Education
Yale School of Art MFA
2014-17.
Winner of the Phelps Berdan Memorial Award for "or distinction in painting/printmaking."

Dartmouth College
2005-09
Majored in Anthropology modified with Film and Media Studies. Winner of the McKennan Prize in Anthropology and recipient of the Rick Angulo World Experience Award.

NYU Tisch School of the Arts
Summer 2004
Summer filmmaking program in Dublin, Ireland taught by Tisch faculty.

Pratt Institute
Visiting Assistant Professor
2020 — present

CalArts MFA
2020 — "Digital Multiplatform" Jan
2020 — "LA Psychogeographic." Practicum Workshop.

Various Guest critic at
Parsons, Pratt, Yale School of Art, CalArts. Guest lectures at Pratt, Yale School of Engineering, Yale School of Art, MIT Media Lab.

IDEO CoLab Fellow
Selective fellowship for designers working in emerging technology. Week-long sprints. January 2019. April 2019. June 2019.

Media Arts Lab / Apple
July 2017-2019. Jr. Art Director

Filligar
2001–present.
Bassist, vocalist, and songwriter in internationally touring band. Recorded and released 8 albums, including a nomination for Rock Album of the Year from the Independent Music Awards. Toured with Counting Crows and played dates with The Black Keys, My Morning Jacket, Alabama Shakes and more.

Hewlitt Packard + Yale, Art+Blended Reality Research
2016-2018.
Recipient of Yale University grant sponsored by HP Inc, exploring the medium of blended reality as a tool for artists.

US State Department, Arts Envoy Program
2013–2019.

Served as cultural ambassador to Mexico, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Kuwait, Russia and Guyana. Evaluated by the State Department as 'the greatest cultural ambassadors that any post could desire to have, with a deep sense of professional responsibility and a surprising ability to adapt to a new environment.'