Found & Chosen
Solo Exhibition at Hamilton Gallery, Baltimore, MD
January/February 2023
In the early days of the Pandemic, I took many walks through my neighborhood in an ongoing effort to cope with the free floating anxiety we all felt. This turned into a practice of mindfulness. I became more observant and present, and this exhibit showcases materials gathered during this time.
This show, entitled Found and Chosen was made possible with a grant from the Maryland Start Arts Council. It contains:
- Work made with objects, sounds and video accumulated in my neighborhood
- Items discarded from an academic library
- Several animated film
- Free compact discs and cassettes
Small Stories and Other Stories
Solo Exhibition at Hamilton Gallery, Baltimore, MD
October 2019
Small Stories and Other Stories collected many small narratives, including the Widowed Tailor, the Arister gift diorama, the Four Horsemen family portrait, a dark and stormy night, and dozens of tin dioramas.
As with most of my shows, I made a zine for visitors to take home. It tells the story of the widowed tailor.
Where Two Worlds Touch
The Greenbelt Community Center Art Gallery
Greenbelt, MD
August-October 2018
I had a chance to do some space specific installation work at the Greenbelt Community Art Center. I presented my “land of the dead” theme, which included large Tyvek drawings and dioramas, cut paper shadow boxes, and about 40 smaller dioramas.
I made zine to accompany this show. There was a map of the land of the dead in the show, and the map itself noted many of the objects on display. The zine helped kids and other visitors connect the dots between the many pieces, and hinted at the relationship each item had to the entire show.
The Great Mystery Show
The American Visionary Art Museum
Baltimore, MD
2017-2018
Being included in this show was one of the great honors of this life. The work I contributed addressed some of my ideas about metaphysics.
I made friends with many wonderful people, including Ingo Swann’s family. My display was around the corner from Edward Gorey’s Gashley Crumb Tinies. I gave an artist talk in the museum about about my work, and Edward Gorey’s life.
The Art of Storytelling: Lies, Enchantment, Humor & Truth
The American Visionary Art Museum
Baltimore, MD
2012-2013
This show was a dream come true for me. I had three dioramas and some personal effects in this exhibit.
Memento Mori
School 33 Arts Center
Baltimore, MD
September 2012
My first solo show was in the project room at School33, in August of 2012. The Orioles had a game on the opening night, and even while parking was scarce, there was a huge turnout. It was a thrill to have a show there.
I made a 32 page zine telling the story of each piece, and I gave away dozens of cheap reading glasses and magnifiers for people to better view the work better.
Giant Circus Peanut
Artscape
Baltimore, MD
August, 2010
I made a giant circus peanut for Artscape. It stood over 12′ tall on its pedestal, and was on display in the medium on Mt. Royal avenue from August until late October. There was also a companion website that accompanied this sculpture. Visitors could answer a simple question: Do you like circus peanuts?
2023
- Portugal Indie Film Festival, Winner: Best Animation, Lisbon, Portugal
- Hamilton Gallery Winter Show, Baltimore, MD
- Fleckenstein Holiday Show, Baltimore, MD
- Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival, Baltimore, MD
- Chesapeake Film Festival, Easton MD
- Overlea Arts and Film Festival, winner: Jury Award, Baltimore, MD
- Hamilton Film Festival, Ontario, Canada
- Latest Visions presents: A Halloween Special, Dublin, Ireland
- Again, Towson University, Towson, MD
- Born in Baltimore Film and Photography Festival at Johns Hopkins University + MICA. Baltimore, MD
- New Works Experimental Film Screening (Spring), Baltimore, MD
- New Works Experimental Film Screening (Fall), Baltimore, MD
- Found and Chosen, Solo Show, Hamilton Gallery, Baltimore, MD
- Sweden Film Awards Festival, Haninge, Sweden
- SPARK 6: Refractions, Peale Museum, Baltimore, MD
- Animae Caribe International Animation & Digital Media Festival, Port of Spain, Trinidad
- Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions, Pinewood Studios, United Kingdom
2022
- Album Release: Found and Chosen, CD/Cassette, Scientifically Sound Records
- Digital album release: The Old San Juan, Scientifically Sound Records
- Digital album release: Goldberg Variations, Scientifically Sound Records
- Sweaty Eyeballs – Behind the Screens, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD
- Born in Baltimore Film and Photography Festival at Johns Hopkins University + MICA, winner: Jury Award, Baltimore, MD
- Overlea Arts Festival, winner: Jury Award, Film Festival, Baltimore, MD
- Towson MFA exhibit, Rhizome, Washington, DC
- Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival, Baltimore MD
2021
- Hamilton Gallery Winter show, Baltimore, MD
- Bearing Witness, (online) Hamilton Gallery, Baltimore, MD
- BO/DY, Nefarious Contemporary, Baltimore, MD
- Indigo animation
- Official selection Standalone Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA
- Semi-finalist Sweden Film Festival
- SPARK IV: A New World? Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
- Hamilton Gallery Spring show, Baltimore, MD
- 7×7.la Exquisite Corpse
- In Plain Sight(site), Le Mondo, Baltimore, MD
- Two Feet & More, Towson Art Collective, Towson, MD
- Bearing Witness, (in person) Hamilton Gallery, Baltimore, MD
- Born in Baltimore Film and Photography Festival at Johns Hopkins University + MICA. The Benefits of Radiation winner: Audience Favorite & Judges’ Award, Baltimore, MD
- Young Blood, Maryland Art Place. Baltimore, MD
- Overlea Arts Festival, Film Festival, Baltimore, MD
- Supernova Silent Screen Denver Digerati digital film festival, Denver, CO
- Window of Opportunity, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
- Hamilton Gallery Fall Show, Baltimore, MD
- Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival, Baltimore, MD
- Music to Hear Blindfolded, Vol. 1, cassette release, Scientifically Sound Records.
