“One Summer When I Was Depressed, I Used to Wear My Bathing Suit Under My Work Clothes,” Portrait of Amir series (portrait study of my friend Amir), rubber, clay, 96in x 1in x 1in, 201. I formed clay into the rubber "canvas" according to a photo of Amir on the beach, where I work from his eyebrows and various olive and pink skin towns down to his blue clothing and the white of the sand.
“One Summer When I Was Depressed, I Used to Wear My Bathing Suit Under My Work Clothes,” Portrait of Amir series (portrait study of my friend Amir), rubber, clay, 96in x 1in x 1in, 201. I formed clay into the rubber "canvas" according to a photo of Amir on the beach, where I work from his eyebrows and various olive and pink skin towns down to his blue clothing and the white of the sand.
“One Summer When I Was Depressed, I Used to Wear My Bathing Suit Under My Work Clothes,” Portrait of Amir series (portrait study of my friend Amir), rubber, clay, 96in x 1in x 1in, 201. I formed clay into the rubber "canvas" according to a photo of Amir on the beach, where I work from his eyebrows and various olive and pink skin towns down to his blue clothing and the white of the sand.
“One Summer When I Was Depressed, I Used to Wear My Bathing Suit Under My Work Clothes,” Portrait of Amir series (portrait study of my friend Amir), rubber, clay, 96in x 1in x 1in, 201. I formed clay into the rubber "canvas" according to a photo of Amir on the beach, where I work from his eyebrows and various olive and pink skin towns down to his blue clothing and the white of the sand.
“One Summer When I Was Depressed, I Used to Wear My Bathing Suit Under My Work Clothes,” Portrait of Amir series (portrait study of my friend Amir), rubber, clay, 96in x 1in x 1in, 201. I formed clay into the rubber "canvas" according to a photo of Amir on the beach, where I work from his eyebrows and various olive and pink skin towns down to his blue clothing and the white of the sand.
“Do YOU, detail,” Portrait of Amir series (portrait study of my friend Amir), rubber, linocut line drawing of Amir's face in paint, wood, 42in x 44in x 15in, 2016
“Do YOU, detail,” Portrait of Amir series (portrait study of my friend Amir), rubber, linocut line drawing of Amir's face in paint, wood, 42in x 44in x 15in, 2016
“Do YOU, detail,” Portrait of Amir series (portrait study of my friend Amir), rubber, linocut line drawing of Amir's face in paint, wood, 42in x 44in x 15in, 2016
“Do YOU, detail,” Portrait of Amir series (portrait study of my friend Amir), rubber, linocut line drawing of Amir's face in paint, wood, 42in x 44in x 15in, 2016
“Do YOU, detail,” Portrait of Amir series (portrait study of my friend Amir), rubber, linocut line drawing of Amir's face in paint, wood, 42in x 44in x 15in, 2016
“Do YOU, detail,” Portrait of Amir series (portrait study of my friend Amir), rubber, linocut line drawing of Amir's face in paint, wood, 42in x 44in x 15in, 2016
“Tickle Toy” (or Hirsute Portrait), Portrait of Amir series (portrait study of my friend Amir), plastic, fluff, 18in x 16.5in x 2in, 2016
“Tickle Toy” (or "Hirsute Portrait") detail, Portrait of Amir series (portrait study of my friend Amir), plastic, fluff from whip, 18in x 16.5in x 2in, 2016
“Tickle Toy” (or "Hirsute Portrait") detail, Portrait of Amir series (portrait study of my friend Amir), plastic, fluff from whip, 18in x 16.5in x 2in, 2016
“Organic Wine Tastes Like Rim Jobs,” Portrait of Amir series (portrait study of my friend Amir based on his Grinder photo), Amir's shirts, wood, paint, radish muffins, olives, paper, audio recording (in some installations), 120in x 18in x 6in, 2016
“Organic Wine Tastes Like Rim Jobs, detail,” Portrait of Amir series (portrait study of my friend Amir based on his Grinder photo), Amir's shirts, wood, paint, radish muffins, olives, paper, audio recording (in some installations), 120in x 18in x 6in, 2016
“Organic Wine Tastes Like Rim Jobs, detail,” Portrait of Amir series (portrait study of my friend Amir based on his Grinder photo), Amir's shirts, wood, paint, radish muffins, olives, paper, audio recording (in some installations), 120in x 18in x 6in, 2016
“Organic Wine Tastes Like Rim Jobs, detail,” Portrait of Amir series (portrait study of my friend Amir based on his Grinder photo), Amir's shirts, wood, paint, radish muffins, olives, paper, audio recording (in some installations), 120in x 18in x 6in, 2016
“Organic Wine Tastes Like Rim Jobs, detail,” Portrait of Amir series (portrait study of my friend Amir based on his Grinder photo), Amir's shirts, wood, paint, radish muffins, olives, paper, audio recording (in some installations), 120in x 18in x 6in, 2016
