Solo & two-person exhibitions

2007

2005

2002


2000

Don’t You Feel Better, White Flag Projects, St. Louis, MO

Don’t Try Not To Be Me. Just Be Yourself.
, Telephonebooth contemporary art, Kansas City, MO

The Pink Heart That Only Held Love, Opie Gallery at Leedy-Volkous Art Center, Kansas City, MO
Lynus and Lake Punks, La Movida Gallery, Kansas City, MO

Blocks, Fluke Gallery, Kansas City, MO

Selected group exhibitions

2007

Heavy Metal in Baghdad, The Emporium Gallery, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, curated by Benjamin Pobjoy
She Was Born to be My Unicorn, Smith-Stewart, New York, NY, curated by Amy Kellner
Photography Annual, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO, curated by John O’Brian
Tiny Vices, traveling exhibition, The Gallery Soho, London, England, Proyectos Monclova, Mexico City, Mexico, White Flag Projects, St. Louis, MO, La Esquina, Kansas City, MO, curated by Tim Barber
The End is Nigh, Higher Pictures, New York, NY, curated by Kim Bourus
Whoop Dee Doo: Beating Dead Horses, Boots Gallery, St. Louis, MO, curated by Jonathon Peck and Juan William Chavez
2006 Tiny Vices, traveling exhibition, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, Annex Gallery, Oshkosh, WI, Studio Bee, Tokyo, Japan, Colette, Paris, France, curated by Tim Barber
Vice Magazine’s 3rd Annual Photography Exhibition, Silverstein Photography, New York, NY, curated by Patrick O’Dell and Jesse Pearson, catalog
Whoop Dee Doo, Rocket Projects, Miami, FL, curated by Jon Peck, catalog
25 Bold Moves, House of Campari, New York, NY, curated by Simon Watson and Craig Hensala
Party Retardy, Fahrenheit Gallery, Kansas City, MO, curated by Lisa Kettlewell and Alex Schubert
Tiny Vices, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, New York, curated by Tim Barber
Vice Magazine, Vice Galleries, Berlin, Germany and London, U.K., curated by Jesse Pearson
2005 Photo New York, Open Eat, New York, NY, curated by Ellen Jong
2005 Kansas City Flatfile, (Invitational), Artspace, Kansas City, MO
What’s the Matter with Kansas?, RARE, New York, NY, curated by Hesse McGraw, catalog
Good Work, Artspace, Kansas City, MO, curated by Brendan Meara
artLA, Santa Monica, CA, represented by Telephone Booth contemporary art
Y-topia, Byron C. Cohen Gallery for Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO, curated by James Brinsfield
2004 Round Trip, Beida University, Beijing, China, curated by Raechell Smith
Boundary Creatures, The Epsten Gallery, Village Shalom, Overland Park, KS, curated by James Brinsfield, catalog
The Stray Show, Chicago, IL, represented by Fahrenheit and Telephone Booth contemporary art
The Gun and Knife Show, Fahrenheit, Kansas City, MO, curated by Marcus Cain and Peregrine Honig
Born Again! Modern Madonnas and Contemporary Christs, Greenlease Gallery, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO, curated by Kate Hackman
2003 Loaded, The Bank, Kansas City, MO, curated by Tom Gregg
Night of 1000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY
You Are Here, The Bank, Kansas City, MO, curated by Tom Gregg
2002 Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, FL, represented by Dirt Gallery
Strange Comfort: the Myths of the Midwest, Max L. Gatov Gallery, University of California Long Beach, CA, curated by Marcus Cain and Kiel Johnson
New Blood, Dirt Gallery, Kansas City, MO, curated by Davin Watne and Leopoldo Esquivel
2001 Here & Now, Silicon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2000 Virgin Pornography, Relay Zone, Kansas City, MO