- Under 500, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
2020
- Everything is Great in on Page 68 Art Week 2020 zine at UMBC
- Founded Scientifically Sound Records, a record label
- Digital album release: The Septic Blank, Scientifically Sound Records
- Founded The Bureau of Scientifically Sound Questions
- Launched Doranimation.com
- Going Dark Exhibition, Brentwood Arts Exchange, Brentwood, MD
- 20th Anniversary Show: Fleckenstein Gallery, Baltimore, MD
- Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival, Baltimore MD
- Under 500, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
- Hamilton Gallery fall show, Baltimore, MD
2019
- Under 500, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
- …and Your Bird Can Sing, Fleckenstein Gallery, Baltimore, MD
- Small Stories and Other Stories [solo show], Hamilton Gallery, Baltimore, MD
- ZIP: 21214, ArtScape Gallery Network, Baltimore, MD
- Repurposed on Purpose (2), Fleckenstein Gallery, Baltimore, MD (continued)
- Digital album release: The Septic Bank, Scientifically Sound Records.
2018
- The Great Mystery Show, American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD (continued)
- Maryland Psychic Fair, Bowie, MD
- A Gorey Night: Artist Talk and Crosshatching Lessons, American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
- Two Worlds Touch, Greenbelt Arts Center, Greenbelt, MD
- Repurposed on Purpose (2), Fleckenstein Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2017
- The Great Mystery Show, American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
- What May Be, Tectonic Space, Baltimore, MD
- Alchemical Vessels, Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, Washington D.C.
- Repurposed on Purpose, Fleckenstein Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2016
- Jordan Faye Contemporary Uniting Diverse Artists | Benefit for The Midtown Academy, Baltimore, MD
- DIORAMA-RAMA DEUX, Baltimore, MD
- Alchemical Vessels, Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, Washington D.C.
- Shape, Line, Color: St. Paul School, Baltimore, MD
- Make & Take Diorama Workshop, American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
- Life Soundtrack: Prince and Bowie, A visual response to musical loss. Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, Washington D.C.
2015
- At Home Group Exhibition, The Park School, Baltimore MD
- Diorama-rama, Baltimore, MD
- LED Ekphrasis Exhibit, Baltimore, MD
- Ebb & Flow, ArtScape Baltimore, MD
- Points of Departure, New Mexico State University, NM
- Death Salon, Mütter Museum, PA
- Jordan Faye Contemporary Small Wonders Exhibition, Baltimore, MD
2014
- “Great Villians of Gotham” & “FROM SPAWN TO SAGA: Image Comics at 22,” One-Shot Gallery at St. Mark’s Comics, NYC Spring/Summer
- Winter Group Art Exhibit, Jacksonville, MD
- The Happening, NYC
- Jordan Faye Contemporary Small Wonders & Spectaculars Baltimore, MD
2013
- Johns Hopkins National Arts Program
- Sweet ‘Art, Area 405 Baltimore, MD
- artMRKT, San Francisco, CA
- From the Outside, Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, Washington D.C.
- THE HAPPENING, Skylight Gallery, New York City, August
- Dia de Los Muertos, Milagro, Baltimore, MD
- Sketchbook, School33, Baltimore, MD
- Scope, Miami Beach, FL
2012
- Johns Hopkins National Arts Program (honorable mention) Baltimore, MD
- Lotta Art, School33 Baltimore, MD
- G40 Group Exhibition at ArtWino Richmond, VA
- ArtScape RE:Purpose Exhibition, The Community College of Baltimore County, Catonsville, MD
- Heliumcowboy Presents: George Hearts Maria Hamburg, Germany
- Memento Mori (solo show) School 33 Art Center Baltimore, Maryland
- Storytelling: Lies, Enchantment, Humor, Truth. The American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
- Jordan Faye Contemporary Small Wonders & Spectaculars. Baltimore, MD
2011
- Lotta Art Exhibition, School33 Baltimore, MD
2010
- ArtScape Here, There, Anywhere Baltimore, MD
- ArtScape Comic Wall, Baltimore, MD
- ArtScape Banner Exhibition, Baltimore, MD
- Baltimore Book Festival, Baltimore, MD
- Illustration Friday Pick of the Week (Layer)
- Videopolis, Maryland Film Festival Metro Gallery Baltimore, MD
2009
- PENNED Ellipse Arts Center, Arlington, VA
- Illustration Friday “Pick of the Week” Shaky
- Johns Hopkins National Arts Program Baltimore, MD (first place)
2008
- ArtScape Penned Exhibition Baltimore, MD
- PENNED Lump Gallery/Projects, Raleigh, NC
- Artful Blogging Magazine
- Johns Hopkins National Arts Program Baltimore, MD