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MESS iS LORE
When the adults through my childhood realized the only way to get me to sit still was to provide some sort of drawing materials, I started getting pretty good at drawing.

Once I gained a taste for it, I couldn't stop. It wasn't long before I exhausted my resources, but I doubled down and did anything I could to make more. Every sketchbook page was completely filled, every discarded scrap of wood from my high school's Woodshop was painted, and every spray paint can was emptied. The modern phrase "Less is More" felt like forsaking creativity in itself, discouraging the process and forgoing the mess associated. In a world filling with AI, I yearn for the mess. I rejoice in the challenge, the editing, and the construction.

I wanted my world to be full of stories, passion, and confidence - despite perceived flaws.

And thus, a Maximalist was born.

LOVE iS iN THE LiNES
While being a Jack of all Trades may no longer be in vouge, I maintain my strength lies in my Multidisciplinary practice.

My background in Printmaking and Digital Production informs my creative approach, as "knowing how the sausage was made" grants me technical insight to our best options every time. Want to turn some cave paintings into a comic panel? That's me. Want to make an animation out of a carving? That's ALSO me. Traditional mediums and Digital mediums all hold the same value in my eyes.

I see all these skills as innately interconnected, and being able to incorporate something unique and handmade into every project is a small thing I strive for. Not so I didn't waste an art degree. Not so I can charge more. And definitely not because Maximalism just means throw everything at the wall and see what sticks. But because that human touch will always be irreplaceable, and those imperfections is what makes my work feel so dynamic.

Love is in the Lines - and I work to draw, carve, model, vectorize, scan, cut,
and glue each stroke with passion that can be felt.

University of California, Los Angeles 
Los Angeles, CA - Summer 2017


University of Oregon
Eugene, OR - 2018/Present

BA Art & Technology

BA Cinema Studies

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Columbia University
New York, NY - Summer 2021

Summer Silkscreen Course,

Visiting Artist Program

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Gnomon

Hollywood, CA - Spring 2023

Figure Drawing Intensive

Polar Opposites

hope you have a good time, Los Angeles 

April 18-20th, 2025

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LA ZINE FEST 2025

The Broad, Los Angeles 

March 1st-2nd, 2025

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THE COLOR COLLAGE COLLECTION - SOLO EXHIBITION

The Pop-Hop, Los Angeles 

February  6th - 23rd, 2025

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Full exhibition list available upon request

TECH & SKiLLS

  • Adobe After Effects

  • Adobe Fresco

  • Adobe Illustrator

  • Adobe Photoshop

  • Adobe Premiere

  • Embroidery

  • Heat Pressing

  • Illustration

  • Relief Printing

  • Screen Printing

  • Sublimation

  • Vinyl Cutting

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LOCATiON

From Los Angeles, California

Based in Hollywood, California

  • Little Tokyo Flea Market - Los Angeles, CA

  • Cheba Hut 4/20 Celebration - North Hollywood, CA

  • Soul Real Market - San Diego, CA

  • Muse Market - DTLA, CA

  • DTLA Proud - DTLA, CA

  • Frisk ME Good All-Star Fashion Show at SRGN STUDIOS - DTLA, CA

Full Event & Market list available upon request

Collaborative Zine Workshop Host Locations

  • The Pop-Hop

  • Secret Walls

  • The Animation Guild

  • Kouhigh Toys

  • Junior High LA

  • Center for the Arts Eagle Rock

Figure Drawing Workshop Host Locations​

  • Junior High LA

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 LET'S STAY iN TOUCH! 

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