"I’m Sorry I Melted Your Walkman," Portrait of Amir series (portrait study of my friend Amir), plastic, melted Walkman, paint, 18in x 15in x 3in, 2016
"I’m Sorry I Melted Your Walkman, detail" Portrait of Amir series (portrait study of my friend Amir), plastic, melted Walkman, paint, 18in x 15in x 3in, 2016
“Shiva, You’re the Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me,” Portrait of Amir series (portrait study of my friend Amir), rubber, dimensions variable, 2016
“Shiva, You’re the Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me, side view,” Portrait of Amir series (portrait study of my friend Amir), rubber, dimensions variable, 2016
“Shiva, You’re the Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me,” Portrait of Amir series (portrait study of my friend Amir), rubber, dimensions variable, 2016
“Khejalat Bekesh (Farsi for: Be Embarrassed),” Portrait of Amir series (portrait study of my friend Amir), plastic, paint, 22in x 18in x 2in, 2016
“Khejalat Bekesh (Be Embarrassed), detail,”Portrait of Amir series (portrait study of my friend Amir), plastic, paint, 22in x 18in x 2in, 2016
“Khejalat Bekesh (Be Embarrassed), detail,”Portrait of Amir series (portrait study of my friend Amir), plastic, paint, 22in x 18in x 2in, 2016
"What Do You Want to Be Remembered By?: 'I Miss His Laugh,'” Portrait of Amir series (portrait study of my friend Amir), rubber, dimensions variable, 2016
"What Do You Want to Be Remembered By?: 'I Miss His Laugh,' detail" Portrait of Amir series (portrait study of my friend Amir), rubber, dimensions variable, 2016
"What Do You Want to Be Remembered By?: 'I Miss His Laugh,' back view” Portrait of Amir series (portrait study of my friend Amir), rubber, dimensions variable, 2016
"Amir Intact," Portrait of Amir series (portrait study of my friend Amir), 22in x 18in, 2016
“I Flirted with the Sommelier with My Eyes,” Portrait of Amir series (portrait study of my friend Amir), paint, contact sheet, 122in x 41in x 20in, 2016
“I Flirted with the Sommelier with My Eyes, detail” Portrait of Amir series (portrait study of my friend Amir), paint, contact sheet, 122in x 41in x 20in, 2016
“I Flirted with the Sommelier with My Eyes, detail” Portrait of Amir series (portrait study of my friend Amir), paint, contact sheet, 122in x 41in x 20in, 2016
“I Flirted with the Sommelier with My Eyes, detail” Portrait of Amir series (portrait study of my friend Amir), paint, contact sheet, 122in x 41in x 20in, 2016
"Fractured Amir," Portrait of Amir series (portrait study of my friend Amir), dimensions variable, 2016
"Fractured Amir, side view" Portrait of Amir series (portrait study of my friend Amir), dimensions variable, 2016
Safety of Objects III, styrene, 48in x 96in x 6in, 2015
Safety of Objects III (detail), styrene, 48in x 96in x 6in, 2015
Safety of Objects II, styrene, 96in x 48in x 6in, 2015
Safety of Objects II (detail), styrene, 96in x 48in x 6in, 2015
Safety of Objects I, styrene, paint, 30in x 22in x 5in, 2016
Safety of Objects (blue-orange), styrene, paint, 30in x 22in x 7in, 2016
Safety of Objects (Red), styrene, paint, 30in x 22in x 5in, 2016
Safety of Objects (White IV), 30in x 22in x 4in, 2016
Safety of Objects (chromed purple), styrene, paint, 96in x 36in x 12in, 2016
Safety of Objects IV, styrene, paint, wood, silver foil, 31in x 23in x 5in, 2016
Traces, Holi (Indian) powder, plastic roll, 51in x 24in x 2.5in, 2015. "Material" exhibit, Bolsky Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA, 2014. First install: Group show, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2013
Traces II, Holi (Indian) powder, plastic roll, 51in x 28in x 55in, 2015. First installed: "Material" exhibit, Bolsky Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA, 2014. Second install: GLAMFA, California State University, Long Beach, 2014
Traces II, Holi (Indian) powder, plastic roll, 51in x 28in x 55in, 2015. First installed: "Material" exhibit, Bolsky Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA, 2014. Second install: GLAMFA, California State University, Long Beach, 2014
Traces III, Holi (Indian) powder, plastic rolls, 80in x 72in x 80in, 2015. First installed: "Splitting Light" exhibit, University of Buffalo Art Galleries, Buffalo, NY, 2015
Traces III, Holi (Indian) powder, plastic rolls, 80in x 72in x 80in, 2015. First installed: "Splitting Light" exhibit, University of Buffalo Art Galleries, Buffalo, NY, 2015
