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Born in Louisiana in 1970
Currently resides in Los Angeles, California

EDUCATION

2000

MFA, California State University Long Beach

1994

BFA, University of Hawaii at Manoa

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010

Compound Project, Malibu, CA
Unfold, Nicoletta Rusconi Gallery, Milan, Italy
George Billis Gallery, New York, New York

2009

George Billis Gallery, Culver City, Los Angeles, CA

2008

Recessed, DCA Fine Arts, Santa Monica, CA

2007

In and Around the House, 55 Mercer Gallery, NYC

2005

Ten Foot Pole Productions, Los Angeles, CA

2004

Ten Foot Pole Productions, Los Angeles, CA

2003

Ruminations, Viento Y Agua Gallery, Long Beach, CA
Recent Ruminations, Pavo Real Gallery, Lake Hughes, CA

2002

2 1/2 D Urbanatural, Soapbox, Venice, CA

2001

New Paintings Soapbox, Venice, CA

1999

Simple Poetics Gallery B Long Beach, CA
Melting Point Gallery, San Francisco, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS: INVITED

2010

On|Paper, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
ReCreate L.A., Tree People, Cold Water Canyon Park, CA
Milan Art Fair, Nicoletta Rusconi Gallery, Italy
Bologna Art Fair, Nicoletta Rusconi Gallery, Italy
FADA, Los Angeles Art Show, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Woodie, Attic Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Plucked, Sam Francis Gallery, Crossroads School, Santa Monica, CA

2009

Red Dot Art Fair, Miami, George Billis Gallery
EXPOSED, Bixby Knowlls, CA
Rock and Elegance, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Curator Hillary Metz

2008

Suspended Animation, site specific installation for FOCA, Curator Miguel Nelson

2007

Tree House Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Behind Closed Doors, Tahoe, CA

2006

Free Transposition, Hamburg, Germany
Vern In Heat, 55 Mercer Gallery, NY
Transformall, New York Arts Magazine Gallery, NY
Inner Space, Outer Limits, Walker Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI

2005

Tiger Tiger Rain Rain, Jackson House, Venice, CA
VERN, Interjacent I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Group Show, Kontainer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Hand Sought, Brewery, Los Angeles, CA
Reliving, SCA Project Gallery, Pomona, CA

2004

Inverse, SCA Project Gallery, Pomona, CA
VERN at the Mirror, Madrid, Spain
Playing Card Show, Seoul, Korea, with catalogue
Identification, Highways Performance Space and Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Reliving, Werby Gallery, CSULB, Long Beach, CA

2003

Placebo, Canvas Gallery, San Francisco, CA
VERN: Berlin, Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin, Germany
Romanian Literature Museum, Bucharest, Romania

2002

Melting Point Gallery, San Francisco, CA
VERN: UrbanLab, Chicago, IL
ReOrganica Soapbox Gallery, Venice, CA

2000

Push Pece Gallery, Santa Anna, CA
Mapdancing Gumbo Garden, Hollywood, CA
Ceramics/Fibers Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA
Re-Generation Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA

1999

Figurative Configuration Sam Francis Gallery, Santa Monica,CA
In Search of Milieu, Gallery C, CSULB, with catalogue
Festival of the Arts Carpenter Performing Arts Center CSULB

1998

Genital Issues, Gallery C,CSULB

1997

A Search For Origins, Gallery C, CSULB, with catalogue
The Celebrated Box, Fine Arts Gallery, Cal State L.A.
City Dialogues: Passports, Gallery C, CSULB, with catalogue

1994

Showcase ‘94 Queen Emma Gallery Curator Masa Taira, Honolulu, HI
Hawaii Invitational Sculpture Exhibition, The Honolulu Advertiser Gallery, Curator Jay Jensen, Honolulu, HI

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS: JURIED

2000

New American Paintings: MFA Annual, Exhibition in Print
Found Objects Exhibit, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA, Juror George Herms
ANA 28 , Holter Museum of Art Helena, Montana, Juror Peter Plagens

1999

Sunspot Laboratory Show, Fine Arts Gallery Cal State L.A.
Polytechnic University, Pomona, Jurors Toby Moss and Jo Lauria
Clay and Ink Keith and Kellogg University Art Gallery Cal State
Polytechnic University, Pomona

1994

Graduate Art Student League Show Gallery B, Juror Kim Abeles, CSULB
17th Annual Vahki Exhibition Galleria Mesa Jurors David Pimentel and Rudy, Turk, Mesa, AZ
Commitment to Excellence AMFAC Exhibition Center Jurors Jay Jensen, Lucile
Cooper, and Sharon Carter Smith, Honolulu, HI
Association of Hawaii Artists Contemporary Show AMFAC Exhibition Center, Honolulu, HI
College Art ‘94 AMFAC Exhibition Center Honolulu, HI

SELCTED HONORS AND AWARDS

Grant: Beverly G. Alpay Memorial Award, 2000
Marilyn Werby Memorial Scholarship, 1999
CSULB Travel Scholarship: Italy, 1999
Yomiuri USA Outstanding Newcomer Award, Commitment to Excellence 1994
Ceramic Award, Hawaii Craftsmen 1994
Dick Hart Memorial Award Hawaii Craftsmen 1994
Honorable Mention AHA Contemporary Show 1994
Grant: Cybil Heidi Art Assistance Fund, 1994
State of Hawaii Foundation on Culture and the Arts Acquisition Award, College Art ‘94
Ceramics Hawaii Award, College Art ‘94
U of Hawaii Art Dept. J. Halley Cox Outstanding Student Award of 1992-1993

FILM AND TELEVISION PLACEMENT

Nip/Tuck, Season 4, 2006
Monk, third season of the television series created by Andy Breckman.
13 Going On 30, feature film directed by Gary Winick for Sony Pictures, 2004
Ocean's Twelve, feature film directed by Steven Soderbergh for Warner Bros., 2004
Beck and Call, television pilot executive produced by Lisa Kudrow for Warner Bros., 2004

PUBLICATIONS

Manuela Alessandra Filippi, Rottami di ordinaria bellezza, Arte, April 2010 pg. 92-95
Luiza Barcan, Split Dreams: Vern Group Exhibition in Romania, ArtMargins.com, July 2003
New American Paintings, MFA Annual, August 2000 pg. 23-26
Shirle Gottlieb Comely Castoffs Press Telegram 4-12-2000, pg. C-1
Joan Rose Japanese Chamber of Commerce: 16th Annual Exhibition Honolulu Advertiser 9-94
Joan Rose Undergraduate Exhibition the Honolulu Advertiser 5-16-93, Pg. F-11

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Jay Jensen, Associate Director and Chief Curator for the Contemporary Museum of
Modern Art, HI
The State of Hawaii Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Honolulu, HI
Martin Brest, Producer, Director, Los Angeles
Drew Barrymore, Actor, Los Angeles
Mark Ruffalo, Actor, Los Angeles
Jake Gyllenhaal, Actor, Los Angeles