Selected bibliography

2007

Alice Thorson, Kansas City Star, Global Reach: Kansas City Artists are on the Move, July 29, illus
Nick Malewski, Review, Dolphin Photography, June/July, illus
Alex Schubert, Kansas City Star, Whooping It Up: Cool School, February 1, illus
2006 Alice Thorson, Kansas City Star, Wise Visions, Decisions: These artists and institutions made a difference to KC in 2006 (Girl on the Go: Jaimie Warren), December 24
Pitch Weekly, Pitch Weekly Best of Kansas City, 2006: Best Exported (Then Imported) Group Show:
Whoop Dee Doo: Kansas City’s Big Night on the Town,
October 6
Pitch Weekly, Pitch Weekly Best of Kansas City, 2006: Best Humble Servant to the Arts: Jaimie
Warren,
October 6, illus
Robin Trafton, Kansas City Star, Odds and Ends and ENERGY: Artists, comics and more combine into an offbeat potpourri with a purpose, Oct. 5
Alice Thorson, Kansas City Star, Vice Sees the Virtues of Kansas City artist, July 23, Illus
Carlos Suarez de Jesus, Miami New Times, Bad to the Bone: This Plains Posse Shoots Straight from the
Hip,
June 29, illus
Alice Thorson, Kansas City Star, Miami gets a Big Whoop Dee Doo, Kansas City, MO, June 21,
Alice Thorson, Kansas City Star, 30 Under 30: Meet Today’s Up-and-Coming Culture-Makers, May 18, Illus
Catherine Archias, NY Arts Magazine, Mundane Meets Beautiful, January/February, Illus
2005 Catherine Archias, Review, Jaimie Warren at Telephone Booth, December, Illus
Robin Trafton, Kansas City Star, Photo Artist is Herself at Telephone Booth, October 27, Illus
Libby Page, Pitch Weekly, So Emotional: Just Be Yourself at the Telephone Booth Gallery, October 27, Illus
Jared Panick, Review, Y-topia at Byron Cohen, April, Illus
Robin Trafton, Kansas City Star, Talent on the Rise, February 3, Illus
2004 Marcus Cain, Review, Playing in the Margins, November, Illus
Tim Brown, Review, Art in the Age of Fast Production, Kansas City, MO, November, illus
Steve Paul, Kansas City Star, When Art Isn’t Pretty, August 8
Mark Inman, Pitch Weekly, High Art: Why Don't We Just get Drunk and Screw?, Kansas City, MO, illus
Marcus Cain, Review, Re-interpreting Worlds: Interviews with emerging and established curators, Kansas City, MO, June, illus
Lauren DeLand, Review, Salon Extreme, Kansas City, MO, June, pp.54-55
Marcus Cain, Review, Video Artists in New York, Kansas City, MO, May, pp.40-41
Robin Trafton, Kansas City Star, File it Under Vibrant, Kansas City, MO, March 26, p. 19
Alice Thorson, Kansas City Star, Exhibit Asks Loaded Question, March 26, Illus
Matthew Wycoff, Review, Heaven's Gate Between Thought and Prayer, March
2003 Matthew Wycoff, Review, Fraught with Meaning, November, Illus
Alice Thorson, Kansas City Star, Unlock and Load, October 31, Illus
Matthew Wycoff, Review, A Sense of Place, June, Illus
2002 Debra DiBlasi, Pitch Weekly, Memory Tricks, December 13-19, Illus
Rae Anne Robinett, Review, Debunking Midwestern Myths in Long Beach, November, Illus
Kate Hackman, Review, The Young, the Bold, the Restless and the Beautiful, Kansas City, MO, November, p.62-69, illus
Peregrine Honig, Review, Women Artists: Redefining Roles and Rules, November, Illus
Robin Trafton, Kansas City Star, Fresh Young Talent Grows at Dirt Gallery, October 11
Rebecca Merrill, Review, Small Town Kids Caught in the Act of Being, May, Illus
Hesse McGraw, Review, Broken Social Scene, Kansas City, MO, September, p. 44-45, illus
Kate Hackman, Review, The Art of Alternatives, June, pp.68-69
Hesse McGraw, Review, Goldmine Days, Goldmine Nights, Kansas City, MO, April/May, p.94-95
2000 Kate Hackman, Review, Jaimie Warren at Fluke, November, Illus
   


Awards

2007

Linda Lighton International Artists Exchange Grant
2007 Pitch Weekly Mastermind Award


Selected publications, photography and design

Neon (Munich)
H (Barcelona)
Kasino A4 (Finland)
WGSN.com (London)
ArtForum (New York)
ANP Quarterly (Los Angeles)
The Chicago Reader (Chicago)
NYCKfull.net mag (Sweden) 2007
Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (Philadelphia)
Oyster Magazine (Sydney)
artnet Magazine (New York)
NY Arts Magazine (New York)
Vice Magazine (New York)
Review Magazine (Kansas City)
Pitch Weekly (Kansas City)
Art In America (New York)
Knit-Knit Magazine (New York)
CMJ (New York)
Sup (New York)
Flyer Magazine (New York)
Punk Planet (Chicago)
Alternative Press (Los Angeles)
Bridge Magazine (Chicago)
Paper Magazine (New York)