Underbelly, wood, paint, charcoal, 44in x 52in x 12in (variable), 2014. First installed: "Material" exhibit, Bolsky Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA, 2014
Underbelly (detail), wood, paint, charcoal, 44in x 52in x 12in (variable), 2014. First installed: "Material" exhibit, Bolsky Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA, 2014
Underbelly II, wood, paint, charcoal, 120in x 72in x 36in, 2014. First installed: "Another Thing Coming" exhibit,Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA, 2014
Underbelly II (detail), wood, paint, charcoal, 120in x 72in x 36in, 2014. First installed: "Another Thing Coming" exhibit,Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA, 2014
Underbelly II (detail), wood, paint, charcoal, 120in x 72in x 36in, 2014. First installed: "Another Thing Coming" exhibit,Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA, 2014
Imprints, copper, oxidizing imprints from various artists' bodies, 18in x 51in x 95in, 2013. First installed: Group exhibit, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2013. Second install: "On the Verge of an Image: Considering Marjorie Keller" exhibit, The Gamble House, Pasadena, CA, 2015
Imprints, copper, oxidizing imprints from various artists' bodies, 18in x 51in x 95in, 2013. First installed: Group exhibit, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2013. Second install: "On the Verge of an Image: Considering Marjorie Keller" exhibit, The Gamble House, Pasadena, CA, 2015
Imprints (detail), copper, oxidizing imprints from various artists' bodies, 18in x 51in x 95in, 2013. First installed: Group exhibit, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2013. Second install: "On the Verge of an Image: Considering Marjorie Keller" exhibit, The Gamble House, Pasadena, CA, 2015
Envelope, copper, oxidizing imprints from various artists’ bodies, 15in x 26in x 9in, 2013
Yield II, copper foil, 120in x 48in x 48in, 2015. First installed: "Splitting Light" exhibit, University of Buffalo Art Galleries, Buffalo, NY, 2015
Yield II, copper foil, 120in x 48in x 48in, 2015. First installed: "Splitting Light" exhibit, University of Buffalo Art Galleries, Buffalo, NY, 2015
Yield II, copper foil, 120in x 48in x 48in, 2015. First installed: "Splitting Light" exhibit, University of Buffalo Art Galleries, Buffalo, NY, 2015
Yield II (detail), copper foil, 120in x 48in x 48in, 2015. First installed: "Splitting Light" exhibit, University of Buffalo Art Galleries, Buffalo, NY, 2015
Left to Our Own Devices, poplar, paint, plaster, 77in x 91in x 2.5in, 2014. First installed: "Material" exhibit, Bolsky Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles,CA, 2014
Left to Our Own Devices, poplar, paint, plaster, 77in x 91in x 2.5in, 2014. First installed: "Material" exhibit, Bolsky Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles,CA, 2014
Left to Our Own Devices, poplar, paint, plaster, 77in x 91in x 2.5in, 2014. First installed: "Material" exhibit, Bolsky Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles,CA, 2014
Six Paintings, wood, mixed media including pieces from Lakota/Mexica spiritual practice, (piece is in doorway, 84in above ground, viewers can walk underneath) 36in x 72in x 26in, 2014. First installed: "Another Thing Coming" exhibit,Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA, 2014
Six Paintings, wood, mixed media including pieces from Lakota/Mexica spiritual practice, (piece is in doorway, 84in above ground, viewers can walk underneath) 36in x 72in x 26in, 2014. First installed: "Another Thing Coming" exhibit,Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA, 2014
Safety of Objects (White I), 30in x 22in x 5in, 2016
Safety of Objects (White II), 30in x 22in x 4in, 2016
Safety of Objects (White III), 30in x 22in x 5in, 2016
Untitled (First Intalled by Allison Peck and Kristy Baltezore), charcoal, 72in x 72in, "ELEVEN" exhibit, Bolsky Art Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA, 2014
Untitled (First Intalled by Allison Peck and Kristy Baltezore), charcoal, 72in x 72in, "ELEVEN" exhibit, Bolsky Art Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA, 2014
Untitled (First Intalled by Allison Peck and Kristy Baltezore), charcoal, 72in x 72in square,"ELEVEN" exhibit, Bolsky Art Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA, 2014
Untitled (First Intalled by Allison Peck and Kristy Baltezore), charcoal, 72in x 72in square,"ELEVEN" exhibit, Bolsky Art Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA, 2014