Education
2005 MFA - University of Chicago
2000 BFA - School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1999 The International School, Umbria, Italy
Solo Exhibitions
2012
Laroche/Joncas, Montreal, Canada You Are Leaving (upcoming)
2010
Laroche/Joncas, Montreal, Canada White Sparkle
Group Exhibitions
2012
Bruce High Quality Foundation / Vito Schnabel, New York, NY Brucennial 2012 (upcoming)
HKJB @ Laroche/Joncas, Montreal, Canada (upcoming)
2011
Limerick-Frazier Gallery, Austin TX Trans Medium
ART BLOG ART BLOG, New York, NY Snowclones
Laroche/Joncas, Montreal, Canada Group Show
HKJB, New York, NY Control Alt Delete
Bronx River Art Center, New York, NY The Working Title
2010
HKJB @ Participant Inc., New York, NY The Collective Show
DOVA Temp, Chicago, IL A Selection from a Decade of Painting at the Department of Visual Arts
Baer Ridgway Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA It’s My World
Second Home Projects, Berlin, Germany Born to Die
Projex MTL @ NEXT Chicago, IL
M. Wakasa Presents @ Kumukumu Gallery, New York, NY Landscape and Solitude
Fortress to Solitude, New York, NY Bushwick Schlact
HKJB, New York, NY Portable Caves
Baer Ridgway Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA Paper Awesome
2009
ACME, Los Angeles, CA Seasonal Pictures
Projecx MTL, Montreal, Canada Brut
Dvorak Sec Contemporary, Prague, Czech Republic A Taste of Young New York
ABCyz @ Silver Shed, New York, NY Benefit Show
Apartment Show @ Envoy Enterprises, New York, NY Joshua Smith's B-Day Party
The Painting Center, New York, NY 25/35
Fortress to Solitude, New York, NY A Painting Show
HKJB, New York, NY Personal Abstraction
Rogue Space, New York, NY Ft2
2008
Artists Space, New York, NY Night of a 1000 Drawings
Prince St Gallery, New York, NY Small Works Show
2004
David and Alfred Smart Museum, Chicago IL Student Show
University of Chicago, Franke Institute, Chicago, IL Narrative Purgatory
University of Chicago, Department of Visual Arts, Chicago, IL 11 Pack
2000
Century 900 Gallery, Chicago, IL Surface and Story
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL BFA Exhibition
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