

“Aposematic Form IV”
Acrylic and paper on canvas
20 x 40″
6/27/23
About
I am a Color Field painter living in Minneapolis. I am originally from Fargo, North Dakota and moved to Minneapolis to study art history and painting at the University of Minnesota. My work examines themes of biology and metacognition through process-based practices involving water surface tension and Jean Arp’s Dadaist concept of the laws of chance. I have shown my work at galleries and museums like The Soap Factory, the Fallout Arts Initiative, the North Suburban Center for the Arts, and the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
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exhibition history
2023
Wide Open, North Suburban Center for the Arts, Fridley, MN, 22 September – 5 November 2023
Paul Fosaaen / Ian Nystrom, Northeast Library, curated by Paul Fosaaen and Ian Nystrom, Minneapolis, MN, 1 – 30 September 2023
Finding Our Way, Eagan Community Center, curated by Eagan Art House, Eagan, MN, 17 July – 5 October 2023
Aposematic Form, St Anthony Library, St Anthony, MN, 6 June – 31 August 2023
Monochrome, North Suburban Center for the Arts, Fridley, MN, 26 May – 25 June 2023
Group exhibition, Tower Lofts Gallery of Art, Minneapolis, MN, 23 July 2022 – 12 June 2023
Group exhibition, Washington County Historic Courthouse, curated by ArtReach St Croix, Stillwater, MN, 1 April – 6 May 2023
Kingdom Animalia, North Suburban Center for the Arts, Fridley, MN, 1 February – 5 March 2023
2022
Recent Work, Mississippi Library, Fridley, MN, 29 September – 1 December 2022
Group exhibition, Tower Lofts Gallery of Art, Minneapolis, MN, 23 July 2022 – 12 June 2023
Ope!, North Suburban Center for the Arts, Fridley, MN, 25 June – 6 August 2022
Take Me to the River, Lanesboro Arts, Lanesboro, MN, 4 June – 7 August 2022
This Is Normal, North Suburban Center for the Arts, Fridley, MN, 10 May – 18 June 2022
2020
Foot in the Door 5, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN, 1 November 2020 – 10 January 2021
2017
Group exhibition, organized by Anton Reichl, Radisson RED, Minneapolis, MN, 9 March 2017
2016
Recent Work, Macy’s, 700 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN, 14 July 2016 – 1 April 2017
Recent Work, Macy’s, 700 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN, 25 February – 1 April 2017
2014
HERE WE ARE NICE, curated by Christopher Barton and Shelby Thomason, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN, 6 – 21 December 2014
2012
KnownUnKnowns, curated by Leslie Barlow and Sam Dunne, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN, 1 – 21 December 2012
Provocations, hosted by RAW Minneapolis, Fine Line, Minneapolis, MN, 4 October 2012
The HeART Show, curated by Anna Kaminski, Fallout Arts Initiative, Minneapolis, MN, 13 April 2012
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Aposematic Form (2/3/23)

Aposematic Form II (4/18/23)

Aposematic Form III (5/15/23)

Aposematic Form IV (6/27/23)

Aposematic Form V (7/31/23)

Aposematic Form VI (9/12/23)

Aposematic Form II (11/17/22)

Aposematic Form III (12/12/22)
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Cnidarian VIII (7/5/22)

Cnidarian IX (7/11/22)

Cnidarian X (7/11/22)

Epithelial Photophore (2/15/23)

Variegated Softenings (4/6/21)
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