B. Van Nuys, CA in 1979
Lives and works in Los Angeles
Education
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, BFA, 2003
Solo exhibition includes PawnShop in Los Angeles. Group exhibitions include JMOCA at COLAB in Copenhagen and a two-person exhibition at China Art Objects in Los Angeles.
Full CV below images

JMOCA, 2007

JMOCA Yard, 2007

Portrait, 2007

What Father Wants, 2007

What Father Wants, 2007

What Father Wants (studio), 2007

What Father Wants, (installation view), 2007

What Father Wants (installation view), 2007

Sunday Painting, 2007
Oil on Canvas
16 x 20

Sunday Painting, 2007
Oil on Canvas
16 x 20

Sunday Painting, 2007
Oil on Canvas
16 x 20

Sunday Painting, 2007
Oil on Canvas
16 x 20

Sunday Painting, 2007
Oil on Canvas
16 x 20
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Sunday Painting, 2007
Oil on Canvas
16 x 20

Sunday Painting, 2007
Oil on Canvas
16 x 20

Sunday Paintings (installation view), 2007

JMOCA, 2006

JMOCA (installation view), 2006
All images courtesy the artist.
Solo Exhibitions
2008
Surfing and Art are the same; they’re both Cool, PawnShop, Los Angeles
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007
What Father Wants with Jason Starr, 1st Annual Kippenberger Award for Artistic Excellence, China Art Objects, Los Angeles, CA
Sculptrue, PawnShop, Los Angeles, CA
Talented Young People: JMOCA at COLAB, COLAB, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Greatest Generation, Circus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Made For Each Other, Schalter Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Internal Mechanisms, High Energy Constructs, Los Angeles, CA
Criteria, Galeria Perdida, Michoacan, Mexico
Capitalist Hippies, Cirkulations Centralen, Malmo, Sweden
2006
I-cabin, London, UK
Roski Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
2005
Spring Break, The Butcher Shop, Chicago IL
Desperate Measures, Art 2102, Los Angeles, CA.
2004
I’m Trying To Tell You I Love You., Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
Keim & Crime, Weimar, Germany
Keim & Crime, Three-Walls, Chicago, IL
2X4, Up the Stairs Gallery, Chicago IL
Find Rest, Iron Gate, Austin, TX
Gallery HQ, Kansas City, MO
2003
A Long Time From Now Happened So Fast, Stevenson Blanche Gallery,
California Institute for the Arts, Valencia, CA
Summer Group Show, Gallery 2, Chicago, IL
Oops…I Did It Again, 1926 Space, Chicago IL
America’s Best, The March to the Sea Space, Chicago, IL
2002
The Most Political Show Ever!!! Work by Justin Hansch and Brandon Alvendia,
The Lounge Gallery, Chicago, IL
Group Show, Redtop Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2001
Gallery X, Chicago, IL
Nippon Steel Exhibition, Chicago, IL
2000
Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara CA
Screenings
2005
AlterSpace, Chicago, IL
2003
Around the Clock, Walt Disney CalArts Theater (REDCAT), Los Angeles, CA
Illinois Art Week, curated by Garden Fresh, Chicago, IL
Awards / Fellowships / Residencies
2001
Nippon Steel Grant
Press
Amra Brooks. “Must See Art” LA Weekly, June 2007
“Made for Each Other” Tip Berlin, January 2007
Mike Esposito. “Spring Beak” Chicago Tribune, April 22, 2005
Michael Workman. “Top Shows to See Now” April 21, 2005
Madeline Nusser. “Spring Break 2005” Time Out, April 21, 2005
Weber, Ryan. “I’m Trying To Tell You I Love You” Exhibition Catalogue, April 2004
Lenoir, Lisa. “Oops! They’re Inspired Again.” Chicago Sun Times, April 6, 2003
Pickett, Debra. “Showcase” Chicago Sun Times, April 4, 2003
Weber, Ryan. “Oops… I Did It Again.” Exhibition Catalogue, April 2003