirkland, WA
March – Manifest Press – INPHA 7: International Photography Annual – Cincinnati, OH
2021
November - The Other Art Fair Brooklyn - Brooklyn, NY
July - The Other Art Fair Brooklyn - Brooklyn, NY
February - Art Essex - 2021 Live Invitational Exhibition - Westport, CT
2020
September – Ryan James Fine Arts – Visual Impressions – Kirkland, WA
March – Manifest Press – INPHA 7: International Photography Annual – Cincinnati, OH
2019
July – Art Market Hamptons - ArtBlend
April – Limner Gallery – Neoteric Abstract VII- Hudson, NY
March – Cape Cod Museum of Art – We The People – Dennis, MA
February – 311 Gallery – Abstracts Matter – Raleigh, NC
2018
2017
2016
September – Art Design Consultants – Art Comes Alive 2018 –
Digital Artist of the Year, Publication Award – Cincinnati, OH
July – George Billis Gallery LA – Los Angeles Invitational Show –
Los Angeles, CA
Manifest Press – INPHA 5 International Photography Annual - Publication
April – Mark Arts – “Abstract National Competition” – Wichita, KS
J. Mane Gallery – ABSTRACTS – First Place winner –J. Mane Gallery Online
Art Expo NY – Blink/Art Design Consultants – New York, NY
November – Black Box Gallery – “Color: Photography Now” – Black Box Online
August – B.J. Spoke Gallery – “Paperworks 2017” – Huntington, NY
June – Black Box Gallery – “Color: The Visual Spectrum” – Portland, OR
April – Art Expo NY – Art Design Consultants
August – Cotuit Center for the Arts – “Tripping the Light Fantastic” – Cotuit, MA
July – Art Design Consultants “Art Comes Alive” – Photographic Print of the Year –
-Cincinnati, OH
July – LBIF Arts & Sciences – “NJC: Works on Paper 2016” – Loveladies, NJ
June – LA Center for Digital Art – LACDA Electron Salon – Los Angeles, CA
June – bG Gallery – Spectrum Gestalt 3 – Santa Monica, CA
April – Ann Arbor Arts Center - Art Now: Photography 2016 – Ann Arbor, MI
March – LA Center for Digital Art – LACDA 2016 Juried Competition – Los Angeles, CA - Listed as one of the “Ten Artists to Watch”
March – Darkroom Gallery – “Chroma” – Essex Jct., VT
February – PH21 Gallery – “Lines and Curves” – Budapest, Hungary
January – StArtUp Art Fair LA – Highland Gardens Hotel, Los Angeles, CA
2015
December – Aqua Art Miami –Projects Gallery– Miami, FL
December – Square Foot Art Basel Miami 3 –Projects Gallery– Miami, FL
November – Luminous: Light and Space – Black Box Gallery- Portland, OR
November –Images From a Glass Eye – Red Bluff, CA
May – StartUp Art Fair –Hotel Del Sol– San Francisco, CA
2014
November –BAGGED – Paul Lebrecque Salon – Solo Show
1998-2007
September 2007- Narcipalooza - MFA Exhibition – Solo Thesis Show
April 2003 - “Dimensions 2003” Group Exhibition-Associated Artists of Winston Salem
October 2002 – “The Burren, Ireland” – Solo Show-Paul Lebrecque East, NY
March 2002 – “Interpreting Landscape” –Fulton St. Gallery, Troy, NY
March 2000 – Solo show- Paul Lebrecque Salon and Spa-Reebok Sports Club at Lincoln Center
1998 - Award of Excellence – Photographer’s Forum Magazine 18th Annual Spring Photography Contest
Credits
June 2018
Video Designer
“Recreating Keiter” – Theatre Row, NYC
“SLAM Remote” – Producer of live 3 camera simulcast of Streb “Forces” show
April - December 2013
Producer
“SLAM Remote” – Producer of live 3 camera simulcast of Streb “Forces” show
2008
Video Designer
“The Bentfootes” – The 2008 Dance on Camera Festival at Lincoln Center
-Original Video Design for stage show, 2nd Camera operator for Film
“Mary Anthony: A Life in Modern Dance”- Directed by Tonia Shimin – Camera
Collection
Present
Photography
MOCRA
The Museum of Contemporary Religious Art – St. Louis, MO