CURATORIAL EFFORTS

2007

“Slop, Swap & Shop,” Project Space, Paragraph, F;atwork exhibition of 55+ artists, Kansas City, MO
“Whoop Dee Doo: Kansas City Loves You”, work by 17 Kansas City artists, co-curated by Naoko Wowsugi,
Getsumin Gallery, Osaka, Japan
“Whoop Dee Doo: Cool School” 3-month long series of live filmings for creation of public access television show, performance and artwork by 150+ artists, La Esquina, Urban Culture Project, Kansas City, MO
2006 “Whoop Dee Doo: Do the Kans-a-can-can!” Live filming for creation of a public access television show,
performance work by 60+ artists, Greenlease Gallery at Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO
“Whoop Dee Doo: Kansas City’s Big Night on the Town,” work by 22 Kansas City artists, co-curated by Jonathan Peck, Rocket Projects, Miami, FL, essay
2004 "Sloppy Slobbering Monster," selected works by 35 artists living and working in small cities, The Bank, Kansas
City, MO, essay
"Make Your Own Fun," video exhibition of works collected by six alternative spaces; The Dirt Palace, Providence, RI, Space 1026, Philadelphia, PA, Lump Gallery , Raleigh, NC, Dos Pestaneos , Atlanta, GA and Milhaus , Milwaukee, WI. Collaborative project with Hesse McGraw and Sabrina Gschwandtner, Guild & Greyshkul gallery, New York, NY
2003 “We’re Desperater,” boutique installation including hand-made wearable work by 45 artists, local and national,
The Bank, KCMO
“PaperRad,” (Boston/Philadelphia) performance, video, installation in collaboration with Memories Forever, Extreme Animals, 8-bit Construction Set and Beige Programming Ensemble, Your Face, KCMO
“Ancient Future,” (Kansas City) installation by local artist Jon Peck, Your Face, KCMO
“Dalek,” (Brooklyn) graffiti installation, Your Face, KCMO
“Ssion,” (Kansas City) sound and video performance, Your Face, KCMO
“Wolf Eyes and Neil Burke” (Detroit, Providence) live performance by Wolf Eyes, installation of Burke’s work, Your Face, KCMO
“We’re Desperate,” boutique installation including hand-made wearable work by 50 artists, local and national, Your Face, KCMO
“Disindistinguish,” (Kansas City) Installation by local artist Miles Neidinger, Your Face, KCMO
“Avalanche of Swords,” (Kansas City) installation by local artists John Dretzka and Seth Johnson, Your Face, KCMO
2002 “Black Dice,” (Detroit) sound performance, Your Face, KCMO
“Broken Spindles,” (Omaha) sound and video performance, Your Face, KCMO
   

CURATORIAL BIBLIOGRAPHY

2007

Alice Thorson, Kansas City Star, Global Reach: Kansas City Artists are on the Move, July 29, illus
Nick Malewski, Review, Dolphin Photography, June/July, illus
Alex Schubert, Kansas City Star, Whooping It Up: Cool School, February 1, illus
2006 Alice Thorson, Kansas City Star, Wise Visions, Decisions: These artists and institutions made a difference to KC in 2006 (Girl on the Go: Jaimie Warren), December 24
Pitch Weekly, Pitch Weekly Best of Kansas City, 2006: Best Exported (Then Imported) Group Show:
Whoop Dee Doo: Kansas City’s Big Night on the Town,
October 6
Pitch Weekly, Pitch Weekly Best of Kansas City, 2006: Best Humble Servant to the Arts: Jaimie
Warren,
October 6, illus
Robin Trafton, Kansas City Star, Odds and Ends and ENERGY: Artists, comics and more combine into an offbeat potpourri with a purpose, Oct. 5
Carlos Suarez de Jesus, Miami New Times, Bad to the Bone: This Plains Posse Shoots Straight from the Hip,
Miami, FL,
June 29, illus
Alice Thorson, Kansas City Star, Miami gets a Big Whoop Dee Doo, Kansas City, MO, June 21
Alice Thorson, Kansas City Star, 30 Under 30: Meet Today’s Up-and-Coming Culture-Makers, May 18, Illus
2005 Robin Trafton, Kansas City Star, Talent on the Rise, February 3, illus
2004 Tim Brown, Review, Art in the Age of Fast Production, Kansas City, MO, November
Mark Inman, Pitch Weekly, High Art: Why Don't We Just get Drunk and Screw?, Kansas City, MO, illus
Marcus Cain, Review, Re-interpreting Worlds: Interviews with emerging and established curators, Kansas City, MO, June, illus
Lauren DeLand, Review, Salon Extreme, Kansas City, MO, June
Marcus Cain, Review, Video Artists in New York, Kansas City, MO, May
Robin Trafton, Kansas City Star, File it Under Vibrant, Kansas City, MO, March 26
Theresa Bembnister, Pitch Weekly, All Together Now: the Artspace Opens Its Files, Kansas City, MO, March 11
2003 Andrew Miller, Pitch Weekly, Lightning Bolt Strikes in Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, October 2
Hesse McGraw, Review, Broken Social Scene, Kansas City, MO, September
Lia Trinka-Browner, Review, Maximum Visual Carnage, Kansas City, MO, September
Matthew Wycoff, Review, Forward to the Ancient, Kansas City, MO, September
Sarah Smarsh, Pitch Weekly, Ancient Future, Kansas City, MO, July 10
Kate Hackman, Review, The Art of Alternatives, June
Maria Elena Buszek, Review, On a MISSION, Kansas City, MO, Summer issue
Hesse McGraw, Review, Goldmine Days, Goldmine Nights, Kansas City, MO, April/May
Kate Hackman, Review, Two Spectacles set for Your Face, Kansas City, MO, April/May
Andrew Miller, Pitch Weekly, Critic’s Choice: Wolf Eyes, Kansas City, MO, April 3
Alice Thorson, Kansas City Star, Mixed Palate: Miles Neidinger, Kansas City, MO, March 21
Gina Kaufmann, Pitch Weekly, Kansas City Strip, March 9
2002 Kate Hackman, Review, The Young, the Bold, the Restless and the Beautiful, Kansas City, MO